tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58936932012-02-22T06:26:06.085ZThe Disco Students .No-one said it was going to be easy.
This is the ongoing story of The Disco Students - from Aylesbury 1978 to today, now.
www.myspace.com/2006discostudentsThe Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.comBlogger2231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-4337056351583311692010-08-15T18:22:00.000+01:002010-08-15T18:22:15.278+01:00Not much activity in 2010 - the main reason is my studio was knocked down in April - the new one will be up and running at the end of next month. New material has been written. Four new songs are ready to be recorded when everything is ready. They are:
Peat Man In a Bog.
I am an Island.
I Hate Peter Out and The Faders.
Life's Tough (At Aylesbury Grammar School).The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-35442988560154165362010-01-04T18:30:00.000Z2010-01-04T18:30:23.845Z
Just a month after we lost original drummer and founder member Graham Hocking, news reaches me that guitarist Karl Perkins - who was in the group in 1979/80 and played on the 'A Boy With A Penchant For Open Neck Shirts' EP passed away on 23.12.09The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-88928145890306374522009-12-25T18:39:00.002Z2009-12-25T18:41:20.187ZL'Etranger - Radio in Brussels
Here's a fine radio show. Three D/S tracks played in one night. An interesting show, to be sure.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-77878173165757347442009-12-02T13:16:00.004Z2009-12-02T16:24:00.271Z
Graham Hocking:
Hi, I am contacting you to inform you of some very sad news. Graham Hocking, the ex-drummer and one of the founding members of The Disco Students tragically died of Lung Cancer on 23/12/09 in Halifax in the arms of his wonderful wife Debbie (who he married just a few days before). He faced, and dealt with the disease honourably; with humour and dignity.
Graham lived in The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-10876834549559409122009-11-23T12:50:00.000Z2009-11-23T12:50:14.512ZGraham Hocking - R.I.P.
The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-88540602686927689712009-11-18T19:22:00.001Z2009-11-18T19:24:30.812ZHere's a nice link. My secret? Consistency - note the same world weary scowl from 1978 still being used to great effect in 2009.
http://www.aylesburyfriars.co.uk/friarsheroesdiscostudents.htmlThe Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-14679784939769909572009-11-10T09:38:00.000Z2009-11-10T09:38:05.503Z
Plans are in place for the DS to play some dates in Germany - February 2010. Siggi, a friend of the group from way back is on the case, and we are looking to play 2 nights in Berlin and the same in Hamburg with the possibility of 1 or 2 dates in Holland. More news as and when.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-87732102660646309862009-11-07T12:14:00.001Z2009-11-07T13:39:25.184Z
Onwards....... the next project is a 12 track CD - provisionally titled "30 Years Singing In The Wrong Key".
This will contain the following: Rough Trade/ Platform Boots/RU Karl Burns/ Mitten on a Railing/ Stormy Sea/ When Girls Sleep/ My Girlfriend's Fiance/ Fire at Earth Records/ I Met My Girlfriend at a Friars Gig/ My Wasp Synthesiser/Daddy Don't Drink So Much/ I Never Noticed You Until You The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-48058119951803653482009-11-02T17:30:00.000Z2009-11-02T17:30:38.599ZLots of news , reviews and photos from the Friars gig on YouTube and the Friars site: www.aylesburyfriars.co.uk
I was pleased with the performance - we did what we were intending to. Mission completed.
Here's a photo of an over excited fellow receiving his 'Friars Hero Award'
The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-62183051268012759512009-10-19T18:51:00.000+01:002009-10-19T18:51:28.379+01:00The set for the recent gigs, and for Friars is :
1. Song For Mark E Smith/Mark E Smith's Dead
2. Kafkaesque
2. South Africa House
4. Mark E Smith Wannabe
5. The Most Handsome Man On TV
6.. I Ain't Been With No Prostitute
7.. Fire At Earth Records
8.. I Met My Girlfriend At A Friars Gig
9. We're All Gonna Die .
Two songs from 1979 - two from the last month - the others spanning the history of theThe Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-27881375079352800122009-10-18T19:50:00.000+01:002009-10-18T19:50:04.789+01:00We've played two warm up gigs - at the Bull & Gate, and Wendover Arms - and all's well. We've got the set right, and the group is working well. The single will be ready in a couple of days - it's already available as a download. The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-34282467119038337922009-09-27T18:32:00.000+01:002009-09-27T18:32:25.887+01:00
Here's the sleeve for the new single. Designed by Kris Needs. It is a good thing. The single will be back from the pressing plant in around 10 days - I'm just sorting out the ITunes release. We're off to the charts.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-11047373001372518682009-09-25T19:32:00.000+01:002009-09-25T19:32:46.662+01:00
We've just recorded the two tracks for the single - 'I Met My Girlfriend At A Friars Gig' and 'Fire At Earth Records'. Kris Needs has been good enough to design the cover, David Stopps has recorded the intro - and I'm so pleased with the results.
