After a successful stale beer-smelling show in
Birmingham, we motored down to London and the Brixton Acadamy. This is
a medium size venue that I never fail to play every couple of years. It
also is one of those places that seems to be colder than the rest of
the world any time of the year until the show starts and human-idity
brings warmth and funk to the air and slime to all guitars. It was
quite nice to have time and space to do our jobs.
London continues to be one of the cities that
creates tension for every act because of it's place in the
entertainment world. New York, Los Angeles, London and the band's
hometown seem to create this energy consistently. There are usually
peers, industry people, brutal critics and fans who have access to
every band that tours in these towns. There is usually a re-focusing on
all levels when we hit these towns.
I had an extra added bonus as Adam Curry,
his daughter Christina and her friend (I'm so sorry, I have forgotten
your name!) came to see the show. With Adam's place in the podcasting
world and the fact that his podcast (The Daily Source Code) influenced
me to take it up as well, I really looked forward to meeting him.
Luckily their entry was smooth into the venue and as
we are doing 2 shows (last night and tonight), I had some time to chat
after the show. As usual, my fast talking self absorbed brain began
shooting 30 different thoughts I'd been holding in my head out into the
conversation. We spoke about music, podcasting and the Metaverse. What
I want to clarify here is what I meant to take the time to say to him;
Thank you for your part in this.
I wouldn't have this creative outlet that
combines my love for music and sound, my need to vent my skull and my
long lost connection to radio (I was part of an apprenticeship program
in high school). It seems as limitless as the daily experience, held
back by only by your personal decision to engage your own lifes twists
and turns. I don't know if what I have been doing has any commercial,
artistic or historical validity, but I strangely don't care too much
about that. In a time where I was having difficulty accessing my
creative side, this came along and gave me something to do.
As I do not approach this as a business or a way to
become personally famous, it is an outlet, something I NEED to do in
order to express an internal thing needing to get out. As others have
said, if it is no longer fun, I won't do it. If I have nothing to say,
you probably not hear anything. As my creative writing has quieted (for
now), this allows some healthy expression.
I'm rather grateful for that.
Now for London show #2 and off to Glasgow for the last show of the Euro tour.
9:07:00 AM 
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