This is such an amazing venue, a theater I hadn't been to before, nor since and you'll soon find out why. Super intimate (1,500 people), super tough ticket and the only 2 night run of Fall Tour. 8 days earlier we were in Washington, it was a well earned respite. There was so much hype leading up to these shows because of all these factors.

While the 1st night brought us the YEM from ALO, it's mostly overlooked compared to N2. I believe mostly because we had a sbd from N2. A taper plugged into Paul's board without permission. Even though there was a ground issue/hum, it was still a treat because we didn't get shit from this tour due to SBD lockdowns as they prepared for ALO.

San Diego police suck. They were out in full force, handing out tickets to fans for jaywalking - in a city! Even lamer, it was an alley leading to a hotel, not even a busy intersection. So they hassled a couple on tour for this and wanted to search them. Total bullshit. The girl, who was pregnant, protested and they slammed her up against some newspaper racks. She has some acid on her. It wasn't good.

We did what we could and gathered in solidarity and they treated this like a riot. Before you knew it there were dozens of squad cars and cops in riot gear, even a helicopter overhead. They made us go into the venue or leave. There wasn't a shakedown/vending scene, nitrous or anything, we were just chiling. I remember their road manager (don't think it was Langenstein) was in front of the theater, screaming at the cops in front of everyone, pointing his finger in the cops' face, absolutely livid about how they escalated the situation. We didn't do shit, the cops just knew they fucked up so they panicked.
The vibe inside was intense. Trey comes out and opens with Makisupa, because policeman came to HIS house. He walked to the front of the stage past his wedges and did a Marley-esque dance, a defiant kind of thing. I believe this was the 1st "woke up, 4:20 dank" twist on the lyrics which since has been part of the song.

Most of the 1st set seem to be in protest.

Maze has police sirens from Trey. He had our back. It was a unifying moment. My first Bag, about a henchman. Mule is a song of choosing peace when faced with laser beams. Punch is a story of disobedience, nipple torture and a fight to escape your oppressors.

The groove that Simple turns into towards the end was super unique for '94, and the way they carried it over into Catapult was also just fantastic.