today is the first anniversary of the death of my good friend and former bandmate Mike. my other bandmates are having a tribute show in his honor tonight in San Francisco. I was supposed to be there (they even offered to buy me a plane ticket), but I am still far too sick to travel, and I feel like I just let everyone down. Its going to be the last time any of our old songs are going to be played, and I really needed to be there to get some closure from all of this. When I left San Francisco, and the band, I thought i was only going to be back in Louisiana for a couple of months, but I ended up being sicker than I thought and here it is a year and a half later and I still haven't gone back to see any of my friends. When Mike died, I wasn't able to be there, and a lot of people didn't understand why and are still pissed off at me about it. This trip would have put all of that to rest. Anyway, i'm just pretty bummed about the whole thing and I know its going to be a pretty shitty day.
if any of you slap pals in SF are looking for something to do tonight, the show is at Cafe du Nord on Market street. I think there are 5 or 6 bands, and you also get a free copy of our new CD with admission. If anyone ends up going, let me know how it went....