E's DJ slot for Empire of the Sun

Radio Empire Night 3 by gomeztheband

SEEING - THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD

SEEING SOL LEWITT

WATCHING

LISTENING TO

How Australians speak French

How Australians speak French by ollypeacock

Guitars and Computers - Writing New Tunes in Chicago

Before we started the US Tour we hung out in Chicago creating the first glimpses of what may or may not be new material for our next album.

Tonight's Poster - Chicago

New Live Album, Huzzar!

The Live Album will be available as of Thursday on CD at the shows, download details to follow. The material was taped throughout the November UK '09 run.

Here's the track listing:

01 Revolutionary Kind

02 Hamoa Beach

03 If I Ask You Nicely

04 Meet Me In the City

05 78 Stone Wobble

06 Girlshapedlovedrug

07 Tijuana Lady

08 Rhythm & Blues Alibi

09 Bring Your Lovin’ Back Here

10 Ruff Stuff

11 Ping One Down

12 Mix

13 Silence

14 How We Operate

15 Airstream Driver

"And now, time for something completely different..."

On a recent trip in England, I heard Hue Stephens on the Radio announcing his Welsh word of the day. There were many brilliant words that sounded like he was making it up as he went along! What a crazy sounding language. Anyway, this has inspired me to do a "Portmanteau of the day". It seems America can't get enough of them, though few people know the meaning of the word or use it.

- a portmanteau broadly means a blend of two or more words and their meanings into one new word.

One of my all time faves and a classic in it's own right is the Croissandwich. Genius. I was personally stuck for all those years not knowing what to ask for in the Deli. "Can I have one of those sandwiches...er not the ones in bread, but the ones where the outer shell is a croissant"..."oh you mean a Croissandwich Sir!". And hereby demonstrating how our lives get easier with the use of a portmanteau. My goodness.

Olly.