In Vino Veritas and Rotating Wobbly Hat are getting Older in the same week




I'm going to be a fairly nondescript 37 the day before and In Vino Veritas is also celebrating that week so let us JOINTLY ROCK!

Salient points include- the theme is Rock! (or Rawk if you are A Merry Can)in its many guises, so anything from Led Zep to Posion to Metallica and I'm sure I can crowbar some Rush in there somewhere without causing too much offence.... and despite what Kerrang drivetime says, no...Oasis and Coldplay aren't 'rock'.

The concept as it stands...



A private function room, an MP3 jukebox that anyone can select some faves on and a sound system to deliver it, hopefully late license and a few games and amusementments and crucially, some nosh as well so no-one gets pissed up and f*cked up too early into the evening :-)

the venue location

Google Maps

Transport for the needy- OK, well I'm not going to bamboozle you with timetables and bus services- let us say the marshalling point is Coventry Train Station and a meeting time is, AMENDED! 5:30pm. From there ****AT 6PM so DON'T BE LATE *** you will be transported in a minibus taxi to the venue (provided there's no more than 16 of you, there shouldn't be as I'm driving Capt. Placid and Pooflake- any last minute dramas will be dealt with as they occur). There are, out of the goodness of my heart, a FEW two -maximum- crash spaces at mine but it's across the other side of the city and will require you to hold it together until I pack up after the do, so this is really emergency only and probably uncomfortable unless you bring your own sleeping gear :-)

I shall GAZ round my mobile later this week to all the signed-up.

STOP PRESS In case I can't gain access to a friends' MP3 library it would be prudent for you to bring along a bash mix CD (no real ones as we can't guarantee their safety) so just bringalonga CD-R of your favourite rock-based tunes. But NO DANCE MUSIC! God help you if I find any dance music. For every Dance music track I find...I shall kill you :-) (Stewie)
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 31 Jan 2008, 19:38, Reply)

Rock!

I shall bring drugs (ibuprofen, for the morning), and sex (1983 Freeman's Catalogue, lingerie section).

( Doctor When May your wife shat and chipper, Fri 1 Feb 2008, 14:11, Reply)

I can supply Rock (some Cornish granite)

and Roll (a ciabatta).

Yeah! Dude, we are going to get so wasted (like the 6 months of my life I spent working in a theme park.....)

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Fri 1 Feb 2008, 20:05, Reply)

Littlewoods' Autumn 1986 was the one for me. It rocked my socks*.

*(withdraws further explanation on advice from handy internet breathaliser)

( Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 17:58, Reply)

how can I refuse, Gerry?

( mr horrible up yours, dickface, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 19:59, Reply)

all the ladies seem to be able to

/singleton blog

:-)

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Tue 5 Feb 2008, 20:09, Reply)

No longer!

( in vino veritas, Wed 6 Feb 2008, 20:26, Reply)

*dies*

with joy :-)

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Wed 6 Feb 2008, 20:49, Reply)

I shall sign up

Just to be nice.
Should be come-to-able

( Mstandot I suppose I should post more often., Tue 5 Feb 2008, 20:09, Reply)

Count me in!

( jim_bob can herd cats., Tue 5 Feb 2008, 22:11, Reply)

you are...

(under breath...1-2-3-4-)

5th in! congrats, sir.

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Tue 5 Feb 2008, 23:17, Reply)

Does it have to be in Coventry?

/Leicester City supporter

( WormuIus, Thu 5 Jun 2008, 23:21, Reply)

what is this Football of which you refer to?

(West Brom fan if anything, on account of they're the only team I've ever been to see at an actual match 20 years ago...)

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Fri 6 Jun 2008, 9:17, Reply)

We have a cachet, a certain je ne sais quoi.

eg:

uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XTAMsgAdsII

( Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Sun 19 Oct 2008, 0:21, Reply)

BAGGIES!!!!!!!!!!!

(gianthead, Wed 22 Oct 2008, 23:13, Reply)

There is

a Foxes shirt buried somewhere in the Ricoh, 100% of fact...

(crazyman this machine kills wasps, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 20:45, Reply)

Too far ahead to be sure and my niece's birthday

so if you don't mind I'll be a 'maybe' :)

( Fluzzy namby-pamby pudding and pie, Sun 27 Jul 2008, 7:57, Reply)

with pleasure

should you so choose.

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:26, Reply)

This is only 13 days away from my half birthday.

