By marty, on November 27th, 2008%
I realise that the heading alone is sufficient, really, but as I always say, why use four words when fifty will do? The concept of this has disturbed me since I was forced to buy some because that was all that the shop had left. In what parallel realm do the designers of that product . . . → Read More: Novelty Christmas Toilet Paper
By marty, on November 7th, 2008%
Not that it’s relevant to anything, but I went to see ‘Quantum of Solace’ this week. I was just thinking that it’s weird how every generation gets the Bond it deserves. Daniel Craig’s a great actor and is a good Bond, but the script can’t run to more than about twenty pages at the outside. Instead, what . . . → Read More: Bond… Government Bond
By marty, on October 22nd, 2008%
On a lighter note… At a few gigs recently, people have asked whose signature is on my acoustic guitar. I should explain that my guitar is made by Ayers, an Australian luthier. As soon as I saw that name inside the sound box, I christened my guitar ‘Roy’ after the legendary vibes player Roy . . . → Read More: Ladies and gentlemen… Roy!
By marty, on October 16th, 2008%
We are playing a wee private gig in Kelburn Castle next weekend (www.kelburnestate.com). It’ll be the third time we’ve played there and we’ve had a great time on each occasion. Some of you may remember that we were due to play at their ‘Garden Party’ last year but the event had to be cancelled . . . → Read More: Kelburn Graffiti Project
By marty, on September 22nd, 2008%
Thanks to everyone who was listening so attentively last night and a special thanks to those of you who bought CDs – we hope you enjoy them! I thoroughly enjoyed the gig and the set by Cibelle was great: some really novel ideas on how to use loops and some lovely grooves.
For those of . . . → Read More: Provisional Grooves