<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189</id><updated>2009-11-11T04:46:25.532Z</updated><title type='text'>Hoochie Fig</title><subtitle type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;info@hoochiefig.com&lt;/strong&gt;</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Tim Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00434009463595636074</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>30</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-5110361631344769416</id><published>2009-08-06T15:05:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T16:08:11.811+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hoochie Fig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MacMillan Cancer Support'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Underword'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Edinbrugh Fringe'/><title type='text'>Where the Fig?</title><content type='html'>Hi Figsters,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, where the Fig are we? when are we coming out? Will we look and feel the same? It's been over a year since the last post. Terrible. But we were busy! Busy with getting the final mixes for the Fig Album completed. We want it to be right. We want it to bright. We want  it to be tasty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then bad shit happened.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cancer really does screw up plans like not much else. It screws up minds, families, friendships, income; assumptions... most things in fact, especially your health. So Fig... Fell silent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But there is a new dawn. Health and hope are returning. A lightness of the soul, not felt for far too long,  is cleansing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cut the pretentious twoddle man, where's the figgin' album? When's yer next gig?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Well, Tim Fig is performing spoken word stuff at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://underword.co.uk/programme/2009/openmic.html"&gt;Underword&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; on Monday 10th August, p&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;art of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival &lt;/span&gt;(&lt;a href="http://underword.co.uk/venue/"&gt;Piano Bar&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;Frederick Street, Edinburgh&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;. So come along!&lt;/span&gt; This will be T-Fig's first time on stage since his illness, so your support would be greatly appreciated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The album? Well, with a return to feeling good, will be a return to getting that done and dusted. So please watch this space for news.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And Fig gigs? Well we've got a lot of practicing to do, and chemotherapy has left T-Fig with numb fingers, which ain't so good for twangin' a geetar. But gig we will, when  the time is right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the Figging continues!&lt;br /&gt;Tim Fig's fight continues too but HE WILL OVERCOME!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep happy, keep healthly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lots of love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hoochie Fig.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="file:///Users/timriley/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Donate/Donate.aspx"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 46px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/SnrwI-FhZOI/AAAAAAAAAGg/melNEga1zxE/s320/logo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366865942861145314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please click on the image above to support MacMillan.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-5110361631344769416?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://underword.co.uk/' title='Where the Fig?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/5110361631344769416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=5110361631344769416&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/5110361631344769416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/5110361631344769416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2009/08/where-fig.html' title='Where the Fig?'/><author><name>Tim Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00434009463595636074</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10593199132850191241'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/SnrwI-FhZOI/AAAAAAAAAGg/melNEga1zxE/s72-c/logo.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-7125584966610416036</id><published>2008-06-23T17:04:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-23T17:10:55.982+01:00</updated><title type='text'>More Fig gig news...</title><content type='html'>Hi Figsters!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Fig are now playing at &lt;a href="http://www.thearkvenue.com/"&gt;the Ark&lt;/a&gt; on 1st July (see gig list in the side panel for details). Be great if you can come along and shake off the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;not-quite-the-middle-of-the-week-yet blues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Keep on Figgin'!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-7125584966610416036?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/7125584966610416036/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=7125584966610416036&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/7125584966610416036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/7125584966610416036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2008/06/more-fig-gig-news.html' title='More Fig gig news...'/><author><name>Tim Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00434009463595636074</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10593199132850191241'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-4038758719816087381</id><published>2008-06-10T13:29:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-23T16:34:00.831+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Album Launch Gig (But not our Album!)</title><content type='html'>Just a quick newsflash to say...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;We have been asked to support &lt;a href="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/"&gt;Ten Storeys High&lt;/a&gt; at their album launch night at the Voodoo Rooms on Friday 27th June. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are on stage at 8.30 prompt and it's free to get in, so no excuses! There will be press etc. there so we'd be keen to get as many folk along to support us and cheer for the Ten Stories boys too. Should be a fun night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colin (Usher) from Ten Stories High said nice things about us on his blog too... (&lt;a href="http://www.colinusher.co.uk/2008/05/hoochie-fig-blatant-plug.html"&gt;Colin Usher's Blog: Hoochie Fig Blatant Plug&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;K-Fig&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-4038758719816087381?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/4038758719816087381/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=4038758719816087381&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/4038758719816087381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/4038758719816087381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2008/06/album-launch-gig-but-not-our-album.html' title='Album Launch Gig (But not our Album!)'/><author><name>Keith Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14630288979226357520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11530371821571266950'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-5174192421772525227</id><published>2008-04-25T10:01:00.014+01:00</published><updated>2008-04-25T13:44:25.981+01:00</updated><title type='text'>I've got blisters on my fingers!</title><content type='html'>Figs!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Great to see you all over the weekend at gigs in Peebles and Edinburgh - and to meet new Figlets who've joined the mailing list - thanks!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday  at &lt;a href="http://www.fondoo.eu/"&gt;Fondoo&lt;/a&gt; was a blast -  thanks Ken and Colin. Great guitar work and songs from &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/klabsound"&gt;Kristian Labak.&lt;/a&gt; I didn't get chance to speak to Kristian though (Did you Keef?). &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/katieandthedullfudds"&gt; Katie and the Dull Fudds&lt;/a&gt; were cool too. They reminded me of early Gong - and I told them so. "Who the hell are Gong?" they said. So off I went talking about Radio Gnome, pot-head pixies and flying teaspots. A little later I came round in the toilets, with no Fudds, dull or otherwise, to be seen.  &lt;a href="http://www.gecko3.com/"&gt;Gecko3&lt;/a&gt; were as groovy as usual. Apologies to them if the ad lib Fig backing singing behind the 21st Century recording device has made the gig recording worthless. What can I say, we were having a good time man! Get back in the Vaaaaaaan!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh yeah, and Hoochie Fig played too. Seamed to go down well though I wasn't there. Well my body was, but I didn't seem to have control over it. Felt like I was tied to a chair watching someone else control me and that someone didn't have a clue. Anyway, hopefully no one noticed. Keith was fine I think.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, the next day, we had a gig at Hamiltons, Edinburgh and Keith was a bloody mess! You'd think  we were about to perform in front of Neil Young and Bianca Beauchamp! (their Canadian nationality is a coincidence) Jees, I wish. I was fine though, fully in control again. Stress is a wierd thing. Keith figged fine of course, having put in his mind an image of Bianca with big grey side-burns and Neil in a latex catsuit and high heels.   I really enjoyed the gig and again, thanks for the great feedback and interest from those who figged with us!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bianca_beauchamp"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/SBGmPYOuWiI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/Zoyk7KWUJ10/s320/arton12424.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193114628467350050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.neilyoung.com/"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 169px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/SBGmYIOuWjI/AAAAAAAAAEY/-s0ZBcECahY/s320/neilyoung.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193114778791205426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Fig draw inspiration from Great Canadians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what next? Well, we've got to get more gigs! But we have to get our recording finished and the debut Fig album packaged and delivered. It has been a long time coming. Some demo mixes of the new recordings are in our &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/hoochiefig"&gt;MySpace&lt;/a&gt; and will be here soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So watch this space and keep on Figging!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tim Fig&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-5174192421772525227?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/5174192421772525227/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=5174192421772525227&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/5174192421772525227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/5174192421772525227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2008/04/ive-got-blisters-on-my-fingers.html' title='I&apos;ve got blisters on my fingers!'/><author><name>Tim Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00434009463595636074</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10593199132850191241'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/SBGmPYOuWiI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/Zoyk7KWUJ10/s72-c/arton12424.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-4886109430525279247</id><published>2008-04-08T21:13:00.012+01:00</published><updated>2008-04-08T23:13:27.814+01:00</updated><title type='text'>TWO FIGS FALL OFF EDGE OF WORLD!</title><content type='html'>Well hello there!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's been a while my bloggy chum(s)... we have been very lazy figs indeed. We left you alone for a while but now we need you to summon your strength once again, click the mouse and read some slightly drunk, pot-bellied meanderings... and maybe come to a gig or two.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what's been going on since Christmas - the last time any new content worked it's way out of our fingers and onto the wobble-u-wobble-u-wobble-u? Read on MacDuff!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Village People&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 30th December gig at the Village in Leith was a brilliant night. Good skills (as monsiuer le hooverfish would say) to those of you who made it, see you next year to those who didn't! We had excellent support from Gerton Govers and the chaotic, mighty and late (grrr..) Dead Beat Club. I joined them to ruin their set and therefore ensure that we appeared even more glorious when the time came to Fig.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most of the assembled audience (that's you guys) seemed to enjoy it and since they even bothered to show up, most were invited when we removed to my abode apres gig to consummate the evening's entertainment with a "Pass the Guitar" session that has my downstairs neighbours in Ninja Karaoke mode every Friday night since - so's I learn my lesson I suppose! (Sorry Gwen!) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My wee boy Murphy even got up at 4am to join in (shyly at first - he's only just 3 years old! Aww! Hope social services don't read this). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A top, top, night. Andy Tucker gave up drinking for a month afterwards. He was drinking actual &lt;strong&gt;pint glasses&lt;/strong&gt; of Gin and Tonic though, kindly provided by my darling wife, Jennifer. Not sure why she was trying to burst his liver. Perhaps she thought was entertaining the ghost of Mr. Oliver Reed?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After that, the first "dry" Hogmanay in nigh on 20 years was witnessed in the Paton and Tucker households. ROCK, and indeed, ROLL.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The biggest shout out of the evening though indesputably goes to the 3 hardy souls who sat through our sound check and me swearing and stressing about Andy and crew being late and then liked us enough (or were drunk enough) to want more! They stayed to the end of our set and I have only just managed to et around to adding them to our mailing list - they're probably sitting at home right now going "who the f**k are Hoochie Fig?". Never mind. Fig love to you guys anyway!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Other Stuff That Happened Since Christmas&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Album&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have managed to nearly finish 7 out of the 11 songs for our album, due out whenever we get it finished! We have struggled with self-doubt, "psycho-aural impairments", and a variety of recording locations so far. Things are sounding really nice though and the Fig are pleased with the ripening fruits of our labours. The man known as &lt;a href="http://www.andythecellist.co.uk"&gt;Andy the Cellist&lt;/a&gt; has been instrumental (if you'll pardon the rather cheap pun) in helping us realise our ambitions for a couple of tracks so big up Andy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other peeps who have assisted us so far, besides the aforementioned Andy, include: &lt;a href="http://www.paulgilbody.com"&gt;Paul Gilbody&lt;/a&gt; (double bass), &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/eude"&gt;Ewan Beck&lt;/a&gt; (electric bass) and &lt;a href="http://www.hooverfish.co.uk"&gt;Hooverfish&lt;/a&gt; (drum programming, light engineering, spare ears). Shouts to them too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;New Songs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As if there isn't enough to do, some new songs have also been written since the turn of the year. It's one thing you just can't stop - like when Tim opens a fresh pack of McVitie's Chocolate Digestives! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So since I wrote 'em and then showed them off at a wee Songwriter's slagathon some pals and I had, I thought I'd share them with the readership. Have a wee gander at the links below and let us know what you think. One of them'll be on the album (it's been partially recorded already). Some of this is work in prgress, so comments please.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&amp;gt; &lt;a href="http://www.hoochiefig.com/files/hf_stain_training.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Stain Training (working title)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&amp;gt; &lt;a href="http://www.hoochiefig.com/files/hf_out_of_this.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Out of This Will Come Sunshine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Old Songs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have resurrected an ancient song entitled "Can't Rely On Men". It's been rehearsed and shows all the potential of becoming yet another Fig classic. Rearranged and gently coaxed back into life by the genius of "Fygnamics", we look forward to presenting it to you at our next gig (spot the segue!)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GIGS - Yes, that's right, GIGS!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have managed to drag ourselves away from the mixing desks and headphones and home poured fine malt whisky for 2 gigs in April. Typically, they're on two consecutive days. We're calling it a Mini tour, since it involves playing in two quite separate geographical locations. