Bowlie, Helsinki, Kraftwerk

As are Underworld, yay :)

Excellent! Thankyou for that update. Now I don't have to go to the BDO. :-)

Well, you were missed at Bowlie Nite last night - nevertheless there was a 'festive feeling' in the air, complemented by free cookies, fairy cakes and crisps, and, in my case plenty Kirin to fill my non-hollow leg. There were numerous technical problems, but hopefully they all happened on one night, so we (or she) can look forward to hitch-free bowlieing from now on.

Additionally, a band called 'Finch' played what seemed to me (from the queue stretching down Chalk Farm Rd)to be a sell out show last night at the Electric Ballroom;has anyone heard of them? I obviously have'nt....but, I am older than most of their fans (about 14/15, I'd say)....I presume they're nu-metal / grunge, or sommat like that...

Maybe I'll play some Finch, when I dj at Bowlie Nite on Jan 2nd... Finch is a good name, although not as good as The Charm Offensive...... See ya

Oh dear oh dear... sounds like it might fit in as well as the DJ sets at the Architecture In Helsinki gig. (I.e., booty R&B/rap played to a room of pale indie/twee types in Oxfam couture...)

I'm making a list of things of varying levels of appropriateness to get into my sets once I start DJing. After the usual rare grooves are odd covers (Ninetynine's version of Black Sabbath's _Iron Man_ comes to mind), things like Acid Brass (brass bands doing acid house), Commodore 64 chip tunes, and various odd MP3s I've found on my travels. Now to get two portable CD players, a mixer, and someone trusting enough to let me play.

Don't forget the Knight Rider theme.

Wasn't there an electroclash/R&B version song of some sort sampling that a while ago?

1. Do you, or have you, had the (British originated)kid's show 'Rainbow' in Australia? 2. If not, have you heard of it? Aware of it?

I ask, because, following the theme, I've unearthed an 'Alternative' version of the Titles song (Paint the whole world with a Rainbow)...it's made by those who originally made the 'Rainbow' Album ;Rod, Jane and Roger, in other words....(incidentally, Roger was later replaced by Freddie, and then went on to appear in the ill-fated soap 'Eldorado' -(and, even more incidentally, he's a friend of ours' Dad!!!))....ANYWAY, the song in question will be played, by me, at next Bowlie Nite..if I can burn it to CD in time.

Or if I can't get hold of any Finch....

I have vague recollections of something resembling Rainbow. (I probably saw a glimpse of it when I was too old to appreciate it sincerely and too young to do so ironically.) Did it feature puppets that looked like a somewhat more rounded version of Muppets?

Well, we definitely got The Magic Roundabout.

yeh, i think that sounds about right...there were 3 puppets, one full height basically a bloke in a bear suit - named Bungle. Second was a pink hippo of dubious gender called George. Third was a ...well, who knows...orange thing with a zip for a mouth...called Zippy, who was an obstreporous c**t at best...but the main reason to watch was the theme tune, which culminated in a drum break played with staggering violence on a floor tom...

very, very sad news re Stereolab...

Zippy, Bungle and George sound familiar, as does the pink hippo. I believe Rainbow did show here some time ago.