Monday 24th April 2000

Yes, the album is mixed and finished. Yes, it’s the record I’ve always dreamed of making. Yes, in Alex Sharkey I’ve found the best collaborator since Tim. Yes, there were times in the studio when Ian and Alex stood back to back, both playing vintage synths simultaneously. Yes, the record label like it. Yes, it’s coming out soon. Yes, there will be a single before then, in late June.

Amd yes, we are playing gigs again. Saturday May 27th. Club V, Upstairs At The Garage, 20-22 Highbury Corner, London N5.

Friday 7th April 2000

The album’s coming along nicely. Very nicely. Nearly finished.

The new picture on the front page, by the way, is a still from the Warhol-like, early 80s low-budget film, “Liquid Sky.” It’s one of those films that either enchant you or annoy you. “Velvet Goldmine” being another. I am firmly of the former camp.

The film features aliens, androgyny, heroin, New York club life, sex, death, lots of make-up and a relentlessly intrusive cheap, early 80s, avant-garde synth soundtrack. Plus the line of dialogue “this pussy has teeth.” I’m thinking of using that for a Fosca t-shirt.