Last Saturday we took part in this
http://www.phoenixfm.com/story/4665.php
Basically a marathon recording session in a gift shop. Phoenix FM were recording 24 sessions in 24 hours, and we played the witching hour slot, with live versions of Sunny Shades, Runaway and 82 (with special sax solo just for the night). It was actually a really nice space to play in, and we had a rather good time. We were photographed an interviewed and all the footage will see the light of day soon, once the crew has had time to sleep!
Seeing as it was in aid of the Essex Wildlife trust and I wanted a souvenir, I purchased a small giraffe keyring.
If you follow this link to our bandcamp page you can download the acoustic version of Superlucky we did for our last session for Phoenix, many moons ago, for free.
http://tentigers.bandcamp.com/
Wednesday 16 February 2011
Lovely Eggs
On the 6th Feb we had a gig at the Railway supporting the Lovely Eggs! Also on the bill were Plantman and Tumble Dryer Babies. Everyone was ace.
I managed to take some photos.
And the venue was totally sold out! Although obviously that was the Lovely Eggs, not us.
And someone else caught us fluffing the start to Sunny Shades
I managed to take some photos.
Although as you might expect Audie's ones were a lot better, although somewhat hampered by the dark stage
And the venue was totally sold out! Although obviously that was the Lovely Eggs, not us.
And Eddie Curry took a video of Superlucky. Thanks sir!
And someone else caught us fluffing the start to Sunny Shades
Sunday 13 February 2011
Chinese New Year
On the 4th Feb we put on a gig in association with Culture as a Dare at Bar Lambs. It was a Chinese New Year celebration and also the second part of our slow protracted Tiger Tour with the Tiger Mcs. We drafted in local indie (as in real, old school indie) band Art Gruppe to open the night, although both Art Gruppe and Tiger Mcs were fantastic and the running order was by no means any measure of musical prowess!
To honour the occasion I (M) decided to open our set by dancing like a tiger up the central aisle of Bar Lambs, wearing a tiger mask and waving my arms around in a sort of interpretive tigery way while throwing firecrackers. This was a lot of fun, but I was also wearing a corset, so by the time I hit the stage I had no breath whatsoever left to sing with! Not good when we were opening with Superlucky. Also CK's trademark Guv'nor pedal somehow died between soundcheck and performance. But we'd been away so long no-one seemed particularly bothered about the technical issues!
Anyway Hayley kindly wrote a nice review of the evening here:
http://djmoonlightmusic.blogspot.com/2011/02/ten-tigers-bar-lambs-4-feb-2011.html
And Audie (Dim Locator) took some amazing photos.
Plus Bunny Massacre was there (local very cool clothes designer) and she had made some tiger gloves especially for the evening!
To honour the occasion I (M) decided to open our set by dancing like a tiger up the central aisle of Bar Lambs, wearing a tiger mask and waving my arms around in a sort of interpretive tigery way while throwing firecrackers. This was a lot of fun, but I was also wearing a corset, so by the time I hit the stage I had no breath whatsoever left to sing with! Not good when we were opening with Superlucky. Also CK's trademark Guv'nor pedal somehow died between soundcheck and performance. But we'd been away so long no-one seemed particularly bothered about the technical issues!
Anyway Hayley kindly wrote a nice review of the evening here:
http://djmoonlightmusic.blogspot.com/2011/02/ten-tigers-bar-lambs-4-feb-2011.html
And Audie (Dim Locator) took some amazing photos.
Plus Bunny Massacre was there (local very cool clothes designer) and she had made some tiger gloves especially for the evening!
Friday 11 February 2011
Green
One of the songs which will be featuring on our album but we no longer play live is called 'Modern Living'. It was written by CK and is about self sufficiency and respect for the environment, and we really like it but it never goes well live. The lyrics are on our main website under 'discography and lyrics', and at the top of the Modern living page is a link to a special photo gallery featuring fruit, veg and flowers grown by people who tolerate our songs and want to show off their green fingers. At the moment it's a bit sparse, but as spring is round the corner we would like to urge you all to plant something. Gardening is great for the soul. And when it fruits/blossoms/gets bigger email a picture of your plant to us and we'll include it in the gallery. It's a great celebration of the simple joys of life.
CK doesn't really interract with the outside world that often but when he does it's fairly forthright. Here is an example.
We all want to make a mark on the world. We don't necessarily want that mark to be 100,000 Bangladeshis dead and millions more displaced. So here is
CK doesn't really interract with the outside world that often but when he does it's fairly forthright. Here is an example.
We all want to make a mark on the world. We don't necessarily want that mark to be 100,000 Bangladeshis dead and millions more displaced. So here is
CK's guide to making the world not quite as bad as it could otherwise be.
Shower with a friend...
...and save water.
If that friend is a bucket, then the water you collect can be used to water your lawn, or your vegetables.Recycle your food.
Collect all your food scraps together, put them in your composter, and in a matter of months you'll have plenty of nutritious compost that you can use to make more food.Piss anywhere but in the toilet.
The parts that take most energy to remove from sewage are the nitrates and the phosphates. The compunds that your garden most likes, and that you buy in with fertiliser, are nitrates and phosphates. This is without even considering how sensible it is to use litres and litres of water to move a few millilitres of urea around.
If you instead collect this fertiliser and apply it to your lawn or trees you can save money and have a greener garden. It makes a good compost activator, too.
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