The END
So, Gill finally quit Yer Maw. It was a while in coming, and frankly came as a relief on some levels, a TERRIBLE relief. It was like the day you come home and your wife is sitting crying on the bed waving a phone bill in one hand and the bill for that Swedish 'business trip' you took in the other and, while you KNOW that everything in your life is about to be thrown into upheaval, at least the WAITING is over.
Don't get me wrong, he's quit before, but not recently. We had a big bust-up last year and I told him not to quit unless he meant it. I really believed he meant it this time, but I shouldn't really be surprised to find that he spent a week afterward waiting for someone to phone him and say 'Lets work it out'.
From his perspective , he's unhappy with how the music is going (can't blame him for that one, our recent activity has mostly been characterised by deadlines and unfinished releases.) and takes this out on me.
From my perspective, I'm unhappy because he's a cunt to me all the time. I'm also not sure how I feel about being treated as less important to Gill than the music. I suppose it shows a certain artistic integrity from Gill but its a bit of a kick in the teeth.
God knows what Bryans take is on this. He's been pretty quiet, Gill said he's going to call him as they have 'things to talk about' but god knows if he'll get round to that. He posted up some RFTC lyrics saying "I'm not invisible." but I've had enough double-meanings, snide comments and sardonic asides to choke me by this point so I'm afraid I can only accept communications in plain English.
So its over, I'm not prepared to fight about music with these guys any more. I'd rather never play a show again than get into another juvenile squabble. We're doing the Jimbob show in September as a 'last for the forseeable' type show, who knows after that. Maybe nothing.
*phew*
ON the ground level, preparations for the wedding continue apace, not much concerning me at this point. Occasionally Elaine will crack out with something like "Can you have a cross-referenced indexed list of the relatives you have coming ready in the next 10 minutes."
but otherwise I get to luxuriate in the knowledge that I get to marry quite the most wonderful girl I've ever encountered without having to wade through too much bureaucracy.
Apart from that, well, not much. Looking for a job again, recording an acoustic album. I said to Steve I'd record some guitar for his techno so we'll see how that works out
Don't get me wrong, he's quit before, but not recently. We had a big bust-up last year and I told him not to quit unless he meant it. I really believed he meant it this time, but I shouldn't really be surprised to find that he spent a week afterward waiting for someone to phone him and say 'Lets work it out'.
From his perspective , he's unhappy with how the music is going (can't blame him for that one, our recent activity has mostly been characterised by deadlines and unfinished releases.) and takes this out on me.
From my perspective, I'm unhappy because he's a cunt to me all the time. I'm also not sure how I feel about being treated as less important to Gill than the music. I suppose it shows a certain artistic integrity from Gill but its a bit of a kick in the teeth.
God knows what Bryans take is on this. He's been pretty quiet, Gill said he's going to call him as they have 'things to talk about' but god knows if he'll get round to that. He posted up some RFTC lyrics saying "I'm not invisible." but I've had enough double-meanings, snide comments and sardonic asides to choke me by this point so I'm afraid I can only accept communications in plain English.
So its over, I'm not prepared to fight about music with these guys any more. I'd rather never play a show again than get into another juvenile squabble. We're doing the Jimbob show in September as a 'last for the forseeable' type show, who knows after that. Maybe nothing.
*phew*
ON the ground level, preparations for the wedding continue apace, not much concerning me at this point. Occasionally Elaine will crack out with something like "Can you have a cross-referenced indexed list of the relatives you have coming ready in the next 10 minutes."
but otherwise I get to luxuriate in the knowledge that I get to marry quite the most wonderful girl I've ever encountered without having to wade through too much bureaucracy.
Apart from that, well, not much. Looking for a job again, recording an acoustic album. I said to Steve I'd record some guitar for his techno so we'll see how that works out