Got enough sleep for the first time in it seems like weeks. Good coffee (it’s Seattle after all, though I way defer to non-Starbucks joints). First solid packing of the van, and it’s off to Portland. Clint: “Jimmy, can you speed up and pass that Semi so we can see the mountain?” Yes, that is a nice mountain, what with glaciers topping it off into the clouds. Possibly a dying breed, them glaciers. Good thing the Republican administration made sure the U.S. “didn’t believe” in global warming. What useless fucks.

Jimmy had a dream last night that Mark came up to him saying “When it rains, it pours!” and handed him a sheet of paper. “Check it out!” It was a gig in Orlando, FL, on a freshly docked navy ship and the dough was really good. This is notable because Orlando is land-bound on all sides.

Bob had a burn of the KEXP radio show so we pumped it into the van CD player and to our moderate amazement, it actually sounded pretty fun. We were so irritated during the session that we did more “expansionist” work than usual. The attempts at a glorious mess were quite amusing on a couple tracks.

We love the Doug Fir. Sound-checks are easy, crew solid, stage and PA sounds great, superb dinners at the Jupiter (with band discount…), and the Jupiter Hotel is directly over the club. Plus, each very charming hotel room comes with a separate basket for recycling, 2 sets of ear plugs, and a special “Jupiter” condom… i.e., rocker’s paradise…..

The show went well w/good audience enthusiasmics. Bob joined us for the 3rd encore of Good Not Great. Erase Errata’s opening set was truly fab. Afterwards we sold merch. from the stage as is our wont these days. We’re so rich now we won’t have to play another gig at least until we get to Seattle tomorrow.