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You will come whatever happens, though?

― Ed, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

emil.y and hari's band* on would be great. You need to do a tour!

*I haven't heard the other bands, no offence.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

CAn you be tempted to take the long road south?

― Ed, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

Oi, Pfunk, you better start bigging MY band up the same sort of way or we will have words!

::folds arms across chest and harrumphs::

― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

But Kate everyone knows Shimura Curves are great!

ed, nah, i'm skint. Do a tour and i'll come to Glasgow!

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 17:05 (nineteen years ago)

I'm pretty sure I'll be there - it's the beginning of summer holidays, so no reason not to. I've never FAPped before or anything, though (unless you count harrassing ken c about hen fap at bbqs). What if you're all REALLY ODD?

― emil.y, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 17:06 (nineteen years ago)

I will be up in Edinburgh around festival time (providing a friend gets the funding for her show), I at the very least will come and drink a beer with you.

― Ed, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

What if you're all REALLY ODD?

THEN YOU WILL FIT RIGHT IN!!!! ;-)

::ducks::

I think you should be more worried if we're not odd. We are all delightfully odd. Honest.

I am making a spreadsheet as we speak.

― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, ill again or at least a nasty little sinus infection. Bleh.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

YOu already know we are all really odd.

― Ed, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 17:08 (nineteen years ago)

Is this spreadsheet going to calculate ODD QUOTIENTS and multiply them by eccentricity variables?

― Ed, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 17:09 (nineteen years ago)

Hehehe. Yes, I was simply trying to assert my own normalcy, and failing dreadfully. Bah. I'll go back to staring at AstroCat.

― emil.y, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 17:10 (nineteen years ago)

OK, this is my spreadsheet:

17:40 - 18:10 * 30 min * Band 1
18:10 - 18:30 * 20 min * Changeover
18:30 - 19:00 * 30 min * Band 2
19:00 - 19:20 * 20 min* Changeover
19:20 - 19:50 * 30 min * Band 3
19:50 - 20:10 * 20 min * Changeover
20:10 - 20:40 * 30 min * Band 4
20:40 - 21:00 * 20 min * Changeover
21:00 - 21:30 * 30 min * Band 5
21:30 - 21:50 * 20 min * Changeover
21:50 - 22:20 * 30 min * Band 6
22:20 - 22:40 * 20 min * Changeover
22:40 - 23:10 * 30 min * Band 7
23:10 - 23:30 * 20 min * Changeover
23:30 - 00:00 * 30 min * Band 8

And that is going on the assumption that we are *supposed* to start at 5, and there will be 30 minutes of faff with the soundman. (there always is.)

We *might* be able to squeeze in a ninth band, but that removes *all* of our faff cushion of time. And I don't want to spend the entire day standing by the side of stage with a clipboard shouting at bands that they've been playing too long, and getting the hook out to drag them off. Plus, *someone's* pedal or analogue synth will have something go wrong with it that takes more than 20 minutes to fix - it *always* happens!

― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 17:23 (nineteen years ago)

No one is going to want to go on before 5pm or after midnight! Even if we can get the soundman to turn up on time!

― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

Crikey, that's a lot of bands!

― Tom D., Tuesday, 20 March 2007 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

Tell me about it! I'm pulling my hair out, wondering how to get them all on.

― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 17:25 (nineteen years ago)

Don't forget to factor in the mass singalong, with everyone onstage, at the end

― Tom D., Tuesday, 20 March 2007 17:25 (nineteen years ago)

That can happen after midnight.

I wanted to have an open mic slot as well, but when will that happen? Three in the afternoon? While we're soundchecking? (If we are even going to be able to soundcheck?)

― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

Do a 14-Hour Technicolour Dream thang and have two bands playing at once (drawback: everyone in the audience will have to be on acid)

― Tom D., Tuesday, 20 March 2007 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

I'll have to speak to Tim about dosing the devilled eggs at the BBQ.

― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

Blimey, I have had a really super-busy day. And after doing all this other SUPER URGENT DO RIGHT NOW RIGHT NOW crap, I still haven't even thought about the giant massive fuckoff project which I know is going to be a hell and a half to code.

I'm going to have to hard code a bunch of targets into a report. And I just KNOW, no matter how often I stress "these are going to be HARD CODED - it will be REALLY DIFFICULT TO CHANGE" - every month someone is going to ask me to change the targets. Argh.

I wish I were being pessimistic.

― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 18:13 (nineteen years ago)

Anyway of scripting the coding process?

― Ed, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 18:22 (nineteen years ago)

Probably. I'm just trying to figure out how to do it.

I can't even start to look at this now, I'm too burned out - AND ANOTHER REPORT JUST LANDED IN MY INBOX, ARGH, GO AWAY.

