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FYI - just in case you didn't glean this from my recent blogs or the appearance of 'Onward Traveler' and 'Sweet Adeline', we've embarked on a singles releasing process.

As our last release was a studio album, we're in our experimental phase. I like to think of it as boundary pushing time.

So far we've released a song recorded on a 2 inch 24 track analogue tape system and a track recorded on an iPad in the backyard. I'm liking this approach.

In a weeks time, we're recording another track under the guidance of Mr Pete Doherty and we're still at work on various other new songs.

During a brief session with Mr Wizard and Theo yesterday, we continued work on the most dangerous new song yet. It has the capacity to go wrong on many levels. Great!

Musical Danger!

One of the movements of the song stumped even Mr Wizard and he requested a whiteboard in order to annotate it.

I present the mystical markings of Mr Wizard.

I'll let you know when we get it ready for live performance.

Cheers to Garth for having us in to plug our upcoming gig at the Eastern Lounge at the Roseville Club.

Garth called us a Sydney Institution. An Institution!

We demurred and said something about being institutionalised and Garth said we're hard to compliment. Garth is right. There was also some talk about how furry the microphone case was but what happens in the studio, stays in the studio. Unless it's broadcast, which it wasn't.

There is still some danger in letting me loose on the unsuspecting public :-)

Thanks Garth, thanks Fine Music fm 102.5 on your Sydney FM band (prev 2mbs)

BTW the new studios are AWESOME!!! OMG, dual airlock doors to the studio, RJ45 connectors to the digital desks, AERON chairs??

Get it? we played at "Breakers'? it's a pun, it's..oh. Right. Well, that's what happens when you're locked in a van with Rosie for a few hours. Save me from more puns.

Howdy folks, it was a Sunday gig for us and a rainy one at that. The van swayed mercilessly in the wind as we made our way to Terrigal (Wamberal?) for our first gig at the Breakers.

My trusty GPS carked it, and shock horror, we almost had to 'navigate'. Fortunately, both Rosie and I had smart phones so we cheated. Theo dismisses the GPS units as imprecise, preferring to rely on his enlarged Hippocampus for routing details, however I would be lost without mine.

No pun intended.

Usually the Sunday gig is outside, but for obvious weather reasons, we were billeted in the commissary. I mean, we setup in the lounge area, walled in with glass, in a Bass Frequency Amplifying Corner. Uh oh.

This did not bode well. No worries though I bet the crowd are ready to rock.

oh.

Perhaps we'll start with the slower stuff :-) Which we did!

It was Awesome! Our recent series of 'Cellar Sessions have set us up for just such an event

nice.

Here's a moment from a classic Australian cultural event, the Meat Raffle.

They go the whole cow at Breakers..

And what else do you need to go with your Cow?

An equivalent serving of Chips

Ye gods.

Shout outs to Yvonne, Daphne (Happy 84th Birthday darlin'), Colin, Steve (stay away from the edge dude) and all the folks who spent the afternoon with us.

The Sunday Blues Jam was on straight afterwards, downstairs, and by that time the sun had come out.

We were all smiles on the way home, including further bad puns.

I'd write more but I just realised we have a radio thing to get to. Back later :-)

Howdy folks, we'll be making the Sunday drive up to Breakers Country Club for a mid afternoon gig on Sunday at 1pm.

You just never know what lurks in the 'cellar.

BTW - spot the dude who went to Vivid this week. Whats with all the lights? Lol.

Fettler, Tinker and Jed put on a show for us after our set. Boy they were tight and boy they were good.

Seriously good eh?

Tinker sang, Jed played, a grand time was had by all.

Cheers to Dan & Date, Sue, Claudette,Little Maria, the dude from across the hall (come on down dude, we'll buy you a beer) and all the folks that joined us.

We're at Jannali next Thursday so there's no 'Cellar session, but after that? We'll see. We like to keep the surprise factor.