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manchester, leeds, nottingham
All is still going well with the Number None / Jazzfinger Mobile Action Unit—better than I had hoped, even. We're not selling a ton of merchandise but each show has been increasingly well-attended (playing with Espers last night definitely helped) and there's always people who want to come up afterwards and talk, which I take as a sign that there's at least a segment of these crowds that are enjoying what we're doing.
Last night I saw someone sending a text message on their phone at the show; I looked over their shoulder and read the message "Just watching Jazzfinger ... amazing." Score!
In Leeds we were joined onstage by Phil Legard of Xenis Emputae Travelling Band, which may have been the highlight performance of the tour for me. He has a homemade theremin which is all Day-Glo and organic-looking, super-cool; he also has the Line 6 Modular Delay pedal, which I covet most egregiously.
There seem to be no tensions among the main group of travellers, which is great, considering all the other ways that it could go, this business of five people in the same van all week. And we're not too rushed—each morning we've been able to lounge around wherever we've stayed, getting showers, eating good vegetarian food and watching DVDs (I just got done watching Bill Hicks).
Chris and I are both attempting to work UK slang and phraseology into our daily speech, which always sounds hilariously wrong coming out of my mouth somehow.
Taking tons of photos, although people expecting a normal roll of holiday snaps will be disappointed; I'm mostly doing the normal sorts of texture-collecting that I like to do, taking close-ups of crumbling walls and toilet graffiti.
Two more tour performances: London tonight and then a festival on Saturday, where we'll be performing with Jazzfinger as a noise quintet. Can't wait! Labels: number_none, personal |
Friday, August 05, 2005
5:50 AM
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