david's blog: " loser of the year,Show, radio, rambling...."

Re-open for business OK - so I am gonna ease back into this blog. I missed posting, but I had to take a break, cos sometimes the "Entertainment Business" is anything but entertaining. I intend to remain spiritually fit, emotionally strong, and above all, creative, loving, happy, content and greatful that I get to do so many exciting things in my life. I truly feel that just having had the opportunities and experiences I have already had in my life, that "my cup overfloweth!!!" - and with that ......it appears that business is back to usual here on the blog. So I should get that camera out and give you lot another video blog. Apologies for the break in service, but we all gotta take care of the craziness, right?! Thank you all for being here, and its nice to be heading towards the light again!!! Last month was a strange month for me. I have had bits of days where I just haven't wanted to do anything, despite having every toy and every technological brain numbing device known to man. And then a few hours later, I have been driving like a lunatic to practice, or working out, or watching my hand write amazing riffs as if it was disconnected from my body (stream of consciousness stuff). Then its been back to moping around, listening to the voices in my head. Weird stuff. Not sure what's going on. Its too early to tell how I feel today (and there's not enough caffeine in my system either yet!). All I know is that I have a busy day ahead. Workout for an hour an a half, and then I am off and running. I wonder if everyone has weeks like that? I mean, good stuff surrounds me, and yet I just wanna turn the phones off, and crawl into a dark corner somewhere. But I gotta say - being creative has huge upsides. The feeling of being able to communicate feelings and emotions through playing music and singing is a fantastic one. Enjoying a good life, and doing what I love to do should never be underestimated. But when the darkness strikes ...... boy, does it hit hard!!! So after a week of watching movies, and just staying out of my own way, I feel better. Sometimes I just need to check out of the human race for a while. Some get loaded to do it - now I think I've found a somewhat healthier alternative!! Either way, I wanted to check back in and say hi to everyone. We'll be spending more days in the studio very soon, and that will be that. Now we have to figure out 'The Plan'. We will be looking closely at schedules, and we all agree that sometime this year,once we are out on the road, we would like to do a string of shows in the UK. We'll see what we can come up with - and work it out with the release of the record. David

Well, what can I say? HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone. Its a brand new year and I hope we all take advantage of the fresh start and work on our dreams and designs. I hope we all help someone along the way, and maybe make a difference in some fashion. We intend to get some music out there this year. Plans for the ever-in-production LoveSick Radio album continue. Lots of fun things being talked about but as no one goes back to work until next week, it seems nothing will be set in stone for a little while. But I have faith that as another New Year begins, so will yet more good, fun, creative stuff start to unfold. This blog are integral parts of my outlets, and I love it all. I'm still editing the new video blog so give me a min. on that. It will be up soon. I wanna thank each and every one of you for all the many Xmas and New Year greetings, and wish you all a happy and prosperous time in the coming months. In short, I love you all. Business as usual by this time next week. Peace. David

Morning! I'm back again (although it seems that people have gotten a little bored around here and started to visit elsewhere!! Dont blame you lot - its been pretty quiet recently) and I figured I would check in briefly before my day starts. We are back home in ohio, putting our world back together after the tour. Once my head stops spinning I'm gonna start posting a video blog for better or worse.We had an amazing time, and thanks to everyone we met on the road, and who came to see us, and all the new friends and fans we made. I'm still in a screwed up nocturnal state, but Im acclimating to life nicely. My cat is still alive, no one stole my car, and weather here is unpredictably perfect. Next week we start mixing!! We hoped the mixing stage would have started while we were gone BUT we had to wait for a part for the studio. So with that being said you can look for a new song being posted very soon. We are also going to try to write a few more songs just to see what else we can come up with. I don't know if any of the new tracks will make the c.d. but you never know. I hope I haven't bored everyone stupid and created a mass exodus to parts unknown!!! Never mind. I have said before that I do this blog for cathartic reasons. I feel a little lighter and a little less burdened when I waffle on mindlessly in the mornings. I hope you guys have a great week, and we will be working hard behind the scenes to get all that LSR stuff happening. I need to go and catch up with Flight of the conchords, entourage & rock of love. Thats it from me david

