We sure have had quite the excitement recently. . .after our radio show on WDVR on Monday night (which was fun as expected--thanks to all who tuned in to hang out in radio-land) we learned from three cruisers full of cops that you are not allowed to sleep in your vehicle in their jurisdiction because it "isn't sanitary." So, we had to leave, not because we were violating any law, but because the head honcho couldn't wrap his brain around the fact that it is possible to get a good night's sleep in a bed you've constructed in your vehicle.  [Side note: we do realize that in some places it is against the law to sleep in any vehicle not registered as a motor home, but apparently this was not one of them, since the only thing they could figure that we were doing wrong was brushing our teeth in our vehicle, which was deemed not sanitary.] Ah, the things we deal with to travel around the country playing music.

So, after a refreshing night of sleep in a different undisclosed location, we played at John and Peter's in New Hope, PA. The turnout was fabulous and we were thrilled to be part of the festivities of New Hope's Gay Pride week. New Hope is, per capita, behind only San Francisco as having the largest gay and lesbian population and our show was the place to be after Gay Bingo on Tuesday night. 

Yesterday was Day One in the greater NYC area (we were told that Brooklyn was not part of NYC, so we're trying to be sensitive to all of you Brooklyn-ers out there). We were scheduled to play at the 169 Bar in Manhattan, which is right on the edge of Chinatown, so we got there early, parked, and walked around for a bit. [note the dude's super-sweet mullet in the bottom left corner of the picture]

When we went into the venue we found out that three people had come out specifically to see us, which was a good surprise to us since we've never played Manhattan before and don't have a big budget for promotions.  Apparently the owner was not as thrilled, because he wouldn't let us set up until ten people walked through the door specifically to see us. Usually venues that are strict about the band drawing people will at least let you set up and begin to play, then if you start scaring off customers already in the venue and don't bring in any new customers, they'll cut your set short. This is what we were betting on; typically we'll make up the difference because some people will come in off the street to see a guy shredding on a guitar while playing basslines with his feet and a girl playing a violin like an electric guitar. Not the case last night. We had to pack up and leave without even having a chance to take our instruments out of the cases. So we told the three wonderful folks that had been patiently waiting for us to start playing what was going on and took our show out to the street. This show lasted for about five minutes before the building superintendent came out and politely watched, let us finish the song we were on, clapped and then told us we couldn't play there. So much for Manhattan! We'll give it another shot in August when we tour back through; this time we'll find a venue that we can actually play in. . . tonight it's Brooklyn at Goodbye Blue Monday and we'll for SURE be putting on a wicked good full-length set!