Disappointing

I mean, I should be all, like, "Yay".. and really pleased and looking for the cheapest pre-order prices and everything.

Or I should be enthusiastically telling people that this would be a perfect gift idea for Xmas, and then hoping I find it under the tree come Christmas morning.

This should be an exciting time.

But it's not.

You see when I heard there was to be a Foo Fighters live album, I was really chuffed. I've seen this band live several times and they really know how to put on a good show.

However, now I've seen the tracklisting for "Skin And Bones", I'm bitterly disappointed. We didn't want a pretentious live album, Mr Grohl, we just wanted the four main Foo Fighters blasting through the live favourites for 80 minutes. However we get an album with no "Monkey Wrench", no "This is a call", no "Learn To Fly".

Shite.

So I won't be asking Santa for this for Xmas..

Gigs and Tours

Forgot to mention..
Was feeling a bit jittery after the Foo Fighters gig the other day as I no longer had any gig tickets, no concert to look forward to.  This was the first time in years that I had no gig to look forward to and it felt odd.  Thankfully we have now booked (for comedy value) to see Lordi in the Academy this October.  Ticketsheister (http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk) tried to tell us that it was sold out, but thankfully TicketLine (http://www.ticketline.co.uk) had tickets ready to buy.  So cry "Hard Rock Hallelujah!". We're off to see the mad Eurovision winners.

Also realised this is the first gig I shall be going to as a married man - a weird thought indeed!!

Foo-king brilliant

Once again, the Foo Fighters put on a killer gig. Dave Grohl never fails to look like he's having an absolute party on stage and his enthusiasm never fails to inspire a big reaction from the crowd. It was a good set with new tunes ("In your honor" being a surprise opener for me, I thought they'd start with something punchier off the new album like "No Way Back" -but that came later), old tunes ("This Is A Call") and all the favourites inbetween (including "The One" - top tune).

What amazed me most last night though is the number of people there who didn't know anything before "There is nothing left to lose". I thought "Monkey Wrench" was the quintessential Foo's track, but so few people seemed to know it (because it's off "The Color and The Shape", probably), and even fewer seemed to know the "rant" near the end of the track (which is the top audience participation part of the gig, I always thought anyway..). Shame. So for the benefit of any Foo newbies ("noobs"?) who are thinking of heading out to the gig without knowing the following lyrics, this is what you need to learn (and, er, shout loudly):


"One last thing before I quit
I never wanted any more than I could fit
Into my head I still remember every single word
You said and all the shit that somehow came along with it
Still there's one thing that comforts me since I was
Always caged and now I'm free"


It was almost as bad as seeing Slayer at the Download festival with Sean and seemingly only the two of us knowing about the "Fucking Hell" in Chemical Warfare!!

Anyway top, top, top concert!

Father's Day

No, no not the episode of "Doctor Who" from series One where Rose travels back in time to the moment her father was killed by a hit-and-run driver (although that is a good episode).

No, today is father's day, so I have been lavished with gifts (F.A. Cup final DVD and Chocolate Orange to mention but two) and cards this morning and have had my breakfast made for me. Of course later today, I am doing the traditional father's day thing of dumping the kids on the Grandparents whilst we bugger off to watch the Foo Fighters -yay!

Tis kind of a bittersweet father's day though as this week my parents left these shores to take up permanent residence in Spain. This departure date had been a long time coming, and was further delayed by the arrival of their first grand-daughter, and it was hard to see them go as I feel like there's still so much I need to learn from them, particularly about being a parent. My Dad made being a father look like a doddle, it came so naturally to him - and as a Grandfather he's even more accomplished. And when I look at my Dad, particularly when he's cradling my daughter and he's chatting away to her and she's staring back at him transfixed, I really hope that I can do at least half as good a job as he did. No doubt about it though, he's a tough act to follow!

Anyway, Happy Father's Day, y'all

A Foo, pour vous?

I have two spare tickets for the Foo Fighters gig at Lancashire Cricket Ground on Sunday 18th June 2006 (I believe The Killers are supporting as well as other, as yet unconfirmed, acts). 

Now, I could put these on eBay but I'd rather sell to someone who's a friend and a fan so I'm giving the peeps who pop in here every now and then first dibs on the tix (at face value, of course). 

If you buy them we could meet up for a beer whilst Dave Grohl does his thing on stage, but this is not a condition of sale.. ;)