On Saturday the 5th of May Kamakura played at the Poor Boys Cafe in Hastings. They went on at 9.00pm. to rapturous indifference and performed a two hour set of original songs to the awe-struck man in the corner. As the gig progressed, the place filled up (a few more people came in, to see what all the fuss was about). ‘Courage’ and ‘Pink Skirts’ were the hottest songs of the night.

Andy, the venue Manager, boasted that he sold three extra halves of lager, and, as one can imagine, he was as pleased as a ‘turnip in a woodpile’. As the Police helicopters mopped up the stragglers, Kamakura wound up another Histrionic performance.

Arbut Runsley (aka Mick)

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“Small audience?”

“Yep, ’cause we’re terrible at hyping ourselves. Writing songs and performing is not a problem, but getting people to come and see us is.”

“But it was a fun evening?”

“Absolutely! I’ve almost lost the fear of performance, and now the … whatever it is you suffer when you’re shit scared of going on stage seems to help  instead … And Mick’s always fantastically supportive, even though he suffers stage fright too.”

“What covers do you play?”

“Covers? We don’t play covers. We play our own songs.”

“So what next?”

“We need a manager, or an agent to get us gigs.”

Nick

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