Ashland, Portland-good shows, now on to Seattle

We had a comical warm up gig on Weds. nite in Ashland at a dance studio, but it was a great chance to work out the kinks for all the dates coming up. We had a small but very appreciative crowd, and made enough for dinner and gas-fine for us. Ashland is as beautiful as I remember it. Then on to Portland which has vastly grown since the last time I was here over 10 years ago. 9 Muses Acoustic pub was a cool venue, and our performance was well received. We've had friends and/or family at these first two shows, and it looks like it'll be that way for the rest as well. On a side note, there's a sleepy opiate-like quality to a lot of the personalities we've encountered so far, an Oregon slowness that makes me think that somewhere today in Portland, several people are just now getting some of my jokes from last night on stage. The weather has been clear and beautiful, and ironically I think most of the rain we'll see will come once we're back in CA for our last gig of the tour!