Looping venue help

[Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com>]

I'm working on setting up solo touring for the summer, and am wondering 
if anyone can offer any suggestions for venues friendly to looping of 
the improvised variety in a few distinct cities:

- San Diego, CA
- Philadelphia, PA (looking here with Chinapainting)
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Toronto, Canada
- Montreal, Canada

I'm just looking for cafes/galleries/lofts/squats to do my stuff, I'm 
not concerned about the prestige of the venue or money (hahaha).

As a side note...my tour is split between vocal shows, instrumental 
shows, and the looping thing, and while booking is generally a drag, 
dealing with the experimental music venues has been a sheer pleasure so 
far. It's funny; nightclubs only care that you put "drinking customers 
in seats" (I'm so tired of seeing that phrase), coffeeshops only care 
that you don't curse, but the experimental venues have been without 
exception warm, generous, and genuinely interested in the music. The 
amount of support in the experimental music community - the Loopfest 
being a prime example of course - that I've seen in the last couple of 
years since I started playing this stuff out has been extremely 
encouraging to me. One place in Washington DC, for example, couldn't 
work with my dates for a show, but still asked if I wanted to come by 
for a drink and chat about music. I love that.

Daryl Shawn
www.swanwelder.com
www.chinapaintingmusic.com