Issue 71

.. (with zero response) that we would like a comprehensive soundcheck starting earlier than usual and to that end we were on the point of leaving for the venue in the van and FIFO hire car when I suddenly remembered that I’d left my custom-made ear plugs in the room. I darted out of the…

Robbo’s blah cont. .. after the game. Anyway the gig went well – I wore a TONY SHAW mask during the 1st set and after the gig rushed home and watched the replay and partied on! I’ve also been there the last two GF’s – OUCH! I had a gig on with Spectrum after the…

.. have them still. So there’s a lot of stuff that’s going to have to be painstakingly transcribed from vinyl to digital, so belatedly the songs are getting the love and attention they possibly deserve, even if it’s of the frustratingly nit-picking kind. It’s been interesting reacquainting myself with some of the recordings, particularly from…

.. I thought, the best. Perhaps this is the fate of all wines being tasted last in a line-up. For those interested it was a Chateau Decru-Beaucaillou – which you have never heard of – and I hadn’t either until then. Whilst you could probably get it now for less than I paid for it…

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..a glass of water. But after a few kilometres of uphill a rest was definitely called for so we glided in with all the grace of our combined one hundred and thirty-two years could muster. Which was limited. So there we sat outside on the sunny veranda, two OMILs (Old Men In Lycra), Doug with…