November 21st, 2009
dispatch from the green room at world cafe live in philadelphia, pa.
we’ve had a great week of shows with grant-lee phillips. after albany, we went to burlington, vt, where an audience member took these videos … then we spent two nights at club passim in cambridge, ma (personal highlight: time with family)… then we went to new york, where we played in manhattan (personal highlight: time with friends) and then in brooklyn (personal highlights: a day spent at museums, and of course the vegan philly cheese steak) at union hall (pictured above). after that, a long but fun day including a radio appearance on philadelphia’s wxpn, and then a show at jammin java in vienna, va, which was hard-fought in terms of tiredness and traffic — but thanks to a great audience, it was one of my favorite shows of the week. as i write this, we’re getting ready for our show at world cafe live in philadelphia, pa. we’re feeling rested and ready and are looking forward to tonight’s show, and then annapolis and sirius-xm radio. thanks to everyone who has come to shows, listened, read, and supported us along the way.
November 11th, 2009
this friday night, we winterpills will hit the road for a bunch of dates opening for (and backing up at times) Grant-Lee Phillips, and heavens to betsy we’re excited. we’ll post pictures and reflections here, so check back often.
August 28th, 2009
hello out there. winterpills are getting ready to announce a slew of cool shows for the fall, so check back in soon.
October 5th, 2008
this is the ceiling of the Pier 6 Pavilion in Baltimore, during CAKE’s set. they had a single mirrorball they used in every show — that was the entire light show. we liked that. our show here was, as all of them were, varied and, as rated by us, really good. we had a long set here (an hour) and got to really stretch out, and the crowd seemed very into what we were doing (i think at most of the shows there was a sense at the beginning of each show of… what is this wispy sweet-sounding band? why are they opening for the joyously ironic and funked-up CAKE? but by the end we had won some hearts.). there was a melancholy to the evening that we couldn’t place until we realized it was coming off the staff — this was the last night of the season and people were saying goodbye right and left. anyway, as usual, we were treated like princes and princesses by CAKE and everyone else, and the water sparkled right next to the stage and the big Domino Sugar sign reflected in the water and the brisk autumn air came in as we played and then we had to drive 12 hours to Maine.
