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Swivelling in my chair yesterday in an office belonging to some swanky music lawyer, I smiled a little to myself at the bizarre nature of this industry. The power of rock and roll, of counter cultural music, of music in general I guess, comes from spontaneity, dreams, howls of rebellion. The thing that moves anyone to write music well has everything to do with emotion and letting go. And yet, here I am, thought I, concentrating bloody hard on holding it together, on talking business with what most musicians and music fans would regard as my natural fat cat foe. This is definitely no revolutionary thought, and I'm not saying there's anything necessarily wrong with the situation, it's just a strange contradictory world to exist in.

Someone who knows all about and indeed revels in this music/marketing paradox is that wise old owl from The Smiths, Morrisey.  He was in attendance at a gig we played the other day, which I feel is an honor if ever there was one. I was mighty impressed with the look of intense concentration and genuine appreciation on his face as he took in the headline act, Doll and the Kicks. They are a jagged indie/ska band with a saucy and charismatic peroxide blonde singer.  Apparently they'll be supporting the big man on his upcoming tour so watch out for them. As the gig wound to a close, our cheeky young scamp of a drummer Jack Riot shoved a CD into Morissey's hand and received a wink for his troubles…

Elsewhere in London Town this month, The Gin Riots have been come onto by lesbians at The Agent Provocateur party in Camden, lulled into a womb-like state of innocence and melancholy by the extraordinary dulcet tones of singer songwriter Laura Marling, looked on in horror as our guitarist Cillian almost impaled himself on a fence for the second time in less than a month, and whooped for blooming joy as Barack Obama rocked his way to the Whitehouse. Incidentally, we've still not heard back from that cad Russell Brand about appearing in our video. I shall let ye posted on that one …

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Guy De Riot