The Paramounts, 17 December 2005, Southend

The portal through which the public will later enter the sold-out Paramounts gig

GB looks down as more and more keys on his RD600 snap! The piano will be replaced for the evening's gig.

Jens, Roland and One-Eye while the band soundchecks on stage

Photographing The Commander (though that was never his name in this context)

Stefano and Allen ... wonder what they're discussing ...

Prof. Copping and Roland ... they're discussing similarities between Russell Hoban's made-up
post-nuclear language in Riddley Walker and the linguistic deformities encountered
in A Clockwork Orange and in Ulysses. Chris opines that something approximating to Riddley-speak
may be heard in the backwoods of contemporary rural Suffolk

Chris and Gary contemplate the Shades backdrop ... Roland apparently taking notes