Saturday, March 15, 2008

Pearly nearly plays over two days

23.15 hours and I'm wondering if this is the latest drumming session I've ever had. It's certainly the latest gig I've ever had the pleasure to play. Still, as I gripped the wooden sticks in my hands it became obvious that I didn't really care.

The gig had its fantastic moments. The debut of Social was certainly one of those and it had been and gone in the blink of an eye...literally. It's brief but ballsy I think. I couldn't see a thing because of a blinding stage light right in my face....but I could see Bruce, Brown and Bill weaving their magic so that was the important thing.

It seemed bizarre seeing the buses and night crowds wandering past the window whilst I waved my arms about behind a drum kit and gurned for 30 minutes but it was a cozy atmosphere thanks to those who came and listened to our set.

Next gig is at The Comedy and we're up for it as always!

Blog by the blurry one at the back.

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Take Pictures

'So sick and tired of all these pictures of me, everybody's dying just to get the disease'



Well, I guess I’m picking up the dirty baton again then…

I was going to put a few pictures from the Dublin Castle gig up (taken by Stu the Pearly Legend!) however, blogger seems to be having some problems. There should be a load more on the website soon but for now, this is it.


Oh well.. I tried. At least the one I put up is OK.. there are a couple of pretty bad ones! Ha! Ha!
When asked to comment on this Photographer Stuart Hogben had the following quote: 'Yeah, well you can't polish a turd can you?'. Mr Hogben is available for hire (there are some good ones too!), I'll get his website address up here somewhere..

Other things
Saw the Eels at the Royal Festival Hall - It was probably the 4th best concert that I've seen of their's, it was also the funniest but definitely the most expensive.. £30! Still, I guess Queen impersonators don't come cheap.. Here are 2 quite gushing reviews:

http://music.guardian.co.uk/live/story/0,,2260139,00.html

http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2984356

In my humble opinion, it was an entertaining show but a bit disappointing from a music point of view as the stripped down versions of some songs seemed a bit half-arsed to me. I would have preferred a full band assault.. blah blah.. £30!... blah blah.. has become more about him than the music... blah blah.. I could bore myself and you, dear reader, writing about this shit so I'm not gonna bother.

Come to our gig on Friday if you can, we're on at 11ish.. we have a great new song that goes 'You got big plans.. Yaaeeahhh-Errrr' and it rocks.
Details here: http://www.pearlyband.co.uk/gigs.htm.

Take it easy.

WFA





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