AcoustiCalendar Final Song #52 ANOTHER YEAR

First of all I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas as we now free fall into the end of 2015. This year will always mean a lot to me, as most of you reading this will be aware of my AcoustiCalendar project. On January 2nd 2015 I set myself a target of writing and recording a brand new acoustic song every week! This wasn't going to be easy but I was in no doubt it was achievable. The mention of this to some around me caused a few raised eyebrows as to whether this could be possible. But here we are 52 songs and 52 weeks later and  I can hand on heart say I am fiercely proud of every single track written, recorded and released this year bar none! Thank you everyone who has followed me on this project and downloaded and listened to these songs over the year. Also a big thanks to Clemmy Scotswood and Jill Bee for the excellent artwork and making sure every track has been available for download every single Monday evening of 2015. I'm gonna miss the creative urgency of a Monday afternoon/evening, but this won't be the last you hear of these tracks believe me. This is just the beginning. Also don't forget you can buy AcoustiCalendar 13.1 from www.logozworld.com/shop 13.2 will be released in early 2016 with 13.3 and 13.4 following swiftly after. We are also in the embryonic stages of the AcoustiCalendar Book with the stories behind the songs with accompanying photographs from Mr. Scotswood.

So the track of the project is ANOTHER YEAR. Another year almost over and a new one set to begin. A reflective snapshot of a year in the blink of an eye! Resolutions, hope, regret, doubt and optimism all wrapped up in an uptempo uplifting acoustic melodic stomp! Also this is the first track to feature percussion this year as I début my tambourine skills for you all :)

So for the last time this year you can download this track from www.logozworld.com/52 If you could please join me in spreading the word for one last time by downloading, sharing, retweeting etc and seeing if we can make this the biggest hit of the project this year! It's only takes a minute to do and it's FREE!!! Also if any of you have missed the odd track then please do message us here.

Let's celebrate this! Another year!

Cheers

All the best

Peesh X

NeVeRMiNd THe mOnOcLeS! Its me and Mr. B / AcoustiCalendar Song #50.

Friday December 11th saw me play my first Solo acoustic gig since late September. This was back on familiar stomping ground at The Tavern in Blyth. But this was no regular gig lads and lasses, for tonight I'll be opening for the aristocratic rapster himself Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer. If you've never come across this gent before he describes himself as Chap-Hop which is now considered a genuine genre these days. Other similar artists leading the way are Poplock Holmes and Dr Watts-on as well as Professor Elemental who he had been locked in a mock feud over the years. This was recently settled by guest appearances on each other's Albums. It's all Perrier water under the bridge now! So basically this was no easy slot as the packed Tavern crowd awaited their moustachioed pipe smoking hero. After a less than satisfying sound check and before I'd even had time to introduce myself to Mr B, who was enjoying a spiffing Chinese meal next door, it was show time. The stage area had been decorated splendidly with a fetching carpet rug, a clock, a Christmas Tree and an old fashioned stand up lamp. Jolly nice indeed. Tonight I decided to shake it up a bit and I opened with INTERNET BEST FRIEND a tongue in cheek stab at the selfie obsessed anti social mediaists in us all. It was an inspired start, as the mixed Blyth crowd were digging it! As my set wore on my confidence grew and there was great banter too, you could smell a good vibe in the room. I even saw Mr. B stroking his 'tache and nodding his head in appreciation. I even debuted my yet to be recorded Xmas AcoustiCalendar Song, which will actually be next weeks track. I closed the gig with OLD PUNKS NEVER DIE complete with ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES outtro which went down great! A very satisfying set, it felt great to back in the acoustic live saddle again, and to go down so well just topped it off for me personally. Mr B was one of the first to congratulate me as I came offstage "Great set, well done old chap". Within minutes the man himself was taking to the stage armed with his banjolele and iPad backing tracks. The now alco soaked crowd swarmed to the front as The Gentleman Rhymer kicked off with a Festive ditty from his new Christmas Album. The chap hopster delivered to his adoring crowd in a very entertaining fashion and his in-between song patter was addressed with typical impeccable etiquette! At one point he slipped into the Beastie Boys classic 'You gotta fight for your right' but hilariously altering the words to "You miss two classes and no homework, the teacher preaches class like he's some kind of nincompoop" haha if you don't know that song then that'll probably be lost on you, but I was pissing myself laughing! Other highlights included the ridiculous 'You Just Can't' with the infectious singalong chorus of "you can't rape a goat these days, it'll end up on your Facebook page" and the sublime 'I saw your father beat a man to death in Tescos'. All done in the best

