Monday, June 08, 2009

yeah ....now i'm here

yeah baybees
im in the good olde usa
oh take me in promised land
lay yer milk n honey on this poor olde genius
well i'm here in solana beach so cal
in at the mansion of dan c
a very nice geezer whose read the bible
(cept for the boring bits of leviticus)
he had a veggie bar be queue
and i had a veg patty n a veg hot dog
a guy here has just used the latest gizmo n goo on my face
half my face is sposed to look younger now...but does it?
i tried the strawberry cough
i played pool
tomorrow we begin to re-hurse
a necessary evil
i apologise to my ears
i dream about mickey rourke
i walk on the slightly cold for summer beach
peter n trevor n i go to a juice bar
i have wheatgrass shot
i have mango peach blah blah smoothie
i wander round solana beach market
where you could buy life size leather dogs (why!?)
you could have
reiki
insurance
paint
toe rings
massage
yoga
pilates
woodlined stash boxes
cactii
boy scouts
church (not us)
un-ageing treatments
acupuncture
credit cards
rubber band guns
education
cancer research
great and hideous art
uka-laylees
etc etc
we drive through winding canyon roads
my hotel is next to a construction site (as i foretold!)
a kid starting runnin round n bouncing a ball
at 7 am sunday morning
when i try to sleep of jet lack....
solana beach is like avalon beach kinda
thats it
stay tuned
this is the online diary of a rocknroll tour
sk

52 comments:

Anonymous said...

F**k the age, just roll : )

don joe said...

Glad you made it Killer.
Looking forward to the seething mass of blogs that sprout forth from said tour.
Knock 'em dead. See you on the cover of Rolling Stone again.

ML,
don joe

12str said...

coooool SK!! give em what they need!
//P

Anonymous said...

Either yr on the bus or your off the bus. Good luck in the land of the free and the fat people.
PV

fantasticandy said...

yeah!
i feel like i'm sharing the adventure with you.......
glad all seems well!

jax said...

welcome to California, killer.. pass the sunscreen. Look forward to seeing you on Wednesday..

matt davison said...

Rock and Roll Man.............!!

lily was here said...

Armchair touring has never been so much fun
Dont sit on any cactii
xox

ps davem, glad to see someones doing the veg map!

doctorwatson said...

Steve,
Welcome back to the US. Looking forward to the 7/3 Tupelo show. Not much to do in Londonderry, but if you are looking to relax over the July 4 holiday weekend, plenty of quiet, secnic places in New Hampshire. Let me know if you want any recommendations. Will.

princey said...

Oooh I'm excited, great to hear u got there safely and enjoying yourself so far! Keep us posted ok sk
luv always, Amanda

Freddie said...

Welcome! (hugs) So glad you arrived safely to the shores of the U.S. of A.
I’ve never been to So Cal but it sounds just as I imagined :-D

Lian said...

Wish you a great tour, Sir! ^^

Shawn El said...

Cool...looking forward to your tour journal.

adina said...

haha a rubberband gun

omg I need to save up some money for the show!

Its already flippin June 8! o_o

where the HELL does the time go, I'm already late.

xoxo
buckle up

^__^

Anonymous said...

we welcome you..............

John Garratt said...

People are obsessed with anti-aging cream!

Then again, no one wants to really look like this: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/52335

Anonymous said...

We ain't there Steve, so we want to hear all about it, blow-by-blow - save us the bother of having to go ourselves, and we can vicariously pretend to be rockstars to boot.

It's gonna be great, as long as you keep up your end of the bargain.

I've always wanted to visit America...

restaurant mark said...

glad you made it here safely. it's gonna be so hard reading the online tour diary knowing it's not getting closer and closer to the date i'll be seeing ya. but like i've said before i hope the shows are spectacular! i'll twitch with jealousy and a slight feeling of neglect on my own time...

take care sir
mark

subcultureofone said...

i'm glad you're here! hopefully i'll see you on the east coast.

matthew said...

Oooh Lawdy mama... it's a diary I'm keen to read!

CSTCoach said...

Welcome to north america, druid!

Looking forward to this road roving travel blog. Still remember some of the brilliant bits from the last tour. Your writing on the desert was sublime.

LOL @ the construction site. Same thing happened to me this past weekend in ottawa! Balls!

Can't wait to see you guys reconcile the distance and the time. To call up long lost summer daze. To herald a new era of deep, layered compositions which will bury the anathema and cardboard rehash that is called music today.

rock on, gentlemen. See ya in ottawa and hamilton.

Brien Comerford said...

Sk is back in the state where he recorded an album and song that made him internationally known. I love and hate California. I met the greatest female I've ever met in San Diego. The vegetarian food is idyllic. It's also were I foolishly spent seven hours a day in the sun for 5 years and now I'm paying a heavy price for it.

The Church has many, many fans in California. Best wishes to them.

davem said...

Glad you got there safely.
How's your eye?
x

Jason said...

Glad your here, see you in Detroit.

EDD said...

So cool! We're on the same coast! Stop by and punch me in the face if ya want to! HA HA. Hope you have a good tour. Don't get to complacent. Some of us are stuck where we are with zero adulation('cept for my hunny April and the kidz Sarah and Draum.). I know you're coming to Portland but alas....no show for me. If happen you find yerself in Lebanon...

Cee said...

Welcome to California, sorry about the noisy kid...didya bring earplugs?

Jacqueline said...

Come to Canada...?

jaime r... said...

