Fatbwoi Live @ The Charter 060612

"i'm gonna start and end in the same place, 
but the journey there is gonna be uhm,... different"

these are the words i opened my set with last week at the charter... it was a return gig, having played there as part of the festival over the jubilee weekend, there was a lot of partying there over the bank holiday so something a lil' more chilled seemed in order...

opened with the chicken, as per my advisory intro... before a short 'zombie suite', one track short of a trilogy but i do think having an electronic AND acoustic zombie trilogy may be taking things a step too far...

there was a second outing for newbie 'luggage', the one with the happy eels vibe (and caught on camera in its early proto-form by stevie), which inspired a rare outing for 'beautiful blues' that was well received all round...

'bullet' drew a promise from stevie to dress up in a cape and boots at my next album launch gig... therefore it is imperative that i get my sh!t together and get the beast recorded...

i did play sunny afternoon on my last visit, but this time it was by request... it still rang true with what i said at the start, i played it much earlier in the set last time - so definitely a different way round :o

closed with the spy music... and the sexy chord - as you do!!

all-in a top night, always a pleasure, nice to meet some friends old and new... 

thanks as ever to stevie for having me over - thang officially shaken (even if in a slightly more laid-back manner)

until the next time, which is FOXTON LOCKS FESTIVAL...

peace-out y'all...

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Brick or Wood? The Fatbwoi Twitter Game

its a brand new craze that's sweeping the nation...

you don't pass go, there is no collecting £200, but everyone you know is gonna be entertained by this amazing new development in gaming...

ladies and gentlemen, for your enjoyment i present...

BRICK OR WOOD?!

both a simple picture game, and an unbeatable catchphrase...

and here, is a tester game for y'all to play along at home...

and as an added incentive, the person with the most correct answers, as posted in the comments section below, will  recieve a free digital copy of the fatbwoi EP of their choice...

1 - BRICK OR WOOD?!

2 - BRICK OR WOOD?!

3 - BRICK OR WOOD?!

4 - BRICK OR WOOD?!

5 - BRICK OR WOOD?!

game on!!

BRICK OR WOOD?!

Fatbwoi Live @ The Horseshoe 030612

allo!! is this thing on...?!

so shortly after finishing my set at the charter, i had to dash off down the a43 (with a short burst of up the a43 owing to my navigational ineptness - which we're not going to mention right now) for another slot at the horseshoe in sywell, as part of the jubilee music festival...

opened with the chicken and the dance-moves, as an opening 1-2 combo i am currently quite digging that, before getting a lil' stompy with the one about god (or more specifically, interpretations of god)...

another rare, although seemingly less so if the day was taken in isolation, outing for 'mailman'... before a first ever appearance for new-one 'luggage'... i think i've mentioned that one on this blog before. its quite poppy, with a hint of the eels about it, but its very definitely bwoi...

it went down well, i realised whilst playing it, that it was the first ever time i had played it on an acoustic guitar too... it sounded sweet (imho)...

managed to get a bit of sing-a-long action by dropping the fresh prince over the end of CYHMN, before closing (possibly for the first time ever) with cover/adaptation 'Back In The Day'...

all-in, definitely a top day of musical adventuring, and maximum thanks go out to the wildfire sessions crew for inviting me to play, and also to all the crazy cats that came out to shake a lil' thang - you guys rule!!

peace-out y'all

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Fatbwoi Live @ The Charter 030612

word up you crazy cats!! how's it goin'...?!? all good i hope...

hit the stage not just once, but twice, on sunday... and here-in lies the tale of the first outing...

si!! the day's musical adventure kicked off with an appearance at the 3rd Annual Charter Festival, my second as i played last year, and jolly good fun it was too...

inclement conditions meant that the event had been moved inside, but precipitation aside, everyone was still up for a party - which is the way i like it...

opened with the one about the chicken, before ducking into the one with the dance moves and the one where-in i get to pretend to be a trumpet... happy time

dropped a slice of the kinks, in the vague hope that it may bring the sun out... which it didn't...

but such was the cosmic force created by the "positive sun thoughts" inside, that we may or may not have brought a new civilisation into being... one which nestled underneath a flashing sun (which someone rather disparagingly described as a pedestrian crossing - i know who you are!!)... 

the only thing the civilisation is lacking, is a name... (answers on a postcard please)

there was also a rare outing for 'mailman'... i'm not sure when/why/how, but despite the fact that i enjoy playing it, this one appears to have dropped into the "tunes less played" pile, which is something i need to work on...

newbie 'modern condition' was also well received, its slightly slower than the rest of the set, but does seem to be going down quite well... when coupled with mailman, it makes like a 'reflections on modernity' suite... that'll be that zeitgeist getting a shake again...

all-in, a really good evening of music... but then its the charter, and that's the way the roll...

looking forward to playing at the 4th incarnation of the festival too!!

happy time!! 8)

strawberry stone

there is also a stone which looks like a strawberry...

it is not a rock, but does look a hell of a lot like a strawberry...

[strawberry rock sounds like some kinda grungy shoegazer anthem]

there is also a fish... it is a little fish.

so as you can see, its everything as normal on planet bwoi... and as an added bonus the beans is lookin' massive! not as massive as grand galvatron...

uhm, what now...?!

but he was mental! anyone who wants to build himself into the ultimate transformer, using parts of all the greatest transformers, and comes up with a design like that has got to be a bit twitchy in the head...

today i will be mostly layin' down some vocals lo-fi old skool stylee, a lil' bit of tweakin', finishing a chorus, and devising two set lists for tomorrow's gigs - happy time

gigs in june

word up you crazy cats!!

just a quick one to let y'all know, in line with my civic duty, all the places that the bwoi can be found and therefore avoided (for the betterment of your health) during the month of june...

busy at the start of the month, with two seperate gigs on the same day, and then it kinda chills in the middle of the month before ending on a high with foxton locks festival... which i am really looking forward to

so its all there for you to digest, in both widget and text formats...and should you decide to shun government advice and come join the bwoi for some thang shakery... well it would be damn lovely to see you!!

JUNE

sun 03 - 3rd Annual Charter Festival, The Charter Inn, Rothwell
sun 03 - Jubilee Music Festival, The Horseshoe, Sywell
wed 06 - The Charter Acoustic Club, Rothwell
sat 30 - Foxton Locks Festival, Market Harborough

JULY

sun 22 - The Artichoke Inn, Moulton
thu 26 - The Golden Lion, Wellingborough 


peace-out y'all

the welcome rock...

it is the welcome rock...

not only does it tell you 'welcome', it goes on to provide a bona fide dictionary definition too...

AND... its a rock!!

welcome, rock...