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Howdy Folks.

I'm feeling a little lazy and am doing a combo gig report / hey look next gig thing. Yeah.

cheers to everyone who joined us on Sun at Towradgi.

My navigation system cannot understand the spoken word 'Towradgi' and I argued futiley with it for a good ten minutes on the way down.

Siri, that's right im talking to you. Also the tom tom. Yeah I know its straight down the princess highway but I like tech Ok? First world problems.

Good gig, at one point I saw people moving their mouths in a way that seemed to synchronise with the words.

Astoundingly, I was correct. Someone else other than me has gone to the trouble of learning the words. I like 'twice shy girl' too. 

We got our game on in set 2 and put out some energy. I'm still beat today :-) That was a great arvo. Cheers to Hairpin Culvert.

Right, now, we're back on this week at the Townie, this sat night, late til late 10ish.

New Songs! I wanted to play another new song but they wanted to 'rehearse' it (jeez) but I got a promise we can do it at the townie. Yay!

Come along and get a positive vibe on. This sat. Townie newtown. Late.

I'm too lazy for photoshop so here ya go. Gig poster deluxe.

Wow, what can I say.

8 months of work on this project and I am just not sure what's going to happen to it.

We maintain a certain discretion in many aspects of what we do because frankly every humans' life is a soap opera and ours no more interesting than anyone elses.

Actually that's not entirely accurate. this has been FASCINATING.

But I still can't entirely talk about it. Some of the reasons are because we're kind, some are because we're wise, some are because Rosie expects better of me than rant filled ranty-ness.

But I do get to speak the truth with love, and I do get to say stuff for the record.

I like echidnas. They're cute, harmless, and a reminder that even cute harmless creatures can turn into a ball of pricks when required. Never mistake kindness for weakness.

We've recently had to strongly assert ourselves and it's come as a surprise to a few folks.

Let's just say that the Echidna is not the only analogy that has been suggested of us in the last while.

We have a response. Talk to the Kangaroo.

oh. and beware the aztec.

Hoist the dark shadow

Send out the cry

That each man

In their hearts dread

Yet to the walls

Yet to the streets

Yet to the battle join

For none live in peace

That do not first carry liberty before them

Like a burning brand

Dearly Beloved, this weekend we shall appear the the Faithful at the Towradgi Beach Hotel on Sunday the 27th at 3pm.

Of course, we will also be appearing to the unfaithful, the faithless, the faith-no-more or any other creature, sentient or otherwise who also happens to be there.

Howdy Folks.

It's been an interesting time. I find myself attempting to muster the better angels of my nature when negotiating with people of good will.

I am learning to assert myself in a positive way.

Here's a helpful diagram.

Now there are many things I would like to object to George Lucas about

but I don't think I can blame him for his DDS tape units.

We recorded the Kansas City stuff on Ex-Skywalker Sound units and I think they may have an almost unique sonic characteristic.

How can a digital system have a unique sonic characteristic? Well you got me stumped there. Maybe it's the compression. Why dont we ask Darth Audio?

'Cellar dwellers from way back might know of the disasters we had with Analogue on our Spacejunk EP. Great sound but the machines ran at variable speeds (LOL, here's a flashback video, back when phone cameras weren't HD OOH ANTIQUE!)

We used a combo of 1/2 inch and 1 inch tape. The tape was old stock, it disintegrated, particles just showered off it as we hit playback. We had to re-record half of it back in the studio. DISASTER!!

BUT! The best take of Sweet Misery, with all that glorious AIR was one take that made it. Oh how good it was.

Yep, we're OK with Disaster. 

So now it's Off to the Manual and maybe a call to some Old Nerds. Heh. I shall consult the Tech Elders.