‘Bad to have a bad uncle’

It appears that in the epic battle between ‘Doing Stuff’ and ‘Writing About Doing Stuff’, ‘Doing Stuff’ has been kicking arse.. so to redress the balance I figured I’d blog..

Happy Christmas and New Year etc. That ‘etc’ was a bit Nathan Barley wasn’t it? I do love that show, the DVD of the first series (hope there’s a second) is a tenner in HMV. I just think it’s genius.. 'Keep it Mencap yeah?'.. lovely rich text!

Anyway… I like Christmas and new year, they are, for me, yearly punctuation marks that cause me to reflect on my (possibly futile) existence and what the hell is happening!!?? And more importantly… what the hell is happening with the band?!

Well, it’s kind of rehearse, gig, rehearse, record, rehearse, gig which is way more exciting than it sounds..

So, our next gig is:

‘Wednesday 24th January 2007

24/01/06
Betsey Trotwood
56 Farringdon Road
London
EC1R 3BL

Here’s a link to a map:
http://www.ents24.com/web/maps.php?venueid=18725

We’re springing back into action with a gig at perhaps the smallest venue in London (it has to be seen to be believed) we’ll all be well up for it so come down and bang your head on the ceiling with us.
It’s £5 (£4 with a flyer). Doors open at around 8ish and we should be on stage at about 9:30ish. This gig is through Plum Promotions who generally put on good nights so it should be a good bill.’

I’ve just quoted our own mail out in a blog.. sign of the times eh?

New Live Tracks

We have new live tracks up, they are free to download, so fill your boots.. and hard-drives.. They are:

Map of the Stars
Cognitive Learning
Nights on the Tiles

We might record a couple of these songs, unless we write, learn and arrange something better before we record again.. which brings us neatly onto..

Recording
We’ve been talking about it for a while but we should be recording in February which I really can’t wait for. I have a lot of ideas for interesting additions to tracks.. some probably need to be discussed at length with the rest of the band, otherwise we will end up with loads of bloody hand claps or something.

In the mean time I’ve been trying to write some bitchin’ new songs, this is now being aided by a new keyboard I have acquired.. it was my little brother’s and I used to write loads on it when I lived with my family so it’s brought back some great memories. There’s a good church organ sound which is fun, I really want to write a hymn incorporating references to Monty Python and the Holy Grail. There’s kind of a wide range of material kicking around as always and I think a few things, assuming I don’t bugger them up, should make the light of day.

Anyway, more on everything soon.. new year, new blog policy?!! 'Watch the fuck out Blogspot..etc'

WFA