OH! YOU KID!

Here's what inevitably happens when I go out for a walk in Saxony.
I thought it was a dog at first, then he came over and wanted me to pet him, and I realized he was a pet goat.


The cute li'l fella wanted to play... a little too much. When i wouldn't let him eat my shoe he decided to make love to my leg.

AHHH....MUSIC TO MY EARS

http://opensoundneworleans.com/

I'VE LOST MY PHONE
Somewhere in London. So email me if you want a fast response. I'll not be able to check messages on a regular basis.

thanx

BIRTHDAYPALOOZA



We played at Lollpalooza yesterday in Chicago.


Sunday was my birthday & it was gooder'n hell - We did a Saturday afternoon show at Lollapalooza then hung out side-stage & generally enjoyed the rest of a killer afternoon. The weather was perfect. I seem to remember that Lupe Fiasco was a high point. I ran into some friends I haven't seen in a long time, plus had the usual weirdo moments & sightings that happen wherever there are a shitload of celebs or hangers-on (Wentz/Simpson, Slash, etc). RATM finished the show but couldn't maintain momentum because of moshing and I think some people may have been hurt (left early and heard ambulances on the way out).



My and Danny's birthdys are only a couple of days apart so we combined forces to make some side-cash. Some of our New Orleans friends were in town with the Tony Clifton show (if you have the chance, see it), so we got hooked up w/tix and went out to do that whole thing, which pretty much guarantees a night of drinking and possible debauchery. We met the girls for lunch in Bucktown/Wicker Park & pretty much set the tone for the rest of the eve...





My friend Mandy met me at a sushi joint around the corner from the theatre but the power went out, but I guess that's not a problem for sushi places, since the food is raw. Good times...





Then... Clifton. Holy Fuck. Just Google him, I can't explain it here.



Mandy & I went to get some drinks (the theatre was B.Y.O.B., but there was no B. to be found in the area) and wait for the rest of our crew. Our TM Danny had hooked us up w/tix to see The Supersuckers, so we decamped to Milwaukee Ave. and cooled our heels and livers in a tavern for an hour while they waded thru the rest of Clifton.

By the time we met them at The Abbey (in Chicago, not the shithole on lower Decatur), Mandy & I were pretty sloshed. All the cabbies were East African and either didn't speak good English or didn't know their way around. Why is it that in fucking Greece, which is basically third-world, all the cabbies have GPS but not in Chicago?

Regardless, the 'Suckers rocked.



Which was cool. At this point I think I was outta my mind and the rest of the night was progressively blurrier...









We ate breakfast at some point then got 6 of us in one cab. So I woke up with an aching head AND back. All in all, it was one of the better ones.

Thanks guys.

DAVID CARL ROSSER, 1924 - 2008
Rest in peace, buddy. You're finally home.

NOTHING TO SAY
yes, I'm still alive.
Here's a volcano I saw on the flight from LA to Seattle last week.

FINALLY FEELING AT HOME AND
...i gotta split in a coupla weeks. too bad, I've REALLY been getting comfy at home.



it's been fun. Probably gained all the prerequisite weight expected of me, and killed the standard number of brain/liver cells. See you guys in July/August:
7/10/08 The Roxy Hollywood CA
7/12/08 Showbox Seattle WA
8/2/08 Lollapalooza Chicago IL

EU
8/6/08 Tavastia Helsinki FI
8/7/08 Way Out West Gothenburg SE
8/8/08 Voxhall Aarhus DK
8/9/08 Haldern Festival Haldern DE
8/11/08 Zodiac Oxford UK
8/12/08 Rescue Rooms Nottingham UK
8/13/08 Shepherds Bush Empire London UK
8/15/08 Pukkelpop Festival Hasselt BE
8/16/08 Lowlands Festival Biddinghuizen NL
8/17/08 Highfield Festival Hohenfelden DE
8/19/08 Beatpol Dresden DE
8/20/08 Ampere Munich DE
8/21/08 Palac Akropolis Prague CZ
8/23/08 Proxima Warsaw PL
8/25/08 Forum Bielefeld DE
8/26/08 Komedia Brighton UK
8/27/08 Leadmill Sheffield UK
8/29/08 Electric Picnic Stradbally IE
8/30/08 Academy Liverpool UK
8/31/08 Hydro Connect Festival Argyll UK
SEPT
9/3/08 Barby Club Tel Aviv IL
9/4/08 Barby Club Tel Aviv IL
9/6/08 Azkena Rock Festival Vitoria ES
9/8/08 Santiago Alquimista Lisbon PT

MERLE HAGGARD, BY POPULAR DEMAND

HOW LONG CAN THIS GO ON?

The third installment in the Party Shuffle Project:

Still not sleeping well.





"I'm through With White Girls" originally by the Dirtbombs.

THE PARTY SHUFFLE PROJECT: Party Foul?

Ok, so someone pointed out to me, after I admitted the the FIRST song that I saw on 'Party Shuffle' (see last blog) was not the one I chose to record, since it was a choral piece that was 20 minutes long, in German, and impossible to pull off without a 5-octave vocal range and an actual musical education.





Well, kiss my ass.
I give you a bit of "Jesu Meine Freude", a motet composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. The full title of the work is Motet No. 3 in E minor, BWV 227.

OK, so I only did the first verse, but that shit was hard enough. Gimme some credit. Hopefully the next one will be Merle haggard or something easier.

i'm gonna go get a drink of water.

I'M WIDE AWAKE, IT'S MORNING
i couldn't sleep last night, so at 6am i got restless and decided to open iTunes, put it on 'party shuffle' and record a cover of the first random song in the playlist. I think i'll do this more often, it was a good experience.

today the first thing that came up was The Cardigans' "Feathers And Down" from the album Long Gone before daylight.



-------ENJOY.------


you can tell by my voice I haven't slept in 24 hours. and the song is appropriate to my mood.

NEW GUTTER DATES
Jun 28 2008, Sled Island Festival, Calgary AB
Jul 12 2008, Showbox, Seattle WA
Aug 2 2008, Lollapalooza, Chicago IL
Aug 6 2008, Tavastia, Helsinki FI
Aug 7 2008, Way Out West, Gothenburg SE
Aug 8 2008, Voxhall, Aarhus DK
Aug 9 2008, Haldern Festival, Haldern DE
Aug 11 2008, Zodiac, Oxford UK
Aug 12 2008, Rescue Rooms, Nottingham UK
Aug 13 2008, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London UK
Aug 15 2008, Pukkelpop Festival, Hasselt BE
Aug 16 2008, Lowlands Festival, Biddinghuizen NL
Aug 17 2008, Highfield Festival, Hohenfelden DE
Aug 19 2008, Beatpol, Dresden DE
Aug 20 2008, Ampere, Munich DE
Aug 21 2008, Palac Akropolis, Prague CZ
Aug 23 2008, Proxima, Warsaw PL
Aug 25 2008, Forum, Bielefeld DE
Aug 26 2008, Komedia, Brighton UK
Aug 27 2008, Leadmill, Sheffield UK
Aug 29 2008, Electric Picnic, Stradbally IE
Aug 30 2008, Academy, Liverpool UK