bugs that's rancid

We're hanging out at the Greymouth Video Ezy burning more EP's to sell. it's almost too ezy.. im almost worried. bugs dropped his guts and im sure if that doesnt clear the room then the smell of mine will.

We played Barrytown last night, it's so fun there.. the locals who come out are great. We got 13 through the door at 10 a head plus selling a bunch of CD's means we live to see another day.
The locals left an we were left to hang out, jam an drink a bit more.. actually woa i just remembered someone left the tap running in the bathroom with the plug in it.. it was a bit suss.. got in there though an sorted it out. who would do such a thing?
Osc Paul an I went for a early morning hike to the West Coast Beach an hung out there for a bit. made it back to the Hall an went to sleep
Woke up around 10:30 to some overly loud lady knocking on the door telling us that we had to get outta there by 12 because of some kids wanting to play there..or some shit.. not sure..
Packed down in an hour an outta there just before 12

shit she was loud though.

Playing Greymouth tonight, should be pretty sweet. Callum says their gig went off here last time so fingers crossed. heading back to crash at the Barrytown Hall tonight an then heading to Granity.
After Granity we have two days off, some gig fell through in Karamea so that'll be nice

the cricket is fuckin excellent. 8 people- two teams of 4. it's exciting

keep it real

RACKETS

this is what we were talking about
(probably not safe for children)

Fucking Christians live in Fox Glacier

BISHOPS GULLY

yeyor
made it to Hokitika last night after the gig in Franz. we arrived in Franz only to find out we didnt have Accommodation. They were gonna suss us out a bed each at 20$ a head but that shit got too expensive. We gave Colin from The Woodstock Hotel a late call to see if he could help us out an he ever so kindly gave us the back of The Woodstock to crash in.
The gig in Franz was kinda a bung gig, a group of Australian folk were celebrating a honeymoon an they all got into it so it was kinda cool in that sense. The packdown was funny, i went up to the bar to get a cheeky shot of vodka an the guy ended up giving me two vodka lay backs. brutal. made the pack down fun as hell though.
We got out of Franz by 1 am or so an arrived in Hokitika by 3? i dunno, it was late. bugs is a hero for staying sober and driving. dreamboat.

we go through a pouch a day, not because we smoke heaps but because we're fuckin awesome.

Barrytown tomorrow night thats gonna be fun.. if you're thinking about doing the mission it'll be well worth it

Hokitika tonight, rackets are uploading a clip from Fox. it's fuckin awesome. il sort out a link later

hope you're well.
ben

opp!
High Rollers - Cromwell 23/10/10

Wow we found the Internet

Sorry guys, it's been a mish trying to find time to get to an internet cafe, Ben lost his Dongle an the internet doesnt exist in most the places we've been to...
Here's a summary:

Bluff - Bayview Hotel
Great start to the tour, the locals came out we gave people tee-shirts 'cos nobody wanted to buy them.

Invercargill - The Dutch Club
pretty much the best Tuesday night of the whole week. Hall parties kick ass. The vocals for the dirty garage session were recorded after the show. Post game sausage rolls and garlic bread were provided by Seedy and Alby. Thanks to all the crew for the support.

Waikaka - Royal Hotel
Wow lamb shanks! Great southern hospitality from Lu. We lost the rugby ball. Rain sucks, at least half the town was at the gig though.

Te Anau - Redcliff
Shit got loose...in the best way possible though. Finally some sun! What a great show though, four shows down, and Oscar has a 50% naked rate. We slept on Muzzas floor. Paul and Bugs had a race in the morning on the rugby field, Paul took the championship with his amazing stamina.

Queenstown - The Dux De Lux
Sux. Matt Barton is an absolute legend, putting 8 people up at last minute notice. Great scenery. The mountains looked good as well. We didn't get a parking ticket.

Cromwell - Golden Gate Lodge
A short stop off in Arrowtown for some frisbee was epic. The weather just keeps getting hotter. Cromwell is awesome, we ate and slept times 2.

