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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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