Meeting No. 32 – Weren’t you in…….
QUIMS: Weren’t you in…… SEPT 2015 Tonights theme was solo/side projects/guest appearences/better known as…..you get the picture. 4 members of the...
View ArticleMeeting No. 33 – BASS
A couple of years ago I heard a Mavis Staples song on Gideon Coe’s 6Music show and the bass on it (played by Jeff Tweedy) just blew me away. I came across the track again a few weeks ago and it...
View ArticleMeeting No.34 – The QUIMS Ultimate Band
Jez had been holding a dream for some time to form a QUIMS Supergroup. He had pitched the idea before only to be knocked back due to the apparent complexity of the idea. Basically everyone would...
View ArticleMeeting No.35 – Culture
How would you define culture with music? Roger chose the tunes that have gone into space to represent mankind on Voyager (a link none of us got). John F decided to do it with acts from the European...
View ArticleMeeting No.36 – The Body
Tonight’s theme was ‘The Body’ accompanied by baked Camembert and a variety of other cheese and beer. I’ve become somewhat obsessed of late with the Matt Ward tune that opened things up…… I was so...
View ArticleMeeting No.37 – Running
Cover Star: Dave McGuire A few weeks ago I tried walking up Table Mountain with my cousins. After half an hour of walking straight up, my legs were shaking “How much more of this is there?” “About...
View ArticleMeeting No.38 – Should’ve Been Big
One of Bobs recent ‘InnerThursday’ sleeves on the QUIMS Facebook page was Paul Haigs ‘Chain’ LP. Playing ‘Something Good’ made him wonder why it wasn’t a smash hit….which led to tonights theme. Cheese...
View ArticleMeeting No.39 – Senses Working Overtime
Tonights meeting explored the senses and was inspired by Andy Partidge’s take on Manfred Man’s 54321. John set a round for each sense with a couple of curve balls at the end. There was some deep...
View ArticleMeeting No.40 – Numbers_01_11_18
We finally managed to get a second meeting of the year organised around the theme of numbers and finally managed to get our first female input as Mitsu was over from Paris and started with Beyonce and...
View ArticleMeeting No.41 – Politics
We hadn’t got around to meeting this year but managed to squeeze one in at Si’s before the year was out. Politics seemed an obvious topic with a General Election looming and all the bollox around...
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