May 2009
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Lambchop taking on ‘This Corrosion’ by...
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Shelled out every penny I earned from the last month on a shiny new macbook - only now starting to realise what I lost when I left the old beat up one on the Copenhagen tube train. Small, previously inconsequential text documents now take on mythical qualities to me - I’m requesting bulky hard drives to be flown here from Ireland at great cost just to open a tiny file long ago backed up on...
I´m back in Berlin. When I pluck up the courage to spend all the money I earned last month on a new laptop to replace the one I lost I´ll catch up with posting and with music and all that. For the time being it´s enough to say hello and hold the clever stuff for a few days at least.
The sun is out here and the air is filled with those cotton floaty seeds from the trees. It gives the impression...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-5-24) →
Sam Cooke (12)
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (12)
Mississippi John Hurt (11)
Joanne Robertson (10)
Blind Willie McTell (9)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oops
Left the laptop on the train last night…
I’d quite like it back, but in the meantime it’s like year zero in my head - last year or so of photos, recordings, projects started - all vanished. What I didn’t back up I was working on this last month, so that’s a good amount of lovely pictures from Switzerland, my new album, poster designs, all that stuff - you can...
In Copenhagen, just played last of 10 shows in 10 days. Will rest here for the weekend thanks all and all.
Tour 5 (skipper)
Sunday, day of rest - of sorts - now Monday morning back to work.
Last week full of concerts, small train rides about the region - borrowed a Volvo boat too for a few miles, hilarious.
I played in Aarau on Thursday night - Martina and Thomas great hosts at Boiler. A basement club - nice and dark. I played 2 sets, met some friendly people - missed the train home - yep.
The next day I get to...
Tour 5 (Wowee)
This is the first time I’ve played a bunch of shows on my own, travelling alone and finishing each night. A strange feeling, I hope this week works out ok for everyone. Right now I’m staying in a wonderful crooked house in Turgi, a short perfect train ride from Zurich - there’s some sort of dog battle happening outside by the sounds of things, but otherwise all is perfect and...
Swiss money is the best money in the world. Bought a tiny cup of coffee this morning in Basel with a handful of coins like a freakin pirate.
Putting a suitcase together this morning for this lot:
12/05/09 Parterre, Basel, Switzerland 13/05/09 Cafe Myer, Luzern, Switzerland 14/05/09 Boiler, Aarau, Switzerland 15/05/09 Kulturbeiz Chappelehof, Wohlen, Switzerland 16/05/09 Showtogo filming in the afternoon, Zurich, Switzerland 16/05/09 Fassbeiz, Schaffhausen, Switzerland 17/05/09 Rupperswil, Switzerland 18/05/09 Ungarische Spezialitäten,...
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My Mayday song, unfinished and a week too late....
The Diamond Family Archive ‘Romeo and...
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16/04/09 Hannover - free to download
I’m not sure why I chose this one to share, but something made me keep listening past the ‘checking if it came out’ stage. It’s a fairly short, relaxed set in a wonderful venue packed with people coming to hear Liz Green play later. I don’t think I was listed as playing at all, but I was happy enough and I think there’s something in the tape of that. There are...
Kind of helping (but rather just listening to) Fee Reega record her new Sea Walk song here this sunny afternoon. I have a desire to tape the things I’ve been writing the last few weeks whilst I’ve been driving about, but also have a backlog of recordings from shows I should also like to share.
May Day outside - students and police everywhere in Berlin. Bad enough, but I shut the...
