West Indian Girl

easy street records gets it stripped down

after the kexp session we had some sushi and jetted over to easy street records. easy street is a killer record store. they have a great set up for live acts over there. they have a nice little back/green room with a deli tray and some beer in it. that’s always a bonus. all their employees were super nice to us as well. it was pretty simple. this was the same sort of set up as the radio station stuff we have been doing but this happened to be the FIRST ever time we got to play in a record store. again, robert and mariqueen played 3 songs and i think they were a bit nervous because it was a first time/foreign setting for them. i had a blast cos i got to clap and yell and take pictures of them. i think they did just fine. afterwards we signed some cds up front and made a few new fans. westin and eddie were there and were rewarded with guest list spots for their show of support. good times man. before we left bob major (in the picture) hooked us up with t shirts and hoodies and gave us some great deals on cds. love it. and thanx a lot to matt vaughan the owner of easy street for making this happen. matt was at the show that evening and there’s a great pic of him with the band in that show report.

Mariqueen’s Mind
right after our radio show we headed over to easy street records to do an in store. well, we went to eat sushi before, but who really cares about that? i was super nervous because i’d never done an in store before and the only other acoustic show i had done with rob and fran i didn’t really enjoy so i wasn’t sure what to expect this time around. that was kind of a painful run on sentence. apologies. so we get to the store and i pace and warm up and then we perform the three songs we did for kexp. it was weird, man. being up on this cool little stage in this fresh store, sitting on this stool. eh… not so much. i enjoy playing with a full band far more than these intimate sessions. i think it shows too. i just sit there with my head down like a douche. i’m so shy. when i’m on stage with the whole band i get to turn around and have my tambourine to keep my hands busy. at the in store i just had my voice, a mic, an amp and people staring at me. closely. much too close for comfort. i think i have intimacy issues. despite the discomfort the show went well. rob and i sounded prettyful together. we always do. we rule like that. the best part of that show was seeing eddie nonog sitting there front row and center. what you all need to know is that eddie has been there since day one of my west indian girl career. he was there at my chop suey debut opening for phoenix and there when we co headlined with the brazilian girls. the man rules my face off. after the show i went on a shopping spree and got a bunch of cocteau twins records, a coin purse with a whale on it and tons of other records. oh bob, thank you so much for hooking me up with that cool white t-shirt… i’m telling you, man… it’s all about women’s t-shirts just like that white men’s one i took. look into it. pleeease. hey matt, if you’re reading this, thanks for having us at the store… i think you might’ve purchased a shot for me at our croc cafe show… i was pretty incoherent that night… just in case you did, thanks for that too.

rob n q doing what they do and doing it well

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