oh yeah, new york

in all the fuss and travel, i forgot to mention that skye and i had a great trip to new york a few weeks ago. this is him asleep at the chelsea hotel.

but now we are in berlin! at pentecost! there is something called Karnaval de Kulturen going on down the street, apparently there are one million people being cultural right now. i will go out soon and check it out. we´ve had our first two shows, in ingolstadt and fulda, and are gearing up for the next round starting tuesday in berlin. the band is in good form, the fits seem to be confusing people (despite our awesome new dresses), and my health is stellar. alle is gut.

newsy stuff: you can now listen to a 20 minute podcast that i recorded at my brother´s house all about the making of riot life. it is here on the ape site. apparently there are some good reviews coming out in the uk, despite my rude show cancellations. and most exciting for me, the 4 extra songs we recorded for riot life are coming out on itunes this week! that´s the japanese version of soapland serenade, the brecht/eisler tune song of the moldau, a little instrumental called lost, and the ever-popular first in your laboratory! which people ask about at every show, i´m happy that you can finally buy it for a buck. plus, my pal quinne and her posse of video makers have shot a video for laboratory, and it should be up on the ape site next week! we made it cheap and dirty, kind of an alien abduction blair witch project kinda thing. shooting on the fly in the vancouver woods in the middle of the night. with teenage extras. fun.

and fun for me, i get to see my husband´s band no kids at the volksbuhne tonight!  and maybe go to my favourite greek restaurant.  and wash my scanties.  a fine day off.  til next   xx v