We recorded the songs at Appletree studios in rural Ludgershall. Years ago, I wouldn't have entertained using a studio in a little Bucks village - The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-75315066679453154212009-09-15T16:57:00.000+01:002009-09-15T16:57:33.289+01:00We are recording the single on the 24th September. There'll be two songs - "I met my girlfriend at a Friars gig" and "There's a fire at Earth Records". There will be 500 copies presses on vinyl - then it will be available on ITunes. Kris Needs has agreed to design the sleeve. The plan is to get the record into the charts. It can be done.
The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-56099897142972000962009-09-04T19:04:00.000+01:002009-09-04T19:04:40.527+01:00There'll be a D/S 'Lyric Archive' on the main website soon - http://www.discostudents.com/
I've had loads of notebooks and folders full of lyrics, ideas etc from 1977 to the present day, so I've been writing them up to put online.
We've just had a new date confirmed - Friday 16th October , The Wendover Arms in High Wycombe.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1348393468494219592009-08-30T08:50:00.000+01:002009-08-30T08:50:14.754+01:00We are rehearsing for a flurry of live appearances during October - three in all. The Hope & Anchor, Islington on Thursday 8th, The Bull&Gate, Kentish Town on Sunday 11th then Friars, Aylesbury on Friday 23rd.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1388424751419491782009-08-25T18:12:00.000+01:002009-08-25T18:12:22.574+01:00The new D/S line up is on the go. We have two London gigs in early October prior to the Friars appearance. There is a possibility of a 7" vinyl release to coincide with the Friars date. We'll have to see.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-30565132826033079912009-08-13T09:38:00.003+01:002009-08-13T09:41:18.283+01:00The Disco Students will play at Friars Club, Aylesbury on 23rd October 2009 - as part of the Friars' 40th Anniversary. The D/S will be sharing the stage with Penetration and Stiff Little Fingers. All the information is on the Friars site.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-60217525486491048932009-06-14T08:52:00.001+01:002009-06-14T08:54:22.307+01:00Here's something from a Blog relating to the DS.http://lowdownkids.blogspot.com/2009/06/disco-students-spokesman-for-redhead.htmlNot completely accurate - but interesting, none the less. SC no longer a 'professional redhead' by the way.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-8569954395196093682009-06-11T19:17:00.001+01:002009-06-11T19:19:31.453+01:00Two new songs are now on the MySpace site: www.myspace.com/2006discostudentsThey are 'I Met My Girlfriend At A Friars Gig' and 'Platform Boots'.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-64071080703590103692008-08-05T11:52:00.001+01:002008-08-05T11:53:48.250+01:00'I Remain Your Obedient Servant' is the title of the latest Disco Students release.There'll be 12 songs -and I'm aiming for an October/November release.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-31958548086066628312008-08-02T09:25:00.003+01:002008-08-02T09:31:31.828+01:00I've been preparing for a new bout of writing and recording - I can only work in cycles. A tend to have a few months painting- as The Timid Proud One - then doing stuff under the Bugger's Muddle banner, then carrying on with my new book project ( The Life and Times of Dudley Chambers). I've just had a few months concentrating on my allotment - just to clear the mind. But now I'm back to music - 'The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-65108164390085224862008-08-02T09:22:00.001+01:002008-08-02T09:24:28.805+01:00Look at this. A dish from my vegetable allotment. yum.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-81032795202058629482008-07-25T19:17:00.001+01:002008-07-25T19:24:30.557+01:00Disco Student stuff comes up quite often on eBay - I've seen all the records on there, as well as the "Aylesbury Goes Flaccid" LP. But this is the first time I've seen a DS badge. I haven't seen one of these for years - and at £2.90 I may well snap it up. The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-81772184366369626632008-07-25T18:24:00.002+01:002008-07-25T18:29:21.666+01:00I've been very busy with various projects - including some new paintings, creating an organic vegetable garden ( which is now producing fine crops for all the disco students) and working on a new music thing which may be called either "me,me,me" or "yeah!vaccine" .Anyway, it has come to my attention that the DS have been included on a compilation put together by one of the contributors to the The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-36843310519594972412008-05-01T18:39:00.002+01:002008-05-01T18:41:23.146+01:00Written some new stuff for a side project called 'Bugger's Muddle' - the stuff is on myspace, easy to find. Seem to be suffering from some weird kind of agrophobia at the moment. It will pass and I will again take my place in busy society.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-23572754621711280742008-03-03T18:41:00.003Z2008-03-03T19:00:59.261ZYou know when you have a song buzzing around your head all day? Today I couldn't shake off "The Girl Who Waves At Trains" by The Lilac Time (Stephen Duffy). I hadn't played it for years. On hearing it again, I searched for young Duffy on the internet. He seems to have turned into an earnest anti-war recycling chap, with a nice pretentious streak running through him. He , apparently spent last The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-21381636659657437522008-02-28T21:26:00.003Z2008-03-03T18:57:29.937ZSomething that has always confused me ...How come BBC always produce the best TV programmes?You see, as ITV is financed by advertising revenue - presumably something akin to a bottomless pit, one would imagine ITV would have the wit, wisdom and cash to woo the best in British TV talent. Not so.Many folk complain about the BBC, not me. I would go on, but I'm tired, so I must retire.