Why so sad...?

Hello from a really irritable feeling me.

Despite the great weekend that involved lots of drinking, eating, hanging out with my GF, lots of music and an especially fun show at the hockley hustle i feel like a wave of doom has washed over me even 3 days after the end of the partying. I get really annoyed with human brains sometimes...how can you feel mentally like such a piece of shit after a good time?

This is just a quick one really.

Just to say thanks for everyone who watched us on Sunday at the Hockley Hustle. Shaws was so busy people were getting turned away at the door. It felt like there was a real air of anticipation in the room before we played and it felt great so thank you. Also cheers to Rob for Synth and Violin work. We even aired a completely new song. I managed to nearly break my ankle jumping from the stage and chipped a front tooth but it was worth it!

The set was something like this:

The Terrorist
I miss you cos it's Monday
A little bit of home
Everything Beautiful reminds me of you
Merrow song
I am the wind (NEW SONG!!!!!)
She still loves you
Great having you around

I think i missed one song out...sorry boys and girls.

Right must go...promise to be more cheery next time.

See you over the weekend at Cafe De Paris (London) on friday and the ghost bus tour in Nottingham on Saturday.

I finally got to see Los Campesinos on Wednesday last who were brilliant and i might go and watch Darren Hayman a week friday too if my dentistry doesn't rinse me too much! Won't bother meeting him though he doesn't like me from what i gather and well i don't really like him much from past meetings but he is a musical genius and that's what matters. I bet Joseph and his amazing technicolor dream coat wasn't a very nice bloke either. I bet Joseph and his amazing technicolor dream coat was a right womanizer down the pharaoh's house and probably had a proper ego. Why am i comparing Joseph to Darren? I don't know.

Sorry about the writing it's not very sharp. I'm tired.

The end.

Bye,

Adam

Verbal!

Tuesday:

I woke up this morning feeling lonely and cold which is not the best way to start the day but overall I feel happy at the moment. I’m preparing for a complete lack of sleep now and pretty much all the way up until December. We have a mere 2 and a bit weeks to reach the deadline for the next single and get it all recorded, mixed and b-sided, then promo and gigs. I haven’t even thought about art work yet but the sessions are going well. We’ve gone for a different recording approach this time and enlisted the help of a really good and patient producer…these sessions have been split between our rehearsal space and the home studio. The drums are already sounding massive. I just really really hope we don’t lose the slightly charming lo-fi edge that have been apparent in our previous recordings. So far Drums, Bass, and Guitars are already done on both “Everything Beautiful reminds me of you” and “Great having you around” tonight it’s a big old vocal session. I hope my throat picks up; it’s a bit horse at the moment. I have to be honest and I’ve said it before I really don’t enjoy recording that much…I’ve got a short attention span you see, like a fish made of gold.

We played an odd couple of gigs over the weekend. Friday was definitely a tough crowd but pretty cool and Saturday was a more relaxed party type of gig. We’d all had a skin full of wine but not so much it affected the performance.

Fridays gig was at the Nottingham beer festival and we’d made the mistake of going for a stripped down performance rather than a full band thingy. To be honest the crowd was too big and in too much of an open space to 100% pull it off. We really should have insisted on going for a full band set. I think we won the crowd over eventually despite the boozed up nature of the collective audience. It was a toughie as we were sandwiched between two covers bands. The latter being a bunch of total cunts. In fact the ageing guitarist really thought he was in the Rolling Stones by the way he was acting and with his threat of “punching our lights out” apparently because we were taking our time clearing the stage (despite the first band running over and therefore causing the timings to overrun) He really made himself look like a twat particularly after Miles quickly returned the threat and he walked off head hung low. Jamie also made me laugh by wishing him luck in not “breaking a hip” It was good to see him put in his place but what a bell end.
One thing about this gig was the fact that there was a woman on stage lip reading and doing sign language for the deaf audience. Odd.
Post gig we went back to my friend’s house, ate some amazing steaks, drank loads of wine and smoked some weed. It was a really good night.

