Ooh! Have we got a video?...

... as Neil used to say on an episode of the Young Ones


Got The Gun on YouTube

Yes! We've got a video!
I've been playing, boys and girls, and we have a fairly patchy, poorly synched video
I quite like it
Hope you do too

So far, just comments that it's badly synched and needs more of this

Half speed guitar smash on Youtube

One of the many things I love about that clip is PC
PC is not a big fan of the Who, or of guitar smashing bands in general
I had given no indication I was going to do that, and only decided myself at about 1.04 to 1.06
when I saw that the headstock had cracked away from the neck
But he knew
Deep in his drummerly heart he knew
Knew the etiquette of smashing the cymbals to add effect to the guitar smash
Without a moment's hesitation, purely instinctive joining in
I love PC
(and the other 2 as well)

9/10/12 Acoustic Club, Bulls Head, Moseley

Dear Diary

Today's gig was not me at my best.

Played a new venue to me, with a new promoter to me. Rachel the promoter was lovely - warm, chatty and welcoming. Nice, relaxed atmosphere generated. Not a huge crowd. Peaked at maybe 15, but I refined it to about 3 by the end (last bus, lift home is leaving etc). Distilled and purified, as usual. All of this absolutely fine.

But I disappointed myself. I've not got over the bronchial infection I had a month or so ago, and it's getting worse if anything. Couple of violent coughing fits while singing (and subsequent big headache from brain rupture. Or something.), sweat stinging my eyes so tears ran down my face, and my left hand cramped up for about ten minutes. I backed off vocally several times rather than sing with the passion and strength which has been steadily improving over the last couple of years of solo gigs. By and large, I quite enjoy what my voice can (usually) do now.

Pleased nobody came to see this one. To be fair, nobody there knew my songs, so they won't have known when I ducked out of some vocal bits. I probably covered it up pretty well. Except when I forgot the next chord in Behind Blue Eyes, on John Entwistle's birthday. Hopefully I didn't fail too badly, but I was unsatisfied with myself. No gigs booked until this infection is clear!

Set list:
Sunsets and lovers
Sleep like a baby
There's only you
Love will tear us apart (joy division)
Big brown eyes
Behind blue eyes (the who)
Say goodbye/sparks (extra who section to give my voice a rest)
Let it go, Jackie
Cold all alone

Next one will be better!


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Endoscopy

I don't like things being shoved down my throat which choke me. Call me Mr Picky. Today's endoscopy was supposed to have me sedated so almost asleep, and my throat numbed so I couldn't feel the camera go down.

I fought back apparently ( I was sedated a bit ). Three times I pulled the camera out of my throat, and I also ripped the canula out of the vein in my hand and made a slight mess. I would say not sedated enough there. So they abandoned it.

Not allowed to drive, climb ladders, operate machines or sign legal documents for tomorrow. So no work then. Didn't even get the camera past the back of my throat.

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