Blog: Too Good To Be True

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I travelled up to Derby in STYLE last night - due to the lunacies of our rail system, the only cheap ticket i could GET was in first class, but i must say i RATHER enjoyed it, especially now i know what to expect. I could get used to it!

I got to Derby with a couple of hours to spare, so HIKED into town and had a good old wander around on my continuing quest to understand how it all fits together. I know think i can at least join together the LANDMARKS i know i.e. The Vic, The Station, The Blue Note, and Chez Frankie Machine, although the weird fountain thing always takes me by surprise. I had my TEA, got the RIDER in, and it was time to ROCK!

Having observed The Rule Of Inverse Distance in full effect (i.e. we arrived as ever in the opposite order from how far we'd travelled to get there) we GOT STUCK IN, and spent most of the evening learning some NEW MATERIAL for the Wedding GIG we've got in a couple of weeks. We're doing "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", and BY HECK we did a VERY NICE version INDEED. This whole "Practicing" and "Playing Together" SCHEME seems to be paying off, these days we are Actually Quite Good - call me a RECKLESS SHOW OFF if you like, but it is the truth as i see it! Tiger Tom had a STRING mishap, and i felt his PAIN, but otherwise we ROMPED through, and finished the evening by reacquainting ourselves with "Looking At My Hands", "Breaks In The Journey", "The Fight For History" (all sounding GOOD) and "Girlfriend Alarmed" (less so!). We also did "Better Things To Do", mostly because it's FUN, and then headed to THE PUB for a) a DELICIOUS pint of Pedigree and b) discussion of ARRANGEMENTS for The Wedding and The Recordings.

On the way in this morning we discussed the prospects for The Latter, and Mr Machine wisely said "Hey! There's no WAY we could get these five people in a room together and NOT have MAGIC happen!" and i think perhaps he is CORRECT. I RELAXED with gallons of free coffee in nice cups and Extra Leg Room on the way home, considering this prospect with some JOY. It's going to be GOOD!

posted 29/6/2005 by MJ Hibbett

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