Behold, the old Crocketts.net chatroom, multiple spoonios inclued! Yes, this is so old (10th Dec 2000) the screenshot wasn’t even resized due to the minute monitor res of the time. Happy days.
Well, whilst I’m going batshit mental over on immortalsoon.co.uk with all the new Crimea stuff about, here’s some new, well, old, Crocketts pics turning up on Facebook.
Catriona Getty has a load of shell-suited shots from the 90s, including what I do believe is one very fresh faced Boz.
A few different pics from Owen’s facebook page by Pete Cole - Owen in 2000, the band chilling with everyone’s favourite twin-crox-fans ‘molly-n-polly’ molly and ‘polly-n-molly’ polly, and, well, yeah… All Conquering indeed. Oh to see a setlist like that again…
And there’s a suprisingly large number of old Crox fans suddenly appearing on Davey’s facebook, including comments on the Godvia festival (the only Crox gig I could have ever made myself, and didn’t, curses, but twas meant to be…) and something that lead to a Google search that lead to a website that, despite over 10 years running this site trawling the web for Crox / Crimea related links, seems to have gone undiscovered until yesterday….
An actual Crocketts fanpage/site. Good god have mercy.
www.angelfire.com/oh/nothingshocking/crocks.html
God bless you, angelfire (home to this site’s old version). Anyway, said site above by the now much-older Laura Payne includes all manner of goodness including the wonderfully titled, small yet perfectly formed crockography, a small press review from the not-generally-so-generous NME, and yes, even some live pics! Hit more for some sort-of-with-permission copied content, or just hit the previous links for the real thing, until Angelfire finally implodes for good.
Holy. Motherfrigin. Shitbiscuits.
I rarely swear. No really, I make an exception for few things. Stuff Your Cherry Pie being re-released. Owen sitting on the same bench. Hannah Fowler actually existing.
The latter, well… Whilst wading through the surprisingly-little spam since my last visit, one name stands out between Mr Viagra and Drugs-R-Us: Hannah Duncan (ne Fowler).
No seriously, see for yourself: http://immortalsoon.co.uk/archive/1177/comment-page-1#comment-130195
Apparently there’s photos and stuff to look forward to, so I best get e-mailing, but for now, here’s what the other lot have been up to for the last 15 years:
More @ http://soundcloud.com/hanjan. And if you’re reading this on the Crocketts site you can here some of her (much) older stuff in the player to the right, just hit “Mrs Donnelly (Live Session 1996). Will always get my vote for second best Davey backing vox after Annie (sorry 
).
Well, waste not want not; while I still remember how to log in…
A long long time ago, in a news post far far away, I once mentioned Chart Log UK, who compile peak chart positions for various bands. They only had a couple up back then, but there’s plenty more stats on your favourite band now, so hit more to check em out. Who knew WRG made it so high, as did Host back in the day. Stupid download crap confuses the hell out of me these days though, is there even still a chart left?
Wurzel
Boone
And, could this be the elusive Hannah Fowler? Sure looks like her.
Ok so there’s not much else to do Crox wise these days. Best go update the Crimea news :o)
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And so went my latter high school and college days, typing that ever-so random of URLs for a direct link to ye olde Crocketts.net message board. Yes, it’s been long gone for nearly a decade now, but oh how technology does amaze and amuse:
Crocketts.net Message Board, August 09 2001
http://web.archive.org/web/20010809083352/http://www.bleedmusic.com/bleedmusic/forum/boards.asp?L=24
Crocketts.net Message Board, April 08 2002
http://web.archive.org/web/20020408152035/http://www.bleedmusic.com/bleedmusic/forum/boards.asp?L=24
Yes, there it is in all it’s early 2000’s crocketty glory - highlights such as “this is all wrong (nim)”, “tra lala (??!!??)”, “i need some one to talk to coz im bored (nim)”, “rice is nice (nim)”, “Adster, what did i do to small kids? (happy bastard)”, “Lucifer, Elspoonio, Pagey & EvilEvlis (penelopE)” and “ill be comming round the mountian (cable)”.
Chimpsky, janey j, random perverts, oh how I miss you so. Even I put an appearance in during July ‘01 - “RE: I am in no need of medication (christopher) Tue, 31 Jul - 06:25 PM”. Surely I was wrong.
Sadly, no links to actual post content, but hell, when did that ever matter? And if anyone sees those spoonio lads anywhere, tell them to get the hell back together, I’m still stuck on the EP waiting for the album 
. Iccceee creeeeaaaammmm RAARRAAHHHHGGHWWEEREIFUGHGHLLLUG. (christopher).
Rich Wurzel? Biology Teacher.
Owen Hopkin? Classic FM editor.
Dan Harris? Bank Clerk (possibly, or dead, or just married, same thing).
Davey Crockett? NHS nurse and all round health-based academic (and he can spell ).
Will “No 1 Guitar Tech” ‘Boz’ Boswell? Promotions extraordinaire Saatchi & Saatchi head of design?
Dear lord, I think it just hit me. Shit got freaky. Joe, Andy, you best be suitably crazed, drunk and homeless next month, else I’ll be sorely dissapointed. You’re the only hope we have left .
Hit more for another reason not to visit Camden town on a dark night, and why I’m more scared than ever of the self-harming, self-loathing, Mr Self-Destruct…
Winner of most subvertive use - ever - of Crocketts lyrics, goes to…
…the school teacher who used Billy And The Dragon (off The Crocketts’ first ever EP) to teach Polish kids English. No, it wasn’t the world’s best Science teacher ex-Crox bassist Rich, although the answer isn’t too surprising. Long time Crox fan (Stuart) Denyer gets the honours. View more pics of random Polish kids on his site. So I’m just gonna make my exit here before I type anything even creepier…
Rich Carter? Best school tutor ever? “mr cartA rules serious tutor’ness”?!? Didn’t see that one coming did ya. Just watch what you do with that ruler, eh Mr C? Who said mobiles in school were a bad thing. Autograph hunters this way thankyou please. Up next week - Where’s Wally Dan Harris.
