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September 08, 2009

BACK IN THE USA

There is absolutely nothing like a quick 5 day trip to the UK to make me feel hugely grateful that I live in Los Angeles. Don't get me wrong - I'm English and that's fine. Back in the day, when Punk was kicking, music was fresh and the people had a sense of revolution about them it was a fine place to come of age (apart from the odd drug habit!). But these days, let's just say that I have grown fond of a smile when I order a coffee, parking meters that cost a dollar an hour, and a pretty consistent 75 degrees all year round. It was fun to run around like a tourist with my wife and do the whole 'Big Ben/Nelsons Column/Portobello Road' thing, but I'm happy to be back home - even with the jet lag that has me up at 5.30am!!

This week, we have the Sunset Strip Music Festival.... and Camp Freddy will be playing a short set at The House Of Blues on Thursday night at the Ozzy Osbourne Honors thing. I am also hosting that whole evening (nervous? me? YES!) as well as playing with the guys. But if anyone deserves to be honored, it's the Prince Of Darkness himself! So I am looking forward to the whole evening with a mixture of healthy nerves and excitement. I think we may even rehearse tomorrow night as well.... Jesus, we're taking this shit seriously!! And then on the final night (Saturday 12th), after Ozzy plays his outdoor set at the Strip, I will be DJing at the SSMF Aftershow Party at The Viper Room. It's free to anyone who has a ticket for the festival, so come down and rock out. I think it starts at Midnight.

I can't really think past the end of this week (although I know that Ricky Warwick and I are in the studio all next week working on some stuff that came in unexpectedly - looking forward to that too as its always easy and fun working with Ricky.) There's the Scott Ford Benefit show at The Roxy on 26th. There's a mix due of the new song I wrote with Ginger Wildheart and the guys (looking forward to hearing that one) and the usual two or three other projects that are swimming about. I want to see if I can get updates on those soon. I know that around 3.00pm this afternoon I'm gonna crash large and no amount of caffeine will keep me going! So I'm gonna get as much done now as I can. Great to be back, great to be busy. See you guys around.

Billy

Posted by vivelerock at September 8, 2009 08:48 AM