A big thank you to everyone who came down to the Guildford Andover show. I had a lot of fun. The night didn’t go down without a technical hitch…. Andy from A Stranger In Moscow couldn’t reschedule his work so A Stranger In Moscow played their set without him. At the last moment Jonny filled in on guitar and, not knowing any of the songs, just jammed away. It was much better than you’d think too. He even took over singing for one song. They figured Jon should pitch in about 15 minutes before the set up to play. There was no rehearsal.

Besides the terrible sound on stage, and the practically non-existent (in volume anyway) foldback amp for Freddy, we made lemonaid with lemons. Our second show performing the songs (ever) and it was clearly better than the first. Still didn’t get the right tuning at the start of one song. Not good. Taken as a whole though, good.

In other unrelated news, keep checking out Steve Daoud’s illustration blog. He has produced two illustrations for us and a third is on the way. His latest story is about a fisherman. I loved ‘the Discontented Bear’ so I’m looking forward to how this one turns out…
http://stephen-daoud.co.uk/blog/website-updates-and-maintenance/the-joys-of-progress/

Now, time to not sleep, quit procrastinating, and spend the next 19 hours writing my yet-to-be-started essay on ethics and the Bible. This isn’t the place for theological ramblings but I’m going to enjoy this one. Widows, orphans, strangers, the poor, disabled, the sinners, thieves, outcasts and oppressed… Jesus gravitated towards people like that. Remarkable. That’s all.

We don’t have a name for it. It’s 10 tracks long. It clocks in at about 50 minutes. The artwork will be by me (I run a graphic and web design company) and a talented illustrator called Stephen Daoud. The final day of mixing is today. After it’s mixed we’re sending it off to be mastered in America by Alan Douches. He’s mastered Sufjan Stephens, Grandmaster Flash, These Arms Are Snakes, Mastadon, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventures in Surround… we figure he’s got the credibility to working with us on this record!

If you hadn’t heard already, we have two tracks online right now. Check them at bandcamp or our myspace page.

Update: Don’t go elsewhere… here is the music!

I typed up the lyrics of “Don’t Talk About Dust” for the bandcamp page, and here they are reproduced again…

Wide-eyes tell it true but I prefer the brush.
I knew a man who said we were dust
Like seeds we sprung up and with breath we took flight
I was pulling the sails before my legs had stepped.

But now did imagination’s great reach over-step your shallow mark? Business the innovator, innovator in a jealous relationship out for blood. Art, the cut-throat industry. It’s all networking. Do you have the contacts?

Business the innovator, innovator, innovator.

Shallow means, shallow ends and then the chips are down. Controversy an ace in the hand.

Shallow means to a shallow ends and then the chips are down. Controversy an ace in the hand. Ace in the… ace in the….

I knew a man who said we were dust.
Like seeds we sprung and with breath we took flight.

There’s already so much more to say, but it’ll have to wait for another night. I’m tired and I’m getting up at 7am to drive to Worcester and mix our record with Jim Turner. GOOD TIMESzzzzzzzz…