Monday July 27th
The Empty Bottle, Chicago ILL.
Maria: So that night we played at a club called The Empty Bottle, and there was this very strange sort of
quazi-Rockabilly couple there.
Heidi: The woman weighed like 200lbs and the man like 140. She was gigantic with a broken leg, and on crutches,
and she's spinning on her cast, dancing to us.
Maria: Then she takes off her underwear and she throws them on the stage.
Heidi: Hahahahaha. And during one part of the set they were making out on stage.
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Maria: The band right before us, these cocky little bastards, were like, "We got that girls underwear.
Do you want it?" I said "No!", and they said, "well we don't know what to do with it." Then like 10 minutes later, they
came running in from out back and said they had set them on fire and their guitar player pissed on them. Then there was a
black and white photo booth, and they all pile into this thing and they come over to show me the pictures. The one guy
is whipping his penis out and the other guy is giving him a mock blowjob.
Heidi: That night we stayed in a great place. The night before we stayed at this place where you were actually
dirtier after you took a shower.
Tuesday, July 28th
Gabes, Iowas City IA.
Heidi: So the next night was...
Maria: Iowa City Gabes - the most deadly staircase to load into.
Wednesday, July 29th
Down Under, Columbis MO.
Heidi: What a nightmare. It's not even worth talking about.
Thursday, July 30th
Replay Lounge, Laurence KS.
Heidi: One of the best show of the tour. A great time. No stage, small place filled with pinball machines...
Maria: And they were having a bridal shower in the back room. Some one had purchased this big inflatable
penis and some one wrote really big with a sharpie marker "Sit N Spin" on the penis.
They were gonna give it to us, but then decided they wanted to sell it to us. But it was an amazing show. We were
surrounded by people.
Heidi: Great club, great town.
Friday, July 31st
Treblefest '98 - The Bluebird, Denver CO.
Heidi: Pretty good show. Huge club. Renovated movie theatre from the 40s or something. Balconies. We got super, super
drunk, like every night.
Maria: Our bass player actually vomited at that show.
Heidi: That night we stayed in a hotel. There was a leather convention there, so there were a lot of people walking around in
chaps and studded bras.
Maria: So of course everbody thought we were part of the convention. But we weren't really wearing leather...
Heidi: We were the Pleather convention.
Maria: The animal friendly convention.
Saturday, August 1st
Freds, Albuquerque NM.
Heidi: So from Treblefest we went straight to Freds in Albuquerque, which is a bakery. Most of the people at the show
were the people that worked there, but we got 3 free meals out of the deal.
Monday, August 3rd
Continental Club, Austin TX.
Maria: This is the skinny dipping episode. Texas at the time was going through the worst heat wave of the century.
It was 105 degrees.
Heidi: At night!
Maria: So there was this olympic sized community swimming pool like 10 minutes from the club.
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Heidi: So what they do is, they climb over the fence and sneak into the pool. It's completely dark. So we were all super
drunk of course. Mony was at her most insane that night. So we decided to go swimming with them. We assumed they would be
skinny dipping, but we weren't skinny dipping. We were clothed enough.
Maria: Pretty much whatever I wear on stage.
Heidi: Pee-Pees everywhere. I was groped by a little fat kid with braces in the pool. I guess you think that if you're naked
in a pool with girls, that's the thing to do. But it was very refreshing.
Tuesday, August 4th
Mary Janes, Houston TX.
Wednesday, August 5th
Check Point Charlies, New Orleans LA.
Maria: The Sleaziest town in the world. There's this film of grease just covering everybody, and they actually
encourage alcholism.
Heidi: We played at a place that was a launderette and a bar, so I was able to do my laundry while rockin'.
Thursday, August 6th
The Chukker, Tuscaloosa AL.
Heidi: Me and Maria stayed up all night with the guys that we stayed with having a raisin toss.
Maria: Oh, the bathroom...
Heidi: I have to say, that was the only day I chose not to bathe.
Friday, August 7th
Backdrop Bar, Atlanta GA.
Saturday, August 8th
Sleazefest '98 Local 506, Chapel Hill NC.
Heidi: I won runner up "Queen of Sleazefest." Why, I don't know. The Winner was actually a guy that was a transvestite.
The runner up was supposed to be somebody else, but they called her name and she wasn't around. I was right there screaming
obsenities, so they called me up. And I do believe I might have kissed Peter Zerembe(The Fleshtones) on the lips
cause he was the "King of Sleazefest."
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