Back for the first time since 2018 to a city that despite its size, gets very few mentions in the lyrics book. Well, actually, none really. How was the first gig of 2022?
Back for the first time since 2018 to a city that despite its size, gets very few mentions in the lyrics book. Well, actually, none really. How was the first gig of 2022?
Twistedkitemike
Evening All,
A rip-roaring start to 2022. Looked like a decent turn-out in Manchester, and an eclectic set-list, with one track that will get the Statto’s reaching for the Biscuit “Wisden”, i.e., when was the last time “See that my bike’s kept clean” was played? Must have been a few years ago.
A few quips from Nigel, which I’ll mainly leave for Roger to replay in his review. Although, he did state that “Eddie Howe has never sneezed.” I am pretty sure that Nigel told us (and I believe him) a few years ago that “Eddie Howe has never yawned” but he did attribute that last witticism to Joe Hart. Again, not impossible.
Anyway, it’s bedtime. Here’s the set-list as scribbled in my sad little book: –
Broadstairs
Squabble
Bat Walk
Terminus
Asparagus
Colombia
27 Yards
Vitas G
Restless
Reflection
Vatican
Buried
Geraldine
NSD
Knobheads
Bob W
Fix It
Trad Arr Tune
DPAK
Bike’s Clean
Chatteris
AOR
Light Tunnel
Trumpton
………………………………………
Fred T
Bell Rings
Holiday in Cambodia
JDOG
Only a short wait and we reconvene in Sheffield.
29 January 2022
Age old eEl
Oof. Fred Titmus!
And A Flat.
Also Pancake Day.
Wonderful
29 January 2022
Michael avedy
I have an audio recording of the “no frills” bit. Does anyone know a good hosting site? My sister in law lives in New Mills.
29 January 2022
Phil from Portsmouth
Hello all!! 231 mile journey up yesterday to see them last night. Not disappointed at all! Wearing my all new “I’m getting buried in the morning” tee! Off for the return journey today. Do you think a round trip of 462 miles is a record? Couple of weeks to recover then back to Sheffield! I don’t post often on here, but I’m pretty much at as many gigs I can get to! Unfortunately Durham, Blackpool and Leeds are just a wee bit to far for me, but I’ll be at all the others. I video the encoure covers (since lockdown ended, but missed Holmfirth) so if you check out my you tube they’re all on there. Ctso, would like to know how we can link them to your page please! It’s always lovely to meet the Biscuit family! Love to Roger, Karen, Andy and Tony! See you all in a few weeks!
You can just paste the links here – CtSO
29 January 2022
TC
Holiday in Cambodia 😄
29 January 2022
JITSU_G
Great gig as ever. And particularly pleased with the cover. Having seen them do it a couple of years ago it stood out as a favourite back then
@Phil good effort on the travel but all our long journeys are put to shame by Injured Buzzard. I believe his journey to Frome was 400+ miles each way!
(our trip to Frome was a comparatively short 480 mile round trip)
29 January 2022
Cookie
Hello all.
Been into HMHB since 1990, but this is the first time I’ve finally managed to see them. Brilliant -totally lived up to my hopes and expectations.
Biggest surprise was the cover of Holiday in Cambodia. Welcome – I was quite a fan of the Dead Kennedys – but massively incongruous nonetheless. NB makes a surprisingly Jello Biafra, and the song was played with all the menace of the original.
Second biggest surprise was just how tight the band were. Having not seen them before, and knowing the material is primarily lyric driven, it came a pleasant surprise the extent to which the lyrics stand up on their own.
Main drawback was the Ritz. Now I like the Ritz – it has a certain louche grandeur, and it was also the scene of numerous late-teenage nights out – but the acoustics in there aren’t the greatest. You kind of had to know the songs to be able to hear the lyrics. But, you know, not the biggest drawback in the world. And a great lace for pre-gig drinks at the Peveril of the Peak and post-gig drinks at the Britons Protection (hello cheerfully drunk woman from Wolverhampton, sorry about being 8 inches taller than you and stood in front of you).
