Saturday, July 3, 2010

Meat Loaf tour with Lisa Bouchelle, July 2 Driving

So, as you may or may not know, I am being the alleged "road manager" for Lisa Bouchelle and her band as she opens the Meat Loaf tour across the north east and Canada this summer. I am driving a Ford E-350 mini bus, previously used to transport senior citizens around.

The band seem to be good peoples.

So we were to meet at a t-shirt maker in hackensack at 1pm on july 2, to drive to new hampshire. i got there an hour early. In my bid to save time, i went in search of a gas station. On the way, a low hanging branch in the right lane slammed into the two passenger sideview mirrors, shattering them completely.

I went on search of help. I went to an auto repair shop and they said they couldn't help, but directed me to a glass shop, who said that they couldn't help without the moulding bracket that had come off of the mirror, and that it would take at least 45 minutes.

Anyway, we got to get to a meeting at 3 in connecticut, the band arrived at 1:10 at the shirt place, where the shirts werent even to be ready until at least 2. we ran over to autozone to find a replacement, and could only get temporary. these dudes attempted to help us by like, gluing and taping and crimping the holder of the mirror to the temp. i got in the bus and realized that it had been re-angled by the branch, and was useless. we fixed it later. i dropped the temp convex mirror and broke that too.

so anyway, 2pm, shirts not ready, finally come at like, 2:10, there are tons of boxes of shirts, we have no idea where to fit them. make due, get on the road at like 2:25, no way making it to CT esp with ridiculous traffic. make it at 4:30. then we picked up the last member of the band, and it was pretty much smooth sailing.

some of the people dont like listening to music, i dont get it. music will definitely get us where we're going faster though, lol. soon, especially witht he mirrors replaced, i will be able to drive a respectable speed in this giant bus. in tilton, new hampshire now, the show is in gilford tonight.