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Chief for a Day: A Day In The Life of Ricky Wilson

Kaiser_Chiefs_Week by Kaiser Chiefs and Gary Wolstenholme [Edit this content] ▾ 43 comments 13:07 October 21st, 2008


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As part of DiS' exclusive Kaiser Chiefs takeover week of content, we asked frontman Ricky Wilson to keep a little Twitter_-like time-line of his day to give you a little glimpse into what it's like to spend a day in his trainers...

Wake up on tour bus

        Look out of tiny window

        See wall

        Get out of bunk

        Annoy Tim for a bit

        Look for toilet

        All engaged (really need toilet now)

        Go to toilet

        Don't open laptop

        Potter around catering

        Have toast

        Put mayonnaise on it (doesn't work)

        Go to dressing room

        Whitey, Peanut, Simon and Tim on laptops

        Nick in bed

        Don't open laptop

        Find small soft American football

        Chuck it about with Tim in the big room

        Get bored of that so potter about on stage

        Inform Rich that one of his lights is broken

        Go back to catering

        Read tabloids

        Not in them – Relieved

        Danny says he knows where there's Ping Pong

        Don't open laptop

        Get shower (8 out of 10)

        Sit with Whitey and watch skateboarders on YouTube

        Rachel tells me I have three phone interviews

        Tell her I have sore ear so can't do them

        Doesn't work

        Don't open laptop

        Nick is up. He's changing Wikipedia

        Nick is annoyed that it is all wrong

        Mess about on gym equipment with Whitey

        Do three foreign phone interviews

        Some of these questions I have heard before

        Complain about sore ear to Rachel

        She doesn't believe me

        Do radio interview with Nick

        Interviewer looks EXACTLY like Zoe Ball

        She doesn't see it herself, but we all did

        Decide to keep Bullet points shorter

        Still don't open laptop

Play Ping Pong in the dark

        Tim calls it 'Night Ball'

        Soundcheck

        Nick expresses concern about smoke levels on stage

        Get in a Clio and go to Snappy Snaps

        Get passport photos for Visa

        Play version of Blind Date with Tim and Peanut while we wait

        Tim wins

        Back in Clio, back to venue

        Eat dinner

        Talk about remote control planes for a bit

        Whitey asks what I'm writing

        I tell him it's a 'day in the life' for DiS

        Nick is talking to Arthur Baker on the phone

        Mess about with Tim on gym equipment

        Tim invents 'Beetle-Ball'

        Lie on sofa

        Fall asleep

        Wake up

        Orla arrives with finished albums

        Very pleased

        Get changed

        Strap up leg

        Drink beer

        Warm up

        Go on stage

        Play hits

        Come off stage

        Drink beer

        Have a laugh

        Go to bed

        Dream about laptop

Kaiser Chiefs

what did he have for dinner

Crisps?

pip_ | 21 Oct '08, 14:14 | X | Reply

Wake up

Have shower with new 2 for 1 bottles of soap/shampoo from Tescos
brush teeth in shower
leave flat

HAVE

LIFE

KICK

ME

IN

THE

FACE

allergic rhinitis clears up

petersburg artois

Quiche

the ONEshow

Reason & Cubase

Steal some albums

bed

ehwhat | 21 Oct '08, 15:08 | X | Reply

Why is there a week of articles on Kaiser Chiefs?

Is it because the majority of DiS readers are fans? I doubt it...I'm sure most people come here for an alternative to such mainstream tripe.
Is it because they need the exposure? Nope
Is it because DiS really need those hits? Could be. Are things really that bad?

Binary_Star @ehwhat | 21 Oct '08, 15:10 | X | Reply

:D

Royter-Hatfood @ehwhat | 21 Oct '08, 15:10 | X | Reply

I DO put on clothes before leaving the flat

just have to make that clear, like.

ehwhat @Royter-Hatfood | 21 Oct '08, 15:12 | X | Reply

i like

Chunky_Lover @ehwhat | 21 Oct '08, 15:16 | X | Reply

Kaiser Chiefs

are the indie Soulja Boy

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!

but not as cool...

jimitheexploder | 21 Oct '08, 15:46 | X | Reply

I quite like this.

