We spent the day basking in the sun and near perfect weather that blessed us in Aiken, South Carolina all day... 70 degrees and sunny. We cruised around town a little bit and then caught up with our new friends Nick and Elizabeth in a cute little neighborhood where Elizabeth and her kids lived. Cam and them ended up never returning to the hotel room the night before as they raged it until sunrise... 
sounded like quite the escapade... and thus they were all a little pooped. We were thoroughly entertained by Liz's kids: Ellen Wallace, William and Cannon as we all played out in their front yard for a good chunk of the afternoon... riding skateboards, playing basketball, playing badminton, riding big wheels, etc etc etc.
Lisa and I also cruised over to Nick's parents place for a bit where we met Gepetto -- his large horse friend of the Belgian sort. He was a big friendly horse. He tried to talk to us a few times but couldn't seem to get the words out.
The show that night was actually across the river in the town of Augusta, Georgia -- home of The Masters golf tournament and James Brown. In fact, we played at The Soul Bar, which James Brown apparently frequented right up to his death and often played impromptu shows there. They had James Brown memorabilia all over the place. The venue was amazing really. One of the coolest bars i've ever been in. Rad lighting. Rad music. Rad staff. Rad beers. Rad high ceiling. Rad sound, despite the funky stage setup. It was such a cool place. The scene was fantastic. Thanks to Coco for owning and operating such a treasure. And he DJ'ed all night before, between and after the show setting an absolutely pristine mood in the place. Hard to fully explain how rad this place was, but trust me, if you're ever in the area, go check it out. There and Nacho Mamas a couple doors down... cheap and epic mexican food.
We played a nice long set. It was a really really fun show. Great crowd through it all, apparently pretty pumped too. All really nice and enthusiastic -- called a really inspired set out of us.
After us, The Burgundy Curtain debuted their live set for a bunch of friends and locals that had come out to support. They're set was rad, despite some technical problems with the computer that was housing the programming. Really cool electronic / pop / post rock stuff. Check them out at www.myspace.com/burgundycurtain The sound and whole setting of the room was intense and inspiring, loved every moment of it. Thanks so much to Nick and Andrew for making this show happen, to Nick and Elizabeth for the hospitality, to Coco and The Soul Bar for hosting and for being rad, to Al and Leela and Lee and the rest of the staff for being stellar, and to everyone else that made the evening so radical.
Off to Florida!!!
Reporting for all of us Finn Rigginses :::
::: gilbert
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