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29th of November 2004

Good evening,

And now the news.

The Hives where seen in Memphis, TN last night running all over town chased by cameras and lighting equipment.

Locals where puzzled and confused and amazed. As it turns out they were beeing filmed for a series of musical shortfilms based on them by a local filmmaker called JMM. Yes, they also had time to see Graceland. Kind of like Hive manor but a bit smaller. Big garden though. Big airplanes too. We also had great food at a local deli and spent a few increasingly useless US dollars at the local record store Goner.

It was also fun meeting a bunch of friends again. After further impressing the locals with our music we went to a karaoke bar with the Rogers sisters. As a former psychology student I find karaoke fascinating. The patrons where belting out country and trash metal tunes. Odd, but a hoot all the same.

Today the Hives have come to Sauget outside St. Louis. After this we will travel to New york again to perform on the Conan O´Brien show again. We like to do that. So see you through the tube.



Oh, the weather.

The weather tonight sucks.

HPA in the USA



Austin, TX

Man OH man OH man OH man!

Last night was ace top notch and all of that.

Had a great show at La Zona Rosa and the locals all agreed with their favourite band when we proclaimed our Austin reign.

After the show we were informed that The Raunch hands were playing at the cosy little Beerland bar just a few blocks away. This was a show not to be missed.

Said and done! We together with The Rogers sisters and The Deadly snakes rushed away not to miss the show in it's full glory.

We arrived just in time to see the show start and to see them feature Steve Baise from the mighty Devil dogs on bass. It was all too good for truth.

Pelle was also invited up on stage to join them in a smashing version of their Black Jack. A song that we covered on our Barely legal record.

We all enjoyed our butts off and then went to sleep to build some energy for today's Dallas show.

Moral of the story though! Good music once again saved souls in Texas!

Time now for hygene work.

See you at the Gypsy ballroom tonight.

Later!


Johnny Arson

Thursday Nov 25th 2004 Thanksgivin´ day

So The Hives win again! It is all so easy.

Just like last time we popped over the pond people just seem to surrender to the sound and appeal of the not so blond men in black and white.

Since we last spoke we have played the living shit out of Atlanta, GA and Orlando, FL. The southerners all bowed and welcomed our return by bearing gifts and wearing tshirts with our infamous logo.

It was all a gas and The Hives enjoyed their re-takeover of the SE.

Right now we are on our way to Austin, TX for tomorrows showdown. We own that town.

See you all then

Arson

23rd of Nov 2004

Hey again!

Last night was a hoot!

One of the best Mondays The Hives ever experienced.

Couldn't get my head around how the locals pronounced the name of their town though.

Some said it like I would, while others almost implied while saying it that there would be no sexual relations whatsoever with Virginia.

Either way is fine with me.

Talk later

Guit-arson

Monday 22nd of November 2004

Hey just thought I would shed some light on the Euro Music awards.

The Hives won 1 prize.

That´s bright enough for now.

Take it easy keep it sleazy

Arson Neville

22nd of the same date as below.

Just thought I´d continue where I left of this morning.

Yeah we won a prize. After that we went to New York and after standing in line and answering tricky questions on Ellis island we boated into town and did two nights at Webster hall. Killed both nights and left the New Yorkers shattered and devastated that we could not stay longer and perform forever in their city that never sleeps.

(Right now Pelle is playing Dion on the stereo. Abraham, Martin and John. That guy can sing! (Dion, Pelle howls!) Did Born to cry both nights in New York)

Nevermind where was I...?

Prize, NY, killed all right!

Ok so we left New York wanting more and we are gonna do the same thing with Norfolk tonight. Their fleet will be in tears when the Swedush aramada has triumphed their way out of town after yet another killer show.

So see you tonight Norfolk and the rest of you some other time somewhere else!

Are meeting up with Deadly snakes and The Roger sisters tonight again after having Theo and The Fever open up the second night in New York. Good deal.

Utterly sincerely

Brother Arson

November 19th 2004

Hey All,

We spent a few days in the eternal city of Rome, Italy. Met the mayor and discussed city planning. He took my ideas to heart and was curiously
interested in numbers. Had great food. Saw some cultured ass shit in the form of cathedrals and fountains and towers and pyramids and collosseums and the like. The city is litterally littered with the stuff. Had great food too. We then, yesterday, performed at the MTV Europe music awards. Hope you liked us and sat through the other stuff. Exceptions? Ok, a few. We were
also given an award at it. It was fun receeding a few celebrity hairlines a further inch or so and also to meet a bunch of people we have met before that we like. Some new ones as well. Thanks again for the praise mssr. Andre. We fly to new york now in an airplane to start a US tour intended to take us to a bunch of new places here the Hives have not yet played. Good. God.

Can I hear you say HPA?