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April 25, 2002
Writing from Denver, Colorado from the What Are Records office. It's
been difficult getting online with all the traveling that I've done
but I'm finally hooked up! Are you seated comfortably? Do you have a
refreshing beverage nearby? Here's the latest:
The RV is STILL being repaired. It was sicker than we thought, so
while the lovely gentleman at Hendrix Motor Repair in Portland are
looking after the once mighty Cruisemaster and making it mighty again,
Suzanne and I drove a rented minivan 1200 miles to Denver in order to
meet the man on crutches. The drive was grueling but fun. We had to
load the van up with all the bags from the RV and so we look like a
family of ten traveling around even though we are only two rock
chicks. I keep telling Glenn and Suzanne that every time we pull up
somewhere, it's like the Clampetts on Holiday! Sadly, the van had no
CD player so we were forced to listen to what local radio had to
offer. Basically, any decent radio station has little or no reception
and the stations that come in loud and clear are inevitably christian
stations (not that there's anything wrong with that) and country.
Having to choose between the two, we opted for country and now know
every Martina McBride song by heart.
I've been driving through loads of 'square states' that I've never
been to before...Utah (beautiful, stunning mountains and wildlife),
Idaho (very dark and couldn't see much) and Wyoming (uh....let's just
say that it was a bit like being on another planet....no civilization
anywhere practically. But we did see a prairie dog! Ah, the simple
things that cheer you up on a relentless, boring drive.) Arrived in
Denver, exhausted, unwashed and greeted at the hotel by an equally
exhausted pop star as he was giving good 'phone'....he was doing lots
of phone interviews while we unpacked and foxed up for the gig. Went
onto the gig at the Bluebird Theatre which was fab. I have been
sitting in the parking lot of an RV repair shop in Portland for the
last two days, as well as driving FOREVER and now I finally get to
experience the Glenn-in-concert-love! He played a tauntingly brief
snippet of my fave song, You See Me at the soundcheck but then went
onto something else. DOH! The tshirts for the tour arrived (better
late than never) and we all ooohed and aaaahed as we took them out of
the box. I had to put one on immediately and got many groovy
compliments..they look fantastic!
I got to meet all the What Are Records peeps and they are a lovely
bunch. So lovely in fact, that they took Suzanne and I out for a meal
at a local Ethiopian restaurant. I'm usually a macaroni and cheese
white trash kind of girl, but I thought some horizon expanding was in
order and I went along for the fun. The company was fantastic and the
food was....interesting. As our Dad would say, I ate Ethiopian twice
last night. (for the FIRST and LAST time!) The gig was fantastic in
spite of wanting to nap on the floor of the bar. I forgot to write
down a set list.. thought maybe that might be interesting to send you
from city to city...but promise to take better notes next time. Glenn
didn't let the crutches stop him from the rocking though, as he
proceeded to take the entire crowd across the street to a sports bar
for a rousing sing along to Goodbye Girl and "California Dreaming".
(Glenn hobbled as a fan played guitar.) The crowd were loving every
minute of it! It was fun to go along with everyone and
[I think Amy got attacked by a wandering grizzly
at this point, then, having vanquished her fuzzy frothing foe,
valiantly continued. - jp]
We are in Boulder, CO tonight...and I heard that Randy Newman is
playing tomorrow in town. Hmmmm.... will Randy and Glenn's paths
cross? and if so, will there be another song written about the
bonding? (or lack thereof?) Stay tuned.. same Glenn time, same Glenn
channel. We are onto Omaha, Nebraska tomorrow. Don't know when I'll be
online again but hopefully will talk to you soon.
By the way, I just read this back and it is mind numbingly boring...I
have had little sleep and have gone from a car to a hotel to a gig to
a hotel to a car, etc.... Hoping to have a few more Glennlicious tales
to tell since we have now joined him 'officially' on the road.
Rock
on,
Amyx
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