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As Rob pointed out in a comment to my previous below, we've been particularly crap at updating this recently.

AK has some excuse in that he's been away on holiday. I don't really have any excuse other than a generally high level of apathy. After infrequently updating this blog for over 2 years I do find that sometimes the things I might be going to say are a little bit repetitive.

"had a rehearsal with the new band... went quite well..." or "Pete and the Pirates are playing on Wednesday...".

I'd like to post more genuinely interesting stuff, but that might require me to actually either do something interesting worth talking about or think about some interesting issue and since the Fringe Festival my brain's been reduced to a kind of vegetated mush incapable of thinking about much more than work and food. Mmmmm. Food.

So... er... I had a rehearsal with the new band yesterday, it went pretty well. We've got a regular rehearsal slot on Monday evenings now which hopefully means we'll have a lot done. We've also (finally) agreed on the band name that we should have agreed on months ago. Joey Ultra! We've got 3 songs nearly finished, 2 more ideas that need working on.

Binz (of Club KK and Berkshire Live fame) is our singer, he's never been in a band before but he seems to be taking to it pretty well. He's got a pretty good natural feel for writing vocal lines and lyrics and he's getting better with practice. We probably won't be gigging before the new year, it'll take some time to finish off a set and then really get nice and tight and confident I think.

Oh and Pete and the Pirates are playing on Wednesday at the VIP launch night for Reading's newest (only) cool Indy pub/venue The Oakford Tavern. Also on Wednesday is the last ever gig by the legendary Three Litre as part of the Rebus and Friends gig at the BBBs. Also on the bill are Damien A Passmore, Ben Marwood, Rebus and My Luminaries which is an absolutely brilliant line-up.