damn he's onto me

so on wednesday i played at the acoustic lounge at the san francisco bath house. my set included a new song which is tentatively called Song For Patty (songs don't really need names until you record them) and is very loosely based on the Patty Hearst autobiography. I also played a newish song called Pop-Eye all about the violence ensues after seeing a broken headlight. Somehow Pete also ended up playing the Time Warp in the middle of my set, which gave me a chance to drink beer and the people in the front row a chance to take a jump to the left (and a step to the right).

and pete made a damn good point on stage right after we played 'you can't dance in New York City', noting that i actually can't dance in any town. Pete, this is true, but only in New York do they object to my dancing so much that they've had to make it illegal for anyone to dance in some bars. Now that's dedication to the objection.

if God is seven, then the Pixies are eight

Ok, i feel bad posting a blog now after my last blog claiming that if i wrote a blog it implies i'm lacking in life. lucky my dear readers (hi Mum) know better than to trust me. ever.

so now that you're not trusting a word that i say, let me say that i saw LoudQuietLoud, a movie about the Pixies reunion tour, and damn, the pixies really are the greatest band of all time. but then so are the stones. and the ramones. and the moldy peaches. isn't hyperbole the best thing in the entire world.

anyhoo, last night the Plastic Kitchen had our CD release gig. and it rocked. Firstly the CD cover (designed by our very own Diva Cilla Scott with the help of Amstore) looks amazing. secondly it sounds great too. if you want a copy of the CD, email me. one day we may even get them into shops.

and as for the gig, it went off like something that is very off. hopefully you saw some of the cool looking elephant gig posters around town designed by Jayne Joyce - well the gig was worthy of the posters. The Adelaide is such a cool space for gigs, i hope it grows as venue - the beer is cheap, the managment are friendly, and the walls are red. The show opened with The Mint Spies playing a slow Wicked Games, and then from behind a curtain skulked Chris Mystery and gazed thoughtfully into the distance as she sang Pale Blue Eyes, Blue Mood, and other morose covers. Then the Hi-Aces rocked their own urban roots - they sound better everytime i hear them.

Finally The Plastic Kitchen took to the stage for wat may well be our last gig (until our next gig - we like playing hard to get). One highlight of the show included Daniel Green joining us on stage for two songs. We'd never jammed with Daniel so we had no idea what to expect and we weren't disappointed. Hopefully we'll get him to another show, and maybe even to a practice one day. Another highlight was our finale - a cover of Come on Over by Olivia Newton John, although i'm disappointed that we didn't end up finishing the song with a chaotic punk noise jam like we did at our last practice. oh well. next time.

anyway, enough rambling. b