Matt smells

Contrary to what he says, the only one who mocked Nick for his haircut was Matt, and that was out of jealousy. For the rest of us it was like a scene out of one of those films where the dork takes off their glasses and they're totally hot. Except Nick was already totally hot.

Sometimes I think that when Matt was putting this band together he wanted it to be like that film clip by, I think, Robert Palmer - the guy who did the film flip with him singing and a bunch of models all pretending to play guitars in the back ground. Shania Twain or whatever her name was did something similar from memory. That would certainly explain the 'uniforms' he's been trying to get us to wear lately.

Emo Nic

We had a nice little band practice last night. Nic came armed with a new haircut that he had gotten that day. Short at the back with a long fringe at the front. I pointed out that it looked a bit 'emo'. Then we all laughed and taunted him for being an emo boy.

He shouted that he doesnt even know what emo is and that it wasnt fair and that he told the hairdresser not to make him look emo.

Poor old Nic. The night ended with him trying to fit himself into the new bar fridge that is in the practice room. It was a sorry sight but a fitting way for an emo kid to try and kill himself.

Didnt work tho, like all emo kids, he is still alive and angsty.

Steph and FBI

After the show the other night we all broke into this building site to steal a bunch of concrete mixers. These Rottweilers ran over and Steph just biffed them. One minute they were snarling and charging towards us and the next minute they were pretty much glorified bean bags. It was bizarre. I've never seen anyone sucker punch a Rottweiler before.

I just got a message from Matt about the new album, the one with his face on the front cover, being added to the play list for Sydney radio station FBI. Apparently this means we'll soon be immensely famous. You can tell you're immensely famous because, as per the Okkerville River show the other night, the audience is full of the most reprehensible fan boys one can feasibly imagine. Seriously, what kind of dork tries to start a mosh pit to alt country?

Ianto's Thick Head

Saturday night saw the band support Okkervil River and Jack Ladder. Both very good acts indeed.Highlights from our show included:

A new song which was stuffed up towards the end by Marcin. Apparently he forgot that he had to play a chord. I am still awaiting his resignation

An amazing version of Jump by Van Halen which we will never play again. Steph did her best to sabotage this but we all drowned her out with pure riffing.

I think I damaged one of the microphones whilst swinging it around. It hit something, not sure what but i put a hefty dent in the end of it. whoops. It almost hit Ianto in the head as well, but he didnt notice luckily. I doubt he would have even if it had hit him. All the cycling has made him pretty thick.

I got drunk and forgot to pick up the money we were gonna get paid. Whoops.

AND we managed to sell 2 cds. A new band record!!

Nick's Butt and Matt's Face

My grandparents are having their mutual birthdays this week, so my mother and I went up to visit them. And my mother wanted to give them a copy of the new No Through Road CD as an example of what their grandson does with his life. So I gave them one of the promotional copies I'd been given. Mostly they were impressed. There was, however, some contention about the front cover. They were too polite to say anything other than "Oh. That's an interesting photo."

I think the decision to put the only ugly member of the band on the front of the album was, perhaps, a mistake.

Also, in regards to Nick's hotpants; can you really blame me? That's what should have been on the front cover. Phwoar. His butt is like the Helen of Troy for a new generation. People wage wars over that sort of thing.