hi wider world,
and our semi-concerned parents who may / may not be reading this
we are in Vegas. right now..i'm up $150 everyone else is down.
watching The Karate Kid and thinking that i'd kinda wanna be him..
rather than me. i mean he learns banzai
while we eat American fastfood for real.

with a bag of whitewidow and Tago Mago amd Jimmy's playlists blasting on the speakers we drove yesterday through the Nevada desert...it was one of the best times.

we're all looking and feeling a bit harrowed as documented in Jack's FOALSFOTO blog yesterday.
but we met some lovely people in Salt Lake City and Colorado and besides we play better tired.

up until h e r e proves i can't really write real sentences so i'm gonna do a digest:

+ All the festivzls we've played at this summer. You've been lovely.. we've been unhinged.

- Bestival weather. and my search for a 'friend' through the campsite-cum-disaster area
where i dropped my phone and my soul. picked them up. wiped them on my sleeve. you
get the idea...

+ My Bloody Valentine from side of stage. My Bloody Valentine at Electric Picnic. My Bloody Valenine out front. My Bloody Valentine period.

- our hair pact growing thing. it just fucking sucks really.

+ covering Holy Fuck's "super inuit" for a split limited 12". i think they're doing "balloons".

- getting heckled as "The Jonas Brothers'

+ AAAAHAHAHAA

- Sarah Palin attempts to ban " Brave New World". are you SERIOUS?

+ writing more and more and more new stuff.

- all of Britain's bees, both bumble and regular, dying out.

+ UK tour. almost here.....!!

anyway i'm gonna go back down and play some more blackjack. wish me luck
same as ever
yannis

p.s. the men in suits would probably like me to plug our new last single from antidotes. Olympic Airways. yeah buy it. and then we can make another record. peace.