We have been busy. After the gig on Thursday we got another on Saturday in the Inferno with The Death of Chapman Baxter, who’s music you can listen to on the Death of Chapman Baxter myspace page. Nice, low music for the deepest morsels of the night.
We had the luxury of being able to use the DVD player and projector on the night, so we projected Plant of the Apes behind us, starting from the bit where all the humans are being chased and captured by the Gorillas. It fitted eerily, to the extent that when I sang “leave me falling over” in Car Crash a bunch of humans fall over. I think the baleful presence of Charlton Heston must be some kind of catalyst for amazing artistic creation. It has inspired me to do Soylent Green: The Musical.
“I broke into the factory,
You won’t believe what I have seen,
It’s not made from sea weed,
The people make Soylent Green!”
That’ll make Tim Rice envious. Insert your own pun.
We also finally played our new song, Any/All/Some, to a good reception. A couple more times and it should be perfect. I have to say it makes a big difference when you got applause after every song; you actually want to keep playing!
Huw from the King of Despair kindly lent us on long term loan a small bass drum set up that is actually easy to carry! So now we can carry all our instruments with us on a bus, which is dead handy. With Satori’s PA and Huw’s bass drum we now have everything to put on our own gigs, which I will be endeavouring to do soon, once we have a few more songs done.
Right then, I’ll call the Albert Hall.
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He appears very briefly in Wayne's World 2. You could have that short segment on loop for 2 hours and see what effect that has on the music...?
The sound of grinding teeth in F# I should think.
in answer to your earlier question posted on my 'myspace': - no, no i do not. Or atleast not at that volume anyway :P. I went to drink water like a manly man just now but the lid was not on properly and so when i squeezed the bottle water got on me rather than in my mouth through my funky sports cap action bottle. :(
Manly men don't drink water, they eat it. That'll be your mistake. You can get special "Eating Water" from Manly Men Supplies. It is a special kind of water brewed from goat's knees, vinegar and spite. It comes in a jar made of bee stings and nettles. It is very manly.
Manly Men Supplies? A supplier of Manly Men? Mr Frictionless you are sounding more and more like a member of the Village People every day.
So you have heard him sing live then?
Oh boys, your conception of manly is so limited. I am manly in the style of Roger Whittaker. Each morning I stride through alpine forests with a brace of rabbits over one shoulder, making my way to my log cabin just below the snow line, where Monica is waiting for my manly return.
As I walk I sing a manly song:
"I'm gonna leave old Durham town,
I'm gonna leave old Durham town,
I'm gonna leave old Durham town,
And that leavin's gonna get me down."
Then I spend the rest of the day splitting logs and wrestling bears. Except when I am assisting the partisans in blowing up trains and bridges.
Is this before or after you start answering to the name 'Bubba's Bitch'?
Don't let Bubba hear you calling me that.
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