At the end of the set Jurassic 5 finally give in to their egos and do some freestyling. There must have been some fun in the dressing room when they discussed who would go first, because the only rhyme these guys have for Bristol is... I hate to say it - Pistol.
To get us in the mood, the DJ plays Easy Star All-Stars' Radiodread, a dub version of OK Computer, which is fantastic and the crowd is insanely happy that they remember playing Thekla all those years ago and very willing to scream a lot every time our fair city gets a mention.
J5 have been on stage for two hours now and there is no sign that anyone's going to let them leave the building. We have had all the hits, probably the entirety of their first three albums and a few choice numbers from the latest, Feedback.
DJ Nu-Mark has a great break on some toy fisher-price style samplers to show off his skills while the rest of the group sneak off for a crafty bifta (or something). There is also a sampler break where they all sit at schoolroom-type desks, each equipped with its own sampler and give us a lesson on beat formation.
The songs are as funky and head-nodding as ever, augmented with the usual 'we should all love each other, raise your fist for peace, fsck Bush' malarkey that goes down so well with this sort of crowd. Of course as soon as we all leave the idea of revolution is somewhat dampened by the need to go home and eat and work in the morning but it all seems like a good idea at the time.
On the way out I buy two homemade CD's from a hip-hop artist from St Werburgs for three pounds. He's not bad at all, MC Yeshua...
