The Gecko 3 Blog » lifestuff http://www.gecko3.com ...the lowdown Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:04:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Novelty Christmas Toilet Paper http://www.gecko3.com/2008/11/novelty-christmas-toilet-paper/ http://www.gecko3.com/2008/11/novelty-christmas-toilet-paper/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:28:31 +0000 marty http://www.gecko3.com/?p=160 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]]> http://www.gecko3.com/2008/11/novelty-christmas-toilet-paper/feed/ 1 Bond… Government Bond http://www.gecko3.com/2008/11/bond-government-bond/ http://www.gecko3.com/2008/11/bond-government-bond/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:08:33 +0000 marty http://www.gecko3.com/?p=139 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]]> http://www.gecko3.com/2008/11/bond-government-bond/feed/ 1 Ladies and gentlemen… Roy! http://www.gecko3.com/2008/10/ladies-and-gentlemen-roy/ http://www.gecko3.com/2008/10/ladies-and-gentlemen-roy/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:07:54 +0000 marty http://www.gecko3.com/?p=134 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!]]> http://www.gecko3.com/2008/10/ladies-and-gentlemen-roy/feed/ 0 Kelburn Graffiti Project http://www.gecko3.com/2008/10/kelburn-graffiti-project/ http://www.gecko3.com/2008/10/kelburn-graffiti-project/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:34:08 +0000 marty http://www.gecko3.com/?p=125 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]]> http://www.gecko3.com/2008/10/kelburn-graffiti-project/feed/ 0 Provisional Grooves http://www.gecko3.com/2008/09/provisional-grooves/ http://www.gecko3.com/2008/09/provisional-grooves/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:43:33 +0000 marty http://www.gecko3.com/?p=109 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. 

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