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Hey Storm Chasers

Damon and I are stuck in the lobby of our hotel because of a tornado
warning. I was actually waiting outside in the fresh Nashville air
thinking, my the air is still and what is that annoying noise??? Then
Damon called me and told me to come inside and that the annoying noise
was a tornado siren. We have never seen a tornado. We don't get them
in Australia. At least we don't get them on the east coast. We get
cyclones and lightening but not tornadoes. Part of me is really
excited that I will see one. Another part thinks I should leave it to
Helen Hunt and the last part is annoyed because I am hungry. I guess
there is no sense in being angry at mother nature. Damon just braved
outside to go to the coffee shop across the road. When he walked out
the door I had a vision of Crocodile Dundee. Awesome. I should
probably check to see if I can see him and he is okay. I will give it
10 minutes. What am I gonna do anyways? Battle the storm with a sword.
No. But you have to admit that would be pretty cool. It would also be
cool if there was a dragon next to me when I drew my sword.

Damon and I have been plenty busy lately. So busy in fact, this
tornado is probably sent from the universe to make us sit still. Two
nights ago we started our tour with the Appleseed Cast. To be playing
with such a wonderful band is an honor and to make it even sweeter
they are such nice people. Check our page for tour dates!

I just googled tornadoes and what to do. I note that all the
information says to stay away from glass windows and seek shelter. I
am sitting watching the storm roll in through a wall of glass. Oh
good. Damon is back. He brought me a sandwich. He said everyone looked
at him like he was crazy as he ran down the street. Awesome.

Last weekend we were in Vancouver and we made a video for Camp Out
with the amazing and talented Angela Kendall and her fabulous crew. I
found out that people in North America make music videos, not filmclips. I told a friend from Vancouver that we were making a filmclip
over the weekend and she looked at me like I was mad. She started
muttering about film strips and silent films. Anyways we completed it
and we made some really awesome friends AND we got to see where
Leonard Nimoy lived or lives...which is pretty much the most starstruck I have been since I met Murray the Wiggle.



OH also! Some lovely fans have started a message board for those
inclined to listen to An Horse. You can find it here
https://anhorseforum.forumotion.com/ We both think this is lovely
and a good place for people to connect. Maybe you can car pool if
you come to a show. Green thinking.

I just wikied 'storm chasers' and look what I discovered:
"Some organized chasing efforts have also begun in the Top End of the
Northern Territory and in southeast Australia,[4][5] with the biggest
successes in November and December."

Well if this music thing doesn't work out I am headed to the Top End.
Take care and hopefully see you in Atlanta...tonight....

Signing out
Storm Chasers
Excalibur (Kate) + Sir Bedivere (Damon)

An Horse US online store is now open! http://anhorse.acmeprints.com/
about 8 hours ago from web

Howdy friends

We hope you are well. I think I always write these blogs as letters. I guess they are a type of letter. I wish people wrote more letters. I just read the transcript of a lecture by Nick Cave (that a friend very kindly posted to me in the mail no less!!!) about letter writing. It was interesting and inspiring. I have yet to put pen to paper but I thought about it. That's something right?

Damon and I have some downtime in Denver. We have been catching up on sleep and watching vampires. We want to thank everyone who came out and saw us play over the last two months. We are really grateful you came out to see us play and came and said hey. It's so great! Thanks also for the kind and funny messages!

We would also like to thank The Appleseed Cast for having us. Fantastic guys and amazing storm chasers. They taught us how to wear a beard and we taught them not to be afraid of vegemite. A truly symbiotic relationship. Here we all are in New York City...



photo courtesy of The Owl Mag


And Kansas City...

photo by Cayla Chesnutt


Damon and I are both going to spend the next month continuing to watch vampires and catch up on sleep. However, come June we are hitting the road with our lovely friend (and partner-in-late-night-standing-on-the-side-of-a-road-being-ignored-by-every-single-taxi-in-whatever-city-we-are-in) Telekinesis.
http://www.myspace.com/telekinesismusic

We are so excited about touring with these guys! Not only do they get ignored by taxis but they make amazing music that gets stuck in my head. I fear Damon may have to take to some good old medieval trephination on my skull to get the songs out. He has indicated he will do what needs to be done to aid the tour. Perhaps tomorrow we will go to a hardware and get a drill. Tour dates with Telekinesis here...
http://www.anhorse.com/tours/