So a great night, and I’m now wondering if I can justify a trip to Leeds, Sheffield or Blackpool later in the year.
29 January 2022
Mark holme
Starting with Broadstairs made my night after just one song. They must have secretly found my favourite HMHB songs list as they played virtually every one. Bob Wilson, We Built This Village, Chatteris. I think this was the best gig of theirs that I’ve seen.
29 January 2022
the real slim sheedy
Great gig, great venue,
loved holiday in Cambodia.
Nice to meet Phil and the Birmingham fan and the Bolton/Lincoln fan in the circus tavern.Sorry can’t remember their names!
29 January 2022
EXXO
Haha I thought I lost my glasses at the gig (not the ones that came from Boots without due care and attention and were handed to NB after National Shite Day) but from my last post in the pre-gig thread I see it might have been as I was jogging down Deansgate beforehand – I was growling about gigs starting early because of club nites afterwards, not club bites of course. Whoever sold their print-out to a tout for a tenner I gave him twenty for it, so kept up my record of swerving Toutmaster booking fees for at least 20 years. Only missed the opening two tracks (Broadstairs and Squabblefest) and would have missed less if I had realised that I’d had my fishing knife/multitool in my jacket pocket all week and needed to find somewhere to hide it in a glove behind a bin before entering the venue.
Great performance with many highlights, but if anyone noticed that the long lay-off had prompted Nigel to try some interesting embellishments to some old tunes in Holmfirth, that was multiplied manyfold here with a jaw-dropping new take on ‘Reflections.’ Outstanding.
In the same category of embellishments, there were also really noisy, chaotic-in-a-good-way extended intros to DPAK and the cover of ‘Holiday.’
Ian Woosnam spotted, and much love for the good people of Offerton and for Connor Jennings. Though no mention of likely future Tranmere manager Dave Challinor. The “Eddie Howe has never sneezed” thing had an outing early on along with another manager who’s never somethingelsed. Foxes suitcase joke. Popping in the raptor sanctuary to use the loos, that sort of thing.
Audience a bit lifeless, but a small throng were finally prodded into a mosh nearly half way through AOR (hope most of you got the 20 point open goal there – I haven’t looked at the FBL entries yet), and so there was a bit of life for about 5 songs at least.
29 January 2022
PaulL
Quite a bit of a fan of the early curfew gig, it helps with travelling and after all aren’t most of us in the voltarol years now anyway.
Kicking off with the speach of ‘does anyone know why the police helicopter is up’ started the show with a smile then quickly into Broadstairs, vibes were outstanding, audience spot on as always, band goes without saying ‘mind blowing’.
With an extensive back catalogue to choose from its always a delight to discover what the next 120 minutes will bring.
The usual humorous interactions are second to none, turn his guitar up, what… And turn mine down? …. Has anyone lost these blue spectacles?, (hope they found their owner in the end).
Proud to be amongst that crowd watching the best band ever.
Aor, The light at the end of the tunnel, Fred Titmus, Vatican broadside, Trumpton riots, and one I’m always very happy to hear ‘see that my bikes kept clean’ all sat very comfortable in the 2 hour set.. Always love the cover during the encore, on this occasion it was Holiday in Cambodia, I always find that part of the show to be fun and incredibly respectful to the chosen song and artist.
2 hours flew by, ending with Joy Division oven gloves, ears are still ringing today, thanks 02 ritz, sort those blooming acoustics out. Fantastic show, and a memory that won’t ever be forgotten.
Special mention to the support Calvin party, I mean jd meatyard, really good and ill be watching you guys again, I can guarantee that.
29 January 2022
Lee.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V66_Vmx2AmA
29 January 2022
The harbinger of nothing
Very decent sound quality on that. I don’t suppose you recorded the whole gig, by any chance?