HOME!!!!! Finally after all these weeks, we are going home. I'll make sure that Starbucks gets a visit from me before I unpack my bags, savoring every moment!! The Starbucks over here are SADLY not the same. It will be nice to be back, even if it is only for a few days. I have some friends from UK in town, so I'm go over to hear what they're up to, and hang out for a while. I also what to go to see a few movies, which is exactly what I need right now……sedation for the brain! Here is a recap of our show today. I wake up on the morning of the big of our big show in Okinawa & go workout then I kinda drift through most of the morning until its time to meet up with everyone and get the bus over to the venue. The four of us have a good soundcheck and everything gets dialed in. It's looking like its going to be a very cool show. The actual festival site is on a air field. We all played well, and everyone was on its feet by the mid-point in the set. And I've gotta say that the audience totally took us by surprise, and took us for a 45 minute ride. I for one had a brilliant time. I had no expectations of the crowd, so when I saw them start to go off, I went with it and jumped about like a lunatic!! What a laugh!! By the time BDM came around, the front of the venue was just going off, and all the people around the sides were punching the air and singing along. Sometimes the big shows can be a bit dead, because the audience is too spoiled for choice. They see every band that's touring and an apathetic vibe spreads over the whole "let's go see a show" thing. But our show didn't suffer from that and to see an audience singing and jumping around made us all really happy. Tomorrow morning, at 4.00am, the alarm going off and I'm sure I'll be staggering around my hotel room, bumping into walls and trying to drink enough coffee in a can to get me into the shower, dressed and downstairs into the car. We have a 9.00am flight up to chicago then home. My guess the mood at this ridiculous hour of the morning will be subdued for everyone, to say the least. On to the plane, I'll put the "leave me alone" headphones on, and sleep at bit. And that's it. Rumors of more US & Europe dates abound, but I'll let the management confirm all that. Thank you to every single one of you who came to a show, said hello, supported the band and bought the single off iTunes. We will be back before you know it. david

Show day, and a chance to lie in……NOT!! (Yes I said not) The jet lag has really got me by the balls, and I wake up at two hour intervals throughout the night, until at 4:30am, I finally give it up & watch some tv show that I couldn't understand but somehow got sucked into. We are Japan virgins no more. Cherry popped. Ice broken. We played our first punk rock set today in Iwaktai and not only did we kill it, the audience received us well, welcoming us in true fashion. We walked onstage to cheers and watched a mosh pit start in front of me!! We played a crazy set that seemed to fly by so quickly, and ended with the Rebel Yell, which went down great. Everyone was shouting the chorus back to us and jumping up and down. We all feel really good to have done the first show and as I type this, I just want to saythank you to everyone that came to the show!!!!! Not only a great crowd but great people as well. So we are now sitting in our hotel rooms in japan after our show waiting for a typhoon to hit. So toworrow we might be playing or we might not. It should be interesting to say the least. Its our 1st typhoon so I guess this tour will have many 1st. So for now, I am gonna leave it at that. Gotta stop typing - I am so tired, it hurts! and I'll post again soon (probably at 4.00am cos I'll be ruined with the Jetlag!!!) david

OK - so I'm back, writing my usual nonsense. I promised I would be posting more regularly on this tour - for those of you who care about the day to day life of LoveSick Radio!!! Today is a complete day off, and our chance to shop like we've never shopped before & see some sites. We have one whole day in which to get around one of the biggest and most expensive cities in the world. During the day we walk around looking in all the stores, drinking coffee(yes I found a Starbucks), and digesting the Japanese way of life…… The evening was all about food, food, and food. We had a great meal at a Japanese pizza joint, eat more than any human has a right to eat,and eventually we go back to the hotel and call it a night.We left the hotel at about 11:30 in the morning, and get back, shattered and sweaty, about 10 at night. A successful and enjoyable day. Sue - Sweet girl!! Our crew are overworked, underpaid, and kept in cages in between shows, fed on raw cabbage and prune juice, and punished regularly for no reason. Just ask Todd. You really dont want to be a part of that, do you??!! In all seriousness, its a sweet offer, but all is being taken care of - thank you! Come to the outside performance and find me. We'll see what we can do Bonita - We have talked about getting tattooed, bonding us together & will probably do it eventually. Who knows when it will happen but it on the table of things to do. Dave C- Chances of LoveSick Radio dates in the UK are good. Its just about scheduling. Our agent is currently looking at the end of the Oct. or sometime in November, for a quick two week visit. So we should be all good. Danielle - I already know that the Lasik doesnt hurt so I'm not at all worried. I have a bunch of friends who have done it and they all say the same. I wanted to let you know that around 90% of our 1st album is getting mixed while we are gone. That means when we get back you can look for a new song or 2 appearing on our media player. We are also going to record 2 or 3 more songs for the c.d., then we will be completely finished. So you should be able to get our c.d. this fall if all goes to plan. OK - Time to get moving - hope you continue to hang out here, and thank you all for your support. Nothing else for you today. Its only the start of a new week, and we'll see what we get up to as it progresses. I know that the coming weeks are going to be filled with a ton of travel & shows. Have a great week. Peace David

