Monday, and I'm back at work. Bad for me, good for you, as it means the next installment of the tour diary. Enjoy!

April 23rd - Akron - The Lime Spider

The Lime Spider is located in downtown Akron right next to a porno store. And so of course we went in to check it out. Now, I don’t know how many porn stores you’ve been to, but usually the magazines are out on the rack and you can peruse them to see what you want to buy. Not so in Akron. EVERYTHING was in shrink wrap, including regular magazines like Rolling Stone, Details...etc. I was confused and brought this up to Sorca (lead singer of rock outfit Dakota Floyd) who pointed to the video preview rooms in back and said "that’s why." Right after she said this, the store clerk looked at me and nodded that yes, that is why. I headed out to the van and am pretty sure I used about a half bottle of Purell. Nasty.

The show itself was great. Dakota rocked, as did our friends in the Perfect Guy, who played, as the name suggests, flawlessly. We also had a rocking good time, even though we took the stage at about 1:00 am for a crowd of about -30. The people who did stay were great though and we’re definitely heading back soon for a Friday or Saturday rockfest.

This stop was also where we learned that Gordon looks very similar to a young Steve Marriott of Small Faces fame. Look it up.

Tomorrow - Chicago!!!!