Stormcellar at Beaches, Thirroul, Friday 10 July
Back on Deck sat night. I'd post the poster but it went bung.
Bugger.
We'll be at the gig tho'
'Ray!
Back on Deck sat night. I'd post the poster but it went bung.
Bugger.
We'll be at the gig tho'
'Ray!
Talk about putting a positive spin on it. My new(ish) HDD with some important data (recent tour videos etc) went Kerplooie and El Backup No Worko.
Thus I can either spend a bootload on data recovery (thinking about it) or just accept my digital spanking, go 'meh' and move on.
That would mean I wont have to blog the last bunch of stuiff cos I've been offloading the video cam into the dud drive.
Woohoo! Holidaze!
For thinking on.
Howdy folks.
I'm in need of a few days rest and it's been enforced by my PC going berserk. (sigh) I'm going to be fixing this for the next few days so it'll be quiet time.
Pics and blogs will flow after some HDD recovery action :-(
Firstly though big thanks to Nancy and Val for making the tour happen, and a big thank you to Bill and Rosie for above and beyond the call of duty. Mostly that means rescuing me when I break down.
We have a show this week in Thirroul. I'd post the poster but...back to hard drive recovery.
Did I mention I saw a giant fibreglass banana and a fibreglass bee hive?
Also a lot of stunning NSW countryside. Lakes, oceans, rivers, trees, grass, oyster leases, boats, bridges, kangaroos, sunsets, bull bars, highway patrol cars, camper vans and devonshire teas. And lots of gas stations.
Our gi normous 4WD hire car with QLD numberplates scared the other motorists away from us each time we changed lanes, as if we were a lumbering Rhino. Seriosuly. I think global warming is a small price to pay for that moment of diesel powered Man Fury I enjoyed, tooling up the highway with an engine grunting like a grumbly sumo.
This has been quite the unexpected journey for us musical hobbits who, quite frankly, like a cup of tea and lie down most of the time.
I shall be about posting, chronologically, yet more tidbits from whats been happening. It has been so much the capture has overpowered the reporting. We must add more staff. I'd ask my people to get on it but I am my people and I'm tuckered out. Night.
Greetz Folks.
I was just luxuriating in a rare day off and thought i might blog. then I remembered I have work still to do.
Oh.
Bummer.
We're on the road to Newcastle tomorrow, then Port Mac then Yamba, then DC's outta here next week, back to the US.
It's been a pretty busy time. We've covered more Australian territory in a few weeks than we normally do in 6 months. I've blown out 5 harps. 5. Far out.
Band's sounding tight. DC has been training us all and it's led to unexpected side benefits for yours truly here and some degree of amusement also. I'm lucky, as a fill and lead instrument, I don't have any of the heavy lifting that Bill and Theo do. They have to get it right, all the time. Heh.
Meanwhile I can kite about, making noises until I get the dreaded Evil Eye or the 'Shush' symbol (hand out, palm down, lower hand slightly). However, once we have been sufficiently trained we can anticipate these things. DC didnt even call the stops on Saturday night and they were there. tight, bang on the money dead stop. Nice.
Jo's going to miss the last few shows (bummer also) as the Kids have started to run riot in her absence and she's decided to round up the Wild Things. We'll miss her for the last few shows and I'll miss doing that CSNY number. Still, the rule is, we get her when she can make it :-)
Meanwhile I have vehicles to rent, gear to sort out, harps to replace and stuff to do. Whose idea was this anyway?
More videoblogs to follow BTW. I'm still editing. Stay tuned.