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one of course might
argue that the "old days" found us younger
and more insane, perhaps more
energetic, but i have tapes of lots of that stuff and i can assure you
it often bears little
resemblance to the music on
the records, frequently sounding like some kind of psychedelic punk-funk
mix not necessarily bad but
the musicianship pales by comparison
to whats going on now, and now that i think about im becoming ageist in
my discussion
here, yeah thats bullshit,
we're AS energetic as ever, more sober, but there are still threads of
madness throughout,fear not
the problem is that there is
so much down-time involved with touring and ive now come to a place where
ive got to
decide how to use my time...
when i started this thing over three years ago i was still recovering from
years of drug use,
now that ive got a much better
feeling of forward motion i find sitting in hotel rooms watching tv to
be more unbearable than
ever... in a way i feel at
the height of my powers now and id rather spend time doing more modern
things than dragging around
in airports and hotel lobbys...
i can speak for the whole crew in saying that we all love doing the shows
and i know that
people are always going to
want to see debbie and the band in the flesh but...its a difficult split...
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no matter what
anyone
says its impossible to write
on the road, and ive got to make new music not just endlessly play old
songs...
so really im making more
of a deal out of this than it is, we just have to go into another mode
of operation for a
while... i guess in a way
i am a bit sad about not being out doing shows (more contradiction) since
i feel really close to
all the people that come
to see us, i get really emotional on stage now, hearing everyone sing along
never fails to make me
completly sentimental, playing
the song about Jeff Pierce always just makes me tearful even though its
not a familiar one,
i cant forget about his death
depriving us of who knows what... so... after new years eve in miami blondie
will be off the
road for a time... i dont
know if we'll ever do another year and a half sraight again, but we'll
for sure do more live events
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the other thing
is again thanks to everyone who has written me with comments, profound
insights, and weird stories, i
am going to maintain contact
with the net and hopefully will be able to expand some of my activities
here... i think thats
about it, im including a
sexy picture of my beautiful actual wife BARBARA SICURANZA for those who
like that sort of thing (ha)
(she was out on the road
with us for quite a haul, and i cant thank her enough for being bored out
of her skull just so she
could spend time with the
old man)...all for now greetings to all, im still going to keep posting
from NYC, so please keep in
touch i really like hearing
from you even though its hard to respond
chris Glasgow Scotland nov.26
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those of you in the New York area: PLEASE... dont make believe its "nice"
or "modern" that the city is turning into a mall, it SUCKS! DUMP GIULIANI!
RECLAIM THE STREETS! STOP DESTROYING WHATS LEFT OF NEW YORKS HERITAGE!
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we were in Dublin we were lucky enough to run into one Leslie Taylor who
is a historian, philosopher and the head bell-ringer at Christchurch there
which has in time for millennium eve more bells than any other cathedral
in europe, maybe the world, being 19 great bells the biggest, the tenor
bell (Debbie rings it above) weighs in at two and a quarter tons and really
does produce a godlike sound, on new years eve you can hear the great bells
of Christchurch Dublin live on the net at midnight Dublin time, their link
is above |
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finally we have Barbaras (and my through her) dog FLAPJACK dressed as a
soulful Xmas raindeer (he has yet to intergrate with the cats but we have
hope)wishing everyone a really nice holiday season, try to be good and
not murder each other even if just for a few weeks (i got word that fj's
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