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Posted by Doctor Lucid, 12:20, 4th September 2003:
 


Dude! We're such rock stars! That's me with the bass. (Guitar, not fish).
Posted by cal, 12:30, 4th September 2003:
 
you look like a hippy
Posted by Doctor Lucid, 12:32, 4th September 2003:
 
t'aint nothing wrong with that!
Posted by friday, 12:34, 4th September 2003:
 
did u count how many people in the audience who were picking their noses??

just random thoughts...

looks like u had fun!
Posted by beargod, 12:34, 4th September 2003:
 
I thought You were a hippy doc, with the fork and the eye instance
Posted by frankie, 12:46, 4th September 2003:
 
Is that a bandana or are you receeding? :D
Posted by Victor Menendez, 12:55, 4th September 2003:
 
Rock And Roll Baby!

(apart from the band name)
Posted by cal, 13:32, 4th September 2003:
 
i think it looks bandana-esque
Posted by Doctor Lucid, 17:43, 4th September 2003:
 
No, we're called "Can't Snorkel", not St. Albans Madness. St. Albans Madness was the festival.

As regards Frank's bandana question, a little bit from column a, a little bit from column b...
Posted by Victor Menendez, 18:21, 4th September 2003:
 
wow, just one tiny spelling mistake and you could be a completely different type of band.
Posted by Doctor Lucid, 19:22, 4th September 2003:
 
What mistake?

Unless you're being crude about the apostrophe...
Posted by frankie, 22:25, 4th September 2003:
 
Change the 'a' to a 'u' maybe? That's all I can see.
Posted by Doctor Lucid, 23:53, 4th September 2003:
 
That's what I meant, and it's crude. Not that we're not. But I'll be darned if we sink to that level.
Posted by friday, 06:15, 5th September 2003:
 
well done Doc, whens ur next gig?
Posted by frankie, 09:27, 5th September 2003:
 
Who are those other people in your band? What do you sound like? We need more information Doc
Posted by cal, 09:36, 5th September 2003:
 
any mp3s online?
Posted by Doctor Lucid, 11:57, 5th September 2003:
 
Oh hell, I tried to answer those questions, and it crashed my browser!

I'll try again.

Friday; Not sure. Some time, hopefully.

Frank: That's Stevo with the tight blue trousers. He plays guitar and sings a bit. That's Paul with the microphone. He's the lead singer. We were going to dress him all up in flourescent clothing and give him glowsticks, but we forgot. That's Alex with the sunglasses and the big poofy hair. He isn't in the band, but he was introducting us. It's a pretty cool photo though. Me and Alex were getting on the bus to London Colney the other week, and this old man on the front seat was saying; "Ohhhh, I didn't realise Woodstock was at London Colney this year.". That was cool.

What do we sound like? Um, well, I can't play bass very well. We were billed as lo-fi indie grunge played by a team of idiots. But I'd like to think the Can't Snorkel sound is a bit harder to pin down than that.

MP3, I'll see what I can do. But I'll post this message first in case it crashes my browser.
Posted by Doctor Lucid, 11:59, 5th September 2003:
 
Go, Gokan, Go

Don't know if this'll work. Hope it does. Look out for my harmonica solo.
Posted by ilovebeerme, 12:06, 5th September 2003:
 
Far out.
Posted by beargod, 12:07, 5th September 2003:
 
HAHAHAHAHA had you met up to practice or actually write the music before performing?

Its cool though doc :)
Posted by Doctor Lucid, 12:09, 5th September 2003:
 
Yes, we did!

Once.
Posted by Victor Menendez, 12:12, 5th September 2003:
 
Excellent.
Posted by cal, 16:55, 5th September 2003:
 
wow. you are really really bad

your harmonica playing is better than your bass playing. i'll give you that. i think your bass is out of tune. or broken?


"the thing that makes my life complete, is his massive rotating pillar of meat"

inspired
Posted by Victor Menendez, 19:08, 5th September 2003:
 
wow, way to build him up cal.
Posted by angel_mouse, 23:27, 5th September 2003:
 
heh... my friend dom did a lot of the tech for St Albans Madness.
Posted by Doctor Lucid, 00:29, 6th September 2003:
 
Oh my god! You know Dom! Dom's pretty cool... he did all the Sound Engineering on the first night. I've never seen one kid have so much sound engineer equipment.

It was cool because when we were organising St. Albans Madness we couldn't get any sound engineers in or anything like that, and then Dom turns up and does it for us. Biggest stress of my year, every year, St. Albans Madness.

The bass is both in tune and working. It's just by that point I'd abandoned any attempt to play the right notes at all. But it's not about the musical ability. It's about the lyrics. And the fact that we tried.
Posted by cal, 11:56, 8th September 2003:
 
The lyrics are utter genius. UTTER GENIUS.

I'd sign you up if i were a record label.
Posted by Victor Menendez, 12:42, 8th September 2003:
 
I like the inspired way you rhymed 'Thrifty' with '1.50'
Posted by Doctor Lucid, 14:40, 8th September 2003:
 
Well, look out for the "Can't Snorkel, Live at St Albans Madness" CD and DVD to be released soon!
Posted by Doctor Lucid, 14:51, 8th September 2003:
 
Six in a mini
Posted by Victor Menendez, 15:57, 8th September 2003:
 
sorry doc but compared to Go Gokan Go, Six in a mini sucks.
Posted by Doctor Lucid, 16:55, 8th September 2003:
 
it's a different type of song, alltogether!
Posted by frankie, 17:57, 8th September 2003:
 
I think Six in a mini had some nice parts to it. So are these songs based on real experiences Doc?