29 January 2022
Simon
Great gig and delighted I finally decided to go a few hours beforehand (only half hour away on the train luckily). Had been checking Ticketmaster during the day so knew tickets were available but typically enough they shown as unavailable once I’d dashed for the train intending to buy one on the way on my mobile. Thankfully some were still available on the door so didn’t have to mess about with touts or finding someone with a spare. I know a lot of people are wary about going to gigs on their own but for me, you’re going to listen to music not talk to mates so I’ve never found it a problem on the odd occasion I’ve had to do it including the occasional one involving overnight stays or a flight to Ireland and beside most people watching the band seem to cause less hassle than others I’ve watched where people have gone to ‘tick them off the list’ or to brag on social media while doing anything during the concert other than listen to the music.
Great video Lee and cheers for posting that as you would have literally been a foot or two to my right hand side so made up to see those songs again in such great quality. Like others have said the sound could have been a touch better at the venue but most places are like that these days and certainly been to plenty of gigs with worse sound. It’s only my 4th HMHB gig but thought it was just as good as the others and will hopefully get to at least one more this year. I knew it was going to be good as soon as ‘you alright for bags?’ had me laughing at the start and while other people thought the crowd to be fairly subdued I thought they interacted quite well at times (Fred Titmus, Every Time a Bell Rings etc) certainly as much as Liverpool the other year or the last Manchester gig. It also helps actually enjoying being at gigs again which I’ve always took for granted pre covid and looking down from the balcony it was superb to see how full it was after a long 2 years with people enjoying themselves. Like everyone else, there’s songs I’d have liked to have heard but can’t grumble at all at the setlist which I was made up with, as far from being an obsessive there was still plenty I knew and others that I’ll make sure to listen to more in future. It will baffle me till the day I die that the band aren’t bigger as like has already been commented on, it’s not just the genius lyrics but musically the songs are actually superb and performed live to a great standard. Thankfully from a selfish point of view they’re not a lot bigger meaning they can still be watched in small venues and to be honest if it wasn’t for being practically kidnapped at some point in the mid 90’s and forced to listen to them I could well have been as oblivious as most. I’ll always be grateful to the ex colleague who offered me a lift home in his works van that night who asked ‘have you heard of Half Man Half Biscuit’ to which I replied no before he sensed that as his opportunity to lock the van doors and drive in the opposite direction to my house and refuse to return until I’d heard a good chunk of his personal favorites through the tape player. As funny as it was at the time, I didn’t actually know the bloke as well as I do now so was a tiny bit nervous although the music soon made up for that and we still laugh about it to this day and I’ll always be grateful for my slightly unorthodox introduction to the band 🙂
Anyway that’s my waffle done with, roll on the next gig!
29 January 2022
Ferencváros fan
Great post, Simon. I love this kind of traveller’s tale. Like you, there are gaps in my knowledge of the band’s material, and I’ve also only been to 4 gigs, although I hope to more than double my tally by the end of the year. Maybe run into you later in the year then. Cheers for now.
30 January 2022
Bad loser
Great clip posted by Lee #11. All the better for not quite getting me in it so there’s no repeat of the youtube clip from Shrewsbury which led to my wife saying ‘That’s the back of your head’. Yes, I’m well aware it’s extremely sparse round the back thank you.
Far from my favourite venue: acoustically not great and the lighting didn’t seem to be the best but at least they’d dropped their ‘Papers please’ policy that they’d had in place even before govt required it. Maybe the day lacks the sense of adventure when I can do a full day in work and still get there in time to see J.D. Meatyard start their set rather taking the day off.
Having said all that, the expected great performance from the lads in a set chock full of their very finest songs. It is something when the pianist for Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto (‘Who’s playing that?’) for the walk on wasn’t the finest playing of the night. The cover versions highlight their ability and I have watched the cover of ‘Holiday In Cambodia’ on youtube a few times already to marvel at Neil & Karl playing in the section without vocals.
