Television appearances have included stints on the Food Network and Comedy Central, as well as their own monthly local New York Show BETTY: Off the Record. Pretty impressive, for a career that just kind of happened. ''We never really had any planned trajectory,'' says Palmer. ''And we've been really fortunate to have a such an unbelievably rich career."
Recently, the girls lent their signature sound -- a rapturous blend of vocal harmonies -- to HBO's Real Sex and Showtime's lesbian-centric The L Word.
Says Palmer: ''The producer of The L Word saw us performing BETTY Rules at a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood and flipped. She said that we had exactly the sound she wanted for the show.''
BETTY has big plans for 2005. They'll be back next season on The L Word with newly penned songs. And if you missed their show BETTY Rules -- which, notes Palmer, tells the ''story of a group of people trying to keep a relationship going against all odds in the contemporary world'' -- you may still get a chance. BETTY Rules is being pitched as film, and could soon be coming to a silver screen near you. Palmer, whose 19-month-old daughter Ruby travels with the band and sometimes joins them on stage, is also getting involved in Mamapalooza, a ''festival for moms who rock.''
But right now, BETTY's just excited to be back where it all began. And they have some special treats in store for Capital Pride-goers.
''We are so excited about coming back to D.C. to kick off Pride," says Palmer. ''We feel D.C. is the epicenter of a great need in the world to drag ourselves out of the dark age this administration is trying to bring us into.''
If anybody can rock us out of the dark and into the light of Pride, it's BETTY, with their eclectic, funky sound and in-your-face attitude. After all, isn't that what old friends do?
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