Y'know the more I think about it the more I'm convinced that there's a small monkey living in Amy Winehouse's beehive who controls all her thoughts and actions. His name is Gerald, and he's an angry little monkey indeed.
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, here are the tasty morsels found amongst the back pages of this week's NME:
Captain Pheonix @ Freebutt, Brighton - 01/12/2007
The Draytones @ The Joiners, Southampton - 09/12/2007
Fight Like Apes and Popular Workshop @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 09/12/2007
The Displacements @ The Joiners, Southampton - 17/12/2007
The Displacements @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 18/12/2007
The Displacements @ The Barfly, Brighton - 19/12/2007
Richard Hawley @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 06/02/2008
Lightspeed Champion @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/02/2008
Amy MacDonald @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 16/02/2008
Hot Chip @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 18/02/2008
Amy MacDonald @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 18/02/2008
Gallows @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 27/02/2008
Hot Chip @ Corn Exchange, Brighton - 28/02/2008
Foals @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 16/03/2008
If I'm not practising my carol singing or prepping this year's Big Lyric Quiz (!) I'll add the above gigs onto the SoMC Events Calendar when I get a spare five minutes. The Events Calendar is, of course, a handy repository of local gigs for local people (or at least it would be if I updated it more often), featuring such interesting events as these...
LCD, 7 Second Mamarie and Hello Country @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 28/11/2007
Mika @ BIC, Bournemouth - 28/11/2007
Kate Fox, James Blake, Chris Ricketts and Dave Wheat @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 28/11/2007
My Device and The Levels @ The Joiners, Southampton - 28/11/2007
Kumiss, Rival Joustas and Port Erin @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 29/11/2007
Martin Carthy, Norma Waterson & Mike Waterson @ The Turner Sims, Southampton - 29/11/2007
hellogoodbye @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 29/11/2007
The Heavy @ Orange Rooms, Southampton - 29/11/2007
Karen Harmony, Katia Palmisano, Laura Kirk and Karen Tween @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 29/11/2007
Burnt Ice @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 29/11/2007
Little Flags, You Me And The Atom Bomb and The Don Ramas Players @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/11/2007
Terrathorn and Nephwrack @ The Joiners, Southampton - 30/11/2007
Vince's Teeth @ The Red Lion, Stubbington - 30/11/2007
Mary Jane @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 30/11/2007
Captain Fantastic, The Levels and Loose Tongue @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 30/11/2007
Whirlwind (plus reggae DJs) @ Café Havana, Southsea - 30/11/2007
Pete G & The Magnetones, Hugh Budden & Paul Hart @ The Brook, Southampton - 30/11/2007
The Jamm @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 30/11/2007
Parka and Dalis Cat @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 30/11/2007
Graham Robbins @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 01/12/2007
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 01/12/2007
Southampton Philharmonic Choir @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 01/12/2007
The Hamsters @ The Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 01/12/2007
Perfect Alibi @ The Brook, Southampton - 01/12/2007
Cool Banana, Delphic Oracle and Gweido @ Café Havana, Southsea - 01/12/2007
Fortune Drive and zwaitec @ Lennons, Southampton - 01/12/2007
Red Letter Day and The Adamseed @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 01/12/2007
Soma High and Wild Beasts @ The Joiners, Southampton - 01/12/2007
The Mustangs @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 01/12/2007
Big Red @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 01/12/2007
Electric Eel Shock @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 02/12/2007
Allan Holdsworth @ The Brook, Southampton - 02/12/2007
Jim Bianco and Steve Reynolds @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 02/12/2007
Asia @ BIC, Bournemouth - 02/12/2007
Becky Anderson, Jamin Gallier and The Roy Peplow Band @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 02/12/2007
The Ads, Captain Phoenix and The Maddisons @ The Joiners, Southampton - 02/12/2007
Andi Skellam, The Hand, Rachel Dadd and Wig Smith @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 03/12/2007
Bring Me The Horizon @ The Brook, Southampton - 03/12/2007
Thomas Tantrum, The Dawn Chorus and The Prelude @ Drift Bar, Southsea - 03/12/2007
Emma Pollock @ The Joiners, Southampton - 04/12/2007
Jenny Owen Youngs and Dave's House @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 04/12/2007
Rossco, Doubleback Alley, 4 Fingaz and Pathway @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 04/12/2007
The Slackers @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 04/12/2007
84 Steps, Recreation and The Explorers @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 04/12/2007
The Saw Doctors @ The Brook, Southampton - 04/12/2007
Elliot Minor @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 26/01/2008
The Smyths @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 16/05/2008
If you've a hankering to share the tunes on your iPod to a wider audience than just your own ears then head to The Edge of The Wedge in Portsmouth this Saturday, 1st December, when the venue will be hosting a "What's On Your iPod?" evening. All you need to do is knock up a 15 minute (and no longer) playlist and turn up early enough to blag one of the slots (availability of which are limited). After that you can sit back and enjoy 15 minutes of aural fame. The event has been organised to mark World Aids Day, red ribbons will be available on the night and any donations made will go directly to the National AIDS Trust.
The chaps from Hot Chip will be spinning a DJ set to entertain the masses at Southampton's Orange Rooms this Friday, 30th November. Doors open at 2000, with entry a mere £2 on the door (£4 after 2200).
As well as featuring live music from Wyld Side (winners of The Wedgewood Rooms Showcase '07 competition) and OK Tokyo!, tonight's Waster also includes a Guitar Hero 3 competition. If that's not enough then the Southsea Mafia DJs will be doing their thing too. Envy in Portsmouth again hosts the fun, which runs from 2200 through to 0230. It's a paltry £1 entry before 2300, rising to a still reasonable £3 after.
Local Indie band Pathway and Glaswegian alternative rockers Boogi Loushou will be the musical guests at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club at The Milton Arms tomorrow, Thursday 29th November. The stage will be open to all budding performers afterward to try their hand entertaining the audience. Admission is FREE and the doors open at 1900.
And finally, the Sunday night headliners for next year's Isle of Wight Festival have been announced. In something of a coup for the organisers, The Police will be making their only UK festival appearance at Seaclose Park on June 15th 2008. Tickets for the festival go on general sale at 0900 on Monday 10th December.
That's it for another week; this morning I have mostly been listening to Fields and Guillemots, with a pinch of DJ Shadow inbetween. Join me next week when I'll building a house of cards the hard way (it involves mittens and lots of Red Bull).
:o)
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