#Fletch Towell Band

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DEPECHE MODE: THE CONCERT IN PASADENA

To Hal Morris

1988. Four blokes from Basildon, England, are about to put fire to the Rose Bowl Stadium of Pasadena, CA. In the air resonates the heady, obsessive, hypnotic instrumental ‘Pimpf’. The event has begun. Gigantic curtains of light colors, transluscent, hide and show the performers. 70 000 people, young people for most of them, have paid their ticket to hear and see a band which is not their compatriots, far from there, and for Dave, Martin, Alan and Fletch, they’re not home either. But it’s a wedding night. England and America. Like the Beatles in their time. I’m sure each people at the Rose Bowl that night secretly knew they were crossing a line after which there was no coming back. Depeche Mode’s birth date is that June 18th of 1988. And Depeche Mode is nothing else but a revolution in the history of music.

Second title: the dry beat of ‘Behind the Wheel’ plays as the perfect support to the introducing of the amazingly deep barytone of a young man, Dave Gahan. All dressed in white under a black leather jacket, he will soon demonstrate his skills as one of the sexiest, most appealing lead singers to have burst on the scene. The transe will last for more than two hours. Some of us never went down of it…

After Pasadena, Depeche Mode will have reached the pick of the few millions copies sailing groups. They’ll turn the world after each album in stadiums or huge concert halls. Despite the dramatic accident of Dave Gahan with drugs, in 1993, and Alan Wilder breaking up in 1995, the three left Depeche Mode – Dave, Martin, Fletch – maintained their success at its highest until now.

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Photos by Anton Corbijn : DM with DA Pennebaker, who made a film from the concert and on its fans; Martin Gore, who became the almost unique songwriter of the band after Wilder’s departure; ‘101�� – Après Mode, Dave Gahan hiding his face behind a towel.

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Fletch Towell Band Come On Now Baby Captures Audiences

Fletch Towell Band Come On Now Baby Captures Audiences @FletchTBand #newmusic

  Chicago band Fletch Towell Band released ‘Come On Now Baby’ a highly-energetic rock song with funky rhythms and infectious harmonies. The band delivers unblemished instrumentals that capture the audience with bold presence. “Come on Now Baby” is unlike any other performance you’ll ever get to experience as the band has created their own unique hybridization of genres which span the scope of…

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Tagging: @charliebradbury1104 @avasmommy224 @jalove-wecallhimdean @waywardjoy @sdavid09 @arryn-nyxx @manawhaat @mrswhozeewhatsis and anyone else who wants to take part!

1. drink? port and lemonade

2. phone call? the last one was My Nanna

3. text message? Wayward Whatsapp Fam

4. song you listened to? Papa Was A Rolling Stone - The Temptations

5. time you cried? Leaving a family friends house, cause who knows when I’ll see them again... :(

6. dated someone twice? Like on a date or dated, dumped, dated... what?

7. kissed someone and regretted it? Nah, well... right after the kiss, yes, but now, no.

8. been cheated on? Yep

9. lost someone special? Yep 10. been depressed? Yes 11. gotten drunk and thrown up? heh heh ... yeah

favorite colors 12. Green 13. Blue 14. Watermelon Pink

in the last year, have you… 15. made new friends? Heck yeah

16. fallen out of love? Nope

17. laughed until you cried? Daily

18. found out someone was talking about you? Umm... yes but in a good way.

19. met someone who changed you? Hell yeah.

20. found out who your friends are? Most definitely

21. kissed someone on your facebook list? nooooope

general 22. how many of your facebook friends do you know in real life? All but one, i believe.

23. do you have any pets? One puppy (10 years old) called Jed

24. do you want to change your name? Nah, sure it’s annoying when traveling but...

25. what did you do for your last birthday? Had a belated “party” at a bowling alley

26. what time did you wake up? 0915

27. what were you doing at midnight last night? Watching Love Island (i can hear you Brits judging)

28. name something you can’t wait for: Inspiration!  and seeing my mum and dog and brothers.

