Minimum Five Cries: Tour '06 - Entry #1

[E&T and our tour manager chad, n. jersey diner]

Preface:
I used to think I ruined things. Un-midas touch, you know..things you touch turn to tar. Like several years back when I eurailed europe, I really DIDN'T have the best time of my life...went to foreign cities, sometimes liked their statues and things, but sometimes felt like a lonely nomad -- I was worried there was something to the core wrong with me.

Then i met this gal from berlin who was a 'negative optimist' - basically low hopes for most things and then being happy when outcomes weren't completely shitty. Anyway, it got her by. I thought hmmm maybe a way to be i dunno...

Enter Spring Tour 2006...

Present-day Alice was pretty sure we were going to have an incredible amount of fun on the road (first ever national tour with the lovely sia and her adorable band) but I was also thoroughly prepared for me or kim to break down and cry a few times, have some spats, endure a couple of ego-destroying shows, get fired.

FINAL SCORECARD:

Crying: I think k talon shed tears about 2 1/2 times and i cried twice. (causes included: pms, anxiety, jerks, border tension, bad weather)

Fights: no hair-pulling or bitemarks but Kim punched several stomaches and left bruises on one of the tougher-looking guys on tour...Things got a little dicey during the dirty, drive-intensive leg from minnesota to chicago to toronto. But food, a ymca and apologies kept us intact.

Awful Gigs: As some of you know, kim got heckled in seattle. Actually, we both did, but only kim heard it, so essentially she suffered alone. In philly we suffered together though. Nothing serious just our little friend, Signor Technical Problems of Yore dropping in to say hi.

Job Security: We didn't get fired!

Of course, these are the first thought that fizz inside my head as i try to BLOG about this whole tour thing. More details and stories and pictures to come. Welcome to the BELATED TOUR CHRONICLE of the twin talons and their trusty (trusting?) tour manager CHAZZZZ.

hold hands, cross slowly...

love,
alice