are at what we soon learn is called a sound-check. (I’m joking; we all knew what a soundcheck was. We used to get into the club early sometimes and see various bands engaging in the soundcheck. We had even sat in a couple of times when the Fall were doing their pre-gig checks.) It is now 7.30 p.m. The club is filling up and many of the regulars are filing in. Among them are Jayne Casey and her band Big in Japan. This is adding to the pressure I’m feeling; I would hate to look a knobhead in front of that lot. Julian’s mates from the teachers’ college begin to show up. Not many know we are also
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