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So it's off to Peebles on Saturday 19th April for &lt;a href="http://www.fondoo.eu"&gt;Fondoo&lt;/a&gt; at the &lt;a href="http://www.eastgatearts.com/"&gt;Eastgate Theatre&lt;/a&gt; (doors 8pm). Also on the bill are the excellent &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/klabsound"&gt;Kristian Labak&lt;/a&gt; and the mighty, superlative, groove inducting, 3 piece: &lt;a href="http://www.gecko3.com"&gt;Gecko 3&lt;/a&gt;. Aaaiiiiight! Come tae Peebles, it's braw! If you get there in the afternoon, you can have cream teas in the town and browse a vast selection of knitwear and textiles. Lovely.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then to Hamilton's in Stockbridge, Edinburgh, on Sunday 20th April, for a set at &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/kerbsideprophets"&gt;Kerbside Prophets&lt;/a&gt; - an excellent early evening musical showcase that coerces musicians into touting their wares in return for some free beer and scran. Chris, you are a genius! We're on at 6pm. Come along. Bring the kids (it's kid friendly too). After all, Sunday is by far the best night of the week to go out and have a few wee jars - it's sooo naughty!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thinking about firing up to &lt;a href="http://www.spectrumfest.co.uk"&gt;Spectrum 08_v1&lt;/a&gt; afterwards (at the Queen's Hall) for a bit of post gig relaxation... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Et Fin&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok. If you got as far as this bit, I bet you're tired out. I could go on all night, being that I'm stranded in one of the plushest hotels in Dublin with a belly fool of Thai food and Erdinger Weissbier, but I won't. Hope you enjoyed this post and by the time you finish reading it, the pesky gigs will be but a dusty memory and you'll be desperate to buy our album. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nice one!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;K to the F I G&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-4886109430525279247?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/4886109430525279247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=4886109430525279247&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/4886109430525279247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/4886109430525279247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2008/04/two-figs-fall-off-edge-of-world.html' title='TWO FIGS FALL OFF EDGE OF WORLD!'/><author><name>Keith Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14630288979226357520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11530371821571266950'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-516693360818039055</id><published>2007-12-25T02:26:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-12-25T02:32:23.116Z</updated><title type='text'>Merry Figging Christmas</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Merry Christmas!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just a quick note to say Merry Christmas to anyone visiting our blog over the festive season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;We're seeing the year out with a bash at the Village Bar, South Fort St., Leith at 8pm, for free! Come and see us, the Dead Beat Club and their Dutch pal Gerton Govers. PLease come along, it'll be great if we can fill the Village up to capacity!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Love, K-Fig&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-516693360818039055?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/516693360818039055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=516693360818039055&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/516693360818039055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/516693360818039055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2007/12/merry-figging-christmas.html' title='Merry Figging Christmas'/><author><name>Keith Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14630288979226357520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11530371821571266950'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-8586292638753445431</id><published>2007-11-13T15:31:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-11-13T15:36:18.629Z</updated><title type='text'>Fig at Edinburgh's VooDoo Rooms, 22nd Nov</title><content type='html'>Hi Figgers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Following on from two crackin'  gigs earlier this month (thanks for your support!), The Fig will be joining Ten Stories High at the VooDoo Rooms, Edinburgh on Thursday 22nd November. Get yersel' along, it's only four quid!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/RznELA4zpEI/AAAAAAAAADg/PzB0OcH0hRw/s1600-h/Voodo-Leaflet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/RznELA4zpEI/AAAAAAAAADg/PzB0OcH0hRw/s320/Voodo-Leaflet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132348943861261378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-8586292638753445431?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/8586292638753445431/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=8586292638753445431&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/8586292638753445431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/8586292638753445431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2007/11/fig-at-edinburghs-voodoo-rooms-22nd-nov.html' title='Fig at Edinburgh&apos;s VooDoo Rooms, 22nd Nov'/><author><name>Tim Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00434009463595636074</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10593199132850191241'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/RznELA4zpEI/AAAAAAAAADg/PzB0OcH0hRw/s72-c/Voodo-Leaflet.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-2954960303368143601</id><published>2007-09-25T13:59:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-09-28T18:34:05.920+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Whisky Song'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='timebomb'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beck'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hoochie Fig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gram Parsons'/><title type='text'>Parallel  evolution, or has Beck been listening to the Fig?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/RvjmoO72gCI/AAAAAAAAADY/5WwGTb6hgWE/s1600-h/fig-clip-clipped.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 157px; height: 144px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/RvjmoO72gCI/AAAAAAAAADY/5WwGTb6hgWE/s200/fig-clip-clipped.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114090955757486114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/Rvjkhu72gAI/AAAAAAAAADI/we17K0H8Z6A/s1600-h/Beck_swank.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/Rvjkhu72gAI/AAAAAAAAADI/we17K0H8Z6A/s200/Beck_swank.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114088645065080834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beck?.............................. Hoochie Fig?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo Figgers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get a load of this! &lt;a href="http://www.beck.com/"&gt;Beck&lt;/a&gt; has a new single out. It's called "Timebomb" and bears more than a slight similarity to a Hoochie Fig track, called "Timebomb", which was recorded in the year &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;2000&lt;/span&gt; in a bedroom in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leith"&gt;Leith&lt;/a&gt;. Now, I'm not accusing Beck of plagiarism -  Fig forbid! - but it's a little... &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;spooky&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;It is pretty unlikely that he has ever heard the Fig Timebomb, though it &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;is&lt;/span&gt; possible. It has been available as a free mp3 download from the Fig web site for sometime - though currently  isn't (apologies for the broken song links on the right!). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the Hoochie Fig &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Timebomb:&lt;a href="http://www.hoochiefig.com/Hoochie_Fig-Timebomb.mp3"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hoochiefig.com/Hoochie_Fig-Timebomb.mp3"&gt;figTunes: Hoochie Fig Timebomb (2000)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Here's the Beck &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Timebomb&lt;/span&gt; in &lt;a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=262479358&amp;amp;s=143444&amp;amp;i=262479497"&gt;iTunes: Beck Timebomb (2007)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm not that bothered really , except that Beck is likely to make a shed load of money from his &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Timebomb&lt;/span&gt; with a mass marketing machine behind him. If only the Fig had similar support (we try our best between day jobs and nappy changes)!