An accordion, a sledgehammer and some fun

Associated Press writer Rachel Zoll pens a pretty funny first-person account of what it's like to play in The Main Squeeze Orchestra, a colorful group of 15 women under the direction of New York City squeezebox wildman Walter Kuehr. From the size and variety of the troupe to the importance of hip flasks, it sounds a lot like the early days of TDA.

Zoll says the group was blessed with the opportunity to open for Gogol Bordello at New York club Irving Plaza. Sounds like a hoot.