WE WELCOME YOU ALL !!!!!!
See You in CHicago & Milwaukee!!!!
have fun be safe.. and be kind to yourselves... May the force be with you!! peace Jaime...

CAPTAIN BEYOND said...

have fun finding me when you get done touring, hasta la vista esskay...
Jonny

eek said...

Glad you made it here ok.

These two lines:

"where you could buy life size leather dogs (why!?)"

and

"my hotel is next to a construction site (as i foretold!)"

made me actually lol.


"a guy here has just used the latest gizmo n goo on my face
half my face is sposed to look younger now...but does it?"

See, this is one of those times you need to video and put up on the blog, so we -- your loyal readers -- can answer these important questions for you. :-)

Anonymous said...

Welcome to our home Killer! July 8th in New York City is exactly one month away and we just can't wait to hear of the journey cross county! PLEASE play as much of U#23 as you can on this tour...it's fucking brilliant!

RJN

glynnisjohns said...

ha, you are so right down the road.
i would go down there tonight and look for ya.

but even that weird toadying seems
beyond this fanboy.

see you on Wed.

-glynnisjohns

PAGEY said...

Om - Om Om - Ommmmmm


OM...........

the world needs escapism!! yeah right, more escapism, but yeah Steve, that is what you deliver. You Deliver some wise words in blog as well. As if we would heed them and not rebel from that FUCKIN HUGE EGO!! I think you are a worthy role model though. Very current. No guns, no books just lyrics N' bass n 3 other blokes and a studio and plastic passes out along with the bits.... God Bless.

HAHAHA!!

Seee you in 2012!!

pagey
watch out for the evil dick!! probably at one of your gigs!! not! but maybe? in the suburbs no doubt

Anonymous said...

Hi Steve,

Here's wishing you and the rest of Team Church - Marty, Pete, Tim & Tiare all the very best with the tour...'may love (and much deserved success) find you' at last in the hearts and minds of America.

Good Luck! :) Looking fwd to sharing the journey with you...stay well.

Jon from Geelong.

bjmcwilliams said...

WELCOME BACK STEVE!!! Hope the eye gets better day by day. Looking forward to seeing you in Detroit, Grand Rapids, and possibly Chicago!

kyle farley said...

The Church Shimmy Shook My Bones, already! Sunday... 5:56 p.m. Texas Time! It'll Do, For The Time Being!

Kokky said...

Hey Steve, I'm recovering from the jetlag as well here in San Frannie, though I'm waking up very early and get tired at 8pm. See you here on friday, and may our minds be boggled ;)

melissa said...

paint us a postcard!! ;)


Enjoy and hope you guys do very very well (I'm sure you will!)

take care SK

xxxxx

Anonymous said...

that construction site motif
is one that frequently
pops up for me too,
particularly
closeby to where i am staying or working
(if they ever give me a real job
i will no doubt
have more data
to share on that)
I feel it
resonates with the internal construction
that goes on
in recovery
You have all these new
pathways carved into your grey and white
matter
and then...
suddenly the contruction is done
and you have to learn to use
those extra-sensory
perceptions
wisely and
sagely, and in a body
that has taken a battering.
Like an old house being rewired (very tricky and quite
dangerous at times).
My semi-o-logical
observation.
Ex-junky hugs
Jen

steve said...

Bring it on Killer glad to hear you are in the states....keep us updated.

princey said...

Gotta get used to the time differences now, you're probably asleep or out late or rehearsing or down at Solana beach for a midnight skinnydip:)))))) Anyway, hope you're well and blogging soon ssssssskkkkkkkk

Anonymous said...

If the USA get half the Church performance that we got at the Factory in Sydney, they are going to get something very special. I have seen you and the boys perform 1982 > 2009 and the Factory show this year was in another orbit - lucky USA fans - Geoff Starkey Sydney

LeatherDog said...

Us southern folk gonna have to buy a 12 pack of Bush, can of grizzly long cut and pack of Pall Mall 100s and watch this tour in our trailers on youtube :o(
Dangit!

Anonymous said...

You mean you're in a band, dude? Like REM n shit?

Hellbound Heart said...

good on ya steve....kick some serious (musical) ass kiddo.....mickey rourke, hmmm....saw the boxer the other day, i thought it was a rather good movie, very unblinking look at life and the human condition, i thought.....
take care, mate....

ronbonham said...

Um, Ok...there was a show on the TV

lastnite about some folks wanting

to put a DOME over all of the city

of HOUSTON to protect it from any

future hurricanes. Man, didn't

know that the city in Dome was

gonna be my hometown! One more day

and I am on a big jet plane out to

LA and San Diego and the warmglow

of 2 live electric Church shows.

Feels like I am on the upswing of a

very fast and swift rollercoaster,

about to make the drop...

See you soon! Ron Bonham

veleska1970 said...

glad you made it to the states safe and sound.

how's the eye?

lotza love.....

Sandy said...

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow night. I'm bringing gifts....
(of the culinary kind)

love,
Sandy

Sandy said...

ps ..let me know how the anti-aging creme works.

lloyd said...

SK,
Your Army welcomes you!
Keep getting those posters & flyers out there everyone. We need as many people as possible at the shows. This is going to be a great tour!
Lloyd

kyle farley said...

3rd Quake in Cleburne, Texas today since you guys got here! US Geological says we had 2 on Sunday! Killer Kilbey Quakes, Baby! Stay Well Y'all!

Wendy Joy said...

I hope you were prepared for the "June Gloom"?

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