What: Live Show
Venue: It's Got To Be Belgium (Slurp's Wino Bar)
Town: Northampton
Date: Wednesday, 3^rd of August 1994

The Players

Pat Fish, Alex Green, Dooj Wilkinson, Gabriel Turner, Dave Henderson

Notes

Matt Cockerill says: The gig was outdoors, in what you might call the beergarden, though it's more like a bit of derelict ground they happen to have access to. The band played under a big tarpaulin, and surrounded by drapes (possibly done by Pascal Legras) on which were projected all kind of groovy swirly patterns - it was really quite cool, rather like an early Pink Floyd concert.

Playing were Pat Fish and Dooj Wilkinson, of course, and Gabriel Turner, and Dave Henderson and Alex Green.

Whoever was lamenting that they would never see a really rocking JBC lineup is in for a nice surprise. This was lively stuff, and it went down really well with cognoscenti and newbies alike.

Set list included: We're going to have a really good time together (Velvet Underground cover), Mr. Odd (Funny, that...), She's On Drugs, Our Friends The Filth, Take The Skinheads Bowling, Rosemary Davis' World Of Sound, Ghosts, Soul Happy Hour, and Sister Death (once again described as the "packed lunch" version)

It's just to be hoped that the threatened 20000 fine on Slurps for noise pollution never materialises, and that the weather and the scaffolding hold for the rest of August. (An adjoining building was demolished recently, taking some rather important structural parts of Slurps with it, hence the scaffolding).

As detailed already by Matt Cockerill, who had a chat with me that evening. Very enjoyable to be able to put on the whole band here in Northampton, and - indeed - the local folks seemed glad that we had bothered. Lots of mad decor out in the yard where we played; it looked more "Apocalypse Now!" to me, with all the drunks stumbling about in the psychedelic half-dark, but I guess early Floyd is pretty cool, too. A deliberately good-natured set, complete with gratuitous Velvet Underground cover right at the top.