Meow
Pete Doherty may be many things, possibly even a musician, but I never had him pegged as an animal lover. Fair play though, I can't think of many other artists who'd walk away from £60,000 because they've got to take their cat to the vet.
Mrs Slocombe would be proud. Bless.
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, the following gigs were teased from the rear of this week's NME for your delectation and delight:
Hadouken!, Master Shortie and Innercity Pirates @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 18/07/2008
Frank Turner and Chris T-T @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 27/10/2008
Mystery Jets @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 28/10/2008
Slim pickings this week I'm afraid, though it is "festival season" so it's to be expected I guess. Still, if I get a spare five minutes this weeked I will, of course, update the marvellous mechanical SoMC Events Calendar with the above listings (I wouldn't count on it though, you know what I'm like). As I may infer from time to time, the Events Calendar is just the place (when up to date) to check what gigs are on when, locally that is. Here's a taster of what it should contain...
Alternative Car Park, Jenna's Revenge and The Levels @ Havant Arts Centre - 10/07/2008
Grown At Home and Shizamms Picbox @ The Joiners, Southampton - 10/07/2008
Switch Transmission, Nelson and The Model Village @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 10/07/2008
Casual Nelsons, Long Shore Drift and William Doyle @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 10/07/2008
Lollo Meier Quartet @ Komedia, Brighton - 10/07/2008
The Incontinentals @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 10/07/2008
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Plastic Toys and The Tripods @ The Railway, Winchester - 10/07/2008
Pete du Pon, Leigh Stokes and Andy Foster @ Drift, Southsea - 10/07/2008
Robert Cray @ The Dome, Brighton - 11/07/2008
Laura Veirs, Led To Sea and Polly Wood & Steve Picken @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 11/07/2008
Dirty DC (AC/DC tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 11/07/2008
Wyldside, The Levels, Club Le Shark and The Edible Stems @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 11/07/2008
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 11/07/2008
The Maple State, The Attika State, The Ornament Birds and Speed The Collapse @ Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 11/07/2008
Popular Workshop and Platform 13 @ The Joiners, Southampton - 11/07/2008
Ash Grunwald, Booshtastic Blootronica and The Reverend Munday @ The Railway, Winchester - 11/07/2008
Arnie Cottrell @ Soul Cellar, Southampton - 11/07/2008
Rooftop Reggae with Dave B (DJ) @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 11/07/2008
The Blue Screen of Death, Invasion and Moral Low Ground @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 11/07/2008
Zub Zub @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 11/07/2008
Haunted Stereo, Jake Flowers and Esben & The Witch @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 11/07/2008
One Weird Fish @ The Brickmakers, Swanmore - 11/07/2008
Guns To Roses (G'n'R tribute) @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 11/07/2008
Barbwire Bob @ The Hoeford, Fareham - 12/07/2008
One Night of Queen (Queen tribute) @ The Brighton Centre - 12/07/2008
Bill Wyman & The Rhythm Kings @ The Brook, Southampton - 12/07/2008
Kangaroo Moon @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 12/07/2008
Telegraphs and Karmatribe @ The Joiners, Southampton - 12/07/2008
Kit Ashton, Animal Kingdom and The Stars Down To Earth @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 12/07/2008
Carmen Rosa, No Hope In Never and Life With Max @ Café Havana, Southsea - 12/07/2008
Kelevra, Biolith and Aeryn @ The Railway, Winchester - 12/07/2008
Lynchpin @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 12/07/2008
John Leyton & The Flames @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 13/07/2008
Madame P, Hamilton Yarns, Thos Henley and Love Shark @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 13/07/2008
Aaron Middleton and Sway @ Drift, Southsea - 13/07/2008
Johnny Truant, Blackhole and Bury Tomorrow @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/07/2008
Blotto, The Dauntless Elite, Tommy Comstock and The Cost of Living @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 13/07/2008
Roland Chadwick @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 13/07/2008
Star Anise @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 13/07/2008
Smackla, The B of The Bang and Fadeout @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 13/07/2008
The Strange Death of Liberal England @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 14/07/2008
Tom Hingley & The Lovers @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 15/07/2008
Isla St Clair @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 15/07/2008 RESCHEDULED!
