Showing posts with label broken amp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label broken amp. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Fatbwoi Live @ Broken Amp 270212

word up you crazy cats!! how the devil is it going...?!

things are good one planet bwoi... a lil' crazy - but hey, we wouldn't have it any other way! there's been a couple of bursts of concentrated thang shakery in the last couple of days... and that always makes for happy time 8)

first up was some thang shakery on the hallowed boards of the broken amp...

also playing were Less For Murder, who opened the evenings proceedings with some dark melodic loveliness, a minor equipment malfunction, and some new material to boot... these are two cool cats (although i did think matt was considering battering the amp at one point!), but cool cats - trust me on this...

next up was the retinal circus, complete with pedals and crazy hat...

and then this one... with a request to hit the stage running, and a bit of caffeine in my system, i was easily ready for a bit of stompy goodness...


opened (perhaps controversially) with jazz hands, and kept the stompy vibe going straight into a 1-800/Love Once medley... always need a swig of something at this point...

really enjoyed playing hard... the middle eight on that is proper lovely pop, i may even have to extend it... the verse's are on the tongue-in-cheek nazty (yeah - with a z!) side - but that's how this cat rolls...

there was a bit of time for a burst of 'back in the day' (a lil' ATD/Ahmad inspired 'cover'), wherein the bwoi done rap about growing up in the MK, roundabouts and the like...

before closing on the one about the chicken...

it was beautiful hearing voices around the room joining in with the faux-french intro...

you gotta love that sh!t

it was a bit of a condensed set, hi-speed like they want the rail links, and not completely dissimilar to that double strength squash you get... but as any reader of this (generally quite random) blog will know...

it's all about the cherries and berries!!

peace-out y'all...

Sunday, 1 January 2012

some dates for your diary...

word up you crazy cats!!

that's right... i'm back! and in line with both my civic and legal duties, i gotta give you a lil' heads up on some of the dates already in the diary for 2012...

you see, 'the powers that be' dictate that i must warn y'all as to where and whence i am to be found... i don't think they like me, but, when it all comes down to it, what the hell do they know anywho?!

these are the places i'll be... can't wait to see you there...



first gig of the year is January 26th, supporting the most-excellent gypsy rock/jazzer types 'The Magic Tombolinos' at The Musician in Leicester... fay brotherhood is also playing, and i reckon all in this is going to be a stellar night... really excited about this one!!

and my love for the broken amp boy's is one of the greatest loves in modern literary history...

                   THURS JAN 26th - The Musician, Leicester
                   -   supporting The Magic Tombolinos £7adv/£9otd - get tickets

                   MON FEB 27th - Broken Amp @ The Adam and Eve, Birmingham

                   TUES FEB 28th - NB's, Northampton

peace-out y'all

Monday, 21 November 2011

new date - Broken Amp 12/12/11

that's right you crazy cats...

there's a new date for your diary... the bwoi will be shaking that thang for your delectation live at broken amp (Mon - 12/12/11)...

we gonna party like its nearly a date that has three occurrences of the same number... (or alternatively pretend its next year and the felicitous arrangement of digits is already upon us!!)...



more details via this lil' bookface link...

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121256217986371

see you there...

Monday, 14 November 2011

Dear Mr Clostermann...

Dear Mr Clostermann,

how the devils be ye?! All good i hope...?!?

as you are aware, i recently purchased a techno-phone (one of those with a whole heap of technology that is probably capable of flying to the moon on its own, before plotting a second low-g launch and leaving us for mars...) which i have been having some 'moments' adjusting too...

the reason i have upgraded to such a technological marvel is complex and convoluted, and either based in a bunch of words that end in '...ivity', or some kind of mid-32 crisis, and for this reason i have decided not to explore them any further at this point...

the old 'touch screen-functionality' is something in particular i have been struggling with, although i do feel this may in part be connected to an age old memory of the 'search for books by sticking you greasy paws on the screen' machine that used to reside in CMK library... but i digress...

its mainly the getting it to type the word i actually asked it to type and not filling my t9 dictionary (predictive text being something i have avoided using on every other phone i have ever possessed) with random streams of letters and gibberish...

let us not mention the tweets involving the word "i'be", which whilst cute in its own kinda retro/ye-olde worlde way, is not something i would ever type... well certainly not with an apostrophe in it. "i are be not well" is a text i have sent this week, as is "i be king of the planets", note in neither case was an apostrophe deployed...

and this is where you come into the story... as you are aware, i did email you for advice on finding my dictionary, which after finding on the first day i had the phone had seemingly disappeared into a myriad of menus and button presses (including buttons which aren't actually buttons - most confusing)...

first i must thank you for your direction... it was clear, concise, and i managed to scrub some hideous amalgamations from my dictionary - good skills that man

secondly you made a recommendation, that i use swype... sent me a link and everything...

and this is where it all went a bit wrong... you see, you sent me a link for swype (one which i have since used, and dude "what a recommendation - thank you!!")... however my initial attempts to obtain this app were conducted via the medium of said techno-phone, which may in itself be foolish, but it lead me somewhere...

it lead me to a game called 'zombie swype'... and i think you know what happened next?! i saw the 'z' word, and we all know that i cannot be held responsible for my actions in the presence of the 'z' word...

so down it was loaded, unto techno phone...

and now i cannot stop playing it! i appear to have developed an addiction to poking zombies in the face... and watching them disappear...

