Cultural commentators fail to correctly forecast exact nature of likely disturbance

Fans of the Leeds popular beat combo The Kaiser Chiefs were up in arms this week when it was revealed just where the band were planning to play warm-up gigs this summer.

On the venue list are those major centres of urban cool, Oban and Strathpeffer. Not unreasonably, the band's fan base, located mainly in the north west of That England are a tad put out, leading, er, leading cultural commentators to speculate on the likely social ramifications of the unrest without quite putting their finger on it.

Speaking exclusively to The JT, a spokeszeitgeist told The JT: "I think there will definitely be a social disturbance of some sort. But I can't quite think of an appropriate term to describe the form this undesirable expression of discontent will take.

A demo? No, that doesn't quite describe it. I was also thinking of perhaps something like a mass meeting taking place, perhaps in a public place, but that's not quite right either. I can't put my finger on it, some term that describes an outpouring of feeling, possibly taking place on the streets, and possibly violent. What could it be?"

At the time of writing, no one is willing to predict a riot but this may change

"I forecast a major, yet somehow indescribable, social disturbance taking place"

Inside:
Apropos of nothing,
Fact:The Kaiser Chiefs, the band, are named after The Kaiser Chiefs, the South African soccer team.
Dear reader, can you think of other instances of bands being named after soccer teams? I can only think of Montrose which is weak since (a)The band is named after Ronnie Montrose and not the town and (b)Technically the band would've had to be called Montrose FC to make it work.

If you've nothing better to do, well, you know the drill by now…

Apparently the name "Ronnie Arbroath" was already taken.

April 2008

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