Though not a fan of their music, it's still a good read.

It's not too obvious, not too intrusive - yet still interesting.

Weird.

greenstone @jimitheexploder | 21 Oct '08, 16:14 | X | Reply

What?

Why is this here?

Fucking smash hits?

My god.

Nitkowskied @greenstone | 21 Oct '08, 16:38 | X | Reply

This is a very poor article

Please may it be the last like this.

gowman | 21 Oct '08, 16:45 | X | Reply

Don't worry,

only three more band members to go. Next week it's The Automatic's turn, starting with "Why I Hate The One That Left" by One Of The Ones That Didn't Leave.

sonicmidwife @gowman | 21 Oct '08, 17:07 | X | Reply

I can't find

a reaction picture to adequately describe my reaction to DiS Kaiser Chief themed for the week, but imagine a sick horse neighing through its teeth for the reaction audio

Parsefone | 21 Oct '08, 17:28 | X | Reply

i like the new kaiser chiefs song

its coooooooooooooooool to know nothing

too_black_too_strong | 21 Oct '08, 17:44 | X | Reply

Jesus

your thumb's really on the pulse of your readership, innit?

amputee-porn | 21 Oct '08, 18:39 | X | Reply

Fuck Me

this kind of animosity is Ridiculous.
here it comes, i enjoyed the Kaiser Chiefs demoes and early stuff that DiS got me into them through, i enjoyed their album Employment and i think there are some stellar pop tracks on Yours Truly Angry Mob, i have lost touch with them purely because their songs haven't grabbed me quite as much recently however i respect them entirely. whenever i see them on tv they seem like great down to earth lads, they played Elland Road and recently opened Leeds Academy showing they obviously still care about their hometown. they're not full of themselves and are in fact rather modest about their work, notice from the entire bullet-point list there was maybe 5 short bullet points about/around their Actual gig and no self-indulging RE: audience reaction/girls/song titles etc. and it proved as a rather interesting read i found about a bands life on the road. a true story. not glamorized or owt. there are enough other articles on DiS so as readers that Aren't into this/the band can read elsewhere rather than make rather obvious remarks RE: DiS' target audience etc. i've been a member on these boards for the last 6 years and i can usually accept some of the hostility as positive/negative criticism but constructive none-the-less but some of the people replying to this are just plain cunts. it has to be said.

alxmoore | 21 Oct '08, 19:10 | X | ^ This | Reply

i can agree with post of what you're saying

and can't really defend the amount of articles in this bracket aside from maybe that DiS took this opportunity during the change over to bring back some of their old friends to trial some new kind of features etc. ie. i can imagine entirely a takeover of this variety working amazingly well if it was a band the majority of the boards enjoyed you see. we'll see i guess. btw, no personal quarrel you must understand.

alxmoore @Fred-West | 21 Oct '08, 20:37 | X | Reply

Just wait

till the fly fishing with nick hodgson article tomorrow, it'll knock your socks off

JordanHD @alxmoore | 21 Oct '08, 21:27 | X | Reply

:(

Royter-Hatfood @ehwhat | 21 Oct '08, 23:15 | X | Reply

"in fact rather modest about their work"

I wonder why. Glad to hear they're all down to earth though, I was really worried for a minute!!!

Royter-Hatfood @alxmoore | 21 Oct '08, 23:17 | X | Reply

Apalling band

Always have been.I know you released one of their early singles. But PHFFF Come on DIS now they're on a big label you can drop your love for them.

godisinthetv @Fred-West | 22 Oct '08, 17:38 | X | Reply

i actually like them

there,i said it

doodthatkicksarse | 23 Oct '08, 20:56 | X | Reply

:D

twicetwoequalsfour @Parsefone | 24 Oct '08, 02:47 | X | Reply

um

Read tabloids
Not in them – Relieved

what a complete lie.

whenjokersattack | 26 Oct '08, 14:31 | X | Reply

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