NME Video Awards 2009

So it looks like one of my cheap youtube clips of Sian Alice Group has made it on to the NME's Video Awards for 2009. Which is nice.
Here you go

Smile

I will be posting songs I've written and recorded on this blog as and when possible.

This is the first

Dawkins Reads His Hate Mail

'Salt Water' @ Cargo 15/11/09

Here's Sian Alice Group playing a song in the dark.
I played lap steel on this one. Seemed to work out just fine.

Who Stole The Soul?

Great article on why modern rock and pop sounds so bad. It's scary to think that most modern 'producers' would ask Hendrix to redo 99% of his guitar parts... and 100% of his vocal parts.

Read it here

Here's to tomorrow

Playing at Cargo tomorrow.
Playing lap steel and harmonica, neither of which I've played live before so it'll be and eye (ear?) opener for all those involved.

Thinking of ways to add this into my arsenal (spurs?):
http://www.lullatone.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/raindrop.swf

Was thinking of getting a tattoo but this just put me off...

Innovators and Inspirators: Dylan

Tiazolteol and friend

TED

A good way to spend your time, free or otherwise, is filling your ears with these people.
http://www.ted.com/

Jerry and Ginger with friends

Glitz

Inspirators and Innovators : The Band

One of the best examples of a creative group with no weak elements. Between them they could play every instrument that is worth playing and each brought they're own individuality to the mix. And they always looked great.

Radist t-shirt award

Me and Crook met the weirdist euro guy with the best t-shirt around. No idea what he was saying but all is forgiven.

Hand 2.0

Day 2 in glorious technicolour

Hand

The results of swapping over to bass for Sian Alice Group after just one show. Graham will be welcomed back with a very limp, weathered handshake

Les Paul

I've never owned one of his guitars, or have any desire to, but the guy seemed like the real deal. Played the same New York dive every Monday night right up until he died last night.

Knobs @ HBK 06/08/09

Taken by Krystal Rodriguez at Vice Magazine. See more here.

Strings @ Rough Trade instore 03/08/09

Hoxton Bar & Kitchen

Sian Alice Group - 'Motionless'

Sian Alice Group performing 'Motionless' at Brighton's Loop Festival 2009.
This is the last song of the set filmed from the side of the stage by me.
Some highlights of this clip include Graham using the 'bashing the strings with my fist' technique on his bass, Rupert playing glockenspiel throughout the mid section (off camera unfortunately) and Crook ending up wrapped around his guitar so that it looks like a novelty bow tie

Loop

Crook at Loop Festival

Inspirators & Innovators - Raymond Pettibon

Raymond's art really resonated with me at a young age.

His pop art/comic stylings gave the Generation X'ers some much needed '50's rebellion. You can sense a real up yours to classic technique and a conscious balance between his humorous and poignant takes on suburban life and sticking it to 'the man'

All of the above can also be said of his brother's guitar playing.

SAG @ Corn Exchange, Brighton - 11th July

Saturday will be the day that Sian Alice Group feat. myself perform at Brighton's Loop Festival.

There will be more shows to follow and I'm hoping to have a good friend document this period to film.

Innovators : Guy Picciotto

Rehearsals with SAG begin

Keys

Sian Alice Group -The Dusk Line

The Sian Alice Group have asked me to pleasure them over the Summer months, which I will be doing with great pride. Oddly enough I know each of them well, but through very different means (family, music, childhood, etc). It'll be strange to see them all in the same place when we enter their studio (which I also know well for different reasons)

Prep.