And I hope to see you all there, since I can’t see you here…some people have written in to me about ticket availability, but I can assure you that all the shows have tickets available, and almost all the venues have tickets for sale online. I found most of them by doing a search for the venue’s name, and if that produced too many results, the venue name plus the city narrowed it down to an easily managed list.
The Posies northwest dates last week were fun and furious, perhaps the first night at Neumo’s was the most magical—the level of physical commitment required by a Posies show is very high, compared to what is required of me physically in an REM show. What a Posies show takes from me is probably similar to what Michael expends during REM’s show, he does the running, contorting, and just plain high-energy wiggling parts. And singing constantly for 2 hours is not to be underestimated as a workout. So, by the second night in Tacoma, we played well, but perhaps things were a hair more mellow. But, I really enjoyed being onstage with mssrs. Auer, Harris, and Minwalla, and working up the new songs we performed gave insight to the great promise the new album’s material has for live delivery. Jon, Matt & I also spent a day in the mastering lab assembling the Posies album, which is really where a record changes from a pile of recordings generated in the studio to something worth giving a title to. Information is still as valuable as its organization and presentation, and mastering is where those two items take shape in the audio world. Over the next few weeks the visual accompaniment will take shape…
This week REM wraps Leg 1 of their tour; we’ve been spending some days off in Mexico City—parties, pyramids, and prodigious amounts of foodstuffs. It’s one of those “I could live here” cities…and I think living at 7500 ft. above sea level makes you healthier. Dermatologists may disagree.
I really enjoyed seeing my fat butt in a paparazzi shot in one of the big Mexico City dailies, the photogs snagged us at the pyramids of Teotihuacan.
See you (the European yous) soon
Love
KS
Mexico, D.F.
Dates:
12/7 Paris, FRANCE–Le Reservoir (w/Cristina Dona)
12/8 London, UK–the Borderline
12/9 Glasgow, UK–King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
12/10 Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS–Paradiso
12/11 Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS–Rotown (w/Cristina Dona)
12/12 Stockholm, SWEDEN–Debaser (w/Cristina Dona)
12/13 Gothenburg, SWEDEN–Pusterviksbaren (w/Cristina Dona)
12/14 Oslo, NORWAY–Betong (w/Kenneth Ishak)
12/15 Bergen, NORWAY–Garage (w/Kenneth Ishak)
12/16 Köln, GERMANY–MTC (w/Cristina Dona)
12/17 Berlin, GERMANY–Bastard (w/Cristina Dona)
12/18 Frankfurt, GERMANY–Nachtleben (w/Cristina Dona)
12/19 Geneva, SWITZERLAND–Chat Noir
12/20 Brussels, BELGIUM–Botanique (w/Cristina Dona)
12/21 Helsinki, FINLAND–Tavastia
12.23 Milan, ITALY–La Casa 139 (w/Cristina Dona)
12/28 Valencia, SPAIN–Wah Wah
12/29 Barcelona, SPAIN–Sidecar
12/30 Madrid, SPAIN–Moby Dick (w/Scott McCaughey)