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Heave ho

Unfortunate piece of luck, Eskimo Blonde are also the name one of those X Factor "groups" currently being manipulated for entertainment of the masses

Hot Mangu hit Elgin on the 15th during their latest tour and are supported by special guests Mind Gone Blind who have just released their latest EP (World Of Lies) and Ded Rabbit the funky rock youngstas. The Ocean, Batchen Street, Elgin http://skip.to/hotmangu http://www.myspace.com/hotmangu http://www.mindgoneblind.com http://www.ded-rabbit.tk/

OK folks I have the answer! It was opposite the Newmarket Bar i.e. down below another old stompin ground The Venue

Course it is...that's the RAF boys pub

That's a new one even to me, I will ask around though

Jellyfish - pop maestros Fishbone - ska metal funk dudes Willy Mason - cool as fuck

Aye they are bollocks too

Yawn, the tired, lazy, cliches are out again. Every time it's the same songs being picked out. What about Tropical Island Hum another of Macca's kiddies songs...just to freshen things up? Well, I'll trot out Bowie and his Laughing Gnome... boring. Bowie and McCartney have produced much more to be remembered then those songs. Back to The White Album I prefer Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Pepper and Abbey Road myself but I still like to give it a spin coz it's full of change but does overstretch. As DustyD reminds us George Martin suggested it would be better cut to one LP and there are worse songs on it that Ob La Di Ob La Da. Bunglalow Bill is hardly Lennon at his finest or Goodnight and then there's Don't Pass Me By, Wild Honey Pie of course Revolution No9. However, even at their most excessive they still bettered their rivals and there are superb songs on the remainder. The major thing for me with all their albums was they didn't repeat themselves and the diversity was breathtaking. Take Macca on the White Album and along side the "whimsical pish" there's Helter Skelter, Back In The USSR and Birthday. I can't think of one song over their career which reminds me of another, whereas now people seemed to be tuned into one style throughout an album or even career... Re the spoken intro on Goodnight, it's only on the Anthology version as it was quiet rightly cut from the final version... It's down to taste though innit but 40 years on we're still debating them

There are thousands of songs worse than that. Jeez it's just a bit of fun. The dated thing does of course matter but the likes of The Beatles and Beach Boys tend to leap out of their peers efforts (lyrically and sonically although I don't like the snare sound on the White album!). Time does tend to seperate the wheat from the chaff though. I'd like to put these into the mix Velvet Underground + Nico REM - Automatic For the People The Who - Tommy Small Faces - Ogdens Nut Gone Flake Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

Well I went but only about 15 others. Pity as it was a night of great entertainment and Chris' band set up really suited the songs...sorta Alt country feel. Only caught the first few songs of Michael Weston King and he was cool but I was facing a long drive and early morning. Good reception to both acts and I liked the Tunnels as a venue.

I'm awaiting my copy arriving from Amazon but I hope your summary is on the mark as with every release I am disappointed but still go out and through my cash away...the blind following the bland. Maybe I'll be amazed...this time. Fine Line has grown on me though... I missed the Abbey Road thing on Radio 2 last night but the trailers sounded good so I'll check out the download.

Chris Henderson and band supports Michael Weston King on Monday at the Tunnels. Usually just a solo acoustic performer this is Chris' first gig with a full band. http://www.ents24.com/web/event/1012102/Michael_Weston_King.html

Some old rock n roll No Particular Place To Go - Chuck Berry I'm Bad I'm Nation Wide - ZZ Top Bad Motor Scooter - Montrose Yankee Rose - DLR From Out Of Nowhere - Faith No More

Rush bassist/vocals - I like Rush but he's hard going and only knows one melody

Best Smokey Robinson John Lennon Aretha Franklin Jeff Buckley Prince Worst Ian Brown Liam Gallagher Jon Anderson Geddy Lee Oh and that fud from the Darkness Mark E Smith

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars Led Zeppelin - 111 Stevie Wonder - Innervisions Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of the Moon Montrose - Montrose Bob Marley - Catch A Fire