Saturday July 23 2022

 

Waking up in our cozy hotel in Moultonborough, New Hampshire.

 

Nigel gathers the troops and crew to have a meeting – a “Come to Jesus” moment about behavior from last night’s show. The owner of the gig yesterday was ready to cancel our Sunday gig.

 

Soccer mom van heads out – stopping by a local coffee shop. Then, we drive up the side of a mountain to get to the gig.

 

Castle in the Clouds. A big event tent in the middle of a field – everything is on an incline – and we’re surrounded by mountains – everything feels like a surreal landscape.

 

 

Setting up the stage and sound checking, which always has its fair share of problems.

 

Feeling exhausted. The catered dinner is really nice: Chicken with Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans.

 

Getting on stage at 7:30 p.m. we do our show (without intermission) and by the last three songs we had everyone dancing at the front.

 

 

Back at the hotel things get weird, or adventurous I should say. First off we can’t even get into the hotel parking lot cause a gang of cops are arresting some lady. A startling moment happens when I decide to start filming the arrest. One of the cops shines his light at me asking for privacy and the lady starts freaking out.

“Why the f*** are you filming me? Are you f*** serious?”

I didn’t mean to interfere but I’m camera happy.

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Later on, we all convene right outside my hotel door. This place is designed a little more old school and communal with all the lawn chairs. Ron has a line of various IPA’s he snagged from the show and has everyone pour cups and taste tests them all. Meanwhile, that gummy I took is starting to kick in. I’m starting to feel high. Everything I say I’m overly conscious of and play a little game with myself attempting to hide that fact. I keep hanging out with Jimmy A., Casey, and Edwin. I pull up the group photos and zoom in on Nigel’s face – it has us in an uproar – dying laughing. Later, we explore the abandoned pool and discover minnows and frogs all over the place.

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One of the other guys that’s staying here interacts with Jimmy and I. He explains more of the arrest and how the girl used to be a manager here. He jokes with Jimmy, “You look like a Cheech and Chong kinda guy,” and then goes off on all kinds of stories about Boston. Everything he describes feels like a movie scene in my mind.

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After everyone goes off to their rooms I sit in one of the chairs – editing the footage and catching up on writing. Out of nowhere I witness a 15 passenger van with a bunch of people in it zoom across the fence. They slam on the brakes and some guy gets out to check something under the car. Then, they take off.

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Meandering in the hotel room – showering and taking care of myself.