Chromeo in San Diego, Aug 27/28, 2009
Chromeo in San Diego
Aug. 27
Today ends my 3 days off after the A-Trak/Grizzly Bear non-stop summer. I fly to San Diego to meet up with Chromeo for a one-off tomorrow. Today was pretty simple, all I have to do is fly. Once I got in to San Diego, I touched base with the guys and I met up with one of them for dinner at Los Panchos de Charly, our regular San Diego hang we discovered on tour with Morcheeba last year. We had a good talk with the people beside us and eventually just went back to the hotel. Pretty lame for a bunch of touring guys…
Aug 28
Show day starts with coffee. Rule #1. So we found coffee a couple blocks away and sat down for a bit, enjoyed, then went back to meet up with the rest and go to the stage to load in. It was kind of a cool concept. The festival is called StreetScene and they shut down a huge chunk of downtown and put stages all over the place. Ours was ok, normal enough stage, good gear. We showed up, checked the backline and bailed. When we got back to the hotel, 3 of us went out for lunch, and another friend who was in town with another band joined up as well. After eating it was back to the hotel, sit by the pool and wait for showtime…
We got in a bit early because we were dying to see the band before us. Not every day a legendary death metal band like Mastodon plays before Chromeo. It was amazing for all the weirdest reasons. Our show was going really well tonight. Huge crowd, just loving it, then about halfway through, the generator for the light rig died! The guys ended up playing a couple songs in total darkness, and in some ways it actually made the show a lot cooler.
Afterwards, a couple of us met up with someone else that was our tour manager back in the Sean Lennon days and we went out for a couple drinks. It's always nice to catch up with old friends. We called it when the bars kicked us out and went back to crash. Fly home tomorrow, then another show with Grizzly Bear…
Aug. 27
Today ends my 3 days off after the A-Trak/Grizzly Bear non-stop summer. I fly to San Diego to meet up with Chromeo for a one-off tomorrow. Today was pretty simple, all I have to do is fly. Once I got in to San Diego, I touched base with the guys and I met up with one of them for dinner at Los Panchos de Charly, our regular San Diego hang we discovered on tour with Morcheeba last year. We had a good talk with the people beside us and eventually just went back to the hotel. Pretty lame for a bunch of touring guys…
Aug 28
Show day starts with coffee. Rule #1. So we found coffee a couple blocks away and sat down for a bit, enjoyed, then went back to meet up with the rest and go to the stage to load in. It was kind of a cool concept. The festival is called StreetScene and they shut down a huge chunk of downtown and put stages all over the place. Ours was ok, normal enough stage, good gear. We showed up, checked the backline and bailed. When we got back to the hotel, 3 of us went out for lunch, and another friend who was in town with another band joined up as well. After eating it was back to the hotel, sit by the pool and wait for showtime…
We got in a bit early because we were dying to see the band before us. Not every day a legendary death metal band like Mastodon plays before Chromeo. It was amazing for all the weirdest reasons. Our show was going really well tonight. Huge crowd, just loving it, then about halfway through, the generator for the light rig died! The guys ended up playing a couple songs in total darkness, and in some ways it actually made the show a lot cooler.
Afterwards, a couple of us met up with someone else that was our tour manager back in the Sean Lennon days and we went out for a couple drinks. It's always nice to catch up with old friends. We called it when the bars kicked us out and went back to crash. Fly home tomorrow, then another show with Grizzly Bear…
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