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'rhc .Ldrd of fl l D.irgov1 ric Gould not find u dm·1ry l!'or J e llu tho Bour, his ndOi) Led niece Who'd spent all his ntoney On cartons of llo ney, A Si c.u.:ese cnnnon - not all in one piece A bicycle chain .l!'or a sadisrr, gar;;e And a pl&tinw:, doll \ii th ~ :::utile like a crec:.. se.
"Alas!" said. the Lair·d "I ' li: nov1 very scared ! " (He tJ:::de a finn ha bit of telling the truth \/hen playing bnd;. ga:u,1on Or fishing for salmon Or v! hen he \'IClS trying to \1ork free a tooth ~ 1 hich l u.s t he \ ~c...::; do inti ) "I see trouble ' s 1ir e;ving 'I'hi:.': i s a 1uatter for (cthadoae liuth ! "
il.uth ,·.etlw.done \tas a Latching c:r:ofm We ll-.i ~no < , n for her efi orts in CJ hes s in i~ ton Zoo. jhe'·d ,,edded a r [4t ··. 'l'o a one-legl_e d ba t, A leprous 6iraf1'e to a giant kangaroo. "use S'l'D" :3aid the Hear,full of glee, "She'll be her e to-night there'll be cooking to do
'l'he Jawe of l\eno1.n ,:as s oun SL.J irallinG dm.n on her t t,in-w;jine biped from .Dunba rton Yards; ::>be •·1hirleci through the sky Li ke a han.strung fly ·.ro l c:nd at sowe speed on the Laird 1 s pack of cards.
"Huu y 1 " she s crea.\ed, and her hc:;,ppiness bet:•ll'.ed; "Chuck it .and follo •. , for gar;:uling retarcJ.s ! "
Hotor::: rot ating 'l'a!lks eructoting The La.ird ' s private 'copter s 11 ed over the sea, ...... ~rossing t!ie acres
' ·' · Of fluttering breal-:cx s 1'0 sl;urklii~t; Muck nnd the .!!'air; Ides so free . ·'Se.E: ,bella, se<-) , · Your husbc:nd to be : fl. w·beelchair · rLinoceJ os eating his tea. ' " N8HO " Heaven knovTS, I'd be the last one to But Jimtil our next issue, 'there are preach intolerance." - ~noch Powell. many other interesting happenings(sic). 'rhis issue of .B'LY contains an inter Apart from the events listed below, view with CARAVAN and has become in there 's also 'The Mole' - Brighton's f act rather pop-orientated. But future 'underground paper'and 'Scab' produced .B'LYS vlill contain material of a more by \.Jo rthing ~vo rkshop, to read. Then varied nature. So we still need more there's 'Exspantion' for records, 'Un contributions. Please send poetry,ideas icorn' for books, the Combination, the letters,articles,criticism etc. to :- Film Theatre and the Rents Project to Julian Grain, 9 Stafford Road, support. Finally, the non profit-making Brighton, 5. U.O.S. Blues Society needs more members.
Thur. 23 Oct 'rhe Mooche. 'rhe U.O.S. Dlues Society at Jimmy's, Steine street.
Sat. 25 Oct Hard I>.i eat and Glass 11enagerie , at University. 8.30 - 12.30.
Sun. 26 Oct Clouds and •rrada Horne , at Sloopy's. 8.30.
Thur. 30 Oct Killing Floor. at Jimmy's.
Fri. 31 Oct " HalloHeen :Oall " 11i tb Alan Price , Idle Race , Freddie l'llack. at •rop Hank Suite, 8 - 2 am.
Sun. 2 Nov John Peel , JJridgi t St.John , Occasional \'lord Ensemble , l1ike Hart. at Sloopy ' s . r:;on. 3 Nov J ohn Jilayall at Dome . 7.45pru . 8/- IO/- 13/- 15/- Keef Hartley at Jimmy's. 'rhur. 6 No v Incredible String Band at Dome . 7.30pm. 5/- 7/6 10/- 12/6 15/- Sat. 8 Nov Village and JellybrJad , at Sloopy's. Sun. 9 Nov
'rhur. 13 .No v Duster Bennett at Jimmy' s . . Andy Dunkley , at Sun. 16 Nov High Tide and Sloopy 's.
