Back from First Stops - update and PICS soon

Hey everyone, we made an amazing first trip up to Google and YouTube and returned safely. It was a close call as our insurance provider (State Farm) fell through the day we were to leave. It happened without warning (had something to do with having the word "Oprah" written on our bus?).

We had an emergency meeting the night before the Google presentation and decided not to drive the bus without insurance. We considered cancelling, but opted to split up in the hope we could work something out. 3 of us went up to Google by car in the morning, while Levi and the band stayed behind to try and get insurance- Juli managed to find insurance after 4 solid hours of phone calls - and so the band was able to meet us w/ bus at YouTube the next day. So many awesome things happened- i can't describe it all just now as we have to run to the bus to do some work. Meanwhile we are entering/uploading over 100 new producers, digitizing video, uploading pics to flickr, etc. all while booking the rest of our tour and trying to finish our bus. I'll post more details soon. Meanwhile, thank you to all our new producers and friends @ Google and YouTube! As well as everyone else we met in SF, Berkeley, and along the way. Your Producer Profiles should be added today or tomorrow.

best,

n