Strike a Pose

So dearest fans how are you all today?......good? What both of you? Fantastic! So here I am writing another exciting episode in the life and times of a bass player. It is my first day off today which means it’s my Saturday even though it is Thursday to the rest of the world! And my world is a wonderful place.....the children are off on their hollies and I am sitting awaiting the dress rehearsal of Brianna (aged 5 and 348 days old’s) one girl dancing show in our back room.....sound brought to you by her older brother aged 9!!!


So we have given Mother dearest the day off from her usual child care duties so she’ll be off down the common room of her detention centre aka old people’s sheltered accommodation where she will be playing cards with her green hatless peak , cigar out the side of her mouth and mountains of chips.........smothered in HP sauce of course!!!!!

So tonight I’m providing low end for the band at The Blue Anchor Folk club. In West Byfleet. The question is ....what do I wear.....toying with doing the whole Kilt thing....Dave reckons it won’t go down well (good job really cos that would be embarrassing) can’t just go in jeans ...wouldn’t be right not very Spriggan Mist.

So what about the Spriggan mobile I hear you say? Yes the sprig mobile is now sporting a new Kenwood.....I can make cakes on the go now .........seriously it charges me IPod and everything. Ok it cuts out going over big bumps and sometimes I have to turn the ignition on and off to get it to go on but it is in keeping with the character of the van!! Still awaiting some graphics from the Dark Marge for the side.....and a sticker saying

“ No musicians are left in this vehicle overnight”

Could you imagine how awful?

“Where’s Andy?”

“ Oh we had our van screwed last night ...stole our percussionist”

Then the endless trawling of the pawn shops for him...I said Pawn not Porn!!!!!!!

So an old friend from work who has since moved offices contacted me he is big into photography now and wants to add Spriggan Mist to his portfolio... ..Now his work is phenomenal his name is Glyn Dewis and he has some great ideas involving smoke bombs and ruins.....(ruins as in buildings not us) Anyway see his work here      http://www.glyndewis.com/
Dave was showing some resistance but as long as he is “understated” he’ll be happy.

Now I really should be doing some bass work but my neighbour works nights and am a bit reluctant to make too much noise having done loads of night work myself. I actually miss nights that wonderful feeling as you are driving home of ....Bed! The drivers of the cars all around you have that look of “oh my god another early morning ..Work boring work.....” and then you are going to slip into your sack all snug......until some idiot fires up his bass amp that is!!!!!!