\ved. 19 Nov t:dgar Broughton Be.ncl , Strm1bs , David Bm'l'ie , Staamhammer , He aven , J ef f Dexter , Success , Gary Farr , at Dome. 6.30 for a· t hour sho\v. 5/G B/ 6 II/6 14/6 17/6
'rhur. 20 Nov : I•'ree , at Jimmy' .J 'l'hur. 27 Nov : Juniors ~y e s , at Jimmy' s . MD ~very l"riday , at Coll·· .ge of •rechnoloGJ , 'Club 66' - 2/6. Every \'!ednesday at t h• · Hichrnond , at ' The Sound Of One Hand Clapping ' - the Co smic Sounds of t he Sun Dragon. The U. O. S. Blues Society at Jimmys a t one t i me or another in a group r e cently staged a concert featuring called t he Wi lde Fllwers, which i s Caravan. I went along t o hear t hem where the So f t Machi ne came from . As play, but l)ef or e they went 0n I spoke the member s of the JIOW Soft Lla chinc to their l ead guita:r:ist, Pye Hastings . l e ft to form the Soft JVia chine, we we r e I first asked a1::ou t forthcoming tours. thei r r epl acement s into the Wi l de l"lo w.e r .s . '_r h ~n tho Wilde F l owers split U1) P . H. : Th e only tour· tha, t I know elf entir e l y~ Bu t a fter a period of about that ' s absolute l y certa in :is a tour of si x mon t hs we a ll decided to ~e t tog .Ho l l and , Germ any and Be l gium wit h t he e ther again. 'l'he four of us took a ·Soft rliachi ne, who were ove r t here a hous(~ in \'irn i t s t abl e ,\vher e . we lived f littl e whUe ago' and they were asked or al)out six months just playing t og vr.ho t hey' d like for t heir "J3 " group e thr a nd j amm ing a round. 'I'hcn we decid and they said ·1 Carave.n' 'because we 1 r e ed it wa s about time we s t a rte d t o gr:-) t o. iJ great buddi es actua lly. We ' re still s om ethinG done . So vre started tbrov1ing hopi ng to go t o America l)ut it 1 s t he the music around , certa in veopl e become age- old thing allout a group these days, i nter ested and an album c8J!le out alrno ever nince we 1 ve lJeen form ed, people s t imm ediat e l;v from MGlVl . So we were l a 11 1 unched on the album whicb is c:x tremel;y have 'been saying 1 You re ,jus t r i ght for .America. 11 However t o actually· get good l uck. there you need to haVE; thr e E: l'lo. I hits Since then we 1 ve been mainl y play- and God kno·us v1hat elae. Bu t jt appear s :Lng . gigs around the country , and d~ing t hough tha t we will have a t our soon, t h ings like a t e l evision spot fo~ ~he within the next cbc months , we hope , · German :Surov-i s ion. Other than thct t -- · . . -- fll0 0 but t hi s sort of t hin,rc is uncertai n . we 1 re jus t trying t o build up a - Jhen we ' re.p l ayin ~ i n Paris soon in wing . Becau se the a ve rage wa-:(' a gr~up the big f e stiva l t he re" It; s for j a zz starts is -by doing the circul t s an · 'fher1 -tbey ha'- t uilding up a follow~ng. - ~ and progressive groups vii t h the Soft 1 lVia chi.ne , Pink FlCD.yd·, c·aravan a nd Yes ve a hit record or an all)um thcc -t \,~e Gmongst the British groups e;o ing over. lling well. We did a r a ther hard d Lltlg i n a ~ a y becau se we we r e l aunch e on ' d + D. J.: Could you t e ll us the group ' s the r e cord. They put t he re co~ ou. hist orY arid musical background ? and sai d. , "'rhis i s very good , and vr e had to live up to it. We ho·pe t~e s~~ P. R. : I had a very musi cal father , h e orld a lbum will be r e ce ived a loc b e e~ · · wa8 the organis t in ·Aber deen Ca thedr a l. er, be cause we ' ve s i nc e played to a I . can't r emember exactly becau se he lot of peopl e v1ho hadn ' t heard of us dl ed when I was about four or five . 