We are excited to announce that we now have a Two Spot Gobi podcast. Matt (Trumpet) and Ben (bass) launched it. As it's the first one, we thought we'd give you a free song 'Borrowed Time' from the new album.
We'll do it every few weeks. If anyone has any suggestions of what they might like to hear in the podcasts please drop us a line...
You can get it on itunes here: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=297096028
Or if you don't like itunes:
http://podcast.com/show/107156/ Ennnnnnnjoy.
Rob and the boys from Gobi land
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Thursday, 6 November 2008
Home...
So after another flight, a bus journey and then a short walk, we have arrived back in Brighton ready to get things moving....
It is a little weird coming back from somewhere like California, where the sun shone all the time we were there (ok, perhaps there was a little rain in Berkeley but we understand!) to England in November where it seems like it's dusk throughout the whole day.
Ahhh, ok I just realised I'd started a blog about the weather and so I think I'll change the direction here so as not to appear to British!
In Berkeley it was great to meet so many of you, but I thought I'd share one of the funnier moments.
A lady comes up to me whilst we are signing stuff by the merchandise table shortly after we played and asks me to sign a cd for her husband who's a HUGE fan. I take the cd and open it stoked with the compliment and start writing a message to him saying "hope you enjoy etc etc..:" and continue speaking to her. She tells me how they're always listening to our music and even played one of our songs at their wedding. Slightly surprised, I asked her which one....she tells me it's the big single 'I'm Yours', and then says she's really looking forward to seeing me play later.
I didn't have the heart to tell her that I wasn't Jason Mraz, so instead I smile having just signed her CD and say "thankyou".....I hope her husband can forgive her!
Rob :-)
It is a little weird coming back from somewhere like California, where the sun shone all the time we were there (ok, perhaps there was a little rain in Berkeley but we understand!) to England in November where it seems like it's dusk throughout the whole day.
Ahhh, ok I just realised I'd started a blog about the weather and so I think I'll change the direction here so as not to appear to British!
In Berkeley it was great to meet so many of you, but I thought I'd share one of the funnier moments.
A lady comes up to me whilst we are signing stuff by the merchandise table shortly after we played and asks me to sign a cd for her husband who's a HUGE fan. I take the cd and open it stoked with the compliment and start writing a message to him saying "hope you enjoy etc etc..:" and continue speaking to her. She tells me how they're always listening to our music and even played one of our songs at their wedding. Slightly surprised, I asked her which one....she tells me it's the big single 'I'm Yours', and then says she's really looking forward to seeing me play later.
I didn't have the heart to tell her that I wasn't Jason Mraz, so instead I smile having just signed her CD and say "thankyou".....I hope her husband can forgive her!
Rob :-)
Saturday, 25 October 2008
Blackberry's, Blueberry's and Rasberry's..
So enough of Matt's postcard to mum style blogs, here's something a bit different........
We are now on board the magnificent Continental flight to Phoenix having left NYC. As advised by our air steward the mobiles, blackberry's, blueberry's and raspberry's are switched to the off position and we have just enjoyed possibly the rankest (gross for our US readers) airline meal ever...infact it was so rank/gross that I had to give my microwaved chicken burger to Dino to eat and even he had trouble finishing it off.....
Then with the meal came the Hershey's chocolate bar, the most talked about chocolate bar in the whole of America. Having heard all the hype and being a complete chocoadict I decided to give it a go and here is my review............YUK! It tastes like sick, sorry Mr Hershey's I is sticking to Cadbury's or even better, that eco conscious wonderful multi-national Nestle for my extreme highs and damaging sugar lows.
So all in all not a great combination. Then just when you think it can't get any worse, this happens:
I mean what do you think I am Dino? your mum?:
We are now on board the magnificent Continental flight to Phoenix having left NYC. As advised by our air steward the mobiles, blackberry's, blueberry's and raspberry's are switched to the off position and we have just enjoyed possibly the rankest (gross for our US readers) airline meal ever...infact it was so rank/gross that I had to give my microwaved chicken burger to Dino to eat and even he had trouble finishing it off.....
Then with the meal came the Hershey's chocolate bar, the most talked about chocolate bar in the whole of America. Having heard all the hype and being a complete chocoadict I decided to give it a go and here is my review............YUK! It tastes like sick, sorry Mr Hershey's I is sticking to Cadbury's or even better, that eco conscious wonderful multi-national Nestle for my extreme highs and damaging sugar lows.
So all in all not a great combination. Then just when you think it can't get any worse, this happens:
I mean what do you think I am Dino? your mum?:
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
tour diares vol 1
We're aliens, illegal aliens… Englishmen in New York!
Yes sports fans we have touched down over the Atlantic and embarked on our very first US tour. This is to be the first of many entries into what will eventually become our tour diary.
We arrived mega late last night after an annoying delay, got a taxi [giant Chevy bus!] from the airport to our digs, ate some disgustingly unhealthy food and went straight to bed.
This morning, the fitter members of the band (!), Matt and the Bens, were to be found participating in that favourite New York local past time of jogging around Central Park. It was a beautiful morning and, after breakfast, the whole gang walked the entire length of the Park to get to Manhattan where we spent the day in awe of the shops and buildings and generally mucking about.
We had lunch in the Hard Rock Café, Times Square and then went to register at CMJ HQ. This evening we rode the subway back up to Harlem, where we are staying, and thankfully got back without dying!
So assuming our luck continues into tomorrow, see you then with news from our first gig here!
Gobi x
Yes sports fans we have touched down over the Atlantic and embarked on our very first US tour. This is to be the first of many entries into what will eventually become our tour diary.
We arrived mega late last night after an annoying delay, got a taxi [giant Chevy bus!] from the airport to our digs, ate some disgustingly unhealthy food and went straight to bed.
