Where Its At is Where You Are is the rather clunky name of some good friends of ours. You may have met WIAIWYA boss John Jervis selling Darren's records at his London shows. Darren introduced John to Dave Wave Picture last year as the nicest bloke in the business. Recently Dave said to me, "You're right John is the nicest bloke in the business."

Neither of us clarified what business we were talking about though.

John has used his massive popularity to create 'Play Some Pool, Skip Some School, Act Real Cool', a 2CD tribute to Bruce Springsteen featuring Jeniferever, Help Stamp Out Loneliness, Gregory Webster, Doug Yule (yes that Doug Yule, Amelia Fletcher and Harvey Williams.

On the album Darren re-invents 'Rosilita (Come Out Tonight)' as pulsing, vocoded lullaby. He also plays bass and sings on 'Racing in the Streets' by the Wave Pictures even though the bastards didn't credit him.

As well as this WIAWYA have released a split single by Darren and the Wave Pictures with two more Springsteen songs not on the album. Darren performs 'Girls in their Summer Clothes' and the Waves do 'If I Should Fall Behind'.

If that wasn't enough copies of the seven inch come with a free download album of the Wave Pictures doing a whole album of Bruce songs (many also featuring an uncredited Darren).

All the records feature beautiful photography from Asbury Park, New Jersey.

 

Also availble: 'Madrid' Live CD by Darren Hayman and the Wave Pictures.