Akiko likes the new Hyperbubble album they nicely sent us. All details here! It’s only the same word I’m repeating throughout the song I guest on, but expect more stuff in the near future after I recently did joint lead vocals on a really good new tune!

I have a box with 1 of each colour in the loft! (batteries ran out of course)

Ah..these were some intensely busy yet amazing and unforgettable days!

I remember being pretty unhappy at John

The burlesque photo shoot was lots of fun for my bridesmaids and I last week! Quite different to the wedding ones we’ll have shortly…

After a very enjoyable Hen and Stag weekend, I am proud to let you hear what my fiance’s pals created with the Bis boys in just one day! Everyone loves Stuart Brown by manda rin

I listen to Steve Lamacq a lot on 6 Music. As I was getting ready to go out to the pub last night he was asking for stories of Rock ‘n’ roll Stag and Hen do’s. I couldn’t hold back emailing him to tell him about my fiance’s Stag that’s this Saturday. They’re hiring a studio in Glasgow for the day then writing and recording a song in a Band Aid stylee. It will later be played at the Flying Duck club that night for it’s first airing! So lovely to hear him wishing us all the best - thank you Steve!!

Click on ‘listen now’ at the top then forward 41:45 here!

My Hen night is a burlesque style photoshoot for my bridesmaids and I (the most unconfident girls in the world together!) before meeting the rest of my girls for some full blown karaoke, dinner, then Pretty Ugly club to finish the night off! I’m scared!

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I recently guested on San Antonio band Hyperbubble’s new album Drastic Cinematic (so did my cat Akiko!). It’s only one word that I say repeatedly, but it was great fun and I certainly intend to do more in the future! They’ll be touring Europe shortly hopefully so lets hope we can hook up for a little sing-a-long! Here’s the press release for the album! Its also released on limited edition vinyl in Germany.

In April 1996 Bis played in Glasgow, London, Belfast and Dublin with Bikini Kill and Team Dresch. This was a dream to me. I was 19 and surrounded by powerful and creative girls that inspired me to get writing songs and get my shy ass on a stage. At the Garage in London I gave Kathleen Hanna a letter saying how much she meant to me. Very embarrassing (she put it in her wee suitcase thankfully rather than opening it in front of me), but without her and some other very inspirational woman I certainly wouldn’t have got to achieve what I have.

I went for my cataract operation yesterday, so here’s the little update. Thank you SO MUCH for all the meaningful messages you’ve sent as that really meant a lot to me. This operation was for the mess my eye ended up in after the 3 retinal detachments last year. Was absolutely dreading it as it was a general anaesthetic again. My surgeon is such a wonderful, wonderful guy and I told him he was my hero! He’s been so busy with emergencies recently that lots of people got cancelled, but he knew my wedding was getting closer and wanted to sort me ASAP (55 days now!). Three people ended up being cancelled yesterday due to emergencies coming in, but thankfully I was taken, albeit last on the list. I wanted to be early as there was more chance I’d be let out the same day, but I was just grateful to be taken at all.

I was very nervous and hungry after having fasted since my dinner the previous day, and was taken down to theatre around 3pm. I was only unconscious for around 20 minutes so was a bit more compos mentis upon wakening. Best news was not only that it went very well, but that I could go home that evening! I drank so much water then was happy to eat then relax. I was so surprised to hear that I could go home, and boy that was nice! I slept solid last night and had a little guard thing taped over my eye that I could remove this morning.

I’m still quite fragile and spacey, and my eye is sensitive with vision very cloudy. I’ve to take it easy for 4 weeks, and thankfully my eye doesn’t look red or swollen. I hope my vision improves, and then it’s time to get life back on track with a vengeance, so watch out!

Thanks to the lovely Jan Spare Snare for showing me this! Oh I loved the 90’s - Compulsion, Lush, Snuff, Rocket from the Crypt, and who’s at number 1 on the Chart Show?

It’s been suggested by the lovely Hyperbubble (who I recently supplied guest vocals for) that the Cars are a fan of Bis.

Heard this on 6 Music a lot and really like it as it’s so different. Know nothing about them, but something quite intriguing about them?

I had a hospital check-up on my eyes for the first time in 2 months this week. They are still painfully dry but improving thankfully, albeit extremely slowly. Sadly though, the cataract that began in my right eye recently has progressed quite a bit. They said the double vision mess I have also could be improved if the lens in my eye was replaced with a new one, giving my brain a chance to align stuff at last. I thought I’d have a bit of a break before I had to have another operation, especially with the wedding only 10 weeks away now, but it seems like this is the only option. I was pretty upset as I hadn’t really expected this so soon.

Most people have a local anaesthetic for a cataract. But, as I was young and had a few operations in my eye recently they said I would feel what was going on and possibly stress during the operation which they wouldn’t want, so it’s going to be a general anaesthetic again. That’s what I hate the most!! Getting wheeled backwards down to the theatre, getting the thing in my hand, the gas thing on your face - I hate it!! The last 3 vitrectomy operations was a gas bubble being inserted in my eye and 7-10 days of ‘posturing’ where I had to strictly lie in the same position for 50 mins every hour. This time I won’t have that thankfully, but it’s still so horrible and I don’t seem to react well to general anaesthetics.

5th May was offered as a date for it, but as I would be third on the list that day and limiting the chance of being free to leave that night I opted for the following week. It’s now been a few days since the appointment and things are feeling worse, so I’m going to see if I can change to the original offer and get this sorted ASAP. I’ll should find out on Tuesday.

So once again it’s not cheery news, and I just want to get better and see again. Seems the only moisture my eyes get these days is from crying. All going well I’ll manage the mega wine-tasting and quiz next month, then full steam ahead to making music, art and my wedding!