West Indian Girl

yesterday we played in santa ana at jade howe’s store. jade is a great clothing designer. check out his line howedenim.com. anyway, jade’s store, called howe homme is not only a store but also his home (funny how adding an “m” changes that word). so the place he has is basically a fantastic loft. check out the pics below and keep your eye out for the next “10 with Ten” cos i did one with Jade last night. ok, on to the show – this was officially our first acoustic show! we set up on the top floor of his space and played 6 songs with a real stripped down sound. rob was playing electric/acoustic, chris was playing a moog, i played an old vox bass that sounds like an acoustic, mark played a snare and some percussion, and angela played a harmonica and sang. by the way – if you have been reading my journal you know you can see pics from the show in the photo gallery. i’m not really posting pics from the show in here so just go to the gallery. anyway, it was a cool vibe – i think the ability to play our songs in this way will be a nice thing for fans to check out because even though the songs remain the same (ahh zep) the vibe and interpretation is totally different. watch for us at in-stores and radio stations cos this is the way we’re gonna be playing the songs in those situations. let’s see, random other notes about the show, well, i drove my landcruiser down and served as the cargo van for this trip. i brought tony so he got to go on a few walks. it’s great bringing tone along to the gigs. he’s dope. that first picture was taken right outside the store. the second pic is of angela and chocolate – i really like this pic of us 3. as usual, lot’s of women at the show which is always a plus. i dont think there can ever be too many women at a show. that’s patty in the pic to the left, she works for jade and she is awesome! hey patty i’m sorry i haven’t emailed u yet but i’m gonna and i can’t wait for you to take measurements of my favorite t-shirt. jade had the gig catered so there was also great food. all in all u really couldnt ask for a better place to kick back and play your acoustic set for the first time. it was a comfy gig…F. Ten 11/7 5:30pm