It's Wednesday. I've been to the shops. That means I've wasted my lunch break on you good people. Yes, here are more gigs liberally ripped from the back pages of the NME:
The Young Knives @ Southampton University - 16/02/2006
Broken Social Scene @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea - 19/02/2006
Forward Russia! @ The Joiners, Southampton - 22/02/2006
Dirty Pretty Things @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea - 07/03/2006
(ex-Libertines so bound to sell out PDQ)
65daysofstatic @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 11/03/2006
The Ordinary Boys @ Solent Hall, Bournemouth - 24/03/2006
Graham Coxon @ The Concorde, Brighton - 04/04/2006
And if that wasn't all, here's another gig I found out about:
Steve Arnott @ The Frog and Frigate, Southampton - 27/01/2006
Yes, ex-The Chosen lead singer and some-time thesp Steve is returning to the scene of earlier crimes. I believe entry to the Frog is FREE before 2300 (after that it's a nominal £3), so if you fancy a good boozed-up sweaty singalong that's the place to go.
As is my wont all gigs mentioned will, when I get five minutes, join the others in the SoMC forum's Events Calendar. All you need to do is register on the forum, then the world is your lobster.
Speaking of the forum, young Frank has posted up a cracking Bollywood subtitle thing, which is keeping us all nicely entertained. Well I think that's that for now, until the next time, good tie.
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Introducing the Gigwatcher
For several months now I've been poring over the back pages of the NME, noting down local gigs of interest, and forwarding them on via email to an ever-growing list of recipients.
Why have I been doing this you may ask?
Well, to be perfectly honest, I'm a bit of a gig-whore. If there's someone playing a guitar somewhere and I can drink beer whilst watching them play then chances are I'm there. This is all well and good until you start mentioning to chums and colleagues that you saw The Next Big Thing the night before only for them to wonder why you never mentioned it to them beforehand.
Chances are I did but, to be on the safe side, I thought I'd be helpful and email what looks good to me (or not so good, I'm not picky) to them. That way they're in the loop, I don't get moaned at and we all get to see The Next Big Thing (so we can crap on about how good they used to be when they become HUGE and we don't like them any more).
So, to get somewhere in the vicinity of the point, from next week I'll be blogging the Gigwatchers (as my missives are known) here on the Son of Music Club blog. Umm. Because I can. So there.
;o)
Why have I been doing this you may ask?
Well, to be perfectly honest, I'm a bit of a gig-whore. If there's someone playing a guitar somewhere and I can drink beer whilst watching them play then chances are I'm there. This is all well and good until you start mentioning to chums and colleagues that you saw The Next Big Thing the night before only for them to wonder why you never mentioned it to them beforehand.
Chances are I did but, to be on the safe side, I thought I'd be helpful and email what looks good to me (or not so good, I'm not picky) to them. That way they're in the loop, I don't get moaned at and we all get to see The Next Big Thing (so we can crap on about how good they used to be when they become HUGE and we don't like them any more).
So, to get somewhere in the vicinity of the point, from next week I'll be blogging the Gigwatchers (as my missives are known) here on the Son of Music Club blog. Umm. Because I can. So there.
;o)
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Music for Anoraks: Fun?
Young Frank has braved a hangover to rifle through his record collection and concocted the first compilation of 2006.
Apparently there's something that everyone will dislike.
Nice.
It's doing the rounds at the mo' so reviews should appear on the forum presently.
Apparently there's something that everyone will dislike.
Nice.
It's doing the rounds at the mo' so reviews should appear on the forum presently.
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