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About Me

Worked with Billy MacKenzie and Alan Rankin way back before they were the associates. Recorded "Kites" under pseudonom 39 Lyon Street with Billy and Alan. 39 Lyon Street was where I lived in Dundee when I met Billy. He lived there with me briefly. Formed Orbidoig in 1981 with then boyfriend Stevie Reid recorded "Nocturnal Operations" released by Situation 2. Recorded King Kong as part of a demo for phonograph. Sang backing vocals on first Big Country album "The Crossing" which was Grammy nominated. Lived in another world for years but stepped into this one occasionally when it was worth it and on one visit recorded a vocal for Paul Haig on Sorry. Now enjoying reconnecting with long lost heroes and my 5 fans.Thanks to everybody that has sent me tracks, I will work my way through them and be in touch.

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Member Since: 04/04/2007
Band Members: Christine BeveridgeNocturnal Operations - Orbidoig, Christine Beveridge, Stevie Reid, Alan McKayKites - with Billy MacKenzie and Alan Rankine of the AssociatesSorry - with Paul HaigKinky Kong - with Steve Reid, Orbidoig demo
Influences: Whippets especially Tonto and Riglo, Billy MacKenzie, Associates, Velvet Underground, Paul Haig, All things Postcard, Christina Morris Mercer Beveridge, Billie Holiday, Stevie Reid, Bill and Bob.
Sounds Like: Well the Melody Maker called Orbidoig "The Cocteau Twins on Acid" and I'm told I "do" Nico. As Orbidoig came first, I would say Stereolab sound like us but that's the general idea.
Record Label: NOT LOOKING

My Blog

STEREODOG

STEREODOGS Yes they are. Are identical twins actually. Actually very rare in the dog world. World events are really scarey. Scarey how I went out for the first time in five days and crashed. Crashed r...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:21:00 GMT

Elvis lives - in Hammersmith

What Tonto liked most about Uncle Billy's fashionable West London pad was its proximity to Earl's Court. Not that Tonts fancied himself as an Earl, or anything. But simply because he was less well kno...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:47:00 GMT

Duvet desperados

"It's a topsy-turvy world" thought Riglo. He was lying akimbo on his duvet. He enjoyed being upside down. Riggsy wasn't the kind of whippet who subscribed to the perplexing notion that one's feet shou...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:54:00 GMT

Truth is stranger than fiction

It could have been a really bad day. I am off work having a nervous break-down. Or possibly as Billy would insist a "nervous break-through". Either way, it's broke, and I'm nervous as hel...
Posted by on Wed, 09 May 2007 03:16:00 GMT

Short videos from the Billy MacKenzie Tribute Gig

Me doing a version of "Kites"at the tribute night supported by Subterraneans. Thanks to Jude Rawlins for the fantastic "the good, the bad and the ugly" arrangement. The soun...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:41:00 GMT

What the whippets get up to when I'm at work - the first Whippet Tale

It was a pretty normal sort of a day, all things considered. The sun was trying to shine over London, with only limited success. The great city's populace confronted their daily routines with varying...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:49:00 GMT