Stop Looking At Me Like That

New Season/New Blues

2011-07-20T10:21:00.000-07:00

Well, the album is ready!

No Made Sense - New Season/New Blues

Here is the tracklisting m8

www.newseasonnewblues.com

You can listen to the entire album streaming at the above site for free, and a free download of the album is soon to come...

So, sit back and enjoy it, it's only taken us forever to make.

Also, you might not hear from us again for a while. Or maybe ever. So, thanks and stuff.

*sneaks out door*

Joe, Leo & Sam
No Made Sense

My Favourite Thing About Blogs Are The Words

2011-07-03T20:33:00.000-07:00

So a few months ago now I was given some questions about things to answer. Nobody seemed to like my answers (lolz) so it never got stuck online, so I'm going to post it here, because I can and tough tits if you don't like it. On the plus side, this is one of the few blog entries that actually talks about the band and stuff! And then the music industry! Which hasn't been done to death! Watch, as I flirt with answering the questions properly! Gasp, as I use swears to look cool! Yawn, as the questions are so fucking long and dull!

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No Made Sense Interview

Email Interview

You’re at the final mixing stage of your new album, what can you tell us about it?

It's taken for-fucking-ever.

You say it is something else entirely to what you did on The Epillanic Choragi, how so? Heavier or more Bieberish?

Generally speaking the songs are shorter and there are more melodies which on paper sounds like we are selling out or whatever, i'm sure some people are going to be pretty pissed when they hear it. In reality as most of it was recorded live and the production is pretty raw so I think in many respects it's less 'listenable' than the glossy metal production of our debut. It's probably a bit darker overall too. I dunno. Everyone says their new stuff is different.

One thing the band is noted for is a good few epic songs hitting the nine minute range and over. A few bands have recently tried the one song album or one song EP; could you ever see the band attempting to give this a go?

I'd kind of consider our debut to be a one song album; there are a few repeating riffs and rhythmic ideas over the course of the album, it's telling a story and it's supposed to be listened to in it's entirety really. For our upcoming album we didn't so much consciously try to write shorter songs (there are still a couple of 10+min tracks) but it was more a case of trimming the fat. We were pretty brutal this time around so any sections that didn't get us excited got cut, I think maybe we didn't do enough of that last time.

I read in an interview that the last album was about a doomed planet, is there any theme/story behind this new album?

There is no theme to this album, although I suppose lyrically it's all centred around my constant sense of disappointment. Initially it was going to follow on from the debut and I did have a lot of story written out, maybe we'll return to it one day. Essentially the story/concept was playing too much of a part in constructing the songs and album where really I wanted to be focussing on the music more. The album has developed so much over the writing and recording process, but I like to think it's been organic. We didn't set any kind of boundaries for the album, we just let it happen.

Do you feel any pressure as The Epillanic Choragi was positively received by fans and critics?

Well yeah, we got some pretty fantastic reviews which didn't particularly translate into sales/tours, I don't think we are fashionable enough right now. As long as people either hate it or love it i'll be happy. I don't want to evoke apathy.

For the bands live show, how hard is it to try decide on a set list?

Well it depends how long a slot we have, we used to just do sections of songs from the album all tied together with no breaks. I suppose this time around with shorter songs we might actually play songs entirely instead of in sections. I'm sure it'll be pretty easy, the ones which are too tiring to play we won't bother doing.

The album teasers will be released soon as you stated on Facebook with a release in the near future, do you have any goals for 2011 to follow the album that you want to achieve?

Play more gigs and upset more people.

Questionnaire

The biggest issue with the internet for artists is of course illegal downloading and there has been a rapid decline in value of the industry as the internet expands throughout the world. Several artists I have spoken to have stated that it has become part of life and that now selling albums is no longer a profitable business; money is solely earned from touring. What are your views on the matter of illegal downloading?

