Thanks for fixing tha contest thing!

Betsy (our truck) was beaten up, but we foolish humans were ok. I had to push Betsy till we got to a backwoods gas station/Mexican store where it felt like we had walked into a remake of 'From Dusk Till Dawn". I had a guitar and amp in the flatbed and my laptop on my arm. From nowhere there were about ten guys standing round saying hello. The owner of the store said that if the tow truck didn't turn up soon that we WOULD be robbed. It was a mite disconcerting and another nail in the coffin of our time here.

I am so glad you are ok! Holy smokes man! Any damage?

I emailed Eric about your contest entry, should be fixed soon.

Hi mate,

hope you can help me out re: the tags on my contest mix. Things go from bad to worse. My wife and I were in a car crash tonight. We were driving on dark country roads when a tire blew out and we spun off into an orange grove. We were pretty shaken up, our truck took a beating, but we are ok.

Hey Ian. i just did a stupid thing. I just stayed up all night doing a mix for contest 27 (not the stupid part) but labelled it mix contest 26 by mistake. (The stupid part) could you use your mighty influence to get the tags changed to mix contest 27?

Meanwhile, Iggy Pop. I love 'Lust For Life' and 'The Idiot' but I have a soft spot also for American Caeser. Iggy is moving toward Stooges territory again, Steve Jones of the Pistols was in his band then I think, and it a fun noisy joy. I saw Iggy with Jones around that time, supported by The Rollins Band and (I think) Dinosaur Jr. That was a good night!

Well I am very relieved to hear that indeed. I hate to see ya going through rough times. As far as music goes, any thoughts on Iggy Pop solo albums? Ive been digging on The Idiot and New Values a lot.

Things are better in our house, which means that I won't be leaving by myself right away, but for our own sanity we need to get away from here as soon as we can. There is so much crap going on here right now, and my health problems aren't helping. Things look better though. I really thought I might have been back in England sleeping on a friends floor by now a day or two back!

Well my friend, any news as of yet?

Well Im keeping my fingers crossed for things to turn out in your favor.

Hi Ian,

correction, I might even be out of here by the weekend. If I am offline a while, you know the reason why.

Not sure where I will be this time next year, or in a month from now come to that. It depends how things work out right now. If I/we stay in California, it would be likely to be in the San Diego area. Gotta get away from this town, it is killing me as surely as LaLa land is killing you and it affects everything, my health, my relationships and certainly my sanity or what's left of it. If things really fall apart, I could even be back in England, but maybe it's a bit early to talk like that yet.

Don't know where yet. Either somewhere in the San Diego/San Juan Cap area or maybe England. It depends how stuff works out.

Where are you going to be living?

And Happy New Year right now back Sir Luddite

happy New Year mate. 2008 managed to be a fucking stinker of a year right up to the end, so bring on the new one. You will be back in the place you love, I will be somewhere else than here, exciting visits from the Antipodes are in the offing for you and maybe just maybe a few things in the works for yours truly. Have a good one, love light and peace, Pete

I think it was Christmas Eve but it could have been Christmas Day.

Fuckit, they don't come any more iconic than Eartha. I didn't6 even know she died.

Wasnt it Eartha Kitt this year?

Sorry Christmas wasn't too good. Were you stuck in LA? We went down to relatives in Camarillo which I thought might be awful but it was actually fun, and I even fell off the wagon for one night only which was interesting. Well, it is the few weeks after such a fall which are interesting. I didn't like the leaving at 4 in the morning schtick but all is well. usually someone iconic dies at Christmas but I haven't heard of anyone this year.

Merry Christmas Sir Luddite. I hope its been tolerable. Mine was barely so.

Happy Crimbo Sir Ian