Subject URL: Cover database

This is exactly the kind of crazy crap I'd have done if I had infinite time and infinite monkies (mmm infinite monkies). A database of covers, with "longer chains" between bands. Crazy. Must add all those The Sharp covers.

I've lost my voice. For the past three days I've been unable to talk outside of a whisper or a croak. I was going to sing backing vocals at "Walken's first gig in ages (tm)" but I guess Daniel will have to do it (as he does on half the songs anyway, we share).

It's fun going shopping with no voice. Confusing newbies at "Feeling Fruity" fruit drink back by pointing at a Regular cup and holding up one finger to indicate, number 1. He face said it all, and his tone of voice was even better. "Is that a regular number 1?" (said as you would say to a slightly retarded 120 year old dead person). I nod. "That's $4.50!" I give him $5 in coins two $2 and a $1. He carefully counts the magical coins to make sure this crazy vocal-less person isn't trying to rip him off. "Here is your change, wait over there. [smile]".

Everywhere else I went today required no talking, Target and JB HiFi have the customer experience down to "yes" and "no" answers, both of which you can do with a nod or shake of your unshaven, desperate for a haircut head.

And I bought Star Wars toys today. I couldn't help it! Battle damage action! Battle damage action!

I've had the flu (or a bad cold) for the past week, missed two days off work, today I have an Annual Leave day. With turning up late to work from a physio appointment on Monday morning, I've done about 6 hours work this week. I'm filled with guilt.

Although I'm exhausted and filled with guilt, I struggled along to see Fourplay and George at the Prince of Wales band-womb last night with my girlfriend and a couple of her friends.

Danielle Spencer supported. She was very uninspiring. Much of her backing was taped and she sang only one of the seventeen layers of vocals each of her songs had. Every song seemed to have the same casio keyboard backing drum loop too. I was bored and on the balcony after two songs.

Fourplay were fantastic. I'd never seem them live before but they were all oddly familiar people. Huge masses of energy, all obviously enjoying themselves. A good mix of covers, with the guitarist of George coming out to play that Jeff Buckley song. Made me pine for Apocalyptica even more.

The terrible sound spoilt much of the set with masses of crackles from the left speaker. The soundmix attempted to avoid the problem but left much of the set sounding very stale and quiet.

By George (hehe) I was starting to feel a little too sick to keep standing. I struggled through about five songs but spend half the "first bit" in the toilet. Lame am I. Great to see Fourplay emerge from their hole to play half the George set's strings. Most of the big singles sound fantastic with George bashing out melodies in the background.

I enjoy more than half of George's tracks, most of which have "big single" written all over them. This from a band that seems to have released most of their first album as singles before the damn thing even came out. But some of their tracks are a bit dull and as amazing as the lead female vocalist's voice is, she can only sing one way. Same goes for the male vocalist. They have an unfortunate habit of building a song up from quiet to huge (which I love), but fading out to nothing at the end. It's the Epic syndrome which works only so well on a few songs...

I guess it's just my damn musical mind losing interest once it discovers the formula.

Still, George have a shit load of fun on stage and it comes out in the power of their performance. I only wish I'd been feeling a little better.

Hey, acb went last night too.