...and if it gets any warmer Amy Winehouse's waxwork could melt.
Is it me or is it strangely troubling that the wax version of the singer looks healthier than the real thing?
*koff*
And so to business; I filched the following gigs from the back pages of this week's NME for your delectation and delight:
Party Shank v's Glamour For Better @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 03/08/2008
The Parlotones @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 12/08/2008
The Parlotones @ iBar, Bournemouth - 13/08/2008
Jay Brannan @ Komedia, Brighton - 27/08/2008
Jubilee @ The Joiners, Southampton - 19/09/2008
Glasvegas @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 20/09/2008
Gym Class Heroes @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 22/09/2008
Friendly Fires @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/09/2008
Noah & The Whale @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 03/11/2008
Noah & The Whale @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 07/11/2008
Noah & The Whale @ The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth - 13/11/2008
Dirty Pretty Things @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 18/10/2008
Primal Scream (NME Rock'n'Roll Riot Tour) @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 24/11/2008
I will, of course, add the above gigs onto the SoMC Events Calendar (should I have the time) this weekend. Admittedly the chances are I won't, but after Sunday's Absinthe escapade I may give going out the swerve (and instead to decide to rest my long-suffering liver from the comfort of my 70's style comfy chair). When I do get around to updating it, the Events Calendar is a handy repository of local gigs for the idle muso about town, and features many fine gigs. Like these...
Artful Dodger (DJ set) @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Fareham - 31/07/2008
Pete Harris @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 31/07/2008
Xavier Rudd @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 31/07/2008
Farwest Leader, Unwritten Ending and Pancake Eating Freaks @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 31/07/2008
Red Light Company and The Burns Unit @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 31/07/2008
Will McNichol, Tremain and Lucy M @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 31/07/2008
Lost On Landing, The Auteur and Amy Can Flyy @ The Joiners, Southampton - 31/07/2008
6 Inches 2 Small, Switch Transmission, No Problem and Miles From Anywhere @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 31/07/2008
JayetAL, The LCD and The Scarlet Letter Union @ The Railway, Winchester - 31/07/2008
Flip Top @ The Colonial Bar, Horndean - 01/08/2008
Bloodline, Insinerate, Mask of Judas and Galvanis @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 31/07/2008
Darren Verne Blues Band @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 31/07/2008
Rentokill, Chillerton and You Me & The Atom Bomb @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 31/07/2008
The Bog Rolling Stones (Mick & Keef tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 01/08/2008
Mike d'Abo @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 01/08/2008
The Legendary Derek @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 01/08/2008
Nato, Puresist and White Knuckle Revolution plus Spikey Mark (DJ) and Paxo (DJ) @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 01/08/2008
Terrathorn, Breedapart and Pariah @ The Joiners, Southampton - 01/08/2008
Plus One (Scratch Perverts) and Albino Monkey @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 01/08/2008
The Black Seeds @ Komedia, Brighton - 01/08/2008
The Bardstars, Thinking For Tuesday and Ten Letters @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 01/08/2008
The Steeples & Jonny Moody @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 01/08/2008
Creep @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 01/08/2008
Silversweet and Uncle Pablo's Magic Potion @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 02/08/2008
Firegarden @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 02/08/2008
The ELO Experience (ELO tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 02/08/2008
Flip Top @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 02/08/2008
Glam R Us @ Havant Arts Centre - 02/08/2008
Ten Ton Tabby and All Schools Are Strange @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 02/08/2008
The Alive, Nicotine Smile and The 6 Barrels @ The Railway, Winchester - 02/08/2008
The Cropdusters, Some Dogs and Colourblind Lizard @ The Joiners, Southampton - 02/08/2008
Judy Collins @ Komedia, Brighton - 02/08/2008
The Dirty Bristows and Sunset Mission @ Café Havana, Southsea - 02/08/2008
Legend (Bob Marley tribute) @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 02/08/2008
Exile Arise, Aeryn and Ravenous @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 02/08/2008
Dave James, Luke Jackson, Ben Pinwill and Cooperboy @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 03/08/2008
Broadcaster, Livewire and Brushwood @ The Bandstand, Southsea (Free afternoon entertainment)
Sons Of The Delta @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 03/08/2008
Nisennenmondai, Vitamin B12 and Little Creature @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 03/08/2008
Moda Disordini, Pulled Apart By Horses and Midnightdanceparty! @ The Joiners, Southampton - 03/08/2008
No Made Sense, Cilice and If Fire Would Fail @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 04/08/2008
Venice Ahoy @ The Joiners, Southampton - 04/08/2008
Sliced Peach, Medison and Minds Gone Blank @ The Barn at The Milton Arms, Portsmouth - 04/08/2008
Louche Manouche @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 05/08/2008
Flis Pitman, Jay and Pete McAllen @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 05/08/2008
Cupping Melons and Jack & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 05/08/2008
The Mae Shi and Danananananaykroyd @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 05/08/2008
Solent City Jazzmen @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 05/08/2008
Waiting For Sirens, Proceed and 24 Hour Affair @ The Joiners, Southampton - 06/08/2008
The Larry Miller Band @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 06/08/2008
Stickee Ickee (DJ) and Easy Now (DJ) @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 06/08/2008
Kelevra, Valhalla and Splendor @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 06/08/2008
Richie Havens @ The Brook, Southampton - 10/10/2008
Dean Friedman @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 14/10/2008
Fields @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 15/10/2008
Easy Star All-Stars @ The Brook, Southampton - 25/10/2008
Brand New Heavies @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 25/10/2008
Bellowhead @ The Brook, Southampton - 02/11/2008
Black Kids @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 07/11/2008
Micah P Hinson @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 09/11/2008
Beverley Craven @ The Brook, Southampton - 12/11/2008
Oysterband @ The City Hall, Salisbury - 29/11/2008
Wilko Johnson @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 10/12/2008
If you've had enough of the hot weather already then this week's Waster comes armed with ice cannons, just the thing to instantly cool the air by 20 degrees (thanks to the freezing stream of CO2 they pump out). And if that wasn't enough the resident Southsea Mafia DJs will be spinning the best indiepunkelectrorockdance in town. Doors open at Portsmouth's Liquid Envy at 2200 tomorrow night, Thursday 31st July, and admission is £1 before 2230 (£2 before 2300, £3 after, etc).
The sleepy village of Alverstoke will be alive with the sounds of folk and world music this weekend when the
The eighth heat of The Wedgewood Rooms' Showcase 08 competition takes place this Tuesday, 5th August, and features Almeida, Ungodly Sacrifice, The Suicide Room and Akakios. Each band will have 25 minutes in which to impress the audience and a panel of judges, with the winner progressing through to the next round. Admission is £4.
Club night Funkt-If-Ino returns to The Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth this Saturday, 2nd August, for more 'funksoulboogiediscohiphop' than you can shake your glo-stick at. Tickets are £5, doors open at 2200.
3 Penny Puppet and The Wishbones are the guest artists at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club this week. Admission is FREE and doors open at The Barn at The Milton Arms at 1900 tomorrow, Thursday 31st July. More information can be found via the club's Facebook group.
And that's me done for another week; today I have mostly listening to a chilled out Gilles Peterson compilation and the nasal huskiness of the one and only Stevie Nicks (yup, it's 'nostalgia Wednesday' at Gigwatcher Towers). Be sure to join me next week when I'll be acting out.
:o)
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