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O Mr Eaves! You are clever

It's true, he is, you know. It makes one very proud to have worked with such a fellow, even in front of microphones and what-have-you.

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02/24/2012 Posted at 01:08 PM in Idle thoughts | Permalink | Comments (0)

Show time

So . . . I really am playng this event on Saturday and it really is, apparently, sold out

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02/17/2012 Posted at 11:04 AM in Gigs | Permalink | Comments (0)

Out of hibernation

Ah, we've quite slow coming out of hibernation this year . . . and as we rub our eyes and reach for the drumsticks/bass/guitar/microphones, and even think about making a nice cup of tea to wake ourselves up, we look out of the window, and what do we see?

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02/10/2012 Posted at 08:22 PM in Idle thoughts | Permalink | Comments (1)

The Brautigan suite

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02/03/2012 Posted at 12:23 PM in Idle thoughts | Permalink | Comments (0)

That's the way to do it

At least, Ben Folds Five think so . . .

Heh.

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02/03/2012 Posted at 11:54 AM in Idle thoughts | Permalink | Comments (0)

Radio friendly

This week I have mostly listening to Teenage Fanclub. I'd totally forgotten how brilliant they are, but this clip reminded me: The things I love about this clip are a) the count in, b) the vocal harmony at 1.07 c) the GCSE student playing wicked drums, and d) quite how rubbish they look, proving image is nothing. Plus they were one of Kurt Cobain's favourite bands. The thing I don't like about the clip is the weird little character at the start. I've also been reminded about The Posies. Do you remember them? The years haven't been too kind: "Frosting... ... continue ...

12/16/2011 Posted at 03:58 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

The thing is . . .

that we're so busy wassail, wassailing all over the town, making paper chains, writing songs that we hope won't turn out in 5/4, socialising, playing MarioKart (Luigi on a Wild Wing, since you ask), opening our advent Calendars and suchlike that we haven't actually got a Christmas gig. I know, and I'm sorry - what are you supposed to do now, you cry in anguish? Well, we've been doing a spot of acoustic recording with The Sound of the Ladies (clue: there are no ladies, and he's got a beard), and he, as well as Doing Stuff and pointing a... ... continue ...

12/02/2011 Posted at 03:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Good times

There's a new song we have which seems to have been under wraps for ages now. It's our Christmas song "You're hard to buy for", and although we played it once in a Church, we never seem to get round to performing it. I think it's got a bit of a hold over us. It scares us. We fear the 5/4 ness of it. Songs in 5/4 are usually only written by Sting and jazz types, and in my opinion, are not to be trusted. There are a few notable exceptions, however, "You're hard to buy for being one". I... ... continue ...

11/04/2011 Posted at 03:13 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Got it covered

Just in case you were wondering (and you were, weren't you?), here's what SOP's next double-gatefold anti-concept album isn't going to look like.

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