For years I've derided Don Letts as a man whose career owes more than a pinch to the iconic photo of him walking down Portobello Road against a backdrop of a full on Notting Hill Carnival riot as worked onto the cover of Black Market Clash.
Despite, or perhaps because of my sneers I couldn't pass up the opportunity to check the mam/myth at Norwich Arts Centre last night. The Tam is huge btw.
Walking up Prince of Wales Road I spotted and snaffled a £20 note which was soon recirculated into the night time economy on St Benedict's Street in the heart of the boujie Norwich Lanes with Global Head on a fine Thug Life (a Wetty for Global Head ) and three Pravhas. Apparently it's OK to serve a beer with more head than beer unless you for a full (ish) pint.
Different crowd to PIL, more arty and a (slightly) younger average age. Dub is the only music I'd consider tapping a toe to, the easy skank adopted by us punks back in Don's nascent days to a full on winding up of the waist to. I didn't of course . having found my favourite Arts Centre railing to lean on.
Letts melted on as the fill DJ packed away his platters and I didn't hear him utter a word, letting his sounds do the talking looking for all the world like a huge praying mantis holding the pulsating mob in his sway.
I did leave a little early. not wanting to miss the Vomit Comet and on a warm summer evening Norwich is indeed a Fine City
Until you get you get to the meat market that is after dark Prince of Wales Road and Riverside. No pictures please
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