05th Oct 2009
Queers Tour Day 12
In addition to going to bed early, we got a late checkout so we got to sleep in and didn’t have to leave until 1pm. I slept for about 11 hours and it was AWESOME. The next show was in Albuquerque which was an easy three hour drive.
When we got downtown there was a helicopter flying around and cops everywhere blocking off streets. It turns out they had evacuated a federal building because of two suspicious backpacks. While we were in the club we heard a small explosion when the bomb squad blew up the bags! Here’s a link to the story: http://www.koat.com/news/21221820/detail.html
After loading in we went down the street to a cool coffee shop/restaurant and hung out there for a while. I went back and changed my strings then went to use my meal ticket at a place down the street. My ultimate goal of being in NM was to get a meal with green chiles was a success. I got a spicy black bean burger with jack cheese and green chiles. So good! I wish I could take some home with me but they’d have to last 3 more days until I got to a freezer.
The Launchpad was a nice venue and the attendance was decent. We a played a fun set with some more of the pop songs we haven’t played since the beginning of tour. Fortunately I remembered them without my extra cheat sheet, which I had left at the cafe!
After the show we drove a few hours to cut our drive time down for tomorrow. We stopped in Gallup, NM and called it a night.
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