Club Freaky Trigger Aug 6th 2003 - The Post-Mortem

Lovely evening, punctuated by many a splendid tune, and:

1. Focus Group perhaps somewhat sullied by a. unwarrented TaTu-oriented "persuasion" from various quarters and b. only the under-three-minutes edit of "Move Your Feet" being played...

2. Meeting manymany lovely people and saying hello. and them saying hello back.

3. Nobody commenting on my hugely foolish - and thus horribly sweaty - attire (long trousers, non-breathable non-cotton bright green shirt), at least not to my face.

4. William, Starry, Carsmile, Gareth, Julio, Tom, Anna...it was a pleasure. Bring more fans next time...

5. Focus Group results asap please! And cheaper drinks ;-)

100+ posts in 9 hours' time...I dare yer!

Barima, if you're reading, your mate shaking my hand and saying my DJing was excellent made my night! Thankyou (and him)!

Most asked-about records of the evening: "Love's Theme" by the Love Unlimited Orchestra and "Mantovani" by the Swingin Cats.

And Dave Q heard the Darkness for the first time!

respect to Tom (i think it was he) for playing 'The Green Man' - i would've danced like a mentalist had it not been for various factors (sobriety, climate, that fact that i was sitting down chatting to Barima at the time etc.)

i don't think anyone took any pictures - again :(

(some) photos were taken, and some at Shmanish Bar later.

WE WANT FUN!

i didnt get to speak to colette properly, i hope you didnt think i was rude

andrew farrell is here, sleeping on the couch

it was great to see everybody again! 3 faps in one week! that must be some kind of record

we in the nyc ilx hivemind will throw 5 faps next week to compete obv

apols for the price of the beer, but there's not a lot we can do about that (if you buy two pints it's only a fiver though, so find someone else who wants one at the same time as you)

i'll go and see jonathan soon about another one. although what tom reports above is true, jonathan was somewhat pissed, so it's always better to check these things out in the sober light of day :)

thanks again.

I had a good time too, there was good footie talk last night, but I didn't mingle too much, so next time fo rthose of you I haven't met before (ie maybe tonight!)

Thanks to the djs for playing all the best choons. At times I felt like you were playing just for me. A Paris Angels /Pet Shop Boys/ Soft Cell/ Wedding Present bonanza.

cooking lager was 2 quid at the start of the night, so lesson for next time = get in early.

I still have a Paris Angels T-shirt somewhere.....

Gareth, Andrew, Geeta, Dave - sorry I went silent at the end of Spanish regge bar shenanigans. I was falling asleep.

Collette -nice to meet you and cheers for bringing my mate Holly. Could you pass on my e-mail address?

(bollocks we did, we talked about NYCILXCH1X0RZ)

i think we'll call ourselves Crusted

Also who was Colette come to think of it!

(and everything else abt the evening)

Anna, I spent the whole night coveting your fan. Guard it, nurture it, let it grow - maybe it'll be big enough for all of us next time!

all caught up in watching DieHard

...is the best cinematic reason this side of Robocop to miss any social occasion you please.

I am coming out tonight, though, to Nick's FAP. Except I've forgotten the name of the pub again. D'oh!

OH NO I MISSED FLOCK OF SEAGULLS!!! That makes me sad. I would have worn my shirt had I known.

There's no need to insult me, Anna.

But it sure was purdy.

That would be me and longtime ILX lurker/sometimes poster Death Is A Hedgehog, respectively. In retrospect I suppose I should have announced my arrival beforehand - very conceited of myself to think that a Gizmo t-shirt, a Big Boi action figure and a water gun would be enough to make ppl chat me up. As it is, we had fun being the mysterious, vaguely creepy fellas on the side.

Fun Activities: Starting a chant of "Astral Weeks! Astral Weeks!" towards a slightly bemused, slightly bewildered DJing Tom (shame no one else joined in), indulging in a game of "guess the ILXor" (was Melissa W there, btw? I was *sure* I saw her...); scowling at a fellow I took to be Martin whilst muttering "Skiiiiidmorrrre" and pointing at him w/ my water pistol (didn't shoot tho, I'm all about peace); putting Big Boi on the couch and watching as he became immediatley sorrounded by chix0rz; and Death Is A Hedgehog introducing himself to other guests as Geir Hongro (he had also thought about giving everything on his focus group ballot a 1 and then just putting a smiley at the end of the paper, but sadly that plan fell through.)

Who were: the woman whom we asked for a pen, the guy who almost broke Big Boi's arm, and the fella with the stirring rendition of "Gay Bar"?

Also, in an odd turn of events, we later hooked up with Colette & her friends to form The League Of Neglected ILXors. We went to a bar with very odd decoration where there wuz drinks for fourty pence. I talked to Colette & her friends a little (they real cool!), but alas left early because 1) it was my last night in London and I still had to pack, 2) I had already danced my arse off the night before at an INDIE CLUB (btw, INDIE CLUB ROXORS and you hatas are all insane) and 3) I hate fun (and alcohol.) Death Is A Hedgehog tells me the evening ended with "Sweet Child O' Mine" being segued into "Summer Of '69", which strikes me as enormously ILX.

i have a strong suspicion this was Farrell, but i'm not sure why

'Pete Baran' 'sung' 'Gay Bar'

it was nice to talk to anna and gareth, and my friends and i enjoyed the music a lot. it was pretty hard to get talking to strangers, though, i have to admit. i was feeling particularly shy, so i didn't work up the nerve to butt into peoples' conversations.

and yes, it was loads of fun to run into daniel and friend on drury lane and drag them out dancing till quite late. thanks for coming with us, you guys! if you'd stayed with us a little longer you would have been able to sit on santa's lap and get presents at the phoenix...very strange evening, all in all.

Er...I thought that was me. It just came off in my hand. Sorry. I fixed him up good though, didn't I?

i came in about 9ish with three other girls and a boy

And I KNOW that was me. I'm new here, but I was there. Hello.