As previously reported, Bay Area thrashers LIGHT THIS CITY are currently out on the road alongside German power metallers EDGUY, Canada's INTO ETERNITY and fellow Californians ECHOES OF ETERNITY. Vocalist Laura Nichol has posted the second installment in a series of tour journals in conjunction with the webzine Papertiger at this location.

A few excerpts from the journal follow:

"Hey kiddos! Right now you should be jealous... Be very jealous, for I am writing from the backstage of the House of Blues in Downtown Disneyland. Fucking score, right?! At first, we thought this show might be cancelled because the Disney execs aren't very fond of the idea of metal dudes with long hair and black clothes cruising around the Happiest Place on Earth. But we squeezed at least one more metal show out of 'em. And now the greasy guys with the tattoos walking around, deriving pleasure from scaring little kids, will also be wearing 'I eat pussy' t-shirts courtesy of the colorful Edguy merch booth (no, I have not gotten one for myself).

Last night we played our hometown of San Francisco, which was equally exciting and nerve-racking. I had been looking forward to this show the entire tour because my mom promised to come out and she hadn't seen us play since our first show at a rec center in Foster City four years ago (I was seventeen… with pink hair). Everything went over amazingly, all of our friends came out, and my mom loved it, her only advice being, 'We want to see your pretty face, so quit covering it with your hair all the time!' Right after our set, I walk her over to our merch table to check out the gruesome t-shirts, and suddenly, she grabs my arm. 'Laura!" she yells loudly, pointing to a tall guy waiting in line, 'Look at that boy! He's sooo cute, and he's wearing a Light This City shirt!' Of course, everyone waiting in line hears her, and I push her arm down, wondering whether anyone had ever died from mortification, and kind of wishing it was a possibility at that moment. But I guess the night wouldn't have been a complete mom-experience if there weren't some sort of social embarrassment involved.

Before San Francisco, the drive from Seattle to Portland was pretty interesting. At about one in the morning, I get into the driver's seat and start looking for a place to stop and refuel my stomach for the three-hour drive through the rain. I exit on some random street right outside of the city and pass a Burger King. After a quick look around, I attempt to discreetly pull off an illegal u-turn into the drive thru, but wouldn't you know it; a cop car slows to a stop right in front of me. Certain I am fucked, I finish the turn and glance sheepishly in the sideview mirror. But to my surprise, the cop takes no notice and continues driving slowly down the street. One of my guys jokes that the cops aren't going to care about petty driving offences with all the prostitutes lurking the neighborhood. And sure enough, when we get our food and stop to eat in the dimly lit parking lot, I catch the eye of a woman across the way who resembles a scantily clad zombie wearing too much makeup. She starts toward the van, looking intently at me, and then I guess she realized I was a girl, and probably wasn't looking to trade my delicious cheeseburger for a toothless blowjob, because she turns at the last second and scuttles off to find another customer. Joe laughs, 'Imagine, if you were a dude and we were a scummier group of guys, we'd be gangbanging a hooker right now!' Yes, just imagine…"

Upcoming Light This City live dates can be viewed here.