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August 2008
2008-08-09 - 7:32 p.m.
My, how the year slips away. This edition of the newsletter will be conducted in FAQ format, because we're having a lot of Qs Ad of us F lately. Q: How was the rest of the Tassie tour? We're prohibited from saying too much about the Hobart leg of the tour under finding 3a) of the "what goes on tour stays on tour" decision, Motley vs. Crue 1985, but I'm able to reveal the following: - We sold out our main show in Hobart, despite the fact that our only promotional opportunities were one 15-minute appearance at the Festival Lounge, one 30-second Channel 9 appearance and one 20-minute ABC radio interview (listen to it here) which we conducted from beginning to end with our pants around our ankles, much to the delight of the webcam audience. - We met and worked with a lot of fantastic singers including but not limited to The Vocal Consort, Exaudi, Akasa, the Southern Belles and the throat-singing masters of the Gyuto Monks, who sang right after us to a crowd of thousands in Salamanca Square as a team of seven bearded brides lit the biggest bonfire any of us had ever seen. Now that was random. - Some bugger kicked in a few panels of our hire car while we were out boozing celebrating, and between that and our alcohol bill, the tour ended up being roughly financially neutral. A pity but a great experience nonetheless. Q: How's the new guy doing? Bloody great. We would never have expected him to get up to speed as quickly as he has. In three rehearsals he's already learned and memorised nearly an hour's worth of tunes. He's working hard, playing hard and can't wait for his first Suade show. Everything's looking good. We'll put him through a tour-training program soon, concentrating on the following points: - Conflicting priorities 101, in which we learn that although certain members of the group demand that you keep drinking with them late into the night, the same members will expect you to be in excellent voice at your 10am engagement the next day - Hire car etiquette, in which we learn that Loz must get the keys and be allowed to test the handling limits and handbrake despite any concerns for your personal safety, or else he may sook for the rest of the day. - Be careful when making friends in Burnie - you may not realise what you're letting yourself in for. - Choosing a hotel roommate; balance of priorities - Loz snores, The Colonel farts, Een walks around in his jocks a lot, Roy conducts loud and indiscreet romantic phone calls, and you probably have to sleep in the same room as one of them. Q: When's the new CD out? We don't know yet, but before Christmas is a good bet. We're very happy with how it's coming along, and our only barrier to completion is finding time. There's a new pre-production demo track from the CD up on our Facebook page called "*DEMO* Not Him" - a ballad written by Loz and his buddy Cory Jach. See if you can pick which Beatles tune inspired the 'guitar' backing parts there. Let us know what you think... Q: Have you got any shows coming up? Sadly we haven't been able to get a full group together for September's Sydney A Cappella Festival due to Roy's touring with Jackson Jackson and Rob starring in a Pirates in Men's Pants production. Furthermore the Colonel will be singing cover songs on a cruise ship for most of August, so it looks like mid-to-late September before we'll be starting to give you guys some sneak peeks at the new lineup. Naturally, you'll be first to know right here on the mailing list. That's it for this month, if you've got any questions or whatever, feel free to get in touch! :) Loz
...and the Suade lads. Bonus tidbit: At exactly 16:23 in the ABC Hobat radio interview you can clearly hear Loz and The Colonel slapping their bare buttocks for effect as they moon the ABC webcam with presenter Tim Cox's blessing. Ah, the memories.
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