Monday, April 14, 2003 1:35 pm 

Dr. Finbar Pockets a Coffin Handle. 


Dear Everyone,

Hope you're all feeling as good as you look, or would like to look.

LAST WEEK

Sam and Neil spirited ourselves away from our turgid lives and visited 
the Yak Speakeasy to test out a little new material. No infants were 
harmed in the process. Though, upon reflection, most infants are savvy 
enough not to cross the threshold of the Yak Speakeasy. On Friday 
evening, we also celebrated Pete's gaining of residency status in this 
country. So it's going to be even harder to shift him now; we'd better 
put our thinking caps on!

THIS WEEK

We play at the Vibe Cafe Bar, 123 Smith St., Fitzroy, 8.15pm onwards. 
Also on the bill is the very capable, and multi-tasking, Jessica 
Paige. There's no cover charge, but we will be passing a hat around so 
you can make a small donation, but mostly so you can see for yourself 
that we don't have head lice. We've also attached a flyer to this 
email. We need some blanket advertising, so we suggest that you run 
off a few hundred copies and throw them from the top of the nearest 
tall building.

We dropped by the Vibe Bar on Saturday after our rehearsal. We have to 
say that the establishment is rather well-appointed. In fact, it's 
just the sort of place that your upwardly-mobile, tuned-in, fashionable 
Fitzroy resident loves to frequent. Which means it's almost criminal 
that we're going to be playing there.

VOICES FROM THE PAST

As some of you know, we occasionally visit a clairvoyant so we can 
receive words of wisdom about the Dr. Finbar Trio from illustrious dead 
people. This costs us $50 a shot, but we consider the money well-spent.

Anyway, recently we've been having some trouble locating her. 
Apparently, fortune has not favoured her in recent times. After many 
hours of research in dingy pubs and other parts of the Melbourne 
underworld, we finally tracked her down. She was certainly surprised 
to see us. Unfortunately, she looked a little dishevelled, 
disoriented, and generally speaking, a little under the weather. 
Accordingly, we were only able to make one brief connection with the 
dead. We contacted Miles Davis. The message came out a little 
garbled, but we think he said, "The Dr. Finbar Trio blows."

Have a pleasant next breath, and hopefully we'll see you soon,

The Dr. Finbar Trio