Over

1. Home

2. Somewhat Damaged

3. The Collector

4. Discipline

5. March of The Pigs

6. Something I Can Never Have

7. The Frail

8. The Wretched

9. Ruiner

10. Head Down

11. Burn

12. Just Like You Imagined (w Mike Garson)

13. La Mer (w Mike Garson)

14. Eraser (w Mike Garson)

15. The Becoming (Still) (w Mike Garson)

16. Down In The Park (w Gary Numan & Mike Garson intro(?) )

17. Metal (w Gary Numan)

18. I Die: You Die (w Gary Numan)

19. 1,000,000

20. Letting You

21. Survivalism

22. Suck

23. Down In It

24. The Hand That Feeds

25. Head Like A Hole

26. Me, I'm Not (w Atticus Ross)

27. The Warning (w Atticus Ross & Dave Navarro)

28. Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now) (w Dave Navarro)

29. Gave Up (w Dave Navarro)

30. Mr. Self Destruct (w The Dillinger Escape Plan)

31. Wish (w The Dillinger Escape Plan)

32. Atmosphere (cover - Joy Division)

33. Dead Souls (cover - Joy Division)

34. The Good Soldier

35. The Day The World Went Away

36. Hurt

37. In This Twilight

I am fucking exhausted. This whole trip turned into something I wasn't expecting at all. Hopefully in the next 40 some hours of traveling I can put my head in a space that seems to make sense.

See you all soon,

XO

Arran

Preventative Measures

I think it's a good idea I'm getting out of this town before I become too comfortable and any more random stuff happens to me.

Enjoy the photos, my one of the Tina Turner's son ad is probably my favorite. There are loads of ads on lightposts like that. This is a crazy town.

I'll post a 'retrospective' tomorrow because I'll be able to collect my thoughts better in writing than when you see me in person and I tell you that L.A is 'crazy'.

XO.

Arran

Warmth

Henry Fonda Theatre

If not the best, certainly the most epic and longest concert I've ever been to. It ran a teensie bit over three hours. As you will see below, massive awesomeness was had tonight.

Setlist:

1. Head like a Hole
2. Terrible Lie
3. Sin
4. March of the Pigs
5. Piggy
6. Echoplex
7. Reptile
8. I'm Afraid of Americans
9. Survivalism
10. Head Down
11. 1,000,000
12. Letting you
13. Burn
14. Gave Up
15. Eraser
16. Just like you Imagined (w/ badass Pianist Mike Garson)
17. The Becoming (w/ Mike Garson)
18. I do not Want This (w/ Mike Garson)
19. Down in the Park (w/ Mike Garson & Gary Numan)
20. Metal (w/ Mike Garson & Gary Numan)
21. Cars (w/ Mike Garson & Gary Numan & Eric Avery of Jane's Addiction)
22. Anthrax (w/ Mike Garson, Gary Numan, Eric Avery of Jane's Addiction & HEALTH... There were ten fucking people onstage, it was madness)
23. Heresy (w/ Danny Lohner)
24. Get Down, Make Love (w/ Danny Lohner)
25. Mr. Self Destruct (w/ Danny Lohner & Greg Pusciato of Dillinger Escape Plan)
26. Wish (w/ Danny Lohner & Greg Pusciato of Dillinger Escape Plan)
27. The Hand that Feeds
28. Atmosphere
29. Dead Souls
30. The Day the World Went Away
31. Hurt

Hollywood

Hello,

I have found a place to stay in Hollywood through a friend of a friend in San Francisco. He's a really great guy and I really feel like I've landed on my feet staying here. I spent the night commiserating with the Germans, one of whom was supposed to be my +1 for the Wiltern show. It has been rescheduled for the 10th though and she can't make it, she's flying out tonight. As ever in the land of the free, one's loss is another's gain and so I have managed to trade my extra ticket for a ticket to tomorrow's show. So that makes three out of the four shows, how great.

To add to the rather serendipitous nature of the last couple days, the place I'm staying at is a good 15 minutes walk to the venue NIN is playing at tomorrow, which is great. Hopefully I'll be able to get some more good pictures of people with signs and the general hysteria.

Even Carolyn seems to have stopped e-mailing me so I'm somewhat suspicious that no one is reading this. If you are let me know and I'll keep posting. If not I'll stop making an ass of myself writing a 'blog' no one reads.

XO,

Arran

Failing at Getting an Echoplex Ticket

Pasadena

This morning on the train platform an elderly woman in purple pajamas and a multi-coloured side bag appeared at my side. Without so much as a 'hello' she grabbed my arm, turning me towards her.

"When I was young" she said, "they used to say 'You people can have your laws, all I want is the music'.

I was so surprised, all I could do what mumble something incoherent and nod my head in a dubious way.

"My son was about your age when..." her voice broke and it took her some time to recover. "He made such beautiful music, if I had known he made such beautiful music I would have..."

Again her voice broke. She then released her grip on my arm, instead taking both my hands in hers.

"God bless you, and God bless the music makers!" she pronounced before releasing my hands and hobbling down the platform.

It took me a couple moments to take in what the woman had just said to me and to sort out exactly what she had said and meant with her words. I then realized that the moment before she had appeared at my side I had been deep in thought concerning whether I was going to stay in town for the rest of the shows or not. Responsibility calls and it doesn't seem concerned about long distance minutes. I was thinking about how quickly I'm running out of money, how I don't have anywhere to stay in the long term and how I'm emotionally and physically exhausted. Then, Grandma Death walks up to me out of the blue and tells me essentially 'fuck responsibility, music is all that matters'. How fucking random.

I'm sure she was prompted by the guitar at my side but still, random.

XO,

Arran

P.S I picked up what she was layin' down. I changed my ticket and now arrive on the 12th sometime.