i currently have the 3rd and 4th highest scores ever (there's only probably eight people who've downloaded it ever, or similar) and i have a feeling that 1st and 2nd will fall to me in the next 24 hours...

this game rules... its kicked a hole in my 'champ manager' addiction (if its good enough for plan b its good enough for me), but also appears to have curtailed the whole connectivity of techno phone as i am spending a large amount of time poking the living dead in the face...

if i put the phone down long enough, i may even complete the zombie trilogy with a song about the 'zombies that wolf gave me'...

so i must thank you once more for your most excellent recommendation... one i would pass on to all htc users with the words "thank wolf" (i told mel on saturday, she says 'thanks')... however should a the situation arise, can you please prefix (or suffix) the recommendation with

"go straight past the zombies, where available collect £200, but do not stop at zombie or else you will get very little done..."

i hope the world is good with you

big love

fatbwoi

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

fatbwoi live @ broken amp 040711

word up you crazy cats!!

how the devil does it all happen to be going?! all good i hope...

last night saw me take to the stage for the most-excellent broken amp crew at the adam and eve for my first 'this midlands' gig in a (what seems like a long) while...

and enjoy it most thoroughly did i...

but less of the yoda speak, and a bit more about the evening's entertainment... 8)

the evening was opened by stuart o'connor, i met him the other week playing at the rothwell charter festival and he asked me if i might be able to sort him out a gig on his way back from scotland... thus

he has a proper sweet psychedellic acoustic sound, with judicious application of effects and looping technology... which is always a good thing (scienceFAKT right about there).

as ever, stuart delivered an outstanding set... dude got some quality tunes and sounds, and i'd definitely advise you to check him out... i hope to catch up with him again soon...

the important stuff - sweet sneaks, and lemonade-infused beverages... 
i, for an absolute shocker opened with the one about chicken...

the bwoi was headlining the evenin', which was runnin' a lil' behind schedule, so the ineffably lovely rich asked me to hit it flying... lest the powers that be (the bar staff) tried pulling the plug on us (its the bar lady who likes to get home as early as...)

so we'd wailed through 1-800 and love once before i paused to 'have a word'... (as you do)

government done took my babies...
there was a fully-clothed version of the naked in a cape one... and by this point, it seemed things were getting a lil' rowdy...

drop an 'up-swung' kinks cover in we properly got it going on...

a lil' bit of apocalypse education, which from what i hear may have been misplaced... rich advised me that i should head over to leicester again as, despite my constant musical visits, the council over there still does not have a decent contingency plan in the event of zombie apocalypse...

that's just a lil' half assed if you ask me... but hey, any excuse to shake the thang (init)

it was a top night all-in, gotta love the broken amp crew... they always make me feel welcome, join-in, we always have a party... can't wait until the next one 8)

oh and the 2d lady was pimped out with a foxy leopard print number...

pimp my (2D) lady...
that right there, is style ladies and gentlemen...

placed opposite a full-size disco ball, you got something properly intangible...

peace-out y'all

NEXT GIG - G (of mighty Boomshadow fame)'s Birthday Thang... the one at a secret venue, where-in there shall be a 'breaking of stuff' - happy time 8)


Thursday, 30 June 2011

some dates for your diary...

word up you crazy cats!!!

as previously established, the suits in the government have advised (initially in a white paper, the bill has now moved onto for debate the house) that i must give each and every one of you due and fair warning of any instance where upon i may be spotted shaking that thang on public...

its for your own safety...

they were also insistent that i describe it in an overwordy verbose stylee... 7 words where 3 will do?!

don't mind if i do... 8)

4th July - Broken Amp @ Adam and Eve, Birmingham

23rd July - G (off of Boomshadow's birthday bash), a secret location, probably in the midlands

20th August - Boston Tea Party, Worcester Music Festival, Worcester

28th August - Bat and Wicket, Northampton

i'll provide more details as and when they become available - its a legal obligation right about there...

peace-out y'all

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Tuesday, 29 March 2011

the boombwoi fatshadow soundclash @ broken amp 280311

hear ye! hear ye! words and forsooth... uhm, something and fie for the other stuff...

or alternatively... damn right! bring it on... (he's actually writing one about music) *shock horror*

hell yes... last night was the night of the epic boombwoi fatshadow soundclash! this one, and g (of mighty boomshadow fame) onstage together at the broken amp...

and i think its safe to say - it was a lot of fun!! although i don't think i'll ever forget the look on paul's face when he offered to buy us drinks and we both requested soft ones (lemonade for me, diet coke for g)... priceless

there was a bit of bwoi, a bit of boom, and sure some of it was a bit 'rough around the edges' (a common theme of boombwoi gigs?!)... but we made up for it with gormless charm...

...especially enjoyed the upbeat swung 'sunny afternoon'!! i do believe this is something the g and i must do again... (we should probably/probably not do the whole thing again depending on your stand point...)


dropped an unexpected (fairly off-beat) version of 'take on me' at the end, and i have to be honest... i never thought i was gonna hit that note, let alone be able to hold it for that long...

rediscovered the joy of beatboxin' to beat-matched lights... (i think rich liked that too - although it did feel a bit epilepsy when rich left them on and we started up the guitars...)

g wouldn't beatbox (gonna have to work on this, he did however "rip it")

happy time