Catch up time

This “blog” is a little behind. What with all the excitement lately I forgot to do it. Here’s some I wrote a while ago.

We’ve been on the road again for the latest leg of the Grinspoon tour. Wagga Wagga, Orange and Bathurst involved a lot of driving time. Triple J really do just play the same twelve songs on repeat, don’t they? I guess I wouldn’t complain if one of them was ours, but it never is. I saw a big crow do a shit mid-air flying across the road, which is cool.

The crowd have been quite receptive on this leg, we have had a great increase in song requests from audience members. Although it would be great if they got the song names right. It’s “Fucked Up Blues”, not “Fuck Off”. As usual, being on the road, we have been solicited by numerous hysterical young girls. “Can you introduce me to Amy Meredith?” they cry. The one time a girl actually asked us to stick around for a drink, I forgot til we were in the van. Sorry Caitlin.

We are bonding with the guys from Grinspoon with their unique brand of humour. We never actually see the guys in person but they have begun leaving post-it notes on our equipment to rev us up before we play. “DON’T SUCK TONIGHT”, “PISS OFF BLUES FAGS”, and “YOUR BAND IS A SHIT BAND” have gone into the scrapbook.

Bathurst was an all ages gig, which is something we don’t get to do very often. It was quite cold but very fun and we were pretty energetic, I did a jump off the bass cabinet and hurt my groin. It was when we were waiting out the back to load the gear into the van, so unfortunately not many people saw it. The worst part is that this part of the blog is actually true.

When the club workers start to wheel in the drink trolleys, we play a game called “Guess Who(se rider this is)”; it’s pretty fun and easy. I’ve created an online version of this game using photographs, as below for you to enjoy:

 

Spot the Difference! If you look carefully there are several differences between these two pictures.

This game can also be extended to “Whose Groupie Is That?”

From L to R: Phil, Pat, Kris, Joe, Tim Rogers

And below…

I figure Grinspoon must also be fans of such games because the most common words heard from their dressing room are “Whose Line is it Anyway?”

Paul

Twitter: @pauly_kay

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