Last day in California! I have learnt many things! JHB hardly has homeless Dresden people compared to SF & LA! Driving on the wrong side of the road is pretty crazy, but easy! Driving in snow is hardly different! Tahoe is beautiful! Vegas is fun for only 1 night, or if you have endless money! Small town America is like the Karoo with ghost mining towns! Tax isn’t included, & is different in every state! Eveytime you turn on the radio, Hotel California is playing. Hank Moody isn’t driving around in his black Porsche all the time! Dresden solo man on Venice Beach plays guitar solo’s 24/7 whilst on his fruit boots! West Hollywood is called ‘boytown’ for a reason I do not wish to disclose! SA has much prettier girls! Russian cab drivers ‘rig’ the meters! You pay for parking everywhere, except Vegas! Blue Bottle coffee is the best! Starbucks sucks badly, but the ‘free’ wifi is essentially what you are paying for. It’s always 4pm in LA, & the sunsets are beautiful! Angels & Kings is a damn rad club on Hollywood blvd with a plastic impala with AK 47′s coming out of it’s horns!!! Um, that’s about all I can say about that for now! Damn good times with Darren Leader Andrew Maskell Gregory Ross Carlin Wrighteous Mike Ryan Fray Findlay and a bunch of other crazy Noonga’s on the way!

The Young Mam came to the Old Man seeking counsel. ‘I broke something, Old Man. How badly is it broken? It’s in a million little pieces. I’m afraid I can’t help you. Why? There’s nothing you can do. Why? It can’t be fixed! Why? It’s broken beyond repair. It’s in a million little pieces’

James Frey

So my good friend Eric Wright has opened up a Coffee Shop/Deli with some friends in the cultural district of Braamfontein @70Juta. It’s simple, we serve the best coffee, sandwiches, salad’s & prego’s… ask Food24! Free Wi-Fi! Check us out here: http://post-bl.tumblr.com/

It’s that time again… after spending 2 years touring non-stop, i am finally in the other place that i love so much; The Studio. “Second Album Woe’s” you might think, but really it’s turned out rather different i’d say. I have always said that making music, is the most fun a person can have. While this obviously excludes a lot of other of my favorite things to do, when it all comes together, it is in fact a wonderful feeling. We have been working full time since early 2010 on what is to be the follow up album to Collected Memories.

Yes, it’s different. It’s no longer just one, but now five. Five minds, ten hands, & ten ears. Im about to spill over with excitement for these songs to be out there, on the interweb, in your car’s, and on your iPod’s. It has happened before, where great albums are capable of dying a horrible death. And how will our’s be different? It won’t, we can’t guarantee listenership or a fan base bigger then what we have already…but we can guarantee that we have put absolutely everything into making this album, and i hear that very same sound in my favorite albums.

Where do we go from here? We can’t come out the same, no surely not! We have to do more, better and with a difference. This is what i am going to spend the next few months thinking about.

I’m not sure if you have ever been in an Anechoic Chamber of sorts, but its basically a room that is without (ane) any sort of reverb or even ambient sound (echoic). In other words, it is completely DEAD in there. There is absolutely NO room noise. It’s purpose is for testing microphones and speakers. I can’t really explain it, but it sure is the craziest place you will ever be in. Anyway, it’s a great place to hang out when we’re in studio and feeling like disappearing for a while. I like it there. Here’s the proof, by Greg Carlin:

Anechoic Crucifix

Wow, i am continuously amazed at the beauty of South Africa. Claire and I drove to St Francis Bay today and it is so so beautiful there. It was a nice way to finish our mini holiday. Now its… J-Bay – Port Elizabeth – Johannesburg – Rehearsal – Cape Town – Assembly (Z&G Live on the 29th Dec) – Durban – Ballito (Z&G live on the 31st Dec @ The Ballito Street Party – Johannesburg! xxx

Words always come short at times like these, but Herman left a wonderful memory all over South African television and in the hearts and minds of bands and fans alike. Check out the great work that Herman pioneered – Vrede Foundation.

Burger Land roadhouse is probably 1 of the few reasons why Edenvale is still rad…

Rob and I decided to be a bit spontaneous and kick it in Plettenberg with Greg this week, they happen to have the highest bungy in the world there, and we happened to do it:) its such a great feeling!xxx