Wednesday 13 January 2010

Snow bugger off

Its really starting to annoy me now. I'm desperate to get my bike "finished" which means a trip to Hope in the Peaks to have new chainring and fork damper fitted.

I really thought we were starting to thaw and I could go on my day off on Friday. But its bloody snowing and settling again. FUCK OFF!! And whilst the bike is perfectly rideable as it stands, I've promised the wife I wouldn't go out in the bad weather, now we have P. I used to love riding in the snow when I lived with the folks but I had no responsibility then! I'm really missing riding as its the only time I clear my head and think/worry about nothing.

On a brighter note, I've got 14 new ideas recorded for Russell including a folky one I hope he likes. What will happen, who knows? Acoustic seems the only way now for us to get some recognition.

Good for Brian Laws by the way for getting the Burnley job. He was a legend when I used to watch him at Forest and I'm sure he will keep Burnley up.

By the way, I writing this because I really have no motivation to work!

Sx

Monday 4 January 2010

Its bloody cold!

Hello one man and his dog (well the dog)

Its been a lovely first Christmas as a Dad. Lots of presents and toys to bash about. Poseys enjoyed them too ;-)

I've supplied Russell with some new tunes both acoustic and electric and I'm hoping the magic will happen. This next record or EPs will be mega, I'm confident of that. Will they top Clean Getaway, will anyone care? Who knows. But whats the point in stopping, even though I regulalrly feel like its a futile exercise now.

So 3rc will have a couple of new rockers to play this year. Its quite nice to have a break from gigging though as it starts to grind when none is intersted anymore. We are even struggling to get friends to shows now. God knows why as we're as good as ever, if not better now we don't have to deal with Tizard.

Wasn't it fantastic that RATM got to number one. These people who say that Cowell has an interst in Sony, RATM label so it was a hollow victory have missed the point completely. It was all about getting something different to number one to keep that high trousered twats kareoke rubbish off there for at least a week. And RATM showed up all the idiots on the BBC and the mail by giving the profits to the charity Shelter. I really hate it when stuffy middle aged news presenters try to talk about music and bands they now notyhing about. Like when Channel 4 news called Pearl Jam a metal band after the roskilde disaster and michael evis said they would have bands like that on at Glastonbury. What good bands not has beens !?? book tom jone again and keep the real music for real music lovers, not the bankers on a weekend jolly trying to look cool. Rant moi!

Anyway. I love my new bike, so thats keeping my mind off the lack of musical success, when I actually get to ride it!

Keep calm everyone and search for Tom Mcraes new songs on You Tube. An example of a proper songwriter who could write a millon beautiful sings in his sleep, all better than any of the x factor dross.

Till the next time I need to vent

S