Also in July we trek to Norway to play the wonderful Slottsfjell Festival with Kaiser Chiefs, Foals, The Streets, Motorpsycho, Ash and more.
http://www.slottsfjellfestival.no/pages/nor/12-in_english

In other news, our US online store is up! It took some time but we wanted to make it great! Over the coming months we will add all sorts of new shirts, hoodies and of course our new record 'Rearrange Beds'. In the mean time support your local independent record store and us!
http://anhorse.acmeprints.com/

AND while in Vancouver recently we shot a video for the song 'Camp Out' with the wonderful Angela Kendall. We look forward to showing off the results soon!

That's enough computer time for me. I am going to eat sushi.

Take care, love lovers.
Kate and Damon

shecky wrote:New photos


this is what we wear in Florida...

Hello

Today is our last day in LA. We have had a month off here in between tours and it has been fantastic. The realisation of us leaving today hit me when I saw that Damon had pulled out his suitcase. I did the same and emptied it out and sat in it. The reason I did this was because recently I was trying to impress someone and I told them about the time my sister made me get into her suitcase and zipped it up. She said I was allowed to keep my head out. So she zipped the case up so that my head stuck out. Then she proceeded to wheel me around the house. It was so much fun. BUT then she got this crazy look that she gets and I knew I was in trouble. Then I saw she had wheeled me to the top of our staircase. It wasn't a big staircase but when you are at suitcase level any staircase is imposing. Anyways she pushed me down it. It hurt but I have to admit it was kind of funny. I am quite sure the person I was trying to impress was thinking the story was amusing until they asked how old we were when we did this. I guess they were thinking we were 5 or 6. I said "oh this was about 3 years ago" and when those words passed innocently over my lips I realised that I need to remember to try HARDER to not tell stories like that to people I am trying to impress.

So I sat in my suitcase this morning and thought about that, and I thought about how excited both Damon and I are to head out on tour again. I thought about how lucky Damon and I feel to get to play with such wonderful bands. I thought about our last month in LA. I thought about:


- How I washed a pair of sneakers in the washing machine at our place in LA and how two shoes and two shoelaces went in and how two shoes and one shoe lace came out. I thought about where that shoelace was right now.

- I thought about how I made Damon come to the Weenie Roast Festival, even though he protested and said he was too hung over. I thought about how I told him he would regret not coming. I thought about how at the time I thought I was really funny giving Damon a plastic bag for the car when he managed to build the strength to get in. I thought about how clever I was to bring that plastic bag and that my Mum would be proud that I paid attention to little things she did like that. I don't know how to cook but gee whiz I know when to bring a plastic bag. I thought about how Damon vomited in silence into the bag and I thought about how terrible I felt that I had talked him into coming along. I thought about how happy I was when Damon said I should turn the car around so he could go throw out the bag and brush his teeth quickly so we could get to the festival.

- I thought about how we took tourist photos at the wall on Sunset Blvd, where Elliott Smith's Figure 8 album cover photo was taken. Look:





- I thought about how Damon and I got in trouble for peddling a hire boat into the fountain on Echo Park lake on purpose. If they want to deter people from doing it they should charge more than $3 for the cleaning fee. We worked our pretty quickly that $3 was a very reasonable price to paddle under the fountain. I think it was worth at least $25.

- I thought about how Damon and I can't cook.

- Then I thought about how I should get out of my suitcase before Damon sees me because he might zip me in but leave my head sticking out and wheel me to the staircase.


It's safe to say our last month has been so much fun. Thanks to all our new and old friends here who have made it so. I am predicting the next month will be even more fun. Is that possible? I like a good challenge.

We will be here with Telekinesis...


