d: credit cards, laminate cards, note cards, postcards, schlep cards...the great sum of all parts brought us to my favorite stop so far on the tour: new yorker city. great virgin i be of the grandy, i fell deep for all the little things hiding in the cracks of this city. our first trek down the subway hatch, if i can remember, we stood face to face with a giant cookie monster and a...well, what was it again?
j: i am fairly certain it was a pink gorilla. but that is neither here nor there daniel my brother. so much times haves passed sinceour visits to Minneapolis, Ames, Chicago, Clevererland, Lansing, Pittsburgh, good ol'Bean Town USA, NEW YORK CITY! and Philadelphia (the birthplace of (American) freedom). So many frozen lands between these top and bottom dotted lines with oceans on each end. Commendations to the heavens on this gorgeous.. (checks thermometer) ..AMAZING degree-day in the Sonoran desert
jcub: Spotting and dotting this literally non-proverbial duper-highway have been faces and faces flushed with blush, and on the hush hush... real, live joy and kindness! What are places without faces? And out of the woodwork have these folks come, to join in some foot-stompin' truth talkin'. Something real is happenin' out here.
g: ah git over yourselfs men, this time its for real! Stages’ sound, sized, and lit! Are you seeing these folk take a quick walk in our shoes as they shout upwards 'send us s'more'?!? (the short, explosive set being the genuine staple of the opening band's livelihood) yes we've taken a step ma'friends.
m: ... thats all well and indeed good, but yes, the peeps make me smile with their smiles! So many people to thank this time around – perhaps we shall wait till later for that?? Lucky for us - as we are the proprietors of a percentage of this tour's muzak and are always on this side of the 'coin' - that we have had the pleasure of seeing and hearing what they do, thanks to all of the guys and gals that send the creativity right back at us in digital form... is it time for the SHOW part of show-n-tell yet?
Minneapolis, MN
(photo: g. muller)
(photo: j. behm)
Ames, IA
(photo: e noll)
Rock Island, IL
(photo: t kitmitto)
j: check out www.daytrotter.com to hear your favorite indie bands performing indie-mate sets in this phenomenal studio, us included eventually.. i promise!
Chicago, IL
(photo: g. muller)
(photo: n.radford)
Lansing, MI
(photo: t. kitmitto)
Boston, MA
(photo: g. muller)
New York, NY
(photo: s brennan)
(photo: r. campbell)
(photo: s. brennan)
jcub: you (well, everyone) can go to www.nyctaper.com and download our full set from The Bowery Ballroom in NYC!
Philadelphia, PA
(photo: a campbell)
Carrboro, NC
(photo: j spence)
m: this is but a small sample of the media available, as time and space are at a minimum at this point in time… and we’re still receiving various things from the southern portion of our journey (keep ‘em coming!), so stay tuned for part too………..