Tonight’s gig was very low-rent, in a very great way. We played the basement of a VFW hall – the kind with bingo upstairs – to about 85 super-enthusiastic kids. They don’t get a lot of good music coming through Fargo, apparently. One of the kids worked at a local hotel, and he took us back there after the show and rented us two rooms – including the Jacuzzi Suite – for $35 each. His friend who was working the night desk shift was dealing pot from behind the desk. Ha!

It took us two days to get here – almost 1,000 miles. Albums listened to included The Gay, Shave, Pink Mountain Tops, Peter Gabriel, Flaming Lips, Menomena, and Abbey Road. Flaming Lips fit North Dakota particularly well.