I think it's shitty thing to do for a variety of reasons, not just because it's stealing. It's changing attitudes towards music as an artform, it's cheapening it, the whole Spotify crap means people don't listen to albums properly and can just bounce between bands forever. Some of my favourite albums ever I hated on the first listen. It's breeding laziness. Damn kids. Everything has to be immediate now. Also Spotify is a cunt. Did I mention that?

Do you feel that any of the current methods such as watermarking or streaming based models which have users paying a fee to stream music will take off and help stop the illegal sharing of music files? Or do you see any strength with the idea of giving away your music for free, having it shared around the world and again relying on touring to make money?

I hate Spotify. So. Fucking. Much.

People will always pay for music, even if that number is decreasing. The rest will just steal it anyway, so you may as well get what little money you can from selling the music. I don't see why the industry has to change because people are stealing stuff. If everyone just hated on the downloaders more and stopped accommodating them then we can demonise them and eventually people will stop doing it because it will become be massively uncool. Like what's happening with smoking. Why let the terrorists win?

The global recorded music industry saw a 31% decline in value from the years of 2004 to 2010 but the digital music market has seen a 1000% increase in value over the same period. Do you see the internet’s influence on the industry as the sole cause of this decline or do you believe there are any other factors which you consider an issue?

I doubt there's many other factors to be honest.

With such a growth in the digital music market, many artists have already stopped creating physical albums; the most notable is Rob Zombie who stated his most recent release would be his last physical album as the growing popularity of iTunes and Amazon is now controlling album sales. The IFPI recently published findings that 16.5% of internet users in the United States purchase their music digitally than physically.

Firstly as an artist and music fan, do you still buy physical albums or do you download from digital music stores? Secondly, do see the digital music markets as something positive for the industry and your career as a new and cheaper distribution method?

You know what pisses me off? Established artists making a thing about going soley digital and stuff. It's easy enough when you've got a huge fanbase, you try starting out during all this crap. God, they are SO with the times. Pricks.

I never download, I prefer having the physical CD, look at the artwork etc. Sure digital is way cheaper distribution but who's making the savings there? Probably not us. iTunes is a dick. I hate the fact I have to use it for my iPhone. I hate the fact I own an iPhone. I hate myself.

As the digital music stores assist in distribution, other factors that come into releasing an album are marketing and promotion of any sort. What are your views on the ability to use the internet to promote and market yourself?

There are too many bands. Everyone is going LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME WE HAVE NEW PROMO PHOTOS GET A FREE DOWNLOAD IF YOU PREORDER NOW JOIN MY MAILING LIST it's so fucking boring. Boring boring boring. I'm going to go whore myself out on other bands pages. "Here's a link! Album out today!' Bunch of fucking whores, whoring out their fucking shit. God I hate the music industry.

Social networking has naturally become a massive asset in the industry for labels and artists to be able to interact with fans on an everyday basis from anywhere in the world. Do you feel that if the social networking boom hadn’t taken place that it would effectively hinder careers as there would have been no direct route to communicate with fans?

Who wants to communicate with fans, really? It's people on the internet, talking. That's the worst thing ever. It's bad enough I have to put up with my own opinions, let alone someone else's.

A big development in recent years has been the hardware and software that has been created for anyone and everyone to purchase. We now find aspiring artists building their own home studios at their computer by purchasing top of line software, sound cards, microphones and such. What are your views on the technology advancements in recent years from software, hardware and even to the MP3 itself? What positives or negatives if any do you see from these advancements?

Most music sounds like shit nowadays. Protools etc means bad musicians can sound good with tweaking. It's levelled the playing field, in a really bad way. Being talented doesn't really make a difference nowadays, it can all be tidied up. Home studios also mean no producers telling you what's shit or not, a bit of outside influence never hurt anyone. Also means programmed drums, which is fucking cheap. It also means no nice ambience when everything is triggered/programmed/close mic'ed. All music gear is cheap now. Everyone is in a band. I quit my band. Do I win?