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-6129304638533438142008-02-24T18:49:00.002Z2008-02-24T18:51:50.085ZI met Alan Bennett today - he visited my business. We had a thoroughly entertaining conversation ( at least I thought it so). Subjects discussed : Maggie Smith/Morrissey /Jimmy Clitheroe. What a nice man,The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-11369912502852183512007-12-07T08:49:00.000Z2007-12-07T09:01:34.717ZI've been at it for 30 years. On Friday 9th December 1977, The Haircuts first took to the stage - and within minutes there was a full blown riot. The outcome is recorded on the 'Aylesbury Goes Flaccid' album. The riot meant that a number of us had to appear as witnesses at Reading Crown Court - a member of the audience had been hit over the head by a microphone stand and was rushed to hospital. The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-30207310849399051192007-11-15T18:28:00.000Z2007-11-15T18:32:17.103ZThe Disco Students has always been a rather asexual project. But, this photograph has caused some consternation and not a little fuss at DS HQ. The BBC could double the audience for their news programmes at a stroke.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-62190704323773644882007-11-14T19:12:00.000Z2007-11-14T19:28:27.795ZThe three Sues and I have been writing new material in Bridport. We have two Moog and a Korg synthesisers, a Fender guitar and a great big drum kit - a hybrid set up made up from four kits all on the boil. We have been working away for six hours a day . The results will be known soon.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-48504414364228124872007-11-09T08:46:00.000Z2007-11-09T11:20:15.392ZI Should Have Known Better ( Part 55 ).I went to see the Sex Pistols last night. It has always rankled that I missed seeing them when they played just up the road in High Wycombe - twice - in their early days. True, I was a callow youth, but I really should have been there. I was able to resist the Filthy Lucre tour in 1996, and the Queen's Golden Jubilee gig in 2002, however I was strangly drawnThe Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-2719625067165167942007-11-08T10:25:00.000Z2007-11-08T15:22:40.587ZHad a bit of a break from music - i've been working on my Timid Proud One project :There is a new song on that site - "Culling Seals (I Cull Seals)".I've had an email asking me if it's possible to get the original Disco Students back for a gig - however, I can't really see that happening.I'm just about ready to record a new song "My Teenage Fiancee" -when completed, it'll be on the DS myspace The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-39517244850936160932007-08-27T15:38:00.000+01:002007-08-28T08:39:52.933+01:00Much activity at present. A couple of new songs are on the DS MySpace site - "Daddy, Don't Drink So Much " and "(I Never Noticed You Until Your Wore That) Fantastic Bra". There is a new downloadable album - "Would You Still Love Me If I Was Sectioned?" - that contains 10 tracks - available from Indiestore. There'll be another available very soon.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-77716248995277572182007-08-25T19:13:00.000+01:002007-08-27T15:59:31.202+01:00Received a copy of "Aylesbury Goes Flaccid" today - the compilation album released in 1978. My contribution was "Do You Remember L-L-Longwick?" by The Haircuts. At the time, The Haircuts were looked upon as snotty upstarts - we could hardly play our instruments and only just out of school-yet we represented the true spirit of punk. The majority of the groups on the album were crusty pub rockers The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-75699126247909613912007-08-21T19:07:00.000+01:002007-08-21T19:12:02.629+01:00The DS are preparing to go into the studio to record the recent material.Here's a review from Brainwashed.comThe Disco Students, "I Beg to Differ" Written by Matthew Amundsen Monday, 20 August 2007 This double-disc retrospective compiles this Aylesbury group's vinyl releases dating from 1978 onwards and includes recent material as well. Since there have been so many reissues and The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-29317920871052490532007-08-18T13:04:00.000+01:002007-08-19T09:54:09.324+01:00The Disco Students have entered the wonderful world of downloads. Material, new and old , can be found at : www.indiestore.com/discostudentsFinishing touches are being put to a new song "Daddy, Don't Drink So Much".The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-51400352280291277962007-07-27T19:08:00.000+01:002007-07-28T16:44:57.851+01:00Aylesbury Goes Flaccid! - the compilation LP that pre Disco Students group The Haircuts were featured on is being released on CD next month. Fancy that.Here's the pre release information:Back in 1978, as Punk was hitting its commercial peak, budding young entrepreneur Chris France was promoting local bands & gigs in the AYLESBURY area. These bands all wanted record deals, and one day Chris workedThe Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-33032640599205617772007-06-16T18:58:00.000+01:002007-06-16T19:02:29.303+01:00New songs are being written whilst the group rest. The DS will be playing live again in the Autumn. Meanwhile, I'm doing some solo stuff - my latest work can be viewed at:www.youtube.com/profile?user=simoncheethamThe Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-11116554866504469122007-05-14T14:41:00.000+01:002007-05-14T14:44:07.666+01:00BBC Radio Dorset have featured The Disco Students .http://www.bbc.co.uk/dorset/content/articles/2007/05/03/uv_simon_cheetham_disco_students_profile.shtmlI was going to record more, but I forgot how to use the machine.