This is what I get for joking about being bedridden! I'm back in the land of the living for the first time in nearly a week having picked up a really filthy cold just after making my last post. A while back I did something similar, boasting to Carolyn that I never got colds and my immune system was impervious to all disease- on that occasion it took me less than 24 hours to come down with a really hideous throat infection. This time I've been getting dizzyness and headaches and running a temperature and having wierd delusional dreams about maths. It didn't seem like a big deal to start with, so I did a couple of rehearsals with Carolyn for an acoustic slot we had booked for last Thursday, and in doing those I completely destroyed my already raggedy-edged voice, and for the first time ever we had to cancel the gig. Apologies to anyone who came along to see us, and thankyou. In other Betika-health news: I have given Lexi and Imogen the gift of my cold, Rich was still in mump-quarantine last week but should hopefully be safe to attend rehearsals this week, Carolyn, Martin and Chris all seem to be okay.
We've recorded the last instrumental part on the last song! The last bits we did were Martin's horn on "Dormitor" and Chris and I playing some unison/octave lead/twang guitar on the same song. Now we're going to take a short break to let my voice and everyone's sense of perspective return before doing the final vocals and mixing, hopefully in a couple of weeks or so. In the meantime I'm going to be doing some more SK5 stuff- it's strange, but the four of us have hardly spoken since the last time we played, which would've been before Christmas, we've all been locked away in rooms somewhere working on new stuff with our respective "proper" bands. We're doing a set on Monday 28th at Destiny, completely unrehearsed, which is very much in the spirit of the project, and will attempt to record it as always- speaking of which, we'll have some copies of "Utility Soul Shambles" with us on the night, if you'd like to hear it, come and ask one of us. Chris will be doing his Little Boat thing too.
