it's been ages since Greymouth.. that gig was sweet, we got hooked up with really really good food. the chef was/is from Tibet an he makes dumplings. They have 5$ big bots at the bar which we were greeted with apon arrival. Rackets made the old folk shake their money maker, they loved it but theres always something weird about watching old folk grind up against each other. that shits mental.
after getting 16 double cheeseburgers from Mc D's we travelled back to Barrytown for acom. the Barrytown Bar looked like it was going off so the rest of the guys went in there to check it out while i went an tried to find a place to stay in the hall..i open the door an the place was a mess. The kids "Sports day" thing actually turned out to be a Halloween party, which threw my shit into a spin. broken polystyrine (sp?) gravestones an shit was everywhere. freaked me out so i got outta there an went back to the pub to tell the guys about it.
we all went down an had a look an it was alll good, i guess thats just kids going awol on soft drinks.
uhmm.. Granity? i need to consult the flyer. you'd be suprised how often we consult the flyer just to figure out what day it is an shit.
Granity was great, the Lyric theatre is a massive hall where the locals go to watch blockbuster films on the big screen. the set up was awesome, big enough stage to just wheel stuff in an set stuff up. the gig itself was amazing, i think 29? people came out.. enough to make a party. we had a gig fall through in Karamea.sad stuff. but yeah, the Granity Council or some shit wernt too keen on letting us crash at the Lyric theatre for more then one night..fair enough. this is where Vorn and Tania come in.
Vorn had seen Alizarin Lizard play last time we came to Granity an he tried getting us to go up to see this "Millerton radio station" that he runs with the town folk of Millerton.
this is Millerton this is a picture of Millerton
he told us that we could just come up to his an crash for a few days, maybe even put on a gig for the locals at the hall that they have up there.
We packed up out an got outta the Lyric an went to find Vorns house. Millerton is sort of like a ghost town, theres only a handfull of locals who live there. We found Vorns house an he took us down to see his radio station, we played an extreamly baked indoor cricket in the hall. Millerton's soo cool man. my battery ran out on the phone so i couldnt get many pics.
9 of us pack into Vorns car an we drive back to his house, back of the car was bottoming out over every bump in the gravel road. fucking hilarious
Vorn put us up for the night an got us wasted. it was awesome, left the cricket bat in his car though..shit sucks, we're down to using a plank of wood which Oscar showed up with one day.
we drove through to Motueka that evening trying to figure out where we were gonna stay for the night an just by chance met up with Logan an Callums friend Doug, he put us up at his pad. i think we watched Iron Man 2? whats with that shit?
the next day we played the Monkey Wizard Brewery. which was awesome, we showed up around 1 an we were playing by 3. because they dont have a license to serve alch or get people drunk (they can only do tastings) we had to keep drinking on the D low, i was getting knocked around by the cider..7 percent cider. real good too..we played to 3 school children on bikes, 2 tourists and a mum with 3 little kids. it was super awesome. Oscar took a great 1 take video of Grey Skies which i cant wait to put up. he nailed it man.
everything went well, we ended up taking four or five 2 litre bottles of beer/cider. good shit.
running outta things to do we went to the Hot Mamas Quiz night, bumped into a guy called Sporatics. he also kindly put us up for the night at his house. dude broke his shoulder an is crashing at his folks because they have skytv. haha.
he's a dj up in these parts, not sure if any of you know who he is. nice guy though, you have to remember when someone puts us up for the night thats putting up 8 people. who probably really fuckn reak. ive given up noticing
great, good shit. im supprised ive gotten this far, im starting to sober up so i should smack the back outta this end part real quick
played Hot Mama's last night, the hospitality is really amazing there.try the mushroom/fungi pizza it'll blow your shit
the gig was sweet, dudes bought two 24 packs an put them behind the bar, i had a goon put behind the bar it was all gravey.
everyones enjoyed themselfs. the bands are getting tight now, its becoming second nature which i thought would happen.
but years.. make sure you come to the Dunedin show, it's gonna be awesome
the A.A show at Records Records has been cancelled. they closed down or something while we were away. but The Cook gig will be sweet. Chicks Hotel will be awesome too
we've locked in The Something Quartet to open for us at Chicks. super excited about that.
i think we're gonna cut a deal, or sort something out
Entry to The Cook gig and Chicks plus a split Rackets Alizarin Lizard cd for $15
something like that
anyway this shit has taken ages and im starting to sober up. excuse the spelling mistakes.
We're playing Phat Club in Nelson tonight
Mapua tomorrow and The Mussle Inn on Saturday. heading back to Dunedin after that .come to the Cook and Chicks. it'll be epic
gotta go pack down some gear now at Hot Mamas
cool.
ben
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