Captain Birds Eye was a seafaring man.
No matter what pretentions Chris Martin has about the name of the new Coldplay album being inspired by a Frida Kahlo painting, Vida La Vida sounds like something Ricky Martin should be involved with if you ask me.
H'mm.
There I go tempting fate again.
*koff*
And that's quite enough of that; here are the gigs I purloined from the back pages of this week's NME:
Make Model @ Boileroom, Guildford - 04/04/2008
Blood Red Shoes and These New Puritans @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 08/04/2008
We Smoke Fags @ Ocean Rooms, Brighton - 11/04/2008
Yoav @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 16/04/2008
Yoav @ The Barfly, Brighton - 17/04/2008
Soulwax and 2manydjs @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 23/04/2008
Esser @ Lennons, Southampton - 03/05/2008
We Smoke Fags @ Atrium, Southsea - 12/05/2008
The Whitest Boy Alive @ Coalition, Brighton - 19/05/2008
One Night Only and The Wallbirds @ Student Union, Southampton University - 19/05/2008
Delays @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 21/05/2008
The events above will be snipped, pruned and pasted onto the SoMC Events Calendar as soon as I get a spare five minutes (which could be any time over the Easter weekend, depending on hangovers, guitar lessons or how distracted I get by the shiny things of life). As I continually allude, the Events Calendar is a most useful tool for the gig monkey about town, including as it does many wonderful local gigs. Like these:
Stan Webb's Chicken Shack @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 19/03/2008
Kids Can't Fly, We're What's Left and Pancake Eating Freaks @ The Joiners, Southampton - 19/03/2008
Luke Pickett, Luke Leighfield, I Confess and Somewhere Between Here And The Stereo @ Unit 22, Southampton - 19/03/2008
Major Melon and Alphabetts @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 19/03/2008
Chumbawumba @ Komedia, Brighton - 19/03/2008
Cool Banana, Life With Max and Castillo @ Drift, Southsea - 19/03/2008
Blisskrieg, Fantastic Castle and I See Sparks @ The Railway, Winchester - 19/03/2008
Buck 65, Jon & Roy and Theory @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 19/03/2008
Marjorie Thompson @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 20/03/2008
Devil Sold His Soul, The Mirimar Disaster and Stars Driven By Devils @ The Joiners, Southampton - 20/03/2008
Fish @ Komedia, Brighton - 20/03/2008
Dave Pegg & PJ Wright @ Lysses House Hotel, Fareham - 20/03/2008
Dan De Squeran, The Family, The Madisons and The Visitors @ Drift, Southsea - 20/03/2008
The Faux @ Unit 22, Southampton - 20/03/2008
Dragon Eye Morrison, Driven By Suffering, Contra and Belligerence @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 20/03/2008
Pendulum (DJ set) and Pritchard v's Dainton (Dirty Sanchez) @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 20/03/2008
Victor Menace, The Moulettes, Ruth Theodore and Nathan Ball @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 20/03/2008
Hi On Maiden (Iron Maiden tribute) The Brook, Southampton - 21/03/2008
Show Of Hands, John Tams & Barry Coope and The Young Coppers @ Ferneham Hall, Fareham - 21/03/2008 SOLD OUT!
Plastic Toys and Anon @ The Joiners, Southampton - 21/03/2008
The Stig Noise Soundsystem and They Came And Ate Us @ The Railway, Winchester - 21/03/2008
Example @ Unit 22, Southampton - 21/03/2008
Skaville UK (feat. Rhoda Dakar) @ Café Havana, Southsea - 21/03/2008
Chunk of Funk @ Soul Cellar, Southampton - 21/03/2008
Muck & The Mires, Thee Exciters and The Sandinistas @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 21/03/2008
Kathryn Tickell and Breabach @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 22/03/2008 SOLD OUT!
Jean Genie (Bowie tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 22/03/2008
Oysterband and The Men They Couldn't Hang @ Ferneham Hall, Fareham - 22/03/2008
The Infadels (DJ set) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 22/03/2008
Barbwire Bob @ The Coach & Horses, Titchfield - 21/03/2008
Thomas Tantrum, The Glad Rags, mes memoires and The Dress Up Room @ The Joiners, Southampton - 22/03/2008
Jay et Al, Moneytree and The Moulettes @ The Railway, Winchester - 22/03/2008
Thomas Tantrum and Arthur @ Lennons, Southampton - 22/03/2008
Mozy Dare @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 22/03/2008
OK Tokyo @ Unit 22, Southampton - 22/03/2008
The Only Ones @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 22/03/2008
Flook, Luka Bloom and Lau @ Ferneham Hall, Fareham - 23/03/2008
Bad Toad @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 22/03/2008
Ade Cull, Mike Hoggarth and The Two Chiefs @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 23/03/2008
RTP, Scaramoose, Loz Bridge and Luke Ferre @ Drift, Southsea - 23/03/2008
Boy Kill Boy, The Darling Age and The Haunt @ The Railway, Winchester - 23/03/2008 SOLD OUT!
Jaimison, Kill The Arcade, Switch Transmission and A Strange In Moscow @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 23/03/2008
Scouting For Girls @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 24/03/2008 SOLD OUT!
