Kings & Queens

Day 06. Baltimore (off)

Baltimore, originally uploaded by Rich in Orderly Manor.

A day off yields the worlds longest-arriving breakfast at Shirley’s (it is memorial day), a dip in the pool, a viewing of Harry Brown (excellent, brutal) at the local cinema with Mars and Tim, and the arrival of Andi (minus luggage) at the airport. All in all – not too shabby.

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Day 05. Baltimore (Off)

Driving north all day til 3pm… Baltimore, MD. We’re off tonight… Hotel, TV, trying to stay off the internet.

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Day 04. Atlanta, GA

The bus broke down an hour out of our Florida show. I thought it was a tire blow out but apparently it was broken fan. Slept a bit then woke up at 8 still an hour from the florida show. Another 7 hours to go! Credit to our driver Buddy who took care of business and got us to a Prevost repair place and to the Masquerade in Atlanta by 3pm… Wandered to Whole Foods a couple of times to keep things moving; there’s only so much bus-sitting you can do. Bumped into our good pal Dave who mysteriously appears at many a show; different cities all over the place. A diamond geezer you’d call him at home.

The show was hot as you may expect – i seem to lose several pounds every night; its like that scene at the end of Airplane. Once again the good people of Atlanta kept us riding the wave of noise – It Goes On. Tim had some family visiting tonight and we got to hang out after the show; hello good friends!

Written by Rich in: Touring | Tags: Atlanta, Psychedelic Furs

Day 03. West Melbourne, FL

Grey day wandering a parking lot… Levelz is a big club – great show with friendly, exuberant audience… These Floridians; they know what to do! Our first meeting with She Wants Revenge; seem like very nice guys – should be good to hang out with them for the next six weeks. Back on the road to Atlanta…

Dennis Hopper has left the building.

Written by Rich in: Touring | Tags: Florida, Kings & Queens, Psychedelic Furs, Rich Good

Day 02. Orlando, FL

First bus night was not the best rest but this view good to wake up to. It got better inside. This Hard Rock Hotel is pretty amazing really. I mean its built to look like Hotel California and it has all the rock memorabilia cheese but let’s face it, some Kiss boots and an Elvis suit is really not to be sniffed at. It also has those cool little coffee makers that make decent coffee, a plethora of sugary sweets laid, a ping pong ball and pictures of the Beatles. The lobby staff sign off with a “take it easy™” at the end of a conversation. Ok. Ok. Mars and I wandered the Universal Studios stuff for a bit after soundcheck – i checked out the Harry Potter stuff which opens tomorrow (dang) and got fried in the sun while waiting for him to do some coasters… No, I’m not doing that stuff right before a show.

Tonight’s show was hot, loud, sold out and exuberant of audience. Hung out with some good friends after the show and then the moon kept me up late, late, late… just about all night.

Written by Rich in: Playing, Touring | Tags: Orlando, Psychedelic Furs

Day 01. Fort Lauderdale

Buddy and our new Bus, originally uploaded by Rich in Orderly Manor.

So here we are at the dawn of another Psychedelic Furs US tour. We’ve got new songs and different songs, even a cover song… I have a new guitar and might even introduce some new shoes; don’t worry the white sharks are still in play.

The show was a great first night for all of us. A packed Culture Room and we even pulled off the new songs without a hitch… People went crazy and I had a blast getting to play Pyjamarama. If you’re not familiar with it you should check out this ole version from back in the day: