Grooving room only.

The Pacific Ocean waves gently lapped on the shore near Addison St, Shellharbour on Friday 17th November as a slight sea breeze kept Australian spring temperatures down to the low 20’s. The Ocean Beach Hotel was a peaceful scene during the early evening, with scores of people enjoying the balcony area overlooking the million dollar view. Not for long: -Ang, Red and Dr K climbed onto the stage and soundly blasted cobwebs from the venue and possibly some neighbouring buildings. The crowd responded best to “old school” on Friday night. Nobody knows why.

The clientele seemed shocked at first, then after a short period of adjustment found the dance floor and its purpose. Pretty soon it was grooving room only on the dance floor. Groove Temple had again made its mark. Some danced to exhaustion, some dance to forget. Some forgot where they had placed their drinks, some forgot how to dance, but that didn’t stop them. Groove Temple left the venue as if on a cloud. There were no illegal substances involved.

Saturday 18th November found Groove Temple hiking down to Sussex Inlet, playing the local RSL. The guys hit the stage after some serious refuelling with quality Chinese cuisine and punched some serious grooves out to the largely appreciative audience. Ang was seen to jump off stage on more than one occasion and utilised the dance floor for his own grooving. He claims he was relishing the excellent sound quality in the venue and commented:

“I was getting into it, but to be fair, I wasn’t the only one. Dr K played at least two songs from the dance floor. Also as the band’s sound engineer I have a legitimate excuse to wander. I have to make sure I get out front for a listen. It just happens that when I get out there, its fun to goose around a bit. Might as well enjoy myself whilst I’m there. Yeah, sure sometimes I harass people when I’m there, but I think they expect it, and those that don’t expect it remember it. So far, very few people have died from this.

Lately we’ve been taking a holistic approach to our sound. We're all having a listen and adjust our sound levels to suit. I guess the band is evolving again. We sound clearer and punchier. I like it.”

Red claimed:"Yeah, its all good but they just suddenly disappear on me during the set. So I'm on stage playing on my own. It makes me feel very unloved."

Groove Temple will be back at one of their favourite haunts this weekend when they harass locals in Dr K’s home town at the Shellharbour Workers Club on Saturday 25th November 2006. Should be fun.

World’s first motorized guitar.

Saturday 11th November 2006 was indeed an auspicious occasion for guitarists and scientists alike, when competing disciplines of “computing science” and “reverse robotics” were successfully employed to create the world’s first motorized guitar. Its stage debut at the Greenwell Point Bowling Club was hailed a complete success. Lovingly nicknamed “Victa”, this device was developed and funded fully by Groove Temple Industries* and is regarded as the crowning achievement for Groove Temple Laboratories*. Chief scientist, Dr K is currently the only certified user on Earth and holds patent rights and copyright for the training material. Operating specs were not made available to Groove Temple News* as parent company Groove Temple Inc has ordered all employees sign confidentiality agreements.

Rumours circulated on the night that Dr K has astutely positioned himself to increase his cash flow from sales of the training material. He holds exclusive training manual copyright. Other sources, who declined to be named, advised that the motorized guitar runs on 2-stroke, unleaded fuel and conforms to Kyoto Protocol emission control guidelines. No emission odours could be detected in the stage vicinity, although there are often unrelated, pervasive smells in Groove Temple surrounds. Chairman of the board for Groove Temple Environmental Services*, Sir Marmaduke Peregrine III was not available for comment. His staff reported he is currently on a water-skiing holiday on the upper reaches of the Darling River, NSW.

Groove Temple will be thoughtfully invading personal spaces in local South Coast venues on the weekend of 17th, 18th November and look forward to clearing some cobwebs, thought processes and possibly nasal passages at the Ocean Beach Hotel in Shellharbour Friday and at the Sussex Inlet RSL on Saturday. White lab coats would of course be optional.

*A division of Groove Temple Inc.

Where’s your global warming now, David Suzuki?

Considerable heat has been thrown off the stage at Groove Temple performances in recent weeks. Coincidentally, Australian authorities have finally expressed concern about Global Warming issues and their lack of involvement in the Kyoto Protocol. The band would like to think that they have somehow influenced the halls of power. However they visited coastal towns in NSW and were collectively appalled at the ridiculous cold weather and the worry is that Government initiatives in this direction may be subject to political attention deficit disorder. It’s not hot anymore: “What global warming??”

Groove Temple played on Saturday 28th October at Shellharbour Workers Club, along with local vocalist Louise, who primed up the crowd for the boys and made their night just that little bit easier. Thanks Louise for your support. The locals were even more supportive, filing on to the dance floor with some energetic, grooving, gyrating and jiving moves. Some people even danced. It was a great fun night according to management on duty.

Saturday 4th November saw the guys playing the Sussex Inlet Tavern, for yet another blustery, cold spring evening. Ang claimed the stage lights kept him warm, which was just as well, as the DJ appeared to be trying to save electricity by turning off the house light rig during Groove Temple’s sets. Obviously he was doing his conscientious best to contribute to the reduction of global warming. He claimed however not to know who David Suzuki was. Go figure.

Groove Temple will be increasing latent atmospheric temperatures at the best kept secret on the NSW south coast on Saturday 11th November when they play the Greenwell Point Bowling Club. Come and chill out to Groove Temple.