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May
2007
Good morning everyone.
It is 4 o'clock in the morning and I'm just waiting to be picked
up to
go to the airport to catch a plane to Serbia.
Yesterday was Bank Holiday Monday and as it was so shit I spent
most of
the day indoors filing and deleting the thousands of emails I'd
accumulated on my computer
Amongst them I found this little gem.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=NowhereRecords
Check it out , I think it's great.
See ya
Pete
March
2007
We haven`t spoken in a while but hello again you lucky
people.
Right it's 11.30ish on Tues 13th of March and i've just got
back from rehearsal.
A rehearsal that was booked from 9 til 12. Unbelievable.
Started at about 9.15,
Dave didn't want any cider, and finished by 10.15.
I'm
in almost in shock. mind you, i bet he's
making up for lost time now. He ain't the only one. The typing
might get messy
So what have we been doing since dressing up as
Penguins?
Well lets start with the birthdays.
Two days ago i had half of GBH staying here. Which was
nice.
It was Dave's birthday and our old friend Steve 's aswell and
they'd hired GBH to play.
So every fucker you wanna see, having a good time and GBH are
playing for free.
I believe this behaviour should be encouraged.
Get your mates to hire a band for a private party.
Fuck all that hassle of advertising and worrying about
breaking even. Get some mates together
and all chip in for a party. We've done it before , they are
a fucking laugh.
Last month it was H's birthday so went to The Horse and Groom
to celebrate.
Funnily enough there was another fucking good band playing
that night for free
- The Vincent Razorbacks. It got a bit messy, ( H had leave
early, the poof ) but one worth recounting those who were
there but can't remember.
So the gigs.
Well as you probably all know now Del is on tour with
Lily - Allen. Therefore We have
only done 1 gig so far this year.
The Punk and Disorderly show was the first we'd done despite
being asked a few times before.
I loved it. Good venue, good sound ,we played well and
we partied. Perhaps a bit too much.
We got away with it. Nice one
M.A.D. Not just from us
but loads of other we spoke to then and since.
Next show, which brings me right back to where i started -
rehearsal, is this coming Saturday
in Bristol at The Academy with The Damned amongst others.
Unfortunately Del ain't gonna be there.
Hence the rehearsal.
Concrete Jungle is ON apparently. It theory it should
be good laugh. I have never been to one of
Holiday camp weekend festivals. Yet everyone says they are
good. Fler for ttat is here somewhere.
That's Finnish.
Peter
January
2007
Happy
New Year to you all!
Sorry
for the gap in writing but I have been really busy over the past
month or so.
As you
will have read on the news page, written by Del, we managed,
somehow, to pull off a great gig in Frankfurt just before
Christmas. The night before was my work's ' Christmas do '
and as we had to leave so early I just went straight from that
without any sleep. To be honest the whole journey from my house
to Frankfurt is a bit of a blur. I do remember having curry for
breakfast in the basement of some obscure shop in the centre of
Frankfurt which only added to he surrealism of the day.
However, after a good kip in the hotel I was fighting fit and
once at the venue I thrashed loads of Germans at table football.
Still
not sure why we were dressed as penguins but it seemed to work.
The very
next day, again without any sleep, we all flew back to Stanstead
( another journey I have no recollection of ) and then I flew
off to France to spend Christmas with the missus and her family.
It was a very relaxing time consisting mainly of eating and
sleeping.
New
Year's Eve was a bit of a nightmare.
I worked
all day on Brighton seafront in the wet and cold setting up Fat
Boy Slim's gig and
upon arriving home was met with a very negative attitude about
going out for the evening. Eventually we set off to a party at
Aggro's house but on the way we realised that the back
windscreen of the car had been smashed in. Corinne dropped me
off at Ag's and took the car home which in hindsight was not the
best thing to do as I'm still getting it in the neck from her
now. Rightly so, really.
Got home
after the Fat Boy gig last night at about 1AM and watched Match
of The Day. Brilliant ! By far the best laugh of the year so
far. Reading 6 - Worst Ham 0. Oh how I laughed.
Next gig
is in Berlin on the first weekend of March .We are booked to
play on the Sunday but due to new developments I may have to
change it to the Friday.
Ok gotta
go.
Once
again Happy New Year to you all
Take
care
Peter
November 2006
It's been a bit of a stressful month to be honest.
What with moving house and having shit loads of work plus being offline
it's no wonder my mind has been elsewhere. It should have been focused
on the bastard speed camera in Croydon. Consequently I've now
got a speeding offence hanging over me. As I only passed my test in
February this could be a disaster. Can't blame anyone else but myself
though! Shouldn’t have been fucking speeding.
Worked on quite a few gigs recently, the best of which was
Flaming Lips at the Brighton Centre. Wasn't too impressed by Pink last night.
Really looking forward to Rancid and The Unseen next Monday at the Dome.
What the fuck was England playing at last month in Croatia? I'd hoped
that the negative gutless football displayed under Sven was a thing of
the past. Apparently not. However, speaking of football brings me
back to
the man/woman and wanker awards for October (above).
More shit soon.
Peter
October 2006
It's now the beginning of October and we've been back from our little jaunt to Australia and New Zealand for just under a month. You can read all about it in the tour diaries which are elsewhere on this site. Needless to say we all had a fucking great time and I can't wait to go again.
As always I owe mountains of thanks to everyone involved with the tour not least of all the band - H, AD, Walnut and Aggro. At the risk of sounding like young Mr Grace - you all did very well.
In Australia I wanna thank - Stu, Paul Ledster, Fiona, Jon from Bastard Squad, Kate, Joel, Danni, Dave the soundman, Beerzone , Gaz and Steve from Head Inc and of course Daz Russell whose idea it all was.
In New Zealand I wanna thank - Kev, Simon, Dom, Sandy, Don, Dave from Team Satan, Je T
'aime, The Thirsy Dog, All the staff at Illicit HQ, Steve from Wellington for my tattoo and The Suicide Dogs.
Most of all I'd like to thank - EVERYONE WHO MADE THE EFFORT TO COME AND SEE US.
As I said before we had a brilliant time and if we get the chance we'd love to return.
OK gotta go and find boxes as I'm moving,
See ya, Peter
September 2006
Today is Tuesday the 5th of September & we've just arrived in Auckland,
New Zealand. We played at the WASTED festival in Melbourne last
Saturday (2nd) and the gig was superb. We had a brilliant time,
made lots of new friends and were made to feel very welcome.
Despite a lot of difficulties leading up to the festival, the show went off without any
problems, which was almost single-handedly down to Stu Straightjacket. You did a fantastic job
Stu & we will always be very grateful. Obviously, he didn't work
alone, so I would also like to thank; Daz, Beerzone, Kate, Joel,
Dave the soundman, Gary & Steve from Head, Rust & John from Bastard Squad. The gig itself was
filmed, so it's possible that we may release a DVD of it early next year.
Next gig is on Thursday, in Wellington, then we fly back here to play in Auckland on
Friday. If the hospitality here is anything like it was in
Mlbourne,
then we're in for a fucking great time.
Anyway,
Tour Diaries will follow later this month, so you'll be able to get a more in depth story then.
Take Care, Peter
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