Spirit of Play

The last gig

is a mere week away ... continue ...

10/30/2009 Posted at 01:00 PM in Gigs, Idle thoughts, Recordings | Permalink | Comments (0)

24hrs, 400-odd miles, 18 butterscotch, scores of Eddie Stobarts and a smattering of Norbert Dentressangles, 22 strings (not including the super strings), an old snare, a heap of feedback and a touch of the heebie-jeebies later, and we're back. We didn't say "Hello, Leeds", it didn't feel like the right thing to do at the time. Everyone learned about music and the brain (did you know that our neurones pulse in synchrony when we listen to music? well, did you?) and was a bit cross to Stephen Pinker (auditory cheesecake, indeed). Zoe Cormier, who is a guerilla scientist, and has... ... continue ...

10/25/2009 Posted at 09:25 PM in Gigs | Permalink | Comments (0)

(In the) Spirit of Play

She said, he said, they put themselves to the test ... continue ...

10/20/2009 Posted at 10:00 AM in Lyrics | Permalink | Comments (1)

I predict a mild disturbance

Our next gig is in the rock music hotbed (or not, as it happens) of Leeds, birthplace of creative geniuses Kaiser Chiefs and Chumbawumba. Maybe mock militancy is the kind of thing they go in for up there. If so, I think we're well in. We're going in one of these: It's going to be like "Summer Holiday" with Michael as our Peter Pan type Cliff Richard, only without the teeth and sinister manner, and Lucy as Una "Give us a Clue" Stubbs, only without the starey eyes and history of being a mannequin with romantic connections to a scarecrow.... ... continue ...

10/14/2009 Posted at 03:35 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Dubious credentials at the Bull and Gate

Extraordinary scenes at the Bull and Gate on Wednesday night: beer was drunk. ... continue ...

10/09/2009 Posted at 10:10 AM in Gigs | Permalink | Comments (1)

The sound of science

That's a truly unoriginal headline, isn't it? ... continue ...

10/06/2009 Posted at 10:00 AM in Gigs | Permalink | Comments (0)

The hype goes on

And on and on ... continue ...

10/02/2009 Posted at 11:00 AM in Gigs | Permalink | Comments (0)

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