0r t he albQm be fore . llut I inherited a bit of his mu s icc;J. l t c.. l ent. Other than that I think I 1 ve D.J . : I s the second L. P. coming i n the jus t l earnt through lis t ening to ot her 11ear future ? people a ll the time . ,, Tl1e f,'r oup began about one and a half P .H. : We ' ve got the first tvro track8 to two year s ago in Whi t stable, Kent . d•lwn , but vve -'might change them a b?_t . We we r e a ll friends, having a ll played Ore ' s ca lled "Vihy" or "And I wi sll _[ VJ8.S s tone d " and the other ' S ca.JJ.t?cl 11 L\ighth Clipping. " We have about e i ght continued i n next column continued on next page CARAVAN continued . continued from last column
songs at the momont, that we 1 re just hims0lf who only played bass because polishine up to r e cord.And ~ e 1 l l do it he was the better bass pl ayer and I as soon as we have some s pa re time.We was better at rhythm guitar.I still am
hope to get it r e l eased l;;y Christmas 9 a rbythm guitarist more than anything because t he Christmas marke t is t ho e lse . I suppose Elvi n Jones i s the ~ D! ·best time to aim foro l:ve 1 ve l eft HGM mmer 1s f avourite , but ther e 1s a fanta and thoue;h it 1 s nr:Jt dE":fini te yet we 1 r e s ticly wi de range of mu si c that we a ll probt:tl;ly going· to s i gn ·'.'Tith Dec~a, rrha t enjoy. It isn1t limited to any partie-· . should be coming of f ve ry soon , but as ular kind. f ar a:::- I know at the mom ent "'e 1 r e still free:! . D. J . : I s there anyone who has partic- ularl y influ
numbe rs 9 like nFutilistt:3 LameYJ.t " 0 Tony Ihll p2.ays parti cul arly fine c;uita r on this really heavy and gritty rock number_ "Pushed BUt Not ll'orgott enn starts softly, but erupts glori ously into wild instrumentation, recalling the Misunderstood at their b est" "WaJJcing Down Their Outlook", includes some eer:Le interpl ay betwe en gu:llitar ancl violin, but perhaps thm 11 11 best tra clc is the me l odic Novvhere " Written by Simon House and the pTo:ficient C:Lrummer Hoger Hadden, it features some exc~?l l ently constructed tempo chances " "Death Wannsd Up" becomes a little repetitive and direction l ess after the first five minutes and the vioin sound is vag ·uely reminiscent of ,John Gale of the Velvet Underground. In fact, the l onger tra cks, vrhich begin with basic riffs and then df~velop into a springboard for group improvisation, are not ouite so impres ive on record as in the electric a tmosp.trere o:f' c:;:l :L ve perf'o rmance. Let I s hope that someone Vvill bring High ~~icJe t o Brie hton soon so all can h ear their nmsi c live!~~ - __ ~ . . __ D. rT JAZZ DLUES~OLK ROCK- & ali gc,od records~ Speci a l con~as sions for students. nL_j .Since the bos'-.-er3 of rc_,rlio one l'Oc ~ red Late l ast year Pecl,the bla ck sheep their large and in.:.:.ne heads above u. r;ea of DHC,'.s disc jockey count!Uni ty, frmmed of s inKing piru.te ships, they l1C~.Ve :Dre- on for cc m:n i tting the heinous crime of dictably aciopteJ <• CUfJeri or attitude saying v1hat he thought ( sometiwes t o to'''arcls the stEJ tion ' s li stenine; public. th-::; emburrassc1cnt of the BDC) was told 'l'hoy treat the public as r,1 indless uor th!lt his pro(S rara,:;e 1·1as to be broaC. casc ons 11ho \Jill acce pt , v:ithout r e gard to on ;~ )UYld . Ey evenings beb·Jeen 7 and 9 p:D, q_nali l:;y, any n o i~:> C:J '.vhich rarlio one the object of the move bein;J to plo.c-J CD.T83 to broaUCd_;t i.l fo pop I . ~ U GiC . 'l'hey "'l'op Gear" at L'. "peak li sten in ,~ time " .. J i-'.l so feel they <:ere the e;uardions of B'lt 1;it;1 the ir cust omary myopia, the ·cLej.r li sten e r~;' · .ttOH.!.l vo.lues brought the su.vages to book in Romfo rd 1 J:::ssex; he who with his sand- scarred skin and book- worn eyes sat by the sea and taught the fishes how to sing. Now i n the heart of London ' s hinterl and where the buffaloes danced and the antel opes ran the) gutters are f l ooded with tears. 