END OF YEAR TOP TEN

Top Ten Intriguing Establishment Names Seen on Tour:

1. Things She Likes (TX)
2. Stop N' Get (Houston, TX) (corner store)
3. Catedral de Mariscos (Houston, TX) (Translation: Cathedral of Seafood)
4. Aroma De Jesus (Los Angeles, CA) (Translation: Aroma of Jesus)
5. Cowboy Bible Church (TX)
6. Jesus Pizza (Detroit, MI)
7. Yvonne's Snacketeria (Balmorhea, TX)
8. Juan in a Million (TX)
9. Spearmint Rhino Gentleman's Club (Los Angeles, CA)
10. Visible Nails (Louisiana)

Boobs Across The U.S.A.

Here we have some lovely t-shirt models!

Daytrotter

Daytrotter is really special...these guys set up a recording studio and invite bands who are touring through Iowa to stop by and record some songs. Fun! They have great amps, and all kinds of other instruments. We had been driving like crazy (14hrs, 10 hrs, etc.) in the days leading up to our session, so it sounds a little off-kilter to us, but we hope you like it, and if you don't NOTHING LOST because it's FREE to download the songs! What could be better?
http://daytrotter.com/article/1516/flying-fertile-crescent

THANK YOU

We're home from our longest tour ever, 2.5 months, and what a long trip it was! Looking back on all the places we played and people we met, it was really quite a journey! Some things that stand out are...pre-election drive through Iowa...seeing a big handmade sign on an auto repair shop, in a largely republican town, that said "Enough is Enough, Vote Democratic this November!"...being in New Orleans on election day and riding the cable car as the results came in...having Thanksgiving in CA with so many good friends and the best food we've ever had...playing in David's paper cave in Oakland...there are really too many stand-out things to list...
our show in NY a few nights ago was really great, too...we played with AcHT(eN) and Hospitality and Little Gold and The Beets all of whom blew our minds in different ways.

So THANK YOU for coming to see us, sending us words of encouragement in our dark moments, taking pictures and videos, letting us photograph you in our infamous BOOB t-shirts, letting us sleep on your floor or your couch, feeding us, telling us where we can buy cold medicine at 3am, telling us where to get the best tacos, giving us directions, setting up amazing party shows in your house, slow-dancing to Duplex Balcony, and inviting us back to do it again someday. We honestly couldn't have done it without you! Playing music is as much about the community in the room as it is about the musicians and you really made each night what it was. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.