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G’day Swivelheads!

The Bald Faced Stag proved to be a nice room. Tight for wing space on stage, but as a space to bring our production into? Nice!

Peter, the house production guy was a champion. He repaired Melissa’s foot-switch during sound-check. Tearing into it like a real pro, saving us a huge headache. Many thanks.

Crick, our newest crew member, made his debut as well. Taking video off all our hands. He’s added some very nice additions to Cameron’s artwork. Adding some annimated bits to the sureal stills. He and I will be working on the show intros together from here on out. Set the “Ode To Hicks” to videos. Again we grow. Take it up another notch.

The turn out was not what we had hoped. Not compared to our pulls at The Sando recently. Was it the week before Easter? Was it the location? Not a walk up location like the Sando. Oh and Earth Hour was on. FuckNose. Maybe it was a little of everything. Those who were there had a ball. The Stag is a good room, with good P.A. and a decent stage. Friendly owner and managers. I hope it can get a rep and become a solid draw. I have it on good sources we had 7-10 times as many payers as Casey Donovan had a few nights before. So we out drew an Idol. Good Shit!!!!!

The Band Kicked Ass! The best performance since I’ve been with the organization. Hands down. There had been heaps of work on details recently. It showed. Melissa was on fire! Playing with such intensity she broke multiple strings, continuing to sing as her guitar tech Peter Holz straps a new ax on her. Pete earned his money.

Tony had a new guitar. A nice Ibanez with a floating trem. Adding another dimension to his extraordinary pallate. Tony and Clinton were tearing it up. I love to watch musos really fuckin play! Chris Long told me afterward, he may not have ever seen Clinton play that explosive before. And he’s seen a few. So it ain’t just me.

My family came. That was cool. I had to laugh. My proper English In-Laws coming straight from some posh Flameco gig, to the Pub Rock gig. My Niece, a rock goddess in her own right, was amazed at our Melissa.

And lastly, the video:

The first of the “FoxCam” series. Taken on my Android phone on stage from my operating position. I have replaced the audio with Clinton’s monitor mix. Shot standing on a milk crate, tucked behind the P.A. stack. Like I said, tight fit. The video goes a bit out of sync as it goes. Not sure why. I’ll work on it.

Thanks to Wormholes Exist, Still Bandits, and Black Acid Flashbacks, for joining us again. Kat was great coming back so soon after tonsil surgery to put on a great show. B.A.F. were great fun as expected. Way to dry fuck that Marshall mate! Rocked it like it was Budokan!