Wow, what a great weekend!! The highlight was definately the Death Valley Riders album launch party at the Portman. Both bands (Hotrod Jesus in support) were amazing but even greater than that was the sheer volume of rockers, weirdos and perhaps mentally unstable people ( Read more... )

Well, I think all in all the party Sunday night was a success. Amongst the fancy dress rabble were Marc Bolan, Marlon Brando, a menstrual cycle, Medusa, Mr. Blonde, Michael Jackson, Marge Simpson, a monk, a mime and two pairs of Mork and Mindys! The booze kept flowing all night and I think everyone had a good time, at least judging by the state of ( Read more... )

Well, there goes another live music from Bournemouth! The Gander (or at least what's left of it) will be calling time for the last time on May 9th. Subsequently all gigs until the closing date have been cancelled, most importantly The Reverend Hotfoot Jackson gig that WAS going to be this Saturday. The monthly music nights hosted by the Rev ("La ( Read more... )

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Oh man, what a night we had on Saturday. And to think I was gonna stay in and spend my night selling turnips and fishing for rainbow trout on "Animal Crossing" on my new DS ( Read more... )

Saturday. What a day ( Read more... )

Hotrod Jesus at the Portman this Saturday? I've been troubled recently by the thought that I can't actually remember the last time I went out and got extremely drunk and messy. So, Saturday it is! Hotrod Jesus are a damned fine band, and will be supported by Guerilla Tapestry ( Read more... )

I don't know what's prompting this, but lately I've been having the most horrific nightmares. Friday night I had the most repulsive, gory, sickeningly pornographic, psycholigically frightening and scarily vivid dream I can ever remember having ( Read more... )

By a strange twist of fate, we ended up NOT doing the gig at Benedicts last night, which was a relief for me (see last update ( Read more... )

Walkabout. I can safely say that place is the biggest, most stagnant, most odious, most abhorrent, fly-infested, leper-repelling shit-hole I have EVER been to in my LIFE. And I've been to France. Such is my hate for this repellant abode of a the damned, that if it were a person I would give serious thought to raping, murdering, and dis-emboweling ( Read more... )