Chromeo Day 3, Philadelphia, PA

It's really nice to wake up where we're playing. No stress at all about getting up without sleep and having to drive all day. It's kind of awesome. We had time to find good espresso, get some food at the Reading Market, and even check out a firefighter museum. Good times had by all. To top it off, the guys weren't going to make it on time for soundcheck, so we had a nice long dinner break that we spent at a great Asian place around the corner from Trocadero, where the bartender ended up giving us free drinks. She wanted us to be in the right frame of mind for work.

The show hadn't sold all that well in advance, so when 900 people showed up, we were all pretty shocked. Philadelphia is a pretty weird place for shows. You can draw 2000 people anywhere else, but in Philly you might only get 200, so it was pretty amazing. The only downside was that we had to drive after the show, out to lovely Aberdeen, MD. We're staying in a hotel we've used previously, and the last time we were there, someone slashed a tire. I think I forgot to mention that for this tour, we've somehow ended up with the exact same van we drove for 9,000 miles around North America earlier this year, and we were thrilled when we finally left it, thinking we'd never see it again. Feeling cursed by that to begin with, who knows what's in store for us now...