gtgt-palooza!

morning music fans! To celebrate my new york shows next week, i've organized a three day event of sorts here in London, playing three gigs Friday - Sunday, really hope to see you all there. happy days.

Friday night, I'm playing a solo acoustic show supporting Christopher Rees at Powers Acoustic Rooms in Kilburn, entry is 3 pounds & i should be on for 8pm.


Febrauary 15th Powers Acoustic Room 8pm
332 Kilburn High Road, NW6 2QN


Saturday night, we're playing a full band show - that's all 5 gtgt-hootineers at the Barfly in Camden 8pm. If you would like to get on the cheap entry list , just send me an email at franc@goodtimesgoodtimes.co.uk . The Barfly is a great band venue to play as it's one of those rare places where you can hear yourself on stage so I'm really looking forward to this.


February 16th Barfly 8pm
49 Chalk Farm Road. London NW1 8AN


Lastly , by by no means least, the last event of the weekend , which will no doubt leave me with a scorching head to board my plane with, we're doing another full band show at The Abbey Tavern on Kentish Town Road. It's a night put on by the lovely people at Soundbites who've invited us to play , it's free entry, get there for 8pm.


February 17th Soundbites @ The Abbey 9pm
The Abbey Tavern, 124 Kentish Town Rd. London


Ok, that's it for the gtgt-palooza! The album "Glue" is avialable from the site
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Pete Towshend-itis

Played the windmill in Brixton last Friday, all good fun and very memorable gig apart from the fact my left ear wasn’t working. Hmmm…yes, not good really. It had been getting worst the last couple of weeks, just hurting more and more and felt like there was a big buzzing fridge floating right behind me. I tried that time-proven problem solver “if I don’t think about it it’ll go away!” but it wasn’t giving in! I eventually dragged myself to the doctor the other day & excuse my French...thank fuck I don’t have tinnitus or pete towshend-itis. Both my ears are fine I just had general illness for a while and general ear unpleasantness, which I wont bore you with as I’m sure it’ll put you off your tea! Antibiotics for the last couple of days…it’s all floaty and lovely now.

So I’ve decided I need to make changes to ensure my ears don’t crap out on me for good. Being a musician, ears are quite important, you know. Every track on my ipod has been given the special +100% volume feature you can get on itunes to make it all, well, REALLY loud so that’s gonna have to come down – which I’m not looking forward to at all. I enjoy listening to music LOUD, and where possible I also like to dance around like a loon when I’m listening; just two little things that give my everyday some “bonus features” . I don’t think I could dance around like a loon if it wasn’t on 11. No dancing would then mean increased boredom; boredom and I aren’t the best of friends so…that’s not gonna happen. Scrap that idea completely. Come on ears, suck it up you can handle it. And when we have band practice I like for us 5 to be in a circle and I stand right in the middle so I get “hit” in all directions but my band. That’s another GREAT brucie bonus of my week I wouldn’t shed for anything. Hmmm. So I didn’t plan that one out too well I guess. Onwards…