Wartime is back in Missoula after a hazy two weeks on the road. Here’s a synopsis: We traveled 36 hours in a big van from Missoula to Madison, stopping for a taste of humidity in South Dakota badlands. Played in my hometown (Waunakee) that evening, watched my mother drink Jeremiah Weed and tell stories about me. Slept like children again, busked in Madison, a city built around the capital and devoid of dirt. Camped in Iowa in the sweat and rain and RV forests, drank wine and whiskey. Bombed in the early morning listening to Christian talk radio to Rock Island and Daytrotter. Recorded new songs with nice people. I have your number Phil, I will call you. Chicago the frenzy heart and itch,mealtime in the barrios ($3.99 Coyote Restaurant breakfast 18th Avenue please support them), more good wise people met.
Bomb down to Louisville and be static. Traded words with a guido seemingly insecure about his sexuality and his thoughts on Midnight Cowboy. Got too drunk on good whiskey with friends and was feeling a little shakey. To St. Louis, a city with an inside joke it won’t let anyone in on. Deep dish pizza, free. Kansas City, Where we could feel the West burning hot and dry over the Missouri river and we longed for it, out of the Green land and into the high lonesome. Denver, you like your mischief! Hi-Dive, Emory the old drunk is on the guest list and has crushes on Sam! Home to Missoula, stop in Wyoming’s Glendo Lake and smell sulpher in the water, eat brats.
Look for us at the Top Hat Saturday, September 4. Look for our Daytrotter Session sometime soon.
We will be doing an all cover set of the Flaming Lips’ Yoshima Battles the Pink Robots Saturday October 30th at the Badlander.
-Nate
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