Middle of Nowhere Festival

What a tiring and amusing weekend that was. After much mooching about and sorting things out we finally got on site late friday afternoon and set about having a beer or two before we played. Things were a little delayed as things ran slightly late (not a bad thing) and a band or two pulled out (muppets), but we finally took the stage around 8pm. We had a broken drum stand which we had to go blag another to borrow (thanks Hips, nice one chaps) but once we got things going all was good. A later (or even a saturday) slot would have been nice but we instead we essentially opened the festival (from a loud music point of view) after some accoustic chaps played a set just before us. Things went very well, we had a good laugh at the gig and got peeps to dance for us. After all that it was time for us to have a festival ourselves as we were done playing. I wont go into many details of the debauchery and devilry that followed, but needless to say we had a very amusing time. We hosted a firepit party till about 10am sat morning, which saw some 40 odd people gather and amuse themselves around the fire (hello fellow fire people!), everyone seems to get wood for everyone else and Mark invented his blues name - 'Gravy Lips' Lewis. Things were drunk, including most of the people present, and other things were consumed. Saturday we made a farmhouse rustic chinese (nice work there stoob) and proceeded to repeat the night before's activities with drinking and partying. An exquisite weekend was had by all. If you made it, then you already know. If you didnt, then come next year to find out...

"Every Cloud..." music event / Bird in Hand saturday 14th June

last draft of the flyer, should be about right...

Lastnight @ The Bird in Hand

Wow was it hot lastight. Very warm indeed. We had 4 cooling fans laid out around the stage, and it was still hot! Still, thats the summer for you and we wouldnt want it otherwise would we? So We got to the Bird and did the usual setup games, sound checking and such. Grace hit the stage around 9.30pm and played a beautiful set that was well recieved by those brave enough to enter the building in such temperatures, big thanks to them and we look forward to seeing them play again at "Every Cloud...". By 10.30 we were ready to play and hit the stage, with the fire doors closed by this time (to avoid a visit from the noise police) we started roasting ourselves and flew into our set. Applying a liberal basting of cooking juices, and some much needed throat lubrication, we worked our way through the hour we had set up to play. A fabulous reaction from each and every song we played was splendidly received by us, very much appreciated as it was hot work! We even got a birthday dedication in (happy b'day T!) and a competition for when Mark was gonna fuck up the song he likes to fuck up from time to time just to check if anyone is paying attention :) A great, and well enjoyed gig. Thanks all who came down and braved the temperatures! See you next time folks...

Next Gig: The Bird in Hand