So I flew over here yestertime. Man! That ice and shit is so beautiful!

It is a long day though – I left my house at 8am I flew the time playing solitaire on the seat-back console and listening to Kanye West’s terrible album of sad songs sung through some vocoding shennanigans to make it like he can sing, a bit. Turns out I was playing at 12:15am NYC time – which for me is 4:15am time. Long day.

Thomas Bartlett happened to be in town – you know, the cat from Doveman. He played some keys for me. This was a shambles of a show but eventually we got through it. Good to get some sleep.

So now I am on US time I will stroll in NYC for a couple of hours before we have to fly to Austin, via Houston.

See you there then.

Oh, and while we’re at it, this was the verdict on the DTB, Doveman, SamAmidon show in London in January: http://aheartcanstopabullet.blogspot.com/2009/02/david-thomas-broughton-london-bush-hall.html

New news, Local NYC and SXSW and Behaviour in Glasgow and The Fence Collective Homegame…

Dear All,

My benefactors, The Local, are dragging me to New York City, New York State, USA.

The show is at The Living Room on 17th March with a lot of other peeps – I’m on last, so do come my American friends…see here

Next we fly to Austin so I can shake my thing in South by Southwest, or ‘Ess Ex Ess Double-You’ for short.

My official time is at The Hilton Garden Hotel at 12 Midnight on 20th March…see this

Then after all that there is a special event at Cesil Sharp House called the BLANK TAPE SPILLAGE FETE – I rusled up an exclusive recording direct to cassette and a little book to hold it. They are doing the exhibition for a few days from 8th April and then a final show on 11th April: WEBSITE

Thereafter I jog up to Scotland to visit the grand old city of Glasgow. A performance festival under the name ‘BEHAVIOUR’ is being carried out at the venue ‘The Arches’. This is a website and the event is under ‘THEATRE’ in the listings: www.thearches.co.uk

I perform on 16th April.

Following that…

James Yorkston has had a word in the ear of his Anstruther based Collective friends and got them to get me to go to play the Fence Collective Homegame 2009 – as of my last correspondence with them this is when I will be playing:

FRIDAY, 17TH APRIL
ANSTRUTHER TOWN HALL
20.30 – 21.00

SATURDAY, 18TH APRIL
HEW SCOTT HALL
14.30-15.00

For now that is it…

The tour is over – Sam has gone to France and Thomas back to NY – for those in NY you should check out the Footloose show Doveman is doing on wednesday.

Highlights – Cheltenham: over-doing the Jameson’s, Liverpool: being compared to Alan Partridge, Glasgow: more happy accidents, Manchester: pulpit pranking and funk jam, Leeds: drumming finale, Rochdale: drinking classes, Nottingham: the ‘scarecrow’, Brighton: eating lovely limes, Bristol: attempted tribute to John Martyn, London: the r kelly sing-a-long, Coventry: general surprise and relief.

Lowlights – Cheltenham: over-doing the Jameson’s, Liverpool: being compared to Alan Partridge, Glasgow: further less happy accidents, Manchester: one toilet, Leeds: pre-finale build up of expectation, Rochdale: drinking classes, Nottingham: getting out of the ‘scarecrow’, Brighton: scorched wrap at Las Iguanas, Bristol: attempted tribute to John Martyn, London: the rabble at my side, Coventry: last show and it is so cold.

From the Captain’s Rest in Glasgow this was learned.