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Music
King Creosote : Single of the Week . . .
02/11/07 10:21
Imagine my delight when I found that iTunes had Cowardly Custard from the album as the (free) Single of The Week. I downloaded it the other day but was reminded this morning by those helpful folk over at MacFormat that perhaps I ought to share the good news with y'all.
I don't think it would be my favourite track from the album but it would give you a taster - go and download it - it IS free - see what you think - let me know if you like it. . ..
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KT Tunstall Concert Weekend . . .
23/10/07 10:05
That's me back then. Did you miss me?
Much?
I've been away to Jacqui's for the KT Tunstall concert. Jacqui bought me the tickets as an early birthday present. You haven't forgotten about THAT have you?
The weekend kinda started two years ago when I saw KT Tunstall was coming to Belfast. I immediately went online and ordered three tickets, not having anyone in particular in mind to go with. How disappointed I was when no one I knew was all that interested in going with me. One person actually said "KT Tunstall? Oh no! I hate her!" no beating about the bush there then!
Nearer the time I still hadn't received the tickets and when I went online to check it out - there was no record of me purchasing any tickets, no money had been debited from my credit card and it looked like the whole thing had been a bad dream!
Jacqui remembered all that and when she saw the tickets for KT in Newcastle (and no planned dates for Belfast) she bought them without even asking me first.
I left on Friday night amidst all sorts of flight delays - when we landed we had to wait for the steps to be brought round, then they only brought one set and all the poor people anticipating a rear disembarkation had to turn and wait their turn for the front steps. And wait. And wait. As they also only sent one bus. Which had to take the first load to the arrivals and then come back for the second load.
While waiting, most people turned their phones back on and one woman made a call which started with a very loud "Ho Ho Ho" which had the rest of us giggling away. Finally I made it on to the bus, to be taken 500 yards to beside another just-landed plane. As there was a zebra-crossing the bus driver waited for those passengers to walk past him before moving again. I swear he waited as the last passenger stood up from their seat, made their way down the aisle, trotted down the stairs and sauntered across the zebra-crossing before moving off again. We only had to move a further 20 yards before we were at the arrivals door - it would have been much quicker to have left the bus and walked! I think he was having a laugh.
On Saturday Jacqui and I headed out to The Angel Of The
North. A place we have driven past before
but I had never visited. Arrgh - the PEOPLE
there! There weren't many but the ones who were
there insisted on having their family reunion
right bang in the middle of my photo
opportunity! Didn't they KNOW who I was? We
spent a while there taking all sorts of photos,
watching most of the posers grin at their
partner whilst stretching their arms in true
Angel mode, mightily pleased with themselves
that they had dreamed up such an original
stance!
Saturday evening saw us at Newcastle City Hall for the KT concert. We had each admitted that we weren't all that excited about the concert. There was something missing from the excitement factor - a complete lack of anticipation. Or something. Completely by chance two of Jacqui's hockey friends had booked tickets right next door to ours. Perhaps the thought of meeting them for drinks before hand was throwing me slightly but they cried off at the last minute.
King Creosote was the support band. I had never heard of them before but quite liked them. They were funny, I liked the music but there seemed to be a lack of energy from them. We joked at the size of their drum set - it looked like something a wee lad would get for his 13th birthday. This was in complete contrast to the full size kit KT's band had!
There was something very endearing about KT. I
know she says it every night - but she really did
seem to genuinely want to be there and want to
perform for us. She commented on the lovely weather
we had had all day and how she had been out on the
town (sorry, toon) and had been recognised by a local
band - she really did seem chuffed by that.
The highlights of her chat were when she asked the producer, several times, for updates on the Rugby score and when she encouraged 6 people (three lots of couples) to move seats to empty ones in front of her, right at the front. She assured them that IF the people EVER turned up she would take great pleasure in humiliating them. They never did turn up!
I have listened to her new album a few times, not liking it as much as Eye To The Telescope but there were plenty of familiar songs to listen to on the night so she must have played many from the old album - or I have heard the new album enough for it to have sunk in by now!
