Wednesday, April 9, 2003 12:04 pm 

Dr. Finbar Snarls Like a Cornered Sasquatch 

Hello Friends,


Welcome to this week's gibberings about the past, present and future.

THE PAST

Sam was born in a ramshackle hospital during a harsh, biting English 
winter. His mother traversed the dark and savage country roads by foot 
so that her son could be born safely. All too soon, the forceps came. 
Sam heaved and screamed...

Meanwhile, somewhere else in England, Pinnochio got his wish and was 
turned from a jumble of sticks into a real, live boy. Geppito was very 
pleased, and renamed his son "Pete".

Oh, and Neil went on 3AK yesterday to burble about philosophy. Before 
he went on air, he sat in a waiting room; it's a little like going to 
the dentist without the drilling. Anyway, while in the waiting room, 
he stumbled across Paul McDermott, who was also waiting to go on the 
air. He actually has quite a soft and gentle voice. But he snapped 
admirably into character when they summoned him to the microphone. 
Thereafter, it was Neil's turn. He rabbitted on for a while and took 
some talkback before returning to the external world.

THE PRESENT

You are reading this BS.

THE FUTURE

We have a gig at the Vibe Cafe Bar, 123 Smith St., Fitzroy. It's on 
the evening of Friday, April 18. In addition to our good selves, you 
will be able to see and hear talented, award-winning singer/songwriter 
Jessica Paige. You will not, however, be able to smell or manhandle 
her without her permission. (You may feed her though. She likes to be 
fed, apparently, especially after playing). Check out her website 
(http://www.jessicapaige.net). As you can see, she even has her own 
domain name. We too could have our own domain name. But only if we 
changed the name of our band to "Geocities".

More details about the gig will appear in the next edition of this
rag.

This Thursday evening, Sam and Neil are heading to our spiritual home, 
the Yak Speakeasy, 160 Hoddle St., Abbotsford, to road-test some secret 
new solo material. We'll get there somewhere between 8.45-9pm. (There 
are rumours that Pete might also put in an appearance...) Only 
for the brave.

MP3s OF THE WEEK

This week we bring you a couple of dubious MP3s for your downloading 
pleasure.

More Than I Asked For

A little curiosity that probably won't be played by Dr. Finbar. Just 
possibly, Neil might put it on the new solo CD he keeps threatening to 
record and foist upon the world.

Baby Face

Not written by us, but fun to play! Written by Bennie Davis and Harry 
Akst in 1926.

To download these, visit:

http://www.geocities.com/friskylichen/songs.html



That's all for this week. We're heading off to see our clairvoyant 
soon, so next week should see the return of our occasional feature, 
Voices from the Past.

Have a scorched almond,

The Dr. Finbar Trio