Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Tour in the US!



So here we are, on our very first tour in the US!
We landed in New York on Sunday and rented a car there and started our trip. We drove 930 kilometers yesterday, and 240 kilometers the day before. That sums um to 1170 kilometers in less than 24 hours!

We were a bit nervous about the immigration because Þórir still had some form in his passport since 2006, that should have been taken out when he left the country. But it was no problem. The guy simply said "this shouldn't be here" and took it out!
My immigration guy informed me that "boys don't make passes at girls who were glasses" so I'm seriously thinking of getting myself contact lenses.

Our first show was in Kalamazoo, Michigan at a venue called Rocket Star Café. It was a really cool place, organic and fair trade and a lot of activism going on there. We played first and two local bands (who were actually the same guys playing twice) after us. Finally Ghost Mice played. They were awesome as always, and we'll get to see them again twice before we part. Lucky us.
Playing with them is a guy called Eric Ayotte. He played a couple of songs and they sounded really good, so we traded CD's with him and listened to one of his Cd's in the car yesterday, and he is awesome. Most of the Plan-it-x is. Check it out!

Right now we're at one of the promoters place, where we stayed last night. This is a co-op place and there are a couple of people living here and a couple of cats who are awesome. They are a little pushy and demand attention, but that's all good. They make me miss our cat though.
The next place we're playing at is only an hour drive away, so we get to hang out here for a bit today.

I posted some pictures at my flickr from the tour and will continue to do so as often as possible. So keep posted!

Love,
Júlía

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