Life of a roadie

psychochild28 · 07-09-2008, 06:13 PM

I came SOOO close to buying my next bike over the 4th. I went back to Ohio and there's a Copper/burnt orange colored 03 SV650 for sale only $3900 with brand new pp's that have 2 miles on them. The bike only has 8900 i think.

And I only had $2500 cash on me

I almost spent my next paycheck to get the rest but stupid bill's got in the way of that.

But on a side note I'm on the bus heading out to do my west coast run. First stop Phoenix in the 104degree heat w/ 40% humidity...YAY lol Then it's 2 shows in Cali, 1 in OR and 2 in WA, back to cali for 2 then NV for 2.

But I WANT that bike

grrr to bills and what not.

psychochild28 · 07-12-2008, 06:57 PM

So July 10th is the new friday the 13th.

Starts out the entire bus wakes up at 5am. Which is 3 hours before we have to be up. GRR stupid time change.

Oh well we goof off till load in.

After load in we test everything and find out we have a bad light. No big deal just put the spare in it's place. WRONG spare doesn't work either.

Grrr now we have to be down a light on one of the truss. Oh well just change a few things and go on with the show.

So during Montgomery Gentry it starts raining

Yup raining in Phoenix. And i don't mean just a sprinkle, I mean it's coming down sideways we were getting drenched on the stage which had a roof. So we scramble around throwing plastic over everything. I head out to the lighting board to help with that. After that's done I head back up to the stage.

There's about 4-5 inches of water accumulating at the base of the stage.

Oh well it's not up to the step that has the power on it and the sub's are still dry.
WRONG about 5 mins after I get on stage there's already a Foot and a half of water covering the step/subs/ and power cable. Not only that but there's about 5-6 rows of ppl standing in that water. We kill power imdediatly because it would have killed about a thousand ppl (no joke) if the cable woulda gotten water in it.

So we pull the sub's outta the water (they're ruined) over 20 sub's gone due to water damage. We get the cable up and on stage. And an hour and a half later we start Toby. So it's 10:30pm and he's just getting started for an hour and a half show....

Show ends load out starts......we lose power

. It's now 2am and we have to wait on some dumbfuck to bring a generatior down so we can finish pulling lighting an rigging.

4:15am he finally shows up. 5:30 we are pulling out of the venue for a 5 hour drive to San Diego for another load in at 8am.

Umm yea we're not going to make it on time.....

10am we arrive (bus driver's are speed demons). Where's the lighting and rigging turck??? Oh come to find out it's been stoped at border patrol and searched, wont be here for at least an hour and a half....GRRRR.

So at noon we start setting up for a 7:30pm show.....We normally load in from 8 am till 4pm. So we're busting butt to get it up and have sound check and all done before the doors open at 6pm.

But it all gets up with no problem other than a bunch of tired pissy crew members.

psychochild28 · 07-29-2008, 06:59 AM

picture time...

The Great Flood of Phoenix

The view from the Venue in San Bernardino

Wyoming

Lake Tahoe- There's no walls it's all scafolding

my 1st bunk

Concert pics

psychochild28 · 08-02-2008, 04:02 PM

Hopefully this works...gotta do it though. This song and Big Vinny (you'll see) crack me up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIuI2O3n6tA

07-12-2008, 06:57 PM	#2
psychochild28 Banned Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: On a bus Moto: SV 650S Posts: 857	So July 10th is the new friday the 13th. Starts out the entire bus wakes up at 5am. Which is 3 hours before we have to be up. GRR stupid time change. Oh well we goof off till load in. After load in we test everything and find out we have a bad light. No big deal just put the spare in it's place. WRONG spare doesn't work either. Grrr now we have to be down a light on one of the truss. Oh well just change a few things and go on with the show. So during Montgomery Gentry it starts raining Yup raining in Phoenix. And i don't mean just a sprinkle, I mean it's coming down sideways we were getting drenched on the stage which had a roof. So we scramble around throwing plastic over everything. I head out to the lighting board to help with that. After that's done I head back up to the stage. There's about 4-5 inches of water accumulating at the base of the stage. Oh well it's not up to the step that has the power on it and the sub's are still dry. WRONG about 5 mins after I get on stage there's already a Foot and a half of water covering the step/subs/ and power cable. Not only that but there's about 5-6 rows of ppl standing in that water. We kill power imdediatly because it would have killed about a thousand ppl (no joke) if the cable woulda gotten water in it. So we pull the sub's outta the water (they're ruined) over 20 sub's gone due to water damage. We get the cable up and on stage. And an hour and a half later we start Toby. So it's 10:30pm and he's just getting started for an hour and a half show.... Show ends load out starts......we lose power. It's now 2am and we have to wait on some dumbfuck to bring a generatior down so we can finish pulling lighting an rigging. 4:15am he finally shows up. 5:30 we are pulling out of the venue for a 5 hour drive to San Diego for another load in at 8am. Umm yea we're not going to make it on time..... 10am we arrive (bus driver's are speed demons). Where's the lighting and rigging turck??? Oh come to find out it's been stoped at border patrol and searched, wont be here for at least an hour and a half....GRRRR. So at noon we start setting up for a 7:30pm show.....We normally load in from 8 am till 4pm. So we're busting butt to get it up and have sound check and all done before the doors open at 6pm. But it all gets up with no problem other than a bunch of tired pissy crew members.

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07-09-2008, 06:13 PM	#1
psychochild28 Banned Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: On a bus Moto: SV 650S Posts: 857	I came SOOO close to buying my next bike over the 4th. I went back to Ohio and there's a Copper/burnt orange colored 03 SV650 for sale only $3900 with brand new pp's that have 2 miles on them. The bike only has 8900 i think. And I only had $2500 cash on me I almost spent my next paycheck to get the rest but stupid bill's got in the way of that. But on a side note I'm on the bus heading out to do my west coast run. First stop Phoenix in the 104degree heat w/ 40% humidity...YAY lol Then it's 2 shows in Cali, 1 in OR and 2 in WA, back to cali for 2 then NV for 2. But I WANT that bike grrr to bills and what not.

07-29-2008, 06:59 AM	#3
psychochild28 Banned Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: On a bus Moto: SV 650S Posts: 857	picture time... The Great Flood of Phoenix The view from the Venue in San Bernardino Wyoming Lake Tahoe- There's no walls it's all scafolding my 1st bunk Concert pics

08-02-2008, 04:02 PM	#4
psychochild28 Banned Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: On a bus Moto: SV 650S Posts: 857	Hopefully this works...gotta do it though. This song and Big Vinny (you'll see) crack me up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIuI2O3n6tA