Mr P & Mr B

possible taste of course. By the end of the night the place was literally bouncing! Everyone had came out for a great night of entertainment and left knowing they'd had exactly that! And to be a part of this event was just great! Sometimes it really can be that simple. Even at the end of the night the feedback from the crowd for my set was still resonating as people chatted and shook my hand and congratulated me on a great gig. Personally this was a very satisfying nights work. Check out this cool video from the night:

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Cheers to everyone who came down and contributed to a cracking evening of chap hop meets punkoustic bloke pop! 

Thanks as always to Clemmy Scotswood and Jill Bee. Also big up to Vince Race for putting on this top event and asking me to play. What a night! 

Also you can now see the NEW video for HELLO LONELY right here:

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The video pretty much documents LoGOz live and studio shenanigans over the last 18 months! Hours and hours of footage condensed into 3 minutes of punk pop delectation for your viewing pleasure! Expertly filmed and edited by Clemmy and Jill. Do let us know what you think :)

So on to Monday and I now reach the half century for the AcoustiCalendar project with Song #50 WORRY RIVER. This is a bit deep for this time of year and is about the constant river of uncertainties and doubt that flow through my mind #serious :)

Don't worry kids it's Christmas Song time next week so get ya crackers at the ready! As ever you can download the song for Free from www.logozworld.com/52 

The season is upon us :)

Thanks for reading!

Cheerz

Peesh X

LoGOz - Riverside Rebellion Review / AcoustiCalendar Song #49

Saturday December 5th saw LoGOz back at the Westgarth Club in Middlesbrough for our slot at Riverside Rebellion festival. With some seriously dangerous high winds  this made the drive over a little hairy to say the least! But we pulled up safely at the venue in good time windswept and excited! As we made our way upstairs to the main event room the next band were just about to kick off. This turned out to be KEYSIDE STRIKES with their angry menacing heavily political left wing hardcore, these guys are not to be messed with! After their set we headed back downstairs for some fresh air only to be greeted by the most rancid stench known to man emanating from the Gents! Christ this was enough to make your eyes water and your stomach churn! So the solitary drinker potential stinker who sat alone in the bar must have been regretting last nights Ruby Murray! Anyway enough of that I'm just talking shit!

Back to the music and it was WELD who were up next. Still in the embryonic stage of gigging, the lads delivered a solid 35 minutes of post punk grunge riffola. 

After making a nice dent in the backstage food and drink spread, before we knew it we were up onstage for a quick sound line check. Within minutes the whispering Bob Harris voiced sound guy was giving us the thumbs up to go for it! Kicking straight into LONG TIME DEAD we sounded viscously tight! The crowd seemed to be expanding by every song and other band members on the bill were popping up at the back like meerkats to see what all this racket was about! We were hitting full stride having a blast as phone cameras flashed as strangers cheered and clapped and we lapped it up! Just over half an hour later it was time for our last song, as I announced this would be LoGOz last gig..........of 2015... Before I finished that sentence a few gasps went up in the crowd, as well as from a concerned Paul haha! As we bowed out with a frantic MEXICOLA we celebrated another successful afternoon at the office! Afterwards we mingled with the crowd and chatted, snapped photos, sold merch as the bands played on, almost oblivious to us by then as the Christmas spirit was well and truly flowing! Huge thanks to Mr Steve Harland at Big Figure Promotions for organising this great event and for putting us on. As we drove out of Middlesbrough not even annoying delays, roadworks and a bit of a magical mystery detour could take the shine off another cracking gig for the band! 

This week now sees my AcoustiCalendar project now hit Song #49 with THE WAY WE USED TO BE. This was written last week and was inspired by the song WHEN WE WERE YOUNG by the band WHIPPING BOY. This was a track requested on my Psycho Radio Show by tireless LoGOz co-ordinator Jill Bee, so thank you for that :) The lyrics are reflective and nostalgic for the safety of those halcyon days of the past we cannot change. I think there's often a comfort in looking back to your past cos its history and can't be altered. It's safe. It's the future that's uncertain. Anyway as ever you can download this track for FREE from www.logozworld.com/52 and will be available until next Monday when I reach the half century of 50 songs for the year and will have only 2 more to go!!! What a year!

