“I worked the ticket / admission booth on both the kids and the main gig. Top, top stuff. And the chippy run order for the evening gig was the same as it was for the day!”
“The Mayflower still had 'The Funhouse' on the back wall to the end. I think that it was called by various names by various people; as was PSV / Russell Club / Factory; I think it depended on the promoter”
“I never knew Nick Kershaw toured with his band 'Krew'!
Agreed, it's rock heavy; but by then there were decent sized venues like the International and Hac that could hold gigs by decent sized 'non mainstream' bands”
“Earcom stood for 'ear comic'; based on an ideal of being an aural comic; it certainly ran to at least 3 editions on Fast records thanks to 'Bob Last the man from Fast'.”
“I think I phrased that badly stonehorse; fully appreciate martin's work with the band; I felt that it sounded like a step back to that time compared with the moves forward with Blue Orchids if that makes sense?”
“Very derivative, sorry. I took time to play all 3 tracks (played a couple of times) and its over-influenced by The Fall. And just look at the track listing titles.... Martin must've been looking back to the old days. And the name also seems to be a bit retro....”