Life in the Bus Lane

Tonights gig came complete with a free sauna as someone forgot to turn the air-con on until the first encore. Very good, but very very hot.

Setlist to follow when I’ve pinched it from someone else.

Vanity
Into the WInd
Fate
…
Wired
Wonderful Way To Go

Bad Old World
Vagabonds
Poison Street

Stupid Questions
I Love the World

After a bit of thinking, I reckon it was as follows:

Vanity
Into the Wind
Fate
Breathing
Rivers
The Hunt
Get Me Out
Before I Get Old
One of the Chosen
Bloodsports
High
Purity
Wired
Wonderful Way To Go

Bad Old World
Vagabonds
Poison Street

Stupid Questions
I Love the World

Just over three hours of non-stop Jello Biafra covering everything from junk mail, to the Iraq war, and Norwegian maths teachers.

They could have done with leaving the air-conditioning off though, it was pretty cold in there.

I’ve just ordered my ticket to see Jello Biafra in Bristol next week. It’s a long time since I’ve been to a gig on my own, but no-one else could make this one, and I wasn’t going to miss seeing Jello.

A fantastic night. Probably the only gig I’ve been to where the seats sold out before the standing area.

I think the setlist was as follows:

Needle and Thread
Bad Monkey
Take Care The Road You Choose
Dad’s Gonna Kill Me
I Still Dream
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Al Bowlly’s in Heaven
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Who Knows Where The Time Goes
One Door Opens
I’ll Never Give It Up
Hard on me
Mingulay Boat Song
A Man in Need
Guns Are The Tongues
A Bone Through Her Nose
Wall of Death
Read About Love

Sunset Song
Mr. Stupid

Tear Stained Letter

Tonight we went to see New Model Army in Weston Super Mare. A nice low-key warm up gig before their Beautiful Days appearance tomorrow evening, there were probably only 200 people in the rather tiny Hobbits club. The only downside was that the smoke alarm went off three times during the gig, prompting a slight rewording of one song mid-flow.

They ended up playing a two part set. The first 45 minutes or so was a run through of the set they’ll play tomorrow, the second section was just some extra tracks.

Setlist
Rumour and Rapture (1650)
Bloodsports
Island
High
No Mirror, No Shadow
Wonderful Way to Go
Here Comes the War
Before I Get Old
Vagabonds
Poison Street
Get Me Out
Green and Grey

Better Than Them (JS Acoustic)
Breathing
Into the Wind
Stupid Questions
Rivers
Wired
Purity
125 MPH

Absolutely fantastic.

90 minutes of sing-a-long superbness with a decent mix of old classics, and potential future classics.

Full setlist, now in the proper order (apparently):

The Light At The End Of The Tunnel (Is The Light Of An Oncoming Train)
Lock up your mountain bikes
Shit Arm Bad Tattoo
Fuckin’ ‘Ell It’s Fred Titmus
If I Had Possession over Pancake Day
Bob Wilson Anchorman
Bad Review
Restless Legs
Turned Up Clocked On Laid Off
CORGI Registered Friends
Trumpton Riots
Paintball’s Coming Home
Secret Gig
Look Dad No Tunes
Twydale’s Lament (ending only)
All I Want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit
The Best Things in Life (ending only)
Numanoid Hanglide
Running order squabble fest
For What is Chatteris
Everythings A.O.R
Vatican Broadside
24 Hour Garage People
Joy Division Ovengloves

encore:
Rubber Bullets (10cc)
We built this village on a Trad. Arr. tune

They were even better than last week. I danced like a loon for a good hour or so, so am a bit broken at the moment and partially deaf.

The venue was very civilised with tables and chairs round the outside. The setlist was broadly similar to last week but with a few minor alterations. The finale of Green and Grey followed by 225 was a fitting ending to the night.

Over The Wire
Stranger
Water
Island
Carlise Road
Another Imperial Day
Wonderful Way To Go
51st State
Here Comes The War
Snelsmore Wood (JS acoustic)
Too Close To The Sun
Rumour & Rapture
The Hunt
Vagabonds
No Rest
Poison Street
Get Me Out

Purity
Green & Grey
225

Despite the best efforts of the RAC to stop us finding the venue, we finally arrived in time to catch the tail end of the first support band. New Model Army were fantastic as always, we were stood right down at the front, so had a perfect view of the stage. They started off a bit slowly with Whirlwind, Stranger, etc, before finding their feet a bit more with some older material. It was good to hear some old favourites such as No Rest, White Coats, Vagabonds etc. All in all it was a thoroughly good night.

Same again on Tuesday please.

Whirlwind
Stranger
Water
Island
Carlisle Road
Another Imperial Day
Wonderful Way To Go
Fate
Here Comes The War
Snelsmore Wood (JS acoustic)
Too Close To The Sun
Rumour And Rapture
Whitecoats
Vagabonds
No Rest
Poison Street
Get Me Out
51st state
The Hunt
I Love The World

It’s the New Model Army time of year again, so I headed up to Kettering on Friday for the weekend. Saturday morning we went for a ride up to Market Harborough for a bag of chips and back, a total of 28 miles and one puncture. Saturday night we headed into Northampton to see New Model Army. It was the last night of the UK leg of the tour, and the night before the 25^th anniversary of their first gig. As with last year, they were very very good, the only downside was that it was unbearably hot in the venue as they kept the airconditioning turned off for most of the evening.

Setlist
Whirlwind
Believe It
Water
Fate
Wonderful Way To Go
Carlisle Road
Another Imperial Day
Here Comes The War
Snelsmore Wood (Justin solo)
Red Earth
Before I Get Old
Island
51st State
No Rest
Poison Street
Get Me Out

Flying Through The Smoke
LS43
125 mph

225

Last night saw a trip to Cambridge to see New Model Army. The support band was Goldblade, very loud, and very enthusiastic. Good fun to watch although we actually moved back to the bar to avoid the large amounts of bass. Not much to say about New Model Army other than that they were absolutely fantastic. The best live band I’ve seen in a long long time.

Setlist
Brother
225
Over The Wire
Ballad of Bodmin Pill (dedicated to Rob Heaton)
LS43
Here Comes The War
Prayer Flags
Get Me Out
Better Than Them (Justin solo)
Ocean Rising
51st State
Modern Times
Island
Family
Purity
No Rest
Green & Grey

Stupid Questions
Wonderful Way To Go