Yaga's in Galveston on FRI JULY 30

As far as I can remember, PLUMP has only played in Galveston one time previous to tonight, and that was about 5-6 years ago at a place called Whiskey Blues, which may or may not still be there. I had a bunch of friends come down, and those guys ended up getting real drunk and staying in a hotel and then naging out by the beach and pool all the next day. (PLUMP drove back to Houston the night of the show and slept in our own beds). I believe there were 8 people that stayed, and a few of them ended up getting stranded and in a sunburned state on the island and had to hitch hike back. The details are hazy, but if I probably would not have picked them up if I had been driving along. But, that is a different story. Anyway, we were back in Galveston again, this time at Yaga's which is a cool place with the band inside and lots of outside hang out areas.

Galveston is about 50 miles south of Houston. Easy to get to for PLUMP. As I am sure you readers have noticed from prior posts, the band is a little Buc-cee's crazy. Apparently, Al found an "app" on his i-phone which shows us the proximity and location of every buc-cees. As such, it was with lots of happiness and glee in the car that Al reported that a Buc-cees was located just off I-45 , about 30 miles outside of Houston around League City. We hit the exit, and turned right as the exit stated. No Buc-cee's! We drove and drove and drove (not that far, but at least 2 miles), but nary did a Buc-cee's cross our path. You have never seen such woe as what had just befallen upon us. Little Jason Jackson was inconsolable. Somehow, we found the strength to drive the final 20 miles into Galveston.

We played with our pals in Strawberry Jam. We were opening for them, and they were on Night 1 of a two night stand. They had some pals from College Station in as well. They also brought a jug of a drink called "summertime" which they let me take some pulls from. Some sort of gin-based drink that was mighty tasty.

Good crowd was there, but we were the opening band, and so people were mostly outside while we played. Such is often the case when you finish playing before midnight and people aren't liquoured up yet. We played real well though, and hopefully we will be back in Galveston much sooner than the last time. I seem to remember Oso Nova going over real good. Also, "When I Pain my Masterpiece" did seem to get some people up and dancing. Good song.

We hung out for about an hour of Strawberry Jam's set, and then we took off. We made the drive back, and once again we had to go sans-Buc-cee's. Alas.