Well folks, this is nearly it for two and a bit weeks, I'm off the good 'ole US of A to eat, drink, be merry and generaly have a good time. American readers, you can look out for me in Las Vegas, New Orleans and New York, and oddly, for about six hours in Chicago Dulles airport. I'll try to report back once or twice. I'm particularly looking forward to New Orleans, river cruises on a sternwheeler, we're thinking of taking a swamp boat tour and the wonderful seafood. Mrs. YS is going to drag me around Macy's in NY, and up and half half of 5th Avenue no doubt, but we'll try to be proper tourists and do the Empire State as well. When we went to Los Angeles, I dragged Mrs YS to a bar called the Rainbow Bar and Grill, to most of you this may mean nothing, but to metalheads it's sort of Mecca. I sat in the booth where Guns 'N Roses drank, smoked and snorted lines, fondled loose women and made their plans to conquer the world. All the big LA acts are pictured on the walls, they all drank here, and played at the Whisky A Go Go next door. So this year, when in NY, I'm going to try and drag her to another musical holy site, the birthplace of New York punk and alternative music, CBGB's & OMFUG. The only thing is, I havn't actually told her yet. On the Saturday when we are in NY, we could see this awesome punk line up......DOA, The Nihilistics, Urban Riot, Void control, Molotov Cocktail, do you think she'll go for it ?