In the middle she sacked the band and appeared on her own, with her guitar and played my all time favourite KT song - Throw Me A Rope. I have listened to this song many times but it just did not occur to me that she would sing such a quiet song, without the band, at the concert and it just blew me away. So much so that I blubbed through the last couple of verses.
So throw me a rope to hold me in place
Show me a clock for counting my days down
Cause everything's easier when you're beside me
Come back and find me
Cause I feel alone
She came back on for an encore of two songs - one of which was The Bangles' Walk Like An Egyptian. It was a great song for us and she seemed to really enjoy playing it.
I hadn't bothered to take my camera with me but pocketed Jacqui's compact before leaving the house - just in case. The photos I took were so bad they were good! I love some of the weird effects I got - might not have taken one single clear photo of her - but I got some cool effects!
Last time I was in Newcastle I fell in love with the Baltic Mill and took loads of photos there as well as seeing a couple of exhibitions. We were headed to The Sage this time on Sunday afternoon and I fell in love all over again with the inside of the building. I love a couple of the shots I got there.
We went to the cinema to see The Kingdom starring Jennifer Garner and Jamie Foxx . It was, perhaps, a little more political than my norm but it was a good action movie and had quite a familiar feel to it for anyone who has watched Alias. Although, I don't recall ever seeing Jennifer quite that scared in Alias.
On Monday afternoon we nipped in to a local pub
to have a quick lunch but ended up staying for hours,
playing pool! We had a great giggle at some of my
fluke shots. I potted many more balls than Jacqui.
The only trouble was, not all of them were mine. I
really shouldn't have potted that many of HERS and
strictly speaking potting the black is a bit of a
no-no. We had great food and great fun. After beating
her hands down at the Air Hockey last time, it was
only fair that I let her find a game she could beat
me at. Wasn't it?
Crikey, 5.30am comes early in the morning! We left the house before 6am for my return flight this morning and back at home by breakfast. The pilot was incredibly chatty, explaining that someone hadn't grasped the "rocket science that is *getting to the gate on time*" and why we had to wait for their bags to be off loaded before we could go anywhere, giving weather reports, traffic reports ("I had a good look at the motorway traffic over Belfast") and general traffic advice ("If I were you I would give the motorway a miss and seek an alternative route") and by the time we taxied in to position I was still asleep enough to be thinking "Just drive Fly-Boi and less of the chat."
I don't do *cheery in the mornings*.
So - good weekend all round. Great concert. Great craic. Great photo opportunities. And all thanks to surprise tickets from Jacqui - had she asked me if I wanted to go to KT Tunstall in Newcastle I would have said I would wait until she made it to Belfast. I am so glad she didn't ask. It was one of the best concerts I've been to and much better than anticipated.
I've been away to Jacqui's for the KT Tunstall concert. Jacqui bought me the tickets as an early birthday present. You haven't forgotten about THAT have you?
The weekend kinda started two years ago when I saw KT Tunstall was coming to Belfast. I immediately went online and ordered three tickets, not having anyone in particular in mind to go with. How disappointed I was when no one I knew was all that interested in going with me. One person actually said "KT Tunstall? Oh no! I hate her!" no beating about the bush there then!
Nearer the time I still hadn't received the tickets and when I went online to check it out - there was no record of me purchasing any tickets, no money had been debited from my credit card and it looked like the whole thing had been a bad dream!
Jacqui remembered all that and when she saw the tickets for KT in Newcastle (and no planned dates for Belfast) she bought them without even asking me first.
I left on Friday night amidst all sorts of flight delays - when we landed we had to wait for the steps to be brought round, then they only brought one set and all the poor people anticipating a rear disembarkation had to turn and wait their turn for the front steps. And wait. And wait. As they also only sent one bus. Which had to take the first load to the arrivals and then come back for the second load.