While purchasing hardware/software and recording in your own home studio is a method of removing big studio costs and staff costs, recently fan funding in return for incentives has become a new way forward. Recently in the UK bands such as Madina Lake, Funeral For A Friend and The Blackout have used Pledge Music (Kickstarter in the US) in which fans contribute towards the cost of the studio in return for signed albums, special gifts and more. Do you think this method of involving fans more intimately in the creation of an album and offering them incentives to do so could be a way forward to combat the losses through piracy?

I think I saw some band on there once and it looked fucking terrible. That's only going to work if you're a bunch of pretty boys like the aforementioned and some stupid bitch is going to spend her Dad's money on a signed snare skin. What a bunch of cunts. Everyone else fucking manages. It's disgusting. They should be ashamed.

In the United States from 1999 to 2009 there was a 17% fall in the number of people hired as a musician and in Europe, while not directly musicians, the estimated number of jobs likely to be lost due to piracy in the creative industries will reach 1.2 million by 2015. Do you worry as an artist that you will ever be swept by this wave and be forced to leave the industry you love in order to provide a better living for yourself?

The industry provides no living for me and it never will. I enjoy playing guitar. I enjoy playing gigs. I enjoy that a handful of people enjoy what I do too. This is as far as it needs to go for me really, if you ever think you'd have to STOP doing music then you're an arse. I make music for my enjoyment first, but obviously would never stand in the way of making money from it.

When you consider the industry previously to the time before the internet and to now with the internet in full swing, what do you see for the future of the industry?

Well, they fucked up recorded music, now live music is getting fucked by stupidly expensive ticket prices with overpriced bars and shit festivals. I hope it dies. I don't really give a fuck what happens now. This is why we can't have nice things. Bon Jovi was right. Steve Jobs killed music. Let's hope he dies soon.

If I was a dog oh boy then you'd know what was what let me tell you that for certain boy oh boy

2011-05-18T04:42:00.000-07:00

Hello, Leo from The No Made Sense Band here. I'm actually going to talk about the band today. Fancy that? Put your trousers back on ffs.

So as you may know, we totally finished recording our second album. Then we totally mastered it. So now we need to totally release it.

BUT

Whilst we sort all that shit out, it seems only fair that you guys get to hear something, so MAYBE we'll chuck an entire new song online incredibly soon.

BUT

I need you lovely people to send me footage of your dog/s first. You have a dog, right?

"UK census information and mid-year population estimates of the number of households and the average household size in 2006 in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were used to estimate that UK households owned 10.5 million dogs in 2006."

That's a fuck load of dogs. Seriously. Can you imagine how many dogs that is? I'm trying to imagine 10.5 million dogs and once I get to about 70 dogs my brain won't let me imagine any more.

So please, film your dog/a friends dog/any dog regardless of who owns it. Then fucking send it to me. Once I get enough clips of dogs, you bitches get your song.

FAQ

I'm only really skimming over this post and haven't been paying attention, what do you want?

A short clip of your dog. Like, a couple of seconds will do, but more is cool too.

Does it have to be funny?

No. Dogs are inherently funny, so it doesn't matter what they're doing. Just some hot dog-on-cam action, please.

Why do you want dog footage?

For a promo video for the new song. Which you can't listen to until we have a video. And we have no budget for a video. But you have dogs!

Phase 1: Collect dog footage

Phase 2: ?

Phase 3: Profit

Which file type is best?

I don't fucking know. I'll worry about that later.

When you see 'FAQ' written down do you say 'fack' in your head and do a lol?

Only sometimes.

Where am I sending this to?

Email it to leodennett at gmail dot com

You're such a prick by putting your email address like that, I suppose i'll fucking piece it together myself then?

If you could, thanks.

'Dog' is 'God' backwards, isn't that strange? Kinda random if you ask me. LOL do you think God is really a dog?! Like, when he barks there's an earthquake and when it's raining it's actually dog slobber!? OMG!

God does not exist. All life is meaningless and you will no doubt die alone, penniless and in absolute agony.