Thanks for reading.
Cheerz
Peesh X 

LoGOz - Punk Festival gig this weekend / AcoustiCalendar Song #48

This Saturday December 5th sees LoGOz return to live action with a slot at the Riverside Rebellion punk festival held at the Westgarth Club in Middlesbrough. We will be sharing the stage with The Bermondsey Joyriders, Steve Drewett from Newtown Neurotics, and London to name but a few! This event kicks off  at 12 midday and we're onstage around 4pm. Tickets are £15 a pop or its £20 on the door. So get your best festive punk rock trousers on lads and lasses and get in the Christmas spirit and come and support this cracking Live event! 

This week sees my AcoustiCalendar project hit song #48 CHARLiE CIGARETTES. This a true sad story of a travelling old gentleman I bumped into about 10 years ago. It was by pure chance after a drunken night out in Ashington. I don't need to go into too much detail, it's all there in the words and melody of the song. But lyrically it's one of the most challenging tunes I've ever written, to get the sentiment across wasn't as easy as it sounds. So for that this is one my most rewarding tracks of the project. As ever you can download this song for FREE from www.logozworld.com/52 until the next song is uploaded. While you're there you can get cracking with your Christmas shopping by checking out LoGOz goodies on our website for a few punk rocking stocking fillers here www.logozworld.com/shop 

That's all for now 

Thanks for reading

Cheerz

Peesh X 

LoGOz - Trillians Gig Review + AcoustiCalendar Song #47 + 13.2 update

Thursday November 19th was a celebration of 2 things!

One being LoGOz first ever appearance at the famous reopened Trillians Rock Bar in Newcastle and secondly it was my birthday :) This one just had to be a success! After being a frequent thirsty socialiser in this fine music establishment over the years this would be only my second live appearance here! The first being back in the summer of 2010 with previous band The Blisters, also featuring a certain Carlos Bennett on drums! The place was filling up nicely as we ran through a quick soundcheck with a hefty set of sonic bollocks to it! After a quick liquid livener we hit the stage and ripped into standard set opener LONG TIME DEAD melting faces and whipping back hair in the process! This felt good! Paul was clearly enjoying his debut gig at Trillians as he pogo'd around the stage like Zebedee on Prozac! Carlos was as thunderous as ever as we blasted out a loud proud in yer face 40 minute set to appreciative faces old and new! Check out a spanking Live video of DiSGRACELAND courtesy of LoGOz manager Clemmy Scotswood here

As we mingled with the LoGOz crew and discussed another great gig, main band In Evil Hour took to the stage! The Darlington four piece fronted by the energetic crowd pleasing Alice powered through their old skool new skool no nonsense up tempo punk rock metal in true back to the future style, keeping the pace set right on 88 miles per hour throughout! I enjoyed my first time seeing the band and have a feeling I might be seeing a bit more of them in the future! 

By the end of the night things were starting to get a touch blurry as a few greedy well deserved celebratory drinks were quaffed in style! As I've spent past birthdays previously in different countries, different places with different people, it was cool to celebrate this one doing what I do best! Also it was great my mam and dad were there too which topped off a cracking gig for the band as well as a personal sense of satisfaction! Thanks to Barbara from Trillians for putting us on and everyone who made the journey to see us!

So here we are on AcoustiCalendar Song #47 AN ENGLISHMAN ABROAD. This one does exactly what it says on the tin. The trials and tribulations of foreign holidays. From the airport terminal turmoil to the disagreeing food and bogmare's its all there! With its dark suntanned humour and bitter lemon slice of sarcasm this is no splash in the pan! Enjoy Señors and Senoritas! As ever you can download this song for FREE at www.logozworld.com/52 

The artwork for the next AcoustiCalendar 13.2  CD is completed and will be available in early 2016. The final two CD installments of this mammoth song-a-thon will hopefully follow in quick succession as myself and Mr. Scotswood are also working on a new photographic/lyric book to accompany the project! More news on this very soon! Stay tuned :) 

That's it for now folks! Thanks for reading! 

