Falling
So now we’re actually playing two shows this month. I like to keep you on yr toes by saying we’re not doing one thing and then promptly doing just that. The show on the 18th is very much the standard full-strength squad performing with electricity, under the guise of “hottest new band”. The show on the 14th is a more subdued, 5-a-side affair with LD alone; playing a selection of old, current and new songs on an acoustic guitar in support of Trevor Moss and Hannah-Lou.
Elsewhere, we [finally] got a review from 247 Magazine about our Dot To Dot performance. It was positive. Maybe we’re not so bad.
Here’s a song dump of stuff I’ve been listening to in the past week.
The biggest wonder of the past few years is where Sons And Daughters went. The first time I saw them was supporting Franz Ferdinand and I bought some of their merchandise that very night. The second time, Adele liked my Bright Eyes t-shirt. Heady days.
I have become obsessed by Twin Peaks. I watched both seasons a month or so ago as quickly as I could get through them. Best show. It turns shit for a while but the rest is so perfect in every way that it doesn’t matter.
I spent my free weekend enjoying my video game sabbatical and watching classic films (The Red Shoes, North By Northwest) and documentaries I’ve owned for a while but never watched (King Of Kong, Instrument). The ethos of Fugazi is so admirable but it seems like such an American thing to be able to do. The UK is a different beast and, especially in 2011, I just don’t see it being easily emulated.
BT has earned a degree in English Literature. As anyone who has been to a show can attest, his dedication to playing gigs instead of doing work was a valuable asset.
Slowly my life decisions are proving to have been ill-advised.
DB x
