Long time no blog....
Well I've just been looking over the website to see what needs updating and realised it's been ages since I've written anything here... So today's the day!
There's so much to try and catch up on, but I think maybe I'll skip to the now and the up and coming while it's fresh in the ole mind!
Julz and I are gearing up for another road trip... this time around Australia! We've been given an awesome camper van for almost 8 weeks to tour around the country, play gigs and write some of our interesting travel stories on the sponsors web site (http://www.worldnomads.com/) and we couldn't be happier with the situation. We'll be World Nomad Ambassadors (the very official title that comes with the van) from Feb 13 til we eventually drop the van off in Darwin on April 4. And we're going to be working it hard... so far our itinerary goes something like this:
Sydney - Adelaide - Perth - Broome - Darwin, with a lot of towns and gigs in between.
We're back in Broome for a couple of weeks worth of shows in March and this time we're armed with transport and camping facilities so we'll see how much fun we can have. We'll have the fabulous Trace on Bass with us for that stint as well... oooooooooohhhh the fun times ahead!
We're dedicating the tour to the launch of the Hussy Hicks first album... providing of course that we get it all finished in time! I have faith...
On top of all that we're making some pretty serious plans for our o/s trips, we've been invited to perform at the Beijing Midi Festival in China as well as the Sarzarna International Acoustic Guitar Meeting in Italy which will both be highlights and we're throwing together a string of shows throughout China and Europe to go along with those dates. We're also planning to head back to Dubai to play some shows and visit my big sister who is still living there. and of course no Hussy trip would be complete without a stint in the US of A. To all our friends over there - look out coz we're on our way!
So all this means a lot of excitement, a lot of driving, a lot of playing music, a whole bunch of new places to discover, and probably a lot of being broke after paying for our musical gypsy lifestyle. And it's right up my alley! Woo Hoo!!!!!

Ain't life crazy... the past months have been an absolute roller coaster ride, but the wise believe that you cant appreciate the ups without the downs... I'll go with that to. I've been back in Australia for 6 months now, the longest stint I've done since I was 21 - that's almost 5 years... and it's been good to plant my feet in the ground, no matter how high my head has been in the clouds! I've been writing a lot, I think that's what you're supposed to do when you go through deep depression... you know, make the most out of those dire emotions... I've been singing a lot to, kind of exploring myself musically which I hope to be able to share with everyone at some stage. At the moment I'm sitting in my lounge room, alone... yesterday I sent my loved ones off to Dubai to visit my sis, I'll be heading over in two weeks as well, but for now I've got a very quiet house, an reasonable internet connection and a glass of wine... thus the blog!
I've not got a great deal of wisdom to impart, so I think this'll be reasonably short and sweet but if I did have a few lines on which to make a poignant remark, I think I would go with... It's not how you feel right now, it's about how you look upon the emotions when you are standing outside your self, and how much you allow yourself to learn... hmm... nah, that wasn't nearly as wise as I had intended...
Oh well, I still have a very full heart, the most beautiful friends to lean on and a big smile on my face... well, most of the time! Xx

Wow, what an amazing month we've had... the random tour around the states has been such an incredible experience and we've had the opportunity to now only play some amazingly fun gigs but also to meet some incredible people and experience life in a whole new way. I'm back in New York now, chilling out for a couple of days before our last 2 gigs and then our flight to London. Just watching CNN right now, and it looks like the flight will be no fun at all with this latest scare. No hand lugguage... boring! Anyway, we've managed to pick up a bunch of extra gigs along the way, the Plateau festival in New Jersey was an amazing little gem that we stumbled upon... a bunch of cool people with a camp ground and a stage and big fat bundles of love surrounding it all. And we managed to find a Meshell N'degeocello gig in NYC which was extraordinary, we stood about 6 feet away from the band along with the 60 or so others lucky enough to be witness to the groove fest. Texas was awesome to, played shows in Houston and San Antonio and spent our night off jamming with the blues cats in Austin. Billions of good memories and the promise of more good times when we next make the pilgrimmage. Thanks so much to everyone who has made our month incredible, we will be sending you love from wherever we are and cant wait till next time. Xx

Atlanta...
Well we've hit Atlanta and are gearing up for our gig with Halcyon tonight. Really looking forward to meeting all the crew here in Georgia... Julz and I stayed with some friends of mine from the cruise ship days last night and had a big ole IHOP breakfast this morning so it will take us a good few hours to get over that! The river house was tonnes of fun, got heaps of tracks down with Kristy Lee, ate lots more food and did a fair amount of swimming and lounging to... just for good measure. Getting ready for our next bout of driving tomorrow - Nashville then over to Texas and we might be joined by our Aussie mate Lecia - www.leciamusic.com.au, will be a blast! anyway, not to much to report... so lots a love till next time!
L Xx

