Robb Maunoury

I received an email yesterday from a guy called Dan. Dan's been down to a lot of my shows in the past, both solo and with MD, usually with his mates Tom and Robb as well. Robb was tragically killed in a car crash on 16th June this year. Dan mailed me to let me know that at his funeral, he was carried in to 'Romantic Fatigue' and carried out to 'Living The Dream'.

I'm not going to try and make this my tragedy. I met Robb a few times and he seemed pretty cool, but I didn't know him well. I just wanted to post this to say that I'm utterly blown away by this, it kind of makes everything worth it. And more importantly, that I'm sorry for his friends' and family's loss. May he rest in peace.

Unintentional Haircut

Lexapalooza on Saturday was a great success. Everyone was cool (with one notable exception, who were utter cunts, but I won't name names), I got to play some songs with Adam Killip, which was nice, and a good time was had by all. I was pretty out of it by time I left, I have vague memories of being in a taxi with Adam with some random guy, playing him songs together. Who knows. Even got my haircut, quite drastically, whilst wasted, which was a nice surprise. It doesn't look to bad actually - there's a photo floating around the forum for those who are interested.

More shows coming up around the UK, and my next Eastern European jaunt is getting firmed up too, which'll be fun. The big news to talk about right now is the show at the Camden Barfly on 8th August. It's going to be quite an important show for me, so gather your friends and head down. As an exra incentive, I'm going to be recording an album version of "The Ballad Of Me And My Friends" that night, so everyone needs to go to my Myspasm, learn the song (or at least the bit where people sing along) and then we'll commit it to tape that night. Fun.

Pussy Wimps

Just back from Ireland, and it was fun. Hi to everyone I met, thanks to everyone at the shows, and apologies to anyone I encountered the morning after hitting the town with Fighting With Wire, I can't really account for my actions. I did, however, amply prove my suggestion in that Alternative Ulster interview that FWW were "pussy fucking wimps", with the exception of Jamie, who wins international prizes for (a) staggering around like a wino fucked out of his brains at about 1pm on Saturday, (b) not stopping until he was naked on stage at Sandino's that night, and (c) constantly vomiting all through Sunday, before playing a show! Well done that man. Big thanks to Gogs too for sorting the minitour. Happy days.

I have a comparitively empty couple of weeks right now, which I feel is a well-deserved break. Two inportant gigs coming up tho. Firstly, I'm playing with Jonah at the Kingston Peel on June 14th (as well as doing an afternoon instore...). It'll be cool to share a stage with the man again, and there are copies of our split to be bought there, so get your arse down to the gig and rock out (in a suitably relaxed, folky kind of way).

Secondly, my friend Lexy is organizing a show - Lexapaloooza - which is taking place this Saturday (June 17th) in Colliers Wood. Aside from me playing a set and compering the evening (Christ) there's also action from such luminaries as PRE, 5000 Killer Diseases, Adam Killip (the Tailors) and so forth. And to top it all, it's a benefit for Breast Cancer. So no excuses. More info here.