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Posted by Chris Stein at 7/26/2008 07:59:00 AM

the tour is winding down... currently sleepless in Glasgow

there is a tv show or something i heard: "win a day spent like a rock star!!" no fooling... one of our days might start late lets say: 4:00 pm leave hotel, 4:30-5:00 get to venue, sound check, dinner sometimes, 9:00 ish do show, 11:30 travel in bus for eight hours get to next hotel (7:00 am) try and sleep, then repeat whole thing two more times then day off spent traveling to next city...

but the crowds have been maybe the best for a long time... as i mentioned before there is something about this particular summer tour that everyone is feeling; some kind of bump up in appreciation/attendance

so thanks a great great lot to everyone who has come to see us… thnx a lot too to some of you that we see at every show! there are some very dedicated fans that we see all the time, we do notice that you are there

when we get back home i promise that we will try and get a new recording together, its been much too long, some new blondie stuff is way overdue

i am gonna try again and sleep... i slept a little on the bus on the way here, its tough to get back there to the dream realm after waking up watching 'Raging Bull' and checking into my room

BEIRUT (the band)
Posted by Chris Stein at 7/18/2008 04:39:00 AM

BEIRUT click here, still great stuff!!!

YOUNGER FANS IN EUROPE
Posted by Chris Stein at 7/11/2008 04:53:00 PM

lots of younger kids at the European gigs! here are the troops outside our Moscow hotel... thnx!!

sooo in spite of jessie jackson wanting to 'cut his nuts off' we are still behind O'B whats odd is that while traveling it seems that the only people IN THE WHOLE WORLD who think Bush is cool are the ones in the US who actually voted for him... i have talked to hundreds of people here in Europe and in South America etc and unanimously they dont understand how this guy got to be president of the US, twice

MOSCOW, BEIRUT...
Posted by Chris Stein at 7/09/2008 12:04:00 AM

we are in St. Petersburg Russia... off to Moscow in a bit... beautiful here, the white night is upon the city thereby staying light (the sky that is) almost the whole day with a little darkness in the early morning... the sun sort of sets without actually going down below the horizon... Debbie and i were here in St.P about ten years ago (April 1997) quite a difference, now its way up scale here, not as many wannabe Russian Mafia dudes lurking in leather jackets which was the prevailing style back then (just like home though in the US we have many more genre stereotypes for fledgling gangsters to emulate) i did have a fantastic time here in 1997, not to give another impression, then we were here for almost two weeks, i wish we had more time now, but we are just rushing in and out of places with our 'off' days spent traveling... the shows have been going nicely... Guilfest for example was memorable, people seem to be liking us playing the whole album... its ironic that though 'HOG' was sort of buried on the second side of the LP it works very well in that spot when playing the record in order in Tel Aviv with the STRANGLERS who were really great!

i am frequently asked what new music i am listening to and usually i dont have an answer... but now i am really loving BEIRUT, just fantastic references and just great overall... this guy ZACH CONDON and his band are so adventurous while still traditional... Barbara came upon Beirut just a little while ago and i have been really hypnotized since... i love french Chanson and related and these guys are pushing the envelope BEIRUTBAND.COM, click do check it out and i hope to see you at some of the BLONDIE shows that are left