Just 2 weeks till the next one at a venue I much prefer. Hoping for some early album merch especially as The Leadmill is on the list of venues that don’t take a cut from merchandise sales.
30 January 2022
carrie anne
Roger’s review with full setlist, taken from Gez’s website https://www.hmhb.co.uk/guest/index.htm
O2 Ritz, Manchester, Fri 28th Jan 2022
Roger Green:
Santa did not deliver any directly HMHB-related pressies. Although product surfaced from a couple of regular support acts at these shows. Christmas With Evan Dando is new from The Humdrum Express while As The River Flows is just out from Zinney Sonnenberg. Both are welcome additions to my collections and I’m hoping both will be appearing on stage supporting HMHB some time in 2022.
There was a fine report on the game between Pontefract Collieries and Pickering Town. Gavin Rothery’s winning penalty was delivered “with aplomb”. Well, after all, where else do you see that word?
Nigel was the subject of a Question And Answer session on the internet station Radio Glannau Dyfrdwy. Nigel himself didn’t appear. Instead his answers, presumably from an exchange of emails, were read out by the presenter. There was reference to Descent Of The “Stripper” Stones, and when asked if they had a nemesis, Nigel replied “No, but we do have an Aldi and a Lidl.”
Early January brought news of a new album from the band, The Voltarol Years. Cricket commentator David Lloyd, aka Bumble, took to Twitter to discuss this with his mate Robert Brocklehurst, and he included a cutting from his column in the, er, Daily Mail. Andrew informed me that he had been involved in the Phase Three development of Voltarol. I was keen to find out more. It was in the late 1970s. Andrew reported that his contribution was to buy the Daily Mirror, make the tea, and talk football. All valid stuff.
Chris’s site featured contributions from New Zealand, pondering the possibility of the band playing there. Well, subject to virus restrictions of course, we would be booking seats on the next plane. I’ve been to NZ a couple of times. But not sure of what venues the band might play. I stopped in Auckland both times I was in the country. Karen’s research tells me that The Gluepot, Windsor Castle and Mainstreet Cabaret (where The Fall recorded their Fall In A Hole LP) have all been swallowed up by city development. But I’m sure the suburb of Birkenhead would provide them with a warm welcome. HMHB could squeeze into a corner of the lounge bar at the bowls club. Here’s hoping. Back with The Fall, I saw someone on Twitter saying it was unfortunate that the opportunity had been missed for them to represent the Royaume Uni in The Eurovision Song Contest. But it was said that there was still a chance for HMHB to do the job. Eurovision? Is that more or less likely than a trip to NZ? Can Nigel, Neil, Karl and Carl get a dance routine sorted out, do you think?
The day of the gig got off to a bad start. Karen reported being wide awake at 4.06. But I suppose that’s inevitable on gig days. It was only mid-morning when we got to Wakefield Westgate station, however Greggs had already run out of pain au chocolat. Had to go for one of their chocolate doughnuts instead. Excellent for fighting high blood pressure and cholesterol. In other health matters, chapped hands are not good when you are taking notes. But all was sorted out with a liberal application of O’Keeffe’s Working Hands cream. I bought mine from my local Co Op. I’m guessing it’s widely available.
The paper review took in The Manchester Evening News. There was nothing about HMHB, but they did mention that Harry Styles is playing at The Etihad. On the other hand, Metro had a splash. There was a picture of the band loading their gear into a van which looks like it will be the front cover of the new album. This was accompanied by some blurb. “In 1985 Wirral’s Half Man Half Biscuit topped the indie album chart – ahead of Depeche Mode, New Order and The Cult – with a record made in a couple of days and for around £30. The album, Back In The DHSS, was championed by John Peel, for whom they did a total of twelve sessions over the years. Ahead of their fifteenth album, The Voltarol Years, they’re back on the road for only a handful of gigs.” The opening line in Twydale’s Lament came to mind when Karen read a letter in the same paper, written by Lizzie from Liverpool. It was part of a debate on changes to The Highway Code… “…When I have been in a car driven by a friend or family member, they have always given way to pedestrians when turning into side roads… Those drivers too inconsiderate to do this, could they at least signal their intention by using their indicator?”
