well it has been a long while since i've posted here been too busy in the land of Fb
however it was mentioned that i needed to update so lets see what have i been up to in the last ermmm ...couple of months?
been to a couple of festivals, had a whale of a time with friends from the four corners of the earth [o.k. i mean how can it have corners if it's round??]
many bands have been seen too many to mention in fact i'd be here for about a month if i tried to give a critique of them all suffice to say the vast majority were very good but a couple of low points as well
[but everybody can't like everything i guess]
Infest was sadly missed this year however the fun that was had at the "MacPairty" did go some way to make up for it [this was an evening of bands in Edinburgh organised by Dark City followed by Bedlam in Glasgow the next night & a really good weekend it was, great company, good music & booze how could it go wrong??]

work has been it's usual self 0_o but then that's probably been my fault as once again i've been doing too much of it & not having time off.

the last week has consisted of Ayria,Straftanz & VNV Nation in glasgow a really good night out helped by Ronan bringing me a whisky during their set : ) then Bedlam on Sat though i must admit that is a bit fuzzy i blame the lovely ladykomachi for feeding me her rather nice home flavoured vodkas. followed by a lazy sunday afternoon sat in a pub in glasgow before coming home.

this evening will be spent listening to the miss jinny show where if you are lucky [or unlucky depending on what you think] there may be the opportunity to hear the first public performance of something of my creation
so yeah i've been rather busy & i should update more often but i hope that has filled you in a little bit on what i've been up to [even if it is rather vague, hey remember there has been drink involved so it's always a bit vague : ) ]

this made me chortle
& it took you 6 month to realise?

blatantly nicked from queenmartina

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hardly merits the three e-mails they sent me telling me about it really o_0

this amused me,
"I was able to see them in Minneapolis at First Avenue, a great venue,supporting Nick Cave in the late 80s or so,Cave attracted a legion of young death rock girls (at that moment the term Goth did not exist)"
0_o

i somehow don't think the subtitles are ceefax : )

strapping two boxes of printer paper to your feet & walking about the workshop like a deep sea diver is actually frowned upon by the managment o_0

ok. i know it's late so i'll be brief

flew out weds night had a few biers with g_e_a
drive down to Krefeld uneventfull [no helicopters landing on the autobahn this time]
hotel found straight away & very nice it was too.
we got changed & set off for the venue [thankfully some other guests had already asked about it's location so reception in the hotel were very helpfull with directions]
en route to the venue discovered that german trams can stop in about four feet
[i'm fairly sure the cyclist who would have been decapitated if they didn't was quite happy to find this out too o_0 ]
the venue is a good size with a whole room dedicated to merchandise/cd's etc
the main hall is probably on a par or slightly bigger than the size of Infest with a very good sound rig
[warning...ear protection must be worn!!...they have the speakers & they are not afraid to use them]
the bands
( where the bands are hidden )
so apart from the missing friday night [warning do not drink jaegermeister like it's going out of fashion for 5 hours, serious memory lapse will occur]
a really good festival that i really enjoyed it will be back on my calendar of festivals to do next year

many thanks to everyone i met old & new for making it so much fun

was once again absolutely brilliant good bands, good people, good friends, good fun, really really enjoyed it all
a fuller post will follow once the drunken haziness has worn off [not that i was drinking : ) ]

it's the lack of sleep & living on coffee for the last two days that have me feeling ropey o_0
i shall have to remedy this with copious amounts of bier