INDIANAPOLIS, IN 7/2/05

Andy at the wheel, originally uploaded by mormons - 8 bit tour.

we woke up at the house in west lafayette and got our bearings on being
back in Indiana. west lafayette was the town that Robo-t met Spacey-k
while living with Anti-log. That town is the where the first
incarnation came together of what would become 8-bit. Spacey-k and
Robo-t used to write rap songs about the jocks and assholes in their
school nearly 6-years before the first 8-bit rap song was written.

there are mixed feelings about that town. it was nice for anti-log to
again see the parking garage that he almost jumped off of before moving
to LA. joy...

a nice family invited everyone over for dinner. they made a big spread
of food and took care of whoever came over. Oh, and as an aside, the
daughters are beautiful. It was an extra bonus to see cute girls after
days and days of driving.

everyone geared up, loaded up, and took the hour long trek to
indianapolis. we arrived at a rustic kinda country bar called ‘locals
only’. we had a few small hassles getting a couple of minors into the
club but everything eventually worked out and we took time to watch the
local bands.

there was a really good three piece honky-tonk/rockabilly band called
slick andrews. it was good to see something authentic in that genre.
Some guys from kentucky and indiana with an amazing guitar player in
his 50’s... they were the real deal, not the prepackaged posturing
you’d see in LA...

Slick Williams Jam with Dannys wife, originally uploaded by mormons - 8 bit tour.

some old friends that we hadn’t seen in years came to the show so we
got to do some catching up with some cool faces from the past. we
drank pabst and got trashed. ahh, good times.

the mormons have never been to indiana. the only things they knew
about indiana is the Indy 500 and a band that used to play in the mid
90’s called Sloppy seconds. Someone from the club overheard the
conversation and told Vince that the guy playing in the 2nd band was
from Sloppy Seconds. That made the Mormons day... He sang funnny ass
songs about getting head from the dead and some sloppy seconds
classics.

Vince with Danny, originally uploaded by mormons - 8 bit tour.

it was time for 8-bit to play and the fourth of july was approaching.
the club was more or less dead aside from the friends we were with so
8-bit decided to have a 4th of july spectactular. Robo-t and Anti-log
took roman candles (with report) and had a duel at 15 paces.

Roman candle battle, originally uploaded by mormons - 8 bit tour.

8-bit played and the show was fun and weird cause old friends had no
idea what they really did live. the show was fun and dumb and the
8-bitters got way too drunk (suprise).

Breakin bottles more, originally uploaded by mormons - 8 bit tour.

Anti-log in Indy, originally uploaded by mormons - 8 bit tour.

Dancing with the robots, originally uploaded by mormons - 8 bit tour.

The mormons played and people didnt really know what to do. Being a
country music friendly bar, it was kind of a shock to the system. They
put on a great show, so good that the sloppy seconds guy tracked them
down and left nice messages for them.

the posse headed back to west lafayette to crash. the 8-bit tour ship
was launching bottle rockets and roman candles at the mormons tour
church while driving down the freeway. the 8-bit shuttle also tried to
throw a smoke bomb into a jeep as they were flying down the freeway but
it ricocheted off the hood.

everyone got back to the west lafayette house and drank. we had a
mini-fourth of july celebration by launching the few skyrockets we had.
robo-t was drunk enough to launch a sky-rocket out of his hand and
somehow managed to not get burned.

Tony fireworks, originally uploaded by mormons - 8 bit tour.

Fireworks, originally uploaded by mormons - 8 bit tour.

everyone went into the house and drank till they passed out.