"A fat chud"

Hamilton's B.A. Johnston is a rather self-deprecating fellow who sings songs about deep frying, being paid in pirate booty and hapless Dungeons & Dragons fans. He accompanies himself on guitar and keyboards and sounds a bit like The Mountain Goats. He's also damn funny, a very engaging performer and really, really hates squirrels ...

Hamilton's frying-est makes his explosive entrance! (At this point you should hum the Ride of the Valkyries - even if you're at work.)



Hot keyboard action! Which is appropriate, since this song probably featured deep-frying in some way.



That guitar has seen better days.



Arr, he wants pirate booty!



Like I said: Funny, but not just a joke by any means. The opening act for this show (at the Avant-Garde Bar, incidentally) was Allie Hanlon who I arrived too late to see. I did snap a couple of photos outside with her Casio, though ...



... and you can always check her Myspace page to see what she sounds like.

• Show reminder: The Setbacks and The Red Arrows play Zaphod's - apparently if you go to this show you get to make government policy for the next year, or something like that! Former Can singer and krautrock legend Damo Suzuki performs at the Avant-Garde Bar with members of the Unireverse. The Fiftymen perform at Barrymore's with Chris Page, Dave Draves and Scott Terry - a.k.a. Camp Radio - along for the ride.