ouch!

wow, that had to be the most painful gig i have ever played, that was really really bad!
it must have been a pretty bad gig just to attend also. ooh, where should i start. Ah, i shall report on the friday evening first..

Fonal record showcase at St Giles Church - wow, my friend Eric does put on exceedingly good shows. I guess Fonal fall under the 'freak folk' banner. Three artists - Es, Islaja, Kiila, and an audience of 300 silent reverent gig-goers. We got balcony seats which was great. Opening with Kiila, a band of around 5 or 6 people, lovely meandering sounds, i sat back on my pue and lost myself in my latest Murakami book 'Hard-boiled Waonderland and The End Of The World'. splendid atmosphere. Second band, Islaja, were to my mind the most captivating, the girls voice was soo so beautiful. Lastly was Es, which i wasnt so into, it was still rather lovely but a bit too traditional sounding for me.

After that, me, Simon and Keung went along to do our Smallpieces show on Resonance Fm which went really well, and then up early today to rehearse our Fisk Industries set for this evening - getting back to the point of this post - yeah..

you ever read From Hell by Alan Moore? Theres a church in it which plays quite a high profile role, Christchurch Spitalfields, supposedly one of five points of a pentagram made up of Masonic churches, and plays some part in the Jack The Ripper drama. Well, thats where our gig was tonite, in the crypt. So much potential, it was such an excellent venue, but alas, there were like 20 people in the audience, and in fact that estimate is overly optimistic; it was basically an audience of the bands, and as they each finished, most left to go home leaving a dimished audience for each consecutive act. No monitors, no soundcheck, no audience, and well, dunno if you could or should blame it on that, but for all our rehearsals which have been going really well, me and mat played a shit gig, it all felt out of sync and not timed correctly. Argh, it was cringeworthy, so perhaps it was fortunate there werent any people there! Eddie/Bovaflux still managed to pull off an excellent set as did a few of the other performers, but overall, it was a really wasted opportunity, the venue and location could have made it a great night, but i'm pretty sure most people went home a little dissapointed.