Gylfi confessed his love of humanity to Alex at a New Year's party at Kristján Blöndal's house. He also suggested that everyone in the band should open up more and talk about their feelings. Afterwards he told the band that he loved being in the band and felt wonderful about everything.

The rest of the band had no comment aside from a thinly veiled suggestion that Gylfi "may have been on drugs."

The new kimono record is languishing in limbo. Our plans to have a release concert some time in October have been hampered by the fact that neither the recordings, the album cover, or the label seem to have any semblance of readiness. As such, we've cast our minds to other things such as playing a lot of shows and making you sick of our pretty faces.

That said, we have great faith in our producer (who has asked that we call him Curver from now on and can be hard to reach in Holland) and have every reason to believe that he will do a great job on this record.

The airwaves show was amazing. It was the first time I have ever had to wait in line to get into my own gig. Of course, I found out later that I could have gone around the back like everyone else. Then again, I would have missed out on feeling what it's like to be in a city with a lot of concertgoers again.

Prince Valium opened the show followed by Ampop and Nattfari. Quixotic were the last to go on. They played a tight set. A week later, Alex cut his hair to have a haircut like the drummer in the band.

Recording for the new Kimono album, which is still untitled, has been completed as of August 31st. Kimono finished the recording with Birgir Örn Steinarsson of the Icelandic band Maus. The project started with a weekend of studio time at Geimsteinn in Keflavík. The band has reported that it has been brilliant working with Biggi, who works out of a studio that doubles as the practice space for his band and Dr. Gunni's.

The shows on the weekend went off almost without a hitch. Kimono played the fourth floor of the Jón Loftsson house to a modest crowd. The set was much lighter and more quiet than most people who know Kimono would expect.

The night progressed from there to Sirkús, where Kimono played a considerably more massive show with distortion pedals and drums and everything. They were well received by the large crowd gathered in the garden and spilling out into Laugavegur. Some experimentation was essayed involving a delay pedal strapped to Alex's arm to the delight of gathered onlookers.

Kimono will be playing the North Cellar (Norðurkjallari) at Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlið (MH) on Friday, the 20th of September. Headlining the show will be Maus recently back in the country after having spent a few weeks in Germany recording for their new album. More information will be posted about this show closer to the day.

The national day of culture in Reykjavik will be on Saturday, the 17th of August, and Kimono will be adding to the wide range of entertainment that will be offered in the downtown area.

The first of their shows takes place at the Jón Loftsson (JL) house on Hringbraut (by Nóatún) at five o'clock in the afternoon. The show is being organized by students of the Icelandic Academy of the Arts and will continue until seven in the evening with different musical accompaniment every hour. Works of art other than Kimono will be on display and the house opens at three.

A Kimono show was preempted today when the police raided Sirkús to stop the band from playing. The plan was to play with Hudson Wayne and a punk improv group, which was tentatively called "Kjafta." After having spent three hours moving gear, setting up the show and sound-checking, there were rumours that the cops were going to shut down the show. This, despite the fact that so much work had gone into the setup and Sigga (Sirkús) had secured an outdoor licence as part of a city culture group.