And so to the show. Tonight was an early start and early finish. We were queuing outside at not long after 6 o’clock, ready for doors opening at half past. On the way we met Graham Le Taxi and his mate (Scott?). They had heard the soundcheck, where the band played The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is The Light Of An Oncoming Train. Also queuing up were Andrew, Tony, Postman Tony, John, Graham and Sarah, Phil, Mike and Jay. Busy night then.
Once inside, I noted Brassneck and The Only One I Know on the PA. And there were some decent home-made t-shirts. John was wearing a HMHB/Frank Sidebottom mash-up number, while Phil was at the cutting edge, having already designed an I’m Getting Buried In The Morning number. I paid a visit to Miles with the official merchandise. No sign of the new album yet, but I think we are all ready for the release. Not long now.
Had a chat with Andy about our epic journeys back home from the Frome gig last year. Hopefully it wouldn’t be the same after today’s show. Not quite as far for either of us to travel this time.
JD Meatyard was on stage at 7.15. As well as being accompanied by Gary on minimalist drums, John also had two guitarists with him. I didn’t know all the songs but have heard Casper’s Ballroom and Blow It Out Your Arse before. It would have been good to hear Ubu At Eric’s, but that wasn’t played tonight. “It’s great to be back,” said John, “Two years and five months since our last gig.”
In the interval, we saw Nigel and Jo, Ian, and Howie without Daz, for some reason. HMHB emerged to the playing of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto. “You all right for bags?” asked Nigel. “Who is the pianist on that?” he also enquired. “Hats off to them.” We noticed Karl was sporting a Moon Wiring Club t-shirt.
“Anyone know why the police helicopter is up?” he asked, before the band started the first song, She’s In Broadstairs. Nigel pointed out someone in the crowd. “I remember that shirt from last time… Sort it out!” In Renfield’s Afoot there was a recommendation to bring a torch, but not a police torch. In response to a shout from the crowd of “Who loves you, costermonger”, Nigel responded “That’s not your normal voice. You sound like a good old Cockney. We must play that song, but I can’t remember the title.”
We were told that Eddie Howe has never sneezed and, in turn, were reminded once again that Joe Hart has never yawned. “This is about neither of those people,” said Nigel, ahead of What Made Colombia Famous. Asparagus Next Left was introduced thus. “This is about looking something up in my street map of Bedford, but not being able to find it.”
There was a bit of technical chat with the sound desk. “Can you turn Karl’s guitar up? Do you want mine turning down?” Karl’s tuning up led to Nigel referencing Bill Sticker Nick from Trumpton. “There’s an interesting story behind this next one,” he said (without expanding) by way of introducing Twenty-Seven Yards Of Dental Floss. Similarly with Outbreak Of Vitas Gerulaitis… “This is a topical story.”
I didn’t pick up everything that was said about Connor Jennings, so owe this snippet of information to Andrew and Tony. Nigel’s Auntie Sheila’s family are Stockport County fans. Connor plays for them, having previously run out for Tranmere. So they all share a love of him. Apparently Nigel said that he has a picture of Connor on his kitchen wall.
I heard a slight amendment to the Reflections In A Flat lyric. “Then there’s the time you slashed me / And I had to go to hospital,” Just after that, Ian Woosnam was spotted in the crowd. He followed up with “I need those ladders back, Ian.” Nigel raised a glass (actually, a plastic bottle of water) to Paul Burton ahead of National Shite Day. The sanderling was sent to Phil Cool with a SAE.
“Anyone in from Welwyn Garden City?” asked Nigel. He said he once went to the birds of prey centre there, but just went in the cafe to order tea and toast. “You don’t get this with Newton Faulkner, do you? I don’t own the skeleton of Ken Goodwin. But he does.” There was an impressive holding of the last note of Knobheads On Quiz Shows by Nigel. So it’s not all done with smoke and mirrors.
