I'm not sure if Virgin Radio's re-branding exercise will get me to tune in; not so much because it's a daft name, more so because I can't remember how to retune my clock radio away from PowerFM.
[tumbleweed]
Oh the shame of it... though in all honesty it's the only thing bad enough to get me out of bed in the morning.
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, I plucked the following forthcoming gigs from the gawdy back pages of this week's NME:
Little Man Tate @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 23/09/2008
Friendly Fires and Tinchy Strider @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/09/2008
Friendly Fires and Jape @ Audio, Brighton - 06/10/2008
One Night Only @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 07/10/2008
The Aliens @ Digital, Brighton - 16/10/2008
Neon Neon @ Digital, Brighton - 30/10/2008
The View @ The Old Market, Brighton - 31/10/2008
The View @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 04/11/2008
Youthmovies @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 07/11/2008
Kora @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 11/11/2008
Dizzee Rascal @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 18/11/2008
Dark Captain Light Captain @ Ocean Rooms, Brighton - 29/11/2008
The above gigs will be thrust majestically onto the SoMC Events Calendar as and when I get the time (but, given my oft mentioned ability to be easily distracted by shiny pieces of foil and brightly coloured paper, I wouldn't put money on it). When updated the Events Calendar becomes a fine and dandy resource for the average gig monkey, full of gigs like these...
The Bizets @ Hamptons, Southampton - 04/09/2008
Meshuggah @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 04/09/2008
The Six Barrels, The Vision, Kelly Mordecai and Yasmin Gale @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 04/09/2008
Exit Calm and Escape To Sea @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 04/09/2008
SixNationState, Fresh Legs and The Rebs @ The Joiners, Southampton - 04/09/2008
Gemma Hayes @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 04/09/2008
Alistair Goodwin @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 04/09/2008
Nocturnal @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 05/09/2008
The Bog Rolling Stones and The Autumn Stone @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 05/09/2008
RU40 (tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 05/09/2008
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 05/09/2008
Fulibulbus @ Salisbury Arts Centre - 05/09/2008
Black Bart and The Lowis Lanes @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 05/09/2008
Hold Fire, Gloria Cycles and The Auteur @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 05/09/2008
Malefice, Shy Of The Depths and Terrathorn @ The Joiners, Southampton - 05/09/2008
Oasish (trbiute) and Stereotonics (tribute) @ Komedia, Brighton - 05/09/2008
Django, Eat The Document and The Radics @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 05/09/2008
The Rebs, Idiot3 and James Kane @ The Railway, Brighton - 05/09/2008
Davy Jones' Locker @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 05/09/2008
Phil Beer & Reg Meuross @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 06/09/2008
Camille O'Sullivan @ The Dome, Brighton - 06/09/2008
The Bon Jovi Experience (tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 06/09/2008
Rosie & The Goldbug, Hold Fast and SheGotSick @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 06/09/2008
The Legendary Derek @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 06/09/2008
The Elijah, Lifeless and Countyourlies @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 06/09/2008
The Warm, Recreation and Four Dead From Ohio @ The Joiners, Southampton - 06/09/2008
Red Indie with Dr Watson (DJ) and Skidmark (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 06/09/2008
Soma High @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 06/09/2008
John Otway @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 07/09/2008
The Dawn Chorus, Alex Cornish and The Metropolise @ The Joiners, Southampton - 07/09/2008
Frightened Rabbit and We Are Promised Jetpacks @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 07/09/2008
Shapes, Targets, Venice Ahoy and OK Pilot @ Hamptons, Southampton - 07/09/2008
Jackie Leven @ Komedia, Brighton - 07/09/2008
Gentle Bren (DJ) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 07/09/2008
John Crampton @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 07/09/2008
Dave Wheat @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 07/09/2008
Stu & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 07/09/2008
