Well well well... Time for me to finish my job i guess and send my report ;). Like we said before we didnt go there just as fans, but also as something like as "journalists" . (btw i wanted to become one when i was 16 
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The plan was a simple one: Sophia was about to talk to him (or even interview Hooky if that was possible) and of course, hand him the CD with all mp3s participating in the community (thanks Nic and Mike for ure assistance here). My job was basically 2 things: Taking pics, and writing a small report here (and also to calm her down cos she was kinda stressed :D). So i thought i d be a good idea to get an assistant myself, and that was Thanasis, my best friend, a big NO fan too and a bass player himslef :)
We arrived at the "arthouse" club a little before 8:00 pm. George Fakinos was there, he had put our names on the guestlist, so we met him, and he made everything in his hands to release the pressure off us, telling us not to worry about a thing, just wait, enjoy the night and he 'll do anything in his power to make sure we ll meet Hooky later (and Clint Boon, cos we are all also Inspiral Carpets' fans as well). I think we all owe him (George) a very Big THANKS 
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Until 10:00 pm, George was DJing alone. My "assistant" arrived at that time, doin his bit at realeasing the pressure on us ;), and around 10:15 the guys showed up. By that time, the club was already full (as u can see on the pics its not a big place, so 100 pll barely fit) and we had already our first 3 pints . Clint Boon walked into the DJ booth while Hook was still very busy talkin to his fans, posing for pics and sighnin autographs :).
At 10:30 Hooky joined in, replacing George who now was outside, standing by for any assistance might be required. Clint Boon was basically doin all the job Hooky was only telling him what he wanted to hear, but basically he was playing with the audience, singin along with them, especially when Clint was putting NO/JD songs on. And what about us? Nothing much i was basically occupied taking pics, while the rest were keeping me company at consuming more alcohol :)
By around 1:00 am, Sophia made the first contact. She will tell u more details, but all i can say here is that he seemed very interested in the site, and especially interested in the community project. Sophia was able to pass him the CD with the mp3s a bit later, and Thanasis almost cried when he passed over Hooky and said hi, and Hooky's reaction was to hug him ;)
By 2:00 am i had spend all my money on alcohol, and took most of the pics, so when i got back to the car to get some more money, i decided to relax, and act like a fan istead :) At that time everyone was drunk already (incuding Hooky and Clint) and the scene was like this: 100 ppl singing alond, bouncing, gone wild . The guys didnt refuse anything to anyone (thats how we got the pics with them). Sophia managed to have another chat with him :)
As for me between the constant bouncing, i was asking Clint Boom to put on some old Inspiral Carpets songs "joe" and "she comes in the fall" in particular. Of course, he didnt say no :) Not only that, but he gave away around 20 cds of his band, plus 5 gigantic posters, signin on every one of them. By that time, the clubs beer supplies were over, and Hooky wasnt DJing anymore, seeming to enjoy the night and his contact with the fans. Somehow we all became one big company!!!
We left at 4:30 am, too exhausted and drunk to stand up to our feet :D. What can i say, this is a night than nobody (from those who were here) will be able to forget ever. As for me i was too glad to find out that the ppl i adore as artists, they 100% deserve it, not only as artists. And thats what i said to both of them :)
Oh and as for what kinda music they played apart from their bands, i ll just name a few: Happy Mondays (loads), Stone Roses, The Clash, Madness, Morissey and the Smiths, Iggy Pop, Puressence, James (for whom they said the best words), Oasis, The Doors, Rolling Stones, Buzzcocks, Suede, The Doves, Chemical Brothers, Beats International, The Specials, Depeche Mode, The Charlatans, Pixies, Pulp etc. Exacktly my kinda music selection ;)
. I don't want to keep you waiting so I'll tell you a bit about the event.
no... Well at that point we didnt do too good, although i doubt if we would get any answers to that better than "maybe" or "i dont know for sure". And tell u the truth, who could blame the man in that case ;).
On the other hand we thought it would be highly unseemly, not to mention almost rude, to ask him that under the circumstances (while the party was on its peak) about that. I would love to even beg him to come to play live in Thessaloniki (cos i ve never seen them live :( ), but this would probably ruin the wonderfull moments we were having. Like i said, we pretended to be "journalists", above all we fans and that moment we were having a terribly good time :)
Hope if he agrees to go in an online interview here, will answer all these if he wants. ;)