You see, the Smokehand album went on sale in Germany, Austria and Switzerland last Monday. And while the thought of our album being on sale to all and sundry in the Tyrol, the Rhineland, Bavaria and various ski resorts is rather appealing, I somehow feel a bit 'meh' about the whole thing. I think once the album starts selling (which our German distribution guy seems to think it will, at least that's what I've heard secondhand) I might get a bit woo about it, but until then, meh.
However, I reserve the right to scream hallelujah at you once the album gets released in the UK on 10th October. Which I will.
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In other news, Smokehand gigged in Coventry on Friday night. After a three-hour drive, straight from work, dodging traffic jams on various Motorways and A-roads, we arrived seperately in Coventry, only to have the same conclusion: It's a cackhole. After nearly a two-hour wait for the soundcheck during which time the headline band 'mucked about' instead of focusing on actually soundchecking their instruments (while of course we had a mere twenty minutes or so to check everything, as per). *MUSO/TECHIE ANECDOTE WARNING*: the sound guy asked me if my keyboard had an XLR output on it. Fuck me.
We made the best of it and just performed as best we could. Smokehand's A sounded like he was singing through a duvet, I sounded like I was singing down a telephone wire. The crowd was OK, although "A" felt that the response was tepid - having said that, there was at least two guys who were really into what we were doing and one of them kept winking at me every time I made eye-contact. I stopped looking at him after a while, it was scary.
Got home 2am.
Last night saw Men Diamler (ruleriffic! I like him more and more) and John Parish (gutted! He was incredibly dull. Happy to miss the encore) at The Cube. I now feel I shouldn't have told
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king_of_munt my nightmare. You evil fiend! Don't you dare!I'm knackered now. Watch South Park. Go bed.
YAY! GO BED!
September 25 2005, 12:51:04 UTC 6 years ago
It is indeed, there's a reason people get 'sent to Coventry' you know.
September 25 2005, 13:07:26 UTC 6 years ago
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September 26 2005, 04:06:21 UTC 6 years ago
I think it's the only type of lead he had.
I think he wins the prize for the worst sound guy we ever had.
Although he has strong competition from the cockface we had in Porters who didn't know how to mic up a drum kit.
I think the wankhole from Coventry wins though.
September 26 2005, 04:17:01 UTC 6 years ago
Which time? The second time, we had that nice but ineffectual American guy doing the sound who was only learning, but that night the guy who was supposed to be showing him how to do it didn't show up. Didn't matter, seeing as no one else did either :) Wasn't his fault as I recall - he was bad and incompetant, but only because he was a newbie.
The guy in Coventry should have known better. I must check with Rob if there has ever been a synth with an XLR output. Hadn't this guy ever come across musical instruments and amplification before?
I'm just glad we didn't have a violin in the band...
September 26 2005, 05:05:22 UTC 6 years ago
Adam ended up micing up everything I seem to remember.
September 26 2005, 05:32:49 UTC 6 years ago
I'll never forget the immortal comment in Sams Bar:
"You can't use a guitar lead with a PA speaker! It's the wrong impeediance!"
September 26 2005, 06:34:15 UTC 6 years ago
Bumhead in Coventry is still the winner though I reckon.