You shouldn't eat on an empty stomach.

Groove Temple ate* and played at the Shellharbour Workers Club on Saturday 14th July and as usual the dance floor was packed for most of the night. There were a few functions in the venue and the crowds eventually flowed over for their ass shaking lessons in the Ocean View Lounge. Formally dressed groovers were actually footballers in disguise. It is truly surprising what a suit and a spruce up can do. "I thought they were investment bankers at a convention. I couldn't believe it when the manager told me they were the local football team, 'The Shellharbour Sharks' on their annual ball night....well done boys ...and ladies.... Somebody said Matt Cooper was in attendance on the night, but I couldn't say, because I don't really know what he looks like. I just know he played for St George and he hails from Wollongong. I can say that if he was there, he was dancing. Everybody was." Said Ang after the gig.

Ang also commented that he thought the venue had one of it's busiest nights ever: "The dance floor was bleeding people and the bar staff were going non stop all night." We pumped two huge sets at them and only stopped for 15 minutes to recharge and slash. This worked a treat."

Groove Temple have a big week ahead of them, playing at the Harp Hotel on Wednesday 18th July for their Karaoke Band night, then to The Husky Pub in Jervis Bay on Friday 20th July for their standard pub stomp and boogie and then on to The Illawarra Yacht Club on Saturday 21st July for some no holds barred stomping-and-a-funkin'.

As usual Ang shows a keen interest on the food for the coming week.: "Firstly, I have some left over Jambalaya to see me through some lunches during the week. This is good, because I don't like to eat on an empty stomach. Then Husky Pub will present a menu fit for a king as usual, then The Yacht Club has a reputation for quality and varied quisine, which I'm eager to test out. Someone has to do it"

*The guys like to eat at the club's Chinese restaurant before they play. They often talk business over a meal there but more often than not they just goose around with the staff.

Not smokin' baby!!!!

Saturday 7th July was a quiet one for Groove Temple at The Fraternity Club in Fairy Meadow. Most venues in the Illawarra reported a quiet one, so the guys weren't trailblazers on the night. Ang was particularly happy. "I didn't get home stinking of cigarettes, just of me, which can be worse, I agree....anyway we did have expectations that venues would suffer with the implementation of anti smoking laws. So there were no surprises."

Groove Temple however were smoking again and loved the venue:

"A new venue is always good and the Fraternity Club has this great cafe bar open all night, right near where you play. How could you not love the Italians? It's all about food, and I'm not complaining. Quality munchies, deadly pasticerria, gourmet pizzas. A musician could put a lot of weight on doing this gig. Danger, danger, danger!! No wonder my mate Sammy Folino plays there in 'The Latin Beats' every Saturday night. He's a smart man."

G.T. will be at Shellharbour Workers on Saturday night and possibly doing a fill in for one of the local musicians on Friday night who was a bit ill last week. "This MIGHT be at Dicey Riley's, but we'd prefer if Charlie Harper got better." according to Ang.

Whatever happens, the boys will be smokin' again!!