mason proper

September 16th

The drive from Colorado to Michigan was 18 hours long. We did it in one day. I kind of feel like driving through the midwest is just like driving through space, only instead of being surrounded by darkness, you re surrounded by corn fields.

Somewhere in Iowa, on our way home.

Matthew: (looking at the map) We’re almost there…kind of…no not really at all.

Jonathan: Well, we’re sorta close. I mean, once we cross into Illinois, we just keep going… for a while, then we’re there.

(shakes head)…good thing I said that. It was a very good point.

September 15th

We were all happy people on our way back from the festival after it had ended. They fed us quite well and we watched Spoon play right before the Flaming Lips on a stage that was inside a mountain. Usually, this does not happen.

at night, heading back home from Red Rocks

Jonathan: No not Shiv, I’m talking about Bill, did you meet Bill?

Michael: Who was Bill again?

Jonathan: Oh, he’s short, shorter, I’d say and a bit gruff… surly. Surly and gruff.

Garrett: He’s very euphoric.

Zac: And mandatory. A euphoric mandatory guy.

Jonathan: Yes. Bill is a short surly gruff man who is euphoric and mandatory.

September 14th

The next day we went to Red Rocks. And it was beautiful. The kind of beautiful where all you can do is stare out the window, and use expletives to describe how beautiful everything is. Highlights include: dinosaur prints inside the rocks, Matt getting lost before show time and joining the band a quarter of the way into My My, and watching Bob Log III.

Cell phone call during the day, at the Monolith festival,

Zac: Hey, do you have the keys to the van, Garrett needs his sweatshirt …

Matthew: well… I do but I’m a bit pre occupied at the moment, so I don’t think I can get them to you right away because I m on top of a mountain.

Zac: Jesus. (to Garrett) he’s on a mountain.

Matthew: Is it an emergency? Because if it is, I could probably be back down in about two hours.

Excerpts from interview:

Interviewer: So for this next section, we want you to come up with a top five list. What we were thinking is you could do the top five pieces of information that you would like to share with other aspiring musicians.

Matthew: Because we’re such wise old men at this point…

Jonathan: Maybe one should be about never eating field corn from the side of the road.

Garrett: What?

Brian: Jon’s uncle thinks field corn isn’t fit for human consumption.

Zac: I feel like that is up for debate.

Brian: They fertilize it with human feces.

Zac: Not always…

Garrett: Oh right, on our way to Cleveland…

Interviewer: So are you guys ready?

Brian: They grow it to feed cows…

September 13th

There were a lot of time zone shifts between the mitten state and the rocky mountains. The changes made everyone dizzy.

At a restaurant somewhere between Kansas and Colorado, in the outdoor play area.

Matthew: (approaching, other side of fence) How did you guys get in there?

Brian: The gate is locked. You have to push the latch.

Matthew: (looks at fence) Where ?

Brian: There’s a latch. Up by your head. Push on the post. No. By your hand.

Garrett: Why did they child proof the kids play area?

Mike: (drinking a milkshake) Guys, this is maybe like the best milkshake I almost ever had, probably.

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We arrived in Aurora outside of Morrison Colorado, late. There was a drunk man half sitting in his hotel room half lying in the hallway singing “Can’t Buy Me Love” with the radio. He kept messing up the words.

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Drunk man:

buyyoudimenringmymanifehtmadeyoubymyside
igetchuallyougotmyfriendifisayyoulluvmedo
cuzidontknowtoomuchfermoney
andmoneycantbuymelove