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-29186580506388474932007-04-18T18:58:00.000+01:002007-04-18T19:03:57.049+01:00Two posts in one day - this Blog is on fire. Quiet at Lake Disco Student at the moment - all part of the plan. I'm working on two new songs "Celebrity Fall Fan" and " Daddy, Please Don't Drink So Much". The plan is to add them to the set for the Bull&Gate appearance - 30.6.07.Then - a new Disco Students record. Just received the new Patti Smith album "Twelve" - in which Patti covers , um, 12 The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-34600557656099801002007-04-18T18:29:00.000+01:002007-04-18T19:05:44.504+01:00A new review from Nude Magazine.Disco Students: I Beg to Differ (Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Records)The Disco students were formed in Aylesbury in 1978, and despite gaining airplay on the John Peel show, their single releases were sadly neglected and the band finally split up 1982. Now recently reformed, I Beg to Differ serves as an overview of the bands career both past and present, over the course of The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-70914929038699615422007-03-20T18:45:00.000Z2007-03-20T18:59:04.868ZI'm down in Bridport escaping the cold weather. The plan was to record a couple of new songs - but I've been diverted. A couple of years ago I started to paint - using the name The Timid Proud One. There has been a cold wind blowing - so I have been involved in indoor pursuits - and I've started work on a series of food paintings. Today I have nearly completed "Dorset English Breakfast". It's notThe Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-55259243480918792442007-02-26T19:57:00.000Z2007-02-26T20:12:32.279ZBusy times here in Bridport. Working on two new songs - a cover version - the first the DS have attempted - Madonna's "Vogue" - plus a new original composition " I Wanna Purdey Haircut".The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-31496850784783831542007-02-25T20:17:00.000Z2007-02-26T20:16:18.072ZA new song - a historic document of me going to see The Fall play at The Opera House in Bournemouth last September. All of this is true.Thrown Out Of A Fall Gig.Timeline : september 2006location: bournemouth, dorset, england ukexact location: the opera house, boscombe.In a rundown part of townwhere the shops are boarded upthe shopkeepers sleep with a revolver under the pillowto save their The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-42410241896230087932007-02-25T09:48:00.000Z2007-02-25T09:53:29.554ZWe played the Dublin Castle date on Friday night. A success. A good sized crowd - and we gave it the lot. A right racket. A new set, John the bass's debut, the introduction of the synthesiser - everything could have gone wrong - but no. Really good reaction - and a great number of well-wishers after the performance passing on compliments. The DS are back on track. I'm off down to Bridport for a The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-57277708496906323512007-02-18T09:48:00.000Z2007-02-18T09:54:13.374ZThere are a couple of new songs on the MySpace site - "My Wasp Synthesiser" and "Sunk On A Stormy Sea". www.myspace.com/2006discostudentsFinal rehearsals this week before our live date at The Dublin Castle. I've been loading up the sampler and putting the finishing touches to the synthesiser. We'll be playing around half an hour - mostly new material - a couple of older songs. I'd like to think The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-33781043652504431592007-02-07T08:59:00.000Z2007-02-07T09:02:18.415ZWe're getting nearer the Dublin Castle date - and we rehearsed the new material last night. It sounds good. A new addition is a synthesiser - played by me. Bit of work to do, but it does give us a stronger sound.Looking forward now to the new DS taking to the stage. Here's a picture of me rehearsing.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-88435166737056382582007-01-23T09:59:00.000Z2007-01-23T10:02:30.042ZThe Rough Trade compilation is out next week. The first review has appeared. By a priest. John Davies, a Liverpudlian man of God who likes his football and music has chipped in with a bit of William Blake :'The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction' - The Disco Students: The Rough Trade Song ("Never been on no Rough Trade compilation", these old punks angrily sing; last track The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-23230083291425159482007-01-11T08:49:00.000Z2007-01-11T08:55:07.624ZFirst rehearsal of the new era last night - new bass player John Catlett making his DS debut. We've got a set of new material - just one song, "Mark E. Smith's Dead", surviving from the past . It went well. On another subject, Matt from BBC Dorset has been in touch and has asked the Disco Students to contribute to an audio diary project that will be broadcast in the Spring.