The Plan for Tonight

The Goodness supporting Fortune Drive at The Louis on a Friday night. What could be better?

Going Dutch?

Not so many gigs for my boyz the last few months. GCSEs coming up, the school musical which all 3 starred in (more later), plus family stuff for some, has meant a quiet few weeks.

Last gig at all was at the school Christmas concert where they still managed to blow away the audience in the new, acoustically-challenged school gym, and Billy led a riotous drum-off (imagine, sitting in a school hall, tall curtains opening slowly. First you see and hear Billy, central with his red kit, clearly pushing the rhythm forward… and the curtains pull back wider and wider until finally is revealed… 10 full drum kits, plus 2 electric kits creating this massive pounding rhythm where each player gets a spot for a solo and the sound builds to a massive crescendo until the audience (well me and Nichole) are whooping and cheering. What an opener!).

Most recent previous ‘proper gig’ (not for school, family or mates) was on the 11th of December, supporting Rosie and the Goldbug (superior website, worth a look) at The Cooler. Another band I hadn’t come across before but apparently they have supported Cyndi Lauper on tour and there’s a talented, eccentric performer if ever there was one.

The Cooler was also unknown to me til last year but is a real nice venue, where you can lurk at the back near the raised bar (even sit in the deep, comfy armchairs if you want) and still watch the bands if you don’t feel like being right in the thick of it (these are things that at my age start to become important; appealing to my ‘mum’ nature rather than the ‘rock n roll’). Billy mocks the way I pronounce Cooler. He hears me say ‘Cooooo-lah’ when what he wants to hear sounds more to me like ‘Cawler.’

The real point of this post is to draw your attention to the new page – check out Go Dutch – now with new fast-approaching gigs.