Strange but true, BBC Radio Scotland are not playing any music today. Ex-KLF man Bill Drummond has talked them into joining his No Music Day campaign, replacing records with interviews and discussions for the day to show how important music is to their audience by taking it away.
Seems a wee bit heavy-handed to me, but that's the nanny state for you.
*koff*
Eyes down for a full house, here's what I found to tempt me in the back pages of this week's NME:
The Ads and Captain Phoenix @ Freebutt, Brighton - 01/12/2007
The Ads and Captain Phoenix @ The Joiners, Southampton - 02/12/2007
British Sea Power @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 21/01/2008
The Courteeners @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 22/01/2008
Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong @ Freebutt, Brighton - 25/01/2008
British Sea Power @ Komedia, Brighton - 29/01/2008
Nine Black Alps @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 03/02/2008
Paramore @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 08/02/2008
Simian Mobile Disco @ Digital, Brighton - 12/02/2008
Manchester Orchestra @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 18/02/2008
Mark Ronson @ The Dome, Brighton - 21/02/2008
Eels @ The Dome, Brighton - 02/03/2008
I'll update the SoMC Events Calendar with the above gigs as soon as I can (though I'm easily distracted by shiny things and dust, so it's anyone's guess when that'll be). Regular readers will know already that the Events Calendar is just jam-packed with musical morsels for local liggers, like these for example:
Silverstein and The Vincent Black Shadow @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 21/11/2007
Keith James & Rick Foot @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 21/11/2007
Sally Strawberry & The Bad Apples and Della Perrett's Sweetedge @ The Alma Arms, Portsmouth - 21/11/2007
Osaka Monaurail @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 21/11/2007
Graceful Dead and Red Mist @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 21/11/2007
Kaiser Chiefs @ BIC, Bournemouth - 22/11/2007
Our Time Down There and Take 'Em Out @ Unit 22, Southampton - 22/11/2007
Cardiacs @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 22/11/2007
DJ Format @ Orange Rooms, Southampton - 22/11/2007
Sonny Black @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 22/11/2007
This City and Cut The Blue Wire @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 22/11/2007
Joseph Arthur @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 22/11/2007
The Model Village and The Dirty Sleeves @ Drift Bar, Southsea - 22/11/2007
Whole Lotta Led @ The Brook, Southampton - 22/11/2007
The Corridors @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 22/11/2007
Panic Cell and Speed Theory @ The Joiners, Southampton - 23/11/2007
The Bog Rolling Stones @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 23/11/2007
New Model Army @ The Brook, Southampton - 23/11/2007
Joe Dangerous and Owen Tromance @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 23/11/2007
Kev Ellis & Judge Trev @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 23/11/2007
Replenish and Oxygen Thief @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 23/11/2007
Daggers @ Unit 22, Southampton - 24/11/2007
Fay Wray @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 24/11/2007
Toupé @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 24/11/2007
Jane Taylor @ The Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 24/11/2007
The Model Village, Kizmit and Joby @ The Contented Pig, Portsmouth - 24/11/2007
Baby Charles @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 24/11/2007
Kris Dolimore @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 24/11/2007
Ardentes, Escape Story and Hung Up @ First In Last Out, Winchester - 24/11/2007
Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 24/11/2007
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 24/11/2007
Cara Dillon @ The New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth - 24/11/2007
The Superheroes @ The Heroes, Waterlooville - 24/11/2007
The Purple Project @ The Brook, Southampton - 24/11/2007
Ade Cull and Zugstoic @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 25/11/2007
28 Costumes @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/11/2007
Nick Harper @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 25/11/2007
Lethal Bizzle @ The Brook, Southampton - 25/11/2007
The Way (acoustic) @ Drift Bar, Southsea - 25/11/2007
Fandangle, Chase Long Beach and Pancake Eating Freaks @ The Joiners, Southampton - 26/11/2007
Karine Polwart @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 26/11/2007
The Holloways @ The Vault (Student Union), Winchester - 26/11/2007
Catfish Keith @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 27/11/2007
Dave Wheat, Matt Blake and Bemis @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 27/11/2007
Squeeze @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 27/11/2007
The Stops, Alex & The Ligers and The Stolen Souls @ The Joiners, Southampton - 27/11/2007
Foals @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 27/11/2007
KT Tunstall @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 07/04/2008
Girls Aloud @ The Brighton Centre - 13/05/2008
Girls Aloud @ BIC, Bournemouth - 11/05/2008
Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club at The Milton Arms tomorrow, Thursday 22nd November, features guest performances from local duo Paisley Pie and next big thing Different Day. Afterward the stage will be open to those with the cojones to take the microphone and entertain the crowd. Admission is FREE, the doors open at 1900 and the first band is on-stage at 1915.
The Exits and Hijera co-headline tonight's Waster indie night at Portsmouth's Envy nightclub, with additional entertainment before and after courtesy of the Southsea Mafia DJs. Doors open at 2200, with entrance a mere £1 before 2300 (£3 afterward).
Little London, Joe Black and Clone are all taking part in a burlesque-tinged benefit evening for Great Ormond Street Hospital this Sunday, 25th November, at Jongleurs in Portsmouth. Yes, it's an odd place for a gig I know but A) it's for charity, B) there'll be burlesque dancers and C) what else would you be doing on a Sunday night? Entrance is £4 on the door and the fun runs from 2000-0030.
And finally, the Ashcroft Arts Centre in Fareham will be hosting a screening of Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten, Julien Temple's documentary on the life and times of the much missed front man of The Clash, this Friday, 23rd November, at 1930. Tickets are a bargain £3.50.
That's me done, show me the door. This afternoon I have mostly been listening to the slick guitars of OKGo and the multi-layered production of the Electric Light Orchestra. Nice. Join me next week when I'll building models of famous buildings using nowt but processed cheese.
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