Still need to add you, Karen. :stunned:

 

Okay, something from Chocolate then? Are you fine with that, Ilione and Bernard?

 

I'll send you a message with my Facebook details :D

Got it and added you :)

 

Has anybody seen Gary's new blog on snowpatrol.com?

 

If not ... :

 

 

BOOK 'EM DANNO

 

Posted by garyL.

Portland, Oregon. It’s nearly ten at night. Been out walking all day since eleven and divided my walking with a movie in the middle. The Informant since you ask. Matt Damon’s new one and it is very good. He’ll get an Oscar nomination mark my words. Couldn’t be further from Jason Bourne if it was shot out of a cannon. To tell you anything about it would be to tell you everything so I’ll just say it’s worth seeing asap.

 

Portland is one of my favourite places in America. In fact this west coast bit of the tour is my favourite stretch of gigs and I’m very glad we’re finishing up on the west coast this time. Portland tomorrow, then Seattle, San Franciso/Oakland, San Diego and lastly LA which I have grown a brand new love for recently since Garret (Jacknife Lee) moved to Malibu and I’ve been spending lots more time there. Never used to like LA but have seen bits of it I never knew existed (nice bits, dark, dingy bits, dangerous bits) and like it fine now. Still undecided about some of the people but that’s an irrational fear of celebrity that I don’t mind not ever dealing with.

 

So I walked Portland today. All of it. A beautiful, cold, clean day it was too. I got that Christmas feeling again but I’ll not dwell on it. I think when the air’s cold enough to slightly burn my nose is when I start to get homesick. We have too much fun to stay homesick for long but sometimes there is a little pang but it leaves as quickly as it arrives.

 

So, news of both Tired Pony and Listen…Tanks! Both will be completed by the end of January. I’ve made similar claims before but this time the studios have been booked. For Tired Pony I am coming back to Portland to make it in the early new-year. I hope it’s all snowy here then. In the band so far are Garret Lee, Richard Colburn, Iain Archer, Miriam Kaufmann and myself. There are two others but I’m not going to say who they are just yet as I’m too excited about them and they are very busy people so they could be whisked away for one reason or another so I’ll bite my happy tongue for now. Once we get into the studio and to work I’ll reveal all. Sorry to tease. As for Listen…Tanks! well that was always gonna be just me and Garret. It’s taken a mad turn recently (Garret and I have some more of it recorded) and it was mad to begin with so god only knows how that’ll turn out. The direction of Tired Pony has been mooted as being country. Let’s just say it’s country-tinged so there is no disappointment or confusion when it comes out and doesn’t sound like Waylon Jennings or Gram Parsons.

 

The new Qonline piece I just finished writing is about El Perro Del Mar and should be up by lunchtime tomorrow on the site. I spent the second half of my long walk listening to her sweet and dangerous voice. You can be sweet and dangerous right? It’s a heady mix alright. All the more dangerous for being sweet first I think.

 

Portland has so many good bookshops but my favourite is Powell’s. Probably my favourite bookshop in the world. I could spend the day in there. A life in there for that matter. Again I go straight for the C’s and to find Bryan Charles’ stunning debut Grab Onto Me Tightly As If I Know The Way as it’s my favourite book of all time and I found two more copies today. Anybody that I love gets a copy of it. Think I’m up around (cough) god knows how many copies by now but no one I’ve given it to has ever scoffed at it. If you missed my first gush about this novel a while back then heed me now. Go to Amazon and treat yourself. If you like music and you’ve been through puberty then you’ll marry every word of it. I bought a bunch of other books too including the second from Glen David Gold (he of Carter Beats The Devil which was awesome) Sunnyside. The reviews of which have been close to euphorically rabid. That’s where I’ll start and I’ll let you know. But then what the fuck do I know anyway?

 

I’m gonna do my best to post every week at least for a while but, as ever, I’m not typing if I’ve nothing to tell you.

