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millionreasons) wrote2022-01-11 10:02 am
millionreasons) wrote2022-01-11 10:02 am
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Beginning to rock to Rockaway Beach
Some highlights from Rockaway Beach:
1. The rock 'n' grrrrl beats of Grandma's House.
2. Tricky doing Hell Is Round The Corner in the dark (his choice).
3. Bobbing around on a pink flamingo float during the wave machine (half) hour in the pool to the sounds of Bronski Beat and Aztec Camera.
4.The electro-noodlings of Maria Uzor.
5. The cocktails at Papa John's, which I'm pretty sure were made by il Papa himself in an illegal still 'round the back of Butlins from left over tater- tots.
6. A Certain Ratio bringing the funk (and the cowbell). This band of unholy joy, like a cross between LCD Soundsystem, Chic and a bearded jazz-funk collective, made everyone dance and also played their Top 100 hit The Big E, when they turned briefly into James meets New Order.
7. Becoming the West Sussex Champion of crazy golf.
8. Walking along the seafront to Felpham (Bognor's Hove) inc. lunch in the sunshine outside of the lovely Lobster Pot cafe.
9. Bognor's bleak pier and coffee afterwards at the charming Coffee and Cocktails Cabana.
10. The electo-goth-synth-indie-jangle stylings of attractive young things The KVB (like Laytron recording at Kling Klang studios)
11. Jarv(is), who left me a bit conflicted. On one hand, I always preferred Pulp when they were a bit weird and soundscapey (Sheffield Sex City, Styloroc Nites of Suburbia) to their Big Pop Hits, but on the other, the best songs that Jarv performed were Pulp ones (She's A Lady, My Legendary Girlfriend, that sixth form one about who is running the world).
12. Dancing at the indie disco to Wet Leg and The Flirtations.
13. The millennial angst of Porridge Radio
1. The rock 'n' grrrrl beats of Grandma's House.
2. Tricky doing Hell Is Round The Corner in the dark (his choice).
3. Bobbing around on a pink flamingo float during the wave machine (half) hour in the pool to the sounds of Bronski Beat and Aztec Camera.
4.The electro-noodlings of Maria Uzor.
5. The cocktails at Papa John's, which I'm pretty sure were made by il Papa himself in an illegal still 'round the back of Butlins from left over tater- tots.
6. A Certain Ratio bringing the funk (and the cowbell). This band of unholy joy, like a cross between LCD Soundsystem, Chic and a bearded jazz-funk collective, made everyone dance and also played their Top 100 hit The Big E, when they turned briefly into James meets New Order.
7. Becoming the West Sussex Champion of crazy golf.
8. Walking along the seafront to Felpham (Bognor's Hove) inc. lunch in the sunshine outside of the lovely Lobster Pot cafe.
9. Bognor's bleak pier and coffee afterwards at the charming Coffee and Cocktails Cabana.
10. The electo-goth-synth-indie-jangle stylings of attractive young things The KVB (like Laytron recording at Kling Klang studios)
11. Jarv(is), who left me a bit conflicted. On one hand, I always preferred Pulp when they were a bit weird and soundscapey (Sheffield Sex City, Styloroc Nites of Suburbia) to their Big Pop Hits, but on the other, the best songs that Jarv performed were Pulp ones (She's A Lady, My Legendary Girlfriend, that sixth form one about who is running the world).
12. Dancing at the indie disco to Wet Leg and The Flirtations.
13. The millennial angst of Porridge Radio