A long late night drive back from Newcastle and the UNI show with Augie March . It's not the heat , it's the 5000% humidity . The po 'ol Emergency came off the stage looking like drowned ratz , pretty much destroyed .

Good guys , the Augies . We all getting along nicely . Except the drummers ; they share the same name but the similarities stop there . Oil and water they are . They argue constantly about trivial things like the Pacific being a greater ocean than the Atlantic . Jesus ! What's the point ? Everyone knows the Atlantic is a mightier ocean than the Pacific .

The gig tonight is at the Brass Monkey in Cronulla , co- owned by Emergency Australian road manager / impresario /record mogul , Geoff Trio . It is Geoff's palace that is serving as HQ for the EMERGENCY whilst in Sydney . We call it the Sicilian Pavilion ( Sarah has another name for it though ) . It beats the hell out of any hotel with it's house full of characters , a salt water swimming pool , and constant marathon viewings of Arrested Development . A fella could get used to this .
But with 6 shows in five days and then travel to Melbourne for a whack more in a row we will have paid for our wicked ways .