Wednesday, October 25, 2006

The Gigwatcher 25/10/2006

Back once again it's the Renegade Master..

I know, the Gigwatcher is somewhat tardy again this week. My apologies, I had to sit in a small room with a tall man and talk about content management systems. I tell you, the days are just packed with interesting stuff like that happening to me, I should have my own TV show I really should.

[a tumbleweed rolls lazily by]

*koff*

Or perhaps not.

And so down to business, once again I've scoured the back pages of the NME to pick out the local gigs coming our way, thus:

Mojave Three @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 03/11/2006
Four Day Hombre @ The Joiners, Southampton - 06/11/2006
The Hours @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/11/2006
New Found Glory @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 28/11/2006
Nina Nastasia @ Komedia, Brighton - 29/11/2006
The Bishops @ Sumo, Brighton - 05/12/2006
Black Wire @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/12/2006
Bloc Party @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 27/01/2007
brandnew @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 05/02/2007
Thirteen Senses @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 13/02/2007
The Feeling @ BIC, Bournemouth - 19/02/2007

When I get a spare five minutes I'll add those onto the SoMC's Events Calendar. There now follows a public service announcement..

The SoMC Events Calendar is rammed to the gills with all manner of gigs coming our way, though you'll need to be registered on the SoMC forum to peruse it (if you're not registered then, you can't. so there). Once registered you'll also be able to post on the forum; plugging this, asking that or perhaps creating a poll on the new Girls Aloud single (g'won, go nuts and post something).

And now back to our regular programming. Here's a selection of local gigs up and coming that I've found in my journeys across the internet:

King Creosote @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - TONIGHT!
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 27/10/2006
Oxjam Finale @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 31/10/2006 (it's for charidee, and Hudson10 are headlining)
WASP @ The Brook, Southampton - 31/10/2006
Jason Donovan @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Fareham - 02/11/2006
Lily Allen @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 03/11/2006 SOLD OUT!
Misty's Big Adventure @ Unit 22, Southampton - 13/11/2006
The Be Good Tanyas @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 15/11/2006 (hopefully the roof won't leak like it did the last time)
The Decemberists @ The University, Southampton - 09/02/2007 (woohoo!)

The Ed Harcourt gig at The Wedgewood Rooms, postponed from 14/10/2006 due to a touch of laryngitis, is STILL yet to be rescheduled.

Brettles braved the rain on Sunday to take part in the Great South Run (apparently he could be seen on Channel 5's coverage), to raise money for the Meningitis Research Foundation. He finished in the 7000s, his name can be found in the results in today's edition of The News. If you'd like to make a donation to this very worthy cause, you can still do so online.

I've started a YouTube thread on the forum, there's a couple of odd europop clips up so far. If you fancy a look, or want to add something, just go here.

And that's about it for this week; put a fork in me, I'm done.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

The Gigwatcher 18/10/2006

Howdy Doody*

Is it me or are the nights starting to draw in? Y'know, it's getting dark earlier, and colder too. Already strange men have started selling pumpkins at the side of the road and, just last night, the sound of fireworks could be heard in my street. The year seems to have just flown by.

[insert mournful violin solo here]

Damn, I'm getting old.

*koff*

Moving swiftly on, in a rare display of multi-tasking I was able to peruse the back pages of this week's NME whilst simultaneously fixing Smudger's laptop (hella yes), hence the following local gigs for local people:

The Paddingtons @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea - 02/11/2006
Fortune Drive @ Lennon's, Southampton - 04/11/2006
The Paddingtons @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 08/11/2006
The Aliens @ Audio, Brighton - 01/12/2006
Goldie Lookin Chain @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 11/12/2006
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly @ Southampton University, Southampton - 18/01/2007
The Boy Least Likely To @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea - 24/01/2007 (Rescheduled Date)

Just as soon as I can be bothered I'll add those into the SoMC's Events Calendar. And now, a message from our sponsors..

The SoMC Events Calendar is chock-a-block full of gigs coming our way over the next few moths. In order to trawl through this valuable resource you'll need to be registered on the SoMC forum (if you're not registered then, well, you can't. them's the breaks I'm afraid). You'll also be able to make postings on the forum as well plugging this, asking that or posting up a link to something on YouTube (g'won, go nuts and post something).

And now back to our regular programming. Here's a selection of local gigs up and coming that I've found in my journeys across the internet:

Ezio @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - TONIGHT! Sold Out
Rick Wakeman & Jon Anderson @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - TONIGHT!
Hudson10 @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Southsea - TONIGHT!
Kate Rusby @ The New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth - 19/10/2006
Sandi Thom @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 19/10/2006 Sold Out
Jason Donovan @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Fareham - 02/11/2006
Amplifier @ The Joiners, Southampton - 19/11/2006
Tony McPhee @ The Joiners, Southampton - 10/12/2006
Barenaked Ladies @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 01/04/2007

The Napalm Death gig at The Brook tomorrow night has been cancelled, as has the Amy Winehouse gig at The Wedgewood Rooms on 20/11/2006. The Ed Harcourt gig at The Wedgewood Rooms, postponed from 14/10/2006 due to a touch of laryngitis, is yet to be rescheduled.

Brettles will be plodding the pavement this weekend when he competes in the Great South Run. He's running in order to raise money for the Meningitis Research Foundation, if you would like to make a donation to this very worthy cause, you can do so online here. It'll be on TV so be sure to keep an look out for a breathless bloke dressed in purple (cue Gogol Bordello).

And that's about it for this week, ay caramba!

;o)




* For best effect say in a David Bowie-style voice.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

The Gigwatcher 11/10/2006

Aftnoon all..

