hello to
everyone.
this comes to ye
from a Derry hotel room
this is not a poem
but is set out as such
because
breaking up a little note
into small sentences
into small lines
sometimes
even
just
words
somehow seems a little better
and lighter
and ultimately more poetic
or at least
in my frazzled state of mind
it seemeth that way
and yes i wrote "ye" and "seemeth"
any reason ye why not?
yesterday
we played the Peace One Day gig
on the site of some old army barracks
in celebration of the now annual Global Truce day
the thought being, if you can have one day of Peace
the other 364 days will hopefully follow
you can't really argue with that notion
unless you're a div
this weekend
we plan to do nothing
with a passion
making four albums in a year
is quite tiring, isn't it?
but wonderful too
as long as we actually manage to do it
and we will
won't we!!
!!!!!!!!!
WON'T WE!!!!
no, seriously, we will..
and it'll be a joyous thing
the Summer one
is sounding beautiful
there are still some missing jigsaw pieces
at the moment
but i think with a bit of time away
they will mat-
er-
i-
a-
lise
that was nice wasn't it
the broken up word
how about a made up word
WOMBUBO
everything we're doing this year
seems to be about pushing ourselves hard
but also just letting things happen
there's some magic point between the two
and you know when you're in it
because the right sounds happen
anyway
thank you
as always
and ever
for being interested in what we do
although
it is a presumption
to think you all are
interested
some of you
are probably
at this very moment
thinking
"why the fuck did i subscribe to this mailing list?
i have better things to do with
my time
than read
this shit"
nonetheless
nevertheless
(not sure which is the better word
to use
here)
it's been a buzz to play live again
and talk to people
.. playing live
is a a very different world
to the studio
but a great one too
keep passing on copies of
Hello Land!
to people
if you will
it's the start of the adventure
and we want as many people
on this trip
as can be
okay
i could keep writing
but in twenty
five
min
utes
i have to check out of this hotel room
i've already pushed check out time
an hour and a half
past noon
and that was already pushing it
have lovely weekends
and tell someone
you love them
bye bye
for now
until the next time
oh by the way
we're playing Blissfields Festival
and Ashley Wood Festival
next week
both are on the same day
the 29th
yeah!
that's how
we roll
so maybe see some of you there
okay
it's twenty-two minutes
to check out
now
you wouldn't have thought that last bit
took three minutes to write
but the fingers and brain
can move
in mysterious ways
alright
this is getting ridiculous now
until the next time
adios
and big hugs to you all
and keep dreaming of summer island
xxxx