Link: http://www.rockbaren.com

I am keenly looking forward to getting the hell outta Dodge (that's London) to play an acoustic set next week in Gothenburg... all the action (acoustic action) will unfold at a club I have played before, Rock City's Rockbaren:

www.rock-city.se & www.rockbaren.com
Kristinelundsgatan 14,
41137 Göteborg

10 PM. Featuring several new songs of the 'Reckoning' Ltd. Ed. album, of which a few numbered & signed copies will be on sale...

It should be said that this gig would not happen if it wasn't for the amazing efforts and dedication of my good good friend Janne Prusti from Goteborg's Chuck Norris Experiment.

Incidentally, I should add that I am quite disgusted at the fees increase that Ryanair is charging for musical instruments. In retrospect it might have been cheaper to book my Gibson an extra seat than to pay another 25 pounds...

But hey a good Neil Leyton day isn't complete without some level of complaint or another, huh? 'Tis in my nature.

Last night in bed, however, I though of a good quote that I once read in John Cougar Mellencamp's Lonesome Jubilee album... and it shall be my motto for this London weekend prior to the Sweden trip. Sit down for this, as I don't often quote from religious texts and generally consider them to be quite dull. With that disclaimer in hand, I can appreciate and share the beauty of this passage...

"What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing...

...There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour." - Ecclesiastes I & II

Matthew Leung interviewed me via Skype a couple nights ago for his show, The Technology Beat. The show is going to be broadcast on WVKR 91.3 FM Poughkeepsie, NY, on Monday the 7th at 7AM EST/12PM London time (It also streams at that time on www.WVKR.org. Then, starting at 8AM EST/1PM London time, the show will be permanently available at its site www.TheTechnologyBeat.com.

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So, London gets a slightly sunny day for a change. Meaning, it's not that cold, and it is not raining yet. So Chris McDougall and I wrap up some FW Music Store bidniss early in the morning (11 AM), and then we hit the Primrose Hill post office for some FW mailings (today, mostly going to other FW offices - Tina at Fading Ways Canada, Mikko at Fading Ways Finland, we are spreading the good word on a couple of brand new signings: White Russians, of course, are Chris' main band even though he also plays with Dave Kusworth and Darrell Bath; and most recently, The Black Apples, a trio of blues rockers that take me right back to Steve Marriott, the Small Faces, and the Yarbirds - imagine Jet done right. Anyways, more on them later.

We hit the pub around 12: The Enterprise at Chalk Farm. Ana Isa met up with us, and we had a laugh about Tommie Riot and his rather cryptic explanations about how he was gonna get to the studio in Germany (Soundpool)during the May tour, when I plan on finishing the Elite Nylon album... there was something about him driving back and forth for two days in Germany, and taking a bus from Stockholm to Berlin, that it would appear I did not fully understand. Go figure. Then Chris mentioned the sitcom, 'O Mom', that him and Tommie (I took no part, as I have no sense of humour) made up while we were on tour in Slovenia... and I took off to Vienna for an acoustic show leaving them to their own devices for two days. Way too many stories to tell there, in such a short blog entry, but suffice it to say it was worth a good pub laugh over a pint at the Enterprise.

But, I digress. We hit the Heath. Picture above, in a separate entry, 'cause it is past midnight and I can't be arsed, as they say around here. Blogging IS hard work. Bring on the International HR management...