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those of you who have seen the the Fig live in the last year will know that our Timebomb has more recently been rearranged into an acoustic ( and perhaps a little too theatrical!) &lt;a href="http://www.gramparsons.com/"&gt;Gram Parsons&lt;/a&gt;-esque lament. Figsters seam to prefer to call it &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The Whisky Song&lt;/span&gt;. This version will be available to buy soon - oh yes!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What do &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;you &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;think? &lt;/span&gt;I'm especially interested in what Beck thinks, if he happens upon this page - so get in touch Mr Hansen! The Fig dig your tunes and you'd probably dig ours. Add comments below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;love and figs,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tim Fig&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-2954960303368143601?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/2954960303368143601/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=2954960303368143601&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/2954960303368143601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/2954960303368143601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2007/09/parallel-evolution-or-has-beck-been.html' title='Parallel  evolution, or has Beck been listening to the Fig?'/><author><name>Tim Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00434009463595636074</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10593199132850191241'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/RvjmoO72gCI/AAAAAAAAADY/5WwGTb6hgWE/s72-c/fig-clip-clipped.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-4329483264574564542</id><published>2007-09-19T12:04:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-09-25T12:47:04.164+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amplifico'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Safari'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Highland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photos'/><title type='text'>Fig gettin' midgey with it...</title><content type='html'>Hi Figsters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Fig traveled up to Glen Elg for Amplifico's Highland Safari in August. The Fig Brothers were pretty well lubricated by the time we got to play - but we had a blast. Donna 'Fico had misplaced her voice, so we Figged a little longer than expected. A shame we didn't get to hear Amplifico. Till Lassmann came over from Hamburg just to sketch the Fig in action (well, perhaps not). Here's a sample of his doodles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/RvEEdTqhVsI/AAAAAAAAAB4/altUoMjp_Os/s1600-h/Unbenannt+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/RvEEdTqhVsI/AAAAAAAAAB4/altUoMjp_Os/s400/Unbenannt+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111871953583560386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for the images Till, they'll be put to good use!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had to rush back to Edinburgh the very next day before  Keith Fig turned into a gherkin, so we sadly missed the rest of the Highland Tour (next year eh?!). Our figgin' roady (Johnnie "the" Pilot)  though had other ideas and dumped us at a disused petrol station and  screeched  off in his little Deuce Coup  with all our hard played for earnings (errr...there weren't any, of course, but JP didn't know that).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/RvEHYTqhVtI/AAAAAAAAACA/g4kB8F4gINs/s1600-h/img_0417_3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/RvEHYTqhVtI/AAAAAAAAACA/g4kB8F4gINs/s400/img_0417_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111875166219097810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thankfully, Mary McCartney was drivin' past and spotted us. Sensing a once in a life time photo opportunity, she pulled over and started shooting. She told us to stop tryin to phone her Dad and then screeched off in her Alegro. Thoughtfully though, she tossed her memory card out of her window as she sped off and we were able to salvage this one snap. Thanks Mary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay. We have a couple of gigs coming up in November (info will be posted here soon). Other than that we are gonna focus on getting the CD out before the end of 2007. So watch this space for news.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep on Figgin'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tim Fig&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-4329483264574564542?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/4329483264574564542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=4329483264574564542&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/4329483264574564542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/4329483264574564542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2007/09/fig-gettin-midgey-with-it.html' title='Fig gettin&apos; midgey with it...'/><author><name>Tim Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00434009463595636074</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10593199132850191241'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/RvEEdTqhVsI/AAAAAAAAAB4/altUoMjp_Os/s72-c/Unbenannt+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-6127439848946898880</id><published>2007-07-18T14:58:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-07-18T15:19:38.986+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Fabulous Furry Fig Brothers</title><content type='html'>Hey there Figsters!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a blast from the past. Any similarity between these guys and the Fig is coincidental - honest! But here is another Fig influence for sure...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;enjoy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tim Fig&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YINWUjFQRDU"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YINWUjFQRDU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-6127439848946898880?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/6127439848946898880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=6127439848946898880&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/6127439848946898880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/6127439848946898880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2007/07/fabulous-furr-fig-brothers.html' title='Fabulous Furry Fig Brothers'/><author><name>Tim Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00434009463595636074</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10593199132850191241'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-3079430952832962181</id><published>2007-07-17T01:40:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-07-17T02:22:55.285+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amplifico'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gigs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gecko3'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Safari'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Highland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Free'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Camping'/><title type='text'>Safari Sagoodi (Sasorry!)</title><content type='html'>Hola los figs!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Time for a quick update I think - it's been 2 months since the last one so I wouldn't want anyone to think our standards were slipping!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EP Progress&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are making excellent progress with recording our forthcoming EP, which should see the light of day later in the year (probably just in time for Christmas!). We have 6 songs pretty much complete and another couple to finish off, so we should be able to decide on a short list quite soon... how exciting!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tim and I have decided on a title for our opus and I've even done the first rough concepts for the artwork... it's all coming together quite well indeed - Tim and I are moist with anticipation really, so watch this space.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fig go on Safari&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are going to join the musical caravan led by our pals Amplifico that's going to be winding it's way through the Highlands in August - we will be doing a long-ish set on the first night (23rd August @ Glen Elg Inn) supporting Amplifico, and then enjoying a nice relaxing time for the next 2 nights... ah!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This should be a great laff and we're looking forward to free-camping for 3 nights in some of the most beautiful surroundings Scotland has to offer... not to mention copious amounts of booze and musical shenanigans - top hole!