more tid bits...

And after Vermont we were in New Haven, CT where we played the worst show of our lives due to the fact that our instruments had been in a hot car and would not stay tuned. It was bad. But for whatever reason people liked it anyway. We had to sleep in the van on the side of the street right next to a red light which drove me nuts all night long...red. green. yellow. red. green. yellow. red. green. yellow. and it was stifling hot. not a good night. we toured yale the next day and pretended to be smart like George Bush. ha.

I'm a little foggy but I think we played Brooklyn next. We made a visit to Brighton Beach the day of the show where we rode the Coney Island Ferris wheel and played ski ball in the arcade. :) The show that night was interesting to say the least....we played the first 3-4 songs to a COMPLETELY empty room. It was ridiculous. Felt like we came all the way to Brooklyn to have a practice session in an un-airconditioned room. But low and behold some people showed up and it would up being a great show.

Next we drove forever to Chesapeake, VA. We stopped off at Chincoteage Island where all the wild ponies live whic was awesome. We spent the hottest night of our lives sleeping in the van and finally had to break down at about 2 in the morning and turn the car on so we could sleep in the air conditioning. The van only has those stupid windows that crack open about a half inch which does nothing in the way of cooling things off. We finished the drive to VA the next day during which we crossed over the ocean on a 20 mile bridge. there was a toll of 12 buckaroos to get accross the thing. (we spent over 70 dollars in tolls on this trip. how insane is that???) the Chesapeake show was interesting because the place didn't have a proper sound system so we had to play an acoustic set and yell at the top of our lungs. But once again, people seemed to enjoy it despite the less than desireable sound conditions. so if the people are happy and buy Cd's then we are happy.

Drove to Durham, NC where we played another acoustic set and met our youngest number one fan...Three year old Miles who had a temper tantrum for a C & A t-shirt. It looked like a dress on him but he could not have been happier. We finished out the first leg of the tour with a show in Greensville, NC at the Tipsy Teapot. Nothing of note happened there.

so tired and bedraggled we made it back home where I spent my few days off painting my parents porch so I could afford some food for the next leg of the tour. oh the joys of being a poor musician. more to come....