San Francisco ; The hotel St. Francis is pretty swanky . We are not . But we fit in on the 12th floor . Because that is the floor with the stories . And ghosts .

In room 1221 , down the hall , is the room where Al Jolson died in1950 .Playing cards , waiting to go on the Bing Crosby radio show . Way back in the blog there are pics of Joel and Dave at Jolson's enormous , waterfalled , domed mausoleum in LA .
Also in room 1221 is where Hollywood superstar Fatty Arbuckle saw his career go down in flames following the death of a young woman at one of his parties.

The gig at the Warfield with the HIP was great . Beatiful old theatre , with a warren of dressing rooms down in the bowels . And Dundee Alistair and I shared stories of GBH and Conflict until the wee hours , we did .

tell you about the pint I had with Lemmy some time .


tonight LA

US TOUR 07
' Screaming Eagle of Freedom Tour 07 '



The studio gets put on hold until November when the band return from the US tour with the Hip . First show is this Wednesday ,the 10th in San Francisco . That is if The Elk made it there with the ol' suburban and gear wagon . He's young and strong , we're confident .






Meanwhile Plaskett and Austin have been hard at it trying to capture Marsh's mercurial sound and sometimes bleary vision . We remain confident .

Heads up USA . We are playing in a town near you , all of October and into early November . Opening for The Tragically Hip no less !
Coast to coast , starting off in San Francisco at the Warfirld , Oct .10th . LA , House of Blues next night . Then down to San Diego where , with luck , we'll hook up with Steve Poltz in his native habitat and the Padres in the MLB playoffs .
Check out the complete tour on the mainpage of the website .