Drawings on the airplane barf bag

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I made these drawings on the barf bag of the Iberia flight from Barcelona to New York today. I had an upset stomach but I did not employ the intended use of the bag.

Photo by Oscar Garcia
More Primavera pics by Alterna2
The show for Primavera Sound in Barcelona was really really fun though we were jet lagged like dogs in space. The last time we had played in Spain the power went out in the middle of our set. This time, however, no power cords were cut by rebellious falling cymbals and we played our little hearts out and met some beautiful people. The night also featured DM Stith (the mystery ghostly voice on the MBD albums, otherwise known as my own Kenny Rogers) who gave a debut performance of the songs from his in-progress album. I was grounded to my feet and felt like my spine was coming through my stomach while he sang.

Photo by Otter Freak

Before Spain, MBD went to the west coast, playing loads of new songs from A Thousand Shark’s Teeth as well as Prince covers which you will never hear on YouTube. We played at the Hotel Cafe in LA with the amazing and attitudinal and atmospheric wonder, Pedestrian, featuring Joel Shearer (who did most of the engineering for Bring Me The Workhorse & big muff pedalled it up on “Inside A Boy”) and the bearded god Zac Rae (who graces both MBD records as well) on keyboards and screeching noises. I sang with them and simultaneously scoped out their new pedal boards. They rock my face and have a new album coming out which I shall tell you about soon. Pedestrian has been known to deal harshly with criminals.

If you wanna check out what Nate has to say about me making him wear suspenders and a bow tie on this tour, check his blog. He doesn’t hold back. I keep telling him that he can make some side money in that outfit as a valet or cocktail waiter or something. Please someone, comment on hot he looks in the velvet bow tie. That will really help me out in a lot of ways.