fatshadow

init jus'... for real

had me one of those multi-instrumentalist moments last night... right on.

got me invited to play at Jess's 30th bash last night (Happy Birthday Jess) by the e'er ineffable G (of mighty boomshadow/boombwoi fame)... and after our duo outing, for my birthday, on monday night we decided to drop another one of those 'once in a life'-ers again...

Omar played (really enjoyed that as i haven't seen my man play for some time... the big O is just too cool for so many things) ...and you gotta love that open shirt look 8)

[so cool is he that we even managed to drop an impromptu locomotion... which both a: made someone very happy b: taught us that we must never do this again, it is sealed with a kiss or nothing!! uhm...?!]

the big O - oozing cool

G played, and quite possibly scared of the dude from the scouts by opening with beastiality (billy bragg and phil jupitus)... and even whipped out his solo YMCA

i played, held off the nandos til the end of the set (damn weird feelin' that)... then G joined me for some nandos with a bullet on a sunny afternoon - although tbh drunk G had made an appearance by now, and there was some seriously enjoyable arms-outstrectched theatrics...

and then i did strap on a bass to join G and PC, and our powers combined...

FATSHADOW

hell yes.

take 50% mighty boomshadow add a smidgen of fatbwoi on the bass, don't rehearse and just drop it like its hot (drop it like its hot)... and that is how we roll!!

ja, for sure....

can't actually remember the last time i played bass with a band, and i had a most enjoyable time 8) (even when G went off on a mad solo during a song i didn't know/hadn't played and had to try and guess the key off - this is how we roll mo-fo!!).

but yeaman, i like, is nice... is nice, i like

really diggin' some of the incidental stuff PC and i were up to... bit of jazz, don't mind if i do, more a case of this is our thang, thus we must work it, doin' a bit of the ole' link-up shizzle - of course my horse 8)

properly enjoyed it though, nice addin' a bit of jazznofunknoswingnotechno bass to the mBs material... but then you gotta love the bass in general...

more bass...

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