Posts Tagged ‘ Deserters ’

Changes Afoot

October 14, 2008
By Mick
Changes Afoot

I’ve been away for a week, removed from phones, TV, internet and the World in general. It’s been bliss. I took along my guitar, uke and micro-studio, but neither wrote nor recorded anything new. Just doodled. Sometimes that’s just what is needed. You may have noticed a couple of changes here. Firstly to the...
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HOW many?!

September 24, 2007
By Mick
HOW many?!

Yes, it was a whole 25 years since The Deserters came into being following a showing on BBC of The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine” that inspired four young and impressionable Scottish lads, with barely a modicum of musical experience between them, to form a rock band capable of performing music with as much fun and...
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Fire Engine Nudity

September 13, 2007
By Mick
Fire Engine Nudity

I came across this headline today, which reads like a collection of The Deserters‘ and The Lunacy Board‘s favourite songwriting topics:- – Woman Tries To Steal Fire Engine Half-Naked – The young lady, recently released from a mental hospital jumped on board whilst the firemen were on a call, but caught her before she...
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Inverbegnac Regurgitated

September 5, 2007
By Mick

I’ve been doing a lot of mixing of live recordings over the last few weeks, and needed a little break, so last night I messed around a bit with a couple of video editing programs to see which would be the best for the forthcoming Lunacy Board Subcommittee live video. Here’s the result. A...
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The Survivors’ Party (Live Theremin Frenzy)

August 5, 2007
By Mick
The Survivors’ Party (Live Theremin Frenzy)

It’s been a long time since I’ve been on stage, and never as a ‘solo’ act, so it was with some trepidation that I set off on the road to Bushey (near Watford) for the ‘Hands Off 2007′ Theremin Symposium. Various people have posted reports of the main event, which was a great success,...
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Going Live

July 25, 2007
By Mick
Going Live

This gig forms the grande finale of the theremin shindig I mentioned a while ago. I’ll be part of the ‘UK League of Thereminists’ playing a few structured improvised pieces as part of a ‘theremin orchestra’. There are a number of very good thereminists going to be attending, so well worth the money if...
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It Was 60 Years Ago Today

June 1, 2007
By Mick
It Was 60 Years Ago Today

Forty whole years have passed since the world first heard “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band“. A pretty good innings for a piece of pop music, ephemeral as the genre usually is. It’s not an album I even own (The White Album is the only beatles album I have on CD), but it does...
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An Ancient and Distinguished Instrument

May 31, 2007
By Mick

I came across a Yahoo group yesterday that I thought might be of interest (Novelty Music), and this morning heard back from founder member Paul Moore. Paul has a one-man-band and plays the ‘Zob Stick’ which, upon further investigation, turns out the be one of many names for what we know as the Yobstick....
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The New Yobstick

May 20, 2007
By Mick
The New Yobstick

At last, I finally got around to finishing the new yobstick. It’s quite a departure from previous efforts – lots of natural wood and more emphasis on playability instead of durability. I’ve only played it for a short time tonight, but it feels great and sounds lovely (far better than a stick with a...
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Festive Goodies

December 28, 2006
By Mick
Festive Goodies

Back in the mists of time (1985) the Deserters produced a short run of magazines for those following our music at the time. They featured interviews with members of the band, articles about the music and anything else that happened to be of interest at the time. I’ve recently come across scans of them...
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