Some Changes

It’s been an untypical week. No Vinny band rehearsals; Bonehead unavailable for a little longer. The lost Cubase files remain in hiding so the song arrangement modifications need redoing. I still haven’t done them. On Monday I met Peter the paper Doyley in ye old brown jumper café and he told me I was stagnating; I think I know what he means. I need something to change. I need to change something. I’m just not quite sure exactly what but I’m getting there. Deviating from the Peculiar domain [which reminds me part of the site is down and needs fixing] I spent the remainder of the week rehearsing and playing two gigs with Blackburn alt poppers The Fishers, both were in Liverpool as part of the International Pop Overthrow Festival. The first one was on Thursday night at the Cavern-which incidentally has never been my favourite venue- and was a decent gig. The promoters were very nice and the whole event seemed well organised. My effects pedals died just as we were starting [there’s always something], a power supply thing as it happens but alas diagnosed too late so I spent the gig manually switching the channel changer on a rubbish in house Marshall Transistor Amp and somehow wanging it. The band played well. Later on a Swedish label bloke with a record bag and a promising manner was extremely complimentary as Jamie was seen to be huddling and nodding in all the right places. The second gig, the day after, was a lunchtime affair in the basement of Lennon’s Bar in Matthew Street but it wasn’t especially memorable. Later that same day sharing a latté with Rob Ferrier we discussed recording the forthcoming Vinny band EP in a field and how Grinderman are the greatest band in the world right now. They certainly make me want to Rip it Up and Start Again. Last thing I paid a visit to Manly Studios and made tentative plans to buy a Winnebago, travel the world and make a film on route [but not 66] whilst drinking tea and eating bananas. Then Tim and I listened to the new mixes of the solo album which sounded great. This cheered me up no end. VP x