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Let’s face them.  Everyone has Seasonal affective disorder (SAD).  Hurray!

Joey made me a video:

I’ve never been pooped on by a bird until this tour.  I was pooped on twice.  Once in Boston on the way to the T: white skinny poop on black  polyester pants.  Once it dried my friend Cortney rubbed it away.  It had become dusty poop particles.

Poop number two was in Austin en route to retrieve Mercedes.  It, or they, landed on back of collar.  It kind of hurt.   Three burgundy balls mixed with bile or some shit.  Looked like blood.  Rob flung it off.  Someone told me it matched my shirt.

Thank you.

Back home.  Now what?  Find a place to live maybe?  Buy some rice cakes and Teddie peanut butter?  Yes.

The tour went well.  A lot of waiting, driving (on veggie oil!!), more waiting and some playing mixed in there.  Well worth it!

Thank you Rob for letting us use your vehicle and musical gear.  Thank you for diving into the u-haul veggie sludge storage zone without a second thought.  Thank you for being a wonderful musician too!  Thank you Julia for being the best midi keyboardist/tina interpreter/accountant (not much to account for)  in North America!    Thank you Andy (Boris) for being up for an adventure on such short notice and banging the meeatle drums in all the right places!  Can’t forget  the fabulous Bobby Missile–thanks  for setting up a great tour!  Until next time…..

We’re heading to Austin on Thursday to play two shows at SXSW.  One is a party put on by our talented booking agent, Bobby Missile.  It’s gonna be rad!  We’re on at 2:30!

We woke up happily this morning in beautiful Hot Springs, Arkansas — there are trees blooming down here and it’s green all around.  We’ve made it all the way so far on veggie oil thanks to Allie in Asheville who hooked us up with the cleanest, clearest veggie oil from Rosetta’s Kitchen, where we also ate a delicious dinner.

We said goodbye to Grandchildren after two shows together in Atlanta, one at a recording studio, and one at a community arts center and venue, and slept really comfortably and really late two nights in a row thanks to the Suits family!  Thank you so much!!!

If you head over to www.myspace.com/ryandjjdpower there are songs from the new album up, as well as an excellent remix of In Need of a Little Love by Zack Martin (of Carrigan).  Enjoy!

Julia here, writing from foggy, Vermontish Asheville, North Carolina.  We played a great house show here last night, thanks to our good friend Tara for setting it all up!

We’ve been driving down from the north, shedding layers of clothing and emptying five gallon jugs of veggie oil into our gas tank as we go.  The smell of a fish fry gets stronger when we open the sunroof.

Tonight we’re playing at Railroad Earth in Atlanta; it’ll be our third show together with Grandchildren, from Philly, and Lonnie Walker, from Raleigh, two awesome bands that we’re lucky to be touring with and seeing play for the next few nights.  After two nights in Atlanta we’ll be headed to Hot Springs, Arkansas for a little relaxation, and then opening up the Valley of the Vapors festival, where we’re the very first band.

More to come, soon!  Thanks to everyone who has come out to see us!

Rob is back from Paris and Julia is back from Montreal.  Andrew is driving up from Plainfield.  We are going to rehearse for a week and then take Rob’s Mercedes down the East Coast, over to Texas, up through Chicago and back home again.  Special thanks to Bobby Missile for booking this splendid tour for us!

My new album “I Don’t Want to Die” is being mastered right now by the talented Timothy Stollenwerk.

Check the dates below to see if we’re playing near you.

Wed March 3rd @ Monkey House, Winooski, VT w. Blowtorch + Lawrence Welks & Our Bear to Cross

Fri Mar 5th @ PA’s lounge in Boston, MA

Sat Mar 6th @ AS220 in Providence, RI

Sun Mar  7th @ Death by Audio in Brooklyn, NY w. Little Women

Mon Mar  8th @ Danger Danger Gallery in Philadelphia, PA w. Oicho Kabu, Know Nothing Party + Pepi Ginsberg

Tue Mar  9th @ Slim’s in Raleigh, NC w. Grandchildren, Lonnie Walker

Wed Mar 10th @ The Tipsy, Greenville, NC

Thu Mar 11th @ loft show in Asheville, NC

Fri Mar 12th @ Secret Squirrel in Athens, GA

Sat Mar 13th @ Wonderroot in Atlanta, GA

Wed Mar 17th @ Low Key Arts (Valley of the Vapors Fest) in Hot Springs, AK w. Lucero

Thu Mar 18th @ Austin, TX (SXSW)

Fri Mar 19th @ Austin, TX (SXSW)

Sat Mar 20th @ Club Primos, Austin TX  Ballistic Missile & Parade of Flesh Party – day set at 2:30 or so

w. True Widow, The Name, Beach Fossils, Grandchildren, Hot White, TV Ghost, Fang Island, Quiet Hooves and more!

Sun Mar 21st @ Lemp Arts in St Louis, MO

Mon Mar 22nd @ Mixtapes, Moline, IL

Tue Mar 23rd @ House show in Chicago, IL w. Casiotone For the Painfully Alone + Royal Osprey

Wed Mar 24th @ Now Thats Class in Cleveland, OH w. Magik Markers

Thu Mar 25th @ The Bug Jar in Rochester, NY w. Argus Eye