Face Of Cheam

Firstly a couple of gigs to report upon. Six Nation State ended prematurely when the bass player did his ankle in with two songs to go. The lead singer was very apologetic as he colleague was carried off by the drummer and a female audience member who was apparently a nurse. The gig itself was in a fairly packed Borderline and concentrated on SNS debut album with the songs played in a similar order to it. ‘Keep Dancing’ and ‘We Could Be Happy’ are great summery ska songs. However with the album out and the band still playing relatively small venues, it’s disappointing that they may have missed the boat with their debut. A great band and hopefully they will stick it out for a follow up and get the venues and popularity they deserve.
Toby Jepson lead singer of the Little Angels (defunct) played the Carling Academy in Islington last week. Once again the Carling Academy ran out of Carling. Still Grolsch was still available, incidentally the only lager on the Vegetarian Society’ approved list. Toby was promoting his Drims, Bass & Guitar EP trilogy, the first two were available at the venue, the third being out near Christmas, and the set was heavily laden with the new stuff. Still it was all pretty good and the four Angels songs culminating with ‘Too Much Too Young’ went down a storm.

I had to work in Farnborough the other day and found a very good pub nearby the station called the Thatched Cottage. A young attractive barmaid, a quiz machine, and the feeling of a nice country pub is all you need for a very pleasant drink, which indeed I had. Recommended if you are ever in the area.

Finally to close, last Saturday I had a very nice time with a group of friends in the Little Windsor in Suttons Newtown area, watching the rugby. England got through to the final, not that I care much, but there was a good atmosphere without the pub being overcrowded. Hopefully a similar evening will be had this Saturday with a similar result. McLaren out by the way if we were to discuss football!