Tallehassee Rocks!
Ha... we had soooooooooo much fun at Down Below, Katie from WomenFolk put on an amazing night and all the crew that came to see the show were wonderful. Thanks to Sheila and Kelly who bought us dinner, Nikki who was our self appointed "beer bitch", Jessica for the Austin gig, Kathleen and Mary for the amazing effort of making it to Talle in the first place, the brunch gals and everyone else who came out to support us. We're back in Mobile now about to head out to the river house for a few days of recording with Krisy Lee, but I should get my hands on some of the photos from Down Below soon and will put them up on the web site and myspace soon as possible. I also have some video footage of Kristy Lee and Julz playing at the AIDS benefit in Huntsville on Friday night which I'll whack up soon as well. Julz has just woken up and come in to share her strange dreams with me... 12 piece bands with women dressed like russian dolls etc etc... Anyway, not much else to report so I'll send out one more big fat thanks to all the Talle crew and check in from the river house! Xx

The past week has been interesting to say the least. We've played at an anarchist party with a bunch of punk kids, driven around 2000 miles to hang out with the Alabama gals to sing songs, shoot guns and play with snakes. Minnesota was a blast, but I think I've got to catch you guys up a bit... we chilled out in Thomas for an extra day and then drove to some town in Indiana, slept in the van and then drove on to Chicago. It is well and truely summer here in the states, and Chicago put on an amazing day for us. We wandered around the park, along the lakeside and got a little thirsty with all the activity, so we wandered into the yacht club and talked the lady at the front desk into letting us into the club as reciprical members of the Jebel Ali Sailing Club - Must've had something to do with the swager coz they let us in and we met some cool people who we had lunch and a few drinks with before making our way into the student part of town to experience some famous Chicago deep dish pizza and then settle in for another night in the van. Then we drove all the way to Winona, found the mississippi river and jumped on in for a swim/shower which was a welcome detour in an otherwise stinking hot day... we then went on up to the lodge where we met a bunch of the guys who were also involved in the gig, they call themselves "crusties" which may refer to the lack of bathing (which wasn't much better on our end funnily enough) and possibly the chosen lifestyle of a poor gypsy. These guys based their lives of Jack Kerouaks "On the road" and were all living it for real. We also met a fellow aussie, Chris who had joined the Crusties and was playing a few obnoxious punk songs early in the gig. But they were a cool crew who were really into music and gave us loads of respect which was nice, by the end of the night we had a bunch of drunk, dreadlocked anarchists stomping down the lodge and so we made a quiet getaway and spent another night in the van. The next 2 days were pretty uneventfull... oh, except for the "throwed rolls"... Julz and I noticed a billboard advertising throwed rolls and were so intrigued that we had to stop and check it out. It turns out that they were in fact exactly what they said... hot bread rolls that get thrown around the restuarant to the most coordinated diners! It was loads of fun, we ate far to much but giggled the whole time, and then finally made it all the way to Mobile, Alabama in the Gulf Coast. We stayed with Kristy Lee who is one of the most incredible singers I've ever had the pleasure of listening to... truely incredible! and the Alabama crew thought it was well time we popped our gun tokin cherries so hit us up with some incredibly scary weapons and made us shoot them. We shot 3 different kinds of hand guns, and also managed to find time to play with the gun enthusiats pet snake, Jake. So now I'm sitting in a motel in Huntsville, AL after hanging out with Kristy Lee and Missy at a very cool charity gig. Tomorrow we are headed back down south to Tallahassee FL to play some more music and then onward from there...So thats about it... keep on rockin and I'll try get some new video footafe from all our adventures up on the website real soon. Much love, L Xx

Well, here we are in the USA... right now sitting in what is possibly the worlds coolest coffehouse - the Purple Fiddle in Thomas, West Virginia. So I'm casually emailing, sipping on mountain coffee and looking out on the beautiful countryside as the rain sprinkles down on the window. Last night was our first US gig, it was a great night filled with music, great food, local wine and some awesome new friends. In fact we liked it so much that we're staying for another night to play a support set for fellow aussie band "The Greencards" a very cool bluegrass trio. So today we're going to get all touristy and go for a hike in the mountains and check out the Blackwater falls and all the cool stuff around Thomas, before we kick back for another fantastic Purple Fiddle night! Last night we had a bunch of kids at the gig and they drew some pictures of us on stage, so i'll scan them and put them up here.
So the US is treating us well so far... we've only had one park sleep, one speeding ticket and then a whole bunch of fun! Life is grand, love to all,
L Xx