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Sunday, September 4th, 2005
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10:58 pm - Look out! Here comes an update.
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Hello there, nothing has happened.
That was a lie.
I'm obviously not going to go all the way back to whenever I last updated and tell you what i've done since then so i'll start with Reading.
Reading was fucking excellent. Not only did I spend about six days with Sara and about four days with Kelly, Stu and Paul. I also had the chance to meet lots of lovely new people, Kat, Sarah, David, Jade, Ben you're all lovely, lets do it again sometime, I also met Jane, Laura, Mimi, Soph and anyone else who I might have forgotten. Sorry I didn't speak to some of you that much but i'm shy and easily confused.
I also saw some bands, some of them were good.
Art Brut (top of the pops)
The Arcade Fire (look at the percussion man go mental)
QOTSA (hmm, not quite right but well done anyway)
Pixies (I love you Charles)
Foo Fighters (play songs I like you shits, i liked the lasers on the not so good songs though)
The Raveonettes (Best thing to come from Denmark since Jan Molby)
British Sea Power (sounded great from the floor)
I can't remember who else I saw, i'm tired now.
Drinking, singing and stuff was all fun, I miss it all and everyone there.
I came back ill, i'm on the mend thanks to some antibiotics but hmmm, not nice.
Anyway, on other matters, we've been in the studio today, it was tiring but fun. We now have three lovely new songs all recorded, one recorded really really well ready for release on an EP by Wilde Club Records, that's exclusive to the EP so please don't ask us for it. :p
Along with that, we recorded a couple of other newies live just so we had something else new to let people hear. My voice was pretty fooked by the time we got around to those two because of the infection and stuff but for live takes they still sound pretty good. They'll be up on Myspace soon.
I think that's it for now. I just bought tickets for an all-day charity gig in London, woo! I'm making Kelly go with me, we're going CD shopping first though, how exciting, it's the night after the Mudhoney gig too, very cool.
Bye.
current mood:  chipper
current music: Nothing, I listen to things in my head though.
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| Friday, June 24th, 2005
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10:25 pm - He's the cool he's the cool he's the coolest
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Fucking hell it's hot, I don't like it.
Right, went to London to see Audioslave and Trail Of Dead on tuesday night. As expected it was really hot, we had to rush around loads too but nevermind. Got down there earlier than we expected and had a dodgy cheeseburger at Brixton Academy, stood around being hot for a bit, then we ventured inside for Trail Of Dead. As usual they were fucking good although, it was nowhere near as good as the Cambridge gig. The crowd was really unresponsive and the only times they did respond, they were just kinda groaning or shouting out some stupid little comments as these retarded rock type fans often do. The band obviously didn't get into it as much because the crowd were not really taking any notice so they ended up trashing the drumkit and going off a bit early.
Although i'm not a massive fan of Audioslave I have to say that they were great, much better than on record. I was quite pleased (to say the least) when they played Outshined, Spoonman, Sleep Now In The Fire and Killing In The Name Of but the highlight of the night was definitely Chris' acoustic version of Fell On Black Days, that was a bit special. I have to also say that Chris sounded great all night, note perfect, did a fine job on the RATM songs too.
Right, in other news...
I'm hot.
Also, Hannah is definitely joining KunK, still waiting to hear back from Will but hopefully he'll be up for it too. We'll be gigging again in no time.
I spent most of tonight in a shitty little office talking about our mortgage, how fucking exciting.
I can't think of much else to say.
I bought a Trail Of Dead t-shirt on sunday, might have mentioned that already, it's cool.
I might go to Norwich tomorrow, that's interesting isn't it?
Right, i'm done now.
current mood:  geeky
current music: Seafood - Willow's Song
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| Monday, June 20th, 2005
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11:30 pm - I am the ugly lover, you'll find us rolling on the dirty floor.
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I'm updating because Whit is sort of forcing me to, not that forcibly but you know, sort of anyway.
