hexumann tour begins

tour opens with 23 hour drive, l.a. to dallas to meet zach and brian for the first show at bend studio. we didnt end up leaving til like 1230p, as i wound up having to work in the morning, writing some songs for a lifetime movie with my arrested development partner in crime, david schwartz.
finally got the van, loaded it with gear, and headed to kindalikes headquarters downtown to pick up the NEW TSHIRTS, which are really beautiful. maybe well have some left at the end of these few weeks for you l.a. types... basically that drive is long, like really long, like so long its hard to imagine.
ultimately wound up at chris parkers awesome place in dallas, crashed for 3 hours, showered, and headed to the gig, which was at a yoga studio which has slowly become a venue for singer/songwriters passing through. gig was great, well attended, met some great texans and had some sweet sangria and texas beer.
then we DROVE SOME MORE! but not before stopping at zacks buddy brandons place to catch the overtime period of the lakers/suns 6th game. suns won. great game, though. not that i care if the lakers lose dont mean to be rude, but being from san antonio, its clear where my nba loyalties lie.
leaving dallas on the way to oklahoma was a beautiful, tired drive, with the big texas sky lit up by spring lightning in clouds covering everything. listening to lots of sirius satellite radio comedy to make it to our crashpad... crashed at about 5a after a 3 hour drive up to oklahoma city, another friend of zachs who lives right by the state capitol.
why do all state capitols look the same? adam says its cuz theyre all modeled after the capitol building in dc. is that true? seems to lack a little creativity. and state individuality for that matter.
rained a little bit on the drive today up to kearney, ne, through kansas. were caravan-ing at this point, til tomorrow when zack/brian (zacks tour mgr/videographer/photographer) drop off their rental and we pack into ours. quarters will get a little tight. well all get to know each other more than we probably care to...
listening to tom freund at the moment zacks been on the road for a while now, toured with tom for a couple weeks. tonights show promises to be fascinating, were playing at the university of nebraska on the night of their graduation. crazy college bar scene, should be a fun one.
gas has gotten cheaper over the course of the trip so far, at least til we got to texas-ish. all the way down to the 2.60s at some point. kinda sad that thats cheap... but gas in americas still way cheaper than everywhere else in the world, so just relax, everybody. its all gonna run out sometime soon (relative to the age of the universe) anyway, so we better figure something else out. like now. something like not driving so much.
i actually heard a fascinating thing about that some expert somewhere was discussing how driving IS america. its freedom. get in your own car, go where you want, when you want. the chinese are figuring this out now, with the relaxing of certain rules has come the increased use of personal autos and that feeling americans have come to know and love, that unbridled feeling of joy at getting out on the open road. so we gotta figure out some alternative fuels now, renewable fuels (i hear that brazils got it figured out so theyll be self-sufficient in two years) that keep us driving free but dont destroy our home planet. mkay? so lets get on it.
in the meantime, were guzzling gas on the road to play music for people. is that selfish?

we are now 6 miles outside funk, nebraska. for reals. i'll post a picture of the water tower with "funk" on it soon.

in kearney
at the hotel
ordering some midwest bbq brisket/chicken for me...