By sending you footage am I giving you the right to fuck about with it and put it in a video, and I can't suddenly get all cunty about it?

Yes. Don't worry, I'm not going to flash the word 'rapist' when your dog appears. Even though he's a right rapey little bastard. Where the fuck did he get that from, I wonder?

Are you asking me questions now?

Fucking looks like it. Shall we wrap this up?

Yes. Shit, that isn't a question. Um. Yes?

Twat.

London Calling diverts to answerphone

2011-01-09T09:06:00.000-08:00

As some of you are aware, I live in London. When I say 'I', I am of course, referring to 'me'. 'Me' being me, obviously.

LONDON. LON-DON. LARN. DEN. However you pronounce it, it means only one thing. Lundon.

One of the best things about living in Londen is the fact there's lots of things to see and do. That is probably two of the best things. It's a short list but A BIG CITY. So to save you walking around like the annoying twat of a tourist you no doubt fucking are when you come to my city and start fucking pissing about going ooh what's an oyster card do I stick it up my arse what zone is my arse in I have prepared a handy guide to some of London. The first installment will cover some of my favourite trendy little eateries/eatoriums that the guide books won't tell you about! *winks* I say first installment but really there is no second installment and I've already run out of material did I just ruin the magic oh well i'm sorry

Cupcake Your Life Away - E1 4RK

Everyone likes cupcakes, right? Wrong. I love cupcakes. So when I stumbled across this gem of a shop, I whooped so loudly the lady in front of me fell down a flight of stairs. I didn't stop to check she was okay but luckily she landed flat on her pram at the bottom so I figured she'd be alright. Upon entering the premises you are greeted with cupcakes of all colours; red, blue, original, classic, green, dark blue, and blue. The cupcakes cost £7.35 each and are served on plates, on tables, and use of the chairs is included in the price. My time here was fantastic my only complaint is that the cupcakes are too expensive and the seating area outside got a bit noisy with all the paramedics and ambulances and people telling me I pushed her which I fucking didn't you cannot prove that I did push her.

Taste my Slice - NW3 WTF

'Taste my Slice' is pizza, with a difference. Instead of ordering from a menu (pah! Menu? I'm here to eat things not to read things, right? If I wanted to read things; and I really don't want to read things, I'm even struggling to make all these words appear in the right places as I type; then I would go to a library and i'm not a dick like you are) you are shown to your table next to a conveyor belt. A never ending stretch of pizza dough travels on the belt and it's your job to add the toppings! In front of you are several tubs of sauces (with paintbrushes to paintbrush the sauce on) and a whole range of toppings ideal for use as toppings on a pizza. Cheeses, meatses, even fruit if you're the sort of cunt who thinks it's acceptable to put fruit on a pizza and don't fucking start with your well a tomato is a fruit actually also a peanut is not a nut it is a legume because well just don't. Now here's the clever part; the conveyor belt leads the pizza straight into an oven! Now don't panic, pizzas love ovens, and go all crispy and cooked in the ensuing excitement! Once the pizza has been cooked alive; screaming and blistering; it comes out the other side of the oven (still on a conveyor belt) and takes a route parallel to the belt of uncooked pizza, back right next to your table. Now all you have to do is furiously stab at the cooked pizza in the vain hope you are able to cut bits off to eat! Forget about finding the bit of pizza you made, by this point someone's awful child has put crayons under the cheese and smashed a half pint glass of Coke Zero into the pineapple slices but it's all part of the experience.
For dessert there is 3 scoops of Neapolitan ice cream and a postcard from an elderly man holidaying in Tunisia.

The White Horse's Arms Swan Horse and Crown Red Lion & Lettuce - M8 STFU

This pub is situated on a tugboat in Camden. It's like any other pub except they don't do crisps, or lager, or beermats, and it's a tugboat. Also there is a man on the tugboat and he doesn't like me because I wee'd on the side of his tugboat last month and now he shouts at me when I see him I don't like tugboats anymore. His tugboat smells of wee.
Families and children welcome, beer garden and play area for the kids at the back.

