San Jose

Hi everyone,
I'd really hoped to get some good sleep on the way to San Jose. Unfortunately, the trip through the mountains wreaked so much havoc on my ears that I didn't get much sleep. The venue is our first arena on the tour: up til now, we've been doing theaters, or Performance Art Centers, and the occasional tent. The arena (San Jose State University Event Center) sounds cavernous and terrible. I have to run the stage much louder so that the musicians can hear over the slapback and natural reverb. In a few hours, we'll be packing it all back up and heading to Sacramento. We won't see a hotel until we reach Boulder, Colorado, after a 20-hour drive through the Nevada, Utah and Wyoming.

Great crowd tonight, and a great show. On to Sacramento!