WHO'LL BE OUR HOMECOMING KING & QUEEN SATURDAY??

This week, I drove 30 hours straight (through torrential rain in NY, VA, TN, NC) to get home to you sweet Texas.

Lenny Kravitz said it, It ain’t ‘til over it’s over. Summer, that is.

So TONIGHT, Agustin, Mandy & Duncan – my fearless road warriors – will join me for the final show of our summer tour at Hole in the Wall. We made it through earthquakes, hurricanes, grumpy soundmen, & the van shakes…. So please come support. Lotsa new songs from the forthcoming record.

SATURDAY at HOLE IN THE WALL

24th & Guadalupe, 11:30pm, $5

w/ Petals & more

* there’s lots of great parties happening this weekend to raise money for people hit by the wildfires. Check out this list & Go spend some $ to help your neighbors.

**please note the Beauty Bar show Sunday is not happening (sorrrrrry for the change up)…. Anyone looking for in honor of 9/11 & new york city Sunday night, get in touch! I’m going pudding wresting.

MORE TOUR PICS & VIDEOS COMING... HERE.

Highlights:

1) Chicago – vegan eggs benedict at 3am outside the booty shakin’ clubs

2) Cincinnati – buying new used tires from ex-cons for $30 each

3) Milwaukee – NPR taping, the best sounding club & my fav new band Delta Routine (think Citizen Cope meets Robert Johnson) who I hope to do some writing with soon.

4) Philadelphia – mom’s homecooked pasta

5) Boston – hurricane!

THANK YOU to those of you offering us car advice from the road. You’re lifesavers… literally.

Xoxo ~jessie

Dear God, where the F is my van???

Let’s see if I can tell this story in 10 lines or less.

1. Have spent the last 10 days furiously scanning Craigslist for a vehicle that will get us through our next tour…. Austin à Kansas City à New York

2. After wavering between cars, vans, pimped out trucks, keepin’ it simple…. Saw this guy and fell in love.

3. Holy shit, it's in my price range!

4. Took a day off of teaching, grabbed my trusty guitarist/car expert Duncan & went to New Braunfels, planning to unload $3,500 from my bank account & drive home w/ a van that night.

5. The owner, a very nice straight-shooting responsible perhaps even booooring man, takes us for a tour. Van drives beautifully. And so so cute. Does not smell like cigarettes, rock bands, mold or old man. Extra plus!

6. Duncan & I spend 4 ½ hours & way too much money staying caffeinated at a Starbucks all afternoon while the van is inspected by a local mechanic.

7. 4:38pm… finally a call from the mechanic.

8. The verdict: brakes (front & rear), U-joint going, flush the coolant, replace original fluids, blah blah “I am speaking a language that you don’t understand & not trying to translate, but if you pay me $2,800, I can fix it all.”

9. $2,800?!! F(*&(, Sh)(*9

“I think they’re conning us, I can get that stuff fixed cheap, we should get it,” says Duncan.

10. Mulling over the next move, I ask the owner if I can drive it back to his place, test the brakes, feel it out some. A block & a half from his place, CLUNK! And there we were, stuck in the middle of the street… van not moving, reason not known.

Jessie still vanless (and perhaps lucky I killed that car when I did)

My fav cop shot. "sir you can't leave that thing in the middle of the road..."

Has anyone else killed a car while test driving it?

This is a first! Even for a Torrisi.