more uk today

We played a couple of really fun shows the last few days. Last night was at The Hatcham Social Club in...Hatcham. This place was a time capsule out of '72. Supper club vibe, mobster in the corner etc. I'll try and get some pics up on flckr. We were moved from second on to last on, 11:15. It was filled w. screaming kids 13-18. !6 year olds doing blow before their set, drinking, crazy. We played a good set, some sound issues, sold CD's and got e-mails. Dave was two hours late to sound check, which ended up not mattering. The other show was the night before at Goldsmiths University Student Union. Ceri set it up for the release of I love New Cross comp CD. We played last and rocked, fine show. Ceri opened it up. We skipped out on our ferry tickets to France the next morning to play the Hatcham show last night, an expensive decision, as we were unable to get more ferry tix, Bank Holiday. Worth it though. So it was Eurostar $$$$. Walking to the Goldsmiths show, I ran into James Calvert from Interact Theatre Co. I knew he was in town, but wasn't sure he would make it to a gig. He was w/ Phina, a friend of his who used to live in LA and now lives in Blackheath. They had to leave before we went on, as we were slated for 10pm ish, and were moved to midnight. Bummer they had to leave, show went off.
Arrived in France today, took train to Thomas and Leslie's pad in Themericourt. It is so beautiful here it is amazing. Sunny, warm, flowers blooming, Gracie the dog sniffin around. Thomas and Leslie sat us down and fed us like expat kings; fresh bread, 5 cheeses, proscutto, lox, nuts,tea, juice, water....a nap in the sun, Gracie woke me up by sticking here tongue in my mouth. Audrey will be angry. Tomorrow night is our Paris show. Rock!

UK '06 1st entry

Things are going well...we rocked the Brixton Telegraph on the 21st, our first show of the tour. It was a blast, Lars's buddy Bobby 2 Shoes and his brother James came down. All the other bands came in to watch us, first up, and were really nice. Then we had to leave after our set like a couple a jerks. Bobby and bro took us to the Windmill Brixton which ruled, small, hot, cramped w/ great bands. Ran into a guy, Rich, who'd I'd met the night before at The Dirty South, where we went to visit Caffy, who hooked me up w/ Ceri during my last UK excursion. Ceri has put us up w/ SYlvia, sweetes woman ever. She keeps us stocked on green tea. She rules. More later running out of time!

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