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 not to 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 shoelace 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, then Silversun Pickups.

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