at long last – an album you don’t have to buy

what was i thinking?! - music should be free for all … file sharing, spotify, free downloads – all of it very good news for record labels, recording studios, music magazines, record shops, and of course the bands themselves.

i haven’t recorded “my first bit of strange in 13 years” yet, and don’t intend to for a while, but i have performed the album live in its entirety at the fence halloween weekend in front of an invited audience, the members of which were asked to record the show for themselves on battery powered equipment. i think it went alright. folks are passing their recordings around with my blessing.

captain geeko the dead aviator accompanied me on drums, guitar and samples. we had to practise a few times, and this came as such a shock to our busking nature that our hair began to resemble “see you jimmy” wigs by the start of side B.

we had a collection for WECAN! afterwards and raised over £140 between the 30 of us, and for this we’d like to say a huge thank you.

“my second/third/fourth … bit of strange in 14 years” (how quickly time flies) will be performed at fence homegame 7. the line up will change throughout the weekend, and i hope to see some of you there.

don’t forget your dictaphones.