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thedarkprojectAt the moment I am getting about one letter a week from the TV Licensing Nazis. "WARNING AGAINST UNLAWFUL ACTION" it says. If it wasn't a government department, the relevant consumer watchdog organisation would have shut these scaremongers down ages ago.
I got ill on Monday evening. It started off very flu-like but never really became worse than a bad cold so I went into work as usual. It did funny things to my body though; I was absolutely freezing in 3 layers of clothing on Tuesday morning, but on Thursday morning, despite the weather being about the same temperature, I had to take my coat off and walk the last part of the journey into work in my t-shirt. I wonder if that's normal for virus-fightin'. I still have a bit of the runny nose and a cough though, the latter of which will no doubt be with me for about 6 months, as these things annoyingly tend to be.
Thursday was the Swallow The Sun and Apocalyptica gig. The drummer and guitarist from Swallow The Sun were selling their own merchandise on a tiny table in the foyer. Don't they know it makes it difficult for terribly shy people like me to fulfill their years-long ambition of buying their t-shirts? Gah. Anyway, I asked for a large t-shirt, but Pasi the drummer said, "you sure? They're very large". So I got a medium t-shirt because THE DRUMMER OF ONE OF MY FAVOURITE BANDS TOLD ME TO DO SO. It fits just fine, anyway.
The gig itself was fun, except for the predictably dead crowd, almost all there for Apocalyptica, although they did seem to warm to StS as the set went on, which is what being a support act is about, isn't it. Apparently the sound was really bad further back in the venue, but from the 3nd row I thought it was fine apart from the left hand guitar being quiet. And I was reminded of just how awesome Pasi is on their drums, probably better than any other metal drummer I've seen. Lucky I bought the t-shirt off him before the gig or I might have just dribbled instead of being able to ask for one.
Anyway, Apocalyptica were up next and they were ok. I don't know much about classical or baroque music, but one would assume there's a good reason why string quartets don't normally consist of just 4 cellos - good vs. bad registers, timbre, range, etc - and that was demonstrated to me in the way that it became a bit of a muddy mass of sound. Perhaps I am just spoiled by usually listening to carefully equalised guitars. Either way, it sounded just average, but at least it was an interesting performance and I can't say I regret seeing them. (Though I can't say I regret ducking out early either.)
Last night I stayed in, and will probably do that today as well. I think I was supposed to be meeting someone in the pub, but we'll see if that happens. I have absolutely no motivation to do anything unless someone else is depending on it. It's probably not healthy but I don't think it can be generally cured short of having no job. Which is not an option right now, for obvious reasons.
I got ill on Monday evening. It started off very flu-like but never really became worse than a bad cold so I went into work as usual. It did funny things to my body though; I was absolutely freezing in 3 layers of clothing on Tuesday morning, but on Thursday morning, despite the weather being about the same temperature, I had to take my coat off and walk the last part of the journey into work in my t-shirt. I wonder if that's normal for virus-fightin'. I still have a bit of the runny nose and a cough though, the latter of which will no doubt be with me for about 6 months, as these things annoyingly tend to be.
Thursday was the Swallow The Sun and Apocalyptica gig. The drummer and guitarist from Swallow The Sun were selling their own merchandise on a tiny table in the foyer. Don't they know it makes it difficult for terribly shy people like me to fulfill their years-long ambition of buying their t-shirts? Gah. Anyway, I asked for a large t-shirt, but Pasi the drummer said, "you sure? They're very large". So I got a medium t-shirt because THE DRUMMER OF ONE OF MY FAVOURITE BANDS TOLD ME TO DO SO. It fits just fine, anyway.
The gig itself was fun, except for the predictably dead crowd, almost all there for Apocalyptica, although they did seem to warm to StS as the set went on, which is what being a support act is about, isn't it. Apparently the sound was really bad further back in the venue, but from the 3nd row I thought it was fine apart from the left hand guitar being quiet. And I was reminded of just how awesome Pasi is on their drums, probably better than any other metal drummer I've seen. Lucky I bought the t-shirt off him before the gig or I might have just dribbled instead of being able to ask for one.
Anyway, Apocalyptica were up next and they were ok. I don't know much about classical or baroque music, but one would assume there's a good reason why string quartets don't normally consist of just 4 cellos - good vs. bad registers, timbre, range, etc - and that was demonstrated to me in the way that it became a bit of a muddy mass of sound. Perhaps I am just spoiled by usually listening to carefully equalised guitars. Either way, it sounded just average, but at least it was an interesting performance and I can't say I regret seeing them. (Though I can't say I regret ducking out early either.)
Last night I stayed in, and will probably do that today as well. I think I was supposed to be meeting someone in the pub, but we'll see if that happens. I have absolutely no motivation to do anything unless someone else is depending on it. It's probably not healthy but I don't think it can be generally cured short of having no job. Which is not an option right now, for obvious reasons.