Right then, saturday we band practice again. Hannah couldn't make it this week which was a bit disappointing but not to worry, me, Wayne and Will practiced anyway, had a quality jam that i'll be making into a song very soon. That's two in two practices so far, can't be bad. It's a fairly rocking type song, probably, weird tuning though, I like it. I think I might write the lyrics about a little boy who lives down our road, I don't know anything about him so i'll have to make it up. He seems as though he hasn't got many friends though, he says "hiiiiiiii" to me alot.
Hmmmm, how fucking good was last night? You don't know do you? I'll tell you then, it was very good. Me and the brother went to see ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead at the Junction in Cambridge. We got there stupidly early, i'm sure it used to take about an hour and a half to get to Cambridge but we did it in about an hour. The support was from David Jack. Basically it's one guy who writes all the songs and shit, he plays bass live along with some synth stuff in between, and he has a drummer and another synth/sample/DJ type guy with him. They were quite cool, no vocals though so it dragged on at times. Anyway, Trail Of Dead came on, the were fucking great. I've seen them twice before but both times were at Reading so it was a bit different, they've been better each time i've seen them. I could go on for ages telling you how great it was but i'll just say that it was as good as any live performance i've seen. If you don't know what they're like, imagine a more aggressive, hyperactive, and at times poppy Sonic Youth, most of the time with two drummers, jumping about and sweating, playing excellent loud music.
I'm tired and didn't do that justice at all.
I'm going to see them again tomorrow night because they're supporting Audioslave in Brixton, good stuff. I'm really not looking forward to the tube journey though, it's too fucking hot to be stuck on there for about an hour, during rush hour as well.
I think that's me done for now.
Bye bye.
current mood:  hot
current music: Come Home, Baby Julie Come Home - American Analog Set
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| Sunday, June 5th, 2005
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10:31 pm - I love your brain
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I should update this now and then I think, people do actually read this it seems.
Lot's of stuff has been going on I guess. Alex and Garth have left KunK, various reasons for that, no biggie though, me and Wayne are having a practice with a couple of new people on saturday so that should be cool. We're playing an acoustic gig on wednesday night, never done anything like that before so it's kind of exciting, i'm shitting myself at the same time though because i'm going to do one song completely solo. I'll be fine though, I thrive on a bit of pressure.
Hmmmmm, what other news is there...
I can't think of too much right now. Went to see Sofa King High on friday night, fuck they were on form.
Oh yeah, Sara Wishes She Was A Robot might be going on an EP thing, just waiting to hear back from the label guy though because he wanted us to get it re-mixed first.
Other than that, not much else going on. My life is boring.
current mood:  Normal
current music: mclusky - What We've Learned
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| Saturday, April 16th, 2005
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12:46 am - All of your friends are cunts
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Indeed, people are cunts. I'm drunk.
Gig tonight was average despite the fact that we were supporting a couple of hyped touring bands, oh well.
I love two faced people, they amuse me so much, I don't know how i'd live without them. I quite often mention two-faced fuckers on here but they're great really aren't they? If we didn't have them who would we have to lead us into despair?
current mood:  blank
current music: American Analog Set - Know By Heart
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| Wednesday, March 30th, 2005
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10:09 pm - I want a range life, if I could settle down...
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I like it when a plan comes together. It hasn't yet, I like it when it does though.
current mood: okay
current music: Range Life - Pavement
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| Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005
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12:48 am - Life's the study of dying
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Ok, this isn't meant to make sense but I want to know if i'm really such a bad person. I'm not looking for sympathy so if you're just thinking of saying something for the sake of it don't bother, i'd just rather that people were honest if they think that i'm a cunt or something.
I don't think i'm a bad person, we all have our faults but I like to think that I make an effort each day to get on with people, to be nice and to help people where I can. When exactly am I going to see the rewards for doing this?
That's about it for now, I can't be arsed.
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| Thursday, March 17th, 2005
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11:41 pm - Everywhere I look is a darkness
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Hmmm, i'm slow updating again. It is also late and I should be in bed.
