By accident I’ve stumbled on an exciting new development in waste recycling. Some of you might be interested and maybe even be able to take further steps into what is, as far as I know, AN UNTAPPED RESOURCE.
It began a few weeks ago in a Chinese restaurant when my family and I were lamenting the stingy portion of rice we had just polished off. Looking hungrily across the room at the other diners and their barely touched plates of food, it seemed outrageous to have to buy another. And so – for a bet, I bravely challenged my reckless wife to approach another table and simply ask for any uneaten food.
Not surprisingly she did it, and it was interesting to watch the sour reaction of the fellow who did eventually oblige but only after asking that his elderly mother be allowed to finish what she wanted. Perhaps we should have waited a bit longer but nonetheless we had succeeded in avoiding potential food wastage.
Last weekend King Curly played at the Blue Mountains Music Festival and while having diner in the RSL venue onsite I told my band mates this incredible story. Needless to say they were excited and began devising strategies to get food (Chinese again – I like Chinese) from the tables of other less needy folks. It was suggested that since my stage outfit made me look like a waiter I could just ‘clear’ other people’s plates away without attracting attention – but that had integrity issues which didn’t agree with me. Instead I approached a group of overweight children dining lazily right next to us while their father was at the bar getting a drink. Children being children, they responded enthusiastically to my sad story saying they expected to have a vast quantity of leftovers, which they would bring over soon.
It seemed like a success and so we waited expectantly. But children being children FORGOT ALL ABOUT our arrangement after their father returned shortly thereafter and we were forced to pay for our own food
And once again a great deal of good food made its way to the kitchen bin. What a waste. How can we change the world – I think this should be right up there with developing electric cars etc.
I have 3 items of interest this week.
Firstly and most importantly – The song for Shannon Noll is now complete.
And whilst it has deviated from the original specs so hopelessly that it is now almost certainly unusable for Shannon we are left at the very least with a fine King Curly tune.
Maybe I will send it to him anyway just in case his minders mistakenly imagine it pertains to Shannon’s childhood/hometown. The point is:
WE WERE TRUE TO OUR WORD.
AND THE JOB IS DONE.
Next – happily, we’ve received enough correspondence and invitations regarding “Dooomsday Piano” to warrant a a further tour which we will call:
“DOOMSDAY 2″
The promotional image to the left is intended to evoke a beer-stained coaster trodden underfoot in a sleazy dive, advertising the not-in-demand services of an unsuccessful but high-minded stripper whose burlesque antics are designed to highlight awareness of the impending apocalypse.
After much focus-grouping, we settled on this image as one that everyone could relate to.
Details can be found in the GIGS section; more gigs to be announced over the coming weeks.
And finally – another ongoing project. Brother Greg and myself will stage a musical theatre piece called ‘Vanpark’during the course of this year. It is the long awaited refinement of a brilliant script which Greg has been fiddling with for ages and which we have even staged to some acclaim a year or so ago in Port Kembla, staring Michelangelo and Pip Branson of the Black Sea Gentlemen amongst other talented people.
Music design and quality control will be handled by King Curly.
It is extremely hard to get Mr Steve Appel to grace a gig with his August presence.
In my capacity as Mr Creighton, up until now I have attended a very few gigs with Mr Appel. I relate them in bullet point as follows:
* 1999 Don Walker (The Basement)
* 2006 Don Walker (The Vanguard)
So one can readily imagine my surprise and delight when Mr Appel readily assented to:
* 2007 The Handsome Family (The Basement).
Though we both share a weakness for songs about Bottomless Holes, I refused to believe it until it happened, but happen it did. The Darling Downs had the support slot, though the magnificence of their set belied that monicker. I kept stealing sideways glances at Mr Appel throughout both acts and am happy to report –
* HE LIKED ALL OF ‘EM!
Is it pathetic to compliment a band after their set? Answer: Yes, it is. Nonetheless, I quiveringly complimented both Brett and Rennie before running away like a coward as usual – and had I seen the Darling Downs about I would have embarrassed myself likewise. Possibly Mr Appel could be enticed to share his views provided we receive 50 Stamped Self-Addressed-Envelopes by Tuesday.
