Awoke to the dark grey skies and blurry trees whistling past the bus. A refreshing break from sunny and humid though i’m only going to allow this kind of behaviour in the pacific northwest. Sat up front and took in the scenery for the last 100 miles in to Seattle. Feel completely relaxed and at ...
Traveling with ten people in a steel tube for weeks on end means sometimes you need one of those insular days where you to keep yourself to yourself. Admittedly a little overhung from those birthday drinks, in the morning but not bad. Managed breakfast, with the Paul and Mars show, at this amazing place called ...
Another great little theatre, the Gothic. All deco’d out to the hilt with balcony, gold trim, red lighting etc… Tonight was definitely one of the best so far, good playing, no string breaks, amazing crowd featuring a very striking Bowie-alike girl. Good night for She Wants Revenge too; finally got to check out the second ...
Awoke and found coffee round the corner from the Midland. Chatted for a minute with the proprietor and he decided to put the Furs on the coffee shop internet radio. To be honest i didn’t really want Love My Way with my Coffee and egg salad sandwich but there you go. The Midland is unbelievably ...
A great show followed an uneventful day in an Omaha suburb where everything was closed. I just actually wrote a rather nice four paragraph description of that day and its moods and then had an unexpected quit and lost it. In the words of Ewan McGregor. Fuck it! I can’t be bothered to rewrite. It ...
1st Avenue. Seems like lots of small world coincidences attached to this venue today. Last time i was here was with the Pleased in 2005. We played the 7th St. Entry with The Shore. The Shins and Calexico were playing 1st Avenue that night and i had a quick chat with James Mercer outside. He ...
I like Chicago a lot. If i were to move to a US city it’d be this one. It like a more intriguing New York to me. I expect NY to be amazing. Chicago sort of snuck up on me and I was not prepared. I was first here with the Pleased and Furs in ...
Royal Oak Theatre, originally uploaded by Rich in Orderly Manor. Nice little interview.
Our bus driver Buddy passed away last night in his hotel room. We were waiting for him to drive us after last night’s gig and he never showed up. Our tour manager, Tom, went over to the hotel after various calls to them and met the police who gave him the news. We’re all a ...
Mars, originally uploaded by Rich in Orderly Manor. Last time i was in Toronto we played somewhere called the Koolhaus and it was basically in an industrial estate. I wandered into the city center and ogled the CN tower but I left thinking it was just the same as any American city. This time i ...