Posted by emmythegreat, 5.9.2008 16:34
The day after Reading I went to Edinburgh on my own. The gig had been offered to us last minute and the band had chosen to stay in the Apocalypse. I was going to post a whole bunch of photos from the gig but then I saw this awesome sign, and truly there is no point in any other photo in the world ever. Watch out little Asian, there's store detectives and CCTV cameras everywhere.
Photos: We've got our eyes on you, oops, Jay from Kate Nash is dyslexic and he thought it said chinki chinki.
Posted by emmythegreat, 5.9.2008 16:26
When I was 17 I had one of the worst experiences of my life at Reading festival. This was my first time back and I took great pains to only be there for about three hours. The others camped for the night, and at midnight I got a text from Ricky saying that the bins were on fire and it felt like the Apocalypse. This was still better than what happened to me at Reading. Don't do drugs kids.
Pictures: entrance, filling the time, filling the time slightly less good
Posted by emmythegreat, 31.7.2008 19:06
On Euan's birthday weekend we played three festivals in three days, and we had a van party, a house party and a tent party. Now we're all partied out. This is the van party, which took place after the greatest gig I ever saw. Evan Dando - I GET SO DOWN ABOUT IT - we love you! (i like the way you can hear franny shouting 'if i die, it's been worth it' in one of the videos)
Pictures (blurry cause stupid party kept moving) - and we all go, hand in hand, parklife
Videos - buzzcocks/ this is where it all began
Posted by emmythegreat, 31.7.2008 18:44
It's a fact, hats make the miserables go away.
In these pictures: hot lizzie, hot lizzie's Younghusband, Brother Moss, P. Drizzle gets dizzled
Posted by emmythegreat, 5.7.2008 16:01
We travelled to Glastonbury with Eugene McGuinness, who shared with us idea for Godfather 4. Not sure he had given it much thought past the fact that it was one up from 3 and therefore called 4. His gig was really really good, even if Glastonbury printed that it was the next day in the programme. His tent was also good, we went paddling in it the day after he pitched it. Of course, most people don't buy their tent in a motorway service station fifty miles from the site, and don't arrive at Glastonbury with a guitar and a plastic bag with an apple and spare pair of shoes in it.
In these pictures: If your tent costs more than 6.99, it may last the night; lady from his rider; Eugene gets bestial
In this video: concept and script for Godfather 4
Posted by emmythegreat, 9.6.2008 17:27
We played Dresden on the second night, in a big old warehouse called Alter Schlachof. I hypothesised that it might have been a mental asylum because it was so creepy, but we later found out it was in fact an abbatoir, with sloped floors so that the blood could drain. Schlachof literally means 'a place to slaughter', which I remembered from my top grade German A-level. The fact that I remembered that after I was told it by a German person doesn't mean anything. I still remembered.
IN these pictures: better get the medicine ready cause we are so SICK, this pinup picture of Get Cape was strapped to Jay from Kate Nash's band's synth stand, the King of the tour, all her pretty dresses
Posted by emmythegreat, 9.6.2008 17:08
We went to Germany for a couple of shows with Kate Nash and her band. It's impossible to describe how welcome they made us feel. I am rubbish at saying things to people's faces so I hope she sees this - they were honestly the nicest people anyone could ever hope to play a gig with. Here are some pictures of some stuff. Did you know that a woman recently married the Berlin Wall? Apparently she had an affair with a fence on the side though. That's no joke, it was in a documentary.
In this picture: I can see how the wall is very fanciable, but actually i think that window is hotter, man german cars are sexy, stop stop stop i think i've just seen my future husband
Posted by emmythegreat, 9.6.2008 16:58
Nobody came with me to Manchester for mixing. That was a lot of alone time, so I liked to spend it at the Trafford Centre, which is like a city, but with no houses, just lots and lots of shops. I went to Selfridges and talked to some tea-cosies, then I watched Indiana Jones 4 in a cinema that looked like the set of Indiana Jones 2, which was confusing. Finally I spent 5 pounds on Winnie the Poohs in little plastic jackets. 'Human contact is overrated,' i said to my tea cosy friends.
IN these pictures: me and my fwends, i thought this was worth a picture somehow, the Temple of Doom, mommy is this where poohs come from?
Posted by emmythegreat, 14.5.2008 17:54
During mixing, we played 'boff marry or kill', which in our sexually starved states turned into 'boff'. If you must ask- Plath, Byron, Bean, Horse woman.
IN these pictures: plath/ sexton/ smith; samuel palmer the painter/ boris johnson the slunt/ lord byron the cad; dude/ mr. Bean/ dude, Winehouse/ Spears/ Centaur
Posted by emmythegreat, 14.5.2008 17:46
While recording the album, I have gathered conclusive evidence that Euan is autistic, and wants everyone to see his balls.
In these pictures: scrabble tile mosaic, art by euan, art by euan, one man's impotent rage