Saturday was a great day. I spent all day with my GF slept late and slowly drank wine all afternoon and listened to music. Then off to sound check about 6ish.
It was a very enjoyable show despite the broken mic stands. We had an impromptu gathering at my friends restaurant after works…more wine. Good weekend.

There’s going to be a single launch party for “everything beautiful” this will be in mid December and is almost confirmed and at Rock City. We’ll also be throwing an after party at a venue somewhere in the city and entrance to this will be part of the entrance fee. We’ll do our best to keep it as cheap as possible and good value.
I’m currently trying to confirm a very exciting second band to play with us too.
This will be a really good night and we will definitely be bringing some extra musicians to play with us as well. For now pencil in December 11th. I’ll try and confirm this bad boy this week as well as the other band that I’ve got in mind to play with us.

Oh and we’ve confirmed a return Jam Café gig on November 13th as well as a new date at Wandsworth Palais (please check the my space for the confirmed date)

Wed:
Recording went ok last night although I was in pretty poor voice, I’ve got a bit of a cold you see. Anyway we managed to get the vocals on Great having you around done but I still need to write a monologue for the ending.
Will attempt to nail Everything Beautiful tonight and act with more enthusiasm than last night. I’m tired and in a bad mood today. Miss me woman and my sleep. It was another long day yesterday.
Looking forward to the weekend to totally relax. I’m really desperate to work on the new songs too. It’s that short attention span of mine again.
I think art work this time will take a Royal Blue colour scheme; best get cracking on that and think about the video as well.

I’ll be more cheery next post, just tired.

Adx

I've got 21 mintues to go...oxide calling.

I actually have nothing in particular to write today I just seem to found myself with a spare 20 minutes, my motivation has all but dried up so I think a few minutes of pointless writing will do the trick.
The best thing that happened to me this week is that I’ve found myself a flat. Yes I’m going solo into a world of naked sofa wanks (if i really want to - just because I can!) cooking what I want, watching what I want and probably into a small little pit of occasional loneliness. It feels exciting and it means I can spread my shit (not literally) about wherever i want...and hopefully I’ll be able to write more as well.
I always get really self-conscious trying to write songs when i know there's people in the house...I think this comes from a hatred of people getting guitars out at parties and subjecting those sat around to their terrible songs. I shouldn't really moan about this because when very very pissed I’ve often subjected those sat around at parties to terrible versions of my own songs too. It's a strange feeling waking up in the morning knowing you've subjected people around you to your own songs even if they haven't asked to hear them.
It's not cool and something I hate doing but seem to do anyway. I think getting a guitar out at a party is basically like getting your knob out and asking the collective uncaptivated audience to sit and watch you humiliate yourself through continuous gravy strokes that never quite reach orgasm. It's like pissing with your pants on. Unsatisfying for all. You can always see the potential knob shakers in the room, waiting patiently for enough booze to kick in before asking the party thrower: "excuse me mate, can I have a quick go on your guitar?" you know it will probably start with a standard version of "cum as you are" before nose diving into the inevitable "i wrote this one myself" moment. Anyway i can't complain because I’ve got my metaphorical cock out on more than one occasion and am always left unsatisfied by the outcome. The moral of the story is think before you wank.

The End,

Thanks,

Ad (that killed 15 minutes)

Ghost!

Good afternoon…it’s been another hectic few weeks in campo dangerouso.
I miss you cos it’s monday has been released as a single and has been pretty acclaimed in the press. A lot of these rags seem to be tipping us for great things which is rather exciting, There’s a selection of reviews knocking about on our website.

I have said before that I try not to read reviews but I think I just can’t help it. I’m nosey and want people to like me; this is probably because I’m from a broken home.

We have started recording the next single which is due out in the 2nd week of December (just waiting for the confirmation date from Danqua) This is the first time we’ve recorded anything with Jamie and the first sessions since the “House that Jack Hayter Built” this time last year. It’s the right time to do new songs and re visit older ones. The next single will be “Everything beautiful reminds me of you” a title nicked from Tim Ten yens album of the same name, I really liked the title so I wrote a song by the same name. It’s as simple as that.
We’re in the early stages of organising a Christmas Party probably to be held at Rock City…I will let you know when I know. This will be great as we’ll be able to pick the line-up. I know who I’ve got in mind to play with us…!