I demand that you supply drugs though.
I demand that in a Vroomfondel way though, so I demand that you may or may not bring drugs.

A clear demarcation between people who bring drugs and people who don't bring drugs is exactly what I do not demand.

( Bingowings 2011 Businessman of the Year (Watford Branch), Sat 23 Aug 2008, 1:08, Reply)

i cant guarantee that i wont get way too drunk too early again.

( TopUpTheTea you ain't seen me, right?, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 23:17, Reply)

But in this company

you know you'll get home safely without molestation (well, from the lads anyway)
:-)

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 28 Aug 2008, 23:29, Reply)

DrZaarlon Will Not Guarantee This.

;?)

(DrZaarlon Witchspace To Ra!, Fri 19 Sep 2008, 17:02, Reply)

:(

( Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 17:59, Reply)

If this happens in London

I will so be there.

( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Fri 29 Aug 2008, 0:27, Reply)

Alas MM, 'twill be Midlands- based

for sweet Verity has to come down from Preston...

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Fri 29 Aug 2008, 17:21, Reply)

Meh.

That does seem fair enough though

( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Mon 1 Sep 2008, 15:04, Reply)

^this^

London Swindon
( Wildyles is back to rimming chimps, Sat 13 Sep 2008, 18:15, Reply)

"Rawk", you say?

Would you be requiring the services of a band, perhaps?

(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Sat 13 Sep 2008, 18:41, Reply)

I couldn't, in all fairness, expect you and the guys to come all the way over here

just to play for li'l ol' us but I'm seeing if a couple of my mates want to throw something together ourselves... :-)

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Sat 13 Sep 2008, 18:56, Reply)

Well I'll check with the guys...

...but I'm pretty sure they'd do it - we're playing at Dr When's bash next Feb and that's further away!

(Prof KM, Sat 13 Sep 2008, 19:08, Reply)

I might come to this - yes!

( Mrs Sp@m, Wed 17 Sep 2008, 14:43, Reply)

In the words of Vulva from Spaced

"COME"

hope to see ya hunny :-)

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Wed 17 Sep 2008, 18:14, Reply)

Not happening then?

poor lamb. See you at Derby though...

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 2 Oct 2008, 20:54, Reply)

This sounds 'do-able' to me

and looks to be good :)
edit: sadly a big old no-no from me now - broken ankle = no driving for a good few weeks :(
sorry! Have a good birthday and fun time you crazy kids

( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 17 Sep 2008, 14:54, Reply)

aha, looking forrad to it Archie :-)

good-oh

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Wed 17 Sep 2008, 18:14, Reply)

me and ivesc'll do our best to come!!

as long as auntie verity promises not to throw wine on my wife again!
=D

( ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 11:29, Reply)

Super smashing!

glad your Mrs fonud a new job to slave and toil at ... does this mean you might be making Derby as well?

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 18 Sep 2008, 11:55, Reply)

no, she doesn't start until the 6th so we won't have the blunt old boy

=(

( ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 12:06, Reply)

O_o

(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Tue 23 Sep 2008, 22:16, Reply)

Not all of us have sharp, barbed old boys like yours, Prof.

( Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Thu 25 Sep 2008, 22:22, Reply)

[ certainly couldn't refuse this invitation ]

(DrZaarlon Witchspace To Ra!, Fri 19 Sep 2008, 17:04, Reply)

Welcome, chap :-)

bring your massivest hair also

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Fri 19 Sep 2008, 20:21, Reply)

[ I'm sorry, can't make it now.

work timing totally f0rks it.

...bloody, bloody, BLOODY! ]

(DrZaarlon Witchspace To Ra!, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 22:44, Reply)

Please can we have

Stooges, MC5, Little Richard, Sizzla, MBV?
And a total Rush ban?
And maybe a bit of The Cult?

( Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 17:54, Reply)

the Rush is non-negotiable

but it will be well hidden amongst the other stuff.

MY birthday (huffs)

but Cult is deffo OK.

EDIT I'll tell you in advance so you can go out for a cig break....

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:39, Reply)

I'd like at least one track from Death Magnetic, please...

(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Tue 23 Sep 2008, 22:17, Reply)

A final hour of nothing but Neil Young's 'Arc', a 1990 montage of live howling guitar feedback,

might help to mitigate the Rush thing.