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are going to be quite a few folk on this one, so if you fancy it, come along (bring a tent and a smile) - more info available here: &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/amplifico"&gt;http://www.myspace.com/amplifico&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe see you there.&lt;br /&gt;Until next time, enjoy yourself (it's later than you think),&lt;br /&gt;Keith x&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.amplifico.net/images/nessie_forWebSmall.jpg" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-3079430952832962181?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/3079430952832962181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=3079430952832962181&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/3079430952832962181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/3079430952832962181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2007/07/safari-sagoodi-sasorry.html' title='Safari Sagoodi (Sasorry!)'/><author><name>Keith Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14630288979226357520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11530371821571266950'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-4360885814619009313</id><published>2007-05-31T11:32:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-31T11:43:00.081+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Rotten Fig</title><content type='html'>'Tis true, I have been a rotten Fig of late. Keith has really been keeping the Fig alive while I have been looking after bug-full babies and then have been bug-full myself - and still am.  So thanks for your ongoing enthusiasm Keith and keeping me just out of reach of the Black Dog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm currently mixing Hi Time and Rusty Car and they are sounding Figtastic. I just wish we had more time! Gonna get the broken links to oldies (on the left) fixed soon - so at least you can listen to them while you wait for the new stuff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Fig tree takes a while to grow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fig n hugs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tim Fig&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-4360885814619009313?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/4360885814619009313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=4360885814619009313&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/4360885814619009313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/4360885814619009313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2007/05/rotten-fig.html' title='Rotten Fig'/><author><name>Tim Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00434009463595636074</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10593199132850191241'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-4863225538749089814</id><published>2007-05-18T13:32:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-20T10:11:21.604+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roy Henderson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sandy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mercat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Paul Gilbody'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dead Beat Club'/><title type='text'>Big Band Mash-up!</title><content type='html'>Another solo set for the Keefster - Tim's family have been struck down by a bug so he's is looking after them - with the Dead Beat Club tonight at the Mercat, Maitland Street, Edinburgh, 9pm and it's free! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know it's last minute, but I've only known about it for about a week, so get down there if you can... not sure when I am on, but if you get there at 9, there are loads of other musicians doing a set too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quoting Shona from the DBC's email:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a brave, some would say almost suicidal move, The DBC are attempting to perform without our beloved Mr Andrew G Tucker tomorrow evening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our loss is Loch Ness and the-first-camping-holiday-of-the-season's gain. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please join us as we hold a memorial service in his honour. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friday 18th May&lt;br /&gt;The Mercat&lt;br /&gt;9pm sharp!&lt;br /&gt;FREE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 'fantabulous' Keith Paton (+ Special Guest), Roy Henderson, Sandy Black and a special, for one night only, Cartoon Coffee/The Asphalt Dirtrollers collaboration will be performing for your musical delight (we are currently in 'talks' to persuade some of them to lend The DBC assistance as we struggle on...beard-less...fighting back the tears....sniff sniff).  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flip flop tributes welcome. &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Special "Guest Stars" and everything... that means that my guest will be pushed out of a moving vehicle at the audience's feet, "Police Squad" style!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe see you tonight then...!?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kx&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-4863225538749089814?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/4863225538749089814/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=4863225538749089814&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/4863225538749089814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/4863225538749089814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2007/05/big-band-mash-up.html' title='Big Band Mash-up!'/><author><name>Keith Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14630288979226357520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11530371821571266950'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-7465420322472731608</id><published>2007-05-16T12:15:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-18T13:31:43.280+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='album'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='solo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gig'/><title type='text'>So figgies, what's been goin' down?</title><content type='html'>It's been a while since we last posted here, so I thought it was time for an update...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;New album coming along nicely&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our new album is progressing steadily. I built a little web app to let Tim and I track our progress, but I haven't managed to get it online yet. I'll post a link once I get it up somewhere useful! Also thinking about creating a "widget" for it so Mac users everywhere can keep tabs on us if they like!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No official release date yet, but we'll post on that once we're clearer what's happening. We might do an EP as a teaser in June or July... again, we'll post something about it when we know for sure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Keith Fig flies solo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Had a great time on Tuesday 1st May at Acoustic Edinburgh doing a solo set. Tim would have been there, but he had other commitments and the short notice of the gig meant he had to miss it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I took along a hilarious miniature cardboard cutout of the Timster and an audio clip of him singing on my phone. This meant he could make his presence felt without actually being there... got a few laughs and I think he's now on somebody's notice board. I think I am going to market it - the ultimate accessory, a MiniFig&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;TM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;! Complete with one bar of Timebomb's refrain built in!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gav Brown took some nice pics of me doing my thang - they're at the end of this post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Really enjoyed the set. It was 3 songs - 'Angel Delight', 'My Boy Icarus' and 'Is There Something I Don't Know?' - the first and last of which were new songs, just finished that afternoon and so fresh that Tim hasn't even heard them yet. They went down really well, which is great - it's always nice to get to try out a new song or two on a willing audience... the good thing is that now they have garnered some positive feedback, Tim will get to hear them!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-.-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So that's what's been happening since our last post. This post will probably slip down the blog a bit as I have some "future" stuff to post, so I hope it get's read!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;K-Fig x&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="photos"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/RkrzP1Y9WAI/AAAAAAAAABw/laKbEHJAW_A/s1600-h/IMG_2643.