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So being the polite individual I am unlike the other hooligans I play 
in a band with!, I wanted to say thanks to all you folks who came down 
to our Komedia show last week and made it sooooo fun.  It's real cool 
to have seen it grow right from the first gig we ever did at the 
Joogleberry Playhouse in Brighton, where we stressed at getting 50 
people there, to now where we're a little further up the ladder 
playing to 300+ people each show, so yup thanks for that.  Also have 
to say sorry to anyone who I managed to hit by throwing tulips in to 
the crowd - you were obviously looking at the wrong band members 
though, ha!

The best news of all is that summer is just round the corner, and it's 
now time to hang up the 20inch thick jackets I've been 'bustin'', and 
throw on the summer clothes...ole.

If you haven't already seen the collection of comic videos that were 
filmed on my mobile phone, then you should check them out on our 
ilike.com page...it's the place to be.

Right that's enough drivel from me for one day....

See you folks's soon.

New Blog Gobi

Greetings

Well, we’re all getting excited about our single release, “Sunshine Lady”; so excited, in fact, that we couldn’t resist blatting down the M4 in heroic fashion to make a video for it. A trip like that takes two cars, two drivers, 4 other band mates, lots of tunes (some better than others, and the odd TCH – UNE, in this case just about anything by System of a Down, which not everyone likes it has to be said, or as Dino likes to say “to be fair”), and for some of us, dirty food, for others, ladida stuff from Marks and Spencer’s….

Getting back involves night time, A-B, rally style, no stopping kinda driving, and no one is better at that than Mr Ben Mathews, and on this drive we even saw a high speed pursuit, which Rob would have liked, but he was in the wrong car, a sort of family saloon he likes to drive, a bit like an old Mondeo. Also in this car could be found one Matt Ellis, a man who is generally more likely to be off the boat than in a car, and of course Mr “Junior” James Robinson and Dino D Dawg, no doubt snoozing like babes in the back. I was with Mathews in his ridiculous road eater…makin’ time..

Making the video was fun, down in the basement of an old studio, I think the same place Massive attack used to record. In charge of proceedings was one Nick C, old friend, writer and director of plays that gladden the heart and bring you tears if you’re not careful. With him were a few awesome folk who together helped us to (a) look like a band, (b) be ourselves, (c) stop pissing about too much and (d) generally give us the help we need, and for which, we are truly grateful.

Other stuff, we’re writing new songs which we are feelin good, hopefully ready for upcoming shows, I have a new computer which looks like it came out of a hospital, but cost 60 quid and has Cubase on it, which means it’s sick, and as it’s not a Mac.. Also, Spring is a comin, sunshine, swimming, and all sorts of good things….

Peace Out

Ben (bassman) Roasairo