Woah, some breathing space between bouts of activity. Since The Blasters were here on July 28th and since we closed the bar in the Central Hotel, it's been al bloody go, innit? But in a good way for a change...
Yeah, despite Dave (Alvin) wishing he'd never signed up for it, The B's took The Renfrew Ferry to seldom seen heights of gig-dom and it's almost certainly never gonna happen again. Not with the original line-up anyway. If you're from around these parts and you didn't haul your butt along then you most certainly deserve what's coming to you. Possibly The Kings of Leon...
Couple of days later then Amy Allison got here to limber up for her first proper UK jaunt to tie in with her No Frills Friend release on Spit & Polish.
In my capacity as executive tour manager there are lotsa things to take care of and at the time of writing all has gone spiffingly. This included a show at the best venue in Glasgow, The Grand Ole Opry with Laura Cantrell without whom none of this could ever have happened. It was Laura's inclusion of "The Whiskey Makes You Sweeter" that lit the blue touch paper to all of this. If you read about Amy's "nasal" vocal stylings anywhere lately then put any reservations aside. The songs'll suck you in and the voice will grow on you if you don't get it straight away... count on that. Readers in the US can catch up with her album via Diesel Only. http://www.dieselonly.com
Between bouts of Ms Allison, Avy and I had a visit from our Goofballs chums from NY, Karen McBurnie and Jon Hammer. These kids are genius writers who have been overlooked for way too long and it's time their ship came in. Part of the extended family which I enjoy for having set up this NBT charabang trip way back yonder...
So Amy is back tonight from her adventures and watch out for the sequel... I think we've all been vindicated.
Jeroen mentioned this already back there someplace but the new Girl Trouble album, The Illusion of Excitement has been released on the bands own WigOut imprint. No illusion about it, this is a shimmy too far and indicates that they wil never ever lose that beat. They could kick the arse of any of these "garage" ensembles that publicists get paid mucho dinero to hype. If you ever get a chance to see them you will grin your bloody heard off because they batter it out as only true, died in the wool maniacs can. They've shed a lot of their Crampsisms here too, broadening out into a much more rounded embodiment of the real stuff. Magic. http://www.luth.org/girltrouble
Not much of a one for Christmas but a great fan of Chrismas records, I got a copy of Seasonal Favourites VOl 1 on Double Crown Records. This features some groovy stuff but nothing groovier than GT's "Sigue Sigue Christmas". Kahuna and I share an appreciation (shall we say) of the Sputniks and this mashes primo rock thrills with It's a Wonderful Life samples. I can't do it justice in a bloody weblog... http://www.dblcrown.com
So that's about it, I'll try to get back on board this critter in a couple of days to update things further. We haven't even missed the Film Festival. Too much other monkey biz goin' on.... thankfully because this years programme in a tad whiffy. Maybe if "Please Kill Me" is ready for next year and they screen it, then things can start movin' again.
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