The Chameleons, AGM/BBQs, Schlock Movies
Jan. 16th, 2018 10:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tcpipMany decades ago, whilst living in the notorious dilapidated goth-punk duplex that was The Accelerated House, I was fossicking through Jay Nova's record collection and decided to play Nostalgia by The Chameleons. That was the beginning of a great love for said band, and whilst I engaged in some correspondence with frontman Mark Burgess in 2002, I had given up on the possibility of ever seeing them live. Well, that changed on Friday night, and damn they were very good indeed (as were, I must add, were the support act, Panic Syndrome). Managed to have a chat with Mark after the show and apart from the obligatory signings (including of a toy SUSE chameleon I had brought along), he was pleasant and friendly - which contrasts quite strongly to his maudlin lyrical content. Something of note was the number of younger fans that the band still attracts. In other Rocknerd news, I have just published a review of last year's concert with Snog and Severed Heads where my biggest complaint is that they could have made the concert longer, in a better locations, and taken more of my money.
Much of the rest of the weekend was dealing with RPG Review Cooperative activities. This included food preparation for the Annual General Meeting (yours truly has ended up as coop president again) and the conduct of the BBQ itself. We were planning to have it at Studley Park but the combination of crowds and the fact that half the BBQs were broken meant we ended up at Bellbird picnic area instead - which was devoid of people and with functioning equipment. It was a great afternoon, a good turnout, and the business side of the meeting went along painlessly. We've done extraordinarily well for an association that's only a couple of years old with publications, journal, and a rather massive library. The following night was another Cooperative advertised event, another visit to the Astor Theatre, this time to view the pure schlock, yet curiously popular, cheap Italian horror movies from the 1970s - Suspiria and Zombi 2.
Much of the rest of the weekend was dealing with RPG Review Cooperative activities. This included food preparation for the Annual General Meeting (yours truly has ended up as coop president again) and the conduct of the BBQ itself. We were planning to have it at Studley Park but the combination of crowds and the fact that half the BBQs were broken meant we ended up at Bellbird picnic area instead - which was devoid of people and with functioning equipment. It was a great afternoon, a good turnout, and the business side of the meeting went along painlessly. We've done extraordinarily well for an association that's only a couple of years old with publications, journal, and a rather massive library. The following night was another Cooperative advertised event, another visit to the Astor Theatre, this time to view the pure schlock, yet curiously popular, cheap Italian horror movies from the 1970s - Suspiria and Zombi 2.
