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Tijuana Hercules • Buzzbin Art & Music Shop, Canton OH

Tony Mendoza — Sun, 05 May 2013 16:00:04 +0000

9:00am – New York Queens rained UK-style piss. Breakfast puddings at an Irish pub. Black pudding, white pudding, pudding pops. John Forbes, Reid and I said so long to New York. I never set foot in Manhattan. The turnpike was rejected in favor of a beautiful foggy drive through Pennsylvania. For giggles I recited Milton …

Tijuana Hercules • Hank’s Saloon, Brooklyn NY

Tony Mendoza — Sat, 04 May 2013 16:00:45 +0000

Reid had a lunch date with a Sony rep in Manhattan. We dropped him off by an M train in Queens, where John, Greg & I proceeded to shop for Bentleys and mink stoles for our wives. They were all out of those, so we loafed around Long Island City. I embarked on a pleasant …

Tijuana Hercules • Anna Liffey’s, New Haven CT

Tony Mendoza — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:00:01 +0000

12pm, Brooklyn Jim, Nicole & I swallowed breakfast at the Manhattan 3 Decker Restaurant. Serving Greenpoint since 1945. I thanked Jim & Nicole for putting me up since Sunday. I had plans in my mind to hit City Island. A salty slab of The Bronx full of fishermen and elderly drunken bicyclists. I’ve wanted to …

Tijuana Hercules • The Rock Shop, Brooklyn NY

Tony Mendoza — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:00:50 +0000

Rhode Island – 10am After a big, delicious home-cooked breakfast, and a morning walk with their dog Scout, we paid Tom & Kate a fond farewell. In Warwick, we hit Guitar Center out of necessity. Universal guitar chain stereotypes gathered to riff, noodle, and talk shop, except these ones had funny accents. I got a …

Tijuana Hercules • PIG, Providence RI

Tony Mendoza — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:00:30 +0000

Greenpoint, Brooklyn – 9:30am I arose from the couch and helped Nicole wake up Jim. He was supposed to be at work. She went back to sleep. There’s a guy that lives on another couch in a different room. He almost pays the rent, and uses their bathroom. I listened for his exit and said …

Tijuana Hercules • Grand Victory, Brooklyn NY

Tony Mendoza — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:00:15 +0000

New drum set up on this tour. I eschewed the hi-hat for a tree of racket. 2 frying pans, a battered pot lid, a tin pie plate, and a cowbell. Add bass, snare, floor tom, crash cymbal, and mixing bowl. And the three foot harmonica. Last summer John Leonard from The Bitter Tears relocated to …

Tijuana Hercules • Invasion Strategy

Tony Mendoza — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:00:44 +0000

The Tijuana Hercules had booked three dates in Brooklyn. Three other dates popped up nearby. We had to go. It’s the Tijuana Hercules Brooklyn Invasion Tour! John V. Forbes – 12-string guitar, vocals Reid Coker – Organ Greg Norman – Brass, percussion John Leonard – Drums, New York rep Tony Mendoza – Drums, orchestral harmonica …

Tijuana Hercules • Red State Goodwill Comedown

Tony Mendoza — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:21:03 +0000

John’s family is #1. They cooked breakfast, made coffee, let us sleep in and watch Tom & Jerry. It’s everything I thought adulthood would be. By 1pm adulthood’s warden Reality reminded us that we had to be back in Chicago for work the next day. 800 miles from Atlanta. To gear up for the long …

Tijuana Hercules • 529, Atlanta GA

Tony Mendoza — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:28:21 +0000

The neighborhood butcher put anis in the breakfast sausage. I said “anis” and it was good, you guys. In the laundry room Alan’s wife Justyna tended to the stray kitty. Meanwhile Greg and Alan worked on a new song. Justyna joined the Red State Goodwill Tour caravan. It was nice of us fellas to make …

Tijuana Hercules • Dino’s, Nashville TN

Tony Mendoza — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:23:19 +0000

In the bitter aftermath of a heated election, Tijuana Hercules decided to spread some good cheer to the defeated, crestfallen red states. It’s the Tijuana Hercules Red State Goodwill Tour. Indiana John, Greg and I grabbed breakfast at a Bob Evans. So far nobody in the red states wanted any good cheer. Our nods and …