This morning, the fitter members of the band (!), Matt and the Bens, were to be found participating in that favourite New York local past time of jogging around Central Park. It was a beautiful morning and, after breakfast, the whole gang walked the entire length of the Park to get to Manhattan where we spent the day in awe of the shops and buildings and generally mucking about.
We had lunch in the Hard Rock Café, Times Square and then went to register at CMJ HQ. This evening we rode the subway back up to Harlem, where we are staying, and thankfully got back without dying!
So assuming our luck continues into tomorrow, see you then with news from our first gig here!
Gobi x
Sunday, 19 October 2008
Have a listen
Our bags are packed all ready to go for our first US tour, before we go we thought we'd show you what we've been up to for the last few weeks...pay a visit to our myspace page to hear 4 tracks from our debut album 'Everywhere You Should Have Been'.
www.myspace.com/twospotgobi
We hope you enjoy them and let us know what you think.
We will be touring USA in the next few weeks:
22nd October - National Underground, New York, NY, $10, http://www.myspace.com/thenationalunderground
25th October am - Good Morning Arizona TV, AZ
25th October pm - The Clubhouse Music Venue, Pheonix, AZ
28th October - The Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles CA - $11.50, http://theroxyonsunset.com/sleeping-at-last/
31st October - SDSU OAT supporting Jason Mraz, San Diego CA
1st November - Greek Theatre supporting Jason Mraz, Los Angeles CA (TBC)
2nd November - Greek Theatre supporting Jason Mraz, Berkeley CA
We hope you'll follow us on our travels, through our blogs/videos etc, and look forward to seeing you at a venue near you...
Thanks
Rob and the Gobi boys
www.myspace.com/twospotgobi
We hope you enjoy them and let us know what you think.
We will be touring USA in the next few weeks:
22nd October - National Underground, New York, NY, $10, http://www.myspace.com/thenationalunderground
25th October am - Good Morning Arizona TV, AZ
25th October pm - The Clubhouse Music Venue, Pheonix, AZ
28th October - The Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles CA - $11.50, http://theroxyonsunset.com/sleeping-at-last/
31st October - SDSU OAT supporting Jason Mraz, San Diego CA
1st November - Greek Theatre supporting Jason Mraz, Los Angeles CA (TBC)
2nd November - Greek Theatre supporting Jason Mraz, Berkeley CA
We hope you'll follow us on our travels, through our blogs/videos etc, and look forward to seeing you at a venue near you...
Thanks
Rob and the Gobi boys
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Mixing
Goooooood morning madam!
Matt here (gobi spare part) reporting on our latest shenanigans.
Maestro Lewis and myself are back in the studio for four intense days of mixing, after which we hope to have finished the recording part of our album! James has picked up the artwork from our kind personal artist and it looks fantastic; we are all very excited!
We are expecting the other boys to pop in at random intervals and make sure the drums/bass/vocals are loud enough (!) and generally cause trouble.
Well must go now I have a lot of important tetris to play.
Ta ta for now!
Matt and the Gobis x
Matt here (gobi spare part) reporting on our latest shenanigans.
Maestro Lewis and myself are back in the studio for four intense days of mixing, after which we hope to have finished the recording part of our album! James has picked up the artwork from our kind personal artist and it looks fantastic; we are all very excited!
We are expecting the other boys to pop in at random intervals and make sure the drums/bass/vocals are loud enough (!) and generally cause trouble.
Well must go now I have a lot of important tetris to play.
Ta ta for now!
Matt and the Gobis x
Friday, 10 October 2008
US TOUR
Hello all.....
We are delighted to announce that we will be supporting Jason Mraz on 2/3 dates during our US tour. We'd also like to wish him congratulations on being number 1 in the American charts...good job! The tour so far looks like this:
22nd October - National Underground, New York, NY, $10, http://www.myspace.com/thenationalunderground
25th October am - Good Morning Arizona TV, AZ
25th October pm - Freakin Frog, Las Vegas (TBC) NV
28th October - The Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles CA - $11.50, http://theroxyonsunset.com/sleeping-at-last/
31st October - SDSU OAT supporting Jason Mraz, San Diego CA
1st November - Greek Theatre supporting Jason Mraz, Los Angeles CA (TBC)
2nd November - Greek Theatre supporting Jason Mraz, Berkeley CA
We hope that if you happen to be in reaching distance of any of these dates then you'll come alone, and perhaps even bring a friend or two! The Roxy in LA is looking like it's going to be a great show, so get your tickets now!
Thankyou to all of you who came to Komedia last night and made it an amazing experience for us, we hope to see some London folks at Proud Gallaries tonight, on stage at 11pm, should a be a great night.
We are delighted to announce that we will be supporting Jason Mraz on 2/3 dates during our US tour. We'd also like to wish him congratulations on being number 1 in the American charts...good job! The tour so far looks like this:
22nd October - National Underground, New York, NY, $10, http://www.myspace.com/thenationalunderground
25th October am - Good Morning Arizona TV, AZ
25th October pm - Freakin Frog, Las Vegas (TBC) NV
28th October - The Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles CA - $11.50, http://theroxyonsunset.com/sleeping-at-last/
31st October - SDSU OAT supporting Jason Mraz, San Diego CA
1st November - Greek Theatre supporting Jason Mraz, Los Angeles CA (TBC)
2nd November - Greek Theatre supporting Jason Mraz, Berkeley CA
We hope that if you happen to be in reaching distance of any of these dates then you'll come alone, and perhaps even bring a friend or two! The Roxy in LA is looking like it's going to be a great show, so get your tickets now!
Thankyou to all of you who came to Komedia last night and made it an amazing experience for us, we hope to see some London folks at Proud Gallaries tonight, on stage at 11pm, should a be a great night.
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