7 Jun 2009 8:00 P
Schubas Tavern w/ Telekinesis Chicago, Illinois
8 Jun 2009 8:00 P
Pike Room w/ Telekinesis Pontiac, Michigan
10 Jun 2009 8:00 P
The Horseshoe w/ Telekinesis Toronto, Ontario
11 Jun 2009 8:00 P
Club Lambi w/ Telekinesis Montreal, Quebec
12 Jun 2009 8:00 P
Iron Horse Music Hall w/ Telekinesis Northampton, Massachusetts
13 Jun 2009 8:00 P
Union Hall w/ Telekinesis Brooklyn, New York
14 Jun 2009 8:00 P
Mercury Lounge w/ Telekinesis New York, New York
16 Jun 2009 8:00 P
Kung Fu Necktie w/ Telekinesis Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
17 Jun 2009 8:00 P
Black Cat Backstage w/ Telekinesis Washington DC, Washington DC
18 Jun 2009 8:00 P
Local 506 w/ Telekinesis Chapel Hill, North Carolina
19 Jun 2009 8:00 P
The Earl w/ Telekinesis Atlanta, Georgia
20 Jun 2009 8:00 P
The End w/ Telekinesis Nashville, Tennessee
21 Jun 2009 8:00 P
Off Broadway w/ Telekinesis St Louis, Missouri
22 Jun 2009 8:00 P
Slowdown w/ Telekinesis Omaha, Nebraska
23 Jun 2009 8:00 P
Hi Dive w/ Telekinesis Denver, Colorado


and here with Silversun Pickups, plus some shows on our own and a festival...


27 Jun 2009 8:00 P
Rescue Rooms w/ Silversun Pickups Nottingham
28 Jun 2009 8:00 P
Thekla w/ Silversun Pickups Bristol
30 Jun 2009 8:00 P
02 Academy w/ Silversun Pickups Birmingham
1 Jul 2009 8:00 P
Stereo w/ Silversun Pickups Glasgow
2 Jul 2009 8:00 P
Academy 2 w/ Silversun Pickups ~moved from Academy 3~ Manchester
3 Jul 2009 8:00 P
Digital w/ Silversun Pickups ~moved from Audio~ Brighton
5 Jul 2009 8:00 P
The Windmill Brixton
6 Jul 2009 8:00 P
02 Academy w/ Silversun Pickups Oxford
7 Jul 2009 8:00 P
Heaven w/ Silversun Pickups London
8 Jul 2009 8:00 P
Camden Barfly London
10 Jul 2009 8:00 P
White Light @ The Lexington London
17 Jul 2009 8:00 P
Slottsfjell Festival w/ Kaiser Chiefs, The Streets, The Wombats, Foals, Turbonegro & more Tonsberg


Recently Rolling Stone said we were a Breaking Artist. Check it out here. This article also mentions Damon's vomit. It says puke. I would like to think I didn't say Damon "puked" but the I think the phone line was kind of bad and I was laughing pretty hard. I probably did say puke. I wish I had said vomited.

Remember how Damon and I were promising that an amazing music video was coming that the even more amazing Angela Kendall directed? Did you see it? Stereogum premiered it. You can see it here. We hope you like it. We do.

I bought a new book called "Animals of the Ocean, in particular the Giant Squid." I just finished the section on the do's and dont's of dating giant squids. I don't intend to date a giant squid anytime soon but one must keep an open mind. The point I am making is that it was insightful and I took something from it. I hope this blog was an insight into our last month. I hope you can take something from it. If I may, I would suggest to always take the plastic bag.

See you soon. Sail safe and love lovers. That's what we do.

Kate and Damon.
xo

Hello Giant Squid and friends around the world.

How are you? Damon and I are well. We feel slightly more human today. We made it to London yesterday and tried to catch up on 6 months sleep. We did well. Damon did wake me in the middle of the night to tell me Michael Jackson had died. This made me really sad. The earliest photos of me that exist show me holding Michael Jackson's thriller in my cot. I am also wearing a fame t-shirt. My cool peaked early. Dangerous was also the first CD I ever owned. He was my first pop star. Days like today remind me not to take anything for granted. When I laid in my hotel bed this morning coming out of 12 hours sleep, watching MJ videos I certainly didn't take it for granted.

