Pratices Going Well / New Pedal

Last night we had our penultimate session in rehearsal rooms before our gig next week. It went pretty well - we're not perfect yet but are sounding better than we ever have done.

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Simon, Ali, and Ben rehearse 'No Reply'

I resolved my pedal deilema and have ended up buying a Danelectro 'DanEcho.' It sounds really nice and analoguey - very warm, rich tone not found on digital models. It works really well with some of the YANU tunes like 'threeoverfour' and 'Iceberg Girl.'

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DanEcho

Debut Gig - 10th Oct 2007 - Oppo

The YANUs have been booked to play Oppo. This will be our first gig. Oppo doubles as a poetry venue and coffee shop, but apparently we can be as loud as we want.

Having spent the summer doing everything apart from jamming and practising we are making last minute efforts to get match fit. We got together for the first time in months last night at Muse Rooms and found that a summer of slacking had matured our sound and lent a certain tightness. Hopefully this will last until the 10th.

We are due to go on stage at 2300Hrs.

We are very excited.

Indie Love-in

Found on the internet:

Peter Bjorn and John are joined on stage by Satomi of Deerhoof and Sean of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah to perform Thatcher's-favouite 'Young Folks.'

I think it is at Fuji Rock - all three of those bands were supposed to be playing there.

New pedal dilemma

I am thinking of buying this:

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At £70 it is way cheaper than a Boss DD6, but being analogue it doesn't have the loop feature that it's digital counterparts do. It was also voted product of the year by Guitar and Bass magazine... I think. I had a go today at Jam Guitars and it was pretty nice. Incidently, if you are ever in Bristol and you visit only one shop, make it Jam - such a lovely place.

Thatcher's Children ROCK Timbuk2

Simon "had and hangover" and didn't come, Ben "had nightmares" and couldn't come - both at the last minute, leaving Jem and I, dressed as farmers, to fill a prime-time slot in the less than prime back room of T2 for Hijack's bank holiday party.

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Djing with no records... or hands

Having turned up in the wrong room, spending 15 minutes trying to kick people off the decks who had every right to be there, we eventually found our way to the pitch-black, back room. With no light, even less of a clue of how to use the mixer, and wondering how to make the transition from old-skool to rock/pop, things didn't start too well. Couple of clangs, couple of missed cues, and then we were back. Lots of friends were very nice and came and danced, and even some people we didn't know.

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Pooped

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Jem and Mr Tropical Hotdog

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Friend of Thatcher, Jack, laying down bare minimal

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