Anyway, Sunday was fucking great. The end. Not really, that's not really the end yet. Me and Wayneyboy went to see The Fall at the Waterfront, I have to say that they were fucking class. We got there kinda late because we'd heard that there was a "Punk poet" as the support act so we weren't all that bothered about him. To our surprise we actually got there before he'd even started so we watched him, actually really enjoyed him and laughed our bollocks off, literally (you won't get that joke unless you've seen him). Maybe I should explain that, you probably had to be there, it won't work now. He was more like a comedian than a poet, his poems were ok but him telling jokes and being generally funny was more entertaining. Check out his website here http://www.johncooperclarke.com/
So yeah, that was cooler than expected. We then had to wait about for a while because Mark E. Smith being Mark E. Smith, does what the fuck he wants and goes on when he feels like it. The band all came on, started getting in to the groove of a song and a couple of minutes later the man himself stepped out. We were then treated to a wonderful show, Mark E.Smith up to his usual tricks of turning up/down amps, singing into whatever mic is nearest to him, hitting random keys on the keyboard and that kind of thing. It was fucking wonderful, they were even better than the other two times i'd seem them. I could ramble on for longer but i'm tired.
The only other interesting stuff I can think of that I need to mention is the cool band stuff that's going on. First of all, Laura (some of you will know her) has the CD I sent her, she really likes it and has been recommending us to anyone she can, including people at record labels! Laura is lovely. She's coming to Reading now too, woo! Also, we've been offered a gig at the Arts Centre again, I love that place. This time it's for Wilde Club Records, who back in the 90's put on Nirvana, Mudhoney, L7 and I think also the Manic Street Preachers when they all played Norwich. We're going to be supporting a band called The Mutts, I don't know much about them but I know they're signed to Fat Cat Records, who I have actually heard of so that's cool. That's on 29th April, it's going to be great. We've been offered the chance to play at the Waterfront in Norwich too, that'll probably be in June or July though.
Ooooh bugger, forgot to mention. Me and Wayne have each won an Ovation Pinnacle electro-acoustic guitar at an auction. We got our dad to go and bid for us because it was during work hours. http://www.backstreet.co.uk/acatalog/PINNACLE.html They're worth over £600 and we got them for about £300 each. Not bad at all.
Expect some nice acoustic tunes on KunK releases in the future hehe.
I'm done, bed time now.
current mood: chipper
current music: kaitO - A.S.A. To Accuracy
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| Wednesday, March 9th, 2005
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12:36 am - Who are you girl? Who are you boy? Bet I know what you're up to...
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Had band practice earlier, that was cool. We're playing way better than we were before we "split up" so that's got to be good. Alex is turning gayer by the second though, it's not good. We're still going to lose in the Battle Of The Bands, the band that I thought were complete wank got 80-something points whereas the more Alternative band that I liked got 52 or something, what a load of shite.
In other news, people still annoy me for being complete wankstains.
current mood: Fucked off
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| Monday, March 7th, 2005
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12:15 am - Crawl under a rock get lost, boy. Crawl under a rock, get fucked.
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Ok, this is going to have to be quick.
I feel good because I just had a nice rant at some twats on a messageboard for slagging off Violet Violet. Ok, i'm going to have to explain this a little bit I guess. Basically, I went to some battle of the bands gig in Great Yarmouth (which isn't so great anymore because it's full of chavs, not like it was in the good old days, anyway, back to the story) because we're playing in it next week, and also I wanted to see this band Violet Violet. I'd heard some stuff by a couple of the members previous band Rockastella and they sounded pretty cool so I thought i'd check them out. First on were this Rock band who played some dodgy covers, "breaking the law" that kind of stuff, they were shite. The singer was about 50 and looked like he was having a fit. Anyway, Violet Violet came on and although the sound was crap for them I thought they were really good, quite punky but in more of a kaito-ish type way.
So, that was a brief description of the gig. I check out the BOTB messageboard to see that they were getting well and truly slagged off by pretty much everyone, including one of the judges. Apparently the female judge on the night called them whores on the actual scoresheet, nice helpful musical feedback there then.
