as i work my way thru the making of this video
i wonder what you will make of it all
just like i wonder what i make of everything on a daily basis
grant n I met up we instantly hit it off like a house on fire
we hung out a real real lot
taking drugs and playing guitar
grant always with a cig and a glass of wine on hand
on hot disconsolate nights we wandered thru the wilderness of
a 3 story huge old house where my studio was
a house full of junky doctors and dealers and even a dominatrix
a house full of musicians and engineers and singers and other idiots
them long hot darlinghurst nights (well surry hills but very close!)
91 albion street go see it its still there
the house that stephen cummings wrote about twice
the den of iniquity that shocked poor old mae moore
the house where we did half of margots 1st record
grant and i guitars strapped on
strumming and bitching and laughing and drinking
we go outside where we sit on the steps
i accost passers-by demanding that they recognise grant
who sits there half embarrassed and giggling at my antics
he puffs his cig in that side-woods way
and always has the best fucking quip
we went to the states together
arista wanted a little promo tour
our record had lots of instruments but we are reduced to an acoustic duo
surprisingly our voices and guitars meld almost seamlessly we become each other
grant and i loved goading each other on you can see that all here
we were under the others influence a bit
we are funny tho
some of it makes me laugh still
grants know it all smirk is worth twenny bucks alone
i left it real
i could have cleaned it up a bit
but i wanted you to see the frosties in situ unaltered or censored
theres a spiteful dark side to us
now i wonder why that it was that way?
why were we so restless and blabbing on all the time?
what wasnt there to enjoy ?
we were playing some gigs and doing some interviews
and staying in the best hotels around
theres plenty of admirers in all shapes n sizes
and we had a little bit of money too …at least i did then
but theres an anxiety a sadness at the heart of some of it
i love watching grant
i love his wandering eye that makes him look like jesus on the cross
although not handsome as such there is a strange compulsion attached to him
he was as if from some other time and place
me….fuck …i dunno…i look good but i’m a different guy now
i been thru a lot since then
so this
apart from 2 albums is all there is
this was all that i could squeeze onto the download and it was quite a job
(some raw footage remains of the frosties in australia..it may see light of day eventually)
so if you wondered how it felt to be in Jack frost in 1991 this’ll set you straight
i am still too close to it
still under grants spell when i watch him at work on this film
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