I just wanna go home and eat burritos.

― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

mm burritos, I had one for lunch. (have you tried the leather lane burrito stand, it is not bad?)

― Ed, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 18:30 (nineteen years ago)

Does Kate get made a Dame for organising the fest?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 18:30 (nineteen years ago)

No, I haven't tried it. It's a bit far to walk for lunch most days. I love MINE OWN home made burritos cause I can splash on all the habanero (sp?) chili sauce I like.

I ain't no pantomime dame!

― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 18:33 (nineteen years ago)

Baroness Kate Of ILX?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 18:36 (nineteen years ago)

They seem to be becoming quite common, leather lane, exmouth market and chapel market all seem to have them now. This can only be a good thing.

― Ed, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 18:37 (nineteen years ago)

I'm already Baronness of Chester.

And I was going to buy a title from Sealand - wonder if they're still doing that now they're selling it.

― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 18:37 (nineteen years ago)

Kate - my thoughts on the gig :

1. Forget the open mic session
2. Can 3 or 4 of the bands do 20 mins? Some of the less-established bands may be happy with that.
3. Forget sqeezing in a 9th band
4. 20 mins changeover is generous
5. We are happy to play any slot from 2-5, based on your timings.

― Dr.C, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 09:13 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, a 9th band looks like it would be far too much trouble. We'll be reserves, in case anyone pulls out. And Dr C is right, 20 minutes changeover is plenty (although I've seen listings where they only give you 10 minutes - it ALWAYS takes about 15 for bands with more than just guitars).

― emil.y, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 09:21 (nineteen years ago)

Morning all, I was farting around with computer based effects last night, Mando + phaser + resonant filter is very nice.

― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 09:27 (nineteen years ago)

Even if I were a less established band, I wouldn't get out of bed for only 20 minutes. It's shitty enough to put on "less established bands" at 5 in the afternoon, don't want to penalise them any more.

Anyway, this is not the thread for this. It's all bringing back horrible Ladyfest tour memories of bands getting all diva-ish and refusing to go on during their previously agreed time slot because "someone from the NME is coming down!!!" and crap. And that makes it not fun.

Blah.

Effects, hurrah! Phaser and resonant filter sounds good. Worship ye the STEP DELAY, though. I was mucking around with analogue delay and stereo tremolo last night and oh the yumminess.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 10:39 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, also I heard from my sisX0r today - where is a good hotel (which will put up with rock stars) in Clerkenwell? the Rookery?

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 10:40 (nineteen years ago)

The Rookery or The Zetter. They should eat at St John and Medcalf.

― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 10:41 (nineteen years ago)

I was just suggesting a possible solution that's all. Based on someone's suggestion that some of the bands may not want to do 30 mins. Whatever.

― Dr.C, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 10:42 (nineteen years ago)

Sticking a tremolo between the the phaser and filter was pretty sweet too.

― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 10:49 (nineteen years ago)

I'd get into bed for 20 minutes though.

(I'll get me coat)

― Mark G, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 10:51 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry, logistics makes me cranky. I'm sure none of the bands here are going to pull a G0$$1p.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 10:54 (nineteen years ago)

Ooh! A tale?

― Mark G, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 10:55 (nineteen years ago)

A very old and tedious and boring tale told already.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 10:56 (nineteen years ago)

OK.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 10:56 (nineteen years ago)

Bass love:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o125/wonderandlust/The%20Secret%20Machines/secret-13.jpg

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 11:05 (nineteen years ago)

When we go guitar shopping, maybe we can do phaser shopping as well.

― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 11:06 (nineteen years ago)

I need to get a chorus - and a sampler delay (different texture from analogue delay) but I think I'm just going to get little Boss pedals.

Do you want to borrow my Smallstone, see how that is? I love MXR phasers, too.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 11:08 (nineteen years ago)

The Simulator was simulating an MXR Phaser 90 and that was a nice sound. I'd love to borrow some more of your stuff.

― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 11:09 (nineteen years ago)

MXR phase 90 is the DREAMBOAT of phaser pedals - if they weren't so expensive I'd probably have one of those instead of the Smallstone. But a Smallstone is more adjustable. Try out the Electric Mistress, too, but I've got to find a power supply for it.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 11:18 (nineteen years ago)

The Orange plus 1 big knob appeals to me. (although there is the multi patterned EVH edition too). There are some on eBay but I'm not going to be buying anything this month.

― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 11:22 (nineteen years ago)

does anyone want a haprsichord? I know someone who wants to get rid of one. The legs are a bit damaged apparently but otherwise its in full working order.

― Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 11:25 (nineteen years ago)

I really do not want to say no to that, how big is it?

― Ed, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 11:25 (nineteen years ago)

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