novocaine for the soul

me and the baby-girl jess headed over to rock-city in enemy territory for a gig by the legendary eels last night, been a fan for a long time but this was the first time i'd seen them live, bloodyfuckinghell, brilliant, the band, resplendent in old-school adidas, black and white, triplex stripe, tracksuits and adidas 'campus' trainer's, sunglasses and lot's of facial hair, tunes, old and new and a couple of great 'cover's' fleetwood mac's 'oh well' and the small faces 'itchycoo park mix that in with a 'secret, third encore, a good two-thirds of the crowd had already gone home when eel's came back on stage and devoid of stage lighting and effect's, kicked everybody's arse and, they didn't even play this tune........