|
4th:
Just signing in to say a big hello to anyone who may have the spare time to waste to read these scribbles. While we were away, Spain and Egypt were both severely depleted of their beer supplies by Ian and Steve. You want to see a photo of Ian in a galabaia? I think not, though they definitely DO exist. Also while we were away, a couple more gigs have come in for next year and they will all be on the gigs page on the site soon.
A couple of local venues are remaining stubbornly and foolishly resistant to our charms, even though quite a few people are asking us why we don't play at them. Ian is getting bored rigid of calling in at some places, only to have the landlady hide upstairs, pretending to be dead and of sending emails and messages to places that don't bother to respond.
This next weekend we hit Blackpool. Looking forward to this one. Hope to see some of you there.
7th:
Blackpool. It rained..... as we headed up the M55 motorway. It rained cats and dogs. But, when we arrived at the venue, after the illuminations traffic, it was a nice dry load in to the venue. Thanks to our mate Rob from the great band Last Man Standing, who came to see what Ian is up to these days. Despite a degree of 'rustiness' among the band after two weeks off, he hopefully went away impressed. We have been recommended to some other venues in the area, so we'll see.
14th:
Ian went to The Railway, Bromley Cross and picked up 4 new bookings for 2010.
We played a show at The Boulevard, Wigan, one of our very favourite venues. It's been thru a wee bit of a management shakeup recently, but the turnout was - I have to say - pretty excellent. The place was chock full and they were all very vocal and welcomed us like conquering heroes. Thanks to RentACrowd for your continued support. We worked completely without monitors and the house PA / sound system wasn't playing ball when we were trying to get our soundcheck done, which frazzled the old nerves a bit - but Kevin rescued us (Thank you so much!!) and the sound was apparently mega out front. It almost completely drowned out the drunken donkey of a Scot who kept looming in front of us, shouting that we were 'sh**e' anyway.
We did get the first half filmed, but once again, we were far too loud for the camcorder, so the footage isn't going to be used. We also had gremlins with the stills camera. John the fire hazard took about 4 usuable photos out of 100 .
|
