Neil, Nate, Fuzz, Jason and I went out to the Lafayette Tech Center area after the rain dried up on a gloomy memorial day. We started at the bird bank which is a kind of weird spot. The bank is steep with some rocks before it and the asphalt isn’t that good. We put some weird metal tubes down for a bit and skated them for a second. Nate was the only one to skate them well. Fuzz, Neil and Nate ollied a cinder block like it’s nothing. I guess it should be easy for me too, but it wasn’t. The best part of this session was trying tricks over a 2 x 6 that Jason put out. So awesome. Neil, Fuzz and Nate nollied it. I got a kickflip over it first try. Fuzz ended up doing a lot over it. No surprise there. At the end I finally ollied the cinder block and Jason almost cabbed the 2 x 6.Next we went to this crack infested are that has some chunky ledges and stairs. Ended up being a total blast. There was a euro gap up a two stair, a four stair, a weird ledge, all kinds of stuff. Nate and Jason almost front boarded this rad ledge. Fuzz front lipped it. I took several tries too long to kickflip up the two stair, but had a blast trying lines later on. Ollie up a somewhat tall ledge, ollie or front 180 the four stair, chinese nollie a big crack, pose kickflips down the two stair. The rain came in before I could get it. Cupsoles rule. My feet weren’t even sore and I jumped down the 4 stair at least 10 times.
Drive Like Jehu and even Hot Snakes to some degree are a couple of my favorite bands. Rick Froberg’s voice is and heavy guitars are guaranteed goodness. Or so I thought. I didn’t know about this band before I saw a review on Pitchfork. Upon seeing it was Rick from Jehu and the sample song sounded good I ordered it immediately.This album does not live up to my expectations at all. It’s good, but it’s not great. Half of the songs end slower than they start. There isn’t a standout song either. Gonna keep this one short, but basically it’s not as good as I hoped.Rating: 