Or the orchestral arrangement of Lou Reed's 'Metal Machine Music' they've been playing bits of on Radio 3's Late Junction recently.

Then again, what am I thinking? It's your party.

I went to a curry house on Christmas Eve once, and they had the cassingle of 'Band Aid 90' on auto repeat the whole time I was there.

And I survived that. So I'm sure a slightly worse experience won't do me all that much harm.

( Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Thu 25 Sep 2008, 22:12, Reply)

the spanking chair is an option

the metamachine can whap the screaming bejeezus out of you during the Rush tracks, what with its spinning claw-paddles of retributional spite and you shall remember nothing of the soft melodic avant garde prog rocki that wafted past your ear-holes as you twist and writhe in agony of the righteous moral spanking machines...

Oh, come on. It's not that bad. Learn a liitle bit of tolerance, why don't you, and it'll quickly be back to the cultural massif....

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Fri 26 Sep 2008, 2:02, Reply)

Haha!

Yes, you're right, RHW, of course. I bloody well should remember a bit of tolerance.

And I should also remember that these bashes are about the always-delightful people who are there, not about sitting there moaning about what's on the stereo. I do quite enough of that at work!

And I should now also cease imagining that being sexually tortured by the insane machine you postulate would actually be preferable to feeling the voice of Geddy Lee drilling malevolently into my tolerance gland as it spears through the air like a PCP-crazed hornet wot likes hurting people.

All this churlishness will pass, btw, and I'll be nice as pie come Derby. I might even remember I owe you a tenner!

( Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Fri 26 Sep 2008, 23:29, Reply)

you what?

*forgets*

I'd much rather you used the tenner to buy Topagraphic Oceans with. then you'll have earned the right to say 'Prog Rock damaged by soul'. And this is from somoene who bought 19 other Yes albums.

BURN it. Burn it with FIRE!

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Sat 27 Sep 2008, 0:10, Reply)

That's a step I'd be truly loath to take.

There's only one answer to Yes, and I'm afraid it's negative.

I could be persuaded to try to listen to King Crimson's In The Court Of The Crimson King, though, if that allows me to evade Jon Anderson's nauseating obvious cuntiness (not that this exhonerates Wakeman, Bruford, Howe etc, who'll also get theirs when the time comes).

The odd thing is, my visceral loathing of prog rock doesn't seem to tally with my happy-baby-like delight in even the very nastiest free jazz.

And, (to go off on a tangent) thinking back, I'm starting to feel a bit bad about browbeating Prof KM about How I Reckon Guns 'n' Roses Are Shit. Why bother? Was I trying to stop him liking GnR? (What for?) If so, did I think saying so would make it so? Have I ever even bothered to listen to Appetite For Destruction in its entirety, so I could pass informed judgment? Did anyone actually ask me to judge GnR? Am I qualified to do so?

The sagacious Prof leaned back and weathered it, knowing that bluster always blows itself out, and that I'd realise I was a twat at a later date.

Which reminds me: I really must get back to delighting him with pictures of dead pigs' heads at some stage.

PS: It's spelt 'Topographic'. Now kindly go and listen to Sun Ra, the perfect soundtrack to suddenly finding out one's pension scheme is in a spot of bother.

( Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Sun 28 Sep 2008, 0:22, Reply)

that's a clue as to how little I listened to it. I dfo believe I even threw it away

so Satan wouldn't tempt me to try it agaiun at some time in the future....

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Sun 28 Sep 2008, 21:50, Reply)

Well, since you've booked me a hotel room I suppose I've GOT to go now...

=)

(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Tue 23 Sep 2008, 22:16, Reply)

Less than an hour from me?

Mr Trellis says yes, so count me in :D

(Mrs Trellis GIN, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 23:53, Reply)

*ace*

we much appreciate your presence :-)

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Sat 4 Oct 2008, 11:12, Reply)

Further to that, I am happy to volunteer myself as a taxi

I can meet people at stations if that would be an assistance?

(Mrs Trellis GIN, Wed 8 Oct 2008, 14:41, Reply)

just go out and earn a few quid from running the locals around town

Mwah x

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Wed 8 Oct 2008, 20:27, Reply)

i think i can make this...

coventry is roughly in the middle of the country, right? if so i may be asking for crash space, sofa for preference but i can survive on the floor

( Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Mon 6 Oct 2008, 1:41, Reply)

this sounds really good

I shall enjoy it from afar

( bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon., Mon 6 Oct 2008, 9:57, Reply)

i hope by that you mean from the other side of the bar!

( ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Mon 6 Oct 2008, 12:16, Reply)

Fingers crossed if work has died down

I should be able to make this. Hurrah for not having to travel far to bashes!

( FoldsFive, Wed 8 Oct 2008, 22:40, Reply)

You sir,

are a king amongst vice presidents

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 9 Oct 2008, 0:00, Reply)

Why did nobody inform me of this?...

Are you people trying to tell me something?

Well, If your message is:

'For Fuck's sake don't tell Pooflake because we don't want his mouldy arse turning up and ruining everything'

Then I'm afraid your plan has failed.

I WILL BE THERE!

I'll fit right in - Everybody shouts 'ROCK!' at me when they see me passing by...

Well, at least I THINK that's what they're shouting

( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Tue 14 Oct 2008, 12:18, Reply)

crazy foo'

COME :-)

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Tue 14 Oct 2008, 20:59, Reply)

SORRY!

It's my best mate's birthday weekend.

( GrandmaOfShoes, Sun 26 Oct 2008, 14:51, Reply)

I'm sorry it's your best mat'es birthday as well

how dare he!

/oh well.

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Mon 27 Oct 2008, 10:50, Reply)

I would love to go

If it wasn't so far north. I don't like to be on the wrong side of the M4.

But then, who would! Ba-dum, Tish!

( gareth_alien will be human again at, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 14:51, Reply)

Booked booked booked and BOOKED!

HURRAH!

( TopUpTheTea you ain't seen me, right?, Fri 31 Oct 2008, 21:34, Reply)

la Veritas would wish it so

glad you finally got yer skates on eh? :-)

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Sat 1 Nov 2008, 0:21, Reply)

cant do these things TOO soon now can we? (:

( TopUpTheTea you ain't seen me, right?, Sat 1 Nov 2008, 17:59, Reply)

Is Elvis Costello rock?

( WormuIus, Mon 3 Nov 2008, 22:57, Reply)

Elvis Costello is compulsory.

Bring him along, please.

( Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 2:46, Reply)

I'd be more than happy to have Oliver's Army there

Just not that song from taht Rom Com I can't recall the name of....

Welcome aboard chap :-)

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Tue 4 Nov 2008, 7:37, Reply)

What about

'Welcome to the working week' or 'Blame it on Cain'?

( WormuIus, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 15:34, Reply)

new album is ace

( mr horrible up yours, dickface, Fri 7 Nov 2008, 19:13, Reply)

oh boo!

I would love to attend but unfortunately I'm already booked that weekend

*makes note to check the calender more often*

( Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Fri 7 Nov 2008, 18:19, Reply)

shame, mon frere

catch you at later events :-)

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Fri 7 Nov 2008, 21:21, Reply)

I am going to bring

Yes
Foreigner
Asia

and Rush

( WormuIus, Tue 11 Nov 2008, 18:04, Reply)

This is

EXCELLENT! news :-)

Bit of a Steve Howe fondness going on there?

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Tue 11 Nov 2008, 18:18, Reply)

Cunt.

Stop discouraging people.
Morale's low enough as it is.

( Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 0:17, Reply)

i can't make it any more

too much work to do. i have two essays in next week that i'm really behind on

sorry Gerry and Verry :(

have a lovely birffday

( Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Wed 12 Nov 2008, 19:58, Reply)

Aww shame there

Good luck with the work matey.

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Wed 12 Nov 2008, 20:00, Reply)

What a shame

Good luck with the essays :)

( in vino veritas, Thu 13 Nov 2008, 22:10, Reply)

FOR POEPLES STAYING AT THE RAMADA

What say we meet at the bar before leaving for the station?
4.30-5-ish?
Or even when you arrive!!
depending on drinks prices of course!!!

( Mstandot I suppose I should post more often., Fri 14 Nov 2008, 12:39, Reply)

depends how good you are.

now go and tidy that pig-sty of a room of yours!

( ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 14:54, Reply)

*tidies*

( Mstandot I suppose I should post more often., Fri 14 Nov 2008, 16:19, Reply)

Just a note folks...some of the details up top have been changed

so read through it again and make sure you know what we are all doing :-)

Oh, and try not to bamboozle the 'Reals' that will also be coming to the bash from the Coventry Engineering Community :-)

( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Fri 14 Nov 2008, 16:15, Reply)