EL PASO, TX - 7/21/05

New Mexico, originally uploaded by mike jones 2000.

we woke up and gathered our things. a couple people were able to take showers and organize some shit. when we were gathering things robo-t asked anti-log what the fuck was on the back of his leg. anti-log thought he meant something was stuck to his leg and took a look to find the biggest bruise that any of us had ever seen. the bruise started about the middle of his thigh and went down to his calf. there were bumps were you could physically see torn meat under the skin. needless to say, robo-t apologized for calling anti-log a pussy for the several previous days.

Anti-log's fucked up leg., originally uploaded by mike jones 2000.

we said goodbye to deannette and headed back downtown to NYPD for free pizza!!! the food was great and the girl carrie was the coolest. if you are ever in Albaquerque, go to NPYD!! you can get two big ass slices and a beer for $6!! tell carrie that the mormons and 8-bit sent you...

The gang at NYPD Pizza., originally uploaded by mike jones 2000.

we thanked carrie and we got some coffee next door to get on the road. we had a long hot drive ahead of us...

the 8-bit van had a small head start on the mormons van and we were both blazing through the blistering heat. we drove for several hours and the mormons could see the 8-bit shuttle craft on the horizon so they punched it and got things together to throw out the window at the robots. with about 50 feet to go before reaching the 8-bitches, the back right tire of the 8-bit van blew out like a motherfucker.

Tire, originally uploaded by mike jones 2000.

Fixing the tire, originally uploaded by mike jones 2000.

the mormons saw what happened and quickly slowed and pulled over to help the 8-bitches. man, its a good thing because the drunk ass robots didnt have a jack or tire-iron in their van. again we were blessed because the mormons van had everything needed to change the tire.

there were a bunch of gourds where the van was stopped and you may as well try and have some fun in anything you are doing. even if its changing a tire in 100 degree weather. we got a baseball bat out of the van and played a little gourd baseball on the side of the freeway.

joey pitched a gourd and anti-log hit it right back at him. luckily the gourd exploded on impact and joey was able to dodge the shrapnel.

gourd baseball, originally uploaded by mike jones 2000.

we changed the tire and were able to take a picture of a few tour homies standing in the middle of the freeway.

I 25, originally uploaded by mike jones 2000.

we didnt really know the shape of the spare because we just got the shuttle craft. the flat happened somewhere near a town called elephant butte and another town called truth or consequences. fuck it, lets go...

we drove for about half an hour and everything was going fine and then bam... another loud ass sound coming from the tire we just changed. both vans pulled over again and we inspected the damage. it was weird as hell cause the tire didn't pop, all of the tread just ripped off of it. we were only a mile away from the next exit so we drove slowly and hit some tiny little town.

it was now 6pm and there wasnt a single tire store open. we were fucked!!! we stopped at a gas station and asked around for any alternatives. they told us we'd have to stay the night in the shitty town and get a tire in the morning. we had a show in el paso in a few hours so we started exercising our options. one of them was to take off the mormons spare and try to put it on the 8-bit van and hope that it had the right lug dimensions.

as josh was trying to take off the mormons spare, robo-t started talking to some redneck guy with was spitting chew all over the place. robo-t told him about the problem and the guy said we were fucked in town but there was a guy 6 miles away that sells used tires out of his house??? fuck it, might as well try..

we drove the 6 miles through the new mexico desert on a tire that was held together by a prayer. the guy pulled into his trailer and pointed across the street to four ranchero mexican guys in a driveway. we parked and walked up to him and none of them spoke a word of english. thank god we live in southern california and are forced to speak some watered down version of spanish every day.

we got down to brass tax. he had a tire that would work and he could have charged us any amount of money. we were expecting to take it in the ass without lube and pay something crazy like $200 for a used tire.

cuanto?? cuanto??? cuanto dinero?? fuck, i dont know... the guy wouldnt answer and proceeded to jack up the van and put the tire on. what could we do? worst case scenario would be to jump in the van and take off if he was unreasonable. he had everything set and then he said a price that blew us away. 35 bucks. the guy had us, we were fucked, and yet he didn't gouge us and was really nice about everything. there are really good people in the US and we were so relieved to have a tire and to be able to get out of that town. whoever that guy was, man, you dont know how much you helped us.

