Yep, just over 3 weeks have passed since the last show in the Lyric, Christmas and New Years came and went largely uneventful thanks to the shite weather. If not for that I'd probably have made more of an effort to go out and you know, do that thing people do at Christmas? Have fun, yeah that!!
I did have a blast over the new year though to be honest. Not only did I make the monstrous track up north to see Alan and Michaela (two folk I had played in a band with for a whole in 2010) get married but spent nye at my old mate Dan Ashby where I played drums a bit, saw in new year and got royally wasted playing Halo and Grand Theft Auto until 6:00 am. That's how I roll!
So with all that done, it was time to get back to work and the tour.
To limit the fuck about with getting the Angelow's, myself and all our shit up to the gig and not having to cart my car about for a few days at my own expense, I decided that if would be better to hire a van one way. So that's what I did!
We had to leave Swansea at 6:00 as I planned to meet Andy Higgins to sell him a Mac I had lying around. He was off on a ship and so this was the only window.
The Angelow's were okay with it thankfully.
As soon as we left Swansea, their arses started to erupt like mount fucking Ettna. 
Da went to sleep pretty fast. Not sure it was due to being tired or the pungent gasses that were emitting from either of their arses. But he was out like a baby. 
Da, after leaving Swansea and all the shitting commenced. Sort of.
After a few hours, meeting Andy and exchanging the mac for a "Gregory" he he puts it, it was off to Bright-on.
We got there a little early but I fucked about with getting somewhere to park up the van so we can offload all our shit.
I got told off by the guy who owed a shop next the the stage door. I only put an empty can of relentless on his pile of rubbish and he came storming out of his shop of bollocks to explain to me that this was HIS PILE of rubbish for recycling and I should take the empty can into the theatre and use THEIR bin.
What a cunt! I mean, what a thing to have a grizzle at! I really felt like opening up a can of welsh abuse on his most probably lonely, no friends, bitter fucking arse.
But instead I bottled it and just did as he asked. He's still a cunt though. 
That shop keeper at his Christmas party, most probably.
That shop keeper at his Christmas party, most probably. After all the hellos and happy New Years etc it was back to building the show as if the break didn't happen.
And it didn't, before we used to get it down to 2 hours. After 3.5 we were still building. But as we had a meeting and rehearsal at 4:00, it didn't give me much chance, or any at all to get some lunch after building. So I didn't. I plowed through it all the way to sound check.
The reasons for the rehearsal is there's some personnel changes from last year. Namely no Sergei and one Mambulu less. But in his stead we have a chap that's loaned to us from Gerry Cottle's Circus. An ENGLISH aerialist by the name of Mikey. Why make a point of saying he's English? Well because in all the years of working with Circus 99% are non English. Russian, Chinese, African tend to be the mainstays.
Probably because they work for fuck all and only require a place to live and a visa, I don't know.
Anyway, Mikey is very good. But we needed to rehearse him into the show.
After about an hour or so it was soundcheck time. No hassles with feedback and monitors not working though Da's was cracking.
A certain amount of not giving a fuck about that was held on my behalf. I did actually look for the replacement but as they'd all been put back on the tuck I told him to just suck it up and shut his cunt.
Actually, I just asked him to turn it down a little. He did and we got through the show okay.
The band payed fine! A felt a certain fire in my own playing which had not been there prior to Christmas. I can't say why but I wasn't questioning it.
Tabitha, who stood in for the injured Kirsty last year, made a visit and hung about for most of the rehearsal. She also came to the show. I'd loved to have spent some time with her hut I generally was on the go from the minute I arrived so I didn't manage. Hopefully I will next week.
Er, I think I've covered the Brighton show adequately so I'll end this entry here. More to follow. Oh a lot more to follow.
As long as I give a shit enough to keep this bloc up. I mean, who actually reads this shit anyway? I ask ya!!!!
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