"MORE CHINS THAN A CHINESE PHONE BOOK - THE RETURN OF THE ROUND COUNT" . . . . SO, LATE LAST YEAR ONE OF MY GOOD MATES WHO I'VE KNOWN SINCE WE WERE AT UNI TOGETHER CELEBRATED HIS 50th . . . . DOCTOR PIERRE BODIE, THE KING OF CAUSTIC, THE SUPER CYNICAL SCIMITAR, THE DOYEN OF DEADPAN AND ONE TIME SINGER IN MID EIGHTIES SUPER GROUP 'THE ZOO MUSIC GIRLS' . . . . HE WAS A DRIPPY DICK DOCTOR BY DAY . . . . ULTRA GROOVER BY NIGHT

TWO KIDS FROM THE CLASS OF '79 START QLD UNI IN 1980, ONE DOING MEDICINE, THE OTHER A HISTORY AND ENGLISH B.A, ONE FINISHES, GRADUATES, BECOMES A SPECIALIST VENEREOLOGIST, THE OTHER DROPS OUT AND BECOMES A FAIRLY SUCCESSFUL INDEPENDENT MUSO. THE PEARBODY WAS, AND IS, A CRACK UP DUDE, CYNICISM AND SARCASM A HOUSE SPECIALTY, FUCK SERVING IT COLD, THE PEAR ALWAYS HAD IT GO OUT ON A RED-HOT PLATE OF SIZZLING, EGO CRUSHING VERBIAGE THAT NEVER FAILED TO FIND ITS TARGET . . . . WE SAW HUNDREDS OF BANDS TOGETHER ALONG WITH MY DEAREST MATE, I.B, OVER A PERIOD OF A DECADE AND MORE, HE HELPED ME OUT WHEN MY BRAIN UNRAVELED AFTER DOING TOO MUCH OF EVERYTHING FOR TOO FUCKING LONG, HE WAS AND IS A TOTAL ONE-OFF UNIT AND IT WAS GREAT TO HOOK UP TO HELP HIM CELEBRATE HIS 50th.

IN THE SHOTS BELOW I'M JAMMING WITH THE DOKTOR ON JOY DIVISION'S 'TRANSMISSION', OR AT LEAST I THINK, THE PEAR LEADING THE VOCALS AND ME ON THE KILLER CHORUS, IT WAS A MONSTER HOOT AND FOR EVERY INCH THAT HE LOOKS SUAVE AND SVELTE, I LOOK THE FULL FAT COUNT, BUT A HAPPY ONE . . . . IN THE OTHER SHOT IS MY 'BROTHER' I.B AND HIS GORGEOUS LADY WIFE JANE AND AT THE BOTTOM . . . . SOME FUCKING OBSCURE SHOT OF MYSELF AND THE BODY OF A PEAR AT SOME GIG IN 1991 WHERE I HAD TO BORROW A JACKET TO ATTEND, NOT LONG BEFORE I HAD TO ABANDON LIFE FOR EIGHTEEN MONTHS TO 'GET WELL' . . . . BUT THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER BUCKET OF SHIT.

THE DUDE WHO WROTE THE TUNE I GUESTED VOCALS ON FEATURED ON THE PAGE FROM WHEREVER IT IS, THE EVIL TWISTED DR ADAM INGLIS, IS THE GUY ON THE RIGHT OF THE PARTY SHOT ON GUITAR, STILL THE LEFT FIELD, UNDERGROUND FREAK AND STILL ON CALL AT THE LOCAL A+E DEPARTMENT SAVING THE LIVES OF FUCKED UP RIDERS AND PARTY CRITTERS ON A WEEKLY BASIS. WE ALL WERE, AND ARE, TOTALLY DIFFERENT PEOPLE BUT NOTHING REALLY CHANGES WHEN IT COMES TO THE STUFF THAT MATTERS AND THE FOLKS WE LOVE, REAL, ENDURING FRIENDSHIP IS TOUGHER THAN DIRT . . . . PEARBODY, YOU ROCK !!!