Slow Down Charlie, Dibz and Hidden Image @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 15/07/2008
Jack & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 15/07/2008
Hayseed Dixie @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 15/07/2008
The Displacements, Absolute Belters and The Elizans @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 15/07/2008
Skindred, Idiom and The Row @ The Railway, Winchester - 15/07/2008
The Queue, Last Action Hero, The Vision and The Silver Aces Band @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 16/07/2008
The Robert Cray Band @ The Anvil, Basingstoke - 16/07/2008
Converge, Integrity, Coliseum and Centurian's Ghost @ The Brook, Southampton - 16/07/2008
Yoav and Loz Bridge & The Box Social @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 16/07/2008
Definitely Mightbe (Oasis tribute) @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Fareham - 16/07/2008
New Adventures and Flash Guns @ The Joiners, Southampton - 16/07/2008
Rumberos de Cuba @ Komedia, Brighton - 16/07/2008
The Wedding Present @ The Joiners, Southampton - 03/09/2008
Gemma Hayes @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 04/09/2008
The Brand New Heavies @ Soul Cellar, Southampton - 25/10/2008
Focus, Wishbone Ash and The Groundhogs @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 30/10/2008
Dreadzone @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 20/11/2008
Portsmouth's famous club night Chaos returns this Saturday, 12th July, for more at of the usual shenanigans at new venue The Wedgewood Rooms. Will Chump and Marky Marc will be watching over the mayhem in the Main Room whilst Ben Milsy and Lemon host the Chaos Lounge in The Edge of The Wedge (replete with comfy sofas and free Sega). Doors open at 2300, entrance is £5.
The Eastleigh Music Festival takes place at the town's Leigh Road Recreation Ground this weekend, Friday 11th through Sunday 13th July. Seth Lakeman brings a folk flavour to the festivities on Friday night, whilst Lethal Bizzle, Robots In Disguise and Scarlet Soho bring the indie on Saturday night. In addition there'll be free music during the afternoon on the Saturday, with Zwaitec, The Ashbies, JayetAl, The Pheromones, El Rodeo, The Sinnicks, Dlugokecki and Polly & the Billets Doux just some of the acts listed to appear. Entrance to the festival is FREE all day Sunday, with entertainment from The Huckleberries, Tzee, Max Pashm and N'faly & Dunyakan on offer. Limited tickets are available for the Friday and Saturday night shows via the Festival website.
This week's Waster features a DJ set by Babyshambles' drummer Adam Ficek as well as a selection of the first indie/dance/etc tunes from the resident Southsea Mafia DJs, all for the bargain price of only £1 (before 2230, £3 after 2300). Doors open at Portsmouth's Liquid Envy at 2200 tomorrow night, Thursday 10th July, more information is available via the event's Facebook page.
The organisers of the new Portsmouth & Southsea Music Festival have been running a rock challenge competition for young bands over the past few months. All the bands taking part are from Portsmouth schools, with members aged between 11-16, and the competition offers them the chance to play at a prime venue, The Wedgewood Rooms, with the winners representing their school at the Festival's opening ceremony in October. The finals take place this week at the Wedge, with bands from Mayville, St Lukes and Warblington Schools are battling it out tonight, Wednesday 9th July, and Admiral Lord Nelson, Priory and St Edmunds playing tomorrow, Thursday 10th July. Entrance to both finals is completely FREE!
This year's Showcase competition kicks off at The Wedgewood Rooms on Sunday, 13th July, with local bands My Endeavour, Melodramas, Atalanta and Rusty & Friends filling the first heat. Heat two takes place on Tuesday, 15th July, with Alphafa, No Hope In Never, Leviathan and Escape Story taking the stage. The third heat follows the next evening and features In Like Flynn, Sunset Mission, Not Good Enough For Tony and The Bizets. Each band will play a 25 minute set, after which both the audience and a panel of judges get to cast their votes on what they've heard. Tickets for the Showcase events are a bargain £4.
The week Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club features guest performances from Antony, The Custard Chuckers and XYeZ. Doors open at The Barn at The Milton Arms at 1900 tomorrow, Thursday 10th July, and the first artist is onstage at 1930; the regular Open Mike session follows at 2230. Admission is, as usual, FREE!
And that's it for another week. Today I have mostly been listening to Leonard Cohen's I'm Your Man album (which, for the most part, hasn't aged that well), plus some Gil Scott-Heron and Neil Diamond (yup, it's been that kind of day). Be sure to join me next week when I'll be affecting a strange mannerism.
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