The Quite Interesting Music Society (QUIMS) was the brainchild of Dr Peacock. He noticed that whilst most of the women in his social circle belonged to book clubs, there was no equivalent for men. The idea of QUIMS was to meet up on a regular basis and over a few beers, play great records.He roped in four local musicologists (Jez, Roger, John and Bob) for an inaugural gathering at a gig (The Dears + Ambulance Ltd) and the society was born. A theme is agreed prior to each meeting. The first was “bring along five twelve inch remixes that are better than the original”. This brought out the good (Looking from a hilltop – Section25) the bad (Why – Bronski Beat) and the ugly (Doctorin the Tardis – The Timelords).If you form your own branch, let us know how you get on.The website was built by Jay (thanks matey) and was originally founded on the enthusiasm of friends (”Of course I’ll write something for you!”) but soon fell into solo blog land. So, I’m trying to go to at least gig a month and will report back to you all. Would love to do more but with 3 kids and all that…..I think I’m pretty lucky