That is the end of my presentation I hope you enjoyed yourself if anyone has any questions then ask them now no good well okay then can I sit down then Miss

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BONUS FOOTAGE NEVER BEFORE SEEN ON TV REMASTERED II: WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT

THE TUBE

London bloody Underground, where -do- you get off? The answer is, of course, at the station closest to the location you wish to end up at. My favourite stations are:

Cockfosters
Grange Hill
Heathrow Terminal 4
Ickenham
North Pisscunt
Poplar
Epping

A few rules when travelling by tube:

1 - When on the escalator, stand to the right. This way, when people who still think it's entirely acceptable to use their fucking legs at some point in the day want to get past, they can walk up/down the left hand side. If you stand on the left-hand side or block it with your luggage/ugly girlfriend you are a useless cunt. I don't even need to be telling you this.

2 - Don't hold the doors open. You utter This is the very last tube train that will ever run ever and I am in such a hurry to go shop in Primark I will absolutely refuse to wait for 80 seconds for another tube to arrive prick. And sit in the fucking spare seats too. And move further down into the carriage, you astonishing tosser. Guess what? You will still be able to get off the train at your stop, regardless of how packed it is. Stop being a dick.

3 - Don't sit on other people's laps without prior permission.

SEX!

2010-09-06T19:35:00.000-07:00

Now I've got your attention, here's a story about FUCKING

EXCLUSIVE

Wayne Rooney is today in the centre of another shitstorm with his marriage truly on the fucking rocks, after Leo Dennett from comedy prog rock band 'No Made Sense' revealed the repugnant soccer man paid him for sexual liasons "loads of times, I reckon".

Speaking through a large cardboard tube like the one you'd deliver a poster in, Leo Dennett (also known as 'Loose Leo' the sick shit) revealed yesterday how Rooney sent him text after text filled with lewd suggestions, unabashed emoticons depicting various sexually charged facial expressions and 'lol's even when nothing funny had been said.

"We first met in a bar in Manchester when I was loitering outside the disabled toilets pretending to adjust my trousers; he seemed spellbound and started doing pretend keepy-ups with a pretend ball whilst licking his lips. A girl like me knows when she's being courted so I played some Katy Perry tracks on my latest smart phone and ran my hands through my hair like in those sexy shampoo commercials.

"Unfortunately I had to rush off soon after because the toddler I was supposed to be baby-sitting wasn't replying to my texts and I couldn't remember if i'd left the charger out or not. Before I left, Wayne wrote his telephone number on my knuckles with a Sharpie and insisted he see me again.

'Loose Leo', shown here with his pimp.

"The next week we met in an Etap hotel and he gave me 50 euros before getting a rucksack out filled with props. His favourite game was dinosaurs; he would dress up as a T-Rex and make me call him 'Tyrannosaurus Rooney', taping his forearms back so his elbows were sticking out like little arms. After he tired of stomping around i'd read him Jacqueline Wilson books, stroking his stupid potato face until he fell asleep."

"Sometimes I just like to lie down"

Dennett, who on facebook is shown to 'like' 'HUGE DESSERTS AFTER DINNER!' and 'gEt ovEr it, U r such a idyot!', also claims the international sportsballer invited him back to his fucking huge house, wherever that is. Texts alleged to have been sent range from the cute "Get ova here mi wife is out i wnt 2 b a dipladocus xoxo tb" to the bloody filthy "my cok is rele big lol go on i hav moar euros wot dnt u wnt dem?!".

Coleen Rooney is said to be heartbroken after discovering once again her man is in scandal-town but conceded "Well I was pregnant at the time and I didn't want his grotesque thing jabbing my unborn kid in the face. He's not doing me in the shitter either, if that's what you're about to suggest."

These legs go all the fucking way up, bitches

However, despite being paid several hundred euros for getting their bits all filthy like, apparently whores have morals.

