December 14, 2009 Concert on Saturday
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So, there we go, time has come, our first ever self-organised concert. Long’un too, it’ll be a bit over 90 minutes.
I do not know how other performers are with ticket sales expectations, but I was really pleasantly shocked how fast we sold out the evening gig and had to put tickets up for sale for the afternoon one, that was originally planned to be press only.
It’ll be a milestone in many respects.
We never have played a concert an evening only on our own, either we’ve been supporting or we have been supported. This time our only support will be a 90-minute long mix of pop songs I put together last weekend. There will be songs by my eternal favourites as well as by the guest artists.
And then the concert. The program, the order of the songs is completely different from any other we’ve ever played, but right now, as an excel sheet it looks rather fine. We’ll play songs we never have before, such as the second part of You Are A Lover titled You Were A Lover, where the narrator’s friend is trying to come back. Will they manage?
We’ll also play Winchester Geese, a delicious song for harp and vocals, see my 25th September entry on the geese and their story.
And we’ll also play a song, which is VERY recent and is called ‘Hard’. Hard in what sense? 
It’s a response to Poniklo’s song on me.
Hungarian audience have not yet heard our Song of the Sick, which we planned to play at Sziget, but then the overhearing of other tents prevented us. This is the time.
On the other hand, for probably the first time we’ll not play Messiah. I’ve always had issues with the lyrics of that song, so I won’t shed a tear. Neither will there be Pago-pago. Not even if you demand it screeching at the end. (Try us.)
And I have also put my Edwardian morning-jacket to the wardrobe, and selected (on a very painful and nerve wrecking trip to malls) bright colours. If you saw us at the Academy of Music, you got the idea.
So. Are you coming?
September 14, 2009 Move out of your childhood.
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So, as it happens, we needed some bookshelves in our new room and as it happens, there are plenty of them in the room I grew up. So as the best solution: take shelves off your ex-room and move them over to your new one.
If it was this simple.
Boxing your books from the shelves inevitably puts little memories in your hands as well as a lot of dust, and to bare the walls, taking the shelves off makes you feel like breaking up. Perhaps it is time to dettach from that time. Perhaps it is a nice coincidence with the few events that can be counted as growing up. I don’t know. But still. The bare walls. It’s a bit painful.
no comments.July 17, 2009 Guys That Died comic!
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Okay. So here we go. Exciting news.
On our London concert, 19th August, you will have the great opportunity to take a fantastic tragi-comic to your hands drawn by Howard J Hardiman to the lyrics of our song, Guys That Died. It’s a lovey 12 page booklet with 12 drawings. And it’ll only be ………… ₤2.50, too!
You’ll need to be quick, though, as it’s limited to 100 copies and there will be no more of them!
no comments.July 14, 2009 mr2 Akusztik & Night of the Museums 20th June setlist
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we played the below songs on the night of the museums:
1 intro
2 meteor
3 two days
4 messages
5 heroes
6 guys that died
7 what do you know
8 devil on your shoulder
9 angel’s secret
10 protector
11 regi zongoram
12 messiah
13 no one has ever
14 overture (w Bocskor Biborka)
15 you are a lover
16 the first day
17 szivnagyobbodas
18 pago pago
on the concert recording at mr2 we played as below:
1 intro
2 slow down
3 what do you know
4 messages
5 the first day
6 alfred’s lovesong
7 devil on your shoulder
8 two days
9 protector
10 regi zongoram
11 mindig van remeny (w Bornai Tibor)
12 angel’s secret
13 deja vu (ft Agnes)
14 guys that died
15 messiah + no one
16 overture (w Bocskor Biborka)
17 you are a lover
18 szivnagyobbodás
19 pago pago
20 szomoru vasarnap