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/RkrzP1Y9WAI/AAAAAAAAABw/laKbEHJAW_A/s200/IMG_2643.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065128184286894082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/RkrzQVY9WCI/AAAAAAAAACA/W0EeedUKesQ/s1600-h/IMG_2646.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/RkrzQVY9WCI/AAAAAAAAACA/W0EeedUKesQ/s200/IMG_2646.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065128192876828706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/RkryYVY9V7I/AAAAAAAAABI/Cpnig5M3JTU/s1600-h/IMG_2650.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/RkryYVY9V7I/AAAAAAAAABI/Cpnig5M3JTU/s200/IMG_2650.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065127230804154290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/RkrzQFY9WBI/AAAAAAAAAB4/4OhRZ3D5pZs/s1600-h/IMG_2644.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/RkrzQFY9WBI/AAAAAAAAAB4/4OhRZ3D5pZs/s200/IMG_2644.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065128188581861394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/RkrzQlY9WDI/AAAAAAAAACI/nrDD2o1Sdg4/s1600-h/IMG_2649.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/RkrzQlY9WDI/AAAAAAAAACI/nrDD2o1Sdg4/s200/IMG_2649.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065128197171796018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/RkryYVY9V8I/AAAAAAAAABQ/9y8Gd9tnigE/s1600-h/IMG_2653.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/RkryYVY9V8I/AAAAAAAAABQ/9y8Gd9tnigE/s200/IMG_2653.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065127230804154306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/RkryYlY9V9I/AAAAAAAAABY/i7osZqd-xQU/s1600-h/IMG_2654.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/RkryYlY9V9I/AAAAAAAAABY/i7osZqd-xQU/s200/IMG_2654.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065127235099121618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/RkryYlY9V-I/AAAAAAAAABg/IWrgvFGuU_E/s1600-h/IMG_2659.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/RkryYlY9V-I/AAAAAAAAABg/IWrgvFGuU_E/s200/IMG_2659.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065127235099121634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/RkryY1Y9V_I/AAAAAAAAABo/YBMP40J5Pok/s1600-h/IMG_2665.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/RkryY1Y9V_I/AAAAAAAAABo/YBMP40J5Pok/s200/IMG_2665.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065127239394088946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Photos by the excellent Gavin Brown - &lt;a href="http://www.greycubes.net"&gt;http://www.greycubes.net&lt;/a&gt; - (C)2007 Gavin Brown&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-7465420322472731608?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/7465420322472731608/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=7465420322472731608&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/7465420322472731608'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/7465420322472731608'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2007/05/so-figgies-whats-been-goin-down.html' title='So figgies, what&apos;s been goin&apos; down?'/><author><name>Keith Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14630288979226357520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11530371821571266950'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/RkrzP1Y9WAI/AAAAAAAAABw/laKbEHJAW_A/s72-c/IMG_2643.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-7916718955272080455</id><published>2007-02-27T02:27:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-05-16T13:22:24.631+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bullmoose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='singing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='uisge beatha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='whisky'/><title type='text'>Kinchie Nae Mair</title><content type='html'>Kinchie Nae Mair&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/ReOZISegtwI/AAAAAAAAAAY/_qYXObXfd9c/s1600-h/kinchiegone.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/ReOZISegtwI/AAAAAAAAAAY/_qYXObXfd9c/s400/kinchiegone.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036037176008161026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh well, all good things must come to an end... Alas poor Glen Kinchie I knew him well Beer-Ratio!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to the Bull Moose for his contribution to fig throatiness and vocal character. All singers need fuel and since there's 2 of us, it just doesn't go as far as it should. Boo! Lovely stuff that water of life!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;K-Fig xx&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-7916718955272080455?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/7916718955272080455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=7916718955272080455&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/7916718955272080455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/7916718955272080455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2007/02/kinchie-nae-mair.html' title='Kinchie Nae Mair'/><author><name>Keith Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14630288979226357520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11530371821571266950'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/ReOZISegtwI/AAAAAAAAAAY/_qYXObXfd9c/s72-c/kinchiegone.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-2787563575666727914</id><published>2007-02-27T02:24:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-02-27T02:27:16.800Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recording'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='progress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='list'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='figging'/><title type='text'>Figgy Figgins</title><content type='html'>So what have we been up to? We've been comitting our labours to "wax". This is our progress.... looking more like a full album than an E.P. ... maybe a 2 E.P. set?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/ReOWiSegtvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/MXZQXBFB9o0/s1600-h/figgyfiggins.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/ReOWiSegtvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/MXZQXBFB9o0/s400/figgyfiggins.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036034324149876466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-2787563575666727914?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/2787563575666727914/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=2787563575666727914&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/2787563575666727914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/2787563575666727914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2007/02/figgy-figgins.html' title='Figgy Figgins'/><author><name>Keith Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14630288979226357520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11530371821571266950'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_Z8rilodDt3E/ReOWiSegtvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/MXZQXBFB9o0/s72-c/figgyfiggins.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-6885904965310623304</id><published>2007-02-06T14:04:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-02-06T14:17:40.847Z</updated><title type='text'>Sensible Fig? Sensi Fig.</title><content type='html'>So I am sensible am I? Hmmm? Yes, another sensible post from T-Fig. The voice of reason; the face of an angel; the libido of a Bonobo. Ohhhhhhhhh to be a Bonobo (&lt;a href="http://www.bonobo.org/whatisabonobo.html"&gt;http://www.bonobo.org/whatisabonobo.html&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do Bonobos eat Figs? Yeah maaan, of course they figgin' do! They also eat slugs and soil, as does yer very own K-Fig. I don't eat slugs 'cause I am a vegataranium but I do eat soil if all animals have been carefully removed (K-Fig usually goes to the trouble of doing this for me - he has a fine collection of soil extractions which will soon constitute the body of an installation  at the Tate Modern. There are many fruits on our Fig Tree baby!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Had a great Fig recording session yesteday, recording vocal parts for a new Fig-tune. K-Fig wanted to record private parts too but there wasn't enough room. Chillis, slugs (for K-Fig) beer and whisky (but not whiskey) fueled, inspired and gave us mighty cheesy grins (see below). Bit fuzzy today - need some soil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/RciH9ZuM7iI/AAAAAAAAAAg/-cqKlNiASjI/s1600-h/05-02-07_2337.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/RciH9ZuM7iI/AAAAAAAAAAg/-cqKlNiASjI/s320/05-02-07_2337.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028418472905600546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;K-Fig eats mashed slugs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's learn from Bonobos - make love not war. We all have a greater purpose than cross-cultural bickering now, so lets Come Together (&lt;a href="http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/climate/"&gt;http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/climate/)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/RciMOZuM7jI/AAAAAAAAAAo/Zdj0mQkQARQ/s1600-h/05-02-07_2338.