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Sunday, September 7th, 2008If I wait to find time to write the second half of this post before blogging anything about the US tour I’m on at the moment I’ll be waiting a long time, so to hell with chronology and hello to blogging as and when I get the time.
NYC is always a blur (in a good [...]
my summer travels # 1 - facts & figures :::
Friday, September 5th, 2008Countries visited: 14
Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Switzerland, Belgium, Lithuania, Austria, Netherlands, Russia, France
Gigs played: 19 (not including TV performances and other bits and pieces)
Flights taken: 28 (approx)
Air miles: Somewhere in the region of 33832. An incomprehensible and quite shocking figure. I fully intend to offset this in some way [...]
united states of…argh i overslept! :::
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008It’s the first day of my two week trip to the US, travelling around from New York - Philadelphia - Washington - Chicago - Toronto - Anaheim - LA - San Francisco and home again. I am at the airport, having missed my 9.30 flight after waking up at 7.45, shaking with the horror [...]
meanwhile, in suffolk… :::
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008Benji has been enjoying his country holiday, looked after my my lovely, lovely family.
And I am on my way home. Leaving Tokyo for the third time in two weeks, London-bound. See you soon!
Rockstar (Understand) LIVE at Nano Mugen
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008The Young Punx recently went on a little jaunt (read: long haul flight) to perform at Nano Mugen, a festival curated by the marvellous Asian Kung Fu Generation. I recently helped to record a cover of their hit song ‘Understand’, rewriting the lyrics in English and creating a bizarre back story namechecking Iggy Pop [...]
how could i forget? :::
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008A glaring omission from my last post was the quite marvellous fact that I met the real live Sir Paul McCartney at Montego Bay airport on my way home from my trip to Jamaica in early January. It wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for the girl I was travelling back with spotting him [...]
hello 2008 :::
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008So far this year I have:
- swum in the Caribbean- co-written and sung on a new dancey pop track- eaten Mexican food in Brighton- watched amazing films - check out The Kite Runner and Babel- taken lots of photos of people- gone running, swimming and cycling - to quote Russell Brand, “I’m a decathlete!”- been [...]