I miss the band...

[Stu]

...we were fuckin' good on the rare occasions we weren't fuckin' shite eh? Shame I couldn't stick around to work on being fuckin' good more often.

It was all fun though. From 'Time After Time' being on everywhere I went to living the lifelong dream of smoking a fag and playing a song at the same time to that absolute shambles of a performance on the radio (where I lived another lifelong dream of singing a song about boobs on the BBC), my endless 'technical problems' *ahem* and that funny night in Motherwell where Boab didn't realise his guitar was unplugged and we were all too wasted to care... always a good time.

*sniff*

</nostalgia trip>

REUNION GIG!

Seriously though people keep asking when I'm starting a new band over here but I honestly haven't met any Canadians like Cuff, Scruff or Boab. Baws tae the lot o' them, stoopid Canadians.

Do any of you baw hums even post on Alternative Nation anymore?

[Stu]

*crap Canadian joke*

Instead of Minus3, I could start a new band over here called Minus 35 Wi' The Wind Chill.

I also miss the spring. It's fuckin' cauld oot, here.

[Cuff Daddy]

Baws, Im just back from prague, where its feckin colder than that !!!!!!!!!!!

CHINNY FAGS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Stu]

A'ight, where the motherfuck did my motherfucking Little Willy post go?



I know I'm not mad, eh.

[Stu]

Ah, I see now, I just read about the database crash.

Forbes must die. I alone am best!

[monkey star]

I have a little willy

[Stu]

Curiously, I already knew that.

I'm still on your mailing lists, Bryan... you keep sending me email for gigs I couldn't possibly go to no matter how much I wanted to...

[Posh]

Originally Posted by Stu

I honestly haven't met any Canadians like Cuff, Scruff or Boab.

They broke the mould when they made me... Deliberately.

Originally Posted by Stu

and that funny night in Motherwell where Boab didn't realise his guitar was unplugged and we were all too wasted to care... always a good time.

That was bizarre . I felt like I was in the Stones that night with all those freaky Motherwell kids asking me for my autograph and stealing my plectrums. They must be pretty hard-up for entertainment out in those parts.

[Stu]

What I loved most about that gig was your random shout-outs to people who weren't even there...

Hey Posh, fancy a trip to the Opera House in Toronto to see Strapping Young Lad on April 20th?

Lovin' the Singles sig, by the way. Matt Dillon was hawt in that movie.

[Stu]

Heh... that gig we're talking about must have made an impression, for some reason I wrote about it in my journal not once but twice...

Originally Posted by Stu's Auld Journal

Gig was strange. Me and Posh thought it was dreadful. Cuff didn't say much, but seemed to enjoy it. Jamie seems to think it was pretty good. People (even complete strangers) kept telling me they loved it. No idea what to make of it... all things considering (no rehersal and shit) it probably went quite well. I suppose I had a fun night anyway, hung out with lots of cool people, had a few laughs. Guess I shouldn't stress about the night too much, some cool people said some cool things to me tonight so I guess I should enjoy it, even if I do want to spend some more time with all the cool people I like spending time with instead of having to sober up and go to work in the morning.

Summing up the night: really cool, but strangely wrong. Can't explain that. "Post-gig state" I guess. I get it even after the best of gigs, I think it's because "real-life" kicks in after the last song.

A later post on the same subject...

Originally Posted by Stu's Auld Journal

On reflection, I'm quite chuffed at last night. By far not the best performance we could have put on, but under the circumstances I think we done good, didn't get any negative feedback from anyone other than Posh and myself, but we're in the band so that's OK. Good stuff, can't wait to put on a tight performance in the Cathouse later this month.

Funny/stupid things coming back to me... opening with the usual Damnations intro into Powercut Tuesday, except me forgetting about the Damnations bit and attempting to go straight into Powercut, oops (I don't think anyone noticed... great start), introducing the band as "This is Jim, he's Jim, this is other Jim and I'm Jim, we're Minus3!" (don't ask, because I don't know), me deciding that every song was going to be called 'Beyond The Pink Curtain!" (said in a cheesy metal voice every time), unexpectedly using the "let freedom ring with a shotgun blast!" roar instead of what the vocal break bit in Time After Time is supposed to be like (much to the amusement of the band more than anyone), Cuff repeatedly calling me "Baw Hum" before explaining in graphic detail to the crowd exactly how to hold a man's cock to administer a humming and saying it's like a hairdryer for a man with sweaty baws, realising that "punk rock" rhymes with "stunt cock" before informing the crowd that 'Downer' (which Posh dedicated to people who hate their jobs) is a some "punk rock about my small stunt cock" (then, of course, calling the song "Beyond The Pink Curtain"...), Posh pulling his guitar lead out but not realising until Cuff told him, me having numerous technical issues with my guitar (damn... at least I didn't stop singing. Best get it fixed...), getting everyone cheering to the word "tits!", Cuff and Posh dedicating everything to everyone (especially Posh, I wouldn't have been suprised if he started dedicating songs to chairs and stuff), doing the "Lemmy" voice in the fast bit of 'Club' only to forget the words and keep singing the same lines over, Cuff explaining the enigma of getting a CD or ticket for £3.00 before I broke into an impromtu, improvised song ("Buy a CD, 3 pounds or less, more money off for a girl that's undressed!"...), and so on. It was all a bit of a laugh, anyway... doesn't feel like you're doing so much in that 30 minutes, it's all over so quickly, and you look back on it... man, I love this band. Even when we're sub-par, we have a lot of (childish) fun.

...'Beyond The Pink Curtain'... laughing my ass off, here.

[Posh]

I forgot half that stuff... Laughing now that I remember me and you thought the gig was terrible but everyone else (even certain people who don't like the band and really don't like me) thought it was amazing. Rum.

What I loved most about that gig was your random shout-outs to people who weren't even there...

Yeah, 'cos I'd just met Elaine and she was supposed to come along as she lived nearby... I decided her baps deserved a shout-out, but she didn't turn up because 'it was raining outside'. I only met her because Cuff had said something hilariously dodgy to her on here and now she's dating a Cherrykick and living with Jen... Funny how things turn out.

[Cuff Daddy]

What a match maker i am, I still stand by it. Shes lovely and has got smashin cans.

[monkey star]

Originally Posted by EvilRawkPosh

They must be pretty hard-up for entertainment out in those parts.

Yet in Carluke they get frigtend when you smash a bass into your singers head first song.