We Dont Need No Water, Let The Motherf**er Burn.....

So next day we were off to the Austin City Limits festival in ......you guessed it.....Austin!!

A fairly average day was moving along until there was a loud bang from behind the Main Stage and a 30ft fireball and tower of smoke from what apparently was a propane tank exploding.







2 people were seriously burned and taken to hospital, not surprising really when you see the aftermath of what happened


So after that little interuption i was off to the main stage to watch Crowded House. Great set and a nice bunch of guys too.


Backstage, the facilities werent exactly great, hence the sign on the door of the only toilet in the main stage area!


After that whole thing it was off to Houston for a show at the Reliant Arena before a 14 hour drive to El Paso, Texas. For all intents and purposes this is basically Mexico as you can see from this picture.

You see the bridge in the middle of the picture?? This side of it is USA, other side of it is Mexico!! Of course we went over, be foolish not to! Its quite scary the difference in living standard actually. Guess, this time the grass is greener on the other side!! Had a walk around the town of Juarez and bought some good Mexican tequila. Its quite funny that you can buy pretty much any prescription drugs you want without any questions in a pharmacy down there. Luckily for one of my lighting Techs Peter who discovered that the nasty looking bruise he had on his leg was in fact a nasty bite from a Brown Recluse spider. Apparently this can be fatal over time as they bite and then lay theyre eggs in your skin and the eggs feed on the muscle but apparently he was quite lucky that there was still fresh blood flowing through the wound so they could drain it and he will be fine now.

Couldnt resist getting a picture of this on the way back across the border


Wonder how many times people have contemplated painting over the word proud!!




Next day was our show at the Abraham Chavez Theatre before a mammoth drive to Tahoe. We left at 2am monday night and will arrive at 9am on weds morning, its now 12 noon on Tues and im on the bus near Ontario, Ca where we will soon be stopping for 12 hours for our driver to sleep.

Fun, Fun, Fun!!!