Hawea - Motor Inn
A flyer run in Wanaka on the way turns sour when Jeremy enters a pie eating competition and burns the roof of his mouth in the process of achieving runner up. You will be pleased to know he has since recovered. Wow the set up is getting faster. Thanks to all our friends for making the mission there, especially Jess, Amanda, Erin, Caileen, Alex  and Angela. We partied into the early hours of the morning. Bunks are wicked. Great hospitality once again.

Fox Glacier - The Cook Saddle
wild night. Oscar got naked and rode the saddle for an encore. Cider and contreau is the feel good hit of the summer.


We are all still alive...Same shit different day, bring on Franz Josef tonight...

Make sure you come to the Dunedin Gigs. you need to see this

you can never have too much coffee

Rackets arrived last night, we all went to the school an played four on four soccer in the dark. fuckin funny.

Rackets sorting out the split tour E.P

Woke up this morning toWeeji setting up recording gear, Alizarin nutted out 5 new songs:
High Rollers
Nimble Boy
Keiran
some new song
Edams Apple Tree

Rackets

check out the trailer

Hopefully upload some vids of the rec. another day.. ran outta time today.. Rackets are recording at the moment. its been a full on couple of days but everythings starting to take shape.

We play Bluff tonight at the Bayview Hotel. looking forward togetting Seedy an seeing hammered.. Playing Invers tomorrow at The Dutch Club, we've organised it so its BYO. im not so sure thats a good idea in Invercargill haha but sweet

you guys should all come to a gig somewhere

Kierans Contradiction

came up with this song today, Bugs recorded it on his H4
Recorded in Logans garage

it's rough as guts but hey howsit goin
Keirans Contradiction

fan art

We ended up going to a party last night. Someone had some sort of imatation  
Hammond Organ which we eventually got onto.. then the noise control came over. we werent even being that loud so maybe the music was just shit? didnt matter.. had a few more drinks an got back to Logans.
I always feel on edge in Invers but i think thats starting to change..
aye Paul

                                                                      Shadbolt's stoked


So today we're hoping to practice more..just gotta be considerate of the neighbours. Weeji is recording us in the garage tomorrow morning. We recorded 11 tracks at the S.I.T building earlier in the year but the direction has slightly changed again so.. we figure it could be a good idea to record a whole bunch of new stuff. just for shits anyway

yep

Paul broke a string

Bit of a practice. Rackets arrive tomorrow

The "Dragon" of Komodo in Indonesia is the worlds largest lizard.


I think we're off to a BBQ tonight

we need to take before and after photos?

We made it down to Invers last night, left about 6 hours later then expected as ya do but we all caught some rays while Logan and Callum were packing the van. Logan's folks house is massive, plan for today is to set up an dry run the gig in their garage. Maybe learn some new songs i guess too..

Just woke up before, feel like shit. We got hold of Shipsy Caldwell last night an he was nice enough to drive us to the Invercargill Gluepot Band Wars. We were hoping to catch Cult Disney but they had just finished by the time we got there.. managed to check out a sweet 8 piece Soul/R&B act called Soul Manor though, they would go down well at a pint night.


< Paul and Logan went down to the D floor an tried it on. Paul got staunched out

lahgun makes it on the radio

http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/entertainment/southern-arts/4235050/Hamptons-mega-tour-set-to-hit-road

good wee write up in the Southern Times this morning. I'm sure as the party continues there will be more publicity. always the way innit

oi an someone tell the blackcaps how to play cricket, whats with that shit?

ta ta f 'now

yea g'day have you got any uhh

Took me way too long to figure out what to do to get this thing going.. but i think it'll work. take a second an look at those big fuckin lights though. muean

hopefully we'll update this thing as much as possible, soundchecks are boring so maybe that's a good incentive to get shit done around here..

Logan has just sorted out a van which is bonus round shit, we probably had a plan B but it's good to know we now have a van. We leave tomorrow for Invercargill where we'll set up shop at Logan an Callums folks home. apparently we're recording in Invers as well?
see how we go

first gig's on Monday night in Bluff

talk soon