Cheers 

Peesh X 

LoGOz - Leeds Gig review - AcoustiCalendar Song #46

Friday 13th saw us back in the LoGOz mobile road trippin' it down to The Packhorse in Leeds. I don't really believe in all that superstitious horoscope stuff anyway, but that's me, typical Scorpio ;) Seriously though all omens were good as we made good progress arriving at the venue at a decent time. We're no strangers to this place after playing here before in March 2014 with our hard rockin' buddies STONE COLD KILL and STILETTO FARM. So it was no surprise to see these two bands on the bill again and part of the reason we agreed to the gig. After unloading the gear into the side stage area Paul, Carlos and myself did our usual out of Town routine by heading for the nearest takeaway outlets. This time around we decided against Mahoods special man sauce, for a more safer Burger/Pizza establishment. So with stomachs kinda full we headed back to the venue to hear opening band MODERN DAY DUKES with their half arsed tongue in cheek deliberately 15 minute shambolic set, which included snippets of "Boom shake the room" and "The fresh Prince of Bel Air". I heard the guys had pulled out of the gig few days earlier due to half of their members not being able to commit but they'd rejoined the bill and just threw this daft set together! Strange like, but hey!

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Next up were STONE COLD KILL who have recently lost main bass wielding frontman Ralph Robinson to his Fatha, Lennys band ASOMVEL. The band were ear piercingly loud and played straight up dirty rock n roll like the bastard sons of Motorhead. With the venue reaching its peak attendance for the night it was time for us boys to strut our stuff. To be honest the crowd was a little disappointing numbers wise, but that was in no way going to affect our performance! With the changeovers not exactly running to plan we were in danger of losing valuable stage time. But we had traveled to be here tonight and no one was gonna stand in our way! We blasted through a full on balls out (not literally) 35 minute set that had the small crowd and other bands gathered at the front and lapping up every lick, riff and melody. Particularly ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA going down a storm! Even Pauls mid set string snap and end of set guitar smash only added the anarchy and energy of another cracking gig for the band! As we came off stage we were greeted by fantastic comments and compliments from the crowd and other bands. We hung out briefly and cracked with brothers Stel and Ralph, along with parents Lenny ASOMVEL and Deb Robinson from Starjack Entertainment, who spoke about an interesting media proposition for the band....watch this space :)  We only managed to catch a few rocking tracks by STILETTO FARM before we had to head back up to good old Northumberland. As we enthusiastically chatted about the great gig we'd just played and selected tracks for the playlist drive back, we were made aware on social media of the horrific events unfolding in Paris. This obviously took the shine off our mood a little with the realisation that innocent people had been killed while purely enjoying a night out watching Live music. Mindless. And an awful scary reminder of the modern world we live in.  As like everyone else our thoughts are with the families who have lost loved ones in this horrendous tragedy.

Another Monday is here again and that means its

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AcoustiCalendar Song #46 time. This comes in the shape of THE CHURCH OF THE LOST & FORGOTTEN. Quite a serious little fella this one, with its dark paranoid undertones and fear of dying lonely with no legacy. But as always there is hope. The hope that you have to make sure that this does not happen and you keep believing. You can download this song for FREE from www.logozworld.com/52 As always this will be available from 7 days until the next track is uploaded.

Thanks for reading

Cheers

Peesh x

LoGOz - Middlesbrough & Blyth Live Reviews + AcoustiCalendar Song #45

Saturday November saw LoGOz return to Live action at Liberty's in Town Middlesbrough. This gig saw us as main support to TV SMITH & The BORED TEENAGERS. With this being our first visit to this particular venue we found it easy enough thanks to my backseated eagle eye! As we entered the upstairs venue we were greeted warmly by the jolly Tees giant himself Promoter Mr. Steve Harland. While making ourselves comfortable we witnessed TV Smiths soundcheck which was mightily loud and impressive! With time pressing on there wasn't enough time for a soundcheck ourselves we were told we'd just have a quick line check before stage time. This wasn't such a problem when we spied the friendly bearded young gentleman at the sound desk, who had done a tremendous job at our last Boro gig so we knew we were in safe hands. So with everything in place we headed out to sample the delights of some Teesside takeaways! I plumped for some sort of spicy chicken wrap, whilst Carlos was next door ordering pizza and chips with added special sauce delicately presented by the charming assistant who proclaimed she was "an excellent squirter". Nice. Paul had a tab.

So as we made our way back to Liberty's the lads headed up to the gig I was busy finishing my dodgy wrap and got chatting to a friendly cigarette smoking lady who was attending the gig and asking if I was here to pay or play :) We got cracking on about how she had seen us in Middlesbrough with the Newtown Neurotics and that she had been there recently to see Crass frontman Steve Argumentative play a solo gig. As I chuckled away inside I couldn't bring myself to tell her that its actually Steve Ignorant! The irony on his name wasn't lost on me as she told me a heart warming story of how she lost the signed CD she bought from that said gig, and after emailing him he posted her a brand new signed CD personally free of charge. Crass? Steve Ignorant? More like Steve Diligent. Top man. 

