Listen At Your Own Risk

I heard this on the radio a few days ago, and went and looked it up on Youtube. If you listen to this you will spend the next week walking around bobbing your head and singing "Living on Tulsa Time... Living on Tulsa time... da dad dum de da dum de da da da... Living on Tulsa Time"

You've been warned, my bandmates weren't so fortunate.
-Jesse

Asheville on the Eve of May

I don't have a dirty mind,
the girls are there, and I ain't blind,
but lusting is a mortal crime,
so I'm not even looking.

The girls today are out in force,
in halter tops and denim shorts,
But most of them have men of course,
And I'm not even looking.

In Asheville on the eve of May,
it seems like summer's here to stay,
and love is in the air today,
I'm sure there'll some takers.

-Jesse

Squirrel Ain't Chicken Too

Squirrel ain't chicken too,
Squirrel ain't chicken too,
Squirrels are made of protein,
You can put them in shampoo,
You can put them in shampoo.

Pig ain't chicken neither,
Pig ain't chicken neither.
Bacon grease makes good shampoo,
So give your squirrels a breather,
Give your squirrels a breather.

* * *

Title track for the new album perhaps?
-Jesse

P.S. I think I might owe Peter Bitenc for the line "squirrel ain't chicken too"

650 AM WSM

We were on Music City Roots in February, and they just posted some videos. We made sure we got to stand in front of mic stands that said "650 AM" and I got Eddy Stubbs's autograph afterwards.

Ross played a great solo on this one. Where does he come up with this stuff? check it out.
-Jesse

Culinary Advice

Ramps are not a condiment, they are the main course,
You just season them with bacon or some other fatty source,
No need to chop them up, like an onion or a leek,
You should eat a great big mess so people shudder when you speak.
-Jesse

Feeling Bad (Good)

A dear friend of the band just unearthed a fantastic video from Youtube of our show this weekend at the Mauch Chunk Opera House in Jim Thorpe, PA! It's tough to get good footage of a live show, but the acoustics of the opera house rose to the occasion. Finally a video worth writing home about!

Thanks user: mchsjtams

Farewell NY

With last night came the final performance of our January Living Room Residency. It was great to play regularly at such an NYC club staple. But the quick turnaround does leave you feeling a little like cattle when there's no interaction or relation between the post and previous acts of the night. Ah well, music is music, and the show must go on, and so on.

Overall it was a good experience. The sound guys were always nice enough, and the bar tenders tolerated our rock star antics:

"Can I have three pint glasses of water?"
"Ice?"
"No ice."

Yeah, we're pretty baddass around here.

Doesn't look like we'll be returning to NY for a couple of months. So make sure you get your fill at the show @ Jalopy in Redhook this Sunday!!! We will be sharing the stage with the incredible edible Moxie Block. Words do not describe this woman, but an adorable hand-made website will: WWW.MOXIEBLOCK.COM

See you then Brooklyn...

Zara

It was nice to see you, Pennsylvania!

Things that happened this week:
1) Zara and Stefan got iPhones, increasing the band's ratio of iPhone-owners-to-people-who-can't-check-their-email-in-the-van from 1:5 to 3:3.
2) We played our second show of our January residency at the Living Room
3) I schooled Peter Bitenc in Scrabble. Boo yeah!
4) We opened for Eilen Jewell at the Sellersville Theater
5) We all tasted quail for the first time. Thank you, Sellersville Theater, for buying us dinner at that lovely restaurant!
6) We played a really fun show at the Mauch Chunk Opera house.
7) I learned about how Jim Thorpe, PA got it's name (it was once Mauch Chunk, PA). I won't retell the story here, but you can check out the Wikipedia article.


Here are some pictures of our adventures...

Stefan reads a book backstage:

For the uninitiated, Stefan is ALWAYS reading a book. He reads during rehearsals, when he's eating, when he's driving (no, just kidding, that would be dangerous. He listens to books on tape when he's driving). It's a compulsion.

Jesse warms up in Jim Thorpe:


I learn how Mauch Chunk became Jim Thorpe:
Performing in the town formerly known as Mauch Chunk, PA (at the lovely Mauch Chunk Opera House):

Thanks to Jerry Hoare for the bottom three pictures at the Mauch Chunk Opera House and to Ross Bellenoit for the artsy iPhone pic of Stefan.

-Emily

Very late Christmas show update

Here's a super late recap of our Christmas shows in December:

1) So much fun!
2) So much Christmas cheer!
3) One good Jingle Cats reference
4) See you next year!

Here's a video from a pre-show rehearsal in the basement of Jalopy:



Till we meet again, fair readers!

-Emily

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...

I get a little sad when Christmas music comes on in a store and people around me cringe. It's too bad that we're all bombarded with the cheesiest of cheesy versions of Christmas tunes from October through December. These songs are meant to bring people together to revel in a warm collective holiday spirit, not make them reach for the earplugs. How can we rescue Christmas songs from their Muzaky fate?

I have just the ticket: a Christmas singalong! Or better yet, our First Annual Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular! Together, we can imbue all of our favorite Christmas songs with genuine holiday spirit and garnish them with beautiful harmonies.

In case you can't read the information in the image above, the singalongs will take place on Saturday, December 19th at 7:30 at the Guilford Church (Guilford, VT) and Sunday, December 20th at 8pm at Jalopy (Brooklyn, NY).

See you there!
Emily

Sociology

I know rednecks who smoke weed at work and grow their hair out long,
I know hippies who hunt deer and bear and sing Merle Haggard songs,
the average Okie from Muskogee wouldn't know whose ass to kick,
Cause it gets harder every day to tell a hippie from a hick.

-Jesse

Long Drive

Road reflectors shine so bright
on the interstate at night,
they mark a lane to drive your car
but never tell you where you are.
-Jesse

Zara's welcome home song

Zara herniated two discs in her back a few days before we left on our MONTH-LONG tour in September. It was a terrifying (for all of us) and painful (for Zara) time. The band wrote this song for her on the day she got out of the hospital. Bridget gets all the credit for coming up with the "hernitated....sedated" line. Genius.



As a side note, Zara didn't miss a single show! Now that's dedication, folks...

Emily

A Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular!! Coming to a town near you...

That is, if you live in New York City or Brattleboro, VT.

That's right, folks. We're laying our normal repertoire aside for a few nights this December to present you with a Country Christmas Singalong of epic proportions. We plan to lead you in rousing renditions of all your favorite Christmas carols (or wacky winter-themed songs) accompanied by telecaster, twin fiddles, Sweetback harmony singing... I'm getting a little overly excited just writing about it! Can you tell that I REALLY like Christmas?

Anyway, to make sure we don't miss any of your favorite songs we're opening this forum up to requests. Write them in the comments section! And even if you live too far away to actually participate in the event this year, feel free to let us know what you think we should include on the set list for the night.

xoxo
Emily

Phillies

The Phillies give me mental strain,
heartburn, stress and stomach pain.
A six run lead, and they give up four.
I just can't watch this anymore.
-Jesse