quick one! philly tonight - photo outside the venue, and a few free tickets (Patreon)

(patron only)

HALLO LOVES

DC was a gorgeous hot mess - the show lasted 4.5 hours and in summary it was epic and i threw a bunch of tampons at the white house, which was two blocks away.

speaking of which....here's the white house flash photo....

WE DID IT!

look at those dogs. 

they're like

hey 

over there

(photo by hayley rosenblum)

shots from DC last night....

photo by kevin hollenbeck

A FEW NOTES!!!!! from the merch desk....

PATRON ONLY MERCH EXCLUSIVE

and FOR PATRONS ONLY, beautiful enamel pins. to get ONE, go to the patron table at these upcoming shows and talk to THE PATRONATOR! (which will usually be michael, hayley or whitney).

you must prove you're a patron, so get your phone ready before you go up to them and open up this patron-only post, show your patreon email notification, your patreon receipt, or open your app to show your pledge to prove you're a patron.  

the pins cost $5 and are 1 per patron. if you have a friend that isn't a patron and wants one, they can sign up for patreon on the spot.  

the pins are 1.5 inches, here's what they look like, as modeled by hayley:

the art is by an old-time artist friend from puerto rico, alfredo richner.  

for now....these are ONLY available at the shows. they're flying fast so we'll have to place another order for them.... and yes: we will also make these available on the webstore for patrons only. give us a second. (these may also be a great gift for our art-in-the-mail folks, soon, soon!)

FROM THE TOUR MERCH TABLE:

the long-awaited AFP embroidered hankies are finally here!!! THEY ARE SO AWESOME and selling like hotcakes...we sold almost 100 of them last night! .....

SO PRETTY AND SO NECESSARY

before you ask: YES THESE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSTORE. give us a second.

AND

SURPRISE....!!!

we just added a new crew member to the team, hiedi kunkel will be our merch manager. she came to me from ani difranco. she has done merch for ani for over TWENTY YEARS....she's amazing. she'll be at almost every tour date....there to lovingly give you your shirts and totes and posters....

and now

PHILLY!!!!! the show is in two and a half hours!

first off

LET'S DO A FLASH PHOTO!! spread the word if you get to the venue and see other patrons!

let's meet at 6pm outside the venue by the owl statue....it's RIGHT BEHIND THE VENUE....

you'll walk by THIS....

and then you'll see this:

COME ON

ITS A GIANT OWL

here's the actual cross-roads (but these are pedestrian streets, because college):

if you're super early there's some GRASS TO LOUNGE ON and goddamn its a gorgeous day.

now, i'm off to soundcheck.....

xxx

AFP