1999 Falsies/El Secondhand Tour Diary

 June 12th - New Brunswick, NJ - Day 2

The house we were staying at was the A.D.L. house of New Jersey. ADL stands for Animal Defense League. It actually said it on the door. 

Oh great. Vegans. Mean vegans. 

In place of artwork on the walls were pictures of animals being tortured in laboratories. Framed too! They also had a cabinet full of tapes containing raids they carried out on animal testing facilities.

Besides the two girls, there were a couple guys living there too. One's name was Chet and he was actually a pretty cool guy. I was telling him how I brought a new camera to “document” some of the tour but did not have time to pick up any film. He then opens up a drawer and pulls out 10 rolls of film. From his job at Staples. Then he proceeded to give about 12 packs of batteries. 

I offered him money but he would not take any from me. I gave him a CD and a 7” out of the distro.

The second guy who lived there was Dariyus. Dairy for short. I thought it was pretty ironic his name was Dairy and he was a vegan. A militant vegan at that.

The girls said he was a dick but when I talked to him he did not seem that bad of a guy.

We went down to the Melody Bar for the Hot Water Music/Leatherface show since the Falsies were off that day. 

While waiting outside for the show to start we heard sounds of fire engines. I do not think at any time in my life that I have heard fire engine sirens. They ended up coming to the place I was at.

This Melody Bar was on fire. 

Luckily it was nothing serious but the bar had to be shut down for the day. 

The show was moved to 331 Somersett, a house around the corner that sometimes hosted shows. Originally the show was supposed to be two different shows. One at day and one at night. With the change in “venue”, they decided to combine them into one show. 

The new lineup includes Error Type 11 ( a Sound Exchange Alumni), Radar Mercury, Ensign, Kid Dynamite, Hot Water Music, and Leatherface. 

I think it actually turned out for the better. 

Aaron and I set up our distro and sold tons of shit. Plus we gave away a Falsies sticker or patch with

331 Sommersett 

each purchase. So despite not playing the Falsies still got some good exposure.

We met some of our friends from around the including Jim from Kill Your Idols, Coach from Two Man Advantage, Chris the bassist from Purpose, Mike from Savage Boys and Girls Club (who was now playing bass in Kid Dynamite, who was playing the show) , and of course the guys from El Secondhand.

Of course, I finally got the chance to see Leatherface, one of my all-time favorite bands who I never thought I would have the chance to see. I bought three shirts. When was I ever going to see them again?