Is that what going insane feels like? No, of course not, don’t be so melodramatic. It’s just what it feels like to be really bored. Today I have done these things:
Showered and dressed x 1
Listened to the new Hot Club De Paris EP x 3
Listened to half of Vekitiamest x 1
Been on the internet x 4
Listened to Morrissey on Spotify x 1
Watched Defiance x 1
Eaten a bowl of Coco Pops x 1
Eaten a slice of cheese on toast with ketchup on it x 1
What a day. Luckily last night was brilliant so that helped to stave off the boredom a little. Tantrums were really great. It was definitely the best time I’ve ever seen them, Anna was an excellent addition. The synth pad sounds made everything sound huge, and the vocal harmonies gave the songs a bit of extra depth live. They got a big reaction too, they really are the hot band in Birmingham at the minute.
Hot Club were insanely good too, every song had massive sing-a-longs and the guitar parts left me with the biggest shit eating grin on my face for hours afterwards. The new songs from the new and upcoming releases were super good and they even did the a capella song from Drop Til It Pops. The only down side to that was some bell end near us singing along which was annoying but he got quite burned when he shouted for you can call me Al. And then on the way home I listened to that very cover for the first time on Mike’s ipod. Now I just want to band practice forever. We found out last night that Carol forgot to tell us we could play because the first support had to pull out so I nearly cried but luckily it was an amazing show so that made up for it.
I always complain when other people’s blogs are just boring things they’ve done so colour me hypocritical. x
It’s been great. Mike is the best at guitar ever so I’ve been rocking instruments of all size, from egg shaker through to bass so I can get involved. It all started last Friday when we went to Birmingham with Paul to record an “In the Belly of the Whale” session with Andy and Ben and some students. Here’s how that looked:
Then the next day we went to Nottingham and played at the Chameleon Club which was great and Pat was a really nice promoter and filmed us and talked to us about fun bands. Then we stayed at Rosie and Fehm’s and had amazing brownies and watched Pulp Fiction and I slept with the amazing cowboy pillow and had a right good sleep until we had to get up early and get back so Mike could work. Here’s Pat’s film:
Then on Wednesday we went to Leeds to play at the Pack Horse with Felix, who were brilliant. We also played with Cedar Trees and Silent Devices who were both really nice to us and lots of fun to listen to. We saw some lovely old faces there and caught up which made it a wicked night. After the show we had Pitzacana Calzones and watched the top 10 assault rifles on tv and stayed at Matty Wall’s which is always fun. Here’s a AK-47, our proud winner:
One guy on the show had an egg head and the other one had no control over his features whatsoever. Classic viewing. Then me and Mike shared a bed and worked through some crimescening and cliff hanging and realised I need to pick who i share a bed with more carefully. After a lovely juice filled drive listening to some lovely mix tapes we practiced with Lloyd for the show in Birmingham on Thursday. That was another fun show, Damien came and no one had seen him for months and we got free Chicken Casserole and bread which was incredible.
To finish off the week we played the Tav to our friends and some nice people and lots of yobs and old folks. It was great. I hope you enjoyed this tale because it was fun to be part of it.
