·The crowd in Appleton, WI being drunk and ornery during sound check. (Ultimately, they got what they came for, and we got some of their pizza!.)
·Running into the guys from the band, The Young Fathers, in Madison, whom we had our 1st and only band fight with several years ago. And, upon finding out that they are big Fleshtone fans, feeling guilty for kicking their asses.
Sharing every Hasil Adkins story we have with Keith. Keith, that’s all we have, we can give you no more!
“We’re the Havox, from Evanston IL.” To chorus of boos in Madison, WI. Dave
(See, the Northwestern Wildcats are from Evanston, and the day before they kicked the WI Badgers ass in football, who play in Madison, virtually ending the Badgers season. It’s a punk rock thing, sort of like when Johnny Rotten said “All you cowboys are a bunch of fagots.” Does that make sense now?)
We learned the Fleshtones take one thing very seriously. Donuts!
The Havox Move Into the Crowd: And the crowd moves away!
“This is the song where we light the organ on fire and smash it!” PZ
Is that one of The Hypstrz!
Jeff secures the only VIP seating in the house in Madison
Ken Fox acting like he was sincerely interested in Jeff’s “Halloween 3” website. True professionalism!
·The brand new dance, “The Mop” being born Friday, October 7th, 2005, in Appleton, WI.
·The brand new dance “The Mop,” suffering a slow, agonizing, death, Sunday, October 9th, 2005, in Madison WI.
(We, the Havox, pledge to the Fleshtones, to never, ever, again make any reference or mention thereof, of the dance “the Mop” as long as we both shall tour.)
·Highlight for the Havox: Being invited on stage to sing back up on the Coastliners “Alright”
·Dave’s PBR Maracas
·Highlight for the Fleshtones: The Havox having enough sense to get off the stage immediately when the song “Alright” was over
The Fleshtones drive 10 miles out of their way to have lunch at the TeePee Supper Club in Tomah, WI. Only to find the Havox trailer already parked in front. Then decide they’ll have Mexican instead.
Many thanks to Chris Musatto for being our tour manager, chaperon, driver, photographer, roadie, enforcer (he had to set us straight a few times) and owner of Vandanglelow.
Dave sets new record of 4 consecutive Fleshtones shows without getting thrown out.
