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John Mitchell enjoys yet another Birthday Bash! Silhobbit.com are there to capture the sights, the sounds, and the smells - magic ! |
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John Mitchell - A Beginners' Guide John first came into people's hearts and minds as a guitarist in mongrel-band Arena, an English band made up by Clive Nolan of musicians from a mix of bands. But John was not content with just this and he was not only a guitarist - the boy can sing too and he put his energy into rock four piece Urbane. Top musicians now began to take notice and he was able to get a job as John Wetton's guitarist which further raised his profile. In 2004 he formed Kino which is his new band (the band previously known as The Arm Band). This group are the 'real-deal' and they are not playing games. This year, he also decided to play a big part in new prog saviours Jem Godfreys Frost*, playing some scorching guitar licks and throwing down some raucous vocals into the bargain. John's other interests include bmx bikes, skateboarding, guns, art-deco, and bridges. John is a "Man of the People" |
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Time! Reading is an attractive and leafy village in the heart of the English countryside, a few miles from the coast, and as such it is a popular holiday destination for families and young incestuous lovers alike. In the village, there are few people more popular than Jonathan Christian Mitchell, prog-star to the Queen! So when it is his birthday nobody wants to miss out. But surprisingly not all his friends are glitzy musicians or glamour-girls in bikinis. John is a man of the people and he is just as likely make friends at the dirty market as he is to sip champagne on fancy yachts with Marillion. With so many friends it would be impossible to gather them all together and so his closest circle attended by invitation only. |
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The Venue
Well, after getting banned from La Tasca last year, Mitchell chose a different surname when bookings this years do. Wealthy Paddy Darlington (left, middle, left) raises his glass of cheap Belgian lager to toast "John's health and Rooney's stealth!". The talented Urbane keyboarder / vaginal decorator Paddy confided to Silhobbit.com that "I forgot my passport before the Pendragon tour six weeks ago and I should be back gigging in a few weeks". Last year's bash was described as "low-key" This time it was a full-on prog'n'sex orgy with the bash moving back to it's preferred Saturday night. |
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The Key Players Paul Tippett is the popular art designer behind such classic album sleeves as Kino's Picture amongst others. He is smart (degree in Home Economics), he is witty, and he drives a Lada. But Paul is also sensitive and he didn't want to upstage the birthday boy. "John Mitchell's birthday is an annual event" insists Paul. "And I hope to be inviolated again next year" John Beck is always crowded by ladies wherever he goes, except in Scotland where wee bonny laddies take their place. Kino will never play Edinburgh. As can be seen in this picture, John takes time to mingle with his people. Not this rabble though. His friends come from a broad mix of social-economic groupings and sexual backgrounds, including men and women too. And not all are gay! John also has Asian friends, although many of his Asian friends were unable to attend tonight. |
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It Bites and Kino keyboard
player John Beck never does anything by half! Only Mr Beck would show up in a white helicopter driven by close pal Noel Edmonds - he was fashionably 'not early' as he had been chauffeured around trying to find wrapping paper for a new chandelier for John Mitchell's birthday present. We sent a new battery for that smoke detector. It might not seem much, but we may have saved his life. Think about that. Here we see John scanning the thronging crowd for a way in to someone else's conversation. But life isn't always rock'n'roll partying for our John. He also does a lot of work for various charities and local down-and-out centres. |
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these glitzy showbiz bashes, without a trace of shame. Here we see one such unfortunate, Badboy Benny, delighting onlookers with his mysteriously double jointed body. Later on he did the "stuff a condom up a nostril and pull it out of your arse" trick, but we didn't get any photo's.
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Silhobbit.com decided to leave John Mitchell and his people to continue their night of celebrations in peace, without our prying lens. On leaving the Tapas bar Silhobbit.com were left pondering what the next year will be like for John Mitchell. His priority at the moment is the Frost album which will be released inext month with a tour to follow. |
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