9 Sj_t back in the comfort of your s i :;.~penny stall s and l e t the legend l ive ins ide your hearts as told by Charlie and hi s charming chimpanzees~ "I n the morning of his life He wandered in the deep [5Teen mountai n; i n the grey- '.'ll.dte light of dawn, He say the sound of sight., and heard. "He came dovm from the mountain and crossed the 'ivhi t e and l ev el pl a in and came to where the people sat counting sand in the :3un ' s. shadow. "' F'ly People 9 you sleep! Let Me awake yciu hearts 9 The voice of the father call s and is not heard, For your heads are filled with dew, 'dith the drops of the n i ght. HiE>e up l and com~ with l\1e into his sight;! 1 "They heard and hated Him and chased Him to the ends of all the earth through the s lope and buffetvvinged snow ' 9 the whi-~e fire flying from ~he ~vhirl wind~s eye that skl es the shock electrlc Wlrewater. Hell found him hiding in his f::: ther 1 s house . "He fell and felt their blows and Jmew col d despair undC:?r t he s·un of He cwen and screamj_ng like a child when first it su c k~ the breath of dea th into its lungs , He cri ed ' Forgive me ! for I Jmoy,r not what I do . 1" ' The sky is blank, and all along the shore the sand is black and writhing like rattl esnakes . The sea- shoal comes, the sea- shoal comes . • Jmd nolo' in th~ _ ..strc;ets &11 shot and ahining uith rain the people carry torches and cry " Carver, Carver: ! the night, has come ., •• ,. • o ••~~'• ~t r• "o!:J• • •eo•• 'I' he elilpty J:'gces cf 1·rinter ha-re dreamed auay their chrouds, 1\.ild above t heir ]_ocked black ha·i_r::; late dusk ' s unsteady light s t arts c. little, \-Jinks im;ards l·Jhere the sky- spirit sucks a cloud ; I n his hee.d a hot :iea churm:; , regdy to spit t he giddy stars ' flight. Nigl:'rt _stepped over Lion Buildings lit square a~a i nst the lm,g. hill ; ~vhistl in g at the dark dozens oi.' cars mvept the tmm ' s air CJ ean of deod r ai n , p o.c ~: e d the mud dry and still. -[ stuffGd butt--cmds do1 rn Spr:'_ _~ g ' '-' throat, ood rotti.nG ton[_,-rues, ~qu~. n 1 1~n g to shut .J.Hay her cool body ' s bre;.1th, / _Ll ut her shad01·1 cnu[;ht 11 1y heGl and spun me neatly onto my back, So I ' ll lie and \ra i; ch her set--pie ce ,judo- ballet vri th deatp. NBHO ----·------ i!.llQTJ~ 1•'HOI1i BBC Is 24 HOUHS : - Intervieuer talking to wan-in-the I do actually t uk·-:; f:: oloc but they $treet, on teenace viol ence. are not standing solos. Unle ss I find l"JAN-Hl- Ttf..e;.-S'l'l1.8t;'l' : I think there ' s t oo somethinf, Jn rticula.r fo:c the song, I rnuch of this violence. I ' d Eke t o uon ' t put it in on the reco rding. It get hold of some of them. be if I dhl Hould bad he cc.use it just HlT.e;llVIE t &:~ : vlbat IIOUld you do ui th m·ight taJm the o d ~e off a good aliww, them ? by putting a bc_rl guitar solo · Hhere a r·li\H-IN-'rrl8-STH.t<:.8T : I ' d give ' em all a good organ solo Hou~_d rJo in its place. beati.ng J , n quite content t o just sit behind 1 tJll <.'l"', rro • l)•••••••• ., Dave,our organis t, because he i s the voice of the grotcp , inpr ovisation->·rise , l.JE vll SH TO -rtll\NK •rhough I do copy or steal bits ood 'fHE UJ'IJA LI Gil'I' SHOW pie ces f r om every other guj_tarist that FOll ALL 'l'HEIR IIELP I N PRIN'riNG THIS I S3UE I hear, yo11 lmoH1 v.'hich i think alr:rost every other m1micia:1 doe s. Phone Richard : Bri. 25367 D.J. ., ·-·~=- ·· · . / ' ,;: -----. \ TP,FAY\-1 , .