Rob Karloff

They'll be sent straight down t'pit, lad. I'm glad you're not my father too... It's quite a harrowing thought!

Well done to both bands. A good achievement!

You could use "Little Drummer Boy" or "Imps of Santa" from last years Fat Hippy Xmas comp, if you want. PS : Get back to work, slacker!

The idea is to work less and make more. Get my carbon fibre business going, then hopefully gradually phase out the IT work if the carbon thing is successful.

You wanna see the day rate I agreed with my company to go contract from Jan 1st I speak fluent Oracle.

I spend most of my day with my nose stuck in databases...

Can I come and drink your tequila instead? I have a slight addiction to it, y'see... Best Drink Ever

I used to love that stuff on the farm. We used to have to run the sheep through a trough of straw soaked in the stuff to cure footrot. Used to totally fume the byre out, I once burned my lungs a little bit. Really cleared the sinii though! Now I stick to Nitromethane fumes when we warm up the dragster in the pits. But I tend to wear a gas mask these days.

Or Tullos.

Did you apologise to him?

Cool, I like Behringer stuff. I presume there is some reason most engineers record with compression, probably for the reason you mention. I'd imagine it's tricky to guarantee your channels don't suffer during the recording if you were to try and record them completely dry while still using enough gain, etc. Wouldn't it be almost impossible to get a signal off the drums in particular without it clipping to hell during the recording? Generally, you know you're going to have to compress it anyway later, and I guess an experienced engineer and his ears tell him how much to use during the tracking process.

Jesus. If you want Fudge to give awards to people who've played big crowds, does that mean the little runt in S Club Juniors or whatever the hell they are will be up for a gong?! I wonder how people can take the whole thing so seriously... I mean, last year I turned up in a 5 charity shop suit with a suitable mould layer on it, a badly written Karloff slogan on the back, some shades, and lots of fake blood. I got pissed, annoyed people, and attempted to hug as many people wearing fine dress as I could so it would piss them off that I got blood on their frock. Backstage, I then duly annointed Dan MyMindsAtomLoadedWeapon across the forehead with fake blood, to then comically watch him complain because it got in his eyes and stung. Take it for what it is, a bit of fun. If it wasn't, do you really think anyone would seriously vote Jonny Loo Sniffer "Most Sexy Male"?!

I think it's actually just Dave's mind being somewhat transparent about his thought patterns.... If he's anything like his brother, anyway!

Yeah, it does actually! It looks a bit run down and is freeeeeeeeeeezing to be inside, but the stage is a great size and they have an ace PA. I even found the old 1950s style projection gear was still in the projection room when I went exploring! We're aiming to inflict the Dangerfields and the Gin Goblins on the good people of Shetland next...

Coz the owner absolutely hated us! But, the music loving community thought it was ace... 200 through the door on the night, probably about 50 or 60 people around to watch us at midnight. We had such a blast, and will definately be heading back up for another show in the not so distant future! The folks there were so great to us, thanks in no particular order to : Ivor the driver, Phil, Adam, Vaila, all of Bacchus and 10 Rillington Place, all the folks that braved the wind and rain for the gig, and anyone who we might have forgot. Shetland rocks. But the ferry journey in force 9 conditions is not everyone's cuppa t....

Fair enough, but how many of the people that you can think of who have undertaken to manage a local band had any useful contacts in the industry that benifited that band?

Succinctly put.

I'm curious why you maybe feel you guys couldn't do this yourself....? I've always wondered what the big thing around having a "manager" was for many local acts. For me, hunting out and booking gigs, sending out promo materials and CDs, organising travel, etc, etc is something most bands would be capable of if they tried. I admit, most people have regular jobs and other commitments, but then so do their managers usually! Just wondering.

That would make quite a good promo shot. You realise it's somewhat black and manky though... Might taste alreet though.