We DEFINITELY loved being on tour with the FABULOUS Telekinesis and didn't take them for granted. What a band!! No other band we have toured with have a) folded Damon's laundry and delivered it on stage or b) bought me new underwear and delivered it on stage. Truly amazing. Thank you for coming out and seeing us. We had such a good time. In an effort to be concise here is a list of amazing tour happenings with Telekinesis:


- Heavily peer pressured into eating Cracker Barrel. I was vehemently against it till Michael TK asked me if we wanted to go. I did a 180 and agreed with enthusiasm. I was clearly so charmed by the young man I couldn't say no. We loved it and ate it regularly like a family.



- Regular dance parties. Often no music involved. Very spontaneous.

- Damon, Lindsey (our most lovely merch girl and general horse assistant) and I saw fireflies for the first time EVER!!! I was so overwhelmed I cried. Luckily the park was really dark and no one could see!!!

- Damon got to ride with the boys in their van. Jonie from TK rode with us in our mini van. The boys talked boy stuff. The girls talked about skin regimes and ate chocolate. Seriously. Then I read aloud from my book on giant squids. What a day!



- David from TK mastered the Australian language. He now knows we don't eat shrimp, we eat prawns, we do carry large knives and use something called the dunny.

- We got to play on stage with TK and them with us! OH. MY. GOD. two drum kits at once. So much fun.

- David's instance on delivering Damon love letters on stage. They started off truly charming and ended up being a little disturbing. We have kept all for future reference. Just in case stuff gets weird. That's was the advice of the police.



Tomorrow we start our UK tour with Silversun Pickups. We cannot wait. Swoon has been on high rotation. Before Swoon was released we listened to Carnavas regularly. Damon and I actually obsessed over that record when we were record store employees not band mates. We cannot wait to hit the road with them. Check our dates. We also have a few side shows of our own, and some festivals. Come along and say hey.


I am still waking up. Hope this makes sense. Go spin Thriller or Bad or Dangerous. I am going to do all three.

Sail safe. Love lovers.
k+d

ps... My SLR is broken, hence the light leaking in. New camera soon

We've had to cancel tomorrow's slot at Hultsfred Festival. We're sorry Sweden, it's out of our hands. So bummed.

Well it’s about time CharlieHow are you? Damon and I are both well. I have spent the last couple of weeks learning the alphabet in French and 1 – 10 in Mandarin. Just because it seemed like a good idea. Damon has been monitoring my progress online. He has also been purchasing a van and is now driving it to collect me to start touring again!!!

We have also spent a good deal of time talking to each other on Skype. As both our mothers would say “the technologies is so great”.

If you live in Canada you should also know that as well as learning multiple languages these last few weeks, Damon and I have been jogging and working out. I base my work out routine on Rocky IV. Damon bases his more around Rocky II with a touch of Rambo. The reason for this fitness is you my dear Canadians! We are coming to see you. Our dates are here.
Tickets are on sale now. We love you Canada so come on out and say hey!
Another reason we had to get fit was because Silversun Pickups asked us to go on tour with them in the USA with Cage the Elephant. Both amazing bands! All the people in these bands are so fit and buff. Damon and I look silly next to them. I know we look silly next to them because we toured with Silversun Pickups earlier this year in the UK. They were so much fun. On that tour I said to Damon, “Hey Damon go stand next to Christopher from Silversun Pickups”. He did. Then I said “Oh wow, you look silly”. Christopher didn’t say anything he just looked scared.
I haven’t really had a chance to stand next to Cage the Elephant in person yet. Actually, yes I have. Backstage when SSPU played with Metallica in Austin at SXSW. They looked pretty tough but I didn’t have a chance to compare quads. I will on tour. I didn’t see SSPU stand next to Metallica but I think they would even look tough next to them.
See how tough this tour is going to be? Damon and I have also been given several Rocky soundtrack cds. Actually, for real I think our label gave them to us. Which makes me think that both Cage the Elephant and Silversun Pickups have these records as well. Maybe that’s what record labels do? They give their bands Rocky soundtracks. Anyways, we are going to traverse the continent with that blaring. I might even wear ankle weights on stage under my jeans. If I fall on stage you will know why.
for all info on these shows head to our Tours page.
For the record, we also have the Knight Rider theme song. Actually, I think Damon has a best of David Hasslehoff record. It’s catchy. Like the flu.We will check in with you on the road! Make sure you check in with us.
Sail safe and stretch properly. You won’t regret it.
Rocky + Apollo
K + D