PopTour: Summary

PopTour: Summary

The I95 North C-PIGS Tour 'ought 'ought Summary*

*(C-PIGS is an acronym for the letters PC and ISG)

Well, what else can I say? We did what rock bands are supposed to do -- we got in the van and played. It seemed pretty hard work at the time, but looking back now a few months later, I know it was great and special. How many people get to do things like this? As Andy ISG said: 'Vive la Indie Rock!'

Statistics:

Depart Gainesville 2.30pm on Friday 3 March -- van mileage: 102297.5
Arrive Gainesville 4.45 am Sunday 12 March -- van mileage: 105217.5
Total miles traveled over 9 days: 2920

Itinerary:

Friday 3rd The Lazy I, 700 G Seaboard St Myrtle Beach with ExWife
Saturday 4th The Galaxy Hut, 2711 Wilson Blvd. Arlington VA with Idiot Savant Garde
Sunday 5th The Pontiac Grille, 304 S. Street Philadelphia PA with Prelapse
Tuesday 7th The Spiral Lounge, 244 East Houston NYC with ISG and Blinder
Wednesday 8th The Velvet Lounge, 915 U St Washington DC with ISG and Quagmire
Thursday 9th The Rawbar, 13 E. Salisbury St Wrightsville Beach NC with ISG
Friday 10th The Caledonia, 256 W. Clayton Street Athens GA with ISG and Ceiling Fan
Saturday 11th The Club, 4475 Shackleford Rd Duluth GA with ISG and others

Money OUT: $571

Gas: $372
Tolls: $57
Expenses: $142
Hotels: $38 (Myrtle Beach SC), $55 (Wilmington NC)
$29 Groceries at Greg Ceton's
$10 Board cassette at Spiral, NYC
$10 To Jason Fagone for Polaroid film

Money IN: $252

$25 Lazy I, Myrtle Beach SC
$60 Galaxy Hut, Arlington VA
$11 Pontiac Grille, Philadelphia PA
$11 Spiral Lounge, New York City
$0 (!) Velvet Lounge, Washington DC
$5 Rawbar, Wilmington NC
$10 Caledonia, Athens GA
$-- The Club, Atlanta GA (show apparently cancelled)
+ $50 from The Great Quail of the Libyrinth.com in sponsorship
+ $55 CD sales (4 d'art, 1 v2, 1 CIU)
+ $25 two t-shirts, 1 pair socks

Comp Merch: washcloth to Greg Ceton, tKoIR to Lingua Franca, 2 d'art to Murphy family

Net: negative $319!!

Moving Through The States:

Georgia: 4.30pm Friday 3rd
South Carolina: 6.00pm (arrive Myrtle Beach: 10.00pm)
North Carolina: 1.50pm Saturday 4th
Virginia: 4.30pm
Delaware: 4.12pm Sunday 5th ('Home of Tax Free Shopping!')
Pennsylvania: 4.35pm
New Jersey: 2.00pm Monday 6th
New York: 3.30pm

Things That This Tour Has Revealed Alyson Hates:

Zoos
Planetariums
Baklava
Bananas
Juice
Sand
Tea
PopCanon
Everyone

Number Of 'Adventure Golf' Places On Kings Hwy, Myrtle Beach SC: 5!

(3 Pirate Treasures, 1 Hawaiian Caverns, 1 Jungle Adventure)

Spooky Signs From God--Literally, Billboards Signed 'god'--In SC:

I don't question your existence.
Don't make me come down there.
Come by my house Sunday before the game.
I love you…I love you…I love you.
That part about 'Love Thy Neighbor'? I meant that.

Spooky Signs From God, Part II:

G.O.D. -- Acronym for Guaranteed Overnight Delivery company in New Jersey

Spooky Signs From God or The Pennsylvania Turnpike:

On Sunday night we pulled a Uturn on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and got a $93 ticket.
On Monday night, Michael and Dave switched as drivers and Michael's wallet fell out of his pocket at the tollbooth.
Then on Tuesday, when we went to retrieve his wallet, we were instructed by tollbooth authorities to Uturn across 12 lanes of traffic, TWICE!