AWAKE SLEEPWALKERS! Revolution is upon us! The ANIMAL KINGDOM begins organized attacks against MANKIND! Read on and be forewarned (as well as learn of the latest doings from THE HANDSOME FAMILY)...
N.M. Power Outage Blamed on Snake, Bird
From Associated Press
July 13, 2006 7:00 AM EDT
(thanks to Luke B. for sending this to me)
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - A power outage that blacked out about 2,000 customers in
Las Cruces is being blamed on the combination of a snake and a bird.
The customers lost their electricity Tuesday after a bird dropped a bull
snake on a power line, shorting out the line, El Paso Electric Co.
spokeswoman Teresa Souza said.
"I know that's weird. ... I've never heard anything like that and I've been
working here for 10 years," Souza said.
She said she did not know how large the snake was, and she would not
speculate on what type of bird dropped it.
Power was restored in less than an hour.
TOUR DATES...
ALBUQUERQUE:
August 23, 8-9pm, mellow, acoustic show with just Brett and Rennie at the Old Town Plaza Gazebo. FREE!
EUROPE (SEPT/OCT):
UK...
Wed 20 Sept. LONDON ARTS THEATRE–(**THIS DATE IS STILL TO BE CONFIRMED**)
Ticket: 0870 0601742 www.ticketmaster.co.uk <http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk> / www.artstheatrelondon.com <http://www.artstheatrelondon.com>
SCANDINAVIA...
Sat 23 Sep DENMARK ARHUS, Voxhaus
Sun 24 Sep DENMARK COPENGHAGEN, Loppen
Tue 26 Sep SWEDEN STOCKHOLM, Café Teatern
Wed 27 Sep SWEDEN GOTHENBURG, Pusterviksen
Thu 28 Sep NORWAY OSLO, Elm Street
Sat 30 Sep NORWAY STAVANGER, Cementen
IRELAND...
Wed 4 Oct IRELAND DUBLIN, The Point
Thu 5 Oct IRELAND DUBLIN, The Point
THE POINT SHOWS: We’re part of a big line-up of musicians for The Dublin Theatre Festival’s “Came So Far for Beauty”--an evening of Leonard Cohen songs. For further info: http://www.dublintheatrefestival.com. Sorry, we've been asked by the Dublin Festival not to book any other Irish dates around the time of these shows. Looks like we’ll be back in March, 2007.
UK...
Sat 7 Oct PONTARDAWE ARTS CENTRE (with The Burning Leaves)
tickets: 01792 - 863722
www.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk/pontardaweartscentre
Sun 8 Oct RUNCORN THE BRINDLEY ARTS CENTRE (with The Burning Leaves)
tickets: 0151 907 8360
Mon 9 Oct SHEFFIELD MEMORIAL HALL
tickets: 01142 789 789 www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk
Tue 10 Oct BIRMINGHAM GLEE CLUB
tickets: 0870 241 5093 www.glee.co.uk
Thu 12 Oct GLASGOW ABC2
tickets: 08700 600 100 www.ticketweb.co.uk
Fri 13 Oct STIRLING TOLLBOOTH
tickets: 01786 27 4000 www.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth
Sat 14 Oct FORT WILLIAM LIME TREE
tickets: www.limetreestudio.co.uk
Sun 15 Oct ABERDEEN LEMON TREE
tickets: 01224 642 230 www.lemontree.org
NOVEMBER, 2006, West Coast USA...
We’re doing a six-show tour of the west coast as support for the legendary band Wall of Voodoo. Also adding a few shows of our own (possibly with The Darling Downs) before and after. More details to come.
Wall of Voodoo shows (sorry no venues yet):
11/27 - San Diego
11/29 - LA
11/30 - Anaheim
12/2 - San Francisco
12/4 - Portland
12/5 - Seattle (still pending).
FEBRUARY, 2007
Still planning our trip to Australia and New Zealand
OTHER NEWS
LADIES’ SHIRT: We have a new spaghetti strap ladies’ shirt. Have a peek at:
http://www.handsomefamily.com/Nmerch.html
PAINTINGS: I have two new paintings up for sale!
http://www.handsomefamily.com/forestsaints.html
THE REVOLUTION CONTINUES
Squirrels have bitten to death a stray dog which was barking at them in a Russian park, local media report.
(thanks to Eric J. for sending this)
Passers-by were too late to stop the attack by the black squirrels in a village in the far east, which reportedly lasted about a minute. They are said to have scampered off at the sight of humans, some carrying pieces of flesh. A pine cone shortage may have led the squirrels to seek other food sources, although scientists are skeptical. The attack was reported in parkland in the centre of Lazo, a village in the Maritime Territory, and was witnessed by three local people.
A "big" stray dog was nosing about the trees and barking at squirrels hiding in branches overhead when a number of them suddenly descended and attacked, reports say.
"When they saw the men, they scattered in different directions, taking pieces of their kill away with them."
Mikhail Tiyunov, a scientist in the region, said it was the first he had ever heard of such an attack. While squirrels without sources of protein might attack birds' nests, he said, the idea of them chewing a dog to death was "absurd".
Adieu, Rennie