I used to visit the Klinker regularly and also I used to see Plakka play a lot. Whilst the old Klinker at the Sussex Arms was not easy to get to, and was really just a grotty room at the back of a pub, it had a certainty which is missing nowadays. Hugh has a number of different venues he runs the Klinker at across North London. This includes 2 nights at the Cross Kings, but most of them are just too remote from west London.
And Plakka haven't played so many gigs lately, so it's not really surprising that I haven't seen so much of them. I was just thinking I don't remember photographing them at Barden's Boudoir in October, then I remembered I didn't. I was in Newcastle and Claude did the Wildblanket thing that night.
Tonight is quite fortuitous; the gig is pretty last minute, but I have planned to see Magna Saga just down the road at the Water Rats. Then Magna Saga phone to say that they aren't playing (something to do with the promoter) so I can leave home a little later.
The Klinker also features a worm woman who reads prose for half an hour, virtually all of which is worm-centric. As we often ask at the Klinker 'Is it Art or is it madness?' The jury is still out. Hugh also reads some of his writings and a woman plays a flute in unusual ways. All this makes Plakka look fairly normal. The lights are odd and provide some opportunities for arty effects.