Yeah, that's about it then, i've been pretty much singlehandedly trying to educate the tools on the board that Violet Violet were not actually trying to be your average "Rock" type band which is what people seem to be comparing them to. They were a very good original Alternative band but unfortunately the people who go to these things seem to have no idea about anything other than Classic Rock or Metal and big hair. We should cover Cut Your Hair next week. I was thinking of dedicating "Things, People & Stuff" (lyrically it'd kinda make sense) to Violet Violet to show our support for the only other genuinely different band in the competition but then again the judges would probably just hold that against us and mark us down some points.
We're going to lose but fuck it, we'll go out with style and do it our way.
"Why is it that you're so predictable?
Why is it that you never come and see me?
You look so confused, I guess you don't understand
Do you think that I really give a fuck?"
current mood: sleepy
current music: Box Elder by Pavement
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| Sunday, February 27th, 2005
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11:27 pm - Kicking the walls...
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Quick entry. Went out on friday night, got a little bit drunk, paid the price for that Saturday. It was pretty cool though, good for a bit of bonding because Alex and Sarah were out too. Wayne had some old woman coming on to him, I laughed. The rest of the weekend was reasonably uneventful although i've been in a rather good mood. All is well for now.
current mood: happy
current music: One by Toms Huge Elevation
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| Thursday, February 17th, 2005
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11:57 pm - In an old house, in an old street, you found me, and a tv
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Hmmmm let's see. No idea where I left off but I know I bitched about the whole band thing. So, me and Wayne found ourselves another drummer, we were all set to play our gig in Ipswich as a two-piece, just playing along to the drum machine. Anyway, it's a pain in the arse coming up with all the drum beats so it was pretty time consuming so we asked Andy (new drummer) how he felt about playing the gig on friday night, this was on thursday the week before or something like that. He was up for it so we got together had a couple of practices and played the gig. It was a great success, people actually liked us, most unusual, bought cd's, must be mental. I'm going to bed in a minute so i'll cut the crap. Although it all went really well we were still wondering how it would've been with Alex and Garth back. Me and Wayne went out for a drink with Alex (for other reasons) and the band thing came up, Alex said that he wanted to come back so we talked it over, Alex is back. So then we thought that we should contact Garth so we knew exactly where we stood, we needed to let Andy know if he was in or not so we spoke to Garth, we wanted back in, we sorted some shit and now he's back.
I don't do detail ok, i'm tired, i've said that already.
We have a gig in two or three weeks time and nowhere to practice now, fuck we're cool.
What else has happened in my exciting life? Er...not too much really. Valentines day passed without incident. I seem to have been busy lately but I don't think i've been doing much, it's weird.
I've been having odd dreams too, can't remember them now but i'll let you know when I remember.
I'm going to spend tomorrow night playing my guitar and writing lyrics I think, i'm in that kind of mood. Going into Norwich on saturday to get a couple of mics and stands so we can get into recording some demos on the 8-track at practice, can't wait. The new stuff is far better than the old stuff in my opinion, you can all judge once they're recorded though.
I'll try and update this a bit more I think, i'm actually doing stuff week. I should be anyway, and I must remember to do it earlier so I don't rush through things so much.
None of this makes any sense.
current mood: tired
current music: I've got the new QOTSA song in my head, it's a little grower
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| Tuesday, February 8th, 2005
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9:44 pm - MSN is a homo.
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| Wednesday, February 2nd, 2005
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10:33 pm - You can't kill what's already dead, But I can't blame you for trying it.
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Hmm, it's been about ten years since I updated this so I can't actually remember what has happened since last time. I think we'd played the Arts Centre gig so i'll start from there.
