Last Tuesday evening I was getting ready to go to Le Pattie Cafe (well, not so much getting ready, more navigating through a dvd of 'The Invasion' that Lee had given me in Brighton at the weekend; looking for Easter Eggs, and finding none), when Reuben rang, and popped round, to pick up a complete set of Mumm-Ra 7"s that I'd picked up for him while I was in Brighton (yellow and orange vinyl 'What Would Steve Do?' singles from Virgin - where I'd also bought my own copies earlier, brown vinyl 'Out Of The Question' from Borderline, and possibly Brighton's last pink vinyl copy of the same from Rounder). We listened to a little bit of the cd single I had, and Reu agreed that their song 'Without You' could well be Rumiko Jr-inspired - he had already heard it on a solo CD-R Noo had given him once (incidentally, if anyone wants to lend me their old Mumm-Ra et al CD-R demos, I'd quite like to tape them, ta). So, we then went outside and picked up Jimmy in George Street, and went along to Le Pattie Cafe. I had a quick chat about pictures for Create/South with Alice, who was sitting in journalism-corner with Rufus and some of their friends, then sat to watch Dean and Jim do their first set, alongside Reuben, Wookie, Leowin, Jimmy and his girlfriend. Michael and Caroline arrived, as did Kim and Jamie. I gave Kim my 2nd (of 2) demo CD-R of the almost-ready Dizzy Tiger compilation, and passed the actual Rufus-mastered CD-R on to Alice to assist with her article. After Dean and Jim had run through some of their songs, they handed over to young Nathan, and I'm afraid to say that his subtle, low-voiced songs got rather drowned-out by our table doing that whole "Do you remember [Insert old children's TV programme here]?" conversation (kicked into life 'cos Danielle had got Dean to pass on to me a couple of Cartoon Network compilation DVDs - Johnny Bravo, Powerpuff Girls etc - which turned out to have been the background to Reuben's childhood, so I gave them to him instead). Rufus took a break from being interviewed (or whatever they were doing) to play some of his songs next, whilst we continued not really to pay attention, by chatting admiringly about Spider Webb from The Horrors' hair (as pictured in their NME album review that Reuben had brought along for Jimmy and his partner). As usual, Dean and Jim finished off the evening with another smart set of Rumiko Jr songs and covers, and the rest of us carried on downing Stella. I guess I got home safely afterwards, but I don't exactly recall. Hopefully next time I write about Le Pattie Cafe, I'll have remembered more about what music was actually played, and less about the peripheral details of cartoons, coloured vinyl and haircuts, but I can't promise.