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Review of the Knowledge Night

Last night at the Spitz wasn't amazing, but I had fun. That's the main thing, so screw you guys.

Paul: "That was the worst gig we've ever played by far."

Thanks to Lady MC from Dust 21 who very kindly came down and did some stuff over the DnB section. For anyone who was at the gig, in fact we totally lost the song structures and we pretty much didn't know what was going on for the last 10-15 minutes. Amateur, I know.

Dead Silence came on after us as the main act who were pretty cool. Stuey had said a lot of good things about them so I was looking forward to seeing them. Really friendly bunch, but to be honest, I wasn't really into the music. Maybe I just didn't feel like dancing that day.

The Gobfathers stole the show, lying somewhere between a beatboxing/MC tag team and a comedy duo - great personality, talent and character. Will possibly work with them again soon. I feel it somehow wrong to use diary space as a tool for plugging other people, but take a look at www.beardyman.co.uk if you're bored and make sure you've got the sound on.

Although most of the crowd had their feet stuck to the floor (or not enough alcohol in their systems) they were a good bunch. A few people said pleasant things to me after the gig. We shall see what Knowledge mag have to say (if anything) about us next month...

We're still on the search for a frontperson for our live shows.

Paul

Paul's getting restless and that's a good thing. I'd like to tell you more about Paul. There are probably plenty of stories about him (and that's why he really had to move out of Guildford), and no doubt we'll have plenty more on him here in the future.

There was the time his artist mother (probably explains his Bohemian attitude to life), she took photos of him naked whilst he was in his teenage years for an exhibition that was to go on public display. I don't know about you, but from where I come from, getting naked in front of your mother isn't really the done thing, (at least once you've passed the aged where you learned to wipe your bum), but Paul really is quite happy to do this kind of thing.

It turned out he felt 'a little uncomfortable' when he later ended up unknowingly walking through the university that the said exhibition was held at, much to the amusement of the sniggering passers-by..

Anyhow, Paul's talking to lotsa people at the moment - there are rumours that someone might be willing to put up some money to release a single for us.. fingers crossed.

Gig last Friday

Well, we did our first gig for a while on Thursday and I'm happy to say it went alright although we were a little slow getting started. Well that's what happens when you don't let the band with 3 laptops soundcheck...

The venue was The Watershed in Wimbledon and we were second on the bill with One Trick Pony, 8-fold and Kieritsu. All pretty good stuff - I have a feeling that OTP (fusion-y breaks) are still developing their act a little and need more work on their writing. 8-fold (Rage-esque) were absolutely awesome and I'd check them out if you can. Enjoyed the 10-piece Kieriitsu (party-style dance) but I probably wanted to be less sober than I was to fully appreciate them.

Apologies to both our fans and the promoters of the night for not really telling anyone about it but this was a test-run for us to see how the set went. Conclusion: we really do need an MC of some sort to front the show. And all equipment really needs to be thoroughly tested, preferably BEFORE the gig rather than AT the gig. Ahem.

PAUL

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Thoughts of Rob

Rob Jacob, the guitarist/spokesperson for Naked Sunday Collective had a stroke and passed away last weekend. Stuey and Neil worked alongside him on the brilliant jazzy breaks project for the past couple of years at scores of gigs up and down the country. I'm proud to have had the pleasure of playing with him at a couple of the improvised NSC sessions in their first year and I'll always remember him for his kind-natured benevolent demeanour and his on-stage comical charmly wit.

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