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The Little Grey Monkey

When I think of him, I think of his feet. The black leather shoes: highly-polished, plain but painfully perfect, and the way that the hems of his trousers lightly brushed the surface of each as he moved across room. From beneath the bed my eyes followed the feet as they rhythmically patted out patterns upon the Persian rug. At times they seemed to disappear completely as if levitating high above the edge of the duvet, the limit of my field of vision, and then reappearing again as...

Tonys’ Place

Five men sit waiting in the barbers shop.
Four of them have a lot of hair.

I’m looking at a picture of Nick Caves’ new band Grinderman on the cover of a magazine. It lies on the chair next to me. It’s upside down. I’d like to have a closer look but I don’t want to draw attention to myself by picking it up because the four men to my right bear a striking resemblance to the group in the photograph. They appear not to know each other. The one nearest to me (the Cave...

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13th Chime

13th Chime formed in 1980 in the small London over-spill town of Haverhill in Suffolk. The Chime wer...

Long Bone Trio

  LONG BONE TRIO are: Gary O'Connor: guitar and vocals Robin Taylor: guitar David Middle: d...