Ok, that was a late gig. yes I know we should be all hard boiled muso's here, but upon arrival at the Pi I was asked by no less than 5 separate people, 'WTF are you doing starting at 11pm?' The answer? Just doing what we're told...ok...and making sure we dont interfere with the football (Go the 'Tahs! About time! Ok, the crowd we're also keen on the Tigers in another code, but thats a different story)
Theo craftily setting up while the football is ending..
Was it too late? Lets see, what happened during the first set?
Nope, apparently Midnight Is OK for Hi Cost of Lovin'
There were some snappy dressers last night, here's Theo getting some Sartorial Tips.
And of course, another moment in my continuing personal fascination with Signage:
Yes folks its Late Saturday/Early Sunday at the PI and it was going off. Prune you rock, cheers for putitng the word out, Snowy's back from a Pacific Voyage and thinks he has Legionaires...Houseo did some interesting dancing and Matt danced with everyone. Several times.
Of course, there are the dangers of a late night start. Now how should I phrase this..hmm...delicately..um....Ah yes! After a night of drinking, people can get 'Tired and Emotional' - or, 'Emotional as a Newt'.
We had one dance move involving a 360 head over heels spin with two Blokes, The poor guy who'd gone over his mates shoulder kept dancing but his balance centre was Tired And Emotional, he came within a hairs breadth of slamming into the PA speaker and stand, only saved by Prune from toppling.
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Some awesome talent out of Japan, while we're thinking about them during the Meltdown and Earthquake.
SCANDAL - my fave girl-rocker band. Think Japanese version of The Runaways.. How can such pretty young things rock so hard?
EDIT 25/3/11 - They took the Video down again! I'll try and find another one to link to...
HIROMI UEHARA - an amazing keyboardist, now a 2011 Grammy winner and in The Stanley Clarke Band. For those who hate bass solos, her dual keyboard workout is at 4 min 30secs, and be prepared to be amazed
We're a very accomodating lot. So accomodating that we're not starting at the Pendle Inn this Saturday until after the footy finishes on foxtel, go figure.
Howdy Folks. Well, that's it. We're officially Hip. Oh No, I said it. Damn. Oh well, we were hip for a second there. Ok, so maybe we just played a Hip venue. Is the Sando still hip? You Betcha!
King St in Newtown has been a Hip place for, well, for a while, but over the course of the years, like so many bohemian inner city (ish) enclaves, it has been gentrified, the rents gone up and the Bohemians moved on. Fortunately, it looks like they just moved a little further down King St.
It's still vibrantly artful and colourful. The people still dress in a manner sure to displease parents everywhere (Rebel with your hair!!) and the Sando, a long standing Bastion of the music scene is still kicking it.
As the 'Dude Who Does The Artwork' for the band, I am an avid fan of good posters and OMG, there's been a renaissance of Cool Band Art.
