I Blame The Parents 14/06/08 (and tennis)
Any interest I had in Wimbledon (Ivanovich and Sharipova) has now disappeared, so I might as well write this blog while I have a few minutes. Look at what you could have won though...
Anyway, I decided that last Tuesday was to be my last solo gig because I realised recently that if was going to have to play another open mic or acoustic night, I was going to either expose myself, or start self-harming at the soundcheck, and I thought that should be a good point to stop.
So, I was playing a showcase for Indie Dad's 'I Blame The Parents' records label. He's a 40-something music lover who travels into London (he's from Chesham-you know all about that readers) at least once a week to see bands and writes an excellent blog. He decided that he should try and do a single's club for the bands he likes. He puts out CDs or vinyl and does all the artwork himself. Please check it out Indie Dad's record label right here
The venue is the rough and ready Macbeth in Hoxton which I've already blogged about. Check my archives if you don't believe me. Indie dad had prepared sandwiches and crisps for the performers and set up his video camera ready to catch the action! Fiest up was a sweet wee bairn from Scotland called Ross Drummond A bit too intimate for a pub like the Macbeth but you could tell the songs were there. Cool guy and had the best belt I've seen in a long time..
Next up was A swell guy from Sheffield called Benjamin David he had a cool little boom box necklace thing on but I didn't take a photo of it. Sorry! He was acoustic as well but usually plays live with a glockenspiel player which sounds cool. Again, the stuff was good. I took a photo which looks like he's playing in a garden centre...
Next up was me. I was going for the 'electro Ivan Lendl' look but you can't really tell from this photo. I had shorts on and a little bit of neon in the t-shirt. I think I played well because I was glad it was the last time I would have to multi-task. Thank f*ck for that! My chin looks a bit soft for my liking here and I look proper p*ssed off...
Next up were a Spanish Pavement-esque outfit Docksud who were lead by a interesting looking singer and reminded me of good things. They had the quiet-noisy-quiet thing down to a tee. God bless them!
Last but not least a band I'd played with a this venue last year from Warrington called Extradition Order They're noisy mothers and no mistake. The singer plays a castrol GTX guitar a la Bo Diddly! Classic. I hope they get to go on their planned eastern European tour, I would love to see the audience's faces!
And that was it really. I fond farewell to my solo career. No more lugging equipment around London on my own, no more sh*tty acoustic nights, no more trying to do 3 things at once badly, no more playing to 4 people on a Tuesday night, and hopefully, no more running away from my own gigs!
Bring it on!
Anyway, I decided that last Tuesday was to be my last solo gig because I realised recently that if was going to have to play another open mic or acoustic night, I was going to either expose myself, or start self-harming at the soundcheck, and I thought that should be a good point to stop.
So, I was playing a showcase for Indie Dad's 'I Blame The Parents' records label. He's a 40-something music lover who travels into London (he's from Chesham-you know all about that readers) at least once a week to see bands and writes an excellent blog. He decided that he should try and do a single's club for the bands he likes. He puts out CDs or vinyl and does all the artwork himself. Please check it out Indie Dad's record label right here
The venue is the rough and ready Macbeth in Hoxton which I've already blogged about. Check my archives if you don't believe me. Indie dad had prepared sandwiches and crisps for the performers and set up his video camera ready to catch the action! Fiest up was a sweet wee bairn from Scotland called Ross Drummond A bit too intimate for a pub like the Macbeth but you could tell the songs were there. Cool guy and had the best belt I've seen in a long time..
Next up was A swell guy from Sheffield called Benjamin David he had a cool little boom box necklace thing on but I didn't take a photo of it. Sorry! He was acoustic as well but usually plays live with a glockenspiel player which sounds cool. Again, the stuff was good. I took a photo which looks like he's playing in a garden centre...
Next up was me. I was going for the 'electro Ivan Lendl' look but you can't really tell from this photo. I had shorts on and a little bit of neon in the t-shirt. I think I played well because I was glad it was the last time I would have to multi-task. Thank f*ck for that! My chin looks a bit soft for my liking here and I look proper p*ssed off...
Next up were a Spanish Pavement-esque outfit Docksud who were lead by a interesting looking singer and reminded me of good things. They had the quiet-noisy-quiet thing down to a tee. God bless them!
Last but not least a band I'd played with a this venue last year from Warrington called Extradition Order They're noisy mothers and no mistake. The singer plays a castrol GTX guitar a la Bo Diddly! Classic. I hope they get to go on their planned eastern European tour, I would love to see the audience's faces!
And that was it really. I fond farewell to my solo career. No more lugging equipment around London on my own, no more sh*tty acoustic nights, no more trying to do 3 things at once badly, no more playing to 4 people on a Tuesday night, and hopefully, no more running away from my own gigs!
Bring it on!
posted by Rescue Cat at
3:03 AM
1 Comments:
So where now for RC? Are you forming a collective?
You should have named this post "the accessories edition" ...
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