Can i just say that i have been having the best time touring with Ned and Annabelle , and that the music is only as important as the company and the ideas !
And when i say that , factor in the fact that the music is fucken great !
It makes me so proud to once again be playing gigs with people who i am honoured and pleased to play with where ever we go .
And while i've got the polushing rag out , Andrew Bain gets a great big fist in the sky too !
We played Whammy - bit late for a thursday .. soory about that . But great fun . The other gigs at the Sand bar on Waiheke and L'Arte (pronounced Latte ) in taupo were less like gigs , and more like a musical holiday . Vocal p.a operated by us - in a corner of the cafe/bar  and an audience of lovely locals with no pretence and genuine appreciation . 'Starved' wasd a word that sprung up on both occasions .
Ned got attacked by gulls at the beach in Waiheke ,  a hundred and seventy dollar speeding fine  was skillfully rendered by our arch nemesis  ' Rudy' the traffic cop for travelling 50 in a 30 zone( he was charming to the last) and we were called a bunch of fucking faggots in Taupo by a teenage girl in a souped up sedan - moments after speculating on our chances of survival in such  a small town small town ( being a bunch of dandys )!
We have bonded over a dead , half rat called Chris Richardson .
The sun is shining mostly .
I swum in the sea .
hail hail !