Let the Roadies Take the Stage

Last show of the tour tonight in Helsinki. It was great. Last night we were in Bergen, Norway. Another good show. Two of the guys from Guns and Roses came by, Frank Farrar, the drummer, who is an old friend of mine and Tommy Stinson, of the Replacements of course. It was great seeing them. Next show for Dino is in Calgary, Canada I think.

Thanks to Built To Spill for doing the tour with us. It was a really great being with them.

My camera stopped working so here are a few pictures from earlier in the tour.

The Gear

J and Tomas

Stay

We're in Stockholm today, in an amusement park. Had a 30 hour bus ride yesterday. Fun!

Only a few more days left on the tour. Don't really want to go home.

Berlin Club Manifesto

The two Brett's from Built To Spill

Mattias and Lou

Kevin, Charlotte, J and Phillip Virus

Hand of Fate

World's largest gong

Some good shows, London, Berlin tonight in Mannheim. Went to Paiste cymbal factory in Zurich, very interesting. Tomorrow is Paris. Nice!

London

Wake Me Shake Me

We're in Cambridge today, London tomorrow. Things are going good except for J's amp problems today. Finally getting a bit warmer here in the UK.

We have had great local crews on this tour. Very professional and fast. Nice!

Kyle is living the dream

Built To Spill and their bus

One of the Stage Crew in Leeds. His T-shirt says: Cocaine Ruined My Community

I Wanna Be Elected

Played tonight in Newcastle, last night in Glasgow. Good shows both. Kyle is sounding great.

I particularly like the way they do No Bones and Raisins. Tomorrow, LIVE AT LEEDS!!!

It's great touring with Built To Spill. They are amazing and I suggest you check them out.

Doug and Brett from Built To Spill

Fire Engine

We're in Glasgow today, nice city. The shows have been going well, Dublin was good. Murph got sick and had to go back to the states so Kyle who drums with J Mascis and the Fog and Harvey Milk is filling in. He's a great drummer. Hope Murph gets better quickly.

The hard life of a guitar tech!

Galway

Philly, merch and bike repair

Good Times!

Silver Lining

Show in Austria went nicely. We're in the UK now, show in Oxford tonight. Tomorrow is Liverpool. Never been there, ferry cross the Mersey?

Tama Rockstar

Bombs Away

Started European tour yesterday, in Austria. Festival show tonight. Most of the rest of the shows are with Built to Spill which should be fun.

Volunteers

Mixed J's new band Sweet Apple last Tuesday at the Mercury Lounge in New York. They are terrific. The band has members of Cobra Verde and Witch. Kinda hard to describe, sorta garage, 3 minute songs you can sing along to. Buy the record.

Dino Europe tour staring May 4, can't wait. Missed Australia due to a long European tour with Mono, who rule!

RIP Malcolm McLaren.

Master of Sparks

A couple of pictures finally.

Murph!

Tim with J's s new guitar

Nazz Are Blue

Been trying to update the blog but I'm having a terrible time uploading pictures. Just not happening. Anyway, the Dino shows in Mallorca and Switzerland were great. Friends of mine from New York, Ned and Janet Brewster, were at the show in Palma. I hadn't seen them in years, because they moved to Palma! It was great to see them.

Thanks to Dave Copp of Sennheiser for repairing my old 421 microphones. The 421 is a classic and the only mic I like using on Lou's 4x12 cabinet.

I Saw The Light

Great show last night in Madrid. Tonight we are in Barcelona. Here's a picture of J at band rehearsal in Madrid.

Jeepster

Leaving today for a few Dino shows in Europe. Finished a US and Canada Tour a couple of weeks ago. I'll update everything shortly. The picture of of me was taken by our guitar tech, Tim, at First Ave. in Minneapolis. Also, I was interviewed for the January issue of Mix Magazine, "Desert Island Gear". Talk about Dino mic setup in case you are interested.

Lather

Wow, finished Dino tour November 21 and left for Fog/Witch UK tour about a week later. Everything was good. Fog did two really cool shows at ATP and a few other gigs, nice.. They are are a great band. Witch played at ATP and in London, awesome.

J also played with Porn which is fronted by Tim Moss, TM for the Melvins. It included Dale and Cody form the Melvins and Dave, Melvins sound man and bass player for the Unsane. It was pretty amazing stuff! Got to mix the band which was fun. I also got to mix Om for three shows. Fantastic stuff, they added a keyboard player.

Anyway, here's a few pictures

J and Fog at ATP

The real controls

Waitting

Dino gear

J and Murph

Idiot Wind

Been in Canada for a few days. Cold but no snow. Shows have been good. We're doing the Canadian shows with Pink Mountaintops. They are great. Day off today! Here are some pictures of Dinosaur.

Superfuzz

Day off in Seattle today. That means laundry. Glamorous life! We were at the Showbox in Seattle yesterday. Great venue, interesting show. The gigs in LA and San Francisco were awesome.I really like LA House of Blues and The Fillmore. I'm a big fan of the '60's San Fran sound so it was a real treat to get to mix Dinosaur Jr in the original Fillmore. Headed to Canada tomorrow.

Seattle

The Fillmore

Early Fillmore posters

J and Tim

Secret Weapon

Lou and Missing Men at Belly Up in San Diego

Tempe

Bare Trees

We've been making our way to Tempe, Arizona for the next show on Tuesday. Stopped for a day in Santa Fe. It's a lovely town and I was really glad to have a few hours to look around...and do my laundry! West coast run coming up, nice.

Moon Rising in Santa Fe

Cathedral in Santa Fe

J and Tim in Boulder

Oh Well

Nice laundry in Dallas

Tim and Brent (from Built To Spill)

Wango Tango

Wow, been a long time since I wrote anything. Been busy. After Atlanta we did 4 shows with Built To Spill. Great band and I love it when we do shows with them. Represents all that's good about music, touring and life in general. Show at Stubbs in Austin was just amazing. Everybody sounded great.

The show in Salt Lake City got cancelled due to bad weather. Bummer all around. Shows in Colorado were nice, we arrived in Boulder during a blizzard, two feet of snow. Heading to Tempe next, then to the west coast. Nice!

J and Brent(of Built To Spill) in Oklahoma City

Getting rid of RF 

Brent and his home brew amp, Awesome!

Lou 

Bus broke down, wheel problems