1 June 2006

Sitting on the side of the stage

It was a great day off in Manchester yesterday - and much needed after the marathon busride and pre-dawn channel crossing. After a quick shower at the hotel I headed out to find a computer store where I could pick up a few replacements bits - including an external drive to empty my bloated compact flash cards from the (did I already say) amazing show in Belgium. No luck though - so I'll get one in London tomorrow. I hear there's a very sexy Apple store there.

Anyway, we had a great evening eating at one of the city's finest Indian restaurants before heading over to the giant ferris wheel for a few spins. I was here in October last year and didn't get too see much of Manchester - and I was so glad we all went out last night.

Now I'm hunkered down on the side of the stage at the Manchester Apollo. The band finished soundchecking a short while ago and now I'm watching the first of the audience begin to fill the venue.

The audience are in for a special treat this evening - one which I've been quite excited about since the tour started, but that hasn't happened until tonight. I can't give it away just yet, but read the reviews later and I'm sure you'll hear all about it. To me it's such a cherry on top of the show, and a vortex back in time that I personally find quite moving.

I can't wait for you to see it too.

More later,

Mikey
Zappa.com Webmeister

p.s. Many thanks to all the fine people who wrote me such thoughful and sweet comments about the whole laptop debacle. You guys totally rock. There's a lot of love in the Zappa community, and I felt it in a big way. Thank you.

p.p.s I took a photo of Dweezil's injured finger - so I'll get that up as soon as I can too.

POSTED BY MIKEY AT 2006-06-01 12:43:36