NYC and Providence

Our east coast tour went as follows: We drove all day to arrive in Brooklyn late Friday night August 10th. Oliver and his girlfriend Suzanne took us to a bar called Capones that gives out free pizza. That ruled. Saturday we hung out all day, had Polish food and played Club Europa for possibly the last time. I don't know. A Place to Bury Strangers, our tour mates, did a short set so we could play at all. After having some talks, we went to a nearby bar with some former Chicago friends and called it a night. Sunday was a relaxed day full of sleep and hanging out and played a great show at The Delancy in Manhattan for a small but nice group of people. The bar staff was awesome, especially the one Polish guy who ordered Jeremy to "Shut up and drink your wine!" . I played a game of pictionary using mixing straws with the bartender and sound guy who were both super cool and I heard good tunes on the iPod they had going. Chris and I sampled NYC Papaya Dogs from next door and I wasn't too impressed. the knish and meat pattie were cool and different I guess but the hot dogs with their ketchup and sauerkraut left a lot to be desired. They still hit the spot (3-4 times) after a night of whiskey, wine, and beer.
Monday we set off for Providence. We played at AS220 with The Brother Kite. They were great and I bought a CD. APTBS had Spencer rocking the 16mm visuals and we all played a good show. Earlier that day, we hid a bag of bananas under the seat of the APTBS tour van aside from teasing them with what we said was a bottle of whiskey but gave them a bottle of mixed crap, snacks, V-8, and more crap. We were loading up or vans when all of a sudden we hear a loud THUD on the side of the van. Turns out Jay found it earlier and decided to get us back. There was a big splatter of banana guts that somehow flew around Jeremy and hit the open door. Jeremy was left untouched. Creepy. Chris threw it back and left a splat of banana on the front fender of their van and the rest of the bag and rotten banana guts was left behind on the street. We found a great NYC style pizza place and headed back to Brooklyn to sleep before Philadelphia the next day.