As much as I like the Gorillaz/Jamie Hewlett trail for the Beeb's Olympics coverage, I'd have much rather the cartoon band covered Godiego's excellent theme song to the classic 80's TV show.
Have I mentioned I've got the soundtrack on vinyl?
[tumbleweed slowly bimbles past, somewhere in the distance a dog howls]
Oh. Right. I have.
*koff*
And so to business. The following gigs have been purloined from the colourful ads amongst the back pages of this week's NME:
The Gutter Twins and Carina Round @ Komedia, Brighton - 26/08/2008
Fighting With Wire @ Hamptons, Southampton - 27/09/2008
Bromheads Jacket @ The Engine Room, Brighton - 28/09/2008
Bromheads Jacket @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 30/09/2008
Bromheads Jacket @ Orange Rooms, Southampton - 01/10/2008
Team Water Polo @ Audio, Brighton - 03/10/2008
Team Water Polo @ The Joiners, Southampton - 05/10/2008
Bromheads Jacket @ The Tower Arts Centre, Winchester - 10/10/2008
Tilly & The Wall @ The Brook, Southampton - 20/10/2008
The Zutons @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 11/11/2008
The Zutons @ Solent Hall (BIC), Bournemouth - 01/12/2008
The Zutons @ The Dome, Brighton - 06/12/2008
I'll attempt to add the above onto the magical entity known as the SoMC Events Calendar sometime over the weekend (but chances are I'll not quite get around to it, having been distracted by the way light dances through the floaty floaty bubbles in a cold pint of lager). The Events Calendar is, for those not easily entertained by solar refraction through a liquid mixed with agitated CO2, a handy aid for noting what gigs are up and coming in these parts. Like these for example...
The Elements, Charlie Howell and The Tripods @ The Railway, Winchester - 07/08/2008
Insinerate, In Her Ruin and Mask Of Judas @ The Joiners, Southampton - 07/08/2008
The Help Movement @ Komedia, Brighton - 07/08/2008
Ronny & Johnny @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 07/08/2008
Switch Transmission, Ghosts On Pegasus Bridge, Fairway and When Out @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 07/08/2008
The Vegas, The Light Divided and The Harlingtons @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 07/08/2008
Dawn Landes, Mary Hampton and Phantomville @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 08/08/2008
Catapult, Zwaitec and The Plymouths (DJ set) @ Hamptons, Southampton - 08/08/2008
Owen Tromans & The Elders, The Contrast and Phil Horton @ The Railway, Winchester - 08/08/2008
Timebomb (performing Quadrophenia) @ The Brook, Southampton - 08/08/2008
The Swing Commanders @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 08/08/2008
The Vanjammers @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 08/08/2008
Recreation and The Architects @ The Railway, Gosport - 08/08/2008
The Docks, 4 or 5 Magicians and Old Duke @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/08/2008
Alan Bonner @ Komedia, Brighton - 08/08/2008
The Rebs @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 08/08/2008
7 Years Bad Luck, The Small Mercies, Sombulance and Sam Russo @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 08/08/2008
Stone Bones @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 08/08/2008
One Weird Fish @ The Drum, Petersfield - 08/08/2008
The Stanley Blacks @ Café Havana, Southsea - 09/08/2008
Green-ish Day and Forgotten Heroes @ The Brook, Southampton - 09/08/2008
Chicago Nine @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 09/08/2008
Thinking For Tuesday, The Architects and Even After @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 09/08/2008
The Beatmakers @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 09/08/2008
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 09/08/2008
Night of Treason and Dirty Love @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 09/08/2008
Panama Grin @ The Railway, Gosport - 09/08/2008
Tellison and Tubelord @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 09/08/2008
Road House @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 09/08/2008
The Ramblings, The Reason and The Sinnicks @ The Railway, Winchester - 09/08/2008
Mozy Dare @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 09/08/2008
The Gutter Brothers @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 10/08/2008
Jack & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 10/08/2008
Big Al & The Fireflies and The Western Aces @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 10/08/2008 (Free afternoon entertainment)
Klaus Says Buy The Record and These Eyes Are Cameras @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 10/08/2008
Ella Janes, Ten Letters and Yo Picasso @ The Joiners, Southampton - 10/08/2008
Mike Todd and Bemis @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 10/08/2008
