...18 years ago...A tour story blog based on old unearthed tour diaries by Dean Clean of the Dead Milkmen....Austin, TX- December 16, 1986 no weather report Up late - eat - Brian arrives. That's it. My tour diaries end here with a rather abrupt stop. I remember deciding that I'd just experience the touring as it happened and not bother to write anything...http://www.deadmilkmen.com/tourstories/archives/000195.html Austin, TX- December 16, 1986 no weather report Up at 1. Coffee and talk. I take a shower (warm water for a change). Eat at ___ then home to talk and listen to records etc. Lee, Dan , Dave B. and Rod go to the...http://www.deadmilkmen.com/tourstories/archives/000194.html Austin, TX- December 14, 1986 no weather report Up at 10. Brian and I go to the percussion house and pick up a flexitone etc. Dave B., Brian and I go to the studio to do bass over-dubs etc. We finish over-dubs and added touches....http://www.deadmilkmen.com/tourstories/archives/000193.html Austin, TX- December 14, 1986 no weather report Off day - sleep until 2. Up, eat and do laundry. We go to Liberty Lunch and see Eugene Chadbourne and the Butthole Surfers - great show! Home drunk and to bed at 2:30AM Here's Eugene's site...http://www.deadmilkmen.com/tourstories/archives/000192.html Austin, TX- December 13, 1986 no weather report My mom's birthday. She did like those earings I bought her in San Francisco. We're up later and go to the studio at 2 to begin recording over-dubs etc. Dan and I program a drum machine and...http://www.deadmilkmen.com/tourstories/archives/000191.html Austin, TX- December 11, 1986 no weather report Up and eat breakfast then to the studio. We cut tracks all day. I'm tired in the morning but pickup in the afternoon. By the end of the day we have all the basic tracks done. Home...http://www.deadmilkmen.com/tourstories/archives/000190.html Austin, TX- December 10, 1986 no weather report Up early - 9:30. We get ourselves together. Brian shows up at 10 and we load the van - drums, six guitars and a lap steel, two bass amps, five or six guitar amps etc. All pile...http://www.deadmilkmen.com/tourstories/archives/000189.html Austin, TX- December 10, 1986 no weather report Up and about. We rehearse in the afternoon and go over all the songs. Eat -then in the evening Brian and we go over particular songs and everything looks good for us to start recording tomorrow. We...http://www.deadmilkmen.com/tourstories/archives/000188.html Austin, TX- December 9, 1986 no weather report Up late as usual. Rehearsed today with Brian. Songs are coming together. He has good arrangement idea's and we try anything he says....http://www.deadmilkmen.com/tourstories/archives/000187.html Austin, TX- December 8, 1986 CoolCloudy Up at 12. We set up all our gear in the house to rehearse. Brian Arrives and we play. He has good ideas and it goes well. Brian then goes to work. We eat and then go over material...http://www.deadmilkmen.com/tourstories/archives/000186.html |