29. when was the last time you saw your mom? November 20th... :(

31. what are you listening to right now? Midnight in Harlem by Tedeschi Trucks Band

32. have you ever talked to a person named Tom? Yes, that little alfalfa!

33. something that is getting on your nerves? Someone in this house is a serial sniffer, and it’s KILLING ME! Also they clear their throat, but don’t, so it’s like an Umbridge noise coming from a male. grrrrrrrr

34. most visited website? Tumblr, for sure

35. hair colour? Brown and a deep garnet in the light?

36. long or short hair? Long

37. do you have a crush on someone? Uhh, yeah, I think I always do, unattainable or not!

38. what do you like about yourself? My friendliness... if that’s a word.

39. piercings: Two piercings in each ear.

40. blood type: O negative I think

41. nickname: Jess, Dora, Wild, Fletch (if I worked with you when I was 15), hey!

42. relationship status: Single and oh so attached!

43. zodiac: Scorpio

44. pronouns: She/her/it

45. favourite tv show: Supernatural, SoA, Orphan Black, 800 Words

46. tattoos: two (both acquired in the last 4 months)

47. right or left handed: right, but put a paint brush in my hand and I’m ambidextrous

48. surgery: Tonsilectomy

49. piercing: this is already in here.... I’m gonna put a diff one in here, WORD: amazing

50. sport: AFL, Hockey (i need to start playing again), Tennis, Cricket, Gymnastics, Diving

51. vacation: If this move isn’t a vacay... USA; LA, Vegas, Disney Anaheim, Palm Springs, Santa Barbara, Orlando Universal

52. pair of trainers: black pair from Primark (really comfy)

53. eating: Choc Banana Nougat

54. drinking: water

55. i’m about to: take this towel off my head, get dressed and go buy a box

56. waiting for? a wee

57. want? home

58. get married? I hope so

59. career? Producer, but I’d love to be a Paramedic

60. hugs or kisses? Both please

61. lips or eyes? Eyes

62. shorter or taller? Taller.

63. older or younger? Older

64. nice arms or nice stomach? Nice Arms

65. hook up or relationship? Relationship.

66. troublemaker or hesitant: Bit of both.

67. kissed a stranger: nope

68. drank hard liquor: Yea

69. lost glasses/contact lenses: Sunnies, yep

70. turned someone down: I think so

71. sex on the first date: no...? are you asking if I would or have

72. broken someone’s heart: puppy love kinda heart, yea

73. had your heart broken: Oh god yes

74. been arrested: nope!

75. cried when someone died: oh my word yes

76. fallen for a friend: Who hasn’t?

do you believe in… 77. yourself? Yeah, I’m living and breathing and when I look in the mirror, I’m there, hard not to believe in me!

78. miracles? in a mix with karma, I think so.

79. love at first sight? Or do you want me to walk past again?

80. santa claus? Ha! I’m 27 this year and Mum would still have me believe Santa gave me the cat when I was 5. So when it comes to my cat, yes, everything else, no!

81. kiss on the first date? Yeah, go on!

82. angels? My Noki is one

other 83. current best friend’s name: Brendan, Dawn, Carolyn, Jensen

84. eye colour: Hazel (changes daily)

85. favourite movie: This Is Where I Leave You

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¡Viva la Cuba! A Canadian Family in Cuba

¡Viva la Cuba! A Canadian Family in Cuba

So the TTT Family made the trip down south to Cuba for the Easter Break (Wednesday to Wednesday).  We don’t normally travel this time of year, and we hadn’t considered Cuba as a destination, but (I will condense this greatly) I won a radio contest for a trip for 2 to Cayo Coco. This trip for 2, while free, morphed into a trip whereby:

Mrs. TTT says the following things, “We HAVE to take the kids!!!” [me -”Really?  Do we?”]; “They’ve never been to Cuba!” [me - “So?”]; and my personal favourite, “We would be so bored without them!”

