Loud, proud... and old

Hi Guys,

BP tonight at Sage?!? I have some old mics, stands and leads as well as my old PA head. MLJ will need to bring the 20" bass box speaker and the brown speaker cable (but not an old box brownie).

With only two practices to go until the Jade Monkey is let out of the box, I suggest we go loud and proud, as best our tired bones will allow us.

the edited chickens

When your chickens come home to roost you'd better have a plan.
When your chickens come home to roost you'd better have a plan.
When they come marching up your street
with so much vengeance in their beaks
down your drive, over your fence
pages full of evidence

When the feathers fly and flap in your face
you'd better have a plan
When they squawk and screech and scratch at your door
you'd better have a plan

They come from North they come from South
they come from East and West - you'd better have an out
They come by land they come by air
they come from underground - you'd better be prepared

When the feathers fly and flap in your face
you'd better have a plan
When they squawk and screech and scratch at your door
you'd better have a plan

under your boards and in your roof
with photographs all full of proof
won't do no good
to say you've got an alibi
when they're sharpening up their beaks
to tear the lids back from your eyes

When the feathers fly...


this is a precursor to mud ...the vigilantes are out to get the guy then in mud he gets to have his reply. we did it at bp the other night. mlj played the johhny marr guitar.

press

something to send to db etc - mlj can you post latest list of confirmed gigs - i'm a little confused.

From their beginnings in the early 90’s sleepless have remained steadfast in their commitment to melodic guitar based pop with a focus on lyrics and vocals. Last year the band released their most recent collection, semaphore, available at: www.sleepless.com.au. See sleepless live in a nostalgic evening with the artisans at jive Saturday august 2nd and at the wheatsheaf Friday July 25th with pleasure of books.

comments?

could go for something like" 'last year sleepless may have broken some kind of record for a between release gap'

see yez tonight

BIg Sound

... i am thinking that the next few rehearsals should be at SAGE ... this will maximize the loudness possibilities ... also can we meet on Thursday rather than Wednesday this week ... also also ... can we store the drumset at SAGE (for no other reason than convenience) ... am trying to reallocate a gig in September ... choose a triffids song SOON ...

gaps & analysis

... it may be that we have been doubled book for sept 11th ... so Sept is empty - this is not a bad thing at the moment ... i am sure something will come up ... Exeter?

In talking to the Pleasure of Books this came back ...

"I would be anticipating a return to Melbourne in the very early moments of 2009 to promote our debut EP (which by then shoudl have been launched in Adelaide). Perhaps sleepless and tpoB could head over to Melbourne on this occasion as the 'Adelaide Assault Tour'....or something equally heinous in title."

... uncanny

BandMania

At this stage ... 11th of September @ the Grace is on 2nd of October @ the Grace is off ... Melbourne has been put back to January 09 ... we need to learn a triffids song ... goto www.sleepless.com.au/triffids ... also Radiohead "Jigsaw falling into place" ... have asked RedPoles for a gig but want to try and make a holiday of it i.e. head down on Saturday and stay ... love the idea of playing REM covers ...not all of them at every gig but dropping them in ... Cutahoga, so Central rain, strange, superman, talk about the passion, losing my religion, me in honey, everybody hurts, man on the moon, feeling gravity's pull ... we should play "Ask" at the artisan's gig ...

jobs for the boys ...

Damo ... learn/write/practice bass parts ... html the webpage ... sort the back-catalogue streaming solution ... sort the cd burn for pc (I will investigate the mac option) ... give me a list of emails to add to the email list

Matt ... learn Jigsaw and make some choices about triffids songs ... write a press release that is both engaging and has something to say and post it so that we can tear it to pieces (do it soon so that we are prepared) ... work on the poster options for the upcoming gigs - one poster could be reused ... give me a list of emails to add to the email list ... work out the contact details for 3D, rip it up and Db ... I will find out about RRR (they have our stuff - will forward the names) ... work out out a PR plan - who to call, when, what to say ...

We need to spend some time on this