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...

fatbwoi live @ worcester music festival 200811

word-up ye crazy cats! how the devil's is it goin' with you?!

things are, as ever a bit mental on planet bwoi at the minute (although i should state for the record that there are of course different definitions of mental, and it hasn't quite got "don't blame me, blame the ice-cream" levels yet...)

bur the mental never gets in the way of the thang-shakery (although it has been said that the two walk hand in hand) and as such i did step out last week to wiggle it (just a lil' bit) at 'The Boston Tea Party' as part of Worcester Music Festival 2011!!

and i must confess to having had a most-excellent time...

car/parking-related shenanigans meant that i didn't get to catch those crazy less for murder cats whilst they were playing, but it was nice to sit and have a lil' chinwag in the chippy before my set/mooching back up to the venue...

(there was truly supreme toy-shop window en route too... i cannot tell you what was in it for fear of appearing more of a geek than i do now - but rest assured, it was cool)

the venue was top... it had an aeroplane stuck the ceiling, some properly yummy looking cake-age... like, uhm,... props and everything!!

opened with some chicken, lil' bit of tv evangelism, and had just got into discussing the whole running naked around the woods being chased by a bear thing, when the legend that is I've Been Dean (avec entourage) appeared at the door in his glowing daz white jeans...

from there on in, it got a lil' kooky... 8)

we had a bit of a party atmos going on... so the set list got a bit free and easy at the end! i felt bad because i had to deny a request for 'house of corpses' (its been too long since i played it, but i'll slip in sometime soon), but less bad at denying of for the song about the woman with a habit...

instead we settled for a quick burst of the krshna song... proximity to the godhead re-established, we got on with the party...

then in honour of the post-modern one (i.b.dean) i did me a lil' book-ending and closed with an exuberant burst of nandos...

went down a treat...

i even had a portugese dude telling me how his dad makes the best piri piri ever, i asked him to send me the recipe but i get the impression that it may be a 'family' secret, in which case i've asked if he can just send his dad...

no reply on that so far...

all in it was a really good night, met some top new people and got to touch base with some top older friends AND got to shake that thang...

what more can a bwoi ask for?!

(took me friggin' ages to find the car though...)

Worcester Music Festival (19th - 21st August 2011)

word up you crazy cats!! how in the hell's is it all goin?! all good i hope...

most-exciting news and happy time (!!!) as the bwoi gonna be shaking that thang as part of 'Worcester Music Festival 2011' ...running from the 19th-21st August across Worcester, there's gonna be a bonafide multitude of quality musics on display

...and me 8)

i'll be playing at 'The Boston Tea Party', Saturday 20th August, sometime around the 7o'clock mark... (which is pretty precise for me)

oh yes... there'll be a dose of thang-shaking goodness served up for your own personal delectation... why not c'mon down as its FREE entry...

the line-up has been curated by the 'Not Just Sauce' crew and features...

Jayne Gaze

Hitchhiker

Jennie Harwood

Sarah Oreggio

Jane Booth

Carly Dee

Dan Lloyd

full details of the venue line-up, and more information about the festival can be found here...
http://www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk/venues/worcester/thebostonteaparty/

i also happen to know that good friends and all round crazy cats 'Less For Murder' are also playing on the 20th... at the 'Swan With Two Nicks', they're on sometime around 4 (i think) ...these crazy cats give a quirky off-the-wall insight into the joys of married life - always worth a watch 8)

it'll be my second appearance at WMF, my first was in 2009 (at The Pheasant) when i stepped in on bass for 'I Am Locutus' with Dale and LC... that was a most enjoyable gig, i remember rushing off to play another set that evening (although the exact location escapes my right now), and wondering if i hadn't slipped a tad too much dub into the set... 8)

happy time

i rather randomly found a pic of the gig online the other day...

thus... 

there i am... :P

peace-out y'all

fatbwoi live @ the hollybush 130511

‎"Are you one of them?" "NO!"
"Are you sure?" "Yeah!"
"Well you'd better not be..."

word up you crazy cats? how the devils are ye?

friday, as well as being a day for hockey masks also saw the combined forces of g (of mighty boomshadow fame), less for murder, and yours truly take to the stage at the hollybush...

jason - looks great in a hockey mask, can't play  guitar for sh*t

and yes, the magic curtain is STILL in place! (gotta love the curtain)

g (in a rothwell font) opened the show... taking to the stage brandishing his spangly new tele-coustic, sounded nicely dirty blastin' out through the ole kustom... esp enjoyed 'jackie o', always do... 'man kills wife' is sounding quite visceral at the moment, but well played geezer... 8)

next-up, those crazy cats less for murder... i think 'pill' is my favourite lfm tune, it has a bit of an eels vibe (albeit with a different vocal) to it... the vocal has a nice driving quality to it, digs its way into you brain... i like.

and then i... opened with the chicken, then god, love... nakedness in a wood... "you know the coup..."

took the opportunity to drop a couple of different ones... 'bite me' (complete with more-trumpet-than-before), 'higher level' (with the twist-and-shout-stylee bit on the chorus... all on my lonesome) 

there was a rare outing for (the morally and ethically incorrect, cudgel of a track) crack whore... which, i have to be honest, i quite enjoyed, so much so in fact that in true bwoi at the bush stylee, i stuck an (another) extra chorus on the end...

which in turn lead to something that i never expected... a request from the big o for that other ole' bush favourite 'krshna says'... and who am i to turn down such a request/blow against the wind?!

if i'm totally honest, i can't actually remember the last time i played it... but got away with it, i think i did a couple of verses in the wrong order (but tbh i did that with 'sunny afternoon too, and i only played it last week - 'sall very post-modern)... but his divine grace woulda been proud...

bhativedante swarmi prapu parda

we are the children of the guru kala

happiness expands by meditating harder

gather all your sons and bring them to our father

it has become apparent to me, i may never actually have to learn all of the words to 'take on me', 'sonly the second time i've played it out and it went down a storm...

i reckon hitting 'the note' helps...

all-in, it was a most-top night... and maximum thanks to all you crazy cats that came down, i had a blast - i hope you did too...

peace-out y'all