So, a visit to the German trade Fair in London in January saw me at the Hamburg desk and Miniturland attraction (basically a model railway +), well there was a offer of a couple of free tickets, so who am I to be churlish to turn them down. So when to go... enough said, and off we went.. £75 return with BA.. bargain. Excellent flight with BA and we actually landed in Hamburg (let's see who gets that comment!) Friday daytime was spent walking around heading in the general area of the harbour, ready for a booked visit at 1430. We actually arrived just over a hour early, but no problems getting.in. 4 hours later we are still walking around, it is super. Back to the hotel to change and then off to the Monkey Club. Very easy to find, near to Fabrik in the Altona area of the city. The event was to celebrate Kevin's birthday, and he had invited Les Carter, Duncan Reid and TV to the party, which was labelled The Full English and bollox to Brexit. Opening the proceedings at 2115 was Les and His latest offering Smokin Donuts.. a 2-hander with Doozer Mcdeeze, a 45 min set, finishing with Sheriff Fatman, one of my favourite CUSM songs. Duncan was next a 1 hour 15 set, with oodles of energy from a talented (and attractive band). Approx 1130, TV was up, he & Sally had been at the Hosen Film nearby and were taken aback by our presence and that of two other Brits who were European virgins as far as TV was concerned. Well 26 songs were forthcoming, eagerly lapped up by the knowledgeable Hamburgers,.. so the list was Flavour, 21, Control, Stand Alone, Keys, CITL, What If, Replay, Delete, Lion, Satellites, Expensive, Imm, GBM, No Hope, Sheep, Drink, Pushed (with Campino), Gen, String, GGE, BT, OCW, Overdose, Useless & RTD were the 3 encores. So Campino.. wow, have always been a DTH fan since meeting Vom. Andreas from the band was also there and had a chance for a quick word. Oh the time was 0110. Also a nice piece of Merch was obtained... Sally has made Jewelry from Tim's broken strings, which are very nice (plug over Sally) get em while available.. I have asked her for stuff suitable for men... So who knows... Maybe a pendant, ring..... Let's see. So that is the ramblings of your ertswhile scribe, will get the list up in its rightful place on Monday.... Oh yes I forgot to mention, both Campino &Tim forgot the lyrics of the 4th verse of Pushed... Tsk,Tsk say I.
