We did another roadtrip nation interview - this time with Peter Erskine. He is a drummer who played with Weather Report and on a ridiculous amount of albums with other artists and bands. It's funny talking to people like him because he was always in the "scene" - he was such a good player at such a young age that his path sort of fell into place.
After the interview i took the boys over to Shoops in Santa Monica where we got some lunch/breakfast. After that we headed down to Orange County and with some time to spare we hung out on the beach at Corona Del Mar. in our time there, Kellen and I tackled the challenges of tic-tac-toe and we have realized that it is a pointless stupid game if both people know what they are doing. so what we learned is only play tic-tac-toe with stupid people.
We went over to Irvine and picked up some food at Trader Joes. it was very strange for me to be back in Irvine. i spent the last 4 years of my life and all of my adult life there and for some reason coming back gave me this feeling in my stomach that was really hard to shake. It's a place a feel extremely connected to but also a place where i no longer belong. i think that's just about the worst feeling ever - not feeling like you belong. Post-college is a harsh transition but life goes on and i'll get use to it in good time.
i have been playing a song on this tour currently titled Roads. It's about that place where you could curl up into the fetal position and stay there for a long time. It started as random thoughts written down when i was in Placerville, CA last summer. though i moved around a lot as a kid and i dont think i ever officially lived in the town of placerville, i lived all around it in the outlying areas and it is the place i connect to as home. though i have not lived there for a while - i go back there often and during these visits i felt this feeling that you get with an ex girlfriend. you know each other so well but you distance yourself once its over and when you bump into each other you try and act like you don't know each other anymore. its weird feeling like a stranger in your home town even when you still think of it as home. it is this tragedy/paradox of life that i love to write about in my songs.
i dont write songs unless i need to say something these days. i dont think its far to waste peoples time on songs that are meaningless lyrically.
the show in Irvine at the Pub on Campus was awesome and it was great to see a whole bunch of friends and family there. the place was packed - with lots of people standing against the back walls.
We were without Eric Frank tonight but he will be with us on the tour until the 21st and he'll back to LA from Portland.
all of us with Peter Erskine
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