D Sharps gig

So tonight was a Mentholmen covers gig at West Street Live.  I played with my one-off band called "The D Sharps" which consisted of me on vocals and guitar, Gaz on guitar, Kinny on bass and Tommy on drums.  

Setlist
1.  Gary Numan - Music for Chameleons
2.  Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
3.  Sonic Youth - 100%
4.  Pixies - Nimrod's Son
5.  Wild Cherry - Play that funky music

Had a great laugh doing this.  Dressed up in boiler suits, dust masks and sunglasses.  We were all a little drunk too and, with no pressure, came - played - and fucked off.   Well, I did.  But hey, was good stuff and the gig seemed to be going very well and was well attended.  Plenty of pictures on Facebook that I took with my brand new camera.

Also, while I remember, cats:for:peru have finally put tunes on our myspace... click here

Fuck da system

*yawn*

I am so damn tired.

I'm sat at work again and I just have no motivation. Work is not as bad as this blog makes out, you're never going to see me write a blog saying I'm enjoying work. Going back to the climate change issue from the below blog, part of me wants to try and get a job working on that. The motivation I think I need is to know I'm making a difference. In my current job, we're basically bending over backwards for brokers and there's nothing we can do about it. We need them, they don't need us.

Unfortunately, even though I should feel good at the "new me" re: the climate, it just makes me think things such as "How can I care about that when I eat animals and buy corporate goods that are made by children and underpaid farmers?". Bull fighting, fur-wearing, animal-fights...all of it sickens me, yet I still eat meat because I can't resist the taste and craving. Part of me wants to rebel against everything - sell all my material goods - fuck the internet, fuck TV, fuck the cans of coke, fuck my GAP jacket. But no, it's just not realistic. The most difficult thing in the world is to not be a hypocrite. Rage against the Machine signing to a major record label is a prime example. If you stand up for something you feel is right, people around you will always try and catch you out. This world is too full of corporate goods for it to be avoided - it's similar to Orwell's 1984 ... there was nothing left that he could do, he gave in and loved Big Brother (not the fucking programme).

Cats:for:peru gig #003

We played Grapes last night and once again pulled a great crowd and got a great response - we seem to be getting stronger every gig.  I'm also enjoying them more per gig; possibly due to the alcohol this time.  It did loosen me up to not worry about things too much.  We decided to mix the set up a bit and dropped A34 and threw in new song Bring in the experts.

Setlist
1.  The nobodies
2.  Last man in europe
3.  Tripwires and flashing lights
4.  Bring in the experts
5.  Manifesto
6.  Cutting the bridges in half
7.  I:am:the:orgasm

First band on were Balor Knights, fresh from having their keyboard stolen.  Never-the-less, they were excellent and very tight.  Not seen them since their first gig and they've come leaps and bounds since then.  Headliners Toasterazzu released their EP this night 
and they too were very good though maybe a little nervous, not too sure.  Great night alround.  We made £35 
which has gone towards an LED display to be seen at our next gig and beyond!