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-56653268257607989392007-01-04T14:34:00.000Z2007-01-04T14:36:02.901ZWord has reached DS HQ that Aurora Radio of Warsaw, Poland are playing "The Black Girlfriend " EP.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-22442859300465721412007-01-03T18:32:00.000Z2007-01-03T18:35:48.765ZA few weeks until the Rough Trade compilation is released - and the DS contribution "The Rough Trade Song" was played on The Counter Culture Show on Resonance FM last week. The new look DS begin rehearsals next week preparing for the two London shows in February & March.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-5177631553704445432006-12-22T09:47:00.000Z2006-12-22T09:51:16.188ZThe track listing for the Rough Trade compilation - Counter Culture 2006 has been released. The Disco Students are the very last track - preceding the DS are another 23 artists including Lily Allen, Scritti Politti and Camera Obscura.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-9425366958143340152006-12-17T13:49:00.000Z2006-12-17T13:53:00.227ZReview from Popmatters.comWhen’s the last time you picked up a double-disc CD retrospective of a band that’s been around for a quarter of a century and you haven’t heard a single song from? Well, this is gonna be your first. The Disco Students is a band that, in many ways, is an awesome Joy Division knockoff with absolutely none of the budget. The band has long since been plagued with problemsThe Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-9613080107478512432006-11-15T16:24:00.000Z2006-11-30T14:42:11.951ZThings moving for 2007. The new look DS play two dates in the new year. The Dublin Castle, Camden on Friday 23rd February and The Betsy Trotwood on Saturday 10th March . It'll be all new material - a different sound. All good. A new line-up.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-9872959891505889782006-11-09T16:49:00.000Z2006-11-09T16:53:46.628ZThere will be a Disco Students track on the new Rough Trade compilation album - Counter Culture - The Best 0f 2006. The cd will be out in the New Year. To coincide with that the DS will be back on stage - just arranging a couple of London dates for February.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1162228868313451162006-10-30T17:15:00.000Z2006-10-30T19:19:32.816ZThe DS are about to collaborate with Dublin based artist John Nolan.John was responsible for the cover of "I Beg To Differ" - and the DS are about to write and record some pieces to accompany some of John's new work. Exciting, eh ?The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1160583115595545922006-10-11T17:10:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:32.744ZLook - I've changed the DS Blog - got a bit bored of the other style.I've been recording new stuff - "My Astrakhan Coat" - weighing in at just under two minutes, with more of my newly aquired guitar skills.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1159527450103790122006-09-29T11:56:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:32.586ZReview from Rhythm Online.The Disco Students: I Beg to Differ double CDReview by Chris MarlingSeems I get a release from this lot every other week, but they’re fun so hey ho. This time out it’s a collection of old and new, rare and not so rare releases from their somewhat low key career. Apparently inspired by the Clash and the Pistols back in 1976, they somehow managed to become a largely twee The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1159517732537781512006-09-29T09:13:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:32.502ZJust placed a new song on the MySpace site - "Another Mark E Smith Wannabee" - and another new creation " Ain't Never Been On No Rough Trade Compilation" will be on there in a day or so. The Disco Students have a new guitarist - his new sound is a delight.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1159280284585873462006-09-26T15:16:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:32.425ZBeen quite a few bits and pieces going on in the past week. A new guitarist - already settling in - and there's been a new track just recorded . Also, looking at some live dates towards the end of the year. The new DS sounds very different. Exciting times.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1157899024422644512006-09-10T15:31:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:32.254Zwe all need hobbies - slight distractions to help us through the mundane times we live in. one of mine is defacing scottish currency. aginst the law i know ( that's part of the appeal - the pure danger, the buzz of being just one step ahead of the law). whenever i come across a scottish banknote, i write " jock money - no good" on it. i've been doing this since around 1996 - and i calculate The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1157897008635967362006-09-10T15:00:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:32.171Ztwo nights out in three - can i stand the pace? off to see the fall in bournemouth.might as well, mes and co don't venture into dorset too often.here are the results of the latest disco students photo shoot.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1157808648708284122006-09-09T14:26:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:32.090ZWent to see Patti Smith at The Tate Modern, where she gave a a poetry/song performance to support the Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition at the Alison Jacques Gallery. All very NYC arty - a couple of films, one , "Still Moving" a RM/PS collaboration from the mid 1970's - then Patti got on stage for some anecdotes,poems and songs. A bit under rehearsed and scatty - but most enjoyable.