DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME;

LIVE FROM NEVERLAND RANCH!!!!

ok bad title. but i slept for 6 hours straight on my
flight home and when i woke up my bum was so sore you
woulda thought i had spent the weekend at wackos
ranch. ok bad joke. but its nice to be back in the
wonderful LA smog, sunshine and warm weather, after
freezin me nads off in York. but that was ok cause i
was in good company and somehow i think Scottish Keith
drank a whole bottle of Vodka. I stuck to the
Bushmills and Kroenenberg, which would have made Fritz
proud. Had Kebabs galore, like 8 of em, so ive had my
fill...for now.

playing Jools Holland show was an absolute blast. and
it was great to see some love faces out in teh
audience as well like Caroline, who, every time i see
her we only can chat for 2 min, as i am always off and
in a hurry. sorry. but i am always off. feels like
it. but the show was great and i really enjoyed
Travis. i dunny care how boring people find them. i
still like em. Cowtown were brilliant and the
Distillers were good fun. Theyre from Orange County
ive been told. Mickey Mouse is from Orange County as
well.

The Dublin show was spot on and fun, despite the rain.
but we still partyed in the Temple Bar when we werent
in the hotel bar! (thats a joke) and then the
Islington show...as a 5 peice..the first 5 peice show
in ages...or since we played in Spain back in
July...WELL..it was right fun. then the song got
busted out on the sound system and that was um a bit
tricky but people got to atleast here it. hope they
enjoyed it. saw aussie foto gal, Christine in the
audience and Rolands own Hannah and Dorian, both down
large quantities of Carling, despite my plees and
efforts to stop them. but all had fun and Caryne was
jumping up and down smiling away, having a blast. all
in all, a fun time for all...

and then the 12 bar, which was LOADS of fun...and
Hilary and Jackie came down, as well as Phil and the
usual great friends that seem to like the 12 bar as
well. And thanks to John E for the wonderful birthday
gift...a complete horoscope analysis, which i am now
delving into. playing that show and opening for the
awesome Kristian Hoffman was a slice of heaven. i
didnt get too drunk and i played more songs than i
wanted to (thanks to Ringo prodding me). and then
having a birthday dinner and drinks with soem of the
LOVE guys and our friends...and more Kebabs and seeing
my pal Fernando...and Art Terry and the radio station
(by the way, Art Terry is letting me DJ my own show
sometime nextyear for 90 minutes...woo hoo!!!) gig was
a blast as well...

and then it all wound up In York, freezing, wonderful,
pleasant York. and me playing lead guitarin the
studio with the Yards on the up coming new record.
and then hitting pubs and then watching with
excitement as england fans celebrated their win over
australia (nothing in britian is more important than
winning, getting pissed and having a cuppa tea) and
then me laughing my ass off watching Bo Selecta (DONT
SAY F*CK OR BUGGER!!!!!) whilst enjoying, yep, a
kebab.

and now i am back in LA and its biz as usual. the
band hits the studio to finish writing recording
arranging and then also to play a couple of local
shows. and the LAKERS are in 1st place but the
DODGERS need a new short stop. and guess what? A.ROD
(Alex Rodriguez) is available from teh Texas
Rangers!!!! why not get him? i mean, the short stop
we got now, Alex Cora, cant catch the ball! i mean,
hes been hit on the chin by more balls than elton john
fer cryin out loud...ok, another bad joke. well one
thing is fer certain, unless the Wacko Jacko spin
machine can get this thing under control, the King of
pop might be getting a taste of his own medicine..in
the Santa Barbara county jail...ouch.

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Mike Randle
mike@lovewitharthurlee.com

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