The Space in New Haven

We're on our way!

Jiro, David and I squeezed into a borrowed 2-door Saturn with poor Jiro's head bumping into the roof in the back seat and made our way down to New Haven. We were welcomed to The Space (an art and music collective "space" on the outskirts of the city) by the door guy who was covered in tatoos and told us his name was Funky. A friendly local musician who loved the Avett brothers and was pumped to share a stage with us (since we had shared a stage with his heros, the Avett Brothers) had listened to our MySpace page and bopped along to every song. Our 30-minute set was preceded by a budding songwriter who later told us, after pausing to think about it, was only 15 years old. And we were followed by a lesbian couple who sang lovely harmonies with breathy and powerful voices.

Next stop: Becket, MA to the Dream Away Lodge.

New York New York

Only in New York can you look out into an audience of folks you knew before they were born, middle school friends who gave you head lice, old college buddies, former flings, relatives of friends, relatives of lovers, and everyone in between. Thank you to all our friends from every layer of our lives who came out to Pete's Candy Store in Williamsburg and Rockwood Music Hall in Manhattan. We had a blast!

Some highlights and lowlights of the past few days....

- The long bamboo stick with water dripping out of it that was the sink in a very hip Lower East Side Thai restaurant

-The $65 ticket waiting for us on our royal blue, economy-size rental car

-The sideways rain drenching us from bottom to top

-A fabulous late-night critique from a former fashion writer who gave us a long list of tips on how to update our wardrobes including Tip #1: bleach both our hair and get stylish, geometric haircuts. Clearly, we've got work to do!

David and I are busily preparing for our nearly 7-week East Coast tour with The David Wax Museum -- lining up venues, sending press kits to radio stations and newspapers, and contacting bloggers. We'll be hitting 30+ cities from Winooski, VT to Buffalo, NY to Johnson City, TN.

Please keep tabs on our travels here at davidwaxmuseum.blogspot.com. We'll be posting pictures and stories from the road.

Hope to see you at a show near you!