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Happy IBMD.

Yesterday we released a very limited edition of hand made copies of SC8, catalogue number sc1601 'Kansas City Gold'.

Thank you to all those people who bought a copy, you're helping to fund making copies for the Kansas City artists, it's much appreciated.

If you didn't get your copy, well, sorry about that. Some things really are rare. Wait a few weeks and get it online.

I for one am glad to see the project complete. It's been, and to a degree, continues to be, a contentious project. Brother Bill thinks that's as it should be. I'd be OK with smooth sailing m'self, but Bill feels like you should 'live the blues to make the blues'.

Hell no.

LOL.

I've tried to balance many competing viewpoints on this one. Sometimes successfully. Other times, well...perhaps it was best understood by those who formed crews to go after a prize, knowing that each was in their own way, their own master

The best ye may be

from the aft

to the fore

is Captain at sea

and Quartermaster ashore.

Right. So where was I.

Oh yeah.

Cheers to all the folks who supported the WBC at Corrimal yesterday. Good crowd, good players. Good vibe.

There was a great deal of love in the place yesterday, which was good. 

We all got so enthusiastic we forgot that as it's an RSL, at 6'oclock, we stop to remember.

As Bill was saying, after all these years of being trained to play through anything, you don't generally stop unless you know why you're stopping.

Also, after years of playing in RSL's, how could we have forgotten that at 6pm you stop for the Ode of remembrance?

Someone was waving frantically at me from stage and I couldn't work out what was going wrong, it all kind of disintegrated into Chaos for a moment until the Penny Dropped. Ah. Theo looked Daggers at me for a moment when I tried to get him to cut, until he worked out I wasn't being obnoxious, just trying to stop before the Ode came on...

We all turned to face the west, they dimmed the lights and played the last call.

For reasons I won't go into, this was a particularly poignant moment.

I pretty much lost it.

I took a moment to Try and Get My Shit Together, which I highly recommend, should you ever be about to launch into 'One way out', and in a spontaneous moment of human kindness, a lady from the audience ran up and grasped my hand for a moment, telling me it was going to be ok.

There really still is great wonder in this world.

All I can respond with is 'thank you'.

Some things are worth stopping for.

We have one more gig before we go o/s on tour, but much work to do in the meanwhile.

Happy IBDM.

Hello dear reader. If this is your first time here, it's probably because we're doing pre-tour marketing and it's worked. Or you saw us. Or you need a hole in the ground with a lid on it. We're a 'Speculative' Stormcellar, if you will. For actual stormcellars for weather protection may we suggest google, or under an overpass.

If the messaging doesn't make sense it's because you missed the first few eps. Go on, read the blogs, it only goes back to 2008. Ok, no don't do that. Just jump on in.

So...for those 'cellar dwellers who are up to date.

AHEM:

We'd like to thank all the people who helped us to complete this album.

On the quarterdeck this morning, and at the request of the Quartermaster, a toast was raised to our Comrades Abroad.

The crew of the Stormcellar extend their compliments to Mssr's Gilbert, Cox(s), Bellamy, Groove, Teamer, Simmons & Holmes & Gilley.

From which point a tot of rum was distributed and their heath toasted.

A second tot of rum was issued to ensure our appreciation was properly noted.

The third tot of rum was on account of Medicinal Requirements.

An additional rum with cocoa-nut milk and or an umbrella was offered, plus some light snacks.

The  lūʻau is scheduled for after todays engagement down south

Three cheers were offered and the colours hoist.

Hurrah me lads!

NOTE: Rum, pirates, ship etc were purely metaphorical liberties taken for the purposes of self amusement.

That is all.

Over the side! ARRR!!!

Dear Stormcellar people. We are here to help you.

We shall now review your words and neutralise all dangers.

Please relax and be well. 

CENSORED BY AGENT SMITH

BREAKING NEWS - F______K YEAH!!

Lynchy's a genius.

Some of the Millage mixes were mono with stereo reverb (wtf), he stripped the fuzz,  did some Dark Mastering arts and omg.

I have been blown away by the result. 

yeah I am totally utterly biased and unreliable, but I challenge you to hear it. Seriously.

Millage's songs sound like they have stepped straight out of a time warp.

It's a staggering work. 

It had a difficult entrance, but it is a rare, rare dang thing. Even the flaws shine.

God bless'us all, every one :-)

Let there be peace.

Howdy Folks.

It's a cold wet week in Sydney and everyone is trading various strains of Cold & Flu. How wonderful.

Luckily we spend so much time together we all got and got over the same things at the same time :-)

Jo made the six hour journey yesterday to come into the studio and add harmonies and backing vocals to 'Nobody Knows Better'. Thanks to Geoff for doing the engineering.

Mr Worsey then made a special trip in to help us mix the final 3 songs for SC8

We can only do what we do thanks to the support and kindness shown to us by so many people. We are greatly fortunate indeed.

I'm also completely stoked about the re-recorded songs that Ben did for us. What a difference.

So now what?

We still have EFLH in the marketplace, what's with 'another' album?

Heh.

I guess I shouldn't mention that we're off to record the ninth album in a few weeks :-)

Ok. Mastering, art, more stuff. Let's keep working!