May 2, 2009 : Deep Water Tour By The Numbers

In February and March of 2009, I Heart Lung toured the Midwest and East Coast of these United States. Hundreds followed the daily play-by-play on Twitter. Billions more did not. Collected here are the non-financial numbers that slipped through the cracks:

Number of days on the road: 14
Number of miles travelled: 3,165
Average miles per gallon: 41.1
Number of shows booked: 10
Number of shows played: 9
Number of venues called Velvet Lounge that cancelled shows while we were unloading equipment on the sidewalk in front of said venue: 1
Number of degrees Fahrenheit on said sidewalk: 14
Average number of drum solos per show: 2.1
Number of museums visited: 1.1
Number of guest musicians: 2
Number of NY Times reviews: 1
Number of Clif Bars consumed: 17
Number of battlefields witnessed where the Norse gods killed each other and the Earth was scorched by the sword of the fire giant, Surtr: 1
Number of traffic tickets and/or accidents: 0
Number of hours spent name-dropping the most outrageous possible audience in NYC: 4
Number of Chicago style pizzas consumed: 1
Number of Chicago style pizzas unrequited: 1
Number of toll booth workers killed by the instantaneous freezing of beverages on their person: 3
Number of weather related incidents: 397
Number of gracious gestures by friends old and new: 2,058
Number of confirmed Schlarbsquatch sightings: 2