I've just had a very nice and relaxing weekend in sunny Krakow (and I'm not being sarcastic, it really was sunny and it really was nice and relaxing) so I'm nicely recharged; I'd say it was good to be back but I'd be lying. In Poland the beer is cheap, the weather is good and their version of Deal Or No Deal features a whole bunch of lovely Polish ladies (a vast improvement over Noel Edmonds I'm sure you'll agree), I could quite happily have stayed there but other than knowing how to ask for three beers my Polish is near non-existent.

*koff*

And so back to reality (or as near as I'm likely to come to it) I must return; I've pored over the back pages of this week's fun-packed NME to bring you the following local gigs for local people:

Tiny Dancers @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 11/10/2006
The Southern Electrics & The Rise @ The Pressure Point, Brighton - 11/10/2006
Switches @ The Joiners, Southampton - 14/11/2006
The Hours @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/10/2006
Milburn @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 23/10/2006
My Alamo @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/10/2006
Good Books @ The Pressure Point, Brighton - 28/10/2006
Badly Drawn Boy @ The Pyramids, Southsea - 04/11/2006
Gossip @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 05/11/2006
Midlake @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 09/11/2006
Art Brut @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 17/11/2006
Rodrigo y Gabriela @ The Dome, Brighton - 27/11/2006
Captain @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 04/12/2006
My Chemical Romance @ The Brighton Centre, Brighton - 21/03/2007

I'll add those onto the SoMC Events Calendar just as soon as I get a spare five minutes.

Once in place they'll join all the other gigs I find out about in my wanderings across the interweb. As stated before, you need to be registered on the SoMC forum in order to interrogate the Events Calendar; if you're not registered then, well, you can't (them's the breaks I'm afraid). You'll also be able to make postings on the forum as well (g'won, go nuts and post something). Moving swiftly on, here's a selection of local gigs up and coming:

Dead Men Walking @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - TONIGHT!
Catfish Keith @ The Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 14/10/2006
De La Soul @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 25/10/2006
King Creosote @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 25/10/2006
WASP @ The Brook, Southampton - 31/10/2006
NME Rock'n'Roll Riot Tour @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 08/11/2006 (rescheduled from the Pyramids on 11/10/2006)
Seth Lakeman @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 13/12/2006

Also, to rain on Mr Yemm's parade somewhat, the Hundred Reasons gig at Southampton University has been cancelled. To bring some sunshine back into his life, they're playing at the Wedgewood Rooms early next year.

As mentioned last week, the charitable efforts of one of the Moustacheers continues. Young Brett, or Bunty as he prefers to be known, will be taking part in the forthcoming Great South Run in order to raise money for the Meningitis Research Foundation. If you would like to make a donation to this very worthy cause, you can do so online here.

And that's about it for this week; put a fork in my pierogi, they're done!

;o)

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

The Gigwatcher 04/10/2006

Dzien dobry!

Isn't technology wonderful?

Here we are, in the 21st century, and a little bit of ill communication between us and those chaps at International Omni-Mega-Communications means that Fortress Gigwatcher is cut off from the real world. Apparently a crack team of engineers is beavering away (ooh, a dam, nice!) at fixing the problem, thus you good people out there in the real world will have received this missive sometime after I've sent it. The rest of us are getting withdrawal symptoms from the lack of internet access (or maybe that's just me) or attempting to better our Mini Golf scores.

And so, after all that, welcome to the Polish 'special special' Edition of the Gigwatcher. There's not all that much special about it, and only a hint of Polish, but considering I throw this thing together in about 10 minutes flat (and make it up as I go along) there you go.

*koff*

Moving swiftly on.. here's some local gigs blatantly lited out of the back pages of this week's NME..

newcassettes @ Unit22, Southampton - 10/10/2006
Vincent Vincent & The Villains @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/10/2006
Akala @ The Venue, IOW - 20/10/2006
Johnny Panic @ Unit22, Southampton - 27/10/2006
Luke Haines @ The Joiners, Southampton - 01/11/2006
SixNationState @ Lennon's, Southampton - 11/11/2006
Ugly Duckling @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 15/11/2006
White Rose Movement @ The Joiners, Southampton - 26/11/2006 (rescheduled date)
Idlewild @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 30/11/2006
The Levellers @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 03/12/2006
The Blood Arm @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/12/2006
The Boy Least Likely To @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/01/2007 (rescheduled date)
Journey @ BIC, Bournemouth - 10/03/2007

As soon as I have a spare ten minutes or so I'll add those into the SoMC Events Calendar. There they'll join all the other gigs I find out about in my meanderings across t'interweb. You have to be registered on the SoMC forum in order to interrogate the Events Calendar; if you're not registered then, well,

Ordinarily I'd pick some imminent gigs from the Events Calendar and plop them in here, but for earlier explained reasons we're stuck in the 50's here. So, instead, here's the heads up on a gig in beautiful down town Krakow (where I'll be) this weekend..

Chumbawumba @ The Rotunda Students Club, Krakow - 06/10/2006

Whatever will the Poles make of those mid-90s agitprop indie types? I may find out on Friday, depends whether or not we've found a Polish version of Scandals or not (which is entirely possible, we found one in Prague!).

*koff*

The Tacheback campaign finished at the weekend, at which point those taking part here shaved off their funky face furtniture as soon as they possibly could. As mentioned before all involved were cultivating hairy top lips in order to raise money for the Everyman cancer charity. A ballpark figure on the monies raised is around the "one followed by three noughts" mark, so a big thumbs up to all of the chaps who took part (and didn't wuss out like me) and another to everyone who donated. If you would like to donate then links (to both their website and photos of the guys taking part) can be found here.

Not content with growing a 'tache for charity, Young Brett will soon be taking part in the Great South Run for a very good cause, more information on that next week.

And that's about it for this week; as they say in Poland, do widzenia!