I'm afraid to say it's been rather quiet lately as far as the group's concerned. Brian has been producing a young Scottish band called “Heavy Petting [sic]” in London and Munich with “Rheinholt” Mack. I visited the studio a couple of times and it sounds very promising. Freddie and I went to Montreal to meet Tony Richardson, who's making a film called Hotel New Hampshire. It's based on the novel by John Irving who also wrote The World According to Garp. Freddie is writing at the moment and we may do some recording for it later this year. If all goes well we return to Brazil this October and will hopefully play in Buenos Aires and Montevideo also!! We'll be meeting up with each other in the next couple of weeks to decide what to do with the rest of our lives!! Whatever it is I hope it's fulfilling for us all, and entertaining and enjoyable for you.
Freddie's composition Keep Passing The Open Windows was originally created for the film Hotel New Hampshire. Anyone who has read the book will remember that the song's title is a phrase of the dialogue which keeps cropping up. The film project had come about when the British film director Tony Richardson heard that the band was in Los Angeles. He approached Freddie and asked him if he would write some tracks for the film. Keep Passing was intended to be the title track of the, as yet unmade, film. After hearing the finished track, although he liked it, Richardson decided that it would be easier – perhaps cheaper? – to use already composed classical music. Cheaper? We were not amused. “I'm not going to waste this track. It's going on the album!”