Assembly Now and Coconuts

So the first thing for the evening was the world record attempt, led by the cast of Spamalot, for the largest Coconut orchestra ever assembled.

Trafalgar Square had a stage set up and were showing The Holy Grail after the attempt while Terrys Gilliam and Jones were there to celebrate when the record was doubled as over 4000 banged their coconuts in unison.Unfortunately we were a little late and missed it but it looked like a lot of fun.

After this we headed to the Hoxton Bar and Kitchen where a friend of a friend was playing with Assembly Now who had a night organised with various bands and DJs.It was typical indie fare really, apart from the DJ part as there seemed to be a disco leaning for some reason.
The first band - Spires or some such, were probably the pick, with a bassist who looked a bit like Paul Simonon and a guitarist who looked a bit like a goblin there was at least something to look at. The less said about the second band we saw the better - I'm sorry I don't have their name so you could avoid them. Assembly Now have a bass player and lead singer who look like they live the rock and roll lifestyle at least, although I'm not sure if that benefits the performance. They were pretty good I suppose, but this isn't a ringing endorsement because although I knew "Leigh on Sea" and the last song they played tonight, none of the others really grabbed me on a first listen.

Still, it's a Monday night out eh?