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Thursday 1st March
Southampton Talking Heads

The Dawn Chorus
Relentless
Philip Barebones

Well these gigs happen. We only played to about 10 people, but then we only brought along 7 or 8 so of course we can't complain. It wasn't particularly unenjoyable, it was just very empty. This was our last gig ever without Paul, so in a way it was nice to draw a line under the old DC with our 50th gig and now we're ready to move onwards and upwards, or possibly sideways. A few points of note:

• Ben from Dlugocecki (sp?), who was the promoter, is an absolute legend. A genuinely funny bloke. Sample of conversation:

Ben: What do you do for a job then?

Me: I'm a supply teacher.

Ben: Oh I'm a teacher too. But I don't take any shit.

Me: I have to take lots of shit, it's in the job description. But at least I can go home afterwards and forget about it.

Ben: Yeah you can just go home and have a wank.

This might not seem funny on paper, but the straight faced manner in which it was delivered was brilliant.

• The chippy next door to Talking Heads serves the most ridiculously over-sized sacks of chips you have ever seen. But they are a bit shit. Quality over quantity in future boys, quality over quantity.
• Relentless were lovely folks, but nothing quite strikes dread into the soul like the following sentence: 'This is called Paint your Target, It's a cover by Fightstar'. Nice.
• Leffe on Tap > Hoegaarden on tap any day

xx