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I, LUDICROUS

Strange affair. Seated audience, folk-club style. Audience mix: 30% the expected 40+ Fall-types, then 70% young students; much of the lyrical content palpably drifting over the latter's heads. I, Ludicrous appeared slightly fazed by the set-up at first but recovered well enough. Most notable was the bizarre and extended interlude after the closing Preposterous Tales, during which time the audience didn't so much call for an encore as sit rooted silently apparently refusing to leave until the band had delivered one. John and Will duly obliged ... eventually ... after a period of sitting silently themselves on the stage waiting for the audience to disperse. Once it became clear to them both that the audience wasn't going to make the first move, I, Ludicrous cracked and cranked into a fine version of Quite Extraordinary, following which the audience, by chatting amongst themselves, indicated their consent to the band leaving the stage.

Review & photos by Id Williams