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Black Lips/Cerebral Ballzy Tour Diary 005: THE SCENT OF BURNING COP CARS AT NIGHT

The Black Lips/Cerebral Ballzy tour soldiers on.

The venue in Portland is divided in half by a pathway to separate the drinkers and under-agers.

A girl in the audience enthusiastically waved a dildo at Cole during the entire Black Lips encore.

The standard pile of broken glasses that remains after every show on this tour

We end up staying with the lovely Chichi of the bicycle dance troupe the Zoobombers.

Canadian customs turn out to be professional extortionists. "I know you've never had trouble entering our country before, but not this time, sorry. Oh wait, if you happen to have $200 cash we can waive your restriction temporarily."

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Ending up just outside downtown Vancouver while the Stanley Cup riots are happening. We see plumes of smoke and helicopters circling, streets into downtown are blocked off by cops.

Finding an empty condom wrapper in the middle of the floor at the end of Black Lips set.

A large inflatable Shamu makes an appearance at the show, later we learn that it had just come from jumping on top of wrecked police cars downtown.

The Black Lips get a topless crowd-surfer during their set, who then joins them on stage with a crowd for their last song (sorry, those photos are too naked for this blog).

Listening to Jared recount the last time they were in Canada… and got beat up. "I couldn't chew normal for a week." The tour of puke-clogged sinks continues (photo documentation unnecessary at this point).

Following a trail of blood that leads to the venue's bathroom, and a broken window overlooking the street.

The trail from a classic "Pisstopher Walken" moment.

We stay with the hospitable Siobhan DuVall in Vancouver, she wakes all of us up with coffee from the local cafe in the morning.

We encounter possibly the coolest Customs Agent ever on our way back into the US. "I bet this is the first time you haven't been told to pull over and go inside, huh? Now get outta here."

Love,

Tod