Dennett defended herself, saying "Sure I was implicit in what will probably fuck his marriage up, sure I took his money and said I wouldn't tell anyone, but he didn't say don't tell everyone. Also I wanted new shoes.

"He's a real slimeball for wanting me to go back to his house. That's just too far. Honestly I looked it up on Google maps and I told him 'I'm not cycling that far, not for 50 euros, not even for 75 euros'. He just ignored that what he was doing would hurt Coleen so much. I would never wish that upon anyone. I would feel terrible if I was her. It's such a sorry state of affairs. I couldn't bare it anymore though. It was eating away at me every night. I really wanted these new shoes."

Wayne Rooney was unavailable for comment this morning, his spokesman claiming "he is busy wanking into bins".

Hey!

2010-08-24T09:35:00.000-07:00

Hey! Oh my god! How are you?! Look at your hair! Oh my god! Shut up! How are you?! No way! What? Oh.

Today I am writing this blog for two reasons.

REASON NUMBER ONE

There's not been a post in a month.

REASON NUMBER TOO

I am bored. BoredBoredBored.

It would seem sensible perhaps to mention what No Made Sense have been doing these past months, so perhaps I will mention that.

WHAT NO MADE SENSE HAVE BEEN DOING THESE PAST FEW MONTHS by Leo Dennett Form 7IPB

Well basically as has already been reported, all the music was done in June over a weekend, but chronic throat-rubbishness has stuck a right ol' fucking spanner in the works, meaning vocals are still yet to be complete, which is looking like it might push the release back. This is, of course, rubbish, but the album is so bloody good you'll cry. This does also mean that we might break the cycle of going SHUTUP THATS LOADS OF TIME IM NOT STARTING THAT NOW DONT BE A DICK then having to rush everything last minute. We probably still will, of course.

We're starting to get some footage together of the creation of the latest album, studio footage, rehearsal footage, talk-candidly-to-the-camera-about-which-band-member-pisses-you-off-the-most-footage, that sort of thing. There is also footage of the 08 tour with CiLiCe and IFWF knocking about which is largely redundant except for the fact some of it is hilarious.

So in short, we admire your patience.

As a present here is a picture of yours truly in front of 3 awesum stacks and i'm really rocking out with my guitar I hope you like them stay true to metal forever \O/ YAY Lol

MOAT MUST HANG

2010-07-16T03:17:00.000-07:00

"If the technology were available, i'd move that Moat be brought back to life, have his eyes removed and given to PC David Rathband, then be required to spend 700 years (yes there is immortality technology involved too just go with me on this) tidying up Rathband's house and putting the bins out, that kind of thing, and also he has wear clothes two sizes too small for him. And a trilby." Rebecca Bromley, Manchester

"Death is too good for Moat, we should all kill ourselves too then join him in Hell and make sure he -really- suffers. Maybe put things up his bum too." Daniel Labrador, Newcastle

"If you rearrange the letters in 'Raoul Moat', add some more letters and take other letters away, you get the words 'Shotgun Mentalist' which tells me the Home Office have really dropped the fucking ball on this one. Actually was he born over here? Raoul sounds a bit 9/11 doesn't it?" Melanie Ray aged 6 and 1/2

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I have to say how fucking tedious it is when the media uses facebook groups as a reflection of anything, ever. Facebook is designed so that connecting; making friends, 'liking' things, telling people what you had for lunch etc, is all just a few keystrokes/mouse clicks away. Conversely, acts like removing facebook friends require you to first spot the adverb in an Arabic haiku then win a game of tic tac toe where the computer gets the first two goes before finally getting to the necessary screen.

The point i'm making is, joining a group takes all of 1 second, and requires no real effort or thought beyond "lol i'm on facebook". So if 100,000 people join the group "I Hate Jam So Much!", can we expect 100,000 angry protesters to march down to Tiptree to smash up some loganberries? It's not likely, and that's not just because loganberry jam is delicious.

