Calexico - 11/9/08 - St. Louis, MO

I wake up to a grey sky. Coffee helps kick start the day. I head for the local record store for warmth. Vintage Vinyl is a mecca for all things music/film/vinyl. There's a dog inside to greet me who's lost and looking for its owner. The local working behind the counter assures me that they're taking care until the dog is reunited with the home base. There's a celtic rainbow collar that makes me suggest asking the headshop next door if any customers lost a dog. I immediately start missing home and hanging out with Nova and my two cats and dog. So I call home to check in and then buy some DVD's for the bus: 1960's BBC series The Prisoner and Deadwood season three for Paul Niehaus and I to finish.

Our Tucson-friend-now-living-in-St.-Louis Adrienne DeNike joins us this evening at the Duck Room on some backing vocals. She sang on "Writer's Minor Holiday" on Carried To Dust. The show is downstairs at Blueberry Hill. This place is a trip. Lots of memorabilia from classic cartoons, sports and music featured throughout the restaurant and bar of this sprawling place. I have a couple of phone interviews, and as I'm walking through the building, I marvel at all the photos with celebrities and owner, Joe Edwards. Next thing I know, we are taking a photo with Joe. Someone in the band points out that he has the same smile in every photo. Nice.