Had to do an in-store acoustic thing at a Hot Topic yesterday around 3pm. We literally had to perform in front of a fucking Twilight/New Moon display and when we had to play Sometimes I Feel Like A Vampire I very nearly threw up in my mouth. I have a big mouth and I make some crack about this. Don't think the 14 year old girl trying to buy a Robert Pattinson shirt appreciated it. Lest I seem like an ungrateful cur, the staff at Hot Topic was super helpful and incredibly nice to have us play there at all.

Karma has her way with me later.

Jen's folks have friends in Fayetteville who cooked us dinner. We decompressed a bit and they made us dinner. Gotta say, I think we may have a bit of luck on this tour in the home-cooked meal dept. Anyway, we arrived at The Rock Shop around 6:30, set up our gear. Start the sound check and—surprise—my amp isn't making any noise at all. After the Enormous Room show last week, we spent a whole evening check the amp out and it sounded fine. Now: nothing. A total FML moment. Once we exhausted most possibilities I gave the amp a good kick. Hope I didn't break my big toe. It's still pretty sore. I'm an idiot. Luckily, the sound guy had a Mesa Boogie cab lying around that got the job done. Don't know what I would've done.

The show itself was tremendous and not a bad way to properly start the tour. There weren't many people there, on account of it being a Sunday in Fayetteville, but the folks who were there were dancing up a storm. We had to extend the middle of Backs to do shots with them. It was that kinda night. The folks at The Rock Shop were awesome and I'd love to come back again some time. It's nice to be appreciated. (Also, everyone we talked to was a DJ, oddly enough.)

Hitting up Athens today. Going to search for a few repair shops to get the fucking amp fixed. We took another look and we think some of the tubes may have been damaged (a simple enough fix, I'm told).

Henry

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