I keep wanting to call Sid and Helen
Sid and Nancy but I wont do that. We showed up at Sid and Nancy's, a
little house in the suburbs of Chicago. Mayberry they call it. Nate
and Tessa from Destroy Nate Allen got in shortly after and we
promptly set about rocking. It's weird. This is only my second time
playing with Destroy Nate Allen, but it feels like we've done a lot
more. I guess they just make a big impression.
The show was awesome. Definitely the
best of the tour so far. There was a pretty solid crowd there. A
bunch of Joshua's friends drove up from Cleveland to see Nate. I
finally got people singing along with “Oh! What A Captain of
Industry,” and Joshua joined me on guitar for “Family of Ghosts.”
I played accordion because I had figured out how to play the banjo
lick on the accordion earlier that day, and that seemed like a good
idea. Mostly it was. Nate and Tessa rocked the house the way they do.
I got out of breath just watching them. This is Pen Pen destroying
Nate Allen.
Sid and Helen's seems like kind of a
community hub. A regular hang out spot for a lot of folks. The guys
from Flat Foot 56, who we'll be playing with on the way back in
September were there. So that was cool. And Sid and Helen's kids were
sort of hilarious. Their youngest daughter couldn't decide if she
wanted to be a crust punk or a doctor when she grew up. Their infant
son wandered around with a Run DMC onesie. Then Joshua and I spent
time berating their teenage daughter for not knowing who Patty Smith
or Pavement were. We're those people. Picking on teenage girls for
the win! On the way out, Joshua demanded that we stop and get some
Chicago deep dish pizza before we headed up to Milwaukee. This is Pen
Pen enjoying some real Chicago deep dish in real Chicago.
This is a song I wrote one time You
should download it and share it with your friends.
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