[me - ]

We have to take 4 days off each without pay,

Because we have 3 kids, the resort needs us to get a 2nd room,

Because the flight left early in the morning and returned late at night, Dug the Dog needed 2 extra nights at the “Canine Retreat” (fancy word for kennel).

Needless to say, this was the most expensive thing I’d ever won.  Maybe that anyone has won. But life being short and busy, when the day came to go it was the perfect time to go.  Now because most of you are in the great U.S of A, it is not a stretch to say that you may not ever make the trek to Castroland, so allow me to give you some of the highlights and lowlights of this trip.

LOS BUENOS PUNTOS -

First of all, the weather.  We had to scrape the snow and ice off the van the morning we left.  We had more snow in April than any other month this winter. Makes you wonder why we live where we live.  After a four hour flight we step off the plane to this:

Let's start the drinking RIGHT AWAY!

Gorgeous.  Beautiful. Every day was 32 to 34 degrees Celsius (not going to convert it for you Yanks).  It rained twice, once early in the morning before we got up and once in the middle of the day for 20 minutes.

Secondly, the people.  Super friendly.  Cayo Coco is exclusively a “resort town” so the men and women working there were very attentive and making sure we had a great time.  Tipping Hector a couple of pesos to bring the deck chairs to the beach and Javier for making the meanest mojito in the place. We felt welcome and safe the whole trip.

The drinks.  Let’s just say I got #drunj a few times and move on…

This was my last mojito...number 31 I think...

Watching movies in Spanish...when we were out of the sun in the late afternoon, I watched “Fletch” and “Rain Man” in Spanish with no subtitles.  The kids thought I was crazy, but I enjoyed it very much. The voice actor who does Chevy Chase sounds exactly like him!

Los Lakers…

Finally, and most notably, the beach.  This was by far the nicest beach I’d ever seen.  The water was various colours of green and blue, and my son said it best when he explained, “Dad, you know when you swim in the ocean at home and you are cold going in and freezing coming out?  Here it is neither,”. I thought that was well-said. From the mouths of babes.

This is just a small sample of what the beach was like:

Early evening

Daytime walk

Nighttime

LOS PUNTOS MALOS -

The “entertainment”.  Now, we didn’t think much of this, as we weren’t there for that.  The two nights we stayed up to see it, they had a “rock band” that actually wasn’t too bad but played a very weird Beatles medley (the lead guitar wore weird hats and jorts).  They were called “Dharma”, so I thought it was either a nod to the show “Lost” and the Dharma Initiative or the way more horrible “Dharma and Greg”, where Jenna Elfman was nice to look at but that was about it.  Just like this band! Maybe that is where the name was decided.

“Dharma...not coming to a town near you”

The food.  Everyone told us that we would experience the Cuban food as a bland mix of mystery meats and weird desserts.  Now, we did not go hungry, and we didn’t get the Revenge (which was a concern), so that was a victory. We did really enjoy the bread, made fresh and warm every morning.  They don’t have the same condiments as we do, so the Kraft Peanut Butter making the trip was a saviour for my boys. We even saw some families with their own Nutella. As for the desserts, they all looked great yet tasted the same.  Meh….blah…

-tastes like chicken...

And honestly...that’s it.  Mrs. TTT didn’t find the room as clean as she would have liked, but for kids and I, it was just a place to flop.  We weren’t able to change our towels every day, and you had to pay for the WiFi and use it in the lobby. Very ‘First Worldy’-type problems that were not really problems.    

So, I give the trip a 4.5 out of 5.  Would we go again? Maybe, but I would like to convince my bride to leave the kids behind this time…

EL FIN

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Feb 4

At least with Tumblr I can remember I did the grey paper Goff Barbie yesterday and tried some other grey paper art and wanted to try some Grease 2 but had to make up the sleep I didn’t get the night before. I must have done busy work somewhere.