Rory Ellis & Arnie Cottrell @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 10/08/2008
Our Time Down Here, Lucky Ones Die First and Gorse @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 10/08/2008
Arnie Cottrell @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 11/08/2008
Digital Delay, Run Of The Mill, Cry Of The Scorned and Not Good Enough For Tony @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 11/08/2008
Sidecar46, The Light Divided and The Safe Harbour @ The Joiners, Southampton - 11/08/2008
Jenny Owens Young, Paddy Taylor and Tremain @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 11/08/2008
Super Tsar @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 12/08/2008
The Model Village, Delboy French, Joby and The Baffles @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 12/08/2008
The Parlotones, The Bizets and Colourblind Lizard @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 12/08/2008
Oli Collins, Luke Ferre and The Fumes @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 12/08/2008
Cold War Kids @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 12/08/2008
Castillo, Fools Errant, Freaks on Floor and Crope Circle @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/08/2008
Stu & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 12/08/2008
Cut The Blue Wire, The Getaway Team and Wilf? @ The Joiners, Southampton - 12/08/2008
UpCDownCLeftCRightCABC, Start and Autumn Chorus @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 12/08/2008
Andrew Jarmin, CM Arnold, James Tippins and Rawkis @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 12/08/2008
The Parlotones, Media Circus and Modern Fighting Vehicles @ iBar, Bournemouth - 13/08/2008
The Pengawakas, Beautiful Life and Todayseden @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 13/08/2008
Blakfish, Tubelord and Caesura @ The Railway, Winchester - 13/08/2008
Birds of Wales, Wicker Park Row and Andy Grant @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/08/2008
The Ornament Birds and Lonely Cardinals @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 13/08/2008
Bemis @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 13/08/2008
Not Advised, Hardly Heroes and Medison @ The Railway Rifle Club, Portsmouth - 13/08/2008
American Music Club and Peter Bruntnell @ The Railway, Winchester - 16/09/2008
Ronnie Spector @ The Brook, Southampton - 24/09/2008
Jake Shillingford (My Life Story) @ The Railway, Winchester - 25/09/2008
Bad Company @ The Brook, Southampton - 02/10/2008
Travis @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 04/10/2008
Neil Innes @ The Brook, Southampton - 12/10/2008
Towers of London (tbc) @ The Brook, Southampton - 14/10/2008
Seth Lakeman @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 12/11/2008
Delays @ The Joiners, Southampton - 13/12/2008
The Southsea Mafia DJs are again are in charge of Waster this week, supplying the masses with a selection of the finest indie/alternative/dance/rock/whatever in town. Doors open at Portsmouth's Liquid Envy at 2200 tomorrow night, Thursday 7th August, and entrance is £1 before 2230 (rising to £2 before 2300, £3 after, etc). For more information (including how to get on the 'guest list') see the Facebook page.
The Wedgewood Rooms hosts the next two heats of its Showcase 08 competition over the next week. Heat nine takes place this Sunday, 10th August, and features The Tripods, The Elizans, HugeManFalls and The Ex-Patriots. Heat ten follows on Wednesday 13th August, when Joymask, The Levels, Goodbye Stereo and Chemical Sunset will be trying to win through to the next round. Each band has 25 minutes within which to impress both the audience and a panel of judges, entrance is £4 on the door.
Legendary club night Chaos is back at The Wedgewood Rooms this Saturday, 9th August, with DJ Lemon and Spikey Mark in the Main Room from 2200, whilst Will Chump and Ruby Soho take charge of the Chaos Lounge, in the Edge of The Wedge, from 2300. Doors open at 2200, entrance is £5.
This week Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club features guest performances from three local artists; Portsmouth-based electro-blues outfit Carbon Factory kick things off at 1930, acoustic duo Bemis follow at 2030 whilst southern punks The Asylum Seekers take over at 2130. The Open Mike session follows from 2230-0000. Doors open at The Barn at The Milton Arms at 1900 tomorrow, Thursday 7th August, admission is (as always) free and for more information why not check out the event's Facebook group.
Ruffle my hair and call me Susan, that's it for another week. Today I have mostly been tapping my good foot along to the likes of Maxïmo Park, Eagles of Death Metal and The Young Knives, be sure to join me next week when I'll be bored of the Olympics already.
Meh.
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