As Heard On Tour # 1
A new series where I publish quotes uttered on tour, taken completely out of context and don’t attribute them to anyone, taking the huge private joke that is this blog, perhaps TOO far: “I had a wank in the back of a taxi once”
A new series where I publish quotes uttered on tour, taken completely out of context and don’t attribute them to anyone, taking the huge private joke that is this blog, perhaps TOO far: “I had a wank in the back of a taxi once”
So as I put out a request for dinner suggestions, I thought it best to review the dinners that I had. So in Philadelphia I went to a fine place called Chickpea. I’ll apologise to Rachel and Brendon who recommended places. Gareth saw Horizon and said it was pretty expensive and us being a poor [...]
Day One off tour…jesus christ, i wrote “off” instead of “of”…things have got this bad already? Anyway, we woke in New Jersey. I don’t understand why we stayed in NJ, the day before and of the Philly show. It meant two pretty long journeys, desperate to pee, but WHO AM I to question the judgement [...]
Today is our last day at Stamford, and subsequently the last day of the first session of recording, before we head out on tour. Downstairs, John’s doing rough mixes of a couple of tracks that are entirely finished. Or nearly entirely finished. This is going to be the first Los Campesinos! release with non-Campesinos! folk [...]
So we start our tour on sunday. An important factor in having an enjoyable tour is food! We like having nice dinners before shows, it makes us happy. So we have a request. Can people send us suggestions of where to eat. It doesn’t matter what it is, as long as its good! And if [...]
We just found out, Mike Myers recorded his lines for Shrek 2 here. JC!
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Two years ago, it seemed I bumbled around interviews talking about how much I hated specific bands. It’s not that I like those bands now, I just realise how stupid a topic of conversation it is. It wasn’t entirely my fault. A lot of music journalists (primarily in the UK) very much saw LC! as [...]
Whilst Gareth went to watch the great Moz, myself and Alek did something which we think is perhaps “really cool”. We wrote into Mayo and Kemodes 5 live show and asked (very nicely) if we could be said hello too. Anyway here is the fruit of our labors and I think you will agree it is [...]