g's Journal

Gigs all over, two bands on one night, and a dolphin.
Firstly, let's get the dolphin out of the way. Sadly I think it might be a bit much to include the pdf with all the questions, though I can e-mail it to anyone who is interested. A friend who doesn't want to be mentioned on livejournal (since we kiss&tell at our peril in this city) gave me the heads up and suggested it might be a good use for the new hole in the backyard, which was dug by some Reduction Agents in search of a music video. Unfortunately, bad lighting meant that two Saturdays in a row were mostly spent drinking free Tiger beer and eating BBQ sausages. In the end, the required super-eight footage was finally taken in the headlights of Carter's car and some spotlights that Amee's dad had in his van (along with assorted spades and electric drills used in the digging process). I'll try to get some pictures on the Lil Chief site at some point.

The next day I had my first gig with the Broken Heartbreakers on Sunday at the Dog's Bollix. We had two hours to fill, but I was only involved in half-an-hour of it. Such a different vibe, with emotion being the main thing and earnest intentions presented through lyrical phrases, whilst studied musical progressions brought life to just two guitars, bass, and drums (not even a single glockenspiel, what is the world coming to?0. And there's something strangely comforting about playing bass again.

Unfortunately, Saturday night has already brought home the difficulties of being in two bands, i.e.:
Saturday Oct 1st, The Wine Cellar, The Broken Heartbreakers w/ Simon Comber
Saturday Oct 1st, Eden's Bar, Ryan McPhun & the Ruby Suns w/ Gladeyes (AK) and Rainy Days

At least the venues are on the same road and the first gig will only be a gold-coin koha so my friends can go to both if they want to. I should count my blessing in some ways, since James is playing two gigs that night (one as Lawrence Arabia, the other as Ruby Suns drummer), as well as having a gig the night before leading the Reduction Agents at Ford's Bar and Political Museum on Anzac Ave (I'm not making up the name - the owner also ran as an independent candidate in AK central).

Next week, I have my book launch at Real Groovy on Weds night (Ruby Suns play the launch at 7pm) and then we are playing the Elam Ball the next night. A week later we are heading to ChCh and Dunedin, then another week and it's on to Welli. And I can't even complain about the schedule, since the rest of the band (aside from Mark) went on the Brunettes' 60-date US tour and has no sympathy for tour-wusses. But I can complain to you, my livejournal friends, can't I?

Oh yeah, and I'm sorry, but I do find the dog shagging the pokemon cheers me up more than it should. Am I a bad person?

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