Latvia Diary

It's finally finished. Go check it here. In the meantime, I had fun in Scotland, and I'm off on tour again on Tuesday for ever, or so it seems. And don't forget the split with Reuben, which is out tomorrow. I am a fully-fledged recording artist again, isn't that nice...

Mid January Blues

Hey everyone, I'm back from Latvia (as many will have gathered). Had an ace ace ace time, and I'm in the middle of putting together a fucking huge diary with 3 pages of text and photos from the trip. Would have finished it by now but I don't have one disc of photos at the moment (yes we took that many), Jamie's sending them to me tomorrow morning. Keep your eyes peeled for that any time soon.

In other news, I've had a few days at home, and I actually really don't like this whole sitting around not doing much malarkey, not least because I'm utterly skint. Can't wait until tomorrow when I'm heading down to Plymouth for the night, then Kingston, then up to Scotland. Pretty constant shows for a while then (still trying to plug a gap feb 3rd-6th if anyone has anything), it's going to be ace. See you all on the road somewhere no doubt, as part of my "endless tour of everywhere" (according to rocksound... I wish!). Fresh.

Lift Off

I'm getting ready to go to Latvia - tracking down old gloves, hats and scarves and the like, making CDs to take with me, making a will, that kind of thing. I'll be crashing at Jamie's tonight and then together we're off tomorrow to the great Baltic unknown. I thought I'd post this picture from my birthday (aww...) as a record of how we were when we departed. We're going to be keeping a full photo diary of the effects of a land where 70p a pint is considered a laughable rip-off. I'm playing shows with soul singers and "actress with clarinet yes". We're going to two, or possibly three, baltic states, and the weather forecast is "cold as fuck". It was nice knowing you all...

Oh, and PS there are some demo orders from the last couple of days that I haven't had a chance to send out yet, so they'll be another week or so. Sorry. I have a good excuse though... I'm in Latvia!

London ICA

A few details about the London ICA show. This is part of the Halloween Short Films Festival, which is generally superduper; more about them and the festival in general can be found at their website, www.shortfilms.org.uk. Go check it. Personally, I'm playing an acoustic set in the ICA bar with El Coco. Doors are from 8pm and it'll cost you £5.50 to get in. It should be a blast.

In other news, well, I celebrated NYE in style (got to bed in the early hours of the 2nd eventually), but am planning on some form of detox for the time being! Haha... Also been smiling at various previews for the Reuben split, including some Radio One airtime, which was nice. Getting ready for Latvia by buying every and any piece of warm clothing I come across... Generally settling in to the new year.