Fayetteville, AR

Nov 01, 2009 22:05

(note: this and the last one come from San Antonio, on day one of some excellent R&R. I've slept 11 hours and am fed and washed and life is good.)

Now here's a city to whom we owe a favor, big time.

Fayetteville seems to have the most Charlottesville-esque scene so far, skewing a bit younger and most definitely feeding from the University right down the road. And if Kansas City had its own Ghent that I saw, then this night's venue was right in the middle of Fayetteville's The Corner. A place called "Teatro Scarpino" could end up being a number of things. Lucky for us, what we got was one hell of a pretty establishment.

But, there were problems. As soon as we pulled up to the loadin door, a good ten minutes was spent debating how to handle this night given Andy's condition. He'd not let himself speak the whole way there and if he was getting better, it wasn't fast enough. But there were hours until showtime; so it was decided to load in, soundcheck wituout him, and pray that self-isolation in the van would do be enough.

It wasn't.

So Fayetteville was a wash. Not much else to say, other than Versailles and Ego Likeness of course bringing it as full-on as they have every night, to a really awesome and responsive crowd. The promoter, God bless him, was cool to a point that one can't logically expect in situations like these, but be grateful for all the same.

And so it was time for me to take my second driving shift. Eight straight hours from Fayetteville to Bryan TX, one stop for peepee and a second on account of misjudging being able to get there on one tank. There had been talk of Andy taking over for me eventually but everyone completely crashed out and I didn't mind doing it; something about wanting to be behind the wheel on my first-ever visit to Texas (which was after dark so didn't much matter anyhow). Once the sun came up there was a startling realization: this part of Texas was a lot like rural Chesapeake. Shockingness!

Next time: even eventual recovery is bigger in Texas.
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