So, over 35,ooo people joined the facebook group 'RIP Raoul Moat You Legend'. BROKEN SODDING BRITAIN. How many of these people genuinely believe he is a legend?

Q. Who actually, entirely, and utterly believes that a man who shoots three innocent people, killing one, and blinding another, is a legend?

A. Nobody, really.

I would imagine the group comprises of three different types of people:

1) 'LOL u r kiddin me a rip moat page i am so off the wall tho im gonna join dis group so my friendz r like "Jade u r 2 much! lol" dats juts me tho wysiwyg'

2) 'Wahey, all police are cunts aren't they?! Can't believe he evaded the pigs for so long wahey what a bloody joker! Pure LEDGE in my book mate dousanothercarlingmate'

3) 'The world/internet is full of reactionary tosspots and by feigning support for Moat I can get some of you Daily Mail-reading spastics to foam at the mouth, bang your fat fists on your keyboard and get all angry because your life is devoid of any meaning or expression and you fail to see the irony in telling me you'll shoot me 'in the face with a fucking shotgun' for not agreeing with you.'

So, if a meeting were announced tomorrow in Trafalgar Square, celebrating the life and times of Raoul Moat, how many people from this facebook group would turn up? Do these 35,ooo+ people all log out of facebook chat, make colourful signage and have unabashed interviews with the BBC detailing just why they think he's a legend?

No. So can people stop pretending that these thousands of people have had a detailed analysis of the facts, numerous conversations with peers looking at both sides of the argument, before reaching the conclusion that yes, Moat = Legend?

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This whole Moatfacegate also raises two more issues. Firstly, freedom of speech. David Cameron can piss off whining at facebook and get back to fucking up the country for everyone; there is nothing illegal about the page and there wouldn't be such a furore over it if the papers didn't shove it in everyones faces as they have their morning tea and loganberry jam on toast. It's in poor taste sure, but just let it slide down peoples newsfeeds and into obscurity, christ. Freedom of speech can be a contentious issue when people go beyond such sentiments as "puppies are brilliant" but i'd argue a facebook group calling a dead man a legend is far less damaging than one which actually spreads and incites fear and hatred (of which there are loads, with far more members than the RIP Moat page). Well done to facebook for just being all 'whatevs' about it.

The other issue is that instead of dusting off our hands, rocking on our heels and pulling our braces forward going "well that's the end of THAT chapter" we should still remember that Moat is a man gone mental, and that we should be looking at what went wrong, and how we can prevent similar events in the future. In dialogue with police and social workers he requested to see a psychiatrist, which I can only assume didn't happen. Also, what was done when he was released from prison for them to be confident he was going to try to rebuild his life, not take others with his own?

Ordinary people don't go around shooting other people in the face but it would be ridiculous and all too convenient to think that all murderers have latent madness to be called upon after they've killed. "We always knew he was going to do something like this" "He always seemed a little peculiar, didn't he?" These are the sort of things people say afterwards. I recall a few years back when some man was arrested on suspicion of killing several prostitutes. Quotes from co-workers and old school friends painted him as a real oddball, and made really quite nasty remarks, all based on the belief he was a killer. There was no apology from them or the press when it transpired he had nothing to do with it, but it just goes to show how easy it is for anyone alleged to have committed a crime to have unflattering pictures posted of them with a crazed look (a drunk photo lifted from facebook, natch) and testimonials from people who knew you, saying you were always a mental cunt and this was a long time coming.

In closing, Moat done gone done a bad thing, and facebook isn't news.

I guess this is why chief says no hugging

2010-07-14T02:18:00.000-07:00

Helloyou

I thought i'd already done a blog with pictures from recording but I haven't. Effort.

Sorry for the lack of updates, we started recording the album the same weekend I moved back up to London, which was also the same weekend Super Mario Galaxy 2 came out (which i've only in the last day been able to start playing, grumble) so i've been hella busy, and have no internet in my new pad (yes it's a pad there's cushions and sex) because BT are quite incapable of moving our contract over, so fuck em, right in the cunts.

