It's been a while.
I've been tangled in the wires of local authority for the last few weeks. Tom and Tallant are also discovering the joys of 'working for the man'. Well, at least Tallant is- Tom seems to be having a whale of a time- drinking with clients, designing door stops etc. Ads is MIA, Anna is in Madrid scouting out the place, and Jeremy is busy trying to arrange We Aeronauts' first trip abroad. Zuberbuhler is currently preparing for a move (slightly) further east, and so things are plodding along.
Booking shows in towns where noone has heard of you is pretty hard- even Mike won't give us a gig (well, maybe he will, we'll see), and despite the bloke from the Albert offering us a show, he wouldn't let us play on our preferred date. Roy fobbed us off again this afternoon. It's all looking rosy. Never fear, for I have knocked up a few demos and am assured by the west-country folk that a Bristol date is certainly a possibility.
That's not the reason I'm here though- it seems that, after a while of listening, the original mix of 'Ash Tree Lane' has become the definitive one. I have told Mike to do a new one, merging the best bits of the latest one and the first one, so we'll see. Also, he should be putting the new mix of Alpe d'Huez up soon.
Talking of which- I have a plan for that song. Seeing as I don't really like singing it anymore, I wondered if Anna should sing lead vox on that (when we're all back together, obviously) from now on. I think she could make it sound much more interesting than I ever could- in my vision of the future for this song I'd just be mucking about on an accordion and occasionally singing backing vocals. I'm also keen to rid the world of the 'climb up mountains' bit. What say you lot? What do you reckon Log?
So at the moment, those of us that are here are playing a show on the 17th October with Maria Illet (of beating us to Cornbury fame) and Tristan & the Troubadours. It is going to be interesting, for sure. We haven't practiced yet. I think about practicing, but I'm not sure that's as productive as actually practicing. We're also supporting Why? and Jonquil at the Regal in Oxford, and playing a new night at the cellar at some point, whilst working on dates in London, Briston, Brighton and Exeter (Greg, any news on this?). If they all come off it will be quite a coup.
Ads, where are you? What are you upto?
Jeremy? any update from India?
Me and Tom are meeting a guy from The Fly magazine on thursday 25th to talk Aeronauts. We're not sure how or why, but it's happening. He's also doing a feature for BBC Oxford about band influences. It should be fun.
Someone else should blog now.
I couldn't do a blog without mentioning Brian Eno; I uploaded Taking Tiger Mountain earlier for John Brainlove, so I might as well post the link here too.
Brian Eno- Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
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