Kree!
I’ve opened the last wee envelope on the laptop and there’s stacks of stuff I haven’t seen for ages on here.
Disturbingly I’m very young in a lot of it. It’s all scans too, so more ropey than normal, but it’s nice to see once again where I’ve been and why growing old isn’t better or worse, it’s just different.
That was a cracking day Joycee and I had above with an inversion on Loch Tay behind, rolling up Glen Lochay below us. We were climbing Meall Ghaordaidh, and it looks like I’m wearing a cape for some reason.
Mind you, I’m more oddly dressed on Schiehallion below. Help ma’ Boab.
That one is really going back, maybe as far as the one below.
No it’s not a big bouffant hairdo I’ve got (I’m on the move), it’s an authentically 70’s centre parting affair. If you look at my right arm you’ll see the strand of hair sticking to the sweat and ending in a wee clump on my forearm. At this stage in my life where all the hair is on my face or somewhat alarmingly, my shoulders, it’s important to get such details correct.
Aint it great (and slightly embaressing) when you spend some time stimulating the old brain cells to times past. Not sure I would share some of my photies though – the one with the very mad perm may have to stay hidden though your photie above is not too dissimilar ;-(
Just this morning, I was telling a workmate about covering Rage Against the Machine’s ‘Killing in the name’ to an unimpressed bunch of teachers and parents at a school charity concert.
Still don’t know what they were so upset about ;-)
Never mind your hair, there’s a bloke in the background with a guitar and he appears to have no face! :o)
Check out them flares too!! wowsers. There’s a kit of drums not too disimilar to those in our lobby cupboard too.
Oh I love old photies, we get the big box out at least once a year to look and laugh and remember. Great.
Some top pics there mate, Have you still got that bobble hat? ;o)
Peter, I’m using one of these
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Not the cheapest and you have to wait a few weeks but dammn its light and very, very useaeable. for a floor I use a bit of old tarp cut to size and I think Bob at backpackinglight.co.uk has plans to make a half nest. I hope he does.
Tha band one is at that place in Cumbernauld, above the shopping centre, can’t remember the name. Tom Russell used to DJ the rock nights. It has to be 15 or more years ago, and yes that’s Stevie on drums. That fringe gives him away….
I love old stuff like this, I don’t mind being younger and slimmer at all. Without memories what are we?
I get tired playing thrash! We usually jam some Celtic Frost in the studio and it wears me out.
I’ll add the new tunes to my Myspace when we get them done. I’m really looking forward to it, recording is great fun.
It never seemed important at the time, I must be making up for it these days!
I’m sure I’ve seen gigs in there – although that was probably in the 80’s (ouch) as we went everywhere watching bands as well as all the usual haunts in Glasgow – Paisley, Hamilton, Wishaw, the Ponderosa in Linwood, Largs, Ayr – all the glamour spots, heady days.
Das, that does sound like Tom Russels 1am gig guide. We were playing the Cathouse, King Tut’s, Nice n Sleazy, Grand Central and the like. Good fun, all ended in acrimony, bitching and short hair.
The studio went well tonight, I took my Flying V because I was feeling all metal :o)
I’ll try and swing by next week if you’ve got biscuits in.