by Joshua on July 30, 2010
The van is dead; long live the van. It is destined for an afterlife of disseminated scrap. All cassettes were retrieved before abandonment, though we thought twice about actually claiming the dijeridu cassette, which may or may not have caused all of this trouble to begin with.
And, as previously feared, the tour is therefore over. There was a faint hope of renting another vehicle to finish the remaining mini-tour dates: Urbana and Indianapolis. That hope faded with the quote of a fee for dropping the rental off in Ann Arbor (apparently rentals that are driven away from Indiana are never returned – go figure?).
So we have fitfully rested in Marion while we wait to be picked up. Thanks for tuning in, everyone. We’ll let you know when we have the heart to try this again. For now, we’ll return to Michigan to nurse wounded rock ‘n’ roll spirits.
by Joshua on July 30, 2010
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The breakdown
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The unexpected Marion show
Sequence of events:
- Left Michigan in high spirits; van came with instructions from Ed (not joining us for the tour) that it had to be started in sequence with a particular Pantera song. Cassette was provided. Van was successfully started and driven across the Indiana border.
- Played a thrift-store cassette of dijeridu and drumming, a self-purported Shamanic journey tape. This may have corrupted the van’s aura. Loud noise ensued; van stopped running. Much smoke.
- We were broken down just off the exit to Marion, Indiana. Joel has a buddy in this town who drove us into town, following the towed van.
So, the Bloomington show happened without us. I got word that we were given a round of applause in Bloomington for still being alive. Thanks, Bloomington. It’s appreciated.
Nevertheless, we did rock last night. A place called Beatnik’s in Marion let us play a show to 3 or 4 people. Joel’s buddy let us sleep at his place. Now we await word on the van to see if we’ll make the remaining shows. If the van is dead, we may rent a vehicle, if resources allow. Believe with us, friends. This has been a surreal/fun/sad kind of trip so far.
