the fighting post.

so i will answer. who knows--perhaps we can give jlo a run for her money on http://thesmokinggun.com

since 1996 we require about 8 bottles of dr. bonner soaps.

since i'm in the first pack of soundcheck people (me, mcphee, scratch, kelo, tina, sometimes hope and kamal) i make a beeline to the good shit in the dressing room (the soap).

9 times out of 10 shit on the rider goes unscathed, but for me the best post tour collectable stuff is: the soap, the cereal (well---used to be for me), and for riq, grey goose (think he has a collection of about 300 million bottles...no wonder masterpeice is delayed!)

but dr. bonner's liquid soap comes in various brands:

peppermint-@@@@@
almond-@@@@@
hemp-@@@1/2
euculyptus-@@@ (although this is riq's fav, i think it feels like bathing in halls cough drops)
baby powder-@@
no scent-@
lavender-@@@@

only downfall is the sprout is easy to open if inside a luggage bag. and there has been many a "SHIT!!!!!" uttered by us 20 minutes after hotel check in after discovering soap spilled on our clothes.

so i wrap mine in plastic. learned the hard way:

paris,1999
night of the "proceed" recording on trca

peppermint soap spilled in my bag ("SHIT!!!!!")--but the harvard grad in me said "just hang your draws on the balcony and let em dry and deal with the pants and shirts now!"

i dealt with em.

3 hours later (45 mins before show) my drawers got dry.

word.
i ran to venue. smell like peppermint, but i'm clean at least...right?

show goes on......
cool.
and on.....

gets hot.

but i'm aight....

real hot.

yo it's 100 on stage.

sweat drenching.

sweat drenching all over me.


face.
neck.
chest.

sweat dripping.

all over.

boxers getting sweaty.

drenched (hey it happens! guys know)

soap undries itself!!!!!

BURNING HOT! REAL HOT!

MA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PEPPERMINT BURNING ME!!!!

KILLING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!

-i think i did the drum solo of life.

as for the rest?

toms of maine toothpaste

com uses this carol's daughter soap (i use the oil)

--other than that...we's filthy



if i ever went solo, my favorite drummer would be me bragging sig:

"How great are the Roots live? Their drummer.oh my god, he's such a great
drummer. He's so good. So good! Such a great drummer. Is he one of those
musicians that knows how to play everything? He's such a great drummer. I
love them."
-james king