Finally - a day I'd been waiting for eagerly for weeks, well months actually - Friday February 12 - the day of the Pinhead Gunpowder show at Gilman. I had been working in Santa Clara all week and wanted to get an early start to Berkeley. I was up by 3:30 - quickly getting ready to leave my hotel.

Driving to Berkeley that early was somewhat eerie. It was still quite dark - and rainy as well. There was more traffic than I expected - I hoped all those cars weren't on their way to Gilman (hahaha). It took me about 45 minutes from my hotel - I went straight to the venue and arrived by 5:45.