Finished moving house over the weekend – Wandin East back to Abbotsford (Melbourne). We’ve got til the end of the week here before driving back up to Tamworth to drop Mojo at my folks place. We’ll fly out to Boston from there.

Saturday night turned into a shambles when the cat went psycho, yet again (I tried to pick the little bastard up after a ‘fight’ with the dog). We had some friends over for a BBQ & everything was going great til that point. Only took a few seconds of cat-attack and my left hand was badly bitten & shredded. Pain-killers and anti-biotics added to beer already consumed, I staggered to bed in defeat. Damned cat.

Checkya tomorrow.
Fires out.

Early last year we saw a Chinese punk band called PK 14 at the South-By-South-West Festival in Austin, Texas. Interestingly, I can still remember the performance. Max and I rolled up to a venue off the main street – and I had started on the beers fairly early in the day. They had a few stages running, bands playing all day. After kicking back in the afternoon sun by the front stage, we decided to wander out the back to find PK 14 tearing up the main stage.

I took a bunch of film (wobbly as it was) right up the front. The band was great – one of the most exciting shows of the festival (of the shows we saw).

Max bought me my very own PK 14 t-shirt. I wore it everywhere, including on stage in Europe a few months later. Then, the unthinkable happened: Max accidentally threw my t-shirt out with the trash (it’s a long story). The video below features the band in full swing (in the US)…

Early this morning, in Melbourne, a new PK 14 t-shirt arrived by courier all the way from Beijing. I put that baby on straight away.

We’ll be touring China in May. We’re hoping to meet the guys in Beijing (they don’t know it yet, we’re secretly scheming).

Checkya tomorrow,
Fires out.

Our intrepid English film-maker, Ted Beagles (who shot a roving documentary of our first European tour back in 2007), put this little gem together. Life in London, Christmas 2010.

Ted & partner Ceira, became parents in 2009. This video portrays how life changes when the little people arrive. The soundtrack: David Lynch’s ‘Good Day, Today’.

Welcome back to the year (if this is the week you’ve been called back to work). Time flies when you’re having fun…

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Happy New Year from The On Fires.

Last night we had the discussion about whether this new decade started this year or last year. Apparently it starts now (so happy new decade, while we’re at it).

Went down into Tamworth (New South Wales) last night to join in on the celebrations. Suffice to say, we were back home before the count-down. Put the TV on in the background. One of the networks featured a round up of the year’s ‘chart topping’ hits in the lead up to the count-down – and what a magnificent year it was: Usher, Justin Bipper & The Jersey Boys being some of our most ‘exciting’ & fresh acts.

Fingers crossed, 2011…

Back to Melbourne today.

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Last day of 2010.

Leaving Tamworth tomorrow – should be an interesting series of flights back to Melbourne.

Have a great, safe night tonight. It looks like we’ll be heading into town (Tamworth being the country music capital of Australia) for a hoe-downin’ New Year celebration.

Checkya tomorrow in 2011,
Fires out.

Wow.
What a day.
On the side of a hill in Tamworth, Australia. It’s 3am. Can’t sleep. Playing, singing with my folks all day. New songs, old songs. Beer, wine, etc. Magic. Just got off the phone (drunk dial) – Poland, UK, Ukraine, USA.
Queen. Get down…

Checkya tomorrow.
Fires out.

ton ight we spent the time, on this christmas eve, drinking inordinate amouonts of alcohol followed by other chasers.
get down & back u again.

checkya tomorr

FIRE S OUT.

Staying at South West Rocks, New South Wales, Australia. It’s 1am. Just finished watching The Bourne Identity with Dad. It’s become a tradition – we kick back & watch at least one flick in the trilogy. Love it. Great catching up with family.

We’ll be in Boston mid Jan in the lead up to a big US tour. I’m both excited and daunted by the thought – but I know for sure I’ll be missing this beautiful Australia again throughout next year.

Merry Christmas to you, wherever you are in the world.

Checkya over the next few days (for some drunken Christmas posting).
Fires out.

Taking the day off on today’s post. Spent the arvo at a funeral for an old mate (more later, sad right now). Packing to head off to Tamworth tomorrow.

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Last week we recorded this session for Undercover.fm. Three songs live acoustic – with some explanation of what the songs are about – Skeleton, Coming Home and Hotel Room. Undercover just put the session up on their video page (click below).

Checkya tomorrow.
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