{"id":713,"date":"2005-01-10T23:47:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-10T23:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/u75blog\/?p=713"},"modified":"2011-04-26T00:44:23","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T23:44:23","slug":"tom-robinson-roddy-frame-and-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/tom-robinson-roddy-frame-and-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Robinson, Roddy Frame and beer."},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday was a drinking day. We started off early, grabbing a breakfast at the Brixton Lounge<\/a> before heading off to the Battersea Arts Centre<\/a> for Tom Robinson’s annual private party\/charity shindig.<\/p>\n

In case you’ve not heard of the fella, Tom Robinson led new wave legends the Tom Robinson Band<\/a> in the 70s and 80s. The band were reknown for their strong political ideals and were heavily involved in gay rights and Rock Against Racism.<\/p>\n

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Tom now does a nightly show on BBC Radio 6<\/a> and – I’m delighted to say – he’ll also be DJing at the next Offline night<\/a> in Brixton on the 27th January! Woohoo!<\/p>\n

\"Tom<\/p>\n

We got to the gig at just gone 2pm and Tom was already way into his first set – a storming collection of tunes old and new. In fact, one of his new tunes – an angry, embittered, vitriolic attack on the morality of the Iraq war – was vintage TRB.<\/p>\n

Original punkster TV Smith<\/a> from The Adverts put in a lively acoustic set, with original performances from the “Mancunican near-do-well” Lee Griffiths<\/a> and a witty collection of rap tunes from QBoy<\/a>, ‘the UK’s Hottest Gay Rapper’. Kudos to him for cheekily naming his first release, ‘Even the Women Like Him’.<\/p>\n

We got quietly drunk at the afternoon wore on, but the biggest treat was an acoustic set from Roddy Frame<\/a> (ex-Aztec Camera) which was absolutely stunning. Roddy’s been one of my heroes since I was a kid and he didn’t disappoint – and he even played Oblivious from the magical High Land, Hard Rain<\/a> album. (I just love this line: “I see you crying and I want to kill your friends.”).<\/p>\n

\"Prince<\/p>\n

By the time Tom Robinson had finished the second half of the set we were already well pissed – so foolishly decided to carry on drinking!<\/p>\n

We stumbled into the Prince of Wales, Clapham, a mad old pub with bits of metal, dinner plates, signs and other sundry items dangling from the ceiling.<\/p>\n

A few beers later we crawled into the Albert, drank some more beer and then it all became a bit of a blur.<\/p>\n

But my head sure hurts today and make no mistake!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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