New Model Army

[fluffymark]

Hooray! That was fun! :)

davefish arrived this afternoon from Cambridge bearing a huge pizza and presents, which should happen more often, as it was good. emomisy also appeared, also bearing presents, and that was good too, and even better we persuaded emomisy that he wanted the spare NMA ticket. Hooray! :)

So we headed to Kentish town, where we met Verity, had a quick drink at the pub, and went to the Forum. It's a huge venue, and I quickly lost Verity, but managed to find damerell, fluffymormegil and erming. Owen and Clare were also there, and also incy and i'm sure I saw a few other familiar faces in the crowd. The support band were amusing and actually quite good (and the first time i've seen a support band at an NMA gig....*bemused*). When NMA appeared, I zoomed to be near the front and got squished, so headed back to a safe (but still nicely close) distance, where I spent most of the time bouncing around and found Verity again. It was a fantastic set, with a few surprises. Most importantly, it was fun.

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[zotz]

The support band were Airhammer, and I'm listening to the free CD they were giving away ("I hate Airhammer"), as I type. A very odd band, but rather good. I was thinking about how to describe them - I decided that they're a 3-piece lo-fi skinhead Pixies (fronted by John Hegley's disturbed younger brother) covering Violent Femmes songs.

the first time i've seen a support band at an NMA gig...

The one that springs to mind was the Levellers, but that was a while ago.