{"id":735,"date":"2011-03-22T15:06:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T15:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kleptones.com\/blog\/?p=735"},"modified":"2011-03-22T15:06:31","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T15:06:31","slug":"smell-the-roses-smell-the-grass-old-man-winter-can-kiss-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kleptones.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/22\/smell-the-roses-smell-the-grass-old-man-winter-can-kiss-my\/","title":{"rendered":"Smell the roses, smell the grass, old man winter can kiss my&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yaaaaaawn&#8230; Winter done? Great. Yes, it&#8217;s been kinda quiet round these parts, although really it&#8217;s more a case of last year having been so goddamn busy I think. However, We&#8217;re feeling refreshed and renewed, having taken a couple of months off tune-abusing to sort out some real-life issues, and personally make my first city move in a very long time. All accomplished and acclimatised now, and I&#8217;m delighted to be in London, catching up with both old friends and new, and generally loving the sheer volume of excellent creative activity that abounds here. I know Brighton wasn&#8217;t that far away, but there really is something to be said for being in the midst of all this. Is that a novelty that will wear off? I hope not :)<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, now that Bagpuss has woken up, all his friends are waking up too, and you know what that means&#8230; yup, gig time!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kleptones.com\/images\/BootieLondon2011.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kleptones.com\/images\/BootieLondon2011thumb.jpg\" hspace=10 align=\"left\" alt=\"bootie london\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Having shook off a few cobwebs last Saturday with a brief set at the <a href=\"http:\/\/prodnews.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">People&#8217;s Republic Of Disco<\/a> in Brixton (and thanks to the esteemed PROD comrades for having me, and all their supporters who made me feel very welcome), We&#8217;re delighted to announce our participation in the return of <a href=\"http:\/\/bootiemashup.com\/london\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bootie London<\/a>! This time in Shoreditch, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootiemashup.com\/aplusd\/about.php\" target=\"_blank\">A+D<\/a> hooked in en route to a festival in Holland, the legend that is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmjoaobrasil.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joao Brasil<\/a>, Host <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/djpayrollfansite\" target=\"_blank\">DJ Payroll<\/a> and our great comrade-in-arms, and man of many pseudonyms <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpop.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instamatic<\/a> providing the opening set, it&#8217;s going to be another cracker.<\/p>\n<p>To make it even more storming for me, it&#8217;s on Friday 22nd April, which is also my Birthday, which means public displays of drunkenness and proclamations of best-frenderies may well abound. Not sure what form the set is going to take yet, as I don&#8217;t have specs for the venue, so there might not be room for the full AV experience, but sure as eggs is eggs, you know it&#8217;s going to be good. There&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketweb.co.uk\/user\/?region=gb_london&#038;query=detail&#038;event=437808\" target=\"_blank\">advance tickets available<\/a> this time too, which should please all of you that kvetched about the queue at Cargo last year. You&#8217;d better buy up soon too, because I&#8217;ve got a feeling it&#8217;s going to sell out in advance, and I don&#8217;t want any boo-hoo if you turn up and can&#8217;t get in, okay? You&#8217;ve been warned!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mamas-pride.nl\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/mamas%20pride\/images\/logo.png\" alt=\"mama's pride\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So once that&#8217;s got the juices flowing, we&#8217;re straight into festival season already, and back in the Netherlands on Saturday 7th May to appear at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mamaspride.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mama&#8217;s Pride<\/a> festival, at the <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps?um=1&#038;ie=UTF-8&#038;q=Burgemeester+Damenpark,+Geleen&#038;fb=1&#038;gl=uk&#038;hq=Burgemeester+Damenpark,+Geleen&#038;hnear=Burgemeester+Damenpark,+Geleen&#038;cid=0,0,9264317146958477613&#038;ei=862ITe6aKM6KhQeH_526Dg&#038;sa=X&#038;oi=local_result&#038;ct=image&#038;resnum=1&#038;ved=0CBgQnwIwAA\" target=\"_blank\">Burgemeester Damenpark in Geleen<\/a> &#8211; It&#8217;s a two-dayer, and completely free! The Selecter are headlining the Sunday, and we&#8217;re headlining the Saturday so really, my little Netherlanders, you really should get yourselves down there!<\/p>\n<p>Of course there&#8217;s more to come, and some new tunes and mixes on the horizon, and work on the next album, and the one after that, and even more surprises&#8230;.and&#8230; and&#8230;. Ah fuck, there&#8217;s tons of stuff coming. Don&#8217;t touch that dial :)<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yaaaaaawn&#8230; Winter done? Great. Yes, it&#8217;s been kinda quiet round these parts, although really it&#8217;s more a case of last year having been so goddamn busy I think. 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