Mimi Soya, Clarkson and Out Of Sight @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 08/09/2008
Forever Wednesday and Who's Keeping Score? @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/09/2008
Backyard Babies @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 09/09/2008
The Abyssinians and Dillinger @ The Brook, Southampton - 09/09/2008
Angela Brown & The Mighty 45's @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 09/09/2008
James & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 09/09/2008
Dave Wheat, Rees Cheese and Nick Tann @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 09/09/2008
Dave Phillips, Gastric Female Reflex and Jez North @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 09/09/2008
The Blow Monkeys @ Komedia, Brighton - 09/09/2008
Blue Of A Kind @ Havant Arts Centre - 09/09/2008
Howard Jones @ The Studio at The Petersfield School - 09/09/2008
Super Tonic @ The Joiners, Southampton - 09/09/2008
Medicine & Duty, Trumpy No and Easy Hips @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 09/09/2008
Louche Manouche @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 09/09/2008
Das Wanderlust, Booshtastic Bluetronica and Alex Stamp @ The Railway, Brighton - 09/09/2008
Eliza Carthy @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 10/09/2008
The Exits, The Johnny Soul Trip and Southern Bell @ The Fat Fox, Portsmouth - 10/09/2008
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin and Educated Animals @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 10/09/2008
Backyard Babies @ The Brook, Southampton - 10/09/2008
Kirsty McGee & Mat Martin @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 10/09/2008
Sun Kil Moon @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 10/09/2008
Das Wanderlust and Church Of Dave @ The Joiners, Southampton - 10/09/2008
The Abyssinians and Dillinger @ Komedia, Brighton - 10/09/2008
Peter Conway, Rossco and James Tippins @ Drift, Southsea - 10/09/2008
Mimas and Prego @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 10/09/2008
Arachnotaur and Tesseract @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 10/09/2008
The Peth & Hijera @ The Soul Cellar, Southampton - 28/09/2008
Wishbone Ash @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 09/10/2008
Zebrahead @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 23/10/2008
Adrian Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds @ The Brook, Southampton - 05/12/2008
Jason Donovan @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 18/12/2008
Kenny Rogers @ BIC, Bournemouth - 04/04/2009
Will Chump and Philip Harvey of the Southsea Mafia DJs take charge of the wheels of steel at Waster tomorrow night, Thursday 4th September. The doors of Portsmouth's Envy nightclub swing open at 2200, with entrance £3.20 before 2300, rising to £4.20 after. For more information, including how to get on the guest-list, see the Facebook event page.
The Opera House in Bournemouth hosts another night of Northern Soul this Saturday, 6th September. DJs Dave Rimmer and Tony Edgley will be joined by Johnny Herbert, Chris Thorley and Moldie. Tickets are £10 in advance, doors open 2000 and the event runs through till 0400.
The second semi-final of The Wedgewood Rooms' Showcase 08 competition takes place tomorrow, Thursday 4th September, and features Almeida, The White Coats, Rivers of Sound and Sheilatakeabow. With a slot in the final on offer all bands will be doing their best to impress the audience and the panel of judges. Doors open at 2000, admission is £4.
HMS Pin Up will be dropping anchor at The RMA Tavern in Portsmouth on Sunday 7th September for another evening of Burlesque entertainment. Slinky Sparkles, Betsy Butterscotch, Dolly Divine and The Candy Girls will be performing on-stage, with Chaos DJ Spikey Mark providing the proceedings with a rock'n'roll soundtrack. Tickets are £5 in advance from the venue, £6 on the door, and the fun starts at 2000.
Funkt-If-Ino pitches up at The Wedgewood Rooms this Saturday, 4th September, for an 'End of Summer Jam', serving up hot funk and soul with a large portion of disco and hip-hop on the side. Doors open at 2200, admission is £5.
Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club this features performances by acoustic duo Mojito and singer-songwriter Ade Cull. The doors of The Barn at The Milton Arms will open at 1900 tomorrow, Thursday 4th September, with the first act on-stage at 2000. Admission is, as usual, FREE!
And finally, to all those heading over to the Island for this year's Bestival, have a darn good time (and yes, I really will get around to sorting a ticket next year, honest guv).
