I'm getting better at staying in.

12/02/2016-hackney empire-the residents Is everybody ready for the picnic in the front row!!!

 13/04/2016- London Forum- Roky Erickson/young husband Roky doesn't seem to play guitar anymore, he pretends to, but there is no volume coming out of it, (this may be his manipulators at work). His backing band are sad uncharismatic losers who don't deserve to share a stage with him (I don't care if these people are his family or whatever). I would have much preferred to have seen Roky actually playing guitar solo with the volume up as no matter how bad that may or may not have been it would have been real. It may have even been as good as this 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeWZTrChY7A


18/04/16 - London Scala- Boredoms/ADSL camels
Ba ba ba ba a ba SUPERBASS

21/05/2016- Double dot bash - Reading- Hey colossus/shit and shine/woven skull/grey hairs/martin phone/moonbow/leaf library/the pawnbroker/the 12 hour foundation  The only festival willing to let OLD ERNiE perform in 2016, so therefore my personal favourite. 

17/06/2016- London Koko- Melvins - new bassist with shiny shoes adds a super camp element to the band. I think I liked it and laughed more than any previous melvins shows. they should keep this guy. 

30/06/2016 - Oxford Bully- Brickwork lizards/faith I branko  there is a member of faith i branko that looks just like an adult version of my niece. I remember nothing else about this night. 

02/08/2016 - Bristol Exchange- Dwarves/CJ Ramone/Maid of Ace

 02/09/2016- Oxford Wheatsheaf- Brickwork lizards - fast becoming one of the bands I have seen more than any other band. they must think I am a crazy stalker.

02/10/2016- Oxford wheatsheaf- Unman 

I prefer UNsane. 

13/10/2016 Islington assembly halls - swans not nearly as loud as last time I saw them.

Unman may have been louder!!!

07/11/2016 - London KoKO- Neurosis One member of this band has enough cool to carry the other four, can you guess which one it is?

   

07/12/2016 Oxford wheatsheaf- Volkenfunk/Deathsex Bloodbath

          Is there tomorrow? 

THERE'S NO TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brown Glove -Clowning

Old Ernie - Clowning

fixing another DOD "grunge"

the return of clown cox.

I should have stayed home 2015

24/01/15-modern art oxford- brickwork lizards / bethany weimers 
 dance with the devil to the beat of the grammer 

30/01/15-wheatsheaf oxford - workin man noise unit/ grey hairs
this time last year something far more special happened here. (25/01/14)

14/02/15- the others stoke newington - lampost gullivers -unstoppable achievers -not right
not the first time ive ended up seeing an oxford music person in london, and wont be the last. 

22/02/15 florence park community centre oxford -brickwork lizards
when gemma said we were gonna see tomahawk , i thought we were gonna see duane denison's band, unfortunately neither tom o'hawk of the b w lizards or duane denison were here this time.
28/02/15 vinyl depford - cos chapman
this was definitely good, but to long ago now for me to remember why. 

07/03/15 -the vault waterloo- charlie tuesday gates "sing for your life"
the adverts for this made it sound way better than it was. 

29/03/15 oxford playhouse -stewart lee
i remember a good joke about the swastika, and a lot of other stuff that will most likely be cut if this ever goes on tv. 

24/04/15 - sly and the family drone / young conservative
as someone who considers himself a musician, my main problem with watching other bands is that i find myself bored, solution!!! let me join in, and this is what happens with sly and the family drone, most fun gig of the year for sure, i didnt look at the time once. 

02/05/15 -the others stoke newington - gardyloo spew/ schaedogeddon /black crack
NIGHT BUS TO CROYDON

09/05/15 - electrowerkz islington- andi sex gang/ creeping terrors
i once had a blow job during a gig at this venue but that wasnt tonight. 

10/05/15 - dingwalls camden- the dwarves/ autopsy boys/ generation graveyard
i remember some really really bad support band tonight, worst band of the year, it could have been autopsy boys or generation graveyard, i cant remember which, so AVOID BOTH or risk ear and eye rape. 

20/05/15 - motion bristol - swans
ear rape of the best kind. anyone wearing ear plugs hier should just stay at home. 

