Stormcellar at the The Bunker, Coogee Bay Diggers, Sat 8 Apr
Come join us at the beach.
9pm-11pm. Coogee Bay Diggers, Sat 8 Apr.
Come join us at the beach.
9pm-11pm. Coogee Bay Diggers, Sat 8 Apr.
Our mate Ross will be spinning 6 tracks from Defiance tonight as we join him for the Australian Spectrum show.
http://alive905.com.au/ross-
Mr Wizard and I (yeah I know it's mean to be 'Mr Wizard and me' now but I still think it sounds weird) will be Ross's's's's's Guest's's's's's tonight. (prize for working out which apostrophe should be there..their...they're? OMG GRAMMAR MELTDOWN!!!)
I think this post may have lacked clarity.
Clarity this post may have lacked.
Oh dear.
Ok.
Me+Mr Wizard+Ross+Radio Show+6 tracks from new album+talk+other stuff+tonight+not all of tonight, just the bit between 9pm and midnight Austrliaa Eastern Standard times.
Happy to clear that up.
You're welcome.
That's it, I am deffo going to integrate our social media feed. Cross posting Pics is making me GRRR.
But the trip was great.
Ah eden in the mornings.
Happy Birthday Lindsay, thanks Garry. Get well soon Mac, you missed a great weekend.
The South Coast was jumping so we hit the inland route. A tank full of gas is a small price for the view.
On our way through we stopped in nimmitabel. Yes that's right, we must have said 'inimitable' several times each. Funny each time huh?
Not so much.
Kelvin made us a cup of tea and invited us to join in the Monaro Blues Festival in a couple of weeks. Usually I'd just be happy with a biscuit to go with the tea. Thanks Kelvin.
Seeing the skies, doing the drive, listening to the stories people tell. Hearing Sparrow telling tall tales at the Federal. All the good things we get to do.
We raised a glass once again to John, to Brian and to Patricia. The show goes on.
I'm buggered after quite a bit of driving. We're in Coogee this coming weekend, I'll get around to some poster art for it after a well deservedzzzzzzzzzzzz...........zzzzzzzzzz.................
Mr Wizard and I went to see John McC off today, at the Anglican church in Newtown.
A good attendance, and a good last gig.
We had raised a glass to John, with the audience, at the Townie on Friday night.
Today, we joined a host of local muso's, friends and family and saw him off with stories and songs.
As the funeral director walked slowly in front of the hearse on King St, it was the first time I've ever welcomed a disruption to traffic in Newtown.
John, we hardly knew ye.
True to his nature, he would have chided the speaker placement, but, as his long time mate KL said, finally a gig with no reverb.
It's one of the first times I have thought a funeral was wonderful. I don't know if John ever realised the depth of genuine warmth felt for him by so many people. I hope he did.
There's an old phrase that comes to mind; The best we may say of a man is that he lived respected and died regretted.
As his BFF Marcus noted, the word 'cantankerous' was well applied to John, but applied in smaller measure than his kindness and generosity.
Mr Wizard's truly bummed to lose a mate, and he's got another funeral to fly to this week. Crikey.
After John's muso mates had sung, his family and friends had spoken and the priest read a last benediction, they played a video of a moment where John stepped out from behind the mixing console to sing. Although I don't have that footage, it feels fitting and proper to play a version of the song.
Godspeed John McConnell. May the circle be unbroken, by and by.
Making stuff is the best response we can offer to our circumstances.
One of the items on our 2017 EPIC list was doing an online collaboration.
TICK!
I joined 'Game of Bands' on Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/gameofbands/) which describes itself as the internet's longest running songwriting comp.
Working with Pedro in Portugal and Diego in Peru, I just did my first song in Spanish!
Muchas Gracias a Diego, Y Obrigado, Pedro!
I imagine my Spanish Accent will probably cause a lot of amusement to native Spanish Speakers. Por favor, perdoname :-)
Mr Wizard thinks I've lost my tiny little mind (again), shouldn't he be used to it after 10 years? But he's also keen on trying some stuff in Spanish and maybe even Japanese. Oh dear. What have I started?
Rosie thinks the guitar is great. I think the sentiments Diego wrote in Spanish are great.
So here it is, a theme song for a Spaghetti Western from an alternate universe.
It's part Radio Play, Part Portuguese 'Fado' and part completely random. Not bad for three people who met online a week ago. The great music is courtesy of Pedro.
There's a world of people out there making stuff. That's just great. Join in. Grab the google and do your thing!
I might see you out on the boards :-)
We're in Eden this weekend.
It's both wonderful and a little sad. We had hooked this gig up so we could take Friend of the Band 'Travellin Mac' down to one of the prettiest spots on the coast.
We wish Mac a speedy recovery.
On a positive note, almost all the folks who have been joining us at our Eden gigs as support acts are doing their own shows this weekend :-) so we'll be doing the night solo.
It's greatly encouraging that live music is starting to come out of hibernation :-)
The show goes on.