And no, I'm probably not in what you'd call a "normal" state of mind, having chosen that as my title for this miniature masterpiece, ahahah ;]
Hello everyone! =D
See, I've started getting some positive feedback on these blogs now... I haven't written one for a little while (by my previous prolific standards), but I figured the time has come...
SO: What a foul day we've had. Typical British summer, eh? =p To be honest, until I was forced to go out in it (DAMN YOU NAOMI!), I was quite enjoying the day, I was sat on the couch reading, with regular cups of tea, and Sky Sports News in the background, supplying a sort of comforting, repetitive drone (Except for that bloody music from "Requiem for a Dream" that comes on EVERY SINGLE ADVERT BREAK! It's a beautiful piece, but hearing the same 30-second section every ten minutes becomes a little wearing...)
And then I ended up being forced, FORCED, to go to Parr St for some smooth jazz... But I don't really mind that much, it was lovely chilling there. If not warm... They seriously need to get some fans or something in that joint. Was good though, had a decent chat with Aaron (the man himself), and of course the famous Jack Gardiner. =p
Monday night was also brilliant; the usual jam night in Chameleon went really well; also Jay Duncan (of 'Overspill' fame!) and Middley-Diddley came down, it was great to see them both!
Jay, I hardly need say, got up and played a bit using my Stingray (I do love my bass to pieces...), and made it sound fit ;]
Also, I had a music conversation with Kayla on Monday night when I got home (Mainly Beatles-based, I must say), which led me to listen to "Run for your life" from their Rubber Soul album. And then "In My Life". And then "Drive My Car". At which point I realised that, if someone asks me, now, which album changed my life, I can immediately say "Rubber Soul".
Ok, so maybe it isn't the "best" Beatles album, (I'm actually inclined to agree with my good friend Alex when he says that Revolver is a strong contender for the best album... in his words;
"i also reckon revolver was when they started to branch away from the bona fide love songs
like
there definitely are some
thats what the beatles are
but they go hand in hand with the musicality, which i think completes the sound" (Verbatim, that, by the way =p))
But I grew up as a little boy hearing Rubber Soul (and, perhaps more importantly, hearing my dad playing the songs on the guitar), and I could sing all the words and knew all the vocal melodies and harmonies when I was about 8, quite a long time before I first thought about (emulating my dad and) picking up a guitar. Also, the first guitar "solo" I ever learnt was from Drive My Car... And I learnt it from memory. That is to say, without tab, sheet music or even my own copy of the song to listen to. Which was, at the time, the way I assumed everyone everyone learnt music...
On the subject of bands (Appropriately, one of my favourite Beatles tunes just came on, "Nowhere Man"), I'm playing with Stop Motion Theory in Mojo tonight (That is, Wednesday night) at 9pm... Really looking forward to getting back into it with the boys! =]
And also on the band front... My new band's single (which is being released on August 30th, on iTunes) was played today on BBC Radio Merseyside...
I'm liking this!
I'm bringing in, now, a topic that's never yet reached this blog: Football.
Now, you may (or may not) know that I am, quietly, a huge LIVERPOOL fan. I have to say, after spending the past few weeks feeling quite gloomy on this front, I'm really cheered up by what I've seen and heard in the past few days. I'm not going to be joining the whole "WE'RE GONNA WIN THE LEAGUE BECAUSE WE SIGNED JOE COLE!" but I do think that has been a positive step, and I'm looking forward to having a season where we've been completely dismissed as contenders by the media - Maybe we won't be attacked left, right and centre by the gutter press! I live in hope.
Hmm... Tonight has been another night to just chat with people about their problems. It's strangely comforting to know that people feel like they can tell me this stuff, and know that I'll help if I can, and that I'll keep their confidence. Guess I can't be that much of a twat after all ;]
Anyway... It's 2am (almost). Time to post this, and go sleep. FOR TOMORROW, WE DINE, IN HELL! (<<< Gratuitous "300" almost-quote) =]
Au Revoir!
Tet x
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