The doors were now open and people were streaming in and first band WELD opened up tonight's proceedings in what was only their third gig. The band were industrious in their tight quirky alternative sonic hypnosis. I look forward to seeing these guys again. Next up all the way from sunny Spain were SUZY & LOS QUATTRO. Surely I can be forgiven for thinking they could've been some European Suzy Quatro tribute act. I was very wrong. They delivered a very impressive original slick sugary new wave pop rock set that had many a shaved head nodding and Doc tapping enthusiastically across the room! 

Our time had come and I must admit a few nerves had kicked

Photo (c) Mark Cartwright

in, and not helped by my misjudged spiced poultry intake! Nevermind, these mild doubts were brushed to one side as we kicked in with a mighty LONG TIME DEAD that melted specs and smudged make up on the grinning faces pointing our way! We blasted through a full tilt 30 minutes and went down a storm. Even TV Smith seemed to agree, looking like Tom O'Connor's anarchic brother, he could be seen appreciating our set too, along with the QUATTROS and BORED TEENAGERS. It was also cool to see some familiar faces in the crowd singing along making us feel more than at home! Again another cracking gig for the lads and the reception was amazing and talking to people afterwards we really felt the warmth and appreciation that we really are doing something right here! Even QUATTROS drummer enthusiastically told me in pure broken English we were the best band he had seen all over the world and invited us to play in his hometown near Barcelona! So look out for the Spanish leg of LoGOz world tour 2016 !!!

Then it was the turn of TV SMITH & the BORED TEENAGERS who were playing a classic set of material from TVs old band The ADVERTS. Although to be honest its not a band I've heard too much from apart from the obvious GARY GILMOURS EYES Single I was well impressed by the ferocity and dynamism of the tunes. So this is definitely a band I'll be revisiting and look forward to checking out again very soon. Judging by the reaction of the crowd MR SMITH delivered the goods and at 59 years old showed no signs of slowing down just yet. With an encore of newer material in full swing we chatted and said our farewells to friends and fans and of course to Mr Steve Harland, who we thank for offering us this gig in the first place. Cheers. So as we drove out of the Teesside fog we were more than happy with the performance and reaction and cant wait to return in December...Watch this space ;)

Sunday evening saw us return to the very familiar haunt of The Tavern in Blyth. With the weather taking a turn for the worse and our early slot time of 7:45pm it was cool to be greeted by the LoGOz hardcore who had braved the shit conditions and the threat of work the next day to enjoy some Sunday punk rock fireworks of our own! Again we delivered a great set complete with some humorous banter with the intimately appreciative LoGOz brigade! We even came back in to a 3 song encore that consisted of SKELETONS, WHY AM I A LIAR and LITTLE O.C.D. Big thanks to everyone who came down, quite a few at the last minute too, we really appreciate your support. Cheers also to a rather refreshed Vince Race for putting us on and treating to some post gig SEX PISTOLS swear-a-thon sing-a-longs! Marvelous stuff.

All in all another brilliant weekend for LoGOz. We've also got another few buy weeks coming up with a gig at the Packhorse in Leeds on Friday November 13th. Then Thursday November 19th (my Birthday) sees us making our debut at the famous Trillians Bar in Newcastle. But more on these gigs later...Stay tuned.

So here we are on AcoustiCalendar Song #45 with my Rememberance Day tribute UNKNOWN HEROES. After always having an interest in War history, especially WW1, what better way to pay respect to those who fought, by dedicating a song to them. Its written from the perspective a soldier on the frontline fighting and the atrocities they must have seen. The confusion they must have felt and the sheer horror for what they witnessed, and the nightmares they would've had to live with. And of course so many so young..and old that never lived to tell the tale. You can download the song for FREE from www.logozworld.com/52 As ever this will be available for seven days until the next track is uploaded.

Also just to let you know you can now download the HELLO LONELY (Remix) Single direct from our website www.logozworld.com/shop Also check out all the other goodies including T-Shirts, CDs and badges to boot!

That's all for now lads and lasses.

Thanks for reading.

Cheers

Peesh x