Via Tania

the last day in Austin TX was cccold and we were unprepared, which of course is why we ended up outside. But nevertheless it was for a cool makeup store called w3ll people, all organic yummy stuff and I’m into that, and them ….

Of the tour with Seabear I mean. I am in Toronto right now at the Horseshoe Tavern which is a great place to play here. Scubas on Friday night to end at home, how convenient! So so much stuff to get back to, it’s been a few months away from Chicago. Hopefully the Spring is really there.

Is a sweeeet place to play , especially when it’s nice and sold out like that. The Seabear tour is working out just great! Yesterday I walked around with Whitney  doing all the stuff I gotta do in Manhattan which includes a trip to the Muji store and walking through Nolita .  Whitney is the new Via Tania keyboard player and Tyler is also another keyboard player who plays guitar of the electric variety. Pretty soon VT is gonna get groovier and creepier. That is our new year’s resolution, so we are thinking about doing a bunch of covers to work on our arrangement skills and to have fun and then launch into all these Tania songs I have been messing around with since the completion of MSM a few years ago now. WAY FUN.

Fever Ray isn’t influencing fashion all over the place. This is pretty cool.

WOW THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU INSERT A GIF, that is way cool.well it is one of those animated thingies that freak me out a bit.

Anyhow, here’s the VT tour poster. The band is sounding really fabulous , how did I ever do it without them? It’s like they came out of nowhere , a big gift from the universe! Anyhow, so dramatic. I love them, come see us play if you can. I am making teatowels and selling an EP i made in 1997 for kicks.

Last night Whitney, Tyler and Charles and I had our first practice altogether in months.
It sounded really great, this is really exciting for me! We are playing tonight at the Charleston in Chicago’s Bucktown tonight. It will be a dress rehearal. For sure . Nice and mellow though. I am jetlagged at the right time for a change, up late which is perfect for a rock n roll lifestyle, so I hear.

Actually we are playing Lawrence KS on the 16th of March not 15th like it says down below!

Tommorow’s plan is to go to the area where they shot ‘The Piano’ Jane Campion’s film. I really wanted to go to one or more of New Zealand’s black sand beaches and I also love that movie! So luckily they are one in the same place.
Countdown for my NZ trip. It is an amazing , too amazing, will post some pics soon.

Touring in March with  Seabear looking forward to it. Full band for the first time ever in North America!!! Wowee. Dates below ( Kansas date not with Seabear, with Hi Dive!).

Still in Sydney. Spending the next bunch of time swimming in the ocean, writing some songs, seeing loved ones… what else is there?