@ Takuan
Hmm. Well Gia said she still "sees" them, indicating that they were marked in some way, not just by having intimidating white guys mulling about. And for the record, I'm from the south, and I have never heard of overt racism of this sort by anyone in the public sphere, store or whatever. It is certainly possible but three anecdotes != a picture.

@ Gia & Mikelotus, ss or it didn't happen.
I am really reluctant to believe that something like this could still exist in the US and not make national news. Googling "white only parking lot" brought up one guys art project wherein he put up a sign only allowing white cars to park. The image search brings up no signs. I'd be pretty astonished if these signs were as common as you were implying and no one had ever snapped a pic. Please try and give us some more info, or better yet send an email to cnn, this would be a big story.

Baldhead, don't be such a downer.

I'm almost certain that I read a post about a similar band, with a reference to Gogol Bordello even, here, a while back. But I can't seem to find it. Meh. Wikipedia has a few other bands under the "Gypsy punk" banner. I've heard that dvotchka is quite good but have yet to get a chance to hear them. Viva gogol bordello.