Friday, December 26, 2008

(GHWT) e's Journal Part 2 (44-79% Complete)

After some sleep and completing some errands and then some more sleep, I revisited my World Tour in pursuit of becoming a true guitar hero.

House of Blues (Los Angeles)
The band returned home to California for a very eclectic set. It isn't normal that you hear The Mars Volta, MC5, Sublime, Willie Nelson and The Doors at one show. It went over pretty well. And the show was sold out too!

L'Via L'Viaquez
Kick Out the Jams
Santeria
On the Road Again (Live)
Love Me Two Times

Our next show is another one of those gigs that we pay to have the priviledge of playing, which is in Tahiti. I guess we could do a bit of vacation/business for this one.

Ted's Tiki Hut (Tahiti)
I was introduced to all new music on this one, a bunch of Indie bands. I really liked playing Monsoon by Tokio Hotel. The rest were kind of a blur and I was happy to get paid afterward. It was worth the $2000 tickets to play in Tahiti.

Monsoon
Aggro
Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)
Good God
One Armed Scissor

Will Heilm's Keep (England)
A giant festival in front of a castle with a big bonfire and hundreds of thousands of fans. How do we respond? Sting plays Demolition Man with us and we close with an encore of Michael Jackson's Beat It.

The Kill
Shiver
Rebel Yell
Demolition Man (Live) (w/Sting)
Beat It

Recording Studio (Canada)
We recorded an EP of covers to sell at our next set of REALLY BIG gigs. We're actually going home to San Francisco for our next show!

Lazy Eye
Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast
Float On
Nuvole E Lenzuola
Pretty Vacant

Yes, we did a song in Spanish. We're going to California next. There's a large population of Latinos there. We need their money!

AT&T Park (San Francisco)
This was the gig of a lifetime. Hometown crowd, legendary songs! I played a 99% accurate version of Muse's Assassin and an apparition of Jimi Hendrix taking the stage in my place!

Are You Gonna Go My Way
Sweet Home Alabama (Live)
Assassin
Escuela De Calor
The Wind Cries Mary (w/Jimi Hendrix)
Purple Haze (Live) (w/Jimi Hendrix)

Unlocked The Experience achievement

Tesla's Coil (Australia)
Another $2000 cost for this gig, which was actually inside a giant Tesla Coil that was converted into a night club in Australia. A bunch of tracks I was unfamiliar with before the gig. Nothing groundbreaking, but a fun visual to watch the sparks literally fly.

Toy Boy
Hail to the Freaks
Winternoll2
Hollywood Nights
Soul Doubt
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Two days down and 79% complete. Not too bad. Again a fairly short game as I didn't spend that much time playing today. Only two big gigs that I know about left. Our next one is at Ozzfest in Germany, then our final gig hypothetically will be in New York City at Times Square. We'll see... tomorrow.

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