I’m finally back home after about 5 weeks of being away. A special thanks to Matthew for keeping the mail order running while I was gone. I spent last week on vacation in California. It was a week packed full of adventure. Jess and I saw Mogwai and Willie Nelson in the same week. Mogwai seemed to be exploring the softer, kinder side of their music and concentrating less on the explode your ears decibel levels, still quite loud and chaotic when necessary, though. Willie is classic, what more can be said? The only slight complaint would be that he didn’t do a single tribute song to recently departed Johnny Cash. I’ve never seen him in action with Lenore and she’s got an amazing sound. I got some beef with the LA fairgrounds making us pay to get into the fair in order to see the show. In the end, we gave in and rode the ferris wheel and had some junk food, but we came for Willie and nothing else. While we were walking to Mogwai after seeing a great ’50s 3D movie, I heard my name being shouted from a car…Andy Bruntel just happened to be driving his swank new ride down Hollywood Blvd. Love those chance coincidences. Andy has been working on the new Strokes video. Maybe I should keep that under wraps. This past weekend, we took a trip to Joshua Tree Nat’l Park, playing the U2 album the entire way there. Yeah, it was cheesy, but the desert was super hott.
The Trouble with Sweeney is playing this Thursday, 2 October at the Khyber in Philadelphia. Be there.
Don’t forget the btv/fanatic promotion CMJ showcase on 22 October at CBGB’s Gallery in NYC with Denison Witmer, The Trouble with Sweeney, Saxon Shore, Sufjan Stevens, and Robert Schneider (Apples in Stereo) playing an acoustic set
…by the way, how’s that cruiser working out?
:::scott:::

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