Hey guys, due to some spam nonsense with the account I’ve had to kill all user accounts on here other than my own. Sorry Hol :p For ex-authors, if you still want to post then let me know and I’ll give you my own account details.
For the rest of you, please do not use any email addresses related to inaudible.co.uk, as these are about to be killed off too. Just pop one off to — immortalsoon -=- at -=- gmail — or my hotmail address (old timers should know it…) if you have anything interesting to say.
And if you notice any excess downtime here in the short term - probably due to the above. Now I have to go execute some scripts. Or unexecute them. Or something…
So… This place is deserted then. I’m currently spending my time doing a million things, well… playing video games, but it’s practically work. At least, I’m making money and cadbury’s cream eggs from it, if not much. But I have a real job interview soon too. So then I’ll have even *less* time for this place. Sorry guys. Tragedy rocks. Still, you’re not missing much, but there are a couple of things you and your blue dog need to know about.
Yup, two solo shows from Kernel Krok, Thursday 20th Nov (in two days time!) and Thursday 5th December, both at old Crimea utopian haunt The Enterprise, you know where, and if not, get outta here! Expect old skool tracks - Frog on a Stick, Bluster Boy, Lottery Winners, Oliver Twisted… maybe not; I can dream.
The other thing is the pantented super shiny all conquering Crimea Christmas Show. Should be at Fortress Studios in Shoreditch, London, on 17th 18th December. I’ve said it before but really, if you’re expecting many more of these things you’re on something stronger than Davey’s ever taken, so it’s really one not to sit back and miss.
And that’s it. To think, this time in 2005 I was posting 8 updates a day, I guess youth doesn’t last. Still, you can still find you much more up-to-date Crimea news on both their MySpace page, Davey’s newly launched Facebook page, and of course the official Crimea website. Now be gone, and leave this place to dangle from a streetlight on an autumn afternoon. And who knows, you loved em once, maybe they’ll stun you enough to empty your cash kitty and fund Davey’s next song on the back of an envelope.
Wow. Talk about a surprise. Davey and Owen are updating the Crocketts MySpace page.
Videos are on the way, oh yes. A band history written by Davey and Owen is also on the way, oh yes. Let’s hope Owen types that out because Davey’s keyboarding efforts…erm…well, sometimes they require a decoder ring to crack.Live versions of Bluster Boy, Frog on a Stick and Ring of Fire are already available on the Player, along with the infamous Will You Still Care and 1939 Returning. All charming offerings sure to delight one and all.
And everyone start planning your trip to Valhalla in 2010. Ooo got you excited now, didn’t I?
Christopher - You know what this means Hol don’t ya? Some bastard had a whole live show recording they never told me about! Humph. Well this post should be resigned to the Crocketts site ( inaudible.co.uk/crocketts ) but as Hol don’t know what she’s doing and no one visits the place anymore… It’ll stay here til you all know where to go for crox news :o)
Crocketts fans. There are good things acoming. Very, very good things. Hopefully. If you value your crocketty fandom one bit, then keep checking this site throughout the coming months. You DO NOT want to miss this news. Can’t say owt more, I’ll get bollocksed for this much…
If you spot any errors or suchlike in the website, esp. the blog, then please leave a comment (hopefully they work again) and lemme know. Moving hosting provides is sooo much fun 
. But hopefully ’tis finished now, so on with the news…
Update: Hit more for a current buglist, they’ll be fixed asap.
Sorry for the prolonged absense. New menu bar? Meh… Here’s some new music out and about that you must rush down to your local almost-in-administration record store and pick up for a discount price. Like two copies of Nintendo Fallacy for £2 each 
The new 7″ vinyl only single from Midasuno, “Don’t Drive Faster Than Your Angel Can Fly”, is out now and available from HMV in a limited edition signed version. Someone cocked up though and it DOES NOT feature The Crimea’s very own Davey MacManus as planned. I’m assured he will be making an appearance on the soon to be released Songs In The Key Of Fuck album.
This next one is the greatest record I’ve heard in a couple years. My Disguise is a mini album released by Welsh indie band Halflight. Yes they did feature Owen Hopkin on their first release. What… you wanna hear it? Oh hear you go then: Halflight - Where The Pins Drop. Bear in mind that the new album blows it to hell. If “When We Danced” is not the greatest song I hear all year I’ve been playing far too much Ash.
Aberystwyth favourites The Hot Puppies have plenty of new stuff out, including a collection of old singles and a brand new one too. A browse around their site should tell you more than I can.
Here’s a vid of stuff by my second favourite Austrailian artist Lecia. I’m told the drummer only learnt the songs the night before and apparently the stuff sucks. I’d hate to think what that says about my musical taste cos only Julz is better than this. New album out soon too. Maybe I should just go back to the Club and Tim Wheeler.
Ahh I knew there was something I were missing… Crimea chums, gig support, and the only band I’ve ever seen get a 0 / 10 review (and that takes bloody effort, they’re no Hadouken but give em a break eh?), Swound! have just released their new single Disco Siberia. No sign of Crimea favourite If A Shark Stops Swimming but there’s plenty more to listen to on MySpace. And they have better t-shirts than you.
Now please excuse me while I switch hosting / servers. No updates / comments while we move please…
