Hi and welcome to the blog. We’ve returned safely from our 21-day tour of the east coast. It was quite an amazing time and best summed up by Chase (our road manager and friend since childhood) as “Four months worth of life in three weeks.” So , I’m going to be recounting our happenings with pictures and videos. I hope you enjoy them. Feel free to leave comments. Especially if they come at Ale's expense.

 

 

 

June 23, 2009: With three New York City shows in four days, we were settling nicely into the Big Apple. Colin started to feel better and wandered around with Ale and Rich. Chase, Mike and I went to find wireless internet in the village and Dan found solace in walking every single block on the island. The previous night, someone got word of a 311 concert in Central Park. I think we all wanted to go but only few wanted to dish out the money so the rest of us went to a free Fema Kuti concert in Prospect Park. It wasn't until then that I thanked my mother for nudging me into all those African dance classes when I was young. Na Poi!

 

 

 

 

The day of the show, we got there early to look around.  Southpaw was one of the more famous venues of the tour and we spent quite a bit of time perusing the archived show advertisements adorning the walls.  The venue was pretty large for our standards and had a downstairs green room (ooh la la!)  After the exploration, we listened to A Tribe Called Quest and killed some time in the opposite parking lot. Behold, the "46th Annual Brooklyn Football Fest."

 

 

The crowd wasn't bad for a Tuesday night.  It was heavily male-driven so they appreciated the heavier songs like Black Panther Party and Superficiality (both of which are on the forthcoming EP) and at the end of those types of songs they even chipped in with half-drunken chants of "Play that one again!"  

 

It was so nice to have Rich back in the fold.   We absolutely love playing with him not only because he's a good friend but because he brings such a distinctive element to the fold.  How many funk rock/pop bands have a percussionist?  Plus it's so nice to be in the middle of a jam, totally enraptured in the music and look over and see him smiling, loving every second of it.  Rich always smiles when he plays.  I asked him about it once and he said he's always smiling because he's loves nothing more than playing music with friends.  Back when he joined the band, he really opened up my eyes to why we're all doing this in the first place...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The sound crew (which were incredible by the way) hooked us up with a few recordings. Check these out....

 

 

Superficiality is a Sin (Live) - Tristan Clopet & the Juice

Concrete Dreams (Live) - Tristan Clopet & the Juice

 

 

 

After this, we're onto Boston, home of a million colleges, amazing scenery and the f*ckin' Red Sox.

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