i spent all day last friday in line with some of the cool people of crockett, california, waiting to see the foxboro hot tubs at toot's bar later that night--
first of all, crockett/rodeo is hometown to green day/hot tubs' frontman billie joe armstrong--
so a word about crockett...
walking around, i stopped to have a great sandwich at deli around the corner, use the facilities in a cool bar called the tac (i think) where i met some funny guys drinking their pabst and then i just strolled down the lanes--
it was pretty...from toot's bar you had a view of a lush green foothill dotted with faraway homes
some hot tub line-waiters knew billie joe from school, others grew up with him...some didn't know him as well as they liked, others knew him well; like stacy...
stacy, a carol leifer look-alike, lost a nipple to breast cancer and told me that billie joe had hooked her up with a tattoo artist to fill in the area--she kept her money in that little spot during the show! (at least i'm hopin' she's knows him fairly well...)
stacy please -- i need the photo after you get inked!
and how could i forget nicole...she may have been 5'5' but she could kick some serious ass...
anywayzzzz...it was interesting to put myself in their shoes for a moment--
for, as stiffy, whose family came to crockett from mexico over 100 years, said, 'we come here [toot's] every night to drink and now we have to pay to get in, it's just weird! but i've got my seat at the bar all picked out, i've been eyein' it up this week...'
ah, the perks of being an insider...
thanks guys~
