{"id":1264,"date":"2018-06-12T15:51:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T14:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlecomets.com\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2018-06-12T15:57:27","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T14:57:27","slug":"sad-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlecomets.com\/sad-news\/","title":{"rendered":"SAD NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"
It is with a very heavy heart, feet and hands that after 10 years, 4 albums, 200,000 miles, many tours, gigs and countries, people and songs that we have to sadly announce that myself, Mickey and Matt, collectively known as Little Comets, have decided to\u2026.<\/p>\n
SELL<\/p>\n
THE<\/p>\n
VAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n
(For \u00a3600 to Matt Saxon\u2019s dad \u2013 apparently he was a very tough negotiator \u2013 get him to get you a home insurance renewal quote before it\u2019s too late, is the word on the street).<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n Hahaha. Sorry about that \u2013 no doubt there will now be some relief\/disappointment that the sentence didn\u2019t carry on as suggested but hey ho\u2026\u2026.. Really I should be ashamed as the van should not be taken lightly, underestimated or used as bait.<\/p>\n Our little van \u201cDes Zapp\u201d has been in action ever since one unseasonably warm February morning, still high on the quixotic readiness of Major Label Bullshit we skipped down the A19 to Bell\u2019s Van Emporium of Vehicular Wonderment to collect our prize \u2013 a badly converted little White Mercedes Sprinter, since described by an\u00a0International Touring Artist<\/i>\u00a0as \u201cthe most uncomfortable vehicle I have ever been in\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n This van had\u00a0none<\/u>\u00a0of the trappings of\u00a0International Touring Vehicles<\/i>\u00a0\u2013 it did not have (and these are all things that come as standard in\u00a0International Touring Vehicles<\/i>) wifi, cruise control, leather seats, carpets, a DVD player (this is starting to sound like a Feeder song), a screen of any sort, aircon, a bunk, comfort, a decent clutch, blacked oot windows, a bigger living area than a loading area* (*so\u2026 most vans-for-bands stack gear vertically in the back to make the use of most of the van for stretching out legs\/having some privacy\/smokin\u2019 weed maaaaaan\/livin\u2019 the dream; but not our van\u2026 whilst our gear could stretch out horizontally in the back, we were as cramped as atoms, sitting on seats made out of what felt like teeth filled sack-cloth).<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n What our van did have though was character in abundance \u2013 abusive sun-shades, a removable table \u2013 a removable flipping table!, artwork, a Canadian flag, wallpaper, piss-proof flooring, many mechanical issues, a dreamcatcher, a CD player, a wall of apparent fame, curtains, a Mark Harle set top speed of 96 mph, a bullshit detector, napkins, Little Comets\u2019 Embroidered Blankets, a kettle, bin bags, 2 fire extinguishers, a glass hammer and a full selection of shattered dreams.<\/p>\n But as in life, the most important aspect of our steel accompaniment was the stories of those who sailed in him\u2026<\/p>\n