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.............
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| The Scissor Man (there's a proper word for this sort of thing, but it slips my mind right now....) | Little Bobby, Father Baker & Arfurella (the gentlemen's choice) | Elegant don't you think? There's Glenn on the left.... | John & Arf (sans slap) |
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....
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| 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
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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)
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| 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)
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Kingswear Castle Paddle Steamer (July '07)
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Rochester Sweeps (May '07):photos by CHRIS
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Belgrade, Serbia (March '07):photos by RASTKO
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| 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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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)
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Loins Acoustic Club (August '06)
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Here's some from our trip to France (June '06)
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| Arf showing Den from Chien d'Mer the chords to Big Wheel. Note the oversize French/English dictionary! | ||||||
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| 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
