Tuesday, March 25, 2003 4:06 pm 

Dr. Finbar Wishes His Tendrils Were Tentacles 


Afternoon all,

A brief(ish) one this week, as there's nothing much to report. In 
addition, our natural tendency to produce verbiage is less pronounced 
today than is usual.

THIS WEEK

Wednesday evening we play at the Esplanade Hotel, St. Kilda in the Wax 
Lyrical Songwriting Competition. This competition is organised by the 
Australian Songwriting Association. Each act gets to play three of 
their crocks. Our crocks will be *slightly* towards the jazz end of 
the spectrum. Unlike the competition we entered last year at the 
Velour Bar, this looks like a serious competition. In fact, they even 
say on the website that it doesn't matter how we dress. (That's good, 
because we forgot to do the laundry this week.) Anyway, as a 
consequence of all this, it most likely won't be possible for us to 
proceed to the next round simply by having a heap of people come along 
and vote for us.

This means that there's certainly no need for you to feel any pressure 
to come along just because we're in a competition (plus, we're only 
going to be doing 3 songs, anyway). In those terms, just think of it 
as another open-mike night. Of course, if you do happen to show up, 
we're not going to pretend we don't know you... it might just take us 
a moment or two longer than usual to recognise you, that's all.

DR. FINBAR LITE

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list exists. That is the non-verbose version, stripped of all the, ah, 
accoutrements, and arriving at your inbox only when we are actually 
playing. Dr. Finbar Lite now has some subscribers. So you won't be 
alone if you make the switch. And we wont cry (excessively) either. 
If you want to make the move, simply reply to this email with the neat 
phrase "Dr. Finbar Lite" ensconced in a "relaxed and comfortable" 
fashion in the body of your email.

Until next time,

The Dr. Finbar Trio