*INK, SWEATS & TEARS TOUR UPDATE…
man, oh man!!
so much for the daily tour updates…it’s been too crazy…haven’t had a chance to sit and chill at a computer..but i am now..
SAN FRANCISCO (5/18)
the tour started off with a rainy night in san francisco at artists television access. a pretty decent crowd with my evil twin sis in the house. mark silverman was hilarious with twisted folk songs. the crowd seemed perplexed by him, but in the end, he slayed. jon longhi broke out his penis-pipe story, and the rest was history..

shout outs to chris lanier and faultlines in the house.

EUGENE (5/19)
we got a late start on the road (also got a parking ticket near my apt!!)..we rolled into eugene minutes before we had to start. diva is a city run gaLLery that has a great staff. we had a nice turnout but we wish coulda sold more books. the coolest thing was that mywebmeister, bobby g hooked us up with syndicated cartoonist jan eliot (“stone soup”). she let us crash at her house. it was really cool. but my slide projector was acting screwy!!

shout outs to jan eliot’s two dogs and senile cat.

OLYMPIA (5/20)
this was an amazing show. last word books is a great place and all of you should go by there if you swing through. the crowd was great. the intro by sky crosby was all deep and heavy duty. we coulda left right then and be satisfied. lots of books were sold. and the editor of olympia’s sitting duck newspaper, terry knight, took us out to dinner with the duck crew. (the duck runs “the k chronicles”) olympia is just a pleasant place to visit. kinda like berkeley. the slide projector screwed up, but not as much.

shout outs to the last word and sitting duck crews. plus francis the dog.

BELLINGHAM (5/21 noon)
are you kidding me?!! what looked like a mistake , turned out to be the biggest surprise show fo all so far. the village books show was great. they provided the projector so there was no screwing up. only one person was completely offended by the show. good stuff!!

shout outs to krissy the tech master and the canadians who got held up at the border for two hours (you should’ve never said you were going to see us!!)

SEATTLE (5/21 7:30)
man, oh man..three incredible shows in a row!! me and jon were selling for more than an hour afterward. ellen forney opened the show with a great presentation..and my evil twin sis made a poignant and touching intro (although she got my poo story wrong!!)..stephen notley was in the house…and a ton of good ol’ cartoon folk…we all went to the chapel bar after the show. the bar is in an old funeral home…

shout outs to all my sister’s co-workers and friends..

next up is portland, then finishing up with san jose on tuesday…

cheers!!