What would conditions be like if DeVotchKa stuffed into the “Little Miss Sunshine” van?
Well, it’s not that different from how we’ve spent most of our lives as a band. I would probably be the dad who’s always looking at his watch and wearing dorky shorts. What is a DeVotchKa? It actually means “girl” in Russian. I got it from “A Clockwork Orange,” and I just always thought it was a beautiful word and a beautiful way to describe a girl, so I named my band it. It sounds like a cat ordering vodka and coughing up a hairball at the same time. It could be worse, I guess. Sounds like something you’re not going to forget very soon. I hear you have trapeze artists, trumpeters and more on stage with you. Paint us a picture. We have extra players joining us all the time just to kind of flesh out some of the new songs and the old songs. And we have some sexy acrobats that also perform with us. Were there some non-sexy acrobats you had to let go? Well, I don’t know. Which is better? You tell me. Honestly, based on your sound it seems like you should have elephants on stage. Elephants?
