17 sept 07

enough slacking...on with the summer tour photos!

1)lunch @ihop-somewhere in TX. on the way to austin

2)band with jen and anders @casino el camino. site of anders trying to get me to beg for mercy by ordering me the "amarillo burger"(which features layer upon layer of hot peppers). i ate it like a champ, he was later seen sweating and i believe a single tear fell down his face

3)nice flyer from elysium, austin

4)french quarter "morning" complete with bloody marys to go!

5, 6 and 7) a night on the "town": jambalaya, barely legal and absinthe!

next up...a side-trip to memphis involves more bbq, elvis. scenes from the show in wichita, milwaukee and chicago.

24 aug 07

dirty martini on my parents' deck. it's grossly humid out and my mom is hosting a cocktail party tonight. i'll survive somehow :)

21 aug 07

slighty OK cameraphone photo of the incomparable neil finn.

i've been totally slacking on finishing the photo posts on the rest of the tour. but i feel compelled to post this before i return to posting tour photos. i went to see the incredible crowded house on saturday night @the house of blues. i've only casually listened to the band in the past. early this spring, vh1 classic ran the "farewell to the world" concert several times and i was immediately transformed into a fan. i actually bought the companion cd to the concert and the new album "time on earth" this summer. tickets for the show went on sale in may, so i had been looking forward to it for quite some time. i was not disappointed. neil finn's son, liam finn opened for the band and i was pleasantly surprised at how good he was. can't wait for his album to come out domestically.

8 aug 07

the tour, in photos

1)reststop outside of tuscon. just got out of the van to embrace the 115F temperature

2)the boys and shakira, our van. on the road to tombstone and bisbee

3)lovely flyers for the band, made by gretchen, owner of el-change-o!

4)the stage at el-change-o!

5)the eldorado inn, bisbee, az

6)the view from the balcony at the eldorado inn

(click on the photos if you want to see them in full-glorious gigantic size!)

2 aug 07

here is a lovely photo of jessica and i in pravada, a russian bar in the french quarter. i believe this was post the now infamous red bull + vodka slushie. ah, the alcoholic slushies of the south. i miss you. especially on days like this. chicago people, how amazing would it be if they started serving such beverages here? at happy village, par example?

27 jul 07

i received this very, very kind shout-out today in an email sent out to the members of the band's yahoo group list.

Finally we'd like to thank you for being our lady of many
hats - she was our videographer/photographer and merch wrangler all
at once, three jobs which often go unrecognized as far as tours go.
We would not have fared nearly as well without having her with us!
And by the way, you should keep an eye on her - she's got an
amazing voice (we heard her at karaoke in Memphis, TN - which is a
story for the upcoming tour blog...) and though she currently does
not have a band together we're urging her to do so as soon as
possible.

i was so touched that they wrote that about me. i genuinely had a great time on the road and really, really enjoyed helping them out.

one photo that didn't make it in yet

ventura, ca-driving down to la, i had to stop @in n' out. the drive thru line was unbeliveably long, but totally worth it! hopefully i will have more photos to share soon.