This will be backed by a revisited version of “Great having you around” which seems to be developing into a big wall of sound type thing. I knew there must have been a reason why Miles has such a big box of pedals when he plays, I thought they were just for show but then again what do I know. I have no idea about guitar FXs apart from my new amp has an inbuilt loop pedal which I can’t use. It’s probably wasted on me.

We started the new sessions on Saturday night and it went pretty smoothly and felt relaxed. I little drop of wine, a few beers, 5 cigarettes and a few takes and we got what we wanted down. I’ve got a good feeling about these songs.

CD singles of “The Terrorist” have no sold out so if you still wish to buy a copy you best bet is ebay or if you wish to download it I-Tunes.

CD singles for “I miss you cos it’s monday” are still available. I think they’re limited to 150 so be quick if you want one. We should have some copies available to buy at this weekends gigs. We’re expecting these to sell out pretty fast so get one while you can.

Few more quick updates/Confirmations regarding gigs this weekend:

Friday 9th Oct – Nottingham Castle (beer festival)
Saturday 10th Oct – Chameleon arts café (Nottingham)

Umm…they’re happening.

No more really excitingly wild stories to report this time…apart from I’ve got myself a brand new girlfriend. This is good and I’m excited.

See you at the weekend gigs then…

Adx

Safety in numbers/danger in words

Good morning.

What a bloody hectic but great weekend. I've caught up on sleep enough now to write about it.

I don't know if i mentioned before but I was asked to help out a couple of my friends on a photographic exhibition and inadvertently ended being one of the models for some of the pics. Anyway i turns out they used my face and hands in the final exhibition in 4 of the 7 chosen pictures. As a result i was invited to the launch party in Shoreditch on Friday.
What i didn't realize was that this exhibition was such a big deal and part of the designers block thing taking place at Earls Court this week. Anyway there were various fashion folks, models, a cat walk show, free pims and umm...Ok magazine covering it. Not what I’d expected but it was actually really fun. Having walked in and seen a massive portrait of my face hanging on the wall in a gold frame i decided the best option was to nip outside for most of the night, drink as much pimms as possible and smoke until my lungs bled. It was a really good night and i think the whole thing was a success and hopefully the start of bigger things for my friend. Also and quite hilariously Ok magazine took my picture.
Can you imagine if my mugs in OK magazine next month?
I honestly don't know how i get myself into these situations sometimes.
I spent the rest of my night drinking wine and had a really great time.

Feeling slightly tired (in fact very) on Saturday morning I set off to meet my friend who was driving us home. There’s something really immense about walking round London in the morning sunshine still slightly pissed in search of breakfast. I think a bacon roll from a London cafe is exactly what's needed sometimes. Managed to get back to Nottingham where I literally jumped into another car and was driven to Banbury and by this point i was starting feel delirious with tiredness. Probably not the best mind set to play a radio session and do an interview. Anyway Miles did most of the talking and i think the playing part went pretty well. The interviewer wasn't the finest but that's the way things go sometimes. I'm still not completely used to talking to journalists and often do come across as a ball bag. I just think i need to stop cracking jokes.
Keep an ear out for the session anyway...I’ll do a pod cast or something when it's done. There's a very interesting version of No good times intended we performed with Ukes.
On Saturday night Marks parents cooked the whole band an amazing feast in Kenilworth and then it was off to the pub for some drinks and for me bed (the others continued partying elsewhere) Good times.
Sunday we woke up still tired and headed to trusty Stratford to earn some dollars to pay the man and continue promoting the next single (out next Monday people!) We did a full takeaway busking style show with an extra Violin...i think it was one of the best takeaway shows we've done. Sunday afternoon i headed back to Nottingham, had a couple of Guniness' in the sun and collapsed about ten after a really great but hectic weekend.
I'm talking to the evening post in a bit and will do my up most to not do any silly accents or jokes...lots more press this week too. I do like doing interviews.
Roll on this weekend...! I'm feeling good this week.
Adx