Our big DIY weekend finished off on a great high with an ace happening down at the Boot in St.Albans on Sunday 10.10.10... The release date for the digital DIY. So why the 60's Jive I hear you say, well, it must be something to do with the atmosphere of the unfeasibly low ceilinged Boot (one of the many rivals for Britain's oldest pub) and the general modness of the audience, any array of originals, revivalists and 21st century scenesters made up this excellent lazy Sunday afternoon gathering.
The Contrast between Friday's rock off and Sundays Matinee couldn't have been much different, with the band squeezed into a telephone box like corner of the pub, but still with the elasticity of that green slime you can get in joke shops, at all times threatening to explode over the crowd (...)
This the last of the year of this type of gig (a double setter) saw The Scratch celebrate their centenary with 26 songs executed with scarcely a hair out of place, new favourites 88th Day of Rain and Weirder than we are, rubbing shoulders once more with the golden run heavyweights... (Yeah don't get those sentences mixed up, or you may start wearing sowesters to gigs, what with Golden rain exploding over the front row!)...
We'd been told that the Boot crowd were really into their music and so it proved, with no interest at all in the retro CD market, all assembled only had eyes for our uber modern vinyl!
Massive thanks to everyone who stayed and swayed, bopped and jived, it was a really enjoyable gig and highly fitting for our 100th show. Top thanks go to super Sam and Matt for Bootlegging (no pun) the whole shebang for posterity!
Next stop on the DIY tour Bar 62 on Friday 22nd of October, with support from a 50ft Woman! You'd be mad not to check it out... wouldn't you :-)
oh and Don't forget to checkout itunes as DIY is now digital and waiting for your downloads!
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