 

Be well and swell and not in hell.g.xx

 

http://www.snowpatrol.com/blog/

 

I love how he writes. And I can picture him walking around in Portland, spending the morning walking only, watching a movie and then spending the whole evening in a books store. :D (This is basiclly what I do on my free days, so I can't blame him ;))

I was just reading that blog!! I love it. He always seems so passionate about everything he writes :D

Did everybody join the team? :uhoh: I invited Karen and Bernard as well, so the two of you have to accept the invite. (Or whatever ;))

 

@ Karen

He certainly is. :nice:

Hey guys! I'm so happy you all are doing this! Good luck!! :D

So, now that I have seen a couple of my fave bands live, still no Snow Patrol :sad:

at least you've seen U2 live!!! :D i've been wanting to see them live for ages & a U2 gig is definitely a "bucket list" item for me. tho i'd rather see them at their prime (well, ok...they are past their prime really...but i do think they are still good) than when they are all old & wrinkly for some reunion tour thing. tho U2 will never come to my corner of the world...but then, same goes for Snow Patrol & Coldplay. :dozey:

tho U2 will never come to my corner of the world...but then, same goes for Snow Patrol & Coldplay. :dozey:

Never say never. ;) (Uh, totally wrong band though ... :uhoh:)

You don't know what'll happen, maybe sometime they'll see that the fans are incredible where you live as well. :nice: They'll come, I'm sure.

Did everybody join the team? :uhoh: I invited Karen and Bernard as well, so the two of you have to accept the invite. (Or whatever ;))

 

@ Karen

He certainly is. :nice:

 

I'm there ;)

 

Bring on the questions!!! :D

He indeed does! :lol:

 

It's no bad thing! I quite like those references, heheh.

 

Though any team name you could think of is fine by me, guys. Song lyric, whatever. :)

That's one onf my favourite lyrics too... :D

 

I honestly don't mind what we use for a team name.

Never say never. ;) (Uh, totally wrong band though ... :uhoh:)

You don't know what'll happen, maybe sometime they'll see that the fans are incredible where you live as well. :nice: They'll come, I'm sure.

i have a theory that the only way Coldplay will ever go to Malaysia is if there's some Fairtrade thing going on there. but Fairtrade isn't a big thing in Malaysia compared to US or UK.

 

i'm not sure what might draw Snow Patrol to Malaysia tho. Gary might find the tropical weather way too hot for an Irishman! :lol:

wohoo, good luck with the Facebook thing guys :dance:!!

Thanks everyone. :)

Gary might find the tropical weather way too hot for an Irishman! :lol:

He absolutely loves Houston, so I don't think it's so much about the weather. ;) Or the climate in that case.

Guys, we have a serious problem. :\

 

Bernard and me are not allowed to take part in the competition.

 

I just read the terms and conditions and you have to be over 18 to be allowed to take part in the quiz. We're not.

 

So that's it then for us. We're out. :(

^Oh, no! Ah, Bianca (and Bernard) that sucks! I'm so sorry. :(

AH, WAIT, WHAT'S THIS!? :(

 

Rather annoyed. That's me off Facebook then. :(

Oh that's bad news :(

Sorry to hear that!!!

Oh, I despise those kind of rules. That's the two R.A.S. members out then. Anyone want to take our places?

 

Off topic: nice av. :)

Oh, I despise those kind of rules. That's the two R.A.S. members out then. Anyone want to take our places?

 

Off topic: nice av. :)

Was that directed at me?

 

How old were you when you joined the board?? :stunned:

I didn't know anything about computers until I was almost 17...

 

 

Mhmm, I'm not a good candidate... I don't know much about SP.

And I'll go to that concert anyways so someone else should get a chance I think!

I'd love to join the team, but my knowledge is lacking AND I don't think I'd be able to get myself over there, should we be lucky enough to win. :(

Good luck guys!

 

In other SP news, Gary's latest blog for Q Magazine is out here:

http://news.qthemusic.com/2009/10/gary_lightbodys_band_of_the_we_15.html

enjoy!

Guys, we have a serious problem. :\

 

Bernard and me are not allowed to take part in the competition.

 

I just read the terms and conditions and you have to be over 18 to be allowed to take part in the quiz. We're not.

 

So that's it then for us. We're out. :(

 

Oh no :( so we've lost two of our team? :( Stupid rules!!! That's a real shame guys!

Anybody who says he/she doesn't know enough to take part: that's wrong!

Everyone being able to join should join! At least for Bernard and me. :)

 

Be asured, I'm taking 'passive' part in the competition because I won't let Ilione let win this without me even knowing the questions! :P

 

It's pretty sad that we can't get in there but anyhow, we can't, those are the rules. :\

Ok, I still don't get how this works...

I mean not everybody can spend his / her day on Facebook.

So it can't be dependent on the time you answer a question, right?

How can they find out which group is the best then? :confused:

I'm not sure how they decide who the winners are either...

 

I guess we'll find out as it's going on *shrug*