1 post tagged “thunder”
I've never actually had a 'Duvet Day' before. It was originally described to me as a 'Doona Day', but they were Australian and have funny words for just about everything. I was corrected on the expression by a fellow brit. I've really enjoyed it and hope to do it again soon. Though I don't think my boss would like it.
I booked today off and didn't surface until just before lunch, which was great. :-)
It was so dark all morning that I was very glad I didn't have to go to work. Something has gone very wrong with the English summer. I mean, wet.. ok, sunny... very ok. But I just don't know how to dress at the moment (many would say I've never known how to). One minute it's nice, the next a monsoon with hailstones the size of peas. That happened a couple of weeks back.
Today we had this:
Anyway, less weather more music. I went to see Captive State last night and they were fookin brilliant. It's the best gig I've been to in a while. It was at the Spitz in East London. Last time I was there I nearly set fire to the stage when I knocked a drink into the pedal board of my organ. It made a very loud bang and the gig went a bit downhill. I should have checked to see if the burn mark was still there. :-)
Have a listen to their songs. I'm not articulate enough to give you a running commentry or insightful comparisons other than I can say live, they were great. 9 people, mostly on stage, with a great mix of keyboards, percussion, brass, guitars, great backing vocals and most importantly strong songs. Normally when there's loads of instrumentalists involved, half of them needn't be there, for this band it wasn't the case. A great bit of mixing from the sound guy too. Even the backing vocals were tight and added to the layers of sound.
In many ways their set up and performance reminded me of Hot Chip. I'm not sure the recordings can reflect their greatest asset which was their live set.
As usual, I got very drunk which isn't the cool thing to do when technically I'm working. I think I'm meant to be in the shadows at the side of the venue, secretly taking notes and leaving undetected like a Ninja. Rather than drinking several pints, getting shitfaced and making a fool of myself at the front of the stage. :-s Had bad paranoia this morning but that was probably the hangover.
How rock n' roll is this? It's Friday evening and I'm at home writing a blog. Saying that I was meant to be at the barfly tonight but the guy who was taking me can't make it and the tube is stuffed because of the above weather apparently.
Hope all is good out there.