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/RciMOZuM7jI/AAAAAAAAAAo/Zdj0mQkQARQ/s320/05-02-07_2338.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028423163009887794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/RciHFJuM7gI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/xJ4bVkKDvN0/s1600-h/05-02-07_2336.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/RciHFJuM7gI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/xJ4bVkKDvN0/s320/05-02-07_2336.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028417506537958914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for giving a Fig!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;T-Fig&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-6885904965310623304?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.bonobo.org/whatisabonobo.html' title='Sensible Fig? Sensi Fig.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/6885904965310623304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=6885904965310623304&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/6885904965310623304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/6885904965310623304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2007/02/sensible-fig-sensi-fig.html' title='Sensible Fig? Sensi Fig.'/><author><name>Tim Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00434009463595636074</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10593199132850191241'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_nmEk4kAuqf0/RciH9ZuM7iI/AAAAAAAAAAg/-cqKlNiASjI/s72-c/05-02-07_2337.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-6182869329556954970</id><published>2007-02-06T01:46:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-02-06T01:53:38.416Z</updated><title type='text'>New Figs Germinating</title><content type='html'>Aha! You thought we'd forgotten about blogging, didn't you? But no, we've been busy, see? Making new figs... no, not human babies (we've done that) - musical babies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are keeping our heads down forging and creating, rockin' and a-rollin', writing and recording new things for you fighounds out there. The objective is that this year will see us cast our net wide and engulf the many who are as yet un-figged.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So watch this space - Tim's bound to be along with a more sensible, normal post soon! The new figs will probably be previewed here for a short time once they have ripened... after that, if you liked the taste, you can buy the real thing from us for some paltry sum yet to be decided upon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good things come to those who wait. Get figged.&lt;br /&gt;K-Fig x&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-6182869329556954970?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/6182869329556954970/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=6182869329556954970&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/6182869329556954970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/6182869329556954970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2007/02/new-figs-germinating.html' title='New Figs Germinating'/><author><name>Keith Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14630288979226357520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11530371821571266950'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-116128606383867171</id><published>2006-10-19T20:17:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-10-19T20:27:43.853+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Fig Pics....</title><content type='html'>Hi Figlets,&lt;br /&gt;We've just put links to various Fig pics in the left side panel, so check 'em out! They are all created by the marvelous &lt;a href="http://www.greycubes.net"&gt;Gav Brown&lt;/a&gt; and our thanks go to him for letting us link to his pics. There are plenty of other images on his site of Acoustic Edinburgh nights, Gecko 3, Amplifico and more. Some samples below, sorry 'bout the models!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4117/3171/1600/IMG_3392.JPG.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4117/3171/400/IMG_3392.JPG.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4117/3171/1600/IMG_1902.JPG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4117/3171/400/IMG_1902.JPG.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4117/3171/1600/IMG_4432.JPG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4117/3171/400/IMG_4432.JPG.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-116128606383867171?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/116128606383867171/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=116128606383867171&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/116128606383867171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/116128606383867171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2006/10/fig-pics.html' title='Fig Pics....'/><author><name>Tim Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00434009463595636074</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10593199132850191241'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-116052112956722106</id><published>2006-10-10T23:27:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-10-12T19:16:45.180+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Rockin' the Peebleans!</title><content type='html'>Hello again all you figs!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After a triumphant solo K-Fig set at the Heriot Watt University Freshers Week bash, we are back to full complement for a soiree to Peebles this weekend in the august company of our music buddies Floosie Soo and Gecko 3.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're kicking off a three act bill at the Burgh Hall in Peebles at 7.30pm on Saturday 14th October. Looking forward to it. Should be a lot of fun considering we hadn't rehearsed in the last 4 weeks until last night, when we discovered (to our surprise) that "doin' the Fig" is like falling off a log - sometimes painful, but when you've done it once, it's easy to do it again. So over the next couple of evenings we'll be polishing our bits and pieces, ready for Saturday night... Hope you can come, it's a nice place Peebles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tickets are £7 and you can get them in advance from Tim or myself, or on the door on the night, if you wish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DJ Si and DJ Mowgli will be laying own some grooves to keep you occupied in the "bits in between the bits" (hope Ozric Tentacles never read this post), so that's worth the bus fare and the ticket on it's own!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tara then,&lt;br /&gt;Keefy&lt;br /&gt;x&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Links of note:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gecko3.com"&gt;http://www.gecko3.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flooziesoo.com"&gt;http://www.flooziesoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stooriefit.co.uk"&gt;http://www.stooriefit.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And view a &lt;a href="http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=325205&amp;y=640427&amp;amp;z=1&amp;sv=325205,640427&amp;amp;st=4&amp;ar=Y&amp;amp;mapp=newmap.srf&amp;searchp=newsearch.srf&amp;amp;dn=590" target="_blank"&gt;location map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4259/3173/1600/peebles.gif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-116052112956722106?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/116052112956722106/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=116052112956722106&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/116052112956722106'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/116052112956722106'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2006/10/rockin-peebleans.html' title='Rockin&apos; the Peebleans!'/><author><name>Keith Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14630288979226357520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11530371821571266950'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-115758461977339391</id><published>2006-09-07T00:05:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-09-07T00:17:40.290+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Back to Skool</title><content type='html'>Your humble Fignesses are going back to school! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have a set at Heriot Watt University Student Union at an Acoustic Edinburgh special event running as part of Freshers' Week. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's on 23rd September, it's free (we think) and anyone can go... you don't have to be a student to get in. There'll be loads of quality acts on and it's a Saturday night, so no excuses!