Thursday, August 27, 2009
Lancaster
Have arrived in Lancaster to an unexpected problem. The 436 steaks bought for dinner have been inexplicably devoured. Meat crumbs litter the luggage compartment. It's a total mystery.
Banchory
There was no sign of the Loch Ness monster, and so we piled back into the Spooky Van and headed to Banchory.
Aside from some strange rumblings and banging noises coming from the luggage compartment, the trip was pleasant and uneventful, and we had a terrific gig.
Now we're heading south.
Aside from some strange rumblings and banging noises coming from the luggage compartment, the trip was pleasant and uneventful, and we had a terrific gig.
Now we're heading south.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
UK tour
Awesome UK trip so far ...
• we stayed in a castle at Kinnersley
• sang in a giant yurt in the gardens of said castle ... Kate's first UK gig, yay!
• camped in tents in a London backyard
• ate a giant silver cake shaped like a tool that a host had baked in honour of the Spooky Men
• have met buckets of interesting people, including a lady who once shared a taxi with Kurosawa, and a former deep sea diver
• held divining rods at Avebury Circle and found something (maybe moles)
• had very merry times in the Spooky bus
• and are currently trying to see the asteroid shower through a blanket of clouds in Cornwall.
Ryan says he thinks he saw a shooting star this evening, but it may have been a moth. Further info will be supplied as the drama unfolds.
The Spooky Men are doing awesomely, and have had brilliant and enthusiastic receptions all over the UK. We are all currently on tour break, and my next gig is in a week or so.
• we stayed in a castle at Kinnersley
• sang in a giant yurt in the gardens of said castle ... Kate's first UK gig, yay!
• camped in tents in a London backyard
• ate a giant silver cake shaped like a tool that a host had baked in honour of the Spooky Men
• have met buckets of interesting people, including a lady who once shared a taxi with Kurosawa, and a former deep sea diver
• held divining rods at Avebury Circle and found something (maybe moles)
• had very merry times in the Spooky bus
• and are currently trying to see the asteroid shower through a blanket of clouds in Cornwall.
Ryan says he thinks he saw a shooting star this evening, but it may have been a moth. Further info will be supplied as the drama unfolds.
The Spooky Men are doing awesomely, and have had brilliant and enthusiastic receptions all over the UK. We are all currently on tour break, and my next gig is in a week or so.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Still alive!
It's an interesting fact that if you have a tour blog, and do not update it, people will email you to ask if you are still alive. Oops!
We are definitely alive, and happy. Glad to have had such a great tour, and excited about the next bit: the UK. Ryan is already there, with the Spooky Men's Chorale, and I'm about to join him to do support for the Spooky Men on the second half of their tour.
Here are some highlights of things I learned on tour:
1. If you wait until your fear goes away to try something new, you'll be waiting forever. Feel the fear and do it anyway, as Susan Jeffers would say. It gets easier.
2. The Nullabor is very beautiful, it clears your mind and calms your soul.
3. Anyone who tells you that the Eyre Highway is dangerous, and that you'll need to take a gun, probably travelled it in the 70s.
4. Love and friendship are everything. There is no greater meaning to life. Except music, in third place. And, all right, a good coffee in the morning, in fourth. Which reminds me:
5. There is no good coffee on the Nullabor. If you screw up your eyes and bravely face it, you can pretend you're somewhere exotic and you're drinking some kind of local specialty.
6. Stock up on Mi Goreng noodles before a tour.
7. Don't jump and sing at the same time if you want to make it through a set.
8. Avoid bedbugs at all costs.
9. When spirits are low, try this:
POACHED PEARS
Peel pears, core them, cut them in half and put the halves face down in an ovenproof dish.
Cover them completely with generous amounts of sour cream and brown sugar
Bake in a moderate oven for 45 minutes or until pears are soft and topping has caramelised.
Great with ice cream!
10. And finally, when you buy a secondhand van, for goodness sake get someone to check the radiator!
We are definitely alive, and happy. Glad to have had such a great tour, and excited about the next bit: the UK. Ryan is already there, with the Spooky Men's Chorale, and I'm about to join him to do support for the Spooky Men on the second half of their tour.
Here are some highlights of things I learned on tour:
1. If you wait until your fear goes away to try something new, you'll be waiting forever. Feel the fear and do it anyway, as Susan Jeffers would say. It gets easier.
2. The Nullabor is very beautiful, it clears your mind and calms your soul.
3. Anyone who tells you that the Eyre Highway is dangerous, and that you'll need to take a gun, probably travelled it in the 70s.
4. Love and friendship are everything. There is no greater meaning to life. Except music, in third place. And, all right, a good coffee in the morning, in fourth. Which reminds me:
5. There is no good coffee on the Nullabor. If you screw up your eyes and bravely face it, you can pretend you're somewhere exotic and you're drinking some kind of local specialty.
6. Stock up on Mi Goreng noodles before a tour.
7. Don't jump and sing at the same time if you want to make it through a set.
8. Avoid bedbugs at all costs.
9. When spirits are low, try this:
POACHED PEARS
Peel pears, core them, cut them in half and put the halves face down in an ovenproof dish.
Cover them completely with generous amounts of sour cream and brown sugar
Bake in a moderate oven for 45 minutes or until pears are soft and topping has caramelised.
Great with ice cream!
10. And finally, when you buy a secondhand van, for goodness sake get someone to check the radiator!
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