They shoot horses don’t they……..?

Hey blagger’s

I haven’t posted in ages, not cause I’ve been to busy or anything……well, O.K. I have, but mainly because I just couldn’t be assed. Why does anyone (besides my mum) want to hear about what I’ve been up to, or what I’m thinking….I wouldn’t. Do you really want me to bang on about how my life has become ultra boring?. Don’t get me wrong, I love my family and hanging out with them. But I do miss some of the carefree ways of life with no kids. I cant just go out and get blitzed at a gig or at the footy anymore, I’m lucky if I just get to a gig or the footy now. I think all this “responsibility” is getting too me…..a bit of a crisis of confidence maybe?. I don’t know, I just miss my youth I guess. The other thing about having kids is all the worrying about them that you do. Milo had a really bad case of gastro a few weeks ago, and it was really scary. He was throwing up, not eating…he lost quite a bit of weight. I didn’t really understand what it was like to worry about your kids till then. But…he’s come good now and back to his happy little best. He’s crawling now too.

Anyway LWT haven’t been doing much at all lately. Craig seems to think he’s over the whole thing, so I don’t know what’s gonna happen. I think we’ve gotta few gigs coming up, but after that I don’t know. Rob and I might do something else, maybe Paul as well when he gets back from the old dart. Paul’s gonna think it’s all my fault!

Schottky Noise have got some shows coming up though. Friday 15th Sept at the Commercial in Yarraville. That’s probably gonna be just me and Fitzy, I’m not sure though. Then were playing the 19th Oct at the Rob Roy with Taste the Venom. Sean Barley’s gonna be stepping in for Atom that night, not sure what he’s gonna play yet, but it should be pretty cool.

New paths to Helicon Part II

O.k…….It’s been a while since I did a half decent post, so I’ll try and get you caught up on things.

Let’s talk Mogwai first off. Fucking amazing!. Last time I saw them it was at the Hifi bar, or what ever the fuck they call it, and it was great. But I was a bit preoccupied that night, plus Rachael fell asleep(no shit), so it didn’t blow me away like i thought it would. Six years later I was floored. Mogwai play with such an intense force of sound, you can’t help but be moved by it. Uneasily quiet one minute, to ear bleeding sonic intensity the next. The 3 guitar attack on the crescendo to New paths to helicon part I was absolutely glorious. This would truly be the song that a modern day William Wallace would lead his Scottish brethren in to battle by. High-points of the show would be: Christmas steps, Helicon Pt I, Hunted by a freak,…….well hell, the whole night was a highpoint. My only lament was that they didn’t play Helicon Pt II, and Stop coming to my house, my two ultimate favourites. I’ve gotta mention My Disco too, this was the first time I’ve seen them. Atom, Fitzy and others has been telling me to checking them out for ages. But due to my old man-edness, I haven’t got about to seeing them. I thought they were very good, they look very “Girlfriends jeans“, but they sounded more like Shellac than a typical “Girlfriend’s jeans” band. The drumming is awesome.

On the home front: Milo’s been sick the last few weeks with a bad cold. Poor little guy’s been phlegmier than a smoker with the flu. I took time of work yesterday to stay home with him and Rachael’s doing the same today. I hope he comes good soon. He’s got about 8 teeth now, and he’s sitting up. Not crawling yet….but he’s close, he can go backwards pretty good though. He’s new thing is trying to bite everything and everyone. He’s talking all the time, saying mum-mum, bub-bub and making lots of sounds….But he’s absolute favourite is Dad-dad.

Look Who’s Toxic have played some good shows of late. One at Ding Dong a couple of weeks ago, not many people there, but we had a good show anyway. Also played a nice little set at the Commercial in Yarraville, Craig scored too, which is awesome. “Our little boy’s all growed up”.

I hadn’t been to see a film since Milo was born, so I was champing at the bit to see a film, when I went to see “The Benchwarmers” at the RAAF base a couple of weeks ago. It was a pisser! I haven’t laughed at a movie like that in ages. I highly recommend fans of dumb comedy to get out there and hire it. Also, I took Rachael to see “The Pirates of the Caribbean” at gold class for her birthday. I love a good pirate movie, and enjoyed it immensely. Though I’ll never go back to a gold class cinema again. I love the seats, the small crowd, and the atmosphere…but every time i go, the service sucks ass. They boast how it’s great that you can order stuff to come when YOU want it, and blah, blah, blah ….but every-time we’ve been, they have screwed up by not bringing our stuff at all. So….fuck em’.

ONLY 54 MORE DAYS TILL THE SHOW……..WOOOOHOOOOO!!!!

What are you looking at……….?

Sorry to everyone who turned up at Pony last week expecting to see Look Who’s Toxic. I was real fucking sick and there was no way I was gonna drag myself out of bed at 1 in the AM, hurl all my gear into the car in the freezing cold, get to Pony, load out 2 Km’s down the street and then up the narrowest stair case in the world, and then……..choke on the smoke of a thousand PJ extra mild’s. Seriously……If I could have been able to I would have, but I was hella sick. Rob’s other band Applecross played instead, and seeing as they made it out alive, it went pretty well.

Things have been pretty busy on the home-front…….Milo’s cutting more teeth (7 in total), and Rachael’s back at work full time. So Milo’s in childcare three days a week and  Rachael’s mum is looking after him for the other two days a week. He’s starting to yak away like madman, even though he’s not really saying a hell of a lot, he’s got “ba-bah”, and “mah,mah” down pretty good. He’s even working combo’s of the two like… “ba-bah-mah-ba”, and so on. He’s always got a smile going too, which is really cute, even if he hasn’t slept well, or his teeth hurt, he’s always smiling.

Music wise I haven’t really been listening to a lot. I’ve been pretty much wrapped up in the footy season, and this stupid world cup. I did pick up the new Pissed Jeans 7 inch on Sub Pop though, which is very awesome.  Also picked up a nice Rocket from the Crypt print by Coop for $10. Cool huh?

seeya

Why people hate me……

Hey gang

The last week or so, Milo's been having trouble sleeping during the day. He has a few naps, but nothing you could call a good sleep. He still sleeps well at night…just not during the day, although the last couple of days he's been getting the hang of it.

The LWT Ep looks like it might actually see the light of day. The boys are mastering it on Wednesday night, and then it's off to the factory to get pressed. Hopefully it will be done for the launch on the 30th of April. We had a photo shoot on Saturday morning around the 3051 for the promo shots, and I can tell you we definitely don't take a good photo.

Another good win by the Bulldogs this week too. Melbourne looked good in the first half, but we gave them a good seeing to in the second. If we can win next week against Essendon, to make it three in a row, we'll be travelling pretty well for a September appearance….maybe. I've upgraded to a social club membership to guarantee me a GF ticket….Just in case. I'm not getting too confident too early, I'm just covering myself.

Listening to: Treepeople – Actual re-enactment. (Better than "with Doug" albums).