Summer Solstice

Richard got into the spirit of all it at the Half Moon with a frankly sinister Morris Man outfit. Excellent sets from Le Shark and The Pepper Cake Melody Orchestra, with a terrific late night oompah version of 'Wipeout'. Me and T-Lo were on the decks as well as making a cameo appearance in the deXter Bentley set with some twin monophonic analogue synth droning to accompany 'Fishtank'. Which was nice.
Knalpot (which is an old Dutch word for exhaust-pipe) put in a top session performance on Saturday's show along with the mighty TV Smith, with me and Richard chiming in on the backing vocals for 'It's Warming Up'. Spent the rest of the afternoon at the Moat, finally putting the Crops recordings to bed - we hope to have the album out in September...stand by for more news!
We adjourned to the pub for a celebratory drink - David was driving, so he only had a small one.

Spring Forward

Astrakan and Captain Blood Blood and the Sea Dogs played live on the show. Third time for the Sea Dogs, resplendently in costume for the radio, though for one song only. Still, it's not every day you see a bassist wearing a tricorn hat, is it? Last night T-Lo and I were on the Music for Punks wheels of steel at the Grosvenor in Stockwell. Duncan, our old Suffolk mate from back in the day, was playing a rare acoustic set along with an entertainingly sozzled Frankie Stubbs and fellow punk rock legend TV Smith, who played an epic set. Good to give the old punk vinyl an airing - we would have been happy playing to an empty room but ended up extending our set into the small hours for a select but enthusiastic group of dancers. Not feeling very punk rock today though - I'm missing that hour we were robbed of last night. Curse you British Summer Time!