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Diary Archives
July 2002: The July 2002 Diary EntryJune 2002: The June 2002 Diary Entry
September 2001: The September 2001 entry
August 2001: The August 2001 entry (Very good it is too!)
July 2001: The July 2001 entry
June 2001: The June 2001 Entry
May 2001: The May 2001 Entry
April 2001: The April 2001 Entry
We've managed to persuade GRIEF SOCIETY bassist Angus Nurse to let us in on what's happening with GRIEF SOCIETY. Bookmark this page and follow Nursie's Diary, below...
SATURDAY 24 August 2002
Today is another mercy Street reunion gig. The band is playing at the wedding of drummer Paul O'Brien and his beloved Samantha. It's a long old day, starting about 9am in the morning to try and get the band's equipment into the hotel, before we all dash off and wedge ourselves into suits for the ceremony.
Things do not run smoothly....We turn up at the hotel and the dance floor has not arrived. This means that nobody knows where we're meant to be putting our equipment. To make matters worse, the soundman who will be constructing the pa and soundchecking the band is stuck on the other side of the country waiting for a train.....Not a great start!
As it turns out, the whole day is a bit of a blast. By the time the band gets onstage around 10pm we've had close to nine hours to er....drink and sit around. This makes the whole performance very enjoyable although I'm sure it doesn't sound anywhere as good as I think it will.
I'm told there's a DVD of the gig but I'm too scared to watch it!
SATURDAY 3 August 2002
We're currently hard at work putting together some new Grief Society material for use in some small and independent films. (Although any blockbuster producers that can't afford Trevor Rabin are welcome to give us a shout.)
It's tremendously exciting!
See, I'm a film Anorak (You could call me a Film nerd, but I'm probably bigger than you and it's not a very nice thing to say.)
Film is one of the few leisure activities that get to do on a regular basis. I LOVE going to the cinema, really, reeeeeeaaallly love it! Jim (the Mercy Street guitarist) says he doesn't understand what all the fuss is about and can't work out why I go so often. He's also shocked that there's a never-ending stream of people willing to go to the cinema with me.
Part of the excitement is that most of the new films I get to see are copies of old classics, and I've got this thing about old classic films. Mind you I'm not a fan of remakes.
For example, the remake of Rollerball?
No! No! No! No! No! No! No!
FRIDAY 2 August 2002
Interviews, Interviews, Interviews....
We're now in full flight on the promotional trail for 'Universal Misunderstanding'. A promo single comes out on 17th August (coincidentally my birthday) and in advance of the next tour we're doing a whole range of interviews and promotional things.
I get asked to do a lot of interviews. Mainly because: Steve often refuses to do them, we're all worried that Don will say something offensive, and Stef, well, Stef hasn't actually spoken for a year and a half. So the interviews are all down to me. (Gulp!)
Often the Interviews take the form of an advance questionnaire and then a chat about my questionnaire responses. They mostly fall into the same format. What's your favourite album, Why's the album called 'Universal Misunderstanding'? Why are you called Grief Society, What are your Top Ten albums, yadda, yadda, yadda. However, this week I got a really interesting one from a Rumanian magazine. The questions were all interesting in one way or another. One of which was......
"Which [ten] albums are you listening to at the moment?". I thought I'd share the answer with you all.......
1) Spearhead - Stay Human - one of the greatest and most thought provoking albums ever. 2) Marillion - Anorak In The UK - No really! Forget your preconceptions, It's great! 3) Ani DiFranco - Out of Range - Aaah Ani, the fire the passion, the guitar playing! 4) India Arie - Acoustic Soul - Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! 5) The Vegastones - Love Hotel - Tremendous album. The Cars meets Velvet Underground 6) Arrested Development - Zingalamadumi - I'm sure I've spelt that wrong. 2nd album 7) Speech - Hoopla - Fab solo album from the Arrested Development vocalist/preacher 8) Bob Marley - One Love - I normally hate compilations, but this really is brilliant! 9) 24/7-Spyz - Strength in Numbers - Now THIS is how Rap-metal should be done. Trust Me! 10)Spearhead - Home - Their first album, it's a bit of a corker
More questions and answers coming soon......