We were all tired out when we got to Philly, but we perked up after we got to eat some spicy noodle soup. Castle Gay puts on a good house show.
We played with The Snow Caps, Charlotte Littlehales, Kate Ferencz and Buffalo Stance. We met Andrew and Yianni from The Snow Caps when they played with their other band, Hermit Thrushes, in Nebraska once. It was good to see them again, and they were very cheerful and hospitable house show hosts. The Snow Caps are a slightly mathy folk band, Charlotte’s a singer songwriter, Kate is a bouncy junk-pop artist with enormous eyes, and Buffalo Stance is the quirky piano project of my friend Jamey Robinson.
Jamey actually carried a small piano down into Castle Gay’s basement for the show, amazing. A ton of people came out to the show. Afterwards Yianni captured a katydid.
Next morning breakfast with beansprouts and kale, 
then off to Baltimore!
Before leaving town we visited a very spiritual district of South Philly, home to an Episcopal church advertising bring-your-pet-to-church day, an occult goods store that’s been open since 1917, and this imposing sign.
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