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1157574703109411372006-09-06T21:17:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:32.003ZJohn (Le Mesurier)It's the little things that let you down,Like, refusing to wear a dressing gown,Pushing a child from a life boat,"It's every man for himself"I, like you, will spoil my voting paper,I write " none of the above are fit to lace my shoes""They could not fill my boots"Look at their Burton's suits, they think it's funny.It's the little things that let you down ( son),Being lower The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1157134093759856032006-09-01T19:06:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:31.915ZAn American writes :( from the Fall forum). Re: The Disco StudentsI still think the MES song lyrics are tasteless, but fortunately you can't make many of them out at least til the end of the song.GOOD THING ALERT:the guitar work on The Disco Students MySpace songs is really nice. On the MES song and the others. The other instruments are sort of just there, but the guitar work is consistently The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1157104442880465622006-09-01T10:51:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:31.832Z"Kitchen Sink Disco" -a track from the Black Girlfriend E.P. is included on a podcast put together by one of the members of the unofficial Fall forum.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1157103768425286602006-09-01T10:41:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:31.715ZTotally Radio have been playing some tracks from the new release.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1156880396435982682006-08-29T20:35:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:30.236ZIn my youth, I used to carry a torch for Selina Scott. Tall, lean, bright - probably went like the clappers - just the kind of girl I was looking for.I happened to chance upon a TV programme on Channel 5 tonight - where Selina spent three quarters of an hour pouring scorn on modern TV, pop culture - almost everything created after around 1963. She's still a bit of a looker - but there's no doubtThe Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1156589009117891012006-08-26T11:40:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:30.163ZReview from Play Louder.The Disco Students - 'I Beg To Differ'yeah!yeah!yeah! RecordsThe Disco Students come from that era when you could get away with calling your band something like The Disco Students without the pseudo proletarian hordes of the music press getting sniffy. Yet the Aylesbury chaps were a band aptly named, combining arch, fizzing guitars with pummelling, anxious post-punk The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1156585178580891742006-08-26T10:36:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:30.082ZWhat Rough Trade say:I Beg To Differ.a double cd retrospective from the aylesbury based art rockers - featuring all the material from the singles since they reformed and also the tracks from the late 70's and early 80's - also features the classic "do you remember longwick'" by the haircuts - simon cheetham's first band - a standout track from the legendary "aylesbury goes flaccid" compilation The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1156584831831494652006-08-26T10:31:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:29.994ZReview from REPEAT.The Disco Students : I Beg to Differ (www.myspace.com/2006discostudents) Here’s some more nostalgia, but this time with a happy and still partly unwritten ending. The Disco Students were formed in 1978, and gloried in being freed from the shackles of prog rock and all that appalling nonsense. They traveled the country to plug into the national grid to rattle out short, sharp The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1156239500337618542006-08-22T10:34:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:29.910ZI had quite a surprise last night. I'd been out into the town of Bridport - sampling strong drink etc - and returned to find a Moog synthesiser in the house. One of the three Sues ( I've yet to discover which one )- has obviously got it from somewhere. Makes me think that some new recording is being planned.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1156100900130155632006-08-20T19:54:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:29.836ZI missed the BBC2 John Betjeman show the other night - I was out and about celebrating a wedding anniversary. Yeah, mine. Well - not just mine. So, pleased to see it was repeated tonight. Watched it with glass of wine and loved it.So many things I like. The rugged sea - JB loved Cornwall, I'm a Dorset man myself. Loved his unpretensiousness ( i haven't got my dictionary to hand so that may be The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1155837492547580642006-08-17T18:51:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:29.761ZBeen busy this week with the release of "IBTD" - making sure review copies are going out etc.I am planning a couple of live dates around Christmas - it will be a new look DS - playing four or five songs from the new CD, plus a few brand new songs which are currently in production.I'm excited about it - the previous run of live dates didn't really do it for me. There's also a possibility of an The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1155667626765264922006-08-15T19:43:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:29.676Z"I Beg To Differ" has been released into the community. A life's work (?)And on we go - that was then - we move on to the next 26 years .....The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1154004621531831052006-07-27T13:47:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:29.447ZAnother day of recording - the result is "Favorite Slit " - a tribute to The Slits.I'm in the process of writing "The Frank Sidebottom Song" - a musical quest to find just who Frank is? Actually, it's a rhetorical question as everyone knows it's Chris Sievey.