Sons Of Daughters

LOTS of stuff happening. aaron's been under the weather so devin's been pulling double duty. not only is he playing drums and marimba in this thing, but he was playing some bass and piano today, too. monster.

some photos from an awesome rehearsal:

and bridget doing some after hours choreography in the Kantine:

Last night we played underneath one of the massive Yves Klein installations in the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen. Thanks to Ayca for the photos!

We got together today and started working on some music with Fabien (the producer of "Jam Session") and Bridget (the artistic director of Ballett im Revier).

We've had an unbelievable couple of days. Yesterday afternoon I picked up Aaron and Devin in Madison, WI. They had just come from Chris Weller's wedding in Chicago and were wearing matching t-shirts. They have no idea where the shirts came from.

Last night we played a single set, nearly 2 hours long at Audio for the Arts in Madison. That's a first for us. It was magical. Lots of new sounds. A handful of songs we haven't played in a long time. And an incredibly enthusiastic and attentive audience. Plus Steve Gotcher recorded the whole thing. So there's that.

Afterward we headed to Brooklyn, WI to sleep in one of our favorite places in the world: Paul and Cami's house. We were immediately bombarded with love and attention from Paul and his wife Cami as well as their great dane, Cleo, and 3veryyoung kittens.

This morning I woke up to the sounds of Aaron and Devin picking raspberries with our host Cami in her yard. We ate them for breakfast. Then we went to buy some bread.

I didn't realize it at the time, but Paul and Cami were taking us to Kamm's Farm Bakery, which makes my favorite bread in the world. When I lived in Madison I was HOOKED on this stuff (the 7 grain Ezekial is the JAM). Anyway, Dolores (89 years old!) runs the bakery and the garden and has more energy than the three of us put together.

She gave us a bunch of tomatoes:

And showed us around the bakery:

And had some laughs with Paul's mom, Bettie. Two awesome old ladies telling stories:

Playing at the Skylark in Chicago tonight. Can't wait.

Much love,

this happened at paul hastil's place last night. the best. cleo the great dane acts as a comfy couch for meat-face the kitten (working title/name).