John Barry Bingo

Tonight I shall be attending this, and I am very excited indeed. I've been a big fan of John Barry's music since being introduced to Bond films as a kid and my interest has grown from there. Those lucky enough to be in attendance at the first (and likely only) Tombola DJ set will, I'm sure, have fond recollections of hearing the Moonraker theme (end title). Not too sure how much involvement Brer Barry had with the discofying of that version but it's on his Moonraker soundtrack so it's good enough for me. Also on that album is the track, 'Bond Smells A Rat', which is one of the best titles in my collection.

As if I couldn't be excited enough already, the adrenaline levels will only be increased further by the involvement of John Barry Bingo.

The draw was made last night. The 21 tracks included on the Themeology collection were put into a big pot and used to draw out two sets of 15.

To add to the atmosphere, Tombolablog pretended to be Graham Kelly for the occasion ("Hello and welcome to the John Barry Bingo draw. The ties will be played on Thursday 21st June, 2007"). CP dressed up as Sir Bert Millichip. I love it when she does that.

Here's what the beautifully crafted bingo cards look like:

CP picked a good collection. I wanted Vendetta and Wednesday's Child so I remain a bit jealous of that. There's recently been much frantic listening to some of the more obscure tracks such as 'The Knack' or 'Walk don't run' so that we can definitely recognise them if they are played.

And here's my gamecard. I was very pleased to get 'The Persuaders theme' as word is that it's very likely to feature tonight (the music is selected by Jarvis Cocker as this is part of his Meltdown curation. 'The Persuaders' is apparently his favourite Barry piece).

We'll need to be pretty discreet with this to avoid irritating those around us. I wonder if I would be thrown out for yelling "HOUSE!" mid-way through 'You only live twice?'