tucson – oct 22
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OCTOBER 22 TUCSON/ATLANTA
It is my birthday today.
I have decided to celebrate my 50th, instead of my 49th.
It’s an experiment.
Get the 50th out of the way.
Its already funny to see who gets infuriated by this idea and who likes the notion.
It does not matter much either way.
I will be getting on a plane and heading east to play a festival in georgia tomorrow, which means with the time change, 3 hours will get shaved off my day today and I will spend most of the rest just in the air, like most of my thoughts.
Last year we played our final giant sand show of the tour in London on the 21st. so at midnight we all started to celebrate my 48th. Then the next morning I was on a plane back to Tucson and landed in time to continue the party with my family and such. That was a very long birthday.
This year it ducked out from underneath.
Which is pretty good too.
And luckily, sofie is coming with me for this Georgia show.
So I don my akubra hat from Australia, and my new thrift store wool sport coat she just found me the day before. And some dark grey chinos from zara in spain.
The man is looking sharp for 50.
We have checked into the airport. It is way too nice for us. Then we muster up the gusto and head off to find food. It is about 1 or 2 in the morning. There is a place about 300 yards away called “spondivits” that our driver suggested. We are off to get there. we walk. As we approach down the darkened street, I notice there are a couple fellows up ahead in front of the restaurant with very similar silhouettes as my own dress code. Sure enough, when we get there a big righteous brother in the very same garb mentions something about how fine my lid is and how he should have it. cracks me up. Then the next feller settin there in front of the joint has to mention that my hat is fine, wearing a similar one himself. Ok then. Inside the place a picture perfect rendition of ‘purple rain’ is being performed by a skinny white college rocker. We negotiate a bucket of steamed sea creatures. Then back to our new home.
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