April 18, 2008 at 3:31pm
well i don't know about you guys, but we had a blast down in the smoke on the 17th. really great to be a part of the show and fantastic to put faces to names at last.
'course the biggest shout of all goes to Keith, Leigh and Unleaded Clint for their sterling efforts leading up to, and on the day. Anyone who's tried to put together a multi-bill show will know what a stressful task it can be, but from where i was standing the entire thing seemed to run very smoothly. so yeah, very well done guys.
big big thanks and respect to Simon and the Atlantic team, making everyone feel at ease and doing a great job. don't forget folks, we'll be getting a professionally produced video out of the day, and [big thanks to big Rob] some quality pics to do with as you wish; more and more festivals, venues and bookers are requiring video footage of bands and artists these days, rather than just audio cd's, and usually you would have to pay a pretty penny for this kind of thing ya know? so again, a debt of gratitude to Keith and the team for providing this...
a massive massive thank you to Frooty, Plum and Anna Singleton for their fantastic contribution to the show, you guys rock! thanks especially to Froot for going easy on us in our interview!..
anyway, there was some talent knockin about in that room last night - was blown away by opening act Lizzyspit and of course big respect to our boy Matchstick - awesome awesome talent. first ever gig and he reckons he "bottled it", i reckon he rocked it. i remember my first gig, was definitely a pile of old arses, and that was just in a smelly old stoke boozer in front of about five people, with not so much as a box brownie in sight, let alone a full-on TV production crew! no man, Matchstick, you done good dude...
unfortunately didnt get much of a chance to get a good look at most of the other acts but from what i hear it was a great show all round.
and so yeah, thanks for all the support during our set btw, i think it went ok? i was too busy trying to concentrate on attempting to look remotely cool i dont quite know what was goin on hahar! but i did notice some crazy-ass dancin goin on so thanks for that!
and before i close i've just gotta say - huge [with a capital 'hue'], huge thanks and respect to Paul the sound-man of Treacle Studios fame. i guess there's no need for me to elaborate on the love/hate relationships bands have with these guys, suffice to say there's a lot of jokers out there who shouldnt be allowed within 50 feet of a desk and/who give the rest a bad name; anyway yer man Paul [who also happens to be unnecessarily tall] was in complete control and did a, quite frankly, fucking amazing job.
now then Simon, it's all down to you my friend, holed-up in your cutting room - i complimented you on your mastery of the fig-rig, now i dont care what it takes, just make me look handsome, ok?
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