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(Updated
2.6.08)
Out
On A Lumb

Following
the sorry and inconclusive end of the Tallington Ashes, Blyth Power
are pleased to announce an all-new event for 2008 – The Blyth
Power Ashes.
The venue will be Lumb
Farm, near Ripley in Derbyshire. We are hiring the
venue, the campsite, and all the trappings pertaining thereunto.
There will be catering for all tastes (and income levels) ample
indoor space for drinking, frolicking and general recreation, all
facilities requisite with a nice weekend’s camping, room to
park, to put up a tent even as large as Joseph and Annie’s,
and room even to play cricket. Hurrah!
Full details will be updated as and when we have them, but the dates
are August 15th – 17th 2008. It won’t be free this year,
as it’s costing around £1600 to book everything, but
on the plus side it will be a better all-round weekend, with the
venue indoors, everything necessary for the growing army of under-fives,
and less stress all round.
Contact the usual number for queries, ideas, complaints, and offers
of assistance.
Next
To Ness

Former
Blyth singer Siân Jeffreys is the authoress of a book based
on her experiences in Brixton in the early eighties. It’s
a work of fiction, but uses the squats and music scene of the early
Anarcho Punk scene as a background. Called Next to Ness, the book
is a vivid insight into what so many people were doing and feeling
at the time, while pretending they had a sense of direction. It’s
also a good read. Look out for it on Amazon and Waterstones.com
and the like.
What
Katy Did Next

Not strictly
news, but worth passing on anyway. Former guitarist Jamie Hince
has been recently linked romantically with one Kate Moss. Miss Moss
will be well known to those whose reading encompasses more than
RAIL Enthusiast and Scale Aviation Modeller International, as her
career has been highlighted on occasion in popular news journals.
The management here at Downward Spiral have been rubbing their hands
together in anticipation, and have been endeavouring to compile
a dossier on Mr. Hince with a view to flogging it for a five-figure
sum. Unfortunately, a re-examination of Jamie’s time with
Blyth Power reminds us that there is actually no dirt to dish on
him, as he was always a jolly good chap, but if the right offer
comes along, we will be happy to make up as much as anyone is prepared
to pay for.
Strummer
Bummer

Who
would have thought that Mr. Joseph Porter, noted fascist swine,
money-grabbing business man and multi-media tycoon would have been
thrown out of a band for being too much of a po-faced little anarcho.
Sadly, this is precisely what happened, and as a result he was no
longer a member of Null & Void by the time they came to record
with Joe Strummer at his studio in Camden. Bugger!
He did record some material with them, though, and this is now available
on a CD called All Burnt Out, which re-issues most of the band’s
recorded works, and includes some of the best songs that Mr. Porter
ever played on. Songwriter Andy Barker is responsible for all the
material on the CD, and we recommend it wholeheartedly. Look for
more at NULL &
VOID
Cider
On Parade

Film
making chaps Ben Burgess and Frank Wall have added their superb
interpretation of Cider Dreaming Time to YouTube, where it can be
viewed along with the previous film based on Cynthia’s Revels.
Follow this link Cider
Dreaming Time
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