mutual fan club

it’s now the day after the day after the gig at afaneis. it was fabulous. what can i say ? the velvoids are not only a great band, they are great people too. thank you vice, sid and dora for being a pleasure to work (play) with. you have restored my faith in the live [...]

let’s get together

i wonder what it feels like to play in front of a huge crowd ? i have a theory that it’s actually harder to play for 20 people than for 20,000. we played for 2,500 people once and it was fun but very impersonal. what has been your experience of audiences?
are you coming on thursday? [...]

we have a gig very soon

just a reminder people, we have a gig next week (thursday 25th october at afaneis). don’t forget. i know we won’t. look, let me be honest with you… we are (hopefully) going to be making a bit of money from this gig. we get the ticket money divided between us and the velvoids. which means [...]

help us win (ha ha ha)

after my long rant yesterday about the music business, we got a message from the charming tom. you know. the guy that is always your first friend on myspace. (poor guy. he makes friends with you so you’re not a johnny no-mates and then you kick him off your friends list). anyway, i digress. you [...]

the music industry makes me crazy

so i read modrec’s latest bulletin on our myspace about their crap experience playing support to manic street preachers. basically, they were not paid for doing a half hour support spot, they were expected to sort out their own equipment etc. and were left feeling bitterly disappointed and let-down. now you might be rolling your [...]

overflowing with comments

we’ve had 11 comments on this blog so far! we also had 71 views so far this week, 14 of them today!
that’s great! i know i complain all the time but i am chuffed. thank you dearest reader for following my scratchings.
just showing off. that’s all.
over and out.

new gig new poster

our almighty webmaster (!) has made the poster for the next show. he slaved away for at least 10 minutes and produced the piece of rubbish you see below. what are we going to do with him ? we have to find ourselves a decent designer.

[i was joking! he is wonderful. thank you mr webmaster/chief [...]

cool as shit

i am stealing words from vice of the velvoids. it’s my new favorite phrase. “cool as shit”. i would never say it because it would sound rubbish if it came out of my mouth with my very obvious but lovely british accent.
what the hell am i on about you ask? or not as the case [...]