It's quarter to five in the morning and I can't sleep. Why am I not tired? I froze my ass off trying to sleep in the car last night and barely got 40 minutes of sleep. When dawn broke, I decided to give up sleeping and just start driving. Halfway to Saratoga I started to fall asleep at the wheel, so I drove into this nowhere village in the middle of the Adirondacks, found an abandoned building to park behind, and napped for an hour in the car out of sight from the road. And now it's dawn again, and I haven't slept. Why can't I ever sleep without getting fucking crazy stoned??
Last night's show at Darien was amazing. The energy was immeasurable. Chair banging at the encore break! I haven't been to a venue where that's happened since Gorge back in maybe 2001. Such thunderous jubilance! What I didn't like where the people banging chairs and making a racket during Sister. Don't get me wrong, I love the chair banging. I missed it! It's been years! I like it during the encore break, and it's even kind of passable in between songs, but it is never never NEVER okay to make that kind of sonic barrier shattering noise during a song. Never. That is one absolute I will definitely stick to for the foreseeable future. Matisyahu opened with another fabulous set. He also came out and did some improvised rap and singing in the Everyday/36 jam - and he was stellar. Joy Ride! I've missed that one too, it's been two years since being treated to that one live. Other than the show, getting to the venue was pretty cool. Campers get to go through their own entrance to the amusement park after hours and we walked through the deserted park to get to the amphitheatre. It was eerie. Most of the lights on the rides were still flickering away, one ride was playing bluesy music, and birds were everywhere. I guess after the park empties out it's guests and employees, the animals are free to take over. Canada geese and their young, and countless other species I didn't recognize due to their eastern homes. You could actually see the ferris wheel lights from the concert flickering in the night sky. Walking back through the park was just as surreal. It felt like being in a movie where only bad things can happen to you.
I met up with Chef Josh and his girlfriend at the show and found out that he was so fucked up at the Toronto show that only four songs in he was turfed by security. So he and Jeff had to leave just as the party was getting started. Brutal.
Okay, this may be the most unpolished post I've ever put out, but I can't think any longer and should really try to get some rest for tonight's show. Oh! I checked out the venue already and have some pictures!
I also drove to Albany to pick up my friend Brian at the airport. It's been some full days! I grabbed a pen at Stephan's IZSTYLE tent and wrote some notes to convey, so I think I'll try to get to that tomorrow.
And of course, I'm having trouble uploading the pictures for this post. Not surprising anymore - another task for tomorrow.
Good night from Saratoga Springs, New York!
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