Song, by Toad

Yes indeed it is finally that time, and we are about ready to kick off Song, by Toad Records.  Click on the flyer (right) for more details.

Basically we’re going to have a silly great party at the Meridian in Leith (basically head down towards the Foot of the Walk, and it’s on the left in that run of low red buildings) and I’ve invited some of my favourite bands to join in the fun.  I’m also going to be giving away about twenty or thirty free Song, by Toad compilations to the first arrivals, with sampler tracks from our own label as well as hopefully some contributions from Toad pals like Bear Scotland and Fife Kills.  Basically, it will be a bloody good CD, and I’ll do a nice cover for it too.

Celebrity Chimp are coming up from London, partly because Andy is also in Nightjar, which will be our first release.  Meursault are playing because a/ they’re fucking brilliant and b/ we’re looking to do a 7″ release with them later in the year.  And last but not least The Byrons are playing because, erm, well just because they’re fantastic really.

We’ve got the bar until 1am too, so there’ll be plenty of good music.  I’m going to try and steer clear of moaning indie rock too, however cutting edge, and ask a good friend of mine to make a Motown compilation, I’m going to ask my old mate JC from The Vinyl Villain to put together a rarities and oddities compilation, and there’ll be some good old circus mayhem music as well.  We may even get sensible later in the night and play some normal party music, but I kind of doubt that somehow.  Where’s the fun in that, eh?

So pass this on to your friends and please do come down and support us on the 14th.  It’s going to be tremendous fun, and I can’t wait to see the Chimps live.

Celebrity Chimp – Swingers
Meursault – The Dirt & the Roots
The Byrons – Azerbaijan

Fucking YESSSSSS! Get in! Result! Cover me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians! Your favourite inebriated amphibian has been working the refresh key on his computer harder than even during last night’s porn festival, but Tom Waits tickets have been scored for his July gig in Edinburgh.

I’ve seen Tom once before, during the Mule Variations tour in Boston, and the very fact that I happened across those tickets at all was something of a coincidence. He played London a couple of years back and I couldn’t even get through to the box office before they announced that they’d sold out ten minutes after opneing.  So I ended up missing out but I did nearly, nearly shell out £400 for a ticket on eBay, before bottling it at the last minute.

So this time, two dates in Edinburgh, I was refreshing my page frantically from 9.54 and managed to snag a couple of tickets for Sunday 27 July. Fucking brilliant! That’s my achievement for the day, I am just going to sit back and try and recover from the adrenaline.

I know there were a lot of Toadlings in that particular queue – how did you all get on?

Tom Waits – In the Colosseum
Tom Waits – I’ll Be Gone
Tom Waits – Altar Boy