Hotel Figueroa

I had a ridiculous night last night. Went to my friend's birthday party at The Hotel Figueroa in Downtown LA. It was a cool little back patio/pool/bar setup, very low key. As I arrived I walked passed El Hefe from NOFX and did a double take. I was going to say hello and thank him for having us open for them back in February but I kind of felt like a penis doing that. As the night continued I kept seeing vaguely familiar punk rock looking dudes. I ended up running into Joe Sirois from the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and it turned out to be some kind of impromptu warped tour party going on. All of a sudden I started noticing Fat Mike, Tim Armstrong, Toby from The Street Dogs, etc. It was pretty awesome. I shot the shit with Joe all night and we talked about how much we both love The Undertones. I was explaining to him how we're writing the next record and how we want it to be the best thing ever and after a certain amount of beers I just flat out asked him if he'd be interested in playing on it. He seemed into the idea. So there's that. HOLY SHIT!! I'm not going to hold him to it, but it's awesome to hear something like that. When Mikey and I started writing songs together in my garage and his attic we would often listen to The Bosstones classic, Question The Answers. We were like 11/12 years old. The idea that he might play on our next record is so damn awesome.

Aside from that I introduced myself to Fat Mike and thanked him for having us open for them back in February. He was very kind and responsive. I guess I was expecting him to give me a wedgie or something (I just googled how to spell wedgie fyi). A great night all in all.

Today I hit up a flea market and scored a copy of Cheap Trick at Budokan on vinyl for $4. Not pissed about it. In fact I'm in my underpants drinking a Bass listening to it. I'm off to a cookout at Rico and Jen's and I'm excited to play drums tomorrow in a secret location!!! I pieced together a mini kit for recording demos. Kick, Snare, floor tom, hi hats, cymbal. That's all you need!!!! Godspeed

Danny