Shut Up and Eat Your Chanteuse

shut up and eat your ehhh's

Not sure if this if this is the right place to blog about my first show, but if not, so be it, wouldn't be the first problem i've had with it! First things first, it's a little bizarre to listen back to the show and realise I have what almost amounts to a speech impediment. I sound like a guy with a stutter at the dentists, "say ahh" ... "ahhh ahhh ahhh ahhhh". Well, it's actually more like Ehhh but that sounded funnier in my head.

Wasn't Julia Doogans performance brilliant tho? If even one person got to hear that and gets into her music then it was worth it.

I should admit the setlist was pretty much decided on the day, I hope anyone who listened or will listen enjoys it though. Julia said she found the show informative, which is nice! It remains to be seen whether people will be able to cope with my continued guttural pauses to listen the whole way through, or can actually still listen while laughing their asses off. Suffice to say, i'll be working on getting rid of that particular quirk. If all else fails, we'll try aversion therapy, i'll get Nick to smack me with a hammer every time i do it (starting with a small hammer perhaps up to sledgehammer depending on the effectiveness, tho that would probably also make me go AHHHHHH!)

After all that, the gig at night with Emma Curran, Julia Doogan, Gillian Christie and Kat Healy was immense. About 80 people came along, whether any of those people had heard the show or not, we all had a bloody great time! Putting like with like together is definitely the best idea when it comes to the gigs, and in doing so if it exposes me and you to new music, all the better.

Finally, i'd say i've learnt from the experience. Not to leave show preparation to the last minute, not to assume that just because Nick is a qualified engineer that he'd find working the desk easy peasy (tho I was just getting in his way sometimes), to not wear any clothing that will make it obvious i'm a sweaty mess (the studio is a furnace) and finally, I should maybe have listened to some kind of a recording of myself before deciding to host a radio show.

Now tune in next week to hear if i've eliminated my speech impediment. Same bat time, same bat channel.

Gary McKenna

Posted at 16:52, 18th September 2009