Musical overload February and Pinhole News and a good band.

Things are weird, but good weird, apart from the fact that I am in Dubai, its March and it is cold. That is not so good, but it is lovely to see my family. I am quite literally waiting for the sun.

So on to music. For years I have avoided synths, to start with because it was 1992 and, apart from Carter, everything with a synth mean't ravers and ravers mean't wankers. Then I started to get the KLF and the dance thing a bit, then I got the sisters of mercy some more, then I became a stupid fucking hippy for a short while, then came subliminal girls, we had a synth, Then came new rave, super super, and more wankers. Anyway, rocket science I though. My sister and her husband very kindly, and I will never forget this, gave me an Ipad yesterday. I downloaded some synth apps, my god they are easy to use. May be I might just become one of those dickheads.

The Inevitable Pinhole Burns is sounding brilliant. The advent of a new heritage H150p has boosted the guitar sound some what. We are churning out new songs let right and centre. Lots of gigs coming up in April, March we shall be getting ready!
Please put 2nd April in your diaries at 93 feet east. New tracks with no names and subjects that change with my personal situation constantly need to be fixed down, lyrics finalised then of into the studio with Lamik 2000 of Black Daniel to record the rest of the pinholes album. Please make sure you add and like our new facebook group.

It is here http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Inevitable-Pinhole-Burns/193233534033430?sk=app_178091127385

There are even two tracks up. Keen to hear thoughts on them, they are tasters, the singles are being held back. We have projects on going with Stuart Semple, Camilla Hedgeland for a single called Cassie that you would have heard if you see us live, otherwise you wouldn't have, and numerous other people collaborating to produce some cross over stuff that is making me sound a bit pretentious but it isn't I assure you.

http://www.stuartsemple.com/

http://www.camillahedgeland.com/


Gig dates are all up. We have been put into a hat to play the Carter USM support slot in November. I would actually give my right nut for that to happen particularly if it was the Brixton show. If someone is up there watching then please help make it happen.
The biggest mistake I have ever made in my life was when Sub Girls were offered Barrowlands support and I thought I had to give my sister away at her wedding so I couldn't do it, I even tried to get her to change the wedding date, BUT somehow the dates were confused and it was too late anyway. I would do anything to make this happen.......anything.

Heart Kill Giant is sounding ace too, now we are playing the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton next Friday 11th March. Please come along. It should be a busy one. We are playing the Camden Crawl and several other dates, looking to get some more festivals confirmed. I will tell you when we have.

http://heartkillgiant.bandcamp.com/album/the-heart-ep

Dates here, I must put these in my own diary! PMC is a genius. Come see us for more dark acoustic sounds.

We are recording with Mayumi Carrex at the moment, you can't hear any of that yet.

Subliminal Girls is now dead forever. That is it, game over, so long and thanks for all the promises, the heart breaks, the broken cars, the booze, the fun, the inspiration for the songs and everything that went with it, but no thanks for all the stress. Special thanks to Ciaran McNamee who stood it and did an amazing job on the guitar at the last second for the last two shows. Pop Art and Proud for Special needs, of which somewhere there is a boot leg.

www.myspace.com/subliminalgirls

The Marksmen will rise from the ashes. Songs are on the way " A dark void for the deeply destroyed, the last safe haven for the paranoid and she said, oh, it's all for you."

The 18 Carat Wreck Affair, love affair, pop affair and now filthy love rock affair is back for a few shows, we played at DB's birthday at the Buffalo Bar in what was to be a weekend of it for the personal life and also for drinking. How ever it all turned out good, the gig triumphed, along with my personal life, (you may have seen me smiling more than usual of late, there is very good reason for that).

Despite a biblical hangover 18 carat did what we never failed to do but with the added twist that Steven "Fucking" Horry now understands rock music and IAMJim"fucking"Rhesus has learned to play the guitar and actually bothered learning the chords. There were no nervous breakdowns imminent so, together with "Keyboard" Kate Dornan, Patrick Joseph Edward Barrett and Andrew "The human metrognome" Bowker we decided we needed to do another, at 93 Feet East, 23rd April, a Saturday night. No excuses, no knives.

http://www.myspace.com/the18caratloveaffair

In other news, I love the mountain goats, I might even buy an acoustic guitar. That is a big fucking might.

I saw a band the other day that were good. They are called The Microdance. They are excellent in fact. If are good too.

See you at The Ritzy Brixton next Friday for Heart Killed Giant. 11th March.

Barbed wire kisses.

Sincerely JRhesus
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx