wow. what a weekend. i'm sure it'll lose quite a bit in the telling…

i went up to chicago to see hey mercedes play their first show and record it for transmission3000. on the way, we're cruising up interstate 65, i'm somberly reading a book, and then bam! the brakes are on, and this semi in front of us is locking them up. this car comes flying out of the median (at first i thought it was some crazy-ass cop) general lee style. jumping across 2 lanes of interstate. it didn't hit pavement until the breakdown on the right-hand side of our lane. it hits the pavement and then flips over in this crazy barrel roll up into some thick shrubbery. this is quite a shock at 10 in the morning, as you might have guessed. we pulled over and scrambled out of the car, frantically calling 911 on the cell. we were met at the scene by some crazy trucker with a fresh tracheotomy, and we couldn't understand a damn thing he said. luckily, the lady was alright. she was just massively shaken up, and rightfully so. kids…let that be a reminder to wear your safety belts.

we ended up getting into chicago without any further carnage. things proceeded well. we ate some amazing chicago-style pizza in this deceptively nice hole-in-the-wall. got stuck in chicago-style traffic. the usual.

we got to the venue and got to set up nice and early (not like when we went up to do one of the last braid shows…), and the show went off without a hitch. i got to meet up with my friend jack from boston that i only get to see about once a year, so that was good. i also got to meet the guy from one day productions. all in all, a great show. and to document it, we have one hell of a nice recording. look out for it on transmission3000 sometime before the end of this week.

special thanks to jessye and megan for putting us up for the night on saturday. they're really great girls and it sucks that i don't get to see them more often. i did leave my pillow at their house, so maybe that'll be a good excuse to get back up there soon.

and now i'm back home again…