reubens (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} reubens) wrote,@ 2005-10-10 14:39:00 |
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Hi. We're in the UK. The big Untied Knot. The Unholy Kilt. The Uneaten Kibble. The Unbuckled Knickers (or so Ryan hopes). The United Kingdom...God bless the Queen and all that. Totally awesome, dudes.
We got here a few days ago and have played two shoes so far. The shows themselves have been cool...the first was in Kingston upon Thames, just outside London. We played in a place called the Peel that doubled as rock and strip club (get it..."peel"?). We played in the smaller side of the club, where the peeling normally happens, so there was a constant flow of older men stepping inside the doors, seeing what was going on (no stripping) and turning right back around. It was pretty entertaining. The show was nice, opening with the singer from Half Light playing by herself (no band)...she was great...we're playing with her and her band on Monday the 10th also. Second to play was a band called First Born that will be doing most of this tour with us. They sounded great...sometimes on the heavier side, but with really interesting rhythmic stuff going on. I'll be interested to check them out more. We played and it went well...nothing too exciting to report. Then Dopamine (the other band we're touring with who's headlining every night) rocked us all silly and that was that. My highlight of the evening was sampling the Guinness beer that really was a lot better than what we get at home, but still not as good as what you can get in Ireland, so we're told.
Last night was the second show we've played. In Southampton, on the south coast of England. It's where the Queen Mary was built (for all you near Long Beach, where it now rests) and the Titanic set sail (weird, right?). We weren't near the harbor really, so we didn't see that whole scene, and the area we were in was pretty run down, but a bunch of people came to the show and it was really fun. First Born didn't play last night, but two local bands did. One of them was a super heavy hardcore/metal band, but the other was called the Endora Parade, which sounded a bit like Limbeck (again for all you SoCal-ers). They were really nice and were familiar with us and Limbeck...it was a little weird actually, having someone know about us from so far away (well, really nice, actually). Everyone played great and the show went off without a hitch. From there we went to stay at James' (the bass player from Dopamine) sister's vacant apartment, where we all are now. Lots of dudes on the floor...it smells great.
Other than playing these shows, we had a couple days to hang out in London, which was fun. We played the typical tourist, seeing Big Ben and Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square, St. Paul's Cathedral, Piccadilly Circus, The Tower of London, the Tower Bridge, etc., etc. We've been sampling all the tasty ales they have over here, eating fish and chips, steak and ale pies and bangers and mash, taking our tea with milk every morning, driving on the left and being wholly confused at intersections, where we're really glad the have written on the curbs which way to look for traffic (apparently we're not the only confused pedestrians). We've been burrowing like moles deep underground to the Tube (London's Underground) whilst "minding the gap" and getting stuck while the trains stop for bomb threats (we got really messed up one day, having to skirt around an unattended bag at a train station). The people seem very nice, extremely polite, but a little more reserved than what we're used to at home (especially for me, living in New York) and everywhere is incredibly clean, especially around London...pretty impressive actually.
OK, I told myself this wouldn't be as long as posts I've made in the past, but I guess I failed...I promise to keep them shorter in the future, but I want our adoring fans (you guys) to know what's up with your boys. Don't worry...we're keepin' it real here in the Greatest of Britains and representing for all you Yanks. Word...
Hi. We're in the UK. The big Untied Knot. The Unholy Kilt. The Uneaten Kibble. The Unbuckled Knickers (or so Ryan hopes). The United Kingdom...God bless the Queen and all that. Totally awesome, dudes.
We got here a few days ago and have played two shoes so far. The shows themselves have been cool...the first was in Kingston upon Thames, just outside London. We played in a place called the Peel that doubled as rock and strip club (get it..."peel"?). We played in the smaller side of the club, where the peeling normally happens, so there was a constant flow of older men stepping inside the doors, seeing what was going on (no stripping) and turning right back around. It was pretty entertaining. The show was nice, opening with the singer from Half Light playing by herself (no band)...she was great...we're playing with her and her band on Monday the 10th also. Second to play was a band called First Born that will be doing most of this tour with us. They sounded great...sometimes on the heavier side, but with really interesting rhythmic stuff going on. I'll be interested to check them out more. We played and it went well...nothing too exciting to report. Then Dopamine (the other band we're touring with who's headlining every night) rocked us all silly and that was that. My highlight of the evening was sampling the Guinness beer that really was a lot better than what we get at home, but still not as good as what you can get in Ireland, so we're told.
Last night was the second show we've played. In Southampton, on the south coast of England. It's where the Queen Mary was built (for all you near Long Beach, where it now rests) and the Titanic set sail (weird, right?). We weren't near the harbor really, so we didn't see that whole scene, and the area we were in was pretty run down, but a bunch of people came to the show and it was really fun. First Born didn't play last night, but two local bands did. One of them was a super heavy hardcore/metal band, but the other was called the Endora Parade, which sounded a bit like Limbeck (again for all you SoCal-ers). They were really nice and were familiar with us and Limbeck...it was a little weird actually, having someone know about us from so far away (well, really nice, actually). Everyone played great and the show went off without a hitch. From there we went to stay at James' (the bass player from Dopamine) sister's vacant apartment, where we all are now. Lots of dudes on the floor...it smells great.
Other than playing these shows, we had a couple days to hang out in London, which was fun. We played the typical tourist, seeing Big Ben and Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square, St. Paul's Cathedral, Piccadilly Circus, The Tower of London, the Tower Bridge, etc., etc. We've been sampling all the tasty ales they have over here, eating fish and chips, steak and ale pies and bangers and mash, taking our tea with milk every morning, driving on the left and being wholly confused at intersections, where we're really glad the have written on the curbs which way to look for traffic (apparently we're not the only confused pedestrians). We've been burrowing like moles deep underground to the Tube (London's Underground) whilst "minding the gap" and getting stuck while the trains stop for bomb threats (we got really messed up one day, having to skirt around an unattended bag at a train station). The people seem very nice, extremely polite, but a little more reserved than what we're used to at home (especially for me, living in New York) and everywhere is incredibly clean, especially around London...pretty impressive actually.
OK, I told myself this wouldn't be as long as posts I've made in the past, but I guess I failed...I promise to keep them shorter in the future, but I want our adoring fans (you guys) to know what's up with your boys. Don't worry...we're keepin' it real here in the Greatest of Britains and representing for all you Yanks. Word...
