Wow, what a great week we had in Mexico. Thank you to everyone who came to see us in Leon, Morelia, and Puebla. And very big thanks all of the show producers and especially Aldo, our tour manager! This was by far the busiest of the several times I had played in Mexico before, having to travel several hours each day to get to the next city in time for radio and television interviews followed by soundchecks. We were lucky if we could get five hours of sleep each night. But the enthusiastic crowds every show energized us for some of our best performances yet. We’ll be back!

Plans are underway for us to do a few shows in and around Mexico City next month. It is unnerving waiting until the last moment like this, but our manager assures us it is happening. Right now, talk is that we’ll do Mexico City, Guanajuato, and now possibly Morelia and Leon, as well. The show dates fall between the 12th and 15th so far. Looks like it will be a full week!

Lovespirals have returned from their West Coast mini tour with Mira, and are busy scheduling additional dates for this year. So far, Los Angeles has been added for October 2nd at the Knitting Factory. The band plans to include saxist, Doron Orenstein, for this date.

DJ Victoria Star, of KZSC in Santa Cruz, CA wrote the following review of the first show date:

San Francisco Projekt fans were given a spectacular treat last night when artists Mira and Lovespirals joined together for an evening of musical bliss at The Pound.Once again changing musical directions, Anji Bee and Ryan Lum presented their lush new sound as a taunting and swanky invitation to sing along. Taking the stage with a smile that never left her face, Anji’s vocal mastery was particularly poignant on new tracks “Oh So Long” and “Swollen Sea.”

In Music We Trust called Mira and Lovespirals “the sexiest concert bill of 2002” and had this to say in their review of the show at Portland’s Paris Theatre:

Next came the technical difficulties but delicious music of Lovespirals. While guitarist Ryan Lum and singer Anji Bee clearly seemed displeased with how their show was going, it did not stop them from presenting a lovely display of some obvious hard work. Closing out the set with a few jazz numbers, the audience weaved back and forth with Bee as she appeared as a nightclub chanteuse a little out of her element. Bee acknowledged this by remarking, “We don’t know how Mira does it. They’ve got like twelve shows left. This is only our third, and we’re like, ‘O, we want to go home.'” Nevertheless, Lovespirals presented their new material, which is absolutely marvelous, and sparked some interest.

Photographer Adam Michaud sent in these great photos from our Portland concert.

During their time in Portland, Ryan and Anji also did their first ever in-studio radio interview with DJ Carolee of A Strange Choice of Favorite on KPSU. The duo also performed a short acoustic set live on-air.