Rob Karloff

I always knew you two were a couple of clowns. It's almost 7pm here so I'm off now, before they stop serving dinner in the galley. Mmmmm, fatty foods....

Hideous stuff. Why does Brian look like he's wearing eyeliner and Craig has stuck something somewhere unexpected?! Ah, poor wee Jamesy. I wonder if he topped last years speech. Shame I missed this years shenanigans, but on the upside for me it's now only -7C here in Kazakhstan. It almost feels warm! Anyone going to post a list of the winners then?

Have you been spending too much time with Marsh, and is that a euphamism??

But I'm enjoying the entertainment too! PS : I think you may have a ghost who resembles me haunting the Moorings, as Jonny reckons I was whinging to someone about his Fudge interview in the Moorings the other night. Unless I was sleepwalking, I haven't been in the bad in over a month! Or are you putting something in the beers down there these days?

Haha! No cumbacks allowed?!?! That would be an unfair contest though Biz' date=' he's obviously got all the experience and practise. Seriously though, a "Local Z-List Celebrity Grudge Match" could be a good money-spinner/attraction/laugh for the Fudge Awards. Kinda like your bucking bronco attraction, but better. I'm game if the queen of rock and roll is! I started typing a reply to the above, but I got part way through and couldn't be arsed. I mean, seriously, who sticks their tongue out at someone while hurrying past at 3am in a nightclub?! I was so inebriated at the time it took my brain about 5 seconds to decide that yes, that did just happen. One of the most surreal things I've ever witnessed! Plus, I wonder about a guy who worked in the RGU Press Office and can't correctly write the word [i']monosyllabic, especially when he's attempting to belittle me by suggesting I'm somehow likely to lack communication skills. But, there are more than a few erroneous statements in his post anyway. More than I can be bothered correcting. But hey, its all good for a laugh! His reply made me chortle anyway. And he tries to say I take myself too seriously... Far from it.

Ash showed me this issue when I got back from the middle-east the other day... Jonny Talentless is a very deluded individual. If Karloff were anywhere close to being a Misfits tribute act, you can bet Jerry Only would not have had us play with the Misfits at all, let alone twice. I don't even have to think about the number of gigs Karloff have done since inception to know that a) They outnumber Radio Lucifer and PAGG gigs put together, and b) The number of them outwith Aberdeen also outnumbers that of those bands. I also don't recall either band playing Dingwalls in Camden or the Camden Underworld. Shock horror, we even went down well at those venues, not bad for a tribute act!! Funny that we also top the Fat Hippy Records sales charts consistently too... So to say his band are the only local act to have done anything is somewhat incorrect. I'd also be kinda annoyed if I was in any of Aberdeen's other hardworking acts that manage to play outwith the city. He really paints a good impression of your efforts, folks. Finally, which band packed out the East Neuk and had its fans go crazy through their set, and which band am I told resorted to heckling it's audience in the same venue because they seemed dis-interested in their performance? Oh dear. Karloff will keep on motoring along. We have a keen new drummer, the first full-length album from a Fat Hippy act to record and release, and a mega lauch party in the Lemon Tree on April 1st 2006 to think about. Do come along Jonny, your rock and roll prescence and fame is sure to improve the party.

"Hey guys!!! RELAAAAAAXXXXX!"

But he looks nothing LIKE Gary Glitter....

Hmm, we did me around a fair bit in souncheck getting it set up. It doesn't appear on the CD recording that Lisa kindly did for me, but I don't know where in the sound chain the CD was patched really. We also found it tricky in Edinburgh to get the echo right, in the end patching in Ash's wee Zoom FX unit he has pre-set in case of emergency. I think we'll maybe just insist on using this in future as it's exactly how he needs it to be, and all the sound dude/ette has to do is adjust the amount of effect.

Yeah... I could think of a bunch of comparisons before ever even thinking about the Cramps. I think that maybe came from blurb on other websites, I don't think any of us had ever heard them before they actually played.

Well, that was the original plan, until they turned up and were "unhappy" about it.

For all the people involved with the Transition Extreme Sports project, I'm glad to read here that the plans for an extreme centre down the beach are being received very positively. I'd also point out that the facilities are not as specific as some people seem to have the impression they are, there are facilities for skaters, bladers, BMXers, rock-climbers, abseilers... This is not just for the skating community! The plans also include a number of retail outlets to cater for various extreme sports needs, and other related facilities. I believe it is also intended that the centre will accomodate those participating in activities on the beach itself, such as the surfers, windsurfers and para-sailers. The only thing that surprises me is that so many are voicing their full support for the project, yet they decided not to attend the fundraising gig at the Lemon Tree a few months back. The support on the night largely came down to the regular fans of the bands involved, and several people I can think of who are into just the kind of sports this centre aims to support did not attend, and in some cases rathered spend their evening in another venue. I seem to remember someone basically saying to me that they didn't attend the fundraiser because they didn't like the bands on the bill. Now, to me that seems to be highly short-sighted and very churlish... Personally I'd go to a Simply Red concert if I knew my attendance and ticket money would go to such a project! Please visit the Transition Extreme Sports website and lend both your voices and money to ensure the centres success!

That wouldn't be Callum McKenzie now would it...? He's the only joiner I know that has a Linn Sondek turntable!

News to me. Speak to Ash, he gives more interesting responses. But check the spelling...

Because he quite obviously was.