Apparently this is what i was telling the waitress today when I ordered the Peruvian "Inca Kola." I annunciated it like the New Yorker that I am and it came out sounding like I told her that I wanted to "poke her in the butt." I was immediately corrected by a native I was eating with - too bad. This may or may not have even been my true intention bc i can't remember if I liked her butt - i was more concerned at the moment that i had mis-enunciated such an important phrase.

I was also wrong about going to "La Comera" yesterday. I was actually going to "Larco Mar" to visit a mysterious and ancient Incan ruin known as "Starbucks." I shot some video inside this ruin while i sipped on a fantastic Incan green tea with 2 extra pumps of sweetener. I love this culture. I actually did shoot some video live to the web using beta software I discovered. I am planning on shooting live footage right to Celldweller.com from my studio or at The Method House when I'm working on "Wish Upon a Blackstar" - unedited and uncut. 100% live. But that's not for right now - I'll let you know when I'm ready to make it a public party and hopefully the voyeur in you will come watch.

I did have a number of really exciting (to me at least) meetings with clothing manufacturers today here in Lima. They have a fairly formidable garment district and I am working on possibly starting to (slowly) manufacture some FiXT Clothing ideas that have been archived over the last few years. I think there are probably 100 different original clothing ideas sitting in archives waiting to finally be realized. I'll keep you posted if I will pursue this just in case you want to wear some swag on your back (or butt. As an added bonus, I will try *not* to poke you in the butt.)

I just checked my iPhone and I've recorded over 2 GB's of video of my trip so far. It will surface at some point i am sure. I'm actually kinda digging me shooting lo-res iPhone footage from my POV. Now, i just need to figure out how to get it edited together to tell a story...

Ah, I just saw a butt i would like to poke, so I'm out of here. "Inca Kola por favor..."

[Klayton]

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It was a long day yesterday, but I'm alive and moderately well in Lima, Peru. I've already taken some cool video footage of the scurrying roaches on the street outside the hotel and a few of the 'ladyboy' hookers who hang around outside getting chased down the block by a member of the citizens police brigade on a moped. Pretty good stuff for only being here a few hours.

I'm trying to fire off a quick post here while i have internet to tell you that i spent a little over 5 hours of my flight answering a chunk of the questions you guys asked in this Klog. There are far too many to post on the FiXT Artist Spotlight page, so I've decided I will post answers to a few questions every week, right here. I'm still thinking through the details, but I'm pretty sure I said more than I should have in my answers, so I should definitely post them for you all to read. I think Jimmy Rhodes will post my FiXT Artist Spotlight feature on Monday of next week, so write it on your foreheads or in your loose-leaf binders.

I'm off to "La Comera", and I don't even know why. I'm pretty sure it will be awesome bc it's 32 degrees in Detroit and 85 here. Adios amigos -

[Klayton]

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I'm off to South America tomorow morning - Lima, Peru to be exact. I don't completely feel ready to leave my cell (aka "Studio") but so be it. All i know is that it's pretty freakin' warm there (it snowed a little in Detroit yesterday) and that i'll be eating llama, snake and perhaps even monkey (ONLY if they lie to me and tell me it's a bovine-based hamburger. I'm not highly motivated to eat monkey, i have to be honest.)

I know a few spanish words my friends have taught me to prepare me for the trip. they told me it will get me everywhere i need to go while i'm there. "Pinche Pendejo" and "Chinga tu madre, Puto" were the ones they said i should say the most, and that they pretty much work no matter what is said to you. So i'm cool - I have responses ready to go for anything said to me while i'm away and i'm no longer nervous about not speaking the language fluently. Phwew...

Also, I will do my best to snap photos and video as long as i can get my iPhone past customs. I swallowed it a few days ago trying to time it just right and I'm hoping they don't find it during the body cavity search. Oh, speaking of "things to do while being body-cavity searched,"I have to thank you all for the response to the "Have any questions for me?" Klog. I thought maybe you would throw a couple of questions at me, but there are so many of them I don't think I'll be able to answer them all in one shot. Jimmy Rhodes (who will be handling the interview) will have to go through and pick a few that are somewhat relevant to the Spotlight Feature page at FixtOnline. I'm trying to figure out a way to answer more questions over time bc there were a lot of good ones. I may figure out some way to work it into a video Klog.

I'm getting 'my hair did' right now, so I'm kinda multitasking with this downtime and my downtime is almost over. So with that, I say "adios amigos" and "pinche tu madres, putos". See? I've got this Spanish language thing down, no problem. I'm sure i'll Tweet as much as i can too, without going "Tweet-overboard" on your asses. Join my Twitter page if you haven't already, bc i actually use it when i have something random that pops into my head that i should never send mindlessly hurling into the great expanse of the Interweb. These things will haunt me forever, but we only die once, ya know? I'm out for now.

[Klayton]

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A clip from a movie that taught me how to really act like a rock star. I spent many nights, weeks - months studying David & Nigel's techniques and tried to put them into practice. It's hard to do when you're 8, but i was off to a good start at least with incredible role models like these. For those who wish to further understand how I've become the artist I now am, it has to start with this movie.

One day, I will cover this tune.



[Klayton]

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