How to make prog rock interesting...add mad visuals and a spinning head

Those Germans had the right idea. As we Brits suffered with ugly blokes (and even uglier hair) on the likes of the Old Grey Whistle Test and Top Of The Pops in the early 70s, Beat Club did everything possible to distract you from the noodlers on screen.

In this case, fit-inducing visuals and a slightly disturbing spinning head as Yes piled through Yours Is No Disgrace. If only the BBC had done similar at Glasto while The Feeling and The Pigeon Detectives were boring us daft...

Video: Terry Hall and Friends - Gangsters

Apologies for the quality of this video, but it was a packed house, with plenty of movement going on - and yes, we might have had a drink or two.

But it's still worth watching Terry Hall and Friends doing The Specials' Gangsters. The song was captured live at the 100 Club, part of a set Terry Hall played to an invite-only crowd as part of Fred Perry's Subculture. See our review here.

Enjoy the track below and look for more clips later this week. Incidentally, this is the first clip to be uploaded to out very own YouTube channel - Electric Roulette TV - which you can subscribe to for more weird, wonderful and (hopefully) exclusive videos.

Latest Shindig! now available

The latest issue of Shindig! (volume 2, issue 5) is now available, packed with the usual blend of reviews and features for the discerning music fan.

Highlights this month include the first part of the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band story, the final part of San Francisco '67 plus Mark Fry, Dennis Wilson, Love, Jackie Lee, The Pink Fairies, Mellow Candle, Beep Seals, Magnificent Brotherhood, psych jazz and psychsploitation movies - the latter looking worth the entry fee alone.

There's also talk of an annual for the end of the year - you can register your interest for that (as well as finding out where to buy the magazine) at the Shindig! site.

Find out more at the Shindig! website

Review: Terry Hall and Friends at the 100 Club

Well, London called once more and this time I got the order to head on down to the 100 Club to see Terry Hall and Friends, with the slightest of chances that this could be the much talked-about Specials reunion. It wasn't - but it was a top notch show from the criminally underrated Hall.

After doing the traditional Roulette thing of missing most of the support (the 'up and coming Bryn Christopher and the interesting rather than essential Le Volume Courbe), we settled down for the main act.

Win tickets to The Mighty Boosh Festival!

The traditional festival circuit is starting to look a bit tired and dated, so it's good to see some new boys getting in on the act - like The Mighty Boosh Festival. And if you want to see what it's like for free, we have a pair of tickets to give away.