upside downer

Kapow! Cow! Now! Er... A clomping, stomping romp that takes its title from a line in Douglas Adams' superb Hitchhikers books and is in no way a comment on Mrs UD's driving, oh no. It's about my Dad's old Volvo. 4 string cigar box guitar, Epiphone guitar, violin bass, MT Drums and virtual keys. My good friends at Wavepad, Audacity and Ableton helped it all along.

They have fast become my favourite Dadaist Pythagorean-Cubist rock band in a crowded field.

Stellar synthwave. Not to be confused with Stella Synthwave who works on the tills at Lidl.

+1 for this. When I had to learn it I got the gist of it and then used various bits and bobs from some of the live renditions and isolated bass tracks on youtube to fill it out and keep it bubbling along. You can really go to town with it!

I do hope there's an adventurous supermarket manager reading this and thinking "Well, why not give it a spin..?" I might blast it out from my phone next Saturday when I'm in Lidl.

Pic sent 👍

Dizzee Pascal Brunt Mars Sleaford Sods Drape Teddy Swigs Rake

The Molotovs at the Black Prince in Northampton. Energetic 3-piece playing short, sharp punk-pop tunes infused with elements of the Jam and the Libertines. The long-awaited album finally comes out on Friday. Third time I've seen them and they are a real tight unit. Always stick a cover or two into the set, this time Bowie's Suffragette City and a superb Martha and the Vandellas' Heatwave.

...still, there's bugger all on TV anyway, so here it is all done and dusted. This fella has had more than enough of the ol' hooch. The shine has gone from his marvellous moonshine days and too many hangovers and trouser accidents mean that the firewater has got to go down the plughole. Two guitars, one bass, artificial drums and one crap singer. Mixed up and spat out by the triumvirate of Wavepad, Audacity and Ableton.

Tomorrow morning is the deadline? Argh! Thought we had until the end of Sunday. Oh well, bang goes tonight's TV watching...

As someone who relishes having a go at making cigar box guitars and baritone ukuleles and the like from bits and bobs that I have kicking around I enjoy seeing the various processes involved in repairing old instruments and getting them back to a playable state again. Nice work, bravo

Metal Box by PiL. Simple yet inventive playing from Jah Wobble (and, on one track, Keith Levene)

It's so good to find an amp that's easy to cart about 😁

Bravo @skankdelvar, I look forward to your stab at Merry Crassmas by Crass next year. Mind you, 8 entries and only 6 voters? We can't even get ourselves to vote, let alone anyone else 😁

Mine is to pick up the bass more often. No band situation currently so no real pressure but I'd just like to get back, playing-wise, to where I was a while back. Will be making the effort to find time for practising. Life has got way too hectic over the past couple of years and fun seems to have taken a back seat. No longer! It's time to recalibrate.