A Tour in a Minute

photo from live show at the Annex NY, NY

As all belated events begin with an excuse, we’ll opt out this time. We’ve been woefully unfaithful at giving out up to date, Twitter-like announcements, but all that is changed. Our East Coast dates were great, the travel challenging, our best laid plans to learn French in the van forgotten, our Casio keyboard/tape deck/Am radio broken, our fans satisfied, new fans found, CDs sold, stickers posted across the Eastern seaboard, the van still needing an oil change, the rains came day and night across the hills over the skyscrapers scraping the sky and we loaded in under it and words were not spared nor taken back.

In New York, we were the biggest draw of the night. Not bad for our first time in the city. The bartender was Black Dice’s tour manager and just got off the road with The Raconteurs. The Annex was a fantastic space. Moody and elegant, complete with a balcony like a VIP lounge minus the Hennessy. A band from Italy opened with bowed guitars, saxophone, and keys. The rest of the night spanned genres, with a couple of local acts, including Misha an electo-Joy Division sort of band. We stayed the night in my friend’s studio apartment in Williamsburg, covering every square inch of floor space including the kitchen. In Philly, we ate Phillys. In DC, we voted with our feet. Replayed debates, had our own. Saw many friends. We rolled on, into the night. Nothing, but one, was left unspoken. Our songs have a way of lodging in our heads, changing on stage an off into something different. They are the biggest challenge we have to live up to, how to say those words well and act like we believe them.

We have some time off, playing a few local shows as we write the new album, begin scratch tracks and our video series. We are helping to open up a new venue at our studio/gallery The Luminary, which will be the only venue in the city to feature high quality projection and will have one of the best sound systems in town. All at our fingertips. Look out for our inaugural concert there on New Year’s Eve called the Black & White Ball. Details to follow…

//The Mirror Stage//

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