Sunny Afternoon

Dome of St Pauls Cathedral in London. Went there today with some of the Boris guys. It was a beautiful sunny day, perfect for sightseeing. Walked along the Thames, went to Covent Garden.

London seems pretty globalized and gentrified. Haven't really seen a lot of out there looking kids, not at the Boris show either. They are probably around somewhere. Sort of like New York is now, not too much grit evident. Lots of Starbucks and other Coffee chains. Whatever. 

The Sun King Is Here

Still in London, it's a lovely town. Lots of cool old buildings and bookstores, two things I like.

Walked around today and kept getting turned around. Actually you can see interesting  stuff if you get lost every once in a while. Sun was shining all day, supposed to be the same tomorrow. A Miracle.

Rock You

Any day with Freddy is a good day.We have three days off in London before the next Boris show in Norway. Kinda wish we had another show in UK. I really like mixing Boris, lots of vocal effects and guitar parts. Lots to listen to and enjoy.

London is very expensive. We ate at an Indian restaurant today and they charged everybody at the table 50p for chutney. I didn't eat any chutney, I want my money back. I could buy half a bottle of Coke with that money.

Found a book  I've been looking for, "There's A Riot Going On" by Pete Doggert. Music and revolution in 1968, yeah! Only $50, every other book I looked at was cheaper than it would have been to buy it in the States. But, I wanted the one book seemingly not available in the USA. Oh well.

The Old "Can't Make A Buck Night"

In london with Boris. This picture from a club that's closed. Not surprised looking at what they offered. Good show tonight

Can't Find My way Home

In london with Boris. This picture from a club that's closed. Not surprised looking at what they offered. Good show tonight with Boris. Bunch of new songs, good ones.

You should be dancin'

Watched Americas Ballroom Challenge. It's like Saturday Night Fever for the socialite crowd. The dancers all seemed to be Russian or East European. What's up with that? Rhumba, Samba, Jive! The MC has a great voice though. The whole thing is kinda weird.

Guess I better start looking harder for work.

Playing Asteroids to Paranoid

This is Chrome Locust, first band I toured with. They were Todd Youth (Murphys Law), Michael Wildwood (D-Generation) and Jim Heneghan (Space Juniors). They were a great band.

It was 1998 and they opened some shows for the Soul/Bad Brains. Did some club gigs as well. The first show was at Hal Daddys' in Baltimore. Still the worst PA I ever mixed on, and it was new! The FOH speakers were behind the band, the console was in the kitchen. Crazy feedback. Band liked the place, I didn't. 

Second show was at House of Blues in Myrtle Beach. Biggest room I had ever mixed in, like 6,000 capacity or something. The PA was amazing and I had no idea how to run it. I asked the house engineer for help and he was great. The show went off without a hitch. Good mix before ego, always.

Chrome Locust recorded one album before disintegrating in a storm of bad feelings. A shame, they could have been somebody. Their cd is available for something like $0.71 on Amazon. Buy it now!