Reading on the Road

A friend of mine was in town last week. It was his first time in Los Angeles and on his first night in town we got to go see Toro y Moi open up for Caribou at the El Rey theater! I was pretty excited for this because I've been hearing Toro y Moi playing on the Sirius station blasting through our office soundsystem. And coincidentally my friend is friends with Toro y Moi's road warrior. 'Tis a small world afterall (especially in music...)

After Toro y Moi's set we hung around the merch booth and chatted it up with the guys behind the counter (one of which was Jordan Blackmon a.k.a. the guy who helps round up my degrees of separation with Chaz of Toro y Moi).

While I was peeking over the counter on tippy-toe I see Adam (Caribou roadie) sitting in his chair, totally into his book. "How is this guy reading amongst all this chaos?", I ask myself.

I lean forward and wave my hand in front of him to get his attention then ask if I could come into the booth through the back and ask him about his book. He gladly agreed so I scampered on over.

Adam is reading a sci fi book called We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. He started it on this tour. "I like reading sci fi especially when I'm on the road with the band. It's the only genre of books I can actually pay attention to while a show is going on in the background."



When I took a look at the book cover it reminded me of the movie "Fantastic Planet". Go watch this movie if you haven't already! Preferably at night in the dark. Such a trip.




Adam admits that he hasn't been "reading" many books on tour, per se. "Do audio books count?"

He's actually been listening to a few audio books while driving the Caribou tour van to help pass the time. Right now he's listening to Stephen King's Life Under the Dome. "I'm not really a fan of Stephen King but I don't mind listening to his stuff with my earphones while I'm driving." And when he's not listening to audio books or reading sci fi paperbacks he occupies himself with his trusty laptop. Music, movies, and the internetz - it does the trick.



Shameless plugs! Try to catch one of their shows if you can. It's all good stuff. Forrealzies! Plus, Toro y Moi is touring in a grey Ford Focus. Gotta give 'em some props for putting some major mileage on that car. Seriously. I love it.
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