| I made a tenner
out of the first Club Beer. Angus made a bit more but I'd borrowed
loads of money that night to buy pasties and ale and the taxi
home was a packet. So we thought, let's get some students to
pay us a large wodge of cash so we can throw a party for our
mates (and new friends, natch) and walk off with pockets full
of crinkly beer tokens. Enter Alan at the London School Of Economics who liked the idea and had a basement venue that sounded perfect. And it was. This one was in November sometime in 1999 and it was beyond mental, as far I can remember. The students flocked down as soon as we played "Uptown Girl" and got rowdier and rowdier with every dodgy seven inch played. I had to go and rescue the inflatables from some rugby playing types who were attacking people with them (which reminds me, three of the original five were stolen at the first Club Beer you bastards. I'd be annoyed if I hadn't have swindled them from someone myself). People actually shouted "Yes, it's The Proclaimers!" when we played "500 Miles". We had a barbecue and some sausages on stage because it was meant to be the Club Beer Summer Party, and someone swiped the whole lot at the end of the night. All in all, fine beery behaviour from all concerned. |
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CLUB BEER TWO AND A HALF - THE GREAT ALE'N'PIES SWINDLE
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