Tire shop, originally uploaded by mike jones 2000.

we met back up with the mormons and hauled ass to el paso. the ro-bros have a 14 year old niece that was staying in el paso on a fluke and she called to let us know that she wanted to go to the show. the club is 18+ but i told her we'd do whatever we had to do to get her in.

we finally got to the club, the T lounge, and checked in. i told the door guy about our niece and he was really cool about everything. he said as long as we kept an eye on her and made sure she wasnt drinking then it would be fine. yeah!!!!

we went on a liquor run and our niece casey arrived at the club. the girl is an absolute sweetheart. we have been eating really shitty food on this trip and she felt bad for us. she made spaghetti and meatballs for everyone in both bands and even brought plates and forks!!! you cant get most girls in LA to not drink the last beer you saved from the night before. and cook??? shit. you cant get an LA girl to change a roll of toilet paper... at least the ones we know...... casey rules!!! if she weren't 14 years old and related i'd marry that girl.

casey picked out the entire set-list for the show and she forced us to play some songs we haven't played in a long ass time. 8-bit was up second so we made the list and proceeded to get really drunk. we felt bad cause we wanted to check out the first guy that was playing. it was his first show and he did electronic music so we wanted to support but instead we hung out with our niece around the corner drinking and talking. and NO mike and mary, casey wasn't drinking, we were.

8-bit rolled into the club and there were maybe 10 people there. there were two really cool guys there and we were shooting the shit and talking music for a while. i was too drunk to remember their names but here is a picture of them. hopefully they will read this and fill in the blanks in the comments area. hands down the coolest people we met in el paso.

8-bit started to play and and they werent impressed with the small turn out. there was one girl there in a white get-up with a really short skirt. she looked like she didnt want to be there cause she kept scribbling things down in a notepad. we figured we may as well have fun if the crowd was just going to sit there. during i-deez, spacey-k says, 'slappin bitches on the ass', and anti-log walked up and slapped her hard on the backside.

robots were getting off the stage and grinding on that girl. it was funny cause the robots were all focusing on that girl and climbing on her. one robot took her purse and dumped it out on the stage. it was this weird show that was completely interactive with one person in the crowd. i think it all stemmed from extreme sexual frustration. we are like sailors that have been out to sea for 6 months. we start hallucinating mermaids and wind up wanting to sleep with dolphins.

8-bit @ The T Lounge, originally uploaded by mike jones 2000.

some guys in the back bought a round of beers while the robots were playing and it was very much appreciated. maybe they wanted us to grind on them too???

we said goodbye to our niece and felt like jerks for our behavior that she witnessed. she has a better comprehension of things then most 'adults' we know so im sure she wont be scarred or affected in any way by the show. did i mention she rules for coming to see us in el paso???

Crystal behind the bar, and Tony @ The T Lounge, originally uploaded by mike jones 2000.

the mormons went up next and they were talking shit about the people in the crowd. one of the guys from the back bucked up and bought the mormons a round of drinks too. vince was capping on white people in the crowd and the people were joking back with him. they managed to have a fun and good show regardless of the minimal turn out. the light is at the end of the tunnel. only a show in phoenix and we get to go home!!!

The Mormons @ The T Lounge, originally uploaded by mike jones 2000.

we all went to the bar and got loaded. we talked to the blond girl in the short white dress and we asked what the hell she was writing. she said she was doing a review on the show. by sheer turn out we figured we would probably get a shitty review so we went on the offensive. she can write whatever she wants to but we one-uped her. check this out.

uh, how about robo-t grabbing her ass??

how about an upskirt picture??

Upskirt, originally uploaded by mike jones 2000.

not good enough? how about another upskirt picture???

Upskirt 2, originally uploaded by mike jones 2000.

if she writes a positive review of the show, sorry about all of this. if its negative, now it will seem like she is taking revenge on us for these pictures.. its a win/win, see??? it does suck because she was really nice and she was genuinely interested in our music. oh well, we are assholes. no hard feelings??

the bartender bought us shots and invited us to a goth club. we passed on the club but slurped down the shots. we were heading to phoenix directly because the ro-bros cousin lives there and said we could all crash and go swimming. plus it was going to be hot as a bitch in the daytime so we figured it would be a more palatable drive during the cooler evening.

driving driving driving.

one funny driving story is that we stopped at a rest area and somehow josh lost his glasses. he realized they were gone about a mile from the rest stop and he pulled the van over. the exits are few and far between in the desert so he decided he was just going to run back to the rest stop, get his glasses, and run back to the van.

he took off through the night and was almost out of sight then he turned around and ran back faster than when he left. he was about a 1/3rd of a mile down the road and some animal, pretty positive a coyote, came running after him. he got back to the van a bit winded and totally freaked out.

he didnt want to get attacked by coyotes or wolves so he drove in reverse the mile back to the rest stop and amazingly found his glasses in tact in the main roadway of the rest area. goddamn we are blessed....

we listed to a couple of hours of dostoevsky's notes from underground on CD. we were having fits of delirious laughter. its amazing how observant and clear that guy was. he approached literature somewhere between how a philosopher would prove an axiom and a guy talking shit about people at bar. we were out of our minds and pushed on to phoenix.