I've been holding out a bit. Well - I haven't updated in weeks to say. Life's been out of control. I played four shows between Lahore and Islamabad with my new band Noble Drew.

Check out the song here: http://www.myspace.com/nobledrew7

The name was chosen for many reasons, but here's the one that matters to me: Noble Drew gave a national identity to the Blacks in America as Moors, when the government was not ready to recognize the countries of their origin. At the same time, he represents an intersection of Cherokee natives, Black slaves, and Islam. It feels great to raise the flag of American Muslims in Pakistan, Lahore.

The song, Thalayyo Vi ChimaRo,which translates to "stick to me from the bottom up" is about a lot of frustrations. The first is my frustration with lovey dovey music videos that run on the seven (that's right) different music channels in Lahore. They all feature tantalizing models walking on Karachi beaches with poodle headed guitarists playing with their hair in the wind. There's oddly enough not many girls to be seen in Lahore. Then we have khoon mazdoora da choosan waalay, the 10% blood sucking feudal families who need to contract scabies. They need to get stuck to me from the bottom up when I'm stiff in the morning, holding up my shalwar with no naala.

We'll throw more songs up soon, but I'm on a family trip in the States right now. Detroit is where I'm at, visiting family - though I'm headed to Chicago in a matter of hours.

To those who've ordered KOMINAS - Wild Nights in Guantanamo Bay
If you haven't recieved your order never fear. Our one man label operation has had a reshuffling in staff, and my objective in Chitown is to get the discs and mail them out personally. This sleeper cell has a headache, and is tired of being fucked all the time. Here's to abstinence and getting what you paid for. Sorry about the Desi time, I was oversees.

After I get my records back from the old label guy we worked with, someone will take over duties in Boston. Maybe even my dad. How's that?