We'll call this show: "Fire and Ice"

First of all, we would like to thank Bear for getting us on this show at the last minute. And, seeing that we were late, thanks to Fog for not showing up so we could still play. Late? But, why?

Ahhh, yes......... Upper Michigan in the winter. It kind of reminded me of that movie Fargo. You know, a lot of trees and not much else.

So we're traveling down this desolate highway, making good time, when we started to smell a burning-oil kind of smell. At first we thought it was nothing and continued onward, talking about the burgers that we just ate in Iron Mountain that were the size of our heads, and trying to find a radio station, any fucking radio station that we could tolerate in this region since we forgot all of our tapes at home. I think we should get that satellite radio thing. Anyway, this smell, it would not go away. We began to consider "checking it out". Then suddenly, out of nowhere..........a...........gas station???!!!! Yes, it was a gas station.

We decided to pull the fucking bus into this place. (I sometimes call it a bus) By then, a little bit of smoke was billowing from the grill. We thought, "damn valve covers". When we opened the hood..........

We noticed a nicely sized campfire blazing on the engine. That's right, we were on fire. We decided to pull away from the gas pumps for some reason. We ran inside and bought some marshmallows. Luckily we got a fire extinguisher and put the damn thing out. Turns out, a transmission line burst and the fluid decided to ignite.

Well, we rigged the fucker up and we were off. And what a pleasant surprise about 30 miles down the road.........a goddamn snow and ice storm!!!! What a bunch of bullshit this was!!! But................the show must and will go on. When we got to Marquette, we were only about 2 hours late. Good thing Bear is a cool guy, and thanks again to Fog for not showing up so we still could play. This place was a killer venue. Tight sound. Awesome room. Great stage.

Oh, and the crowd. I must say that they resembled the "ice" a little more than the "fire". They just kind of stood there and looked at us like we were weird. Not just for us, but for all of the other bands as well. We're not complaining, more like admiring their presence and thanking them for being there. They were the best goddamn thing that came of this whole adventure. We did have a great response from them. Except for that chick that just looked on the floor at one of the CDs that I threw out. IT WAS F R E E !!!!! Who were you expecting? Cannibal Corpse??? Slayer?? Maybe Elvis, I don't know. WHAT THE FUCK, chick ???!! FUCKIN' CHICK!!!! Yeah you, the one with the glasses and black, silly looking pants. You know who you are!!! Damn chick!!! Anyway, fuck the chick. We had a good time anyway.

This show did turn out cool. After all, it could've been much hotter.

Thanks again to Bear, Snake Net Metal Radio, Radio X, Northern Michigan University, that cool-ass sound guy, and all involved. It was worth it.