Well, here we are, Friday morning. I have so much to do today that I don’t even know where to begin. I also feel pretty excited.
Aside from tonight (the Braithwaite CD launch – be there or be…. Some place not as fun?) it’s my cousin’s birthday tomorrow and I’m looking forward to catching up with my family again. I plan on spending Saturday playing drums so I’m excited about that, too. I have a creeping suspicion that I have something fun to do on Sunday too, but I’m not sure what.
I finished watching Bruce live at storytellers and just before I started to watch it again I wondered why we don’t do anything like that over here. I know we had the Max sessions a little while ago but it all comes back to the same thing I guess – Australia doesn’t treat their musicians and artists with the same respect that America does. It’s an unfortunate thing and slowly we’re seeing progress. It’s so hard for these guys to get airplay for new stuff that it drives me crazy. Triple R and PBS are great in what they do and there’s a certain joy in not knowing what you’re going to get or how long it’s going to go for, but to try and get across to the average listener that Normie Rowe hasn’t just done a Coles ad since Shaking All Over or to hear any of Russell Morris’s new cd, despite it’s success on the iTunes chart is so much of a struggle that there is more chance on me going up to Daryl after tonight’s gig for a congratulatory hug than hearing something from Russell Morris other than The Real Thing or occasionally Sweet Sweet Love on commercial radio.
Anyway, I’m going to end my rant now before I start to get really frustrated. Have a nice day and who knows what miracles await us tonight.
help me, calliope 