It was the kind of day where my brain had to filter Fletch, Fred Savage, Erasure, and Elmer Fudd in the same video. The first “house” I was in was crowded and cluttered and disrespecting something precious to me, the second one was someoneelse’s where I was ignored. 

Thing is I worked with Fred Savage in my past, in that we were on the same set but only saw him in passing, and I’m older than him. I was short but had 3 feet of honey blonde hair I couldn’t wait to chop off. I spent a better part of my earnings on NKOTB so it was all good. 

And I’m just a few pages away from finishing that sketch book I’ve bene using since 2009 as I ended up working out a few ideas for ideas. 

And more food for thought that Porl/Pearl Thompson is just an old fashioned cross dresser and being a lady is just a state of mind-I read that Porl was all for wearing his Boys Don’t Cry dress on stage for ever and ever and ever, look at that ruffle and have you seen how it twirls!, but Robert insisted on the suits. 

Because this is what happens when we don’t have a dress code. And you thought I was going to put up one of Pearl’s fabulous 4 Tour outfits.

Fu#k yeah cotton? Fu#k yeah cotton! We’ll discuss why Simon has 2 belts on later. Or maybe they’re talking about their kids and adorable things they’ve done. Or when Uncle Robert takes the kids somewhere does he give you the right ones back? 

Actually it’s just a gratuitous shot of Simon’s bum :P

I had enough thought about the roadie story to note where I left it typed up incase I hammer out some more handwritten parts. I think I’m going o have him spend some time with the childhood friends band and they might be subtly trying to train him to replace a member they’re not sure is going to stay or not. Just ideas for now. 

I started reading Becoming Batman and hopefully I’ll get in to it. I have a lot of reading I want to do. 

Saw a biracial lady on that long lost family, the one who says “I know her” on seeing a picture of her birth mother, that has similar features to Martin Gore. Not saying they’re related. Her features, close together eyes, shape of her nose, big ears, wide mouth, pretty much came from her African American father’s side of the family. If Martin had closer to his daughter Ava’s skin tone or even darker he’d look like a member of that lady’s family. 

Laundry day today, someone has to wash my towels.

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Fletch Towell Band Records Come On Now Baby Live at Underground Wonder Bar Chicago

Fletch Towell Band Records Come On Now Baby Live at Underground Wonder Bar Chicago @fletchband

If you are needing to be re-energized after a tough week, then Fletch Towell Band has a great, feel-good tune in store for your listening pleasure. The Chicago-based indie band decided to switch things up a bit from their usual studio recordings and by popular demand decided to record their song “Come On Now Baby” Live at the legendary Underground Wonder Bar Chicago, a hub for live music…

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Indie Music LIVE! 19 - The Ben Cote Band, Fletch Towell Band, Walcot - Promote your music NOW http://ift.tt/2eyWU7g

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Indie Music LIVE! 19 - The Ben Cote Band, Fletch Towell Band, Walcot - Promote your music NOW http://ift.tt/2eyWU7g

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Indie Music LIVE! 19 - The Ben Cote Band, Fletch Towell Band, Walcot - Promote your music NOW http://ift.tt/2eyWU7g

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Indie Music LIVE! 19 - The Ben Cote Band, Fletch Towell Band, Walcot - Promote your music NOW http://ift.tt/2eyWU7g

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Indie Music LIVE! 19 - The Ben Cote Band, Fletch Towell Band, Walcot - Promote your music NOW http://ift.tt/2eyWU7g

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Indie Music LIVE! 19 - The Ben Cote Band, Fletch Towell Band, Walcot - Promote your music NOW http://ift.tt/2eyWU7g

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Indie Music LIVE! 19 - The Ben Cote Band, Fletch Towell Band, Walcot - Promote your music NOW http://ift.tt/2eyWU7g