Not much news
How often do my posts start with 'not much news' or 'not much to report'? Probably more often than not. That should probably tell me something.
Today, I'm wearing a Daylight Dies t-shirt, which seemed rather ironic and perhaps a bit wishful given that as I walked to get a sandwich today I was melting under the sun's relentless rays. I love this weather but it is making it hard to work (as the office is 30°C/86°F), not to mention sleep (as my room, at 2am, is 29°C/84°F).
Also today, I am starting to ache from the intense rigours of having been front row centre at the Kataklysm gig the other day. That was really good and I knew all the songs except one, which helped. The support band Keep Of Kalessin have improved a lot since the first time I saw them, even if I do still find them a bit bland on the recordings. And headliners Death Angel were ok for a thrash band, nothing exciting or particularly novel, but they played well and seemed like nice guys. It would have been nice if their mix had been more balanced than "90% snare drum, 10% rest of band" however.
The venue was very pleasantly air-conditioned, just a shame that their drinks selection is still really poor. I'm not a drinks connoisseur or anything but then I don't really enjoy cheap-tasting drinks. Ah well. It was good to see various assorted people, such as Gaz who I used to work with, Pink and Fiona, and various others. As is quite common I also ran into people I barely recognised who asked me, "where's Allan?" - I told them he doesn't like this loud rock and roll music. Possibly misleading. One of these people remembered me from a past meeting, saying "You're the guy who hates Paradise Lost, aren't you?" I may have been slightly misleading him on that occasion too.
On a final music-related note, it looks like I'm going to end up spending £50 on getting my guitar set up properly. Yesterday I bit the bullet and decided to risk doing it myself, only to find out that the bolt I need to adjust is refusing to turn. I tried the same bolt on a different guitar and it turned like a knife passing through butter, so obviously something's wrong with the new guitar. It's just so annoying how this costs so much money; I read about someone in Germany getting the same sort of service for about 15€, so I'm a bit jealous.
Today, I'm wearing a Daylight Dies t-shirt, which seemed rather ironic and perhaps a bit wishful given that as I walked to get a sandwich today I was melting under the sun's relentless rays. I love this weather but it is making it hard to work (as the office is 30°C/86°F), not to mention sleep (as my room, at 2am, is 29°C/84°F).
Also today, I am starting to ache from the intense rigours of having been front row centre at the Kataklysm gig the other day. That was really good and I knew all the songs except one, which helped. The support band Keep Of Kalessin have improved a lot since the first time I saw them, even if I do still find them a bit bland on the recordings. And headliners Death Angel were ok for a thrash band, nothing exciting or particularly novel, but they played well and seemed like nice guys. It would have been nice if their mix had been more balanced than "90% snare drum, 10% rest of band" however.
The venue was very pleasantly air-conditioned, just a shame that their drinks selection is still really poor. I'm not a drinks connoisseur or anything but then I don't really enjoy cheap-tasting drinks. Ah well. It was good to see various assorted people, such as Gaz who I used to work with, Pink and Fiona, and various others. As is quite common I also ran into people I barely recognised who asked me, "where's Allan?" - I told them he doesn't like this loud rock and roll music. Possibly misleading. One of these people remembered me from a past meeting, saying "You're the guy who hates Paradise Lost, aren't you?" I may have been slightly misleading him on that occasion too.
On a final music-related note, it looks like I'm going to end up spending £50 on getting my guitar set up properly. Yesterday I bit the bullet and decided to risk doing it myself, only to find out that the bolt I need to adjust is refusing to turn. I tried the same bolt on a different guitar and it turned like a knife passing through butter, so obviously something's wrong with the new guitar. It's just so annoying how this costs so much money; I read about someone in Germany getting the same sort of service for about 15€, so I'm a bit jealous.