The Last Few Weeks. Christmas Coming Soon.

Been ages. I'm sure there have been the usual conspiracy theories circulating on the Interweb, so just to set the record straight:

- I have not been in The Priory detoxing. They still have a 5 mile exclusion order out on me.
- I have in no way 'gone missing again'.
- I'm afraid I have not been holed up in a studio in the South of France putting the finishing touches to this year's come-back album with my old producer Martin 'Hamster' Hampson.

In fact I have been busy pulling together my pitch for the Christmas number one. The collaboration with Radiohead looks unlikely unless they reply to one of my messages soon (I'm not pissed off - I understand the pressures they must be under, what with the year off and all. Lots of house work to catch up on I imagine). The Faint are also busy doing "something else".

Anyway, I thought I might give the fans a chance to vote which one to put out. I'll lay down some MP3's when I get the chance, but it's likely to be between:

'Spangling Christmas Party Night' - knocked together tat, the stuff punters seem to love at Christmas.
'Merry Christmas (War Is ... errm)' - hard hitting political satire with a glam-party backtrack.
'Do You Want To Touch My Beard' - novelty re-make. Excuse to get tactile with groupies again like in the 70's (sigh).
'Christmas Time, Cigarettes and Wine' - novelty re-make. Cliff's people may be a problem.

A bientot,

Rick x