Our LONG day of flying to the other side of the world is finally over. We traveled six thousand miles around the world and spent a day and a half doing it!!I'm typing this after many many failed attempts at sleep. I've got MTV Asia playing on the box. Thankfully tomorrow is a day off, one of two we get this tour. I'll update you as much as I can with pix,video & whatever else I can put up here. So make sure you check back often. I want to thank everyone for all the e-mails wishing us a safe trip! & I also want to thank everyone that came to our last show in the U.S. for a month. You give us a great send off & we couldn't have asked for a better crowd. Here a wrap up off our day: The alarm goes off at 5:00am But the coffee works its magic, the shower breathes some life into my tired frame, and I shuffle downstairs and into the car at 6.00am, and let my mind shut down until I get to the airport. It's a bizarre journey in front of us – We leave early Sunday morning, fly for fourteen or so hours, and arrive Monday night. My brain spends a long time trying to work out the mathematics of this, before failing miserably and giving up. We board our flight, turn left when we get on the plane & try to make ourselves comfy in our section of the plane. and then most of us just……well, fell asleep. McGee & Todd our sound man sleep the whole way, and Justin,master & myself try to watch movies,drink a lot of wine, spill a lot of wine, play games between many naps & doing lines from "flight of the conchords". And then we land in japan only to get on a bus to drive an hour to get on another 3hr. flight. Welcome to Japan, gentlemen!!! We are sent on our way, through customs, and into the bus that takes us to our hotel. As we drove I've been looking everywhere for the ubiquitous Starbucks Coffee. I think the jet lag has finally started to kick in so I'm going to crash out. Talk to you soon. With love from Iwankuni,Japan David

So how's everyone doing this fine sunday morning? Or sunday evening if you are in the UK. Or wed. lunchtime if you live in Outer Mongolia!! It always blows my mind when we get e-mails or comments from the UK, from Canada, from Australia, from France …. Makes me smile. Also makes me realize that music is such a personal thing. Remember the first time you heard that one sound, that one band or singer, that changed everything for you? For me it was it was my moms c.d.'s of Jimi Hendrix/Aerosmith/Led Zepplin/ Poison. Ok you might be thinking thats not one band or singer david but what can I say... Last nights show was completely off the hook. I don't really know what it was - the mood between us all, the audience ..... not really sure. All I know is we all had an amazing time, played really well. It went by in a... blink. Color, volume, arms, faces. & I could be wrong but the crowd seemed to be pretty into our new song "don't let me be right", even though they never had heard the song before. Thank you to everyone that made it out to the show and sang along with us. Here is the set: Take Me Home/Don't let me be Right/Last,Last Time/Over U/Loser Of the Year/Under Prussure+IceIce/Dance/Rebell Yell/Made For T.V./I wish I didn't Care/Hit IT & Quit IT/Boys don't matter OK - its time. Need to leave, gym/starbucks here I come. Patience - its a virtue ..... but fucking hard to do!!!! david

Hi everyone. Its a beautiful sunny morning here in columbus and I have a full week ahead. Thank God! I have been in front of a computer for two days straight, continuing my information overload with all things web-related! I've been editing a v-blog together. This is my 1st one so we'll see how it goes. If everyone likes it I'll keep doing it. With any luck it will be up by the end of the week. Again I said with any luck. Finally, it seems that the I-Tunes single, BDM, is a worldwide release. So its good to see you all downloading it. I think it came out sounding great, and I'm really proud that we finally got a track released! Now all we have to do is finish the album and get that out!! Thanks to everyone for all the love and support - I love being a part of this whole extended web community. Thats it from me - I'll post again soon, but for now, I want to wish all of you a great weekend. Have fun, try and be nice to someone you don't know (try it, it works) and see you all next time. david

When: Thursday Apr 12, 2007 at 7:00 PM Where: The House of Crave 391 Neil Ave Columbus, OH 43085 United States Cost:FREE This will be a busy week for the band! In between recording & rehearsals we have a radio interview plus a interview/photoshot for a magazine on tuesday. Then on thursday we will be performing live on WNCI(www.wnci.com if you want to listen live) morning show. And that same night we will be playing our 1st all ages columbus, ohio show. So come to the show, call the radio station to talk to us live and please, please,p-p-please keep requesting the band at radio!!!!!!!!!!! For those of you how live outside of the U.S. we will be coming your way soon. But for now if you want to help the band you can vote for us on Alternative Addictions top 20 countdown. www.alternativeaddiction.com Also look for a small feature on that site soon. All done for today. More gym, more working on some writing I've been doing recently. peace, david