You may or may not know that we've been having "issues" within our band for a while, well this came to a head right before the Arts Centre gig, me and Wayne told Garth and Alex that there was no point in carrying on the way we have been because performances have been shit and nobody is enjoying it. The really sad thing is that it was all down to Garth not being able to keep time. We did everything we could to help him but because he's so fucking in love with himself he thinks he's perfect. Cock. Anyway, so we played the Arts Centre gig thinking that it would be our last together. Everything went really well, we all got on ok, played well (I thought we did anyway), so we agreed to meet up on wednesday for a chat. I can't be arsed to go into details but basically me and Wayne went there thinking that we'd give them both another chance, if they really wanted to be in the band then we'd do what we could to help them improve, we'd even compromise on when we'd practice but one thing we won't compromise on is quality and commitment, that's got to be there. I forgot to mention, Alex told us at work that he couldn't make it so me and Wayne decided that was it for Alex, he had to go. So we got the pub hoping to speak to Garth and to carry on as a three-piece, he wasn't there. We waited around for a bit, got bored of waiting and text him. We get a reply off him saying that he wasn't coming and that he didn't think there was much to say really. After about 15 minutes of arguing through texts we pointed out to Garth that when he does well we all enjoy it because we're performing well and when he plays crap we all get pissed off because it fucks everything up for all of us, anyway we also explain that we think he has the potential to be a really good drummer but it's going to take practice and also criticism when he fucks up. No more texts. Me and Wayne fucked off home after that, very pissed off. When we got in I came online, checked out our messageboard and I find that Garth and Alex have both "quit" and they're giving us a nice slagging off on there. I thought Garth didn't think there was much to say? I guess not to our faces. Final thought, we're better off without them but it didn't have to be like that, we could've met, decided it wasn't going to work and left it at that.
So basically everything that's been going on for the last week or so has been to try and sort out what the fuck we're going to do. We have a gig next friday night and we're going to play that, just me, Wayne and a drum machine probably. Me and the brother will have to do a bit of swapping between guitar and bass but who cares, should be fun. I have no idea whether people will like us or hate us but I know that we'll be playing the songs with the feeling that they had when they were written, some people have no soul. Anyway, we want to play the bastard still just as a big "Fuck you" to a few people.
On the long term side of things, we've already met one drummer who is really into our stuff and seems as though he could be what we're looking for. He has twelve years of gig experience, been in the studio four or five times, played at the Mean Fiddler in London, supported Feeder. Looks promising so far and we should be getting together very soon for a jam/practice session.
In other news, my life is boring. I'm going to see The Fall when they come to Norwich next month though, that's quite exciting. I've seen them twice before but the first time was at Reading so I don't know if that really counts. The last time I saw them it was at the Arts Centre in Norwich and they had Seafood supporting, I have The Fall to thank for giving me Seafood.
People are still weird and confusing, quite a few of them are mental too. Proper mentals, it's scary really.
Oh fuck me, I was just about to finish but then I remember something else that's fucked me off. Actually, I can't be arsed with it, it's not a big deal but it's annoying, kinda like a pulled calf muscle.
My wrist is hurting from trying to type all of that quickly.
Why do you insist on making me sick? I can see only one outcome here.
It's not going to be pretty.
current mood:  thoughtful
current music: Cat Power - Free
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| Monday, January 17th, 2005
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11:43 pm - Heard you all got killed, disappointing, here you are
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Cunty fucker, I just lost everything I typed.
I was talking some shit about the psycho girl I mentioned at some point not being around right now which is handy, she's away on holiday. Er...Arts Centre gig on friday, can't wait, woo! Dive Dive are meant to be really good so we'd better be on top form. I've finished another new song, it's quite nice in a noisy way. I had to write the last verse today at work, no way i'll remember that bastard but nevermind, i'll come up with something, I usually do. I would post the lyrics here, actually I think I posted most of it here before, it's called Skeleton Key. I have no idea if the lyrics make any sense, my mind is a mess and random stuff pops into my head so I hop subjects a lot. It sort of makes some sense to me, I don't know. I doubt anyone will be able to make out what i'm singing anyway because I mumble.
In other news, i've been eating and drinking too much, I need to excercise.
People are confusing creatures, they never cease to amaze me. It makes life interesting I suppose. I'm going to bed now.
Oh, one more thing, what happened to everyone tonight? I had about one person on MSN, did everyone get a life and not tell me? I have a life, it's in my head. I'm very popular and have loads of friends in there.
current mood: tired
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| Monday, January 10th, 2005
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10:06 pm - I'm a liar and a thief
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10:03 pm
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"Bad news comes don't you worry even when it lands
Good news will work its way to all them plans"
Laid back and real, people appreciated you for you are in 2004.
