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At the Royal in Bondi - Gig Report

Howdy Folks.

Our first night at the Royal in Bondi last night which was our ~~199th~~ ~~203rd~~ ARGH I dont know, gig. Thats it, I'm just going to call our next one the 200th and thats final. Unless I change my mind.

Shout outs to Monique, Heather, Richard, Gary, Marika (bula!), Greg and all the folks who spent the evening with us.

As usual, Bondi was happening on a Saturday night:

As with any first night at a new venue, there's some question of how the locals will respond. Let's see...

Heh.

During a recent conversation with Pete at Goose Strudios, Pete remaked 'You guys have got one heck of a drummer' and you know what, he's right. As per usual, when Singing/Harping Duties permit, I get some footage. Last night I got some of Theo's solo from Parchment and Scruff of your neck. Any camera jumps in the following footage are due to the sudden need to start doing my bit in the song.

We'll be back at the Royal in a few weeks. That was a nice way to start off.

This coming weekend is a weekend off for most of us (except for The Machine, who just keeps on going) and we're back for what we'll call our 200th gig (or maybe 205th?) at the Pendle Hill In on the 9th of July. Meanwhile, we got videoclips to finish, so stay tuned!

MJEB

A shout out to Colin at 2RRR

Here's CB (left) with Pete (not left), listening to mixes of Carl's Chair during post production at Goose Studios.

Colins show 'Feel Good Revival' airs Thursday nights 10-midnight on 2RRR in Sydney (88.5fm or 2rrr.org.au ).

Colin has been a huge supporter of ours and is an official Friend Of The Band, thanks for playing our stuff CB!

First official newsletter ever sent out today!

Finally, after some prompting from mr Wizard, we setup an official Band Newsletter.

If you're visting this site looking for who to blame for receiving yet another piece of email that you didnt want, well, that's probably my fault. I am still working out how to use the programs involved, so all apologies if I have erred in sending stuff out.

We've been reluctant to do email stuff very often in order to avoid any internet faux pas (spam pas?). However, in the unlikely event that you DID want one and havent got one, use the Sign up for Gig alerts option (look up there on your left).

If you got it and dont want it, use the unsubscribe function in the newsletter or contact us via the site and we will immediately rectify it!

Regards

MJEB

For all you guitar squirrels out there

Hi Sliders. Here's a Guiness Book Of records challenge,

The ultimate “squirreling” guitarist from US flight of the Bumble Bee at 600bpm

Pete's almost finished with a remix of Carl's Chair, now what do we do?

Dilemma!

Pete Doherty at Goose Studios was still not satisfied with the mix of Carl's Chair, despite our collective happiness with the outcome.

Of his own accord, with no prompting from us (we promise!) he has gone and remixed Carl's Chair, squeezing the little extra gleams of sunshine out of it.

I cant wait to hear the result.

Now comes the dilemma...do we:

A: replace the existing album (which we were happy with anyhow) and not tell anyone (oops, too late)
B: Release it as an alternate version, maybe 'Carl's Chair: Pete's Mix' or 'Carl's Chair: The Goose Sessions' or
C: Add some more instrumentation and make it a Super Duper Deluxe Mix
D: make the album release a double and give'em both out.

When people like Pete donate their time, effort and love to craft something extra special, you wind up with an embarassment of good potential choices. Thank you Pete.

We'll keep you posted, Dear Reader, as we figure out what to do next.

Stormcellar at the Royal Bondi Hotel This Saturday 25th June

8:30pm start, free entry. This is now definitely possibly our 200th show. or 198th, or 205th. Three cheers for variable numbers! Hurrah!

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