Sleep was cut off abruptly. Had to take showers and such, then drop Charles off at the urgent care to take care of his foot. Hit two places that were closed before successfully finding one that wasn't. After breakfast, started drive to Pittsburgh--fortunately it was only three hours. Passed through West Virginia for five seconds, first time in that state.

Met up with Ben, the guy we crashed with and the Howler's soundman. Also happened to grow up in Mass, worked with Charles, and we played with his old band Zipper back in 2004. (It's a small world after all.) We had a really good, long chat with Ben about touring, band stories, the Pittsburgh scene, and his current band Action Camp over some Thai food. Got to meet his bandmate Maura. Almost wish we waited to eat, though. Jo at Howler's made dinner for the bands. She's the coolest.

Saw our autographed t-shirt hanging on the ceiling from the last time we were there. That put a smile on our faces.

Will Knox and his band were incredible. Some beautiful folk stuff going on. They're on tour too, playing Chicago today. Mercy Rules had some great harmonies. Family Lumber from LI are on tour too; hitting Cleveland today. Real interesting guitar interplay. They make the three guitar thing actually work.

Ben did fantastic sound last night and recorded a multitrack of the set. Hope to put those out in some form at some point. Set was really tight last night.
Rain's been pounding down on us since last night. Rib feeling a little better, plan to get that checked out in Boston to be safe. Crashing in South NJ with Jamie for Delaware show tonight; then one more show in NYC tomorrow before we put this puppy to bed.

Henry's phone

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