First of all, Denver was AMAAAAZING!!!! Thanks to everyone who came out to the Marquis Theater, in my opinion it was the loudest & livest show of the tour thus far! Pre-show hang out consisted of Myself, Cage, Yak, Chauncey & Todd going around the corner to a bar & grill to grab a bite to eat, and we did. I had a mahi mahi salad that actually was NOT that good, but I went with it and didn't get food poisoning, PHEW! After eating and having a couple of blue moons, we headed back to the club to get ready to play.
Yak & Chauncey (who has been killing it on some double duty with Cage as WELL as Yak) went on around 10:30 and KILLED it as usual! The crowd went crazy and it was def the loudest "YAAAAAAAAAAAK BAAAAAAAAAALLZZZZZ" chant that I've heard all tour. Last song of his set, our good friend/merch mutant/driver, Mr. Timmy Wiggins jumped up and exchanged a NICE 16 with Yak and then called it a night.
Cage, myself & Chauncey hit the stage around 11:30 and the crowd was LOUD and into it! At times, they were louder than us! Singing along with all of the classics and also on a lot of the newer material off of Depart From Me & the I.N.K.Y. e.p. Cage was going the fuck OFF! He really threw himself into it(pun intended), the energy was great and we were all having a blast up there on stage.
Denver loves Cage, and 1 1/2 hours and 2 encores, we said good night.
Part 2: "The Motel"
After the show, the plan was to drive a couple of hours and get a room for the remainder of the morning so that we could get a fresh start and take on the grueling drive to Salt Lake City. That plan pretty much worked out, until we pulled up to the Motel... After seeing signs for the Ramada Inn, Motel 6, Holiday Inn, Comfort Inn, etc... etc... I assumed we'd be staying at one of the MANY, MAAAAANY different "name brand" hotels or motels in the area... I was wrong. We drove past ALL said "name brand" hotels & motels and pulled down a service road towards the SKETCHIEST looking spot in the area. The type of place my man Chauncey refers to as a "murder lodge". Straight up, people lived there, and I ain't knockin' your hustle if you're gettin' it at the local motel, I just ain't tryin' to stay there, ya dig? I've lived in those places, I've stayed at those places, and I thank God they provided shelter when I needed it most, but I AINT trying to relive those days, even though I ALWAYS end up reliving those days...
After we ALL tell our rusty tour manager Todd that we did NOT want to stay there, he went ahead and told us he had already booked the rooms on... Get this... Orbitz. He checked in and went to check out the rooms, his report when he returned was "The rooms are fine, they're just like Cleveland". Oh really? You mean the only OTHER weekly rate crack hotel we've stayed at on this tour? Awesome! With that, Timmy Wiggins just drove off with all of us, sans Todd, still in the van. We drove around and tried to find another room, but it wasn't happenin'. ALL rooms booked. We tucked our tails between our legs and went back to the Murder Lodge. Once we parked and got out of the van, Timmy made a surprising observation, "It smells like crack" he said, and he was right, it DID smell like crack. We went to our rooms (which also smelled like crack) and Chauncey & I were startled to see that the Air Conditioner worked... For about 20 minutes... Then it got really really loud and just started blowing hot air out of it!!! YESSSS!!! AWESOME!!! I was so shot that I just passed out in the HOT assed heat. I woke up in the morning to my phone blowing up & Chauncey just PISSED at the world!!! Then Timmy's futuristic wizard ring went off on his Blackberry, & Chauncey FLIPPED, then MY creepy sci-fi ringer went off and Chauncey went nuts AGAIN!!! It was great! We laughed, we cried.... We got in the van and drove another 8 hours to Salt Lake City, Utah. I'll let you know how the show went and what adventures may have ensued afterwards, luckily Chris booked the rooms this time, we should be OK....
