Leonard Smalls

Money Talk - Jonas Hellborg

Two Jakeys sitting on a bench in the cemetery sharing a bottle of Bucky, one lights up a fat one... Had lots of fun with echoes/reverbs/phasers on this one... Bass is a Sandberg Bassic, drums layered from individual Loopcloud sounds, main parts played via pads on Impulse keyboard. Guitars are a Strat, a Gretsch semi and ancient acoustic. Synths are Iris and AAS, plus Rhodes and clavi VSTs. Delays are Raum, Objeq and Dubstation 2. Mixed in Ableton with plenty of Neutron 3 and Ozone 9...

Wash it all off - You've Got Foetus On Your Breath

We managed to run through our 45 minute set for the upcoming 29th June Whitchurch gig, and write two new songs; one was an uptempo punky ska thing and the other a very slow-n-heavy rocking thing. Praps we'll get at least one sorted for our Ludlow gig which is supporting a ska band...

5 4 3 2 1 - Manfred Mann

Touch Me - Sam Fox

You need 'ands - Max Bygraves

Jump - Van Halen

Free coins in a fountain - Dean Martin or whoever it was

Bop Gun - Parliament

Jean Jeanie - David Bowie

get down - Gaye Bykers on Acid

We're back at the most excellent Percy's in Whitchurch on 29th June supporting The Spontanes (ex Macc Lads)

Burning Rubber - Lydia Lunch

Me and trousers and bass and Ashdown!!!

A banger! Proper bassline courtesy of Alphonso Johnson (care of Flora Purim)

Boys Keep Swinging - David Bowie

Float On - The Floaters

We played a seven band gig in Gloucester last night at the New Inn... As it's pedestrianised I brought fx and amp on a trolley from car park. We were on early, 2nd band, and I decided to use the supplied rig of Ashdown combo and extension speaker. My slightly overdriven Helix patch sounded most excellent into it - crunchy and satisfying with with enough twang to allow slaps'n'pops to cut through. It was the 2nd gig with our new guitarist, and this time there were no mistakes at all - we all played beautifully, including a once rehearsed Dead Kennedy's cover ("Moon Over Marin") to finish. There were no rotten tomatoes, no hostile crowd, nobody looking to give us a serious kicking for a change which was nice. A couple of people remarked on my bass (Parker) and said I didn't play completely craply! There was, however, a weird tree in the middle of the stage-front which meant only my trousers could be seen from most angles (look carefully!)

Come as you are - Nirvana

Jam Fan (Hot) - Bootsy's Rubber Band

Surely you want folks enjoying the band and dancing around having fun? Last thing you want is everyone standing as far back as possible and not moving at all, unless you're doing free jazz when you'd be most happy to have your own Min Tanaka (check him with Derek Bailey!) to temper the surfeit of polo neck chin strokers! Or is only one type of dancing allowed, of the kind that doesn't draw too much attention to the dancer, like a dance equivalent to root-and-fifth? Perhaps I'll have to have a word next time we're in Hereford and those mosh-boys decide they want to do the can-can like last time...

This Saturday, in Gloucester! We're on second, just b4 7pm...

Nice organ!