I find myself going out more often each week to concerts. Part of this is surely due to the professional quality of so many musicians in town. Michael Kentish and Jonathan Spinks are just two of those groovey people, and as Shameless they put on a fun show of Brit Pop last Friday at the Caledonia (the first sportsbar/expat bar to offer Fair Trade coffee in Hungary). Not being an expert on Brit Pop, and I would even have a difficult time defining it, the most I can say is that I really enjoyed the performance. Mike has promised to give me a copy of the setlist next time so I can make appropriate notes at the time and not have to rely on a befuddled memory. Ones I recognise and can say definitively that I particularly enjoyed include: Smile Like You Mean It (The Killers), That's Entertainment! (The Jam), Just Like Heaven (The Cure), Female of the Species (Space), Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers), Kate (Ben Folds Five), Add Me (Chumbawumba), Add Me (Chumbawumba), Handbags & Gladrags (Rod Stewart) and I Predict a Riot (Kaiser Chiefs). Shameless don't play often, so be sure to catch them when you can. You may not be able recapture your youth, but you can certianly rediscover it and shamelessly enjoy the music.

Set List:

Shameless, part 1:
1. Smile Like You Mean It (The Killers)
2. I Started Something I Couldn't Finish (The Smiths)
3. The Universal (Blur)
4. That's Entertainment! (The Jam)
5. Slight Return (Bluetones)
6. Just Like Heaven (The Cure)
7. Wherever You Will Go (The Calling)
8. Female of the Species (Space)
9. Last Request (Paolo Nutini)
10. Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers)
11. Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
12. Kate (Ben Folds Five)

Jonathan Spinks & Jacqueline Harvey:
13. You Don't Know (Millow)
14. Beg Steal or Borrow (Ray LaMontagne)
15. Love's Not a Competition (Kaiser Chiefs)
16. Wisdom (Jon Spinks)
17. Add Me (Chumbawumba)
18. Ain't Nobody (Chaka Khan)

Michael Kentish:
19. The Milkman of Human Kindness (Billy Bragg)
20. Rock n Roll Star (Oasis)
21. Mother Nature's Son (The Beatles)
22. No Way Back (Foo Fighters)
23. Songs of Love (The Divine Comedy)

Shameless, part 2:
24. Why Does It Always Rain On Me? (Travis)
25. Man on the Moon (R.E.M)
26. Old Red Eyes Is Back (The Beautiful South)
27. Hospital Food (David Gray)
28. Help the Aged (Pulp)
29. Time Is Running Out (Muse)
30. Buttercups (Fran Healy)
31. Jacqueline (Franz Ferdinand)
32. Handbags & Gladrags (Rod Stewart)
33. Have a Nice Day (Stereophonics)
34. I Predict a Riot (Kaiser Chiefs)
35. Stand By Me (Oasis)

Encore:
36. Stuck in the Middle with You (Stealers Wheel)
37. Valerie (The Zutons)