Most rooms kick you out at 11 like the night is finished. It is not. You are sweaty, your ears are ringing, and somebody is already in the group chat saying food.
Austin: you end up on a patio or you go home. After a Stubb's show the options are close and limited and everybody had the same idea. I have eaten tacos I did not need because the alternative was sitting in the car.
Houston will still be open. That is a personality. Bayou Music Center lets out and the city does not fold. You can find a room, a plate, a second night if you have it in you.
Dallas after South Side is the parking lot first. Then whatever is still lit on the drive. I have called it and gone back to the hotel. I have not called it. Both were correct depending on the bill.
I used to think the afters were the point. Now the show is the point and the afters are whether I have anything left. Thirty-three. I said I would not write that sentence. Here we are.