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1153932706991379752006-07-26T17:50:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:29.369ZJust spent the day recording a version of Patrik Fitzgerald's "Safety Pin Stuck In My Heart". I'll put it up on the MySpace site in a few days.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1153911970869360982006-07-26T12:02:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:29.255ZI have so much to give .....Just heard from the CD pressing people that "I Beg To Differ" is SO big ( around 90 minutes) that they can't get it all on 1 disc. I was left with the choice of leaving out 5 or so songs or putting out a two disc release. I chose the latter.Just get Roger Dean in to do the gatefold sleeve, and we're all there .....The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1153773906500084322006-07-24T21:34:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:29.188ZMySpace has embraced The Disco Students - a very encouraging start. I had my photograph taken today by an Icelandic photographer - Henrik Spaunhausen. He is compiling a collection of photographs of "English Eccentrics" and reckons I fit the bill. He brought with him a hairdresser, Joni - who cut my hair prior to the photo shoot. Crikey - it's like punk never happened.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1153679314785228642006-07-23T19:24:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:29.120ZThe Disco Students have made it to MySpace. www.myspace.com/2006discostudentsThere are four songs on there at the moment , "Oh No, You're Pregnant", "Mark, What's The Score?" , "Kafkaesque" and "Helen Come Home".There'll be some new material put on there very soon.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1153334526920664562006-07-19T19:23:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:29.051ZJim Morrison, tell me how it feels,To end up with just £25 from being on "Deal or No Deal".Jim, James, whatever is your name (today),The rest of the Doors still want their pay.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1152894218088299872006-07-14T17:15:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:28.984ZWriter & Broadcaster.Paul Gambaccini, wearing only a bikini,Found in the launderette,Worn for the day to win a bet.The drunken daughter,Of Janet Street-Porter,Caught infragrante delicto,With the first husband of Helen Shapiro.Helen Sharman, first Briton in space,Recruited by Pete Townshend to play bass,On a concept album based on London's A-Z.John Entwhistle, you see, is , I'm afraid dead.Oh , The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1152643350614426472006-07-11T19:39:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:28.893ZCeltica Radio - a station in darkest Wales, are I am informed , blasting out tracks from the "My Black Girlfriend" E.P.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1152617189673215632006-07-11T12:25:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:28.825ZA review from "Cool Noise".Saturday, June 03, 2006My Black Girlfriend by The Disco Students Firmly from the DIY/John Peel style of music making we have The Disco Students. Their Mark E Smith's Dead may be factually inaccurate but it is a good song with a snarl to enjoy. Lo-Fi fun for the discerning in the family.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1152286876047036712006-07-07T16:35:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:28.751ZJust started to record the first all-new Disco Students CD of the new era. And the retrospective CD isn't even out . Got to get everything done before I drop down dead.The first song is "Who's Your Favourite Slit?" - it was originally a poem, one that I performed at the live dates I did last summer. I've since set the little devil to music.Ari Up, Ari Up, Ari Up, Hurry Up, I can't take no more, The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1152038858074418542006-07-04T19:33:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:28.676ZMy Shit Don't Stink.It's painted on a wall outside the old town hall,Someone wrote it on my fence, using the present tense,People stop me and ask, "Is it really what you think?"I say yeah, yeah, yeah - My Shit Don't Stink.An anonymous note was pushed beneath my door,A crank caller left a malicious message on my phone,I get criticised because I cannot hold my drink,I say yeah, yeah, yeah - My ShitThe Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1151779795197692972006-07-01T19:48:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:28.531ZAnd so, it has happened again. We are no longer in the World Cup.Fuckshittingwankingcuntingbollockingbastardshitpissfuck.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1151574776469960572006-06-29T10:51:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:28.436ZThis is the sleeve of I BEG TO DIFFER. The original is by Irish artist John Nolan - someone I've known for nearly a decade. I first met him in St Stephen's Green, Dublin - and have since kept in touch.