Den's 50th Birthday Bash (May 2010)
Den from Sur Les Docks invited us over to play at his place near Lille for his 50th birthday...a lovely time had by all.
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| Morning team photo | Den, David (drummer from Sur Les Docks), Brod & Rob | The mighty Shish Kebab & Arf |
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| Brod, Julie (fiddle player from Sur Les Docks) & Shish | Arf getting em in for Rob & Dreadlock Rob at Den's bar | Shish & Rob (sartorial elegance it ain't) |
The Cardinal's Error (March 2010) photos by Andreas
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The Orchestra Pit, Soho (Dec '09) photos by Andy C
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Please Take My Scissors Away (July '09)
We had a great laugh making a little homemade video of 'Please Take My Scissors Away'. We'll stick it on YouTube once we're done with the editing. Cheers to Glenn Prangnell for filming the whole sorry story.............
Belgrade, NGO Fight Against Torture (June '09) photos by RASTKO
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| The one, the only...Aleks Delibasic |
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....and some snaps from Belgrade....
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| Rob & Barney from the International Aid charity |
That's the Danube you can see in the background |
Brod & Aleks |
Cologne (May '09) photos by Franz & Hans
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| A lovely afternoon round our promoter, Hans', house | Rouven, Hans, Brod, Rob, Esther Holly & Arf | Getting interviewed by Franz |
Hamburg (May '09) photos by Duckdalben
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Sweeps (May '09)
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| The view from the new Boley Hill stage | Inside the beer tent at the Gordon Hotel | Yeah, yeah, nice photo, but why is Rob poking his tongue out? |
Recording Unravelling England....
| Glenn Barnes at the desk | The Loins' unique approach to percussion.... |
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| Rob played the shit fiddle.... |
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...and Cari Sayers helped us out with the posh fiddle | Our mate John the Baker on double bass |
Belgrade SKC, Serbia (September '08) photos by RASTKO
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Pirot & Nis, Serbia (September '08) photos by KATARINA
Pirot, Serbia (September '08) photos by RASTKO
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On the telly.... |
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At the Pirot fish soup competition (really!) with Alex, Pex, Katerina & Stu from Gerda Blank |
Pirot |
Arf & Alex, our promoter |
Nis, Serbia (September '08) photos by RASTKO
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The venue at Nis, an 18th century fort built by the Turks |
Kingswear Castle Paddle Steamer (June '08)
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Ta Ben & Keith |
Love Music Hate Racism, Chatham (June '08)
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Ta very much to deadheaduk & akanekal for sticking these on Flickr for us to nab |
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Blue Shell, Cologne (May '08): photos by OLDRIK
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| The Blue Shell, Cologne |
It's the sight-seeing Loins |
Brod's lunch. He eats like this everyday. |
Sweeps (May '08)
| 12 Bells with Sur Les Docks |
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Cheers for these Kevin |
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Lovely afternoon in Brod & Mandy's garden with our French mates Sur Les Docks |
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Arfur & Pam's Wedding (August '07)
Kingswear Castle Paddle Steamer (July '07)
Rochester Sweeps (May '07):photos by CHRIS
Belgrade, Serbia (March '07):photos by RASTKO
| We'd been awake for 24 hours before this gig... |
Rob & Arf on Red Bull and vodka...
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Chris on chocolate and local plum brandy. | ||||
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The drug choice of middle-aged Englishmen. |
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Are you looking at me? | ||||
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Pirot, Serbia (March '07):
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This was another great gig in the Southern mountains. |
On the telly.
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On the radio. with Arf looking just a touch like Doctor Death |
...and some of our holiday snaps...
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Igor & scary Aleks (our promoter) |
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Looks just like Chatham! |
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Piss stop, heading for Pirot. |
Pirot from hotel window
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"Hmm... I think I'll try the patent red sling backs" |
We hit the dodgems just after this photo. Someone was filming it. Probably immortalised on youtube by now! |
In the studio (Feb '07): recording THE DROWNED MAN RESUSCITATOR.
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Brod & Arf laying down a groovy groove from groovesville. (guitar & vocals by Buddy) |
Arf on backing vox. (These cans are ruining my hairdo) |
Bob, Rob & John...& Bob. |
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The inimitable Mr Riley of Ranscombe studio. |
Two lovely guests were kind enough to help us out on a few tracks - Glenn Barnes on acoustic bass... |
....and Chris (Windy) White on trombone. |
....and some others we've got hanging around
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This curious birthmark belongs to one of our tallest fans. Spot him at a gig and he'll show you where it is! |
Wow, man! Arf getting psychedelic at "The Lazy Sunday" (You sure this is a Woodbine?) |
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At The Barge (early '07)
Loins Acoustic Club (August '06)
Here's some from our trip to France (June '06)
| Arf showing Den from Chien d'Mer the chords to Big Wheel. Note the oversize French/English dictionary! | ||||||
| Brod & Denis getting friendly after a few Belgian beers. | Chiche & Alex. Formidable PA handlers. Thanks lads! | Snapped just after Arf proposed to Chiche. (Yeah. And who ever wrote this ain't bloody invited. Arf') |
....and some old 'uns
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"One World Literary Festival", Dusseldorf, Germany, 1993 with Billy Childish. Isn't Brod slim and handsome? (That's Arfur, you twat!) |
The girl on the guitar's pretty! (But look on the right. Don't you hate it when they put clothes on a monkey.) |
Crow lane, Rochester. 1991
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Somewhere in the Netherlands. On tour with the Blackhands. 1993. |
Radio station in Antwerp. 1993 |
Rochester dockside. 1992 |
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Medway Little Theatre. 1996 |
If you have any other pics, we'd love to see them