Wednesday, May 26, 2004

Oh shit bollocks, cock wank, fuck!

I just wrote a whole long in depth blog for you all to gain a deeper understanding of where we're at as a band at the moment, and my fucking magic computer fingers work their stuff YET AGAIN and deltes it all, way to be a klutz Stu!

So, in this light, I'll let the others fill you in. I can't be arsed no! By the way, If you hate the beatles, you'll love my blog entry in the cell!

Saturday, May 15, 2004

Just a quick message, the home page hasn't been updated yet but PEARLY WILL PLAY INFINITY AGAIN ON SATURDAY JUNE 26TH! So tell all your friends cos the greatest rock n roll show on earth returns to central london!

Last gig was wicked, and with new songs being learnt and recorded between now and then this one will definitely be even better.

satisfaction guaranteed.

flyers will be on their way soon. In the meantime email us to get on the mailing list and receive a free cd, and maybe more stuff if we find anything cool lying around. Pearly badges maybe..?

See you all later,
Brown.

Sunday, May 09, 2004

Its Sunday morning, I can see only out of my left eye, and am writing this with my toes after my arms exploded on the night bus.

A good time had by all....top night!

Lat night we played, without doubt, the best gig we've ever played. We stormed it. The club was really nice, the sound guy was a top bloke, and the beer was free. All that added up to a partay atmosphere.

One band didn't turn up, which was good for us as it meant we had how ever long we wanted! OH YES!

So our carefully constructed set list went more or less up in smoke, and we played what the hell we wanted, even having requests shouted out (enrique anyone?!)

We started off with a blistering Les McQueen, into Dirty Mouths Inaugral outing (I personally have had reservations about this song, but as always, I was proved wrong, and it rocked!) Then straight into another newy, and my mates favourite, Enjoying the View.

I was really enjoying the gig and the nerves and apprehension that I had at sound were nowhere, and I think it showed.

Fat Elvis is like fine wine, I t just gets better, and even Chromatic sounded OK (I hate playing that Mother, it takes so much concentration!) then British Summertime and finished off with a brand new version of an old fave of mine, Weekend Plus.

I don't know how the other guys feel about the inclusion of this in the set, but I have always loved it, but because of the restraints on the time to set up accoustics, we hardly ever get to play it. So in Friday nights practise, I suggested that we should do a punky version. We messed around with it a little, came back to it on Saturday, and I thnk the end result was brilliant! Well done me!!!!!

So that was our set, but you people, you can't let go can you? YOu want blood! So one more trick up ours sleeves wth the very last song of the night (only because we ran out of rehearsed material!) in Punchline....ahhhh the old faithful!

So a very good gig, and they want us back! We'll let you know as and when we have details, but we're doing alright!

That set list again!

The Ballad Of Les McQueen
Dirty Mouth
Enjoying The View
Fat Elvis
Chromatic
British Summertime
Weekend Plus (Rocked out)
Punchline

Tuesday, May 04, 2004

It's been a while....

Hi everyone, Brown has finally found time to grace the blog with yet more words of wisdom. Cat is writing her dissertation and I'm not at work so thought I could do something constructive like go to the gym, or annoy her which I've been doing most of the day. So now I thought I'ld write some stuff...

so yeah we played the Sound gig, which would have been great had we got on the stage about an hour and a half earlier! was itching to play but then had the will to live sucked out of me by waiting around while some other bands played a load of stuff which sounded just like the last song they played, and the one before that, and the one before that...

not that we can talk cos we never rehearse properly which is going to have to change! I don't think our songs all sound the same, but I could be wrong. I think it's cos there's loads (and I mean LOADS) of stuff we can't play due to limitations imposed upon us, mainly lack of stage time and partialy equipment. Also these days I guess personnel is a factor too! Come back Bruce, I never thought my bass playing was better than yours really...

hee hee hee!

so yeah, on more musical matters, bought a lap steel off ebay the other day, soundin pretty sweet too! So basically watch this space as I try and pull the other guys in a more country rock direction! I've been listenin to a lot of Neil Young and The Band recently you see. so the next demo will do will hopefully feature a bit of country flavour... you'll like it honest! I don't mean like Dolly Parton I mean like major chords, lap steel, and rough around the edges... more of a live feel I'ld like to capture. i always think our demos sound tracked to death which isn't really the case. That's why I really like Therapy from the original demo cos that was just one take of loosely rehearsed randomness which sounds great and raw. When Bruce comes back I'd like to try recording all playing together in the same room, which I think is how producers today are told NOT to record!

anyway, maybe that will happen, maybe not. Gig on saturday, which should be a laugh. Nice to get on early for a change, I hate all the waiting around! I always got to gigs and can't work out why the main act don't come on untill about three hours after the doors open, what do they do while we're all waitin for them to get on the stage hey? play board games maybe.

ok then, can't be bothered to write anymore, maybe will again in a month or so!Hope everyone is well, see you all at infinity...