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1151514798197727542006-06-28T18:09:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:28.357ZI BEG TO DIFFER - is at the factory - look up to the sky and you'll see a chimney belching - that's the new CD being made ( by talented craftsmen).There are 22 tracks - they are:1. South Africa House.2. Kafkaesque.3. A Boy With A Penchant For Open Neck Shirts.4. Pink Triangles.5. Credit.6. But.7. Red Flowers.8. Boxes.9. Lake Superior.10. There Is Nothing To Keep Us Here.11. Sugarside.12. Love The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1151347881205177492006-06-26T19:36:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:28.279ZI am David Beckham's Hairdresser.Back street salon next to a back street abortionist,I was going nowhere with my radical plans for hair.I cut Harry Kewell's quiff into the shape of a peacock,Then the M62 into Lee Sharpe's sideburns.Word got round all over the cotton mill towns of the north-west,I was commissioned to work on Callum Best ( he tipped poorly).A double page spread in FHM was followed The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1151261893655114842006-06-25T19:47:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:28.199ZThe Town Song ( £5 pair of shoes)Went down to the town,Had a bundle of cash and a determined outlook,Went down to the town,I was unknown - and that suited me.In the town, I stifled a yawn,Threw up my dinner on a resident's lawn.In the town, I bought some new shoes,Cheap enough , cheap enough to loose.The security men in their bespoke suits,Stopped me at a barrier they'd made from old oil cans.It The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1151260889471780992006-06-25T19:29:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:28.130ZWord has reached me in Dorset that Top Of The Pops is to cease trading . What (exactly) is happening to the world? Melody Maker & Sounds long since closed their doors - John Peel never came back from Peru - now TOTP is going. To be fair, I hardly ever watch it - and when I do, it's with the sound down whilst playing my own choice of music. For instance, I'm watching it now - a group called The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1151139081339666932006-06-24T09:50:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:28.047Zanother mark e smith wannabee,you, yeah youtake your place in the queueyour pickled wits from the graveyard shifton salford 96.2fm.all that static from nylon shirts,smoking 60 a day until your sinuses hurt.your mother's hands are raw from cleaning the front step,the front step where you spit and shit.another mark e smith wannabee,took the national express from coventry.kept a fly in a jar for The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1150811392675550602006-06-20T14:48:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:27.975ZI Beg To Differ.That's the name of the retrospective release. The recordings have just been mastered and re-mixed etc - all ready for release. The cover/sleeve etc is being put together now - it'll be out in a month or so.The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1148840786910443392006-05-28T18:50:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:27.904ZThe Cranberries (from Ireland) were on television again.I did not like it.U2 ( from Ireland) were on the radio today.Left me, left me cold and getting colder.By the second, by the day.Big Country, a Scottish group,Fooled my friends, but no, not me.The Postcard groups - all meant well,But seemed to leave a terrible smell,Whenever they came south ( they were all mouth).It's up to you, boy.It reallyThe Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1148503874698900072006-05-24T21:38:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:27.817ZWatford have won promotion to the Premierhsip - beating Leeds United 3-0 at Cardiff in the Championship Play-Off Final on Sunday. That's good. A few years ago, I was a rabid/avid Watford fan - travelling home and away - try Hull City away on a Tuesday night in November - no laughing matter. In those days I created two characters - Gladys Protheroe and Ray Bloom. Gladys became quite well known The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1147801925733898892006-05-16T18:43:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:27.749ZBoy Misanthrope.Joe Orton said to me ( in a dream),"Simon, son - you're wasting your time"."You're not cut out for all of this"."You're far too conventional "He said other things too , unmentionable.I bridled against this unjustified rally,"Joe - no,no,no".He replied - "Simon, yes,yes,yes".You can't or won't sing in a pleasing manner,You eat with your mouth full - you have no table manners.You The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893693.post-1147801226410740122006-05-16T18:32:00.000+01:002006-10-30T19:19:27.679ZIn Manchester (1972).I cannot be named for legal reasons,I speak from behind a screen,You see - I've met your type before,I know your kind, I know you're kind.So tell me ex-commune resident,As you stutter and hesitate,Why the reticence?And all the use of the past-tense?It never seems fair,That Ringo Starr's a millionaire,It never seemed just,Paul McCartney licking Jane Asher's nice little The Disco Studentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715765553039218210noreply@blogger.com0