Something different

Three posts in and already the Gods of remote server errors and transient network problems have managed to eat one of my entries. And I thought this would be better than myspace!

So anyway, last night I participated in my first band practice for some months. Essentially it’s still with my old band, but there’s been a number of changes since we last gigged. Our singer left to have a baby with his girlfriend, and our bassist moved to London. So in the true spirit that has governed the way this band has conducted business since day one, a solution has been found based on convenience rather than quality. A new drummer has been found and I have been moved to bass.

It turns out the bass is remarkably easy to pick up, and the practice went considerably better than I anticipated considering I had never played the instrument before yesterday. All we need now is a singer and a decent new name and we’ll be giggging before you can say “Sam, you do realise you’re just playing the same three notes over and over again.”

Milkshake Setlist 21/09/06

I think this is what I played at Milkshake last night. I was pretty drunk by the time i finished though. the whole middle section from White Rose Movement to Razorlight was all mixed nicely too, which made me happy.

Brakes- All Night Disco Party
The White Stripes- Blue Orchid
Bloc Party- Helicopter
White Rose Movement- Girls in the Back
The Rapture- Whoo! Alright-Yeah.. Uh Huh
LCD Soundsystem- Tribulations
New Order- Blue Monday
Soulwax- NY Excuse
The Presets- I Go Hard I Go Home
Justice Vs Simian- Never Be Alone
Razorlight- In The Morning
The Futureheads- Skip To The End
The Cure- Close To Me
Talking Heads- Once In A Lifetime
The Slits- Heard It Through The Grapevine
Head Automatica- Beating Hearts Baby

When it started...

And so here it is. My blog.I created the account a few months ago and I’ve been procrastinating from writing anything on it ever since. I was going to wait until I’d bought a digital camera so I could illustrate what I was writing about. Then I was going to wait for some kind of major event to come so I could open it with a bang, but major events came and went and I found that far too many stories, and memories and emotions were wound up in them to be able to write satisfactorily about them. I was then going to wait until I heard a fantastic song that I wanted to share with the world, post up a yousendit link and talk about how you NEED to hear it. I’ve since realised the best songs kind of sneak up on you, and once they’ve embedded themselves in your head it’s probably best not to think about them too closely otherwise they fall apart and are never the same again. That’s not to say I won’t talk about music on here. That’s kind of the reason I set it up, and besides, if you know me you’ll know that music is all I ever really talk about.

So I’m opening it with this pretty bland post about nothing in particular. If I end up keeping this blog up to date it will be pretty much be for my own amusement and if you decide to read this on any kind of regular basis you’ll probably notice that my life revolves around the same lines every week: good night djing, bad night djing, in between hanging out with my friends and having quiet nights in, as well as listening to too much music. As I mentioned earlier the big events are often too hard to write about, although maybe I’ll manage it with a bit of practice.

until the next time then.