The Last Supper: Food of Champions

Preparation prior to a show is essential in reaching your optimum individual output. Ensuring each member of the band receives adequate dietary fibre is of utmost importance to the group but particularly Juan Tom Stevens, acclaimed band Nutritionist and Dietician. 

Options are plentiful due to the ample time between band equipment load in and actually performing, but this decision is always made as a group. When Jay Walker and the Pedestrians play Ed Castle, the likely choice is to capitalise on the $10 menu, however some of us with the palette and the stomach for some of the finer ingredients cast their eyes upon the 50s diner, that is Hungry Jacks. Sure, Subway is around the corner, sure, and the band could down about two feet per capita, however Dirty Harry refuses to go down without a fight. 

Dirty Harry approaches the Hungry Jacks' cashier, hands in pockets, as if he was in a Spaghetti Western duelling battle with the young Indian trainee, ready to hastily withdraw his revolver or most likely $20 note. He stares down the employee, and lays the most powerful nod and subtle scrunch up of the nose, in a deadly silence, that would cause any fast food merchant to freeze in fear. The young lady appears baffled, and the assumption was ineffective.. so then he says it "A Large Ultimate Double Whopper Meal please".

The regular intake of Hungry Jacks, KFC, McDonald's, and Subway to an extent, has genuinely proved that the only way to harness all those intricate energies to perform at your pinnacle, is to eat the Fastest Food on the planet. IT could just save your band.

Please try the KFC Double. It's two chicken fillets, hold the bread, double cheese, bacon, and it tastes great so.. excellent.

Can You Handle It?

Dan

Recording

We spent another full day at Hillside Studios yesterday cutting another cuttla tracks. We nearly finished both apart from the vocal track on new surf/pop song Girl Don't Know. We'll be heading in next week to apply the finishing touches to the new 6-track EP which is yet to have a name, however it'll hopefully be titled "Jay Walker and the Pedestrians....with compliments" if I have any say in the matter.

Check out a sneak preview of a demo version of Summer at Last:

Ryan

Backstaging

So we're half way through the massive 5 day weekend, and loving it. Blenheimfest was Radical and so were the little boys from Little Rhino. They were adorable. Check them out. That Rhys guy is Totes Hot!

The 'Live Below The Line' show at Fowlers with The Shiny Brights & The Belligerents was also brilliant... apart from those other two bands. LOLOz!!11 Jokes! Love you guyz. Also, Dan recorded the whole set at Fowlers on his sweet as mobile recorder, so we'll let you guys hear that soon. 

Here are some photos and a brilliant video all from the BlenheimFest 'Green Room'.

Not posing... much

 Plank

 Planker

 Dubs Plank

 Trips Plank (The Ultimate Plank)

 Oh yeah. I purchased these bad boys. 1969 Yamaha Kit. Looks as sounds sweet. Yeah.

Magnificent.

I love you guys. A bit.

Pikey

Blenheim Fest and Fowler's Live

The Jay Walkers have got a busy Easter weekend ahead, playing Blenheim Fest along with our good mates Little Rhino plus a tonne of other cool bands and DJs. Regrettably Little Rhino will suffer the wrath of the Jay Walkers' footy prowess, with the latter tipped to rack up far more hard ball gets and inside-50s.

On Saturday night we're playing an all-ages gig at Fowler's Live with our mortal enemies the Shiny Brights, along with Brisbane's The Belligerents. It's sure to be a hoot, and on top of that, Stevo has already laid the groundwork for wooing the underage ladies. Go Stevo!

Here's a picture of Matt Hills' scooter, as promised:

Dirt

ASO plays Miles Davis

The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra featuring James Morrison is playing the complete works of Miles Davis at the Ent Centre on the 13th and 14th of May. You guys should definitely check it out as it'll be sweet. The great man is a major inspiration for our skiffle Jazz stylings. Here's a picture of Miles Davis in his prime.

Dirty

Trepanning

Gig Bag

For decades, the Gig Bag has been a key component of the Rock 'N Roller's arsenal. Well that's what all good musical instrument retailers like Derringers and Billy Hyde will make you believe. If you're out of the loop, a gig bag looks like this:

Most electric guitar 'starter packs' come with one of these padded, travelling warriors. My question is this. When have you ever seen someone rocking up to a gig with a gig bag? It's totally preposterous, and if some pathetic man rocked up to a gig with his prized Legend electric guitar, protected by a sturdy gig bag, he deserves a massive kick in the bollocks.

I get the feeling musical instrument manufacturers use this pathetic term to lure impressionable young children into buying their product. "Well I've never played the guitar before" says little Edgar, "but it comes with a gig bag so I'll be playing gigs in no time." If little Edgar is reading this, splash some cash on a proper heavy duty hard guitar case mate, because that's the only thing that'll stop your shitty Legend snapping at the neck under the slightest trauma, which a gig bag will hardly be able to deflect. 


Don't get me wrong, the padded bag is perfectly fine for beginners, it's just the name 'gig gag' that winds me up. They should call it a 'guitar glove' or an 'axe pack'. Wikipedia describes the gig bag as such: "most gig bags include pockets for storage of sheet music, instrument cables, picks, straps, and other accessories, along with shoulder straps and grab handles for added comfort, portability, and ease of use." Get fucked. 

Dirty

Coca Cola

Our good friends from Melbourne, Ross de Chene Hurricanes have a great new music video.

If you think Coke zero tastes the same as coke, you're wrong. JWATP are Pro-Coke

I'm getting a new bass. Probably this...

Pikey likes to keep a beer in his front pocket...just in case.

And if you came to see us play at Ed Castle last night, thank you and hope you had a good time.

Stevo

Firmest and dearest regards

Welcome, ladies and germs, to our blog. As you can see, we've got a pretty extensive knowledge of networking and graphic design. You're probably thinking, "why are you guys starting a blog, are you just ripping off the Shiny Brights?" Our official response would be 'fuck off'.

This blog is designed purely to post our most inane and mildly humorous musings. We hope you enjoy them thoroughly. Please allow us to whet your appetite with this stupid video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hy5HCQSXXQ

Oh yeh, and we have an EP out in June, featuring all of our classic hits from the past month. Stay tooooned.

Dirty