The Weakerthans, The Veggie Bus, and somewhere in between a run-in with The Law.
September 29th. The Weakerthans.
Well Parco, Pete, Frank, and Jeff accompanied me down to Providence RI to see The Weakerthans. When we got there we met up with the one and only Aaron Sousa. We walked around a bit, and right before the show started we payed a visit to The Veggie Bus. An old school bus converted into HippieFest. The bus runs off of recycled vegetable oil www.veggiebus.com We then went to the show. Murder by Death and Lucero played before The Weakerthans. The show was good and The Weakerthans are superb live. Got home Around 2ish.
October 2nd. Providence Once Again.
So I told Aaron I would get him in Providence on Saturday. I convinced Pete to come with me because it will be fun. We drove down to Providence around 12 and made it there about 1:30 without any problems. We got Aaron and started coming home. Running out of gas and us being hungry we decided to stop in Winchester. I made a sign thats said "Help I'm being kidnapped!" and put it in the window as a joke as we passed through Burlington/Winchester. Some girl saw it and started laughing and Aaron took it down after that. We got back on the Highway when all of a sudden a cop is behind us with his lights on. We werent speeding or anything so we pull to the side of the road and I'm thinking ... It Cant be for that. Instead of the cop getting out of his car and coming up to the drivers side window he comes over the loudspeaker and says "Everyone Put their hands on the roof and dont make any sudden movements." At this point we are all just confused so we look back to see that 3 other cop cars have arrived and there were now 2 cops behind us with some sort of assault rifle and 1 cop in the bushes with his assault rifle aimed at Peter's head. I say "I hope we are just getting punked." They tell Aaron to get out of the car and to walk backwards with his shirt up to expose any
concealed weapons. One cop approaches him and cuffs him, puts a gun to his back, and walks him to the cruiser. Then they tell Peter to do the same. So about 2 minutes later 2 cops approach me and tell me to get out of the car and to sit on the ground. I do so and explain everything how it is a joke and whatnot. They give me a lecture and then ask me for my phone number... I have to explain how I dont have one and that I dont live with my Mom right now. So after a little bit they uncuff Aaron and Pete and tell us to go on our way.
Well Parco, Pete, Frank, and Jeff accompanied me down to Providence RI to see The Weakerthans. When we got there we met up with the one and only Aaron Sousa. We walked around a bit, and right before the show started we payed a visit to The Veggie Bus. An old school bus converted into HippieFest. The bus runs off of recycled vegetable oil www.veggiebus.com We then went to the show. Murder by Death and Lucero played before The Weakerthans. The show was good and The Weakerthans are superb live. Got home Around 2ish.
October 2nd. Providence Once Again.
So I told Aaron I would get him in Providence on Saturday. I convinced Pete to come with me because it will be fun. We drove down to Providence around 12 and made it there about 1:30 without any problems. We got Aaron and started coming home. Running out of gas and us being hungry we decided to stop in Winchester. I made a sign thats said "Help I'm being kidnapped!" and put it in the window as a joke as we passed through Burlington/Winchester. Some girl saw it and started laughing and Aaron took it down after that. We got back on the Highway when all of a sudden a cop is behind us with his lights on. We werent speeding or anything so we pull to the side of the road and I'm thinking ... It Cant be for that. Instead of the cop getting out of his car and coming up to the drivers side window he comes over the loudspeaker and says "Everyone Put their hands on the roof and dont make any sudden movements." At this point we are all just confused so we look back to see that 3 other cop cars have arrived and there were now 2 cops behind us with some sort of assault rifle and 1 cop in the bushes with his assault rifle aimed at Peter's head. I say "I hope we are just getting punked." They tell Aaron to get out of the car and to walk backwards with his shirt up to expose any
concealed weapons. One cop approaches him and cuffs him, puts a gun to his back, and walks him to the cruiser. Then they tell Peter to do the same. So about 2 minutes later 2 cops approach me and tell me to get out of the car and to sit on the ground. I do so and explain everything how it is a joke and whatnot. They give me a lecture and then ask me for my phone number... I have to explain how I dont have one and that I dont live with my Mom right now. So after a little bit they uncuff Aaron and Pete and tell us to go on our way.