Living for the weekend
Phew, what a rockin’ Bank Holiday we’ve just had.
Yes, we told Mrs PRSD to put away the Scrabble board and the 24 boxset, get on her ‘gladrags’ and be ready to hit the Plymouth’s swinging city centre.
She was so shocked, she almost spilt her stinky tea on her dressing gown.
But what were the highlights of this, so called, rockin’ weekend? Here are the highlights of the, so called, rockin’ weekend.
1. Rediscovered our frankly unhealthy lurve for The Once Over Twice at The Hub in Plymouth on Sunday. The righteous rockers hurried though some old tunes and played a coupla newies which were greeted with general apathy by the nodding crowd. Fools. Did their mothers never tell them about ‘growers’?
2. Grooved along to the herky-jerky popsters Elliot Whale Boy who were kinda the headliners but not really. A sign behind the band read: “We quite like the Mars Voltaâ€. This is a lie, but you get the point.
3. Had a big hotdog.
4. Went to the May Day festival at the Plymouth Guildhall which boasted lots of bumf about peace, love and, um, trade unions.
5. This spiffing attitude was undermined somewhat by ugly teenagers running around and ruining the Guildhall’s historic floor with their skateboards. And fighting. With sticks. Proving beyond a doubt that pinko types are gash at raising kids.
6. Enjoyed a poptastic set by Crazy Arm and watched the Gentlemen Rebels, who came on like The Music fronted by a diminutive wailer in an anorak.
7. Gentleman Rebels also had a saxophonist which is quite funny, isn’t it? Y’know, in this ‘day and age’.
8. Got quite annoyed by the drummers who took to the stage as often as possible to clatter about a bit in a cack-handed manner.
9. The event was undersubscribed, ie. no-one knew it was even happening.
10. There were no more highlights.
Posted by Thin White Duke
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