MU, EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS
BLAST FROM THE PAST: FRUIT COCKTAIL & JOSH HOMME
True story that happened exactly ten years ago this week.
 My friends Danalog (then 19) Jamie-James Medina (then 15) and Zain (also 15) were in a band called Fruit Cocktail. They practised in the attic of their mum's house in Highbury Fields. I always wanted to be in the band, but they always kept me on the periphery, a bit like the way the Rolling Stones treated Billy Preston.Anyways, at that time we were all really into the then newly-formed Queens Of The Stone Age. OK yeah, I know, now they're fat, rich rockstar dudes with boring songs. But back in 1998 - I'm talking way back, before their eponymously-titled debut album had even come out - Queens were amazingatronic. Their first ever UK show took place at the Highbury Garage on November 3 1998. Fruit Cocktail went along to the venue before the gig, befriended the band, and somehow managed to convince Josh Homme to play guitar on one of their songs. Jamie-James, who has a knack for this sort of thing, went back to the band's tour bus with Josh, who then overdubbed a solo on a little 4-track recorder. A decade later and the song still sounds rad. Homme's robotic arpeggios are way better than anything he's done recently. Oh yeah, Zain's vocals are in Bengali. What he's singing does not actually makes any sense though. Just jibba jabba. Still incredible though. "Seraseri" - taken from Fruit Cocktail's third record In the House of Disco Duck * Josh Homme was just one of many musicians who recorded with Fruit Cocktail. They also somehow enticed Mike Patton, Buzz and Dale from The Melvins, Tim from Rancid, and Ben Kweller to come around to their mum's house and record in the little rehearsal space/studio in the basement. Look out for a new Fruit Cocktail album, The Sound of Victory, out in 2009. |
'AINT NO LOVE IN THE HEART OF THE CITY
The Met Police have issued a robbery alert warning against HUGGER MUGGERS."Be vigilant, watch out for unsolicited approaches from people you do not know. Be careful when engaging with stranger who wish to hug or dance with you. Please help us by keeping your mobile phone and other valuables safe."The Hugger Mugger snatched Pete's wallet and has also stolen belongings from other people we know. Jiro got got by a dipper with a similar but slightly more erotic approach. The HUMPER MUGGER approaches his victims, rubs his groin up against them, and picks their pocket while they're distracted. So, picture Jiro grinding away with this guy, lost in the throes of sexual ecstasy, only to later realise that he'd had his iPod swiped (which he was actually listening to at the time). It beggars belief.
* Photo by Fun Fenton
FAUL PAUL
Phil Ackrill before and after he became Faul Paul.
Faul on the right supposedley with cheek filler problems.
Faul's Roman nose.
Faul's eyes are closer together, if this isnt enough evidence then I don't know what is.
Paul McCartney actually died in 1966 and in his place a man called Phil Ackrill was transformed into Faul Paul to continue the existence of Paul McCartney without any of us knowing he was in fact dead, supposedly Faul Paul's face is longer, his eyes closer together, his nose more roman looking and his cheeks less fuller. Of course this isn't true but a lot of people believe it and their are many websites that try to prove the existence of Faul Paul although most of it is pretty crap.
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COINSTAR CENTRE
It's credit crunch time and I'm moving out of my flat so I decided to cash in the bag full of coins that I put my change in.
I took it to the bank but they would only accept it if it was all counted out into denominations. Then Jiro came to the rescue. He said that there was a place in the Sainsbury's in Dalston that accepts, counts and cashes loose change. So we went down there.
Here's Jiro (looking a bit queasy) at the Coinstar Centre. Ever the optimist, he said that I would only get like £10.
I reckoned there was more like £40 in there.
Turns out there was over £70! Woohoo! Quids in!
To celebrate the windfall we visited the Colonel.
Fun times to the max!
I took it to the bank but they would only accept it if it was all counted out into denominations. Then Jiro came to the rescue. He said that there was a place in the Sainsbury's in Dalston that accepts, counts and cashes loose change. So we went down there.
Here's Jiro (looking a bit queasy) at the Coinstar Centre. Ever the optimist, he said that I would only get like £10.
I reckoned there was more like £40 in there.
Turns out there was over £70! Woohoo! Quids in!To celebrate the windfall we visited the Colonel.
Fun times to the max!
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