the case for the defence

work sucks the life out of everything but i guess thats the world we live in.since our last gig in cleeres we ain't been able to do much of anything because of the freakin arts festival but there be only two weeks of boredom and kids shows left so at least for that we should be thankful.
more new songs on the way and some gigs towards the end of september.updates are slow here because logging on in work is not really kosher.El Capitano Moonbeams album is just about done and after that i resolve to do no work for anybody else.till the next cartoon..................

saturday sun.....................

aural pleasures

some demos of new tracks.recorded to four track and then converted to digital.
ruff sketches but you get the idea.

cough medicine and gin.mp3
rhythm.mp3
sophomore junk.mp3
c major twice around.mp3
western failings.mp3
ego spindles.mp3
spacek.mp3
microscopes.mp3

return of the whack.................

Bootsy Butler
The Big Snare
The sonic muffin
ryans 15 july



great gig in Ryans on wednesday.new songs ,old songs,cover songs all got a great reaction for which we are all very grateful.lots of gin was consumed to ease the nerves which resulted in forgotten words in one of the new songs but it's pretty safe to say noone noticed.
setlist was
1.Cough Medicine And Gin
2.The Space Between Spaces
3.Rhythm
4.Solid Soul
5.Microscopes
6.Laughing(REM)
7.The Heart's A Fatal Flaw
encore
8.Major Leagues(Pavement)

thanks to Noel and all in Ryans bar for helping us find our mojo again

next stop:Cleeres on Saturday supporting The Holy Roman Army
p.s.all photos by Byrnoes, our esteemed tour manager

ryans,july 15 2009

new strings on,lyrics finished,drums tuned,bootsy is stoned,good to go...................

and another thing.............

it's been a very long time.
not a waste of time but a long time.
a rethink,a reshuffle and now............
enthusiasm again.
been working on new tunes and other acts albums.now the other albums are done and i can get back to whats really important.
Brian now plays bass,no more backing tracks live and a wealth of new tunes and clothes to try on.
first gig back is on wednesday in ryans,next one is in cleeres on saturday,footage will be posted from both over the next week.
it's good to be back,it won't be so long again

RSI Friday

13 hours a day with a mouse in one's hand is not good for the one's hand.but in the long run it's worth it.Halfway through the River Valley Band's post production and their album is sounding freakin amazing.had the good captain moonlight up during the week and we have started to finish the tracks for his new album now.Razo and the Big Snare were up last night and now Razo has some seriously fresh dark shit for the Split lip album.Dj set in the pumphouse tomorrow night so i think i will record it and post early next week.
barely time to think about the goodest of tigers but as soon as i get these done then it's full steam ahead.

seriously digging Yo La Tengo at the moment.
peace out

a real tailbone all of my own

it's been an exhausting but really great week in the studio with The River Valley Band.late night sessions with mountains of Joe's chips,Eddie B doing his best Scorsese impersonation,killer weed,and most of all great tunes with a great group of guys.post production and mixing starts next week in The Atomic Greenhouse,along with getting back down to Good Tiger,Split Lip and Captain Moonlight albums.
tonight is my night off though,so i shall be found by the river with a bottle of gin in my hand and a space echo in my heart.............
later

lipstick on a minger......................

good afternoon,it's been a while.since last contact christmas and all the commercial greed it entails has come and gone,2008 has bit the dust and to be honest i don't know too many people who are sad about that,i have joined the growing list of people in Ireland who have to ask the freakin government for handouts each week and i just stopped posting here because i had nothing good to talk about.
BUT.................
Times change...............things slowly but surely get better.The new Good Tiger material is starting to take a shape that i am pretty happy with and we begin live rehearsals in a week or two.The Split Lip album is almost finished and we expect to release it in March.
As I type i am preparing for day/night number two in the studio with The River Valley Band and i can reveal that their album will be pretty special.
Myself and the good Captain(Moonlight to those of you who don't know)reconvene to finish tracks for his third album next week.
and i really want to buy a microkorg.

normal service has now resumed,lots of music on the way