Camera Obscura Blog: All
15 February 2010
As our manager has ‘pointed’ out to us, the last blog we published is soooo 2009 so I thought I’d annoy you all. So here we are, 2010 huh, brilliant! Ayee. We’ve had a pretty good start to the year so far, got a bit of sun, swam in some outside water, watched some bats flying above our heads, ate some strange animal parts, held a mock 19th century Australian colonial penal trial etc. It was so much fun that our soundman was treated with gracious replies such as “F**k off!” and such like every time he updated his Twitter site.
It was great for us to go back to New Zealand and Australia for the first time in 3 years, especially as there seemed to be more of you looking at us with your eyes on the front of your heads and listening with ears…. Great fun, apart from the bit where I tried to cook my own seafood on a big hot granite stone at Auckland harbour and suffered a dodgy tummy for 2 days. I’m a drummer you fools, not a seafood chef! What were you thinking? We also got to play a few gigs with the annoyingly young and talented Slow Club.
We flew from Perth to Tokyo (10 or so hours) in a plane that showed A (ie ONE) Jennifer Aniston film (90 minutes) and moved around a lot too. I almost punched myself in the face repeatedly in order to achieve lovely unconsciousness, ah good days. It was all worth it in order to spend a few days in dazzling Tokyo. We even had a day off, although after an hour wandering around Shibuya and Akihabara Electric Town I thought my brain was going to give up and that I’d wind down like one of those robot dancers you used to see in high streets in the ’80’s. On our last night in Tokyo we were dragged to a Karaoke “complex” and that is where I shall end this exhilarating and intriguing tale. We had a great first trip to Japan and hope to came back for a proper tour, oh yeah!
graeme
said:
23 February 10
well lee…erm nice one at least the blog was movin again,so i salute you for that…run dont walk,from “the blog”….erm i really shouldn`ta watched grease on the weekend…..although its rather ace,oh yeah an carey….if ya wanna see m.ward playin with she&him…they are on the week before you in minehead methinks…i`ll bunk ya in,in the boot of me car…..
lindsay
said:
4 March 10
When will you play in the uk next?
John Mavroudis
said:
5 March 10
Hello…
I’m a fan from the San Francisco Bay Area … and also a poster artist / designer…
I’ve done over a dozen Fillmore posters (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Grizzly Bear, Feist, Guided By Voices, Eels, Andrew Bird, Nada Surf, etc.) and other venues…
I’m writing because I saw that you were playing at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco in April and I was wondering if I could create a limited-edition (of 100) print to sell at the shows… (I’d give you a bunch of ‘em as a way of saying thanks!)
Feel free to check out my stuff:
www.zenpop.com
If you like what you see, please feel free to drop me a line… I’d LOVE to do one for the show!
(and if you ever need artwork… cover art, perhaps, please don’t hesitate to call!)
In any case, I’m looking forward to the show!
Cheers!
-John Mavroudis
Jun'ya
said:
7 March 10
Hi from Tokyo !
I really glad you enjoyed the Tokyo visit. The show at Fever was really great and I never forget it and the beautiful autograph session. As I said at there to you Mr. Lee, I strongly hope you would do a proper tour in near future. See you soon !
Marcus
said:
16 March 10
Hello from Washington, DC! Any chance you guys will be heading out to the East Coast during the upcoming tour? There’s a whole crew here that would love to see you guys in action!
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said:
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Hi,
I love your song “Number one son”. I think I have misunderstood it, though: I have had a tough relationship with my father, and thought the song spoke a bit about that, but I guess I was wrong. I asked from English-speaking friends, if they could decipher the meaning of the song for me, but none of them were able to. Could you maybe give me a key to interpret these verses?
many thanks
mario