"Roxy Music played back at the wrong speed"

I wonder if anyone reads this...

The vocal recording I was intending on completing this month has been postponed until my throat starts working again, struck down as I have been by some kind of sinus/throat infection.

I've been reading Austin Osman Spare's ecstatic, near-delirious writings from his "Book Of Pleasure"... actually maybe it's me who's delirious... too much sudafed and co-codamol and vodka... I've also just started to read "After The Quake" by Haruki Murakami which is possibliy one of the best things I've read in years.

Creative energies have been poured into lyric writing (more about that in a future post) ... and a seemingly directionless process of sound collection and manipulation rather than straight-forward songwriting.. As a result, there is now a load of new stuff up on various websites by my silly little side-project, Sweetie plus various sonic "bits" swimming in or around some of the new LH recordings.

Generally though, what with various live shows being cancelled, two biggish support slots falling through, illness (on my part and Maria's) and a couple of other boring things.. this month has been a bit... "non" .... know what I mean?

This hibernation period will be over soon though, as necessary as it was. .. . soon enough we shall be staring at the beautiful debris, wondering if the earthquake really was our fault...

A happy new year and very best wishes to everyone,
With love,

Dan
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