WHIPLASH!: EARLY MAN’S MIKE CONTE ON CHEESESTEAK, SUSHI AND LARGE UNDERWEAR
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 at 10:45am by Mike Conte
Hello from the road, Metalsuckers! We’re one week into our tour with Portland rockers Red Fang. I am coming to you from a coffee shop called ‘Coffee Works’ in a strip mall in Charlotte, North Carolina. I gotta be quick because we’re about to take off for our load-in and sound check at The Milestone, one of my favorite venues in America. After starting the tour in New Jersey under about a foot of snow last week, we headed to Philly and partied like it was Tuesday night (because it was). I got to hit my favorite spot, Jim’s on South Street!
If you can’t get into one of these you are no friend of mine. I also drink the peppers like a shot. No joke:
The next night was NYC, Studio at Webster Hall. Thanks to Trevor for promoting a great show. We drank all the alcohol in Manhattan that night thanks in large part to Andreas and all of the bros at The End Records! Nice work, guys.
The following night in DC we played a fun show at a place called DC9. Too bad while we were playing some of DC’s finest crackheads were busy breaking into our van and stealing Tim (bass) and Adam’s (drums) personal bags. We prowled around the zone for a few hours looking for any remnants of their bags in dumpsters, trash cans, etc but to no avail. So at about 3am we took off before almost getting shot/stabbed. It sucked. But the worst part was that I had to drive from DC to Columbus Ohio all night with no drivers side window in the cold. Mega-bummer. And then we spent all day getting the van window repaired and replacing some of our personal items. Tim gambled on some cheap underwear…and lost. They were HUGE despite claiming to be ‘SMALL’. So he decided to wear them outside his jeans, not a bad look really:
The upside was that we got to play a great show in Columbus with Skeletonwitch who we hadn’t seen since doing a tour with them this past summer.
After a Saturday night rager in Cleveland, we headed to Richmond Virginia to play Nara Sushi last night. It was killer, small room, good crowd and this dude made us some amazing sushi!
Okay, enough blogging like a nancy boy. Back to work. North Carolina, Atlanta, Florida, you’re up next. Come out and tear it up with us…if ye dare.
-MC
Mike, next time you’re in Philly do yourself a favor and go to Tony Luke’s instead of Jim’s – it’s really the best steak in the city (or some will argue John’s Roast Beef which is good too) – but Jim’s, Geno’s and Pat’s are tourist traps – you can thank me later.
tony lukes or larrys (although larry’s is not in philly proper)… or the place right under fat tuesdays a few blocks up from jims!
bummed about missing the Charlotte show (woooork). Kylesa and Skeletonwitch on friday at the same place though!
Philip’s Steaks between 22nd & 23rd on Passyunk is the place for steaks. Or go to Tony Luke’s and get the Chicken Cutlet Supreme. That thing is no joke.
Ill be seein you at spaceland in hipsterville, aka silverlake, ca. were gonna party like its 1989!
I don’t have cheesesteak advice
Nostradumbass, you’re talking about Phils Steaks. That place is definitley the best place for a steak. Tony Lukes is rubbish. As is Pats and Genos. Jims is number 2 for me.
O and dicknballs, you mean Johns Roast Pork, not Roast Beef.
The Milestone is the best venue in the US. Rock on Ghetto Fortress!
Jim’s is a good steak place, but like someone said, Tourist TRAP! Geno’s and Pat’s can fucking burn down for all I care and I would dance on the ashes. I hate the racist prick Joey Vento who owns Geno’s. Tony Luke’s is good too.
fistskullbreak – yes, john’s roast pork, thanks – I knew it was john’s something.
however go fuck yourself saying tony luke’s is rubbish – i hope you shit your pants every day for the rest of your life.