Saturday January 27 2007 (Orlando)
The venue in Orlando is where the Magic play, and very large. Mexican food for lunch and all of us in there before the truck drivers, so hungry because we skipped breakfast. Did some emailing and practiced the wings stuff for about an hour. Took a nap, which became a disorientating-ly deep sleep, and when I woke up, I had trouble. Soundcheck was short. Dinner good, sort of “Howard Hughes”-ish; Chicken and peas and carrots and potatoes. The gig went well I thought, the best yet. We played “Directions” and it really worked well in the arena. Afterward, with beer in a cup, Marc and I went to the front of house and watched the John Mayer show. This time I really listened to the horn section and they really are amazing. After the show some of John’s band came to our dressing room and it was sort of a party atmosphere. I was asking people what their hobbies are, just trying to start conversation. Chris Moon was there, and he said one of his hobbies was watching foriegn films. People think it’s hilarious, or that you’re joking when you bring up hobbies, but I think they’re interesting. Overnight to Pensacola on the bus, sort of taking turns d,j.-ing, Paz, Josh and Ryan all played some great stuff. I stayed up (for some reason) til about 3 talking to Timmy (our bus driver).