Our three day California tour was a lot of fun. We arrived in Fresno on Thursday, Oct. 27 for a show at the charming Tokyo Garden, an establishment that has been a Fresno landmark since the 50s. Although the streets of Fresno were silent, there was plenty of rockin going on at the Garden. We were joined by some nice Fresno locals, Tommy Marquez, SirenSinging, and Llama Boy. Chris Bochin of Llama Boy kindly put us up for the night and gave us some Tang.
The next day we drove to Oakland for a Friday night show at Mama Buzz, a really cool cafe with veggie food and GOOD COFFEE! We conversed with the with Oakland locals about Oakland, LA, and Portland, Occupy Protests, and the Nov. 2 General Strike in Oakland, which Bumtech is observing from our home base in LA. We played a great show and were joined by Nintendo DSi dj Jahnonymous and Guitar Wizards of the Future.
On the way we had to resist buying this T-Shirt:
On Saturday we went back to Mama Buzz for breakfast, MORE COFFEE, and to see our friend, legendary punk rocker Eddie Morgan of first wave Portland punk band Ice-9. Jonn looks good in Ed Mo's glasses.
Then, off to San Luis Obispo for our last show of the tour. It was Saturday night and there were plenty of drunk people in Halloween costumes as early as 9pm. We had a great time in SLO even though they spelled our name wrong. The Frog & Peach provided plenty of Makers Mark to help me get over my cold.
And that does it for another tour!
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