The Century!!!!!

So this is it the century,.....blog 100......... The first blog was published on to the 18/02/2007. It was meant to be an online journal regarding a couple in their thirties (that's wifey and I) setting up a rock band. The fact that it has degenerated into useless ramblings likened to the chatter of a baboon on speed (the blog ...not the band) is no real surprise really.

This 100th blog coincides with the gig report for probably our biggest gig yet, locker room James' 30th birthday party at the Abbey (Abbey Reading Rugby club) We were headlining the evening with two other bands and a soloist before us. The Dark Marge came along as the Hot Machero general dogs body....which consisted of being roady as well as Camera man...and a fine job he did at both (check out his handy work on the videos section of Myspace) Also in attendance was Mrs Barabanshik ,and Space Boy's ...Space Girl (couldn’t think of a better name ....thought of his “ground controller” but that would imply he is under the thumb.....which all us blokes are to a certain degree......but no the safe option......space girl!)so it was a night out for us without the kids. The set consisted of 14 songs some of which was the first time we performed them . All was going well until "There She goes" we faltered on that a bit but I think we managed to wing it....we soldiered on through the set and rocked the house with "Dakota" (featured on Myspace) It was then that Wifey did the bravest thing in our six gig existance......even braver than allowing me to sing "Don't you forget about me" in our first gigs!
For weeks now we have been struggling with Razorlight's America....I was struggiling with these two notes way up on the 18th and the 19th fret on the g-string (steady!!!!!) Wifey's part in the song is that solo guitar picking bit that plays on the quiet bits .....one mistake ...just one incey wincey mistake ........and it would stick out like a racing dogs gonads...we had decided that it wasn't upto scratch and we wouldn't play it.........so when Wifey actually anounced to the rest of us .........."I'm going to do America" at our penultimate song.....Bara wibbly wobbly banshik nearly did fall off of his little drum stool..........I had little stools of my own appearing!!!!!! So wifey stood up to the plate......well that isn't strictly true as she can only play America sat down!!!!! but you know what I mean....and off she set ....and she pulled it off ....so did we and it was good!!!!!!....

The post gig inquest began and to be honest Spaceboy, Wifey and I had our doubts regarding how well it went but upon seeing the DVD of the gig we were really pleased with it. Room for improvement but then the band has been together a year this line up only 4 months old and this was our first proper decent sized set.....with lots of new songs .....so yes quite rightly I am very pleased .

So what about the next 100 blogs....well who knows .....this first hundred has been like a soap opera....there were times of desperation .....like less than two weeks to a gig without a drummer and a singer....... times of elation. Our first gig !, when Bara kiss kiss bang bang banshik arrived and the Diddler nearly wet himself with excitement on the phone...! then of course there were the side issues .......Mother Dearest's escapades ...Jockanese K ......MBE's adventures.......Dark Marge's contributions in the form of replies to these blogs , MR T....and all the people that floated in and out of these pages ........one thing's for sure though....I'll have great fun reporting on all that happens to you in the next 100 blogs