Greetings from Toronto, Canada. We are playing a festival tonight called Brave Festival, which is described as “a festival of risk and failure.” So they’ve picked the perfect band, as we can fail with an unparalleled ease. In keeping with the festival’s philosophy, Michael will be doing all the talking and trying to tell jokes, and we’ll be attempting to sing all our songs in Klingon.
In other news, I was on BBC Radio 4 this week. I was playing the role of head cow in the Archers. I got to be milked by Ruth, which is an experience I will treasure as long as I live. I was particularly happy with my third moo. Needless to say, I’ve immediately added that to the top of my show reel.
No, alas, I jest. That dream has yet to be realised. The real reason for my Radio 4 appearance was with The Young’uns, talking about how the North East has been a massive influence on our music. It’s for a programme all about the Great Exhibition of the North festival. The programme is presented by BBC 6 Music’s Lauren Laverne from one of my favourite bands, Kenickie, and features a whole host of musicians from the North, including one of my other favourite bands, Maximo Park. So that’s three of my favourite bands represented in one programme, because obviously The Young’uns are also one of my favourite bands, principally because they are the only band that pays me money.
You can listen to the programme here.
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So how are the Klingon songs going down ? The Radio 4 documentary was a good listen. Really enjoyable.Happy birthday for tomorrow and look forward to seeing you on Friday in London!
Perhaps you will get a klingon song at the London gig, if you’re lucky. Thank you for the birthday wishes. I only remembered it was my birthday tomorrow about two hours ago, when Sean reminded me.