Devon Sproule

Surfacing post-3 intense days at the fairbridge festival in western australia.  Highlights included superhero artist liaison Lina impersonating me to set up my australian phone; playing a set of I Love You, Go Easy songs in a big tent called Djindalux full of exhausted and happy people; watching my new friend Nadia Reid play while I squirmed around in the dirt, trying to find a comfortable sitting position for my weirded-out-pregnant back and eating baguette with avocado and smoked herring; drinking coffee and texting with Paul; meeting mutual Toronto friends Jaron Freeman-Fox & Steven Foster; eating yogurt in the middle of the night.  Now in Adelaide, getting ready for an afternoon of radio and a show at the Grace Emily.  I wonder if black sabbath showed up there last night afterall?

En route to Phoenix from Austin.  I still can’t ever do the Australia timezone math.  Just glad the tour is starting with a festival.  And thank you sweethearts who are sharing the tour info online.

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got four seats to myself on the transatlantic flight, holy shit.  praise cloudy heaven.

Just read an essay that an old friend of my family’s wrote about a visit to Dandelion Community in 1976 (a few years before I was born there).  Descriptions of a day’s labor assignments – cleaning kitchen, making yogurt, shoveling manure, helping build shelves, making decorative tinnery, shoveling more manure, eating a dinner of rice and cooked carrots, drinking homemade beer.

Speaking of ex-communards, Stevik played our Devo cover on his WTJU show yesterday.  Coooooool.

April 15th – 17th – Fairbridge Folk Festival, Pinjarra WA – TICKETS
April 19th – The Grace Emily, Adelaide – TICKETS
April 20th – Smiths Alternative, Canberra – TICKETS
April 21st – Gasoline Pony, Sydney – TICKETS
April 23rd – The Gum Ball Festival, Dashville – TICKETS
April 23rd (2nd show) – No 5 Church Street, Bellingen – TICKETS
April 24th – Ex-services Club, Mullumbimby
April 25th – Queen Street Mall Stage, Brisbane
April 27th – The Milk Factory, Brisbane – TICKETS
April 29th – The Wesley Anne, Melbourne – TICKETS

1. australia tour
2. working on new new boss record
3. heart=lonely hunter
4. paul’s juno musings
5. hangin with diane

1. Paul is 40! hot.
2. talking native texas trees w/ danny
3. remixing heidi
4. april in australia?
5. can see the ground

1. visit from matt
2. talking family, exfriends,
3. lending $20 when i forgot my wallet at food lion
4. with which i made terrible stew
5. that paul patiently fixed with nachos

1. white forsythia in the jarred yard
2. paul’s finding any movie superpower
3. starting to mix
4. feb tour w/ the sea the sea
5. headlamp nightwalk tomorrow?

feb 10 – new york, ny – rockwood 2 – tickets
feb 11 – troy, ny – superior merchandise co. – tickets
feb 12 – newton square, pa – burlap & bean – tickets
feb 13 – arlington, va – iota club & cafe
feb 14 – charlottesville, va – southern cafe & music hall – tickets

1. xtc record from thomas
2. landscaping work
3. fastwalks
4. our xmas pole
5. dickens outloud reading this afternoon

uk trio shows:
nov 1 – sheffield, uk – greystones
nov 2 – glasgow, uk – broadcast
nov 4 – coventry, uk – the tin
nov 5 – london, uk – chats palace

solo/duo euro shows:
nov 7 – palma de mallorca, spain – women don’t wait
nov 8 – munich, germany – secret location – supporting john southworth
nov 9 – frankfurt, germany – broftabrik – supporting john southworth
nov 10 – brussels, belgium – huis 23

nov 28 –  charlottesville, va – the southern – full band