So recording then, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Guitar Tone.

We bashed out most of the tracks in the first day, then the rest on our second and final day at British Grove Studios. Recorded all the music live, was much more fun than taking turns recording our bits to a click.

There are many more photos, but I don't have them right now.

So with the music all down, it just remains for me to finish off the vocals. I'm working with Justin again and have had a couple of sessions to explore what is going to work best for this album, and final tracking will occur next week at some point, then it's just mixing/mastering and the album is complete!
There will be more photos/videos of the recording process up soon, but i'm at work so ugh just wait.

L

New Made Sense

2010-06-03T04:45:00.000-07:00

LOL if I had a platinum album every time I made that pun I wouldn't be here pandering to you bastards.

HAI,

Seeing as in the last year or so we've gotten uglier I thought it only fair you got to see what sort of cunt you'd be dealing with now.

Introducing: SUPER NO MADE SENSE WORLD CUP 2010 RACING 64

Joe Battimelli - Electronic Bass

"Don't listen to the strings i'm playing, listen to the strings i'm not playing"

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Leo Dennett - Rock Guitar

"My unique playing style reflects my inability to develop proper technique"

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Sam Ward - Drum

"I'm not saying they've taken all our jobs, but they fucking have, haven't they?"

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And there you have it. Recording in nine days. NINE DAYS. NYNDAZE.

I've Not Been Well Enough

2010-06-01T08:03:00.000-07:00

So today is the 1st of June, which means we have 11 days to get our shit together before we go into the studio to record the follow up to last year's The Epillanic Choragi. Don't get too excited though, because we have totally sold out.

"Let's get some burgers"

2010-05-24T09:23:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I forget that the world is full of ignorant cunts...

Only joking, I am reminded every day

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This post hasn't even been up 24 hours and the website changed their links, obviously not a fan. If these images don't show then just go to http://www.chick.com/catalog/tractlist.asp and despair.

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Look Up

2010-05-20T06:33:00.000-07:00

YEEEAH YEAH YEAHYEAH YEEEAH YEAH YEHYEAHYEAH

demonstraaaaaate this to me

So demoing didn't go entirely as planned, you forget everything takes a fucking age to set up so we only had enough time for a couple of takes of '68' before pissing off back home again. Nevermind, it was good for everyone to feel the heat of the 'record' button again as a warm up to what we'll get up to at British Grove in a few weeks.

Yesterday I recorded the guitars for '68' at our practice space then we got down to some good old-fashioned rehearsing. I got my Jaguar sorted out over the weekend (hai coiltap) and put some fucking huge strings on it. It were teh beefs.
Joe and I have finally got all our desired equipment (ampage, guitarage, pedalage) so it's just a case of tweaking some knobs and stuff now.

Here are some pictures anyway, me and Sam both turned up to practice wearing Basick shirts, but what are you gonna do? Zactly.

I ain't no joke so you should get a pen and write yourself a little note so you don't forget again

2010-05-17T02:11:00.000-07:00

Hey Youtube!

Today we're going start recording demos for the new album; drums and bass today, guitar and vocals in the week. We'd record all together but there's not enough room in the car for the ridiculous amount of gear we have amassed recently. In other news, everything's on schedule for when we hit the studio proper in June and we have finalised the ten tracks that will make up the album and it flows like a mother.
Will try and get some pictures up in the next few days, so keep checking back.

L

Another Album So Soon Like You Fucking Deserve It

2010-05-03T04:31:00.000-07:00

We are pleased to announce that we are hitting the studio (in the face) on the 12th of June 2010 to record the follow up to last years debut, ‘The Epillanic Choragi’. Providing everything goes to schedule the album is due for a Winter release via Basick Records.

We will be filming the preparation and recording of the album (current working title – YEAHYEAH) so expect to see some footage, clips and reports of how it is all taking shape over the next few months.

We are really excited about making this record, even though it's probably going to piss a lot of you off.

Cheers then!

No Made Sense