San Marcos on FRI APR 23

So we headed back up to San Marcos to play over at the Triplecrown. Really cool bar. We played with our pals in Funkotron, who bring out the peeps in that town.San Marcos is about 2.5 hours away from Houston. Due to work related constraints, we typically can't get out of Houston until 6:45ish on Friday nights, so we are always on the cusp of being very late. As such, we had to forego stopping at Buc-cee's on the way there--to the noted displeasure of almost all parties in the car.

Triplecrown has a number of cool facets--we can pull right up to the back door and load-in, which happens to open right into the stage area. From trailer to stage is about 30 feet. Not too shabby. The venue also has the ring on a string game in the back, in which a hook is attached to a wall, and string is hanging from the ceiling, and you stand 15 feet from the hook and try to make it work. First straught on, then maybe on 2-3 passes. Always a fun game and good way to pass an hour or too.

The only thing PLUMP hasn't been able to get straight is the stage volume and proper band alignment. It seems like on or more of us always has trouble hearing the others. This time Al couldn't hear me (Doug), which made it a tougher show. One of these days we will get it figured out. This show marked the debut of Josh using 2 Mesa amps. Be prepared to have your lower regions vibrate in the wake of his bass assault.

The show was pretty good. As per usual, the Sixer has been the funnest song (for me) and has been getting a good response. Funktoron rocked. We made it to Buc-cees. I had one sausage/jelpeno/cheese kolache and one cherry kolache. Buc-cees at 3 am. Can't beat it.