Twee as F**ck

Friday night...
The Buffalo Bar
Highbury, London

After a couple of post work pints we headed our way up to the buffalo bar on Friday for the twee as fuck night. I was really looking forward to a nice twee-fest in a suitably grungy venue as i hadn't been gigging for quite a wee while... This and also Meg seemed to be promoting the night in cartoon format... see below...



~Normal Meg~ ~Cartoon Promo Meg~

On arriving at the venue clad in my finest acrylic blue cardigan (at 9.20pm) I was met with the Buffalo Bar's queuing system which truly is a joy to behold. Those with pre printed out tickets filtered through on the left of the door (and invariably went straight in) those of us without stood on the right out in the cold without sight of a toilet or a pint.

I know what you're thinking - i'm just bitter as i hadn't been organised enough to print out a ticket beforehand for myself, and of course you're absolutely right, no matter, the line was still unnecessarily prolonged and there was me being all environmentally friendly and thinking of the twees... (sorry)



The whole queue was made a whole lot worse by the fact that the off- licence across the road was calling out to me boasting of all the alcoholic goodness that it could offer... Of course this then threw up a tricky wee judgement call:


1. Do I jump out of the line, run across the road and stock up on a carry out - running the obvious risk that the non-moving line would magically start shifting and we'd get to the front before finishing our magic elixir and have to bin the haul

2. Do I stay put hoping that someone else would run the gauntlet and we would then magic our way in quickly to be greeted with the delight of a free cupcake on entry.

3. Do I continue to stand in line and wait for the obligatory 45 minutes freezing my nuts off whilst a collection of victoria line trains spew out passengers all mystically clutching their pre-printed tickets and swan their way straight in. Who says the tubes never run? they bloody well do when you don't want them to.

Anyway after negotiating the queues and getting in just missing out on the winter den (and the cupcakes) we witnessed Leichtenstein whilst stocking up on booze who to be honest pretty much passed me by.

Then on came Ipso-Facto who pretty much knocked my socks off with a cracking set. Their performance was cut by a quartet of Karen-O/Brian Jones-esque bowlcut clad lasses dressed in what could only be described as Twee as f**k garb (or vaguely amish garb depending on your view). Either way they were definitely worth the entry fee and most definitely worth checking out.

So why not do so... here...


Looks as though they will be hitting the road and visiting an establishment near you soon. Pay them a visit. Go on...

All in all it was a good night and worth a look if you can remember to print off your ticket beforehand - next month Bricolage are playing so definitely worth a looky-see for a night of twee... The Twee as F**k night website can give you all the details you need for next time round.

What do you mean you don't know Bricolage - you should! There a nice wee Scottish band who are worth a listen. Find them here...


For now...

E.x