How did the tour with the Counting Crows come about?
There was some thought about tours we could go out on during the summer. We knew we were going to have a record out, so we talked about doing some co-headline shows with some bands to make sure there was some flesh in the seats. We never know how we’re going to do. It’s so weird. Our last record sold a quarter of what the record before that sold, but our crowds were much bigger. That could be due to the download craze of the moment when the record came out. This record, we were setting up this tour even before this record even came out. When the Counting Crows situation came up … they’re one of those groups that they go out and people are expecting the crowds. To be part of that is kind of exciting for us. Essentially it is a co-headlining situation, time wise. We decided we weren’t going to switch time slots around. That’s a little too hairy. We use a lot of wacky [effects]. We’re probably going to take the second spot the entire tour, except for a few markets, Buffalo being one of