Nigel’s introduction to Fix It So She Dreams Of Me referred back to his relatives in Offerton. “This is about someone who shares pictures of lost cats from other countries on their Facebook page. Hello Auntie Sheila.” There was a reprise of one of Nigel’s jokes. He was out cycling and saw a dead fox and a suitcase full of cubs. He rang the RSPCA. They asked Nigel if they were moving. Nigel said “Well, that would explain the suitcase.”
One or two songs were thrown in to the show which have not been heard for a while. Here is how it went.
She’s In Broadstairs
Running Order Squabble Fest
Renfield’s Afoot
Terminus
Asparagus Next Left
What Made Colombia Famous
Twenty-Seven Yards Of Dental Floss
Outbreak Of Vitas Gerulaitis
Restless Legs
Reflections In A Flat
Vatican Broadside
I’m Getting Buried In The Morning
Harsh Times In Umberstone Covert
National Shite Day
Knobheads On Quiz Shows
Bob Wilson Anchorman
Fix It So She Dreams Of Me
We Built This Village On A Trad Arr Tune
All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit
See That My Bike’s Kept Clean
For What Is Chatteris?
Everything’s AOR
The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is The Light Of An Oncoming Train
The Trumpton Riots
And in the encore there were four songs. A hearty singalong of “Get your hedge cut” took place as the four came back on stage.
Fuckin’ ‘Ell It’s Fred Titmus
Every Time A Bell Rings
Holiday In Cambodia
Joy Division Oven Gloves
This was all as per Karl’s set list, which was kindly handed over by Neil when he came back on stage to clear stuff away. It was interesting to see that the set list was a photocopy. One step down the slippery slope towards being typed out? There was only one amendment to the original list, being the inclusion of “Fred Titmus” which was requested from the floor when the band returned for the encore.
The morning after the show, we saw a video on That’s TV channel of We Built This City by Starship. It would have been rude not to sing We Built This Village over and above it. And we also heard a mention of a couple from Urmston who had sent a message to Radcliffe And Maconie saying that they had been to the show at The Ritz.
After hearing that, we were back to Oxford Road station for the train back east. The next gig is just down the road in Sheffield. Only a fortnight to wait. A pair of glasses went unclaimed at this gig. Maybe Nigel still has them ready to be claimed at The Leadmill.
30 January 2022
Dr desperate
Best Manc Gig Ever; in memoriam of two Chrises (CP Lee who was at the 2014 show, and my late bro, who had ‘AOR’ dedicated to him at the 2018 one).
Anyway. It struck me on the way to the pub in the afternoon that the venues of all the last three gigs have had an assortment of Biscuit connections – too late for a quiz now, so I’ll just say: Ritz crackers, Shrewsbury and Cheese &. There won’t be another one of these for a while, unless you count The Devil’s Arse.
A pair of of pints in the Salisbury (packed with Motörhead fans on their way to see the increasingly inappropriately-named Girlschool at the Apollo) was followed by Two Pizzas Night on Oxford St, then back to join the throng outside the Ritz just in time to meet Nigel and Denise heading out for theirs teas. I directed them whence we’d just been, though I did wonder whether the Pizza would be Express enough for their timetable. All the usual suspects were in the queue, as well as an Australian youngster wearing a leather jacket, who’d never seen the band before. I was glad to note the absence of the Showsec who, the last time we were here, insisted that I remove my hi-vis jacket and Postie Tony go for a coffee before she’d let us in.
There was a longer than usual queue at the merch table, all as disappointed as I was when my request for a dozen copies of ‘Voltarol Years’ was rewarded only with a rueful chuckle. Neil, the bassist, came out to commiserate, and I asked him if he’d had a hand in the recording of JD Meatyard’s new album during the week, 2 miles away in Salford at 6dB Studios. He hadn’t.