Mask of Judas, Akakios and Alternative Carpark @ Café Havana, Southsea - 24/03/2008
The Christians @ Komedia, Brighton - 24/03/2008
Beyond All Reason @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/03/2008
Cozy Flashback, The White Coats, The Gun Shop and Yop Radio Saga @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 25/03/2008
Scouting For Girls @ The Dome, Brighton - 25/03/2008 SOLD OUT!
Kurt Cooder, Loz, Andy Foster and The B Of The Bang @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 25/03/2008
Dopamine @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/03/2008
Parka, Fresh Legs and Jony Dare @ The Railway, Winchester - 25/03/2008
Vincent Treacy, Dave James Wheat and Jay @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 25/03/2008
Cut The Blue Wire, Blue Sky Summer, Munroe Effect and Melodrama @ Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 26/03/2008
Roni Size and Dynamite MC @ The Walkabout, Southampton - 03/04/2008
John Power @ The Discovery Centre, Winchester - 13/04/2008
Scarlet Soho, Nicotine Smile and Paul Champion @ The Railway, Winchester - 26/04/2008
Mystery Jets @ The Railway, Winchester - 27/04/2008
10cc @ The Brook, Southampton - 30/04/2008
Adele @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 03/05/2008
The Orb @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 04/05/2008
InME @ The Railway, Winchester - 05/05/2008
The Strange Death of Liberal England, The Dawn Chorus and Fresh Legs @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 17/05/2008
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel @ The Brook, Southampton - 21/05/2008
Howard Jones @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 11/06/2008
Tonight's Waster sees the return of guest DJs Mike Fielding (aka Naboo from The Mighty Boosh) and Jonny Rhythm (from The Rhythm Factory) to Portsmouth's Liquid Envy, who'll be joining the resident Southsea Mafia DJs for a session on the decks. The doors open at 2200, with entrance £1 before 2300, £3 after.
The Hobbit in Southampton will be hosting its 8th Real Ale & Blues Festival this weekend, from Friday 21st through Monday 24th March. As well as the 30 Real Ales and selection of Ciders and Belgian beers on offer there'll also be live performances from Chris Keates and White Room (Friday), Dave Arcari, Keith Christmas and Tom Dale (Saturday) and The Jon Walsh Blues Band, Chris Collins & Blues Etc, Arnie Cottrell and The Riverside Blues Band to entertain you whilst you slake your thirst.
Details of the Topman NME New Noise Tour 2008, which calls in at Concorde 2 in Brighton on Monday 5th May, have been released. The line-up includes Crystal Castles, Friendly Fires, Team Waterpolo and White Lies; tickets are available now.
The Joiners in Southampton will be holding its regular all day Bank Holiday shindig this Monday, 24th March. The line-up includes Bury Tomorrow, The Arusha Accord, Lower Than Atlantis, Nex, Furisode, Penny's Dropper, Where Loyalties Lie (ex-A Broken Disciple), Draegon, The Craving, April Dead and Gehenna VII VII VII. Tickets are £6 in advance, £8 on the day, and doors open at 1400.
Portsmouth's Little Johnny Russell's will be transformed into a hoochy coochy bar for the next two evenings when it hosts Burlesque For Breasts, a charity event in aid of Cancer Research UK. Tonight's indie-flavoured bill includes live performances from Goodnight Jonathan, The Levels and The Lonely Cardinals, whereas tomorrow evening takes a decidely funkier turn with sets from Mr Bigstuff and The Freestyle Funk Collective. Entry is £3 (Wednesday, from 1900) and £4 (Thursday, from 1930).
Judge-Mental takes over The Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth this Saturday, 22nd March, for a raucous evening of hard trance and techno, spread over two rooms. Omaha v's Audiodice, Dan Thompson v's N8te, Sam Bylett and Royston are pitching up in Room 2, whilst Room 1 features sets from Lucy Fur, Caz Wood v's Nathalie and The Judge v's Mizniss. Doors open at 2130 and tickets are £8 in advance.
Paddy Taylor and Aitch are the guest artists at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club at The Milton Arms in Portsmouth tomorrow, Thursday 20th March. Budding performers have a two song chance to entertain the crowd during the regular Open Mike sessions, either before the guest sets from 1900 to 2000, or after from 2200 to 0000. Admission is FREE and the doors open at 1900.
The Fareham & Gosport Festival takes place this Easter weekend, featuring series of folktastic events throughout the borough from Thursday 20th March through to Bank Holiday Monday. Amongst the acts taking part are The Men They Couldn't Hang, Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham, Alistair Russell, Kathryn Tickell, Tim Edey, Brendan Power & Lucy Randall, Breabach, Wheeler Street, Spiers & Boden and a special acoustic performance from agit-prop malevolents Chumbwumba. A limited number of tickets are available via the festival website.
Put a fork in me, I'm done; this afternoon I have mostly been listening to Spritualized and St Germain, very mellow. Have a most excellent Easter, be sure to join me next week when I'll be pointing the finger in a Kitchener-style in someone's general direction.
:o)
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