Monday 10 June 2013

It's been a while

Jings Crivens it's been a while. It's always a while actually, I used to post blogs regularly and now it seems to be very sporadically. I shall attribute that to a host of things, work being the main one. It's unreal how much time a band like Jiezuberband take up (might as well get the shameless plug out the way early) So here for your reading pleasure (or just your reading) is another blog straight from the mind and fingertips of yours truly. Mr Kenneth Bowman randomly popped up on my facebook and told me "finger oot" and to get a blog written.

 I heard through the grapevine recently that The Imagineers have come to the end of the road. Another one bites the dust as they say. It's one of those sad moments in music when such a prolific and talented band call it a day. Was it the level of commitment was too high? Was it just the right time to end the band? We'll never know the reasons but what we can take away from it is a back catalogue of unique tracks which will last a lifetime.

 Something else that's happened recently is the announcement of Freckfest. A festival in Irvine dedicated to Willie Freckleton the man who was responsible for bringing bands such as Oasis to this little town. I have to say, when it was announced that the festival was happening I got excited. It's about time Irvine had something of this scale, something that the locals can really get their teeth into. I have to say though that the caliber of acts who are performing isn't as high as it could be. There are some excellent artists on the line up including Sonic Templars, Dear Stars, Rose Parade, Culann The Magic Numbers and Sean Kennedy but in terms of an all weekend festival, it's rather disappointing. There are so many other great acts floating around at the moment who could have taken up some slots. I can think of 5 off of the top of my head who deserve a spot on that line up. Perhaps they didn't apply or maybe the organisers just didn't deem them fit enough. It's now no longer a festival I'll be in attendance at but I hope it goes well and that it does Willie proud.

 On another note, Kassidy are headlining the main stage at Live@Troon this year, I'm a fan of Kassidy so I was happy with that announcement. Hunter and the Bear as a support act though, I'm not sure about but I might be proved wrong (I doubt it)

 In the past, people have taken offence to this blog, whether it's written by myself or even a guest review by Kenny Maclean. Here's the thing I need to make clear, the thoughts on these pages are nothing more than our personal opinions and at no point do we expect anyone to use them as a reference point in day to day life.

 Did you know that 80% of statistics are made up and that the other 34% is real?

 Nonsense, that's all that last sentence was, just utter nonsense.

 I'm excited to be going back to Wales next weekend. We head down to Sonic Rock Solstice where Jiezuberband will be doing their thing and entertaining the masses. Come and join us afterwards, hang out and have a few beers. Talk to the nutbags and learn the inner workings of their mind.

 I promise I'll try and do more of these blogs, I will try and make some time for them.

 Happy Mr Bowman?