While waiting, most people turned their phones back on and one woman made a call which started with a very loud "Ho Ho Ho" which had the rest of us giggling away. Finally I made it on to the bus, to be taken 500 yards to beside another just-landed plane. As there was a zebra-crossing the bus driver waited for those passengers to walk past him before moving again. I swear he waited as the last passenger stood up from their seat, made their way down the aisle, trotted down the stairs and sauntered across the zebra-crossing before moving off again. We only had to move a further 20 yards before we were at the arrivals door - it would have been much quicker to have left the bus and walked! I think he was having a laugh.
Saturday evening saw us at Newcastle City Hall for the KT concert. We had each admitted that we weren't all that excited about the concert. There was something missing from the excitement factor - a complete lack of anticipation. Or something. Completely by chance two of Jacqui's hockey friends had booked tickets right next door to ours. Perhaps the thought of meeting them for drinks before hand was throwing me slightly but they cried off at the last minute.
King Creosote was the support band. I had never heard of them before but quite liked them. They were funny, I liked the music but there seemed to be a lack of energy from them. We joked at the size of their drum set - it looked like something a wee lad would get for his 13th birthday. This was in complete contrast to the full size kit KT's band had!
The highlights of her chat were when she asked the producer, several times, for updates on the Rugby score and when she encouraged 6 people (three lots of couples) to move seats to empty ones in front of her, right at the front. She assured them that IF the people EVER turned up she would take great pleasure in humiliating them. They never did turn up!
I have listened to her new album a few times, not liking it as much as Eye To The Telescope but there were plenty of familiar songs to listen to on the night so she must have played many from the old album - or I have heard the new album enough for it to have sunk in by now!
In the middle she sacked the band and appeared on her own, with her guitar and played my all time favourite KT song - Throw Me A Rope. I have listened to this song many times but it just did not occur to me that she would sing such a quiet song, without the band, at the concert and it just blew me away. So much so that I blubbed through the last couple of verses.
So throw me a rope to hold me in place
Show me a clock for counting my days down
Cause everything's easier when you're beside me
Come back and find me
Cause I feel alone
She came back on for an encore of two songs - one of which was The Bangles' Walk Like An Egyptian. It was a great song for us and she seemed to really enjoy playing it.
I hadn't bothered to take my camera with me but pocketed Jacqui's compact before leaving the house - just in case. The photos I took were so bad they were good! I love some of the weird effects I got - might not have taken one single clear photo of her - but I got some cool effects!
Last time I was in Newcastle I fell in love with the Baltic Mill and took loads of photos there as well as seeing a couple of exhibitions. We were headed to The Sage this time on Sunday afternoon and I fell in love all over again with the inside of the building. I love a couple of the shots I got there.
We went to the cinema to see The Kingdom starring Jennifer Garner and Jamie Foxx . It was, perhaps, a little more political than my norm but it was a good action movie and had quite a familiar feel to it for anyone who has watched Alias. Although, I don't recall ever seeing Jennifer quite that scared in Alias.
Crikey, 5.30am comes early in the morning! We left the house before 6am for my return flight this morning and back at home by breakfast. The pilot was incredibly chatty, explaining that someone hadn't grasped the "rocket science that is *getting to the gate on time*" and why we had to wait for their bags to be off loaded before we could go anywhere, giving weather reports, traffic reports ("I had a good look at the motorway traffic over Belfast") and general traffic advice ("If I were you I would give the motorway a miss and seek an alternative route") and by the time we taxied in to position I was still asleep enough to be thinking "Just drive Fly-Boi and less of the chat."
I don't do *cheery in the mornings*.
So - good weekend all round. Great concert. Great craic. Great photo opportunities. And all thanks to surprise tickets from Jacqui - had she asked me if I wanted to go to KT Tunstall in Newcastle I would have said I would wait until she made it to Belfast. I am so glad she didn't ask. It was one of the best concerts I've been to and much better than anticipated.
The Power Of A Group . . .
15/09/07 11:48
There's 11,000 of you on this list - just think if you all bought this single - we could easily put Duke in the top 10 or higher.
I have bought my copy - just 10,999 to go then. Are you one of them?