my funny valentine

As said before, no rehearsal for Spider James next Saturday. The whole Brabant section of our band is either celebrating Carnaval, visiting friends in Newcastle (UK) or working. Not hard to pick the odd one out of this list. Good luck, Ted...
At this moment I'm trying hard to get off my lazy ass myself and get back to doing some work. Got loads of it laying around. Instead of getting to it, I'm drinking coffee. And more coffee. Looking outside, watching the rain come down and listening to Chet Baker. It feels good, in a somewhat sad way. Valentine's Day or not, any rainy day is a good day for listening to Chet Bakers definite version of 'My Funny Valentine' .

back to mine (3)

time off

All seems to be quiet on the Spider James front. There'll be no rehearsal next Saturday. We're not getting nonchalant already but Patrick is working, so is Rob, Boyke is probably getting ready for his Carnaval festivities. Which leaves Ted, JL and WJP who are probably taking a well deserved weekend off, doing what normal people do on their Saturday afternoons. It's very well possible there won't even be a rehearsal next week... WJP's in England that weekend, Boyke partying somewhere. No worries. We'll be back with you soon.

cowgirl

on a breeze

Working our way through a dozen different versions of 'All in between' finally paid off Yesterday. We've thrown away a lot of superfluous bars, laying the emphasis on what was already good about the song in the first place (the melody) and adding solid drumming, cowbell, ska guitar, catchy playful rhodes and one killer drone. It's simple. It's very psychedelic. It feels great.

analog audio tape

araignée jaques mixtape #1

Time for a confession. We are the kind of nerds who like to make mix tapes. Well, at least some of us are. Here's the first one, compiled by me, Guillaume des Cours du Pré. It is a collection of songs I've been listening to on my way to work, riding the bus from Schijndel to 's-Hertogenbosch, which is sort of the theme of this compilation. Here it is, for your pleasure!

side a
Fennesz - Shisheido
The Books - Bonanza
Benoit Pioulard - Triggering Back
Husky Rescue - Diamonds in the Sky
Gruff Rhys - Painting People Blue
Teenage Fanclub - The Town and the City
The Byrds - Goin' Back
Belle and Sebastian - Asleep on a Sunbeam
Peter, Björn and John - Young Folks
29"49

side b
Panda Bear - Ponytail
Sam Gopal - The Sky is Burning
The United states of America - Love Song For The Dead Ché
Broadcast - Poem of Dead Song
The Free Design - Never Tell the World
Hans Appelqvist - Grammofonnummer
Mum - We Have a Map of the Piano
Max Richter - Iconography
Elton John - Rocket Man
29"41