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More information will follow as soon as we get it. So, Erm... watch this space!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;KFx&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-115758461977339391?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/115758461977339391/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=115758461977339391&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/115758461977339391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/115758461977339391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2006/09/back-to-skool.html' title='Back to Skool'/><author><name>Keith Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14630288979226357520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11530371821571266950'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-115577529660453522</id><published>2006-08-17T01:24:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-08-17T01:41:36.613+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Figging Gig Mania</title><content type='html'>Yo Figs! Gettin F to the I to the G to the G to the Y!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In typical Fig style, a bit of last minute notice for gig type stuff... having been working very hard for the last 2 weeks, I haven't had time to email the usual suspects an tell them about our gig tonight! I think I'll send an email anyway and see whom amongst the mailing list's startled recipients will turn up with a record breaking shortness of notice. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's gotta be a prize in it for the "Most Spontaneous Fig Fan", so if you read this blog entry, you're not on the mailing list, and you want to beat the listees to the free beer/beverage with your name on it, you should turn up in some sort of fancy dress. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This will accomplish 3 things:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a) Giving us a good laugh.&lt;br /&gt;b) Humble us by letting us know that someone reads the blog and likes us enough to make a tit of themselves.&lt;br /&gt;c) Get you a free beer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DISCLAIMER:&lt;br /&gt;Due to the fruit of the money tree not being erm.. money, this one-time only offer is made to the first person I spot in fancy dress at the gig (you better hope that some random person doesn't turn up in fancy dress for a laugh I suppose) OR the first email listee I see... after all, I know who y'all are.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This doesn't include Fig members or family, that wouldn't be fair!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want to know about the gig, time to arrive etc., it's in the sidebar on the left! So there!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers dears,&lt;br /&gt;Big K Fig xx&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-115577529660453522?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/115577529660453522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=115577529660453522&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/115577529660453522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/115577529660453522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2006/08/figging-gig-mania.html' title='Figging Gig Mania'/><author><name>Keith Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14630288979226357520</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11530371821571266950'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-115524256410817650</id><published>2006-08-10T21:35:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-08-10T21:42:44.120+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Fig look-a-like gets out of hand</title><content type='html'>Now, this is just getting silly. Some poor misguided soul, known as Nudge Nudge (hmm, mysterious) thinks these two gentlemen could be the Fig! Ha, hahaha, HAHAHAAAAAA! Arrrrgh!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Time to stop this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4117/3171/1600/toronto.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4117/3171/200/toronto.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4117/3171/1600/enscienceb.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4117/3171/200/enscienceb.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-115524256410817650?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/115524256410817650/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=115524256410817650&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/115524256410817650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/115524256410817650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2006/08/fig-look-like-gets-out-of-hand.html' title='Fig look-a-like gets out of hand'/><author><name>Tim Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00434009463595636074</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10593199132850191241'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-115505043505482495</id><published>2006-08-08T16:06:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-08-10T21:46:53.086+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Arthur Lee - Forever Gone</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4117/3171/1600/Love_Forever_Changes-front.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4117/3171/200/Love_Forever_Changes-front.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shit. Just heard that Arthur Lee is dead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been a fan of Love since I first heard De Capo when I was 16. And Forever Changes is one of those rare timeless gems that make up the soundtrack to my life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I saw Lee and the Love Orchestra on the TV coverage of Glastonbury a couple of years back I was literally over-come with emotion to see the man back on stage and on form. I saw them later in Edinburgh and was blown away - a teenager's knowledge that he will never see a hero who did his stuff two decades before was blown to bits, 'cause there HE was, and there I was, singing along with all my heart!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I bring to what the Fig is, contains a lot of what Arthur Lee brought to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have not heard Forever Changes, YOU NEED TO NOW!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rest In Peace Arthur Lee, I am forever grateful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tim Fig&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-115505043505482495?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://love.torbenskott.dk' title='Arthur Lee - Forever Gone'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/115505043505482495/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=115505043505482495&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/115505043505482495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/115505043505482495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2006/08/arthur-lee-forever-gone.html' title='Arthur Lee - Forever Gone'/><author><name>Tim Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00434009463595636074</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10593199132850191241'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29701189.post-115469514206146125</id><published>2006-08-04T13:31:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-08-04T13:39:02.070+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Fig look-a-likes debate continues</title><content type='html'>For those of you that have not seen Paul G's comment on my Two Ronnies entry below, or followed his links, he is suggesting that these two well known bods may have a passing resemblance to the Figs. Don't see it me sel'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4117/3171/1600/_40188405_pot_robbie.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4117/3171/200/_40188405_pot_robbie.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4117/3171/1600/Harry150.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4117/3171/200/Harry150.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know this has to stop. We are serious musicians.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29701189-115469514206146125?l=hoochiefig.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/feeds/115469514206146125/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29701189&amp;postID=115469514206146125&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/115469514206146125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29701189/posts/default/115469514206146125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hoochiefig.blogspot.com/2006/08/fig-look-likes-debate-continues.html' title='Fig look-a-likes debate continues'/><author><name>Tim Fig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00434009463595636074</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10593199132850191241'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></entry></feed>