We just spent 34 days on the road. We were bound to like some things more than others. Here are our favorite things from the No Season Required tour. Feel free to chime in in the comments.
Favorite City
Skeets: Portland
Tas: Portland
Trey: San Antonio
Matt: San Antonio
JD: New York City
Leigh: All of ‘em
Favorite Show
Skeets: San Antonio
Tas: San Antonio
Trey: Los Angeles
Matt: Oakland
JD: San Antonio (Oakland a close second)
Leigh: San Antonio
Favorite Guest
Skeets: Brent Barry (San Antonio)
Tas: Brent Barry
Trey: Brent Barry
Matt: Brent Barry
JD: Brent Barry
Leigh: Brent Barry
Favorite Venue
Skeets: Vitus (Oakland)
Tas: Game On! (Boston)
Trey: Vitus
Matt: Alamo Room at 4 Points Sheraton (San Antonio)
JD: Tobacco Road (Miami)
Leigh: Tobacco Road
Favorite Crowd
Tas: Chicago
Trey: Chicago
Matt: Portland, Chicago
JD: Portland
Favorite Post-Show Hang
Skeets: Karaoke in NYC
Tas: NYC/Portland
Trey: Friendly Spot, darts and karaoke in San Antonio
Matt: New York
JD: NYC
Leigh: Has to be NY for the karaoke session
Favorite Meal
Skeets: Ola in Miami, Mama’s in San Francisco
Tas: Ola in Miami
Trey: Big Star in Chicago
Matt: Ola in Miami
JD: Ola in Miami
Leigh: Mama’s in SF 1st, Ola in Miami a very close 2nd
Favorite Joke
Skeets: Gary
Tas: Everything “Silly Billy” said
Trey: “One mo’.” — Leigh, when taking pictures
Matt: “Whatever happened to that old hot dog stand?” — a Bob Dylan reimagining of the “Full House” theme song
JD: Couldn’t possibly pick one. Not a joke, but I enjoyed the chemistry between Dorrell and Matt.
Leigh: Tas’ Boston sign off
Favorite Tour Video
Skeets: Who’s the NBA’s Biggest Hipster?
Tas: Seattle Gets Back the Thunder
Trey: “Full House” remake
Matt: Benny the Bull, spirit guide
JD: Seattle Gets Back the Thunder
Leigh: Matt Loaf
Favorite Anything Else
Skeets: In-flight crosswords
Tas: Mark at Michael Jordan’s Steakhouse
Trey: JD’s intro to the Oakland show
Matt: Hotel — Westin Portland, Video interview — Bill Wennington, Sirius station — 60s on 6, Karaoke performance — JD doing “Midnight Train to Georgia, Argument — What counts as a chain restaurant?, Check-in — Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club in San Francisco, Article of clothing — Heat gen t-shirts from Uniqlo, Accessory — a “Cleanie”, Celebrity sighting — Sam Donaldson in our OKC hotel restaurant
JD: Skeets and Leigh’s bromance
Leigh: JD checking in at every single location, especially the strippers.
Wah We Wah Woo…I Like
Final Score:
Portland: 9
San Antonio: 9 (plus Brent Barry: 6)
NYC: 9
LA: 2
Oakland: 9
Boston: 3
Miami: 8
Chicago: 10
OKC: 4
Remarkably close guys! So is the winner Chicago or San Antonio?
could you guys look any more canadian?
Yes: http://whiskerino.org/2009/_img/beards/2009/182/_img/182_011510_o.jpg
TJB’s biggest hipster: Skeets
I forgot to mention that I really enjoyed the way Matt embraced his “Restaurant Dictator” name and role. He even referred to himself in the third person at times…”The Restaurant Dictator approves” was heard a lot over the last few days.
Was Leigh’s flatulence like an extra person on the trip? Like an annoying cousin.
Hey look, you can see my jacket.
This should have been done as a blank jones…just a final one kinda rapping it up…heart broken now
Bring back the Sonics! I still can not get over the fact that we do not have a team in Seattle!
you guys should have bones on your show regularly if possible…
Matt: Alamo Room at 4 Points Sheraton (San Antonio)
Are you kidding? That drab fluorescent lit room made me feel like I was on the set of a bizarre Jim Jarmusch scene. One or more of the following must be true:
1) You lost your virginity to a neighborhood homeless woman there
2) You discovered a forgotten religious relic left by the last cult to rent the room
3) Brent Barry inspired priapism