JD is now helming a standard four-piece band, and a jolly pleasing row they made. The new songs sound tremendous. Someone (I) threw a cardboard ‘WORK EVENT’ placard onto Uncle John’s stage during their set, which he was gracious enough to ignore.
HMHB kicked off without any of the usual plugging-in shenanigans, then played a setlist as fine as any I’ve witnessed (see above), performed likewise. Exxo arrived after the second song, keen to know the walk-on music and first number (Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No 1, op. 23 and ‘Broadstairs’ respectively).
I have only one addition to make to Roger’s Exemplary: that the song that mentions the costermonger is ‘Girlfriend’s Finished With Him’. It might be a good bet for anyone trying for any reason to predict the setlist at Sheffield.
On to there!
30 January 2022
Stringy bob
Lost my glasses. Anyone find them?
30 January 2022
carrie anne
@Dr D, well, actually….. https://www.continentalbiscuits.com.pk/products/gala.html
30 January 2022
Hendrix-tattoo
Great reviews Roger and Doc.
Who loves Ya Costermonger?
30 January 2022
EXXO
@Stringy Bob. I truly hope you are Robert Bathurst off of t’telly and that you will enter our Fantasy Biscuitball prediction league as soon as possible after finding your specs still safe in their blue Boots case. And to save everyone else the trouble of reading Bumble’s column (I found it very difficult not just for the obvious reason, but because the rain during that 4th test cost me a grand on free bets for 5-0), the relevant paragraph goes
“My phone pinged in the wee small hours and there was a text from the Cold Feet actor and cricket enthusiast Robert Bathurst. Like me he’s a devotee of Half Man half Biscuit and wanted to tell me about their new album. It’s called the Voltarol Years and includes crackers like I’m Getting Buried in the Morning and Tess of the Dormobiles. I still hum along to their wonderful little ditty about Fred Titmus….”
Glad somebody enjoyed that last Humdrum effort by the way.
— Nope, not Robert Bathurst off the telly, nor is it the site visitor who normally comes on as Stringy Bob. But Mr Bathurst has contributed in the past; I will take his site identity with me to the grave, as I will others, including band members, using nom de plumes – CtSO
30 January 2022
Dr desperate
Nice one, @Carrie.
And these, now I come to Google:
https://jassanifoodindustries.com/product/union-biscuits/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_biscuit
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/triscuits-electric-biscuits/
30 January 2022
EXXO
So, loving the odd little stick of Nottingham rock, and being probably even more competitive than you Doc, if I’m the only one with lead pipes (from street to threshold), then I’m the only one who regularly consumes something from the title of about 8 consecutive gigs?
30 January 2022
EXXO
@Chris. I always try to adopt a “whoever’s grave is soonest” attitude on such things.
30 January 2022
Lord leominster
Ref “including band members, using nom de plumes – CtSO”
https://youtube.com/watch?v=81ptZN3dUnE&feature=share
30 January 2022
PAUl F
Can somebody not as lazy as me work out how many times they’ve now covered Holiday in Cambodia on stage?
31 January 2022
EXXO
@Paul – don’t think we’ll ever know, but it just gets better and better. It will be right up there with ‘Song from Under the Floorboards’ as most often-repeated cover over about the last 23-24-25-26 years since they started doing covers at most gigs. The covers at every Roger-reported gig will be added to the spreadsheet sooner or later, taking us back nearly 20 years.
31 January 2022
Chris The Siteowner
Nothing revelatory to see here, but a review is a review and should be noted, I guess.
2 February 2022
Gary Evans
Paul F – the trustworthy setlist.fm says 8 times they have done Holidays in Cambodia
2 February 2022
paul f
Cheers Gary – you are officially less lazy than me.
3 February 2022
Rob
Best night of my life.
12 February 2022
Nige from prenton
Foxes movin again soon.Cases needed
12 February 2022