26/05/15 shep bush empire- babes in toyland/ pins
i felt sorry for every girl in this entire venue that could only dream of being as cool as kat bjelland. 

27/06/15 - barbican london - boredoms
BORING

31/07/15 - the others stoke newington - the v-1's/deathsex bloodbath
NIGHTBUS TO COVENTRY

18/08/15 - 100 club london - pissed jeans/ ceremony
ceremony were trying waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy toooooooooooo hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

13/09/15 - bristol exchange- melvins / big business
was gemma the only person in the whole venue who preferred big business ha. 

30/10/15 - the others stoke newington- rude mechanicals/bad suburban nightmare/jane ruby/we are a communist
coolest looking drummer award goes to that guy whos name i forget from rude mechanicals 


15/11/15 bullingdon oxford- brickwork lizards/ simon davies
FUCK NIGHTSHIFT!!!!!!!!!!!!

24/11/15 garage london- psychic tv.
they actually played this venue the previous night, if i was there i definitely wouldnt have come back for round 2. 






AND SO NEXT YEAR , I'M STAYING IN. 

 

times i should have stayed at home 2014

25/01/2014 oxford wheatsheaf- gemma moss, molotov sexbomb definately glad i didnt stay at home this night.

01/02/2014 london electrowerkz - terminal cheesecake, gum takes tooth i remember something about terminal cheesecake being super lame live, maybe some light up gloves or something.

12/02/2014 london ace hotel basement- henry blacker, hag, shabash. probly the coolest thing to ever happen in this posh london hotel basement.

15/02/2014 london cafe oto- jandek , plus some support act with a name so shit it cannot be written down with normal letters.some people actually believe jandek is good, like the person who paid £30 for one of his shitty lps from me on ebay shortly after this gig when i decided i would never need to own this shite. 
support act are smart enough to have a name that no one can remember or even type so therefore giving them a bad review is impossible.

12/03/2014 london st johns hackney - michael gira, william basinski. gira should start doing this stuff at open mic nights just for teh lulzzzzz.

22/03/14 - oxford wheatsheaf - gemma moss, headcount. some weird looking french guy eats his own shit on stage and finds out the hard way that no amount of mouthwash will take away the smell or the taste. 

27/05/2014 birmingham rainbow- melt banana, glatze glatze obviously fears himself as pretty, so does everything he can to make himself retarded looking to all mankind.

28/05/2014 bristol trinity - swans. there are millions and millions of starzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz in your eyezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

21/06/2014 london electrowerkz. - chrome. should have stayed at home.

03/06/2014 oxford cellar- wonk unit, down and outs.  yeh im a plasterer, i plaster, but i dont sing this song tonight just cus i want to annoy david.

26/07/2014 vinyl depford- rude mechanicals. depford would be a better place if the fast food places didnt lie about the spiceyness of their chicken burgers.

08/08/2014 oxford o2, - nofx didnt play "august 8th", WTF??????

21/09/2014, bristol exchange- king buzzo forgot his electric guitar and drummer and harshly hit an acoustic guitar as if it was strung with super slinkys.!!!!!!

04/10/2014, oxford jericho,- rabbit foot spazz band. i once saw someone play an electrical guitar co guitar on this stage, not tonight sadly.

19/11/2014 ,. london koko - einsturzende neu bauten.  no one in the venue enjoyed this because everybody spent the entire night trying to find somewhere to stand .

22/11/2014 london the others- kuroneko, muscle bra, flesh happening, anarchistwood some  guy got his bum out and jumped bum first into audience member , who nearly falls over and spills drink.

27/11/2014 oxford corridor- bandits, rail 27 the most surreal night in oxford and no one was there to view it.

07/12/2014  oxford o2 - alabama 3 synth player looks as happy to be there as i am.

12/12/2014 oxford wheatsheaf - non stop tango, volkenfunk volkenFUCK. einz , zwei, SEX,

16/12/2014, london cafe oto- j g thirlwells "cholera nocebo" autobahn.

19/12/2014 oxford o2 - rabbit foot spazz band to much use of the eff word for my liking.