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Update - we have some awesome local south coast guests coming out.

Friday Tab and Andy join us, then on Sat, Tab, Andy AND Wombat join us! WOOT!

That's right, it's going to be mayhem. Mayhem!!

Come on out!

Howdy Folks we're headed back to the South this weekend. I love this run of shows. It's just staggeringly beautiful down that way.

I'm hoping we'll have some more local folks joining us and I'll update as soon as I know!

Friday Bega at the Commercial

Saturday at the Fishos in Eden and Sunday at Candelo but I dont know where yet. Stay tuned!

Wow, big night. This was the lineup before the second set. in the only moment of Cool during last week, I got to bypass the security and go back inside! Woot! Ok so I was working there but that's not the point. There have got to be some perks to being in this outfit.

We risked the new songs, my error rate was acceptable, Mr Wizard was voted as Extra-Ordinarily Loud by his ship mates and subject to the rigorous ear wigging we are so well known for.

Watch out for our hasty and easily repented emails. No hang on, that's not me, that's someone else.

Both of our support acts were 'unavoidably detained' which means either : the rapture is upons us (hallelujah),

OR

the Zombie Apocalypse is here (great, I have a cricket bat and pads, I'm set)

or something far more explainable, such as email failure. Or we smell funny. Take your pick.

Our regards though, in all seriousness, to B from Hairpin Culvert and sorry Sam, hope you took Telstra up on that free data day.

So, going back to new songs. 'Julie' went pretty well, but 'let me go down easy' kind of left people uncertain of how to react. It's a little like 'sun shines on' so it's not exactly a cheerful song but it is powerful. I rate it but maybe it needs to be in set 2. 

Hmm.

There was one moment though, that does bear a little recounting.

We've been playing the townie for a while now, and they've left our posters up there. They're built up, over written, stapled over, peeping out from behind other posters, framed by triangles and hard edges of the laminated bulwark of promo.

I recognise each of the ones I've made, and seeing them up there, still there, I feel a sudden sense of history and place, and even a strange pride that's as simple as a dog marking his territory, or maybe it's a touch of the self awareness of history.

Within the band we call it 'describing the wave to the water', the conundrum of at once being within something and at the same time, having a sense of its place relative to the world that gives rise to it.

So perhaps it's better to say that I caught sight of our posters, layered deep into history, of nights we've tried and tested songs, and that some small echo of what we have done remains.

Until they renovate.

:-)

Lots of W's in our headlines today.

Healing vibes to B. from Hairpin Culvert, sadly the gang will have to take a raincheck on coming out to play.

Very kindly, Sam Newton has stepped in to open the proceedings tonight.

For us, we're in Green Fields and New Ideas.

After 9 months of work on 'another' project, we're moving on to do what we do best.

Best ish.

Ok, well certainly if not 'best' then certainly 'what we do quite a bit really when you stop to think about it' and that's risk new ideas and new sonsg in front of a Sydney Audience! Nooo!

Yes! Two Songs enter, Some Songs Leave!

Come hear 'Julie' and 'let me down easy' amongst other new stuff. Of course if you haven't heard our stuff before it's all new.

I guess its really amatter of perspective.

Anyway, I have to cut up and despatch guide tracks for the new songs. Come out tonight fer crying out loud it'll be a blast. it's the Townie! We're bringing the weird! Come hang out with your friends in the stormcellar.

Howdy Folks.

I'm feeling a little lazy and am doing a combo gig report / hey look next gig thing. Yeah.

cheers to everyone who joined us on Sun at Towradgi.

My navigation system cannot understand the spoken word 'Towradgi' and I argued futiley with it for a good ten minutes on the way down.

Siri, that's right im talking to you. Also the tom tom. Yeah I know its straight down the princess highway but I like tech Ok? First world problems.

Good gig, at one point I saw people moving their mouths in a way that seemed to synchronise with the words.

Astoundingly, I was correct. Someone else other than me has gone to the trouble of learning the words. I like 'twice shy girl' too. 

We got our game on in set 2 and put out some energy. I'm still beat today :-) That was a great arvo. Cheers to Hairpin Culvert.

Right, now, we're back on this week at the Townie, this sat night, late til late 10ish.

New Songs! I wanted to play another new song but they wanted to 'rehearse' it (jeez) but I got a promise we can do it at the townie. Yay!

Come along and get a positive vibe on. This sat. Townie newtown. Late.

I'm too lazy for photoshop so here ya go. Gig poster deluxe.

Wow, what can I say.

8 months of work on this project and I am just not sure what's going to happen to it.

We maintain a certain discretion in many aspects of what we do because frankly every humans' life is a soap opera and ours no more interesting than anyone elses.

Actually that's not entirely accurate. this has been FASCINATING.

But I still can't entirely talk about it. Some of the reasons are because we're kind, some are because we're wise, some are because Rosie expects better of me than rant filled ranty-ness.

But I do get to speak the truth with love, and I do get to say stuff for the record.

I like echidnas. They're cute, harmless, and a reminder that even cute harmless creatures can turn into a ball of pricks when required. Never mistake kindness for weakness.

We've recently had to strongly assert ourselves and it's come as a surprise to a few folks.

Let's just say that the Echidna is not the only analogy that has been suggested of us in the last while.

We have a response. Talk to the Kangaroo.

oh. and beware the aztec.