Hi folks, time for the October newsletter....
If you are visiting for the first time, Welcome and thanks for stopping by! If you’ve been here before, thanks for hanging in there. You know I love you.
If you'd like to know more about the best steak sandwich and the worst coffee, then scroll down. If you are after the latest music news (sort of the point of these things really...), then here it comes:
Only a month to go now till we are launching ALBUM NUMBER 3! There’s a great 10-piece band all ready to go, and it’s shaping up to be a big big night of music. Why not grab yourself a ticket to the launch party so you don’t miss out – they are going like McDonalds hotcakes at 10.29am…
“THE ARENA” ALBUM LAUNCH. SUN 8TH NOVEMBER.
OXFORD ART FACTORY, SYDNEY
38 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst.
With special guests Ten Thumb Tom and Lanie Lane.
Doors open 7.30, Music from 8pm.
Tickets on sale now!
http://www.moshtix.com.au/Event.aspx?id=30239&pLock=&vip=&skin=&ref
The Album will be officially released in stores and online on Fri 6th November. If you can’t make it to the big launch party, then there are a plenty of other shows to choose from. I am travelling right round the country in fact – Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane and a whole bunch of places in between. If you’ve got friends anywhere nearby, then feel free to drop them a line to let them know I am coming through. (And while you’re at it, if you wouldn’t mind asking if I they had a spare bed…..). For detailed information on the upcoming dates, then best to check online:
www.myspace.com/rennyfield
www.rennyfield.com
For those of you who don't like to click on links, here is the rough guide. Plenty more to come:
Wed 4/11 Lizottes, Kincumber, NSW
Fri 6/11 Red Bar, Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Sun 8/11 Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, NSW
Mon 9/11 Phoenix Bar, Canberra, ACT
Tues 10/11 Ruby’s Lounge, Belgrave, VIC
Thurs 12/11 The Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC
Fri 13/11 William Farrer Hotel, Wagga, NSW
Sat 14/11 Locomotive Hotel, Junee, NSW
Sun 15/11 Pure Pop Records, St Kilda (3pm), VIC
Sun 15/11 The Evelyn, Fitzroy (8pm), VIC
Tues 17/11 Republic Bar, Hobart, TAS
Wed 18/11 Irish Murphy’s, Launceston, TAS
Thurs 19/11 Grace Emily, Adelaide, SA
Fri 20/11 Swan Lounge, Fremantle, WA
Sun 22/11 Velvet Lounge, Flying Scotsman, Perth, WA
Fri 27/11 Kings Hotel, Bathurst, NSW
Sat 28/11 Oriental Hotel, Mudgee, NSW
Sun 29/11 Hotel Orange, Orange, NSW
Wed 2/12 Brass Monkey, Cronulla NSW
Fri 4/12 The Loft, Chevron Island, Gold Coast, QLD
Sun 6/12 The Troubadour, Brisbane, QLD
Mon 7/12 The Rails, Byron Bay, NSW
Wed 9/12 Guru Food Café, Bellingen, NSW
Thurs 10/12 Raval, Sydney, NSW
Fri 11/12 The Baroque Room, Carrington Inn, Katoomba, NSW
A nice little road trip for Sydney-siders in the last week of November which might be worth considering - Bathurst/Mudgee/Orange - always a lot of fun out West of the Blue Mountains. The outback is good for the soul.
I am still posting a track each week from the new album, plus a little blog about the song. This week I am up to No. 9 – Exploring – it’s an old favourite and a few of you have probably heard it before…
www.myspace.com/rennyfield
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AUSTRALIAN STORY
You may be interested to know that some of my music (the track "Flying") was used on last week’s episode of Australian story. I have no idea how it got there – I am guessing probably an administrative error of some description – but hey I checked it out online and sure enough there it was. A moving piece of television about the aftermath of the black saturday bush fires which is worth a look (with or without my music).
http://www.abc.net.au/austory/specials/herbeauty/default.htm
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MOLLY MAE:
As I mentioned last month, the first single from the new album is now available on iTunes. There's also a bit of a review that someone was kind enough to write - apparently they didn't mind the song. Jump online and check it out if you so desire, and you could even try hitting the "buy" button if you're feeling adventurous. I like to think it's worth at least $1.69, considering it took me the best part of a year to record it...
Of course, if you can't figure out how to buy it online, you could always ring your local radio station (or a national one with a fondness for the letter J) and see if they'd play it for you. That way you'd get to hear it for FREE! Now that would be a good deal.
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THE BEST STEAK SANDWICH AND THE WORST COFFEE IN NSW
“What’s this all about?” I hear you ask. Well, I used “Rocktober” as the subject line for my newsletter this time last year (and probably the two before that) – I figured “The best steak sandwich…” was probably a little more interesting. And would you believe it, I actually did have the best steak sandwich AND the worst coffee all in the one day. Last Saturday in fact, really it was quite a treat.
The Steak Sandwich – well you could argue for and against it being the “best”, but on account of the fact that the diner (if you could call it that) in Stroud Road* (that’s the name of the town, not the street) is the only place in the State brave enough to advertise (on a big sign out the front) “The Best Steak Sandwich in NSW!”, then you’d have to give them the prize. Sure I have tasted better I suppose, but this was a fresh-cooked home made classic – a true Steak Sandwich in every sense of the word. Right down to the thick-diced steak, the lightly toasted tip-top white bread, the greasy onions that were cooked in a pan that has never really been cleaned properly, the black-and-gold BBQ sauce AND, most importantly, the little Aussie flag on a toothpick holding the whole thing together. Because let's be honest, that's the key to an authentic country-made steak sandwich - the little Aussie Flag - it wouldn't have been the same without it. Plus I asked for some fresh lettuce and tomato on mine, and the lady in the shop was more than happy to add the extras free of charge! In fact, the Stroud Road Steak Sambo is SO GOOD that they have even placed ANOTHER sign about 150m further down the road that reads:
“GO BACK! For the best steak sandwich in NSW”.
That’s the one that got me, I’ll admit it. I have managed to ignore it in the past, but on this occasion the pressure was simply too great. And the curiosity for that matter – it was worth a U-turn – that tiny little building in Stroud Road, how on earth could it have the best Steak sambo in NSW? Well folks, it just does. Because it says so.
*NB – You may be interested to know that “Stroud Road” is about 10 mins away from another town called “Stroud”. Sometimes it’s best not to ask questions.
As for the Coffee, well that wasn't in Stroud Road. I won't bore you with too many details (I've already done a pretty good job of that I think...), but let’s just say that it involved a late-night drive back to Sydney from Newcaslte, a 24-hr Mobil service station in Charlestown, a dodgy instant Cappuccino machine which only managed to fill half of my cup, and an over-zealous service station attendant who decided to charge me for TWO coffees because I hit the button again so I could leave the shop with a full coffee rather than just half a cup.
“That will be $5.90 sir”
“But it’s says $2.95"
“Yes, but you pressed the button TWICE.”
Sort of reminded me of that old Seinfeld sketch:
“You dipped the chip, you took a bite, and you dipped again!”
Suffice it to say, it was an argument I could not win. The evidence was on Camera you see. And at $5.90, it was truly the WORST coffee in NSW. Possibly the whole of Australia, but I’ll get to test that theory on the upcoming tour. And maybe you can help me out somewhere along the way! (Although I'd be just as happy for you to recommend a good coffee as well...).
Cheers for now, and as always thanks for your support.
See you out there somewhere soon.
Renny
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