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| Saturday, January 8th, 2005
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10:15 pm - Nick Berry had talent in a previous life
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Well, last night was eventful to say the least. We played a gig at Reflections in Lowestoft, didn't expect too much from it because practices have been a bit shit and last time we played there the sound was crap. Anyway, it was looking a bit dodgy because Garth turned up looking like death, he reckoned that he'd felt like shit all day and must be coming down with something, sound guy was late turning up, nobody had the chance to soundcheck. We ended up going on first, no idea what time it was but the place was already pretty packed, one of the biggest crowds we've played too I would think, although we weren't really amazing it was still a pretty good performance. Garth managed to break one of his "unbreakable" sticks which then flew up and smashed this light that was above me, it shattered it completely, glass everywhere, very impressive. I managed to put my guitar out of tune during pretty much every song by playing too hard and then to top it all off Wayne broke a string and decided to throw his guitar down. We're so rock n' roll haha. People seemed to like us though, it was pretty cool and we've been asked to go back and play a charity gig there for the tsunami disaster.
So that was the performance side of it, that was then followed by the drinking side of it. Alex got abused by some drunk twelve year old, it was amusing. The amount of underage kids in there drinking wasn't so funny though, it just got a bit annoying. Later on some really fucking drunken scottish bloke pushed past me at the bar and mumbled something, I couldn't understand him, not sure if it was the just the scottishness or the drunkeness as well. A couple of minutes later when me and Wayne were talking the same drunken scottish twat started shouting some shit towards me, his mate said "just ignore him, he's drunk" to which I replied "No, really?", I was told not get lippy, I laughed, some people have no sense of humour. Lowest form of wit? Is it fuck.
The other notable thing that happened was the appearance of Garth's stalker type ex, she was hassling him for most of the night. Garth said he'd give her a lift home because her mate had left already but later decided that he'd had enough of her hassling him so he legged it. Said girl then kept asking me where Garth was, most awkward, I made some excuses but I don't know how believable they were. Anyway, she went looking for him again and started to get chatted up by some drunks, who did she come to for help? Moi. Not a problem really because I did feel bad, she was all on her own and Garth had fucked her over a bit, only problem was that we then got chatting a bit and she asked for my number and now i've been getting a few texts from her today haha. Now, she seems like a nice girl to me and she's certainly very pretty but the fact that she is Garths ex could make things awkward and also the fact that he refers to her as his "psycho stalker ex" worries me a little. How queer.
current mood:  hungry
current music: Pavement - Range Life
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| Tuesday, January 4th, 2005
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10:38 pm - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I feel like Jimi Hendrix
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We're playing the Arts Centre a few days before my birthday, pretty cool methinks. I want to play another new song, just hope ma homies are up to it.
It's make or break time now. This is the year. By my calculations I have one year and twenty-one days to make something of my life, I like a challenge. It's half exciting and half scary when you put a date on it like that.
current mood: good
current music: Mark Lanegan - Wild Flowers
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| Sunday, January 2nd, 2005
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9:14 am - Song For The Sick
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I like it when people lie to you and would rather just drop hints than tell the truth...
Didn't take you long boy, to stop from being a friend
I hope you hear this song boy, 'cause I want your life to end
And as I lie awake now, crying and bereaving
I guess you're happy somehow, 'cause you made me stop believing
Die Taylor die
You ain't no friend of mine
You're a scum-sucking shitty guy
So die Taylor die
You stabbed me in the back, you're lower than a snake
Your brains are in your sack, you two-faced fucking fake
You haven't even tried to tell me how it feels
I guess that's just your style, to you it ain't no big deal
Die Taylor die
You ain't no friend of mine
You're a scum-sucking shitty guy
So die Taylor die
Did you ever think you'd get away with it?
Your attitude just stinks, you cowardly little shit
Consider this a spell and watch where you tread
And I'll see you in hell, I'll be laughing 'cause you're dead
Die Taylor die
You ain't no friend of mine
You're a scum-sucking shitty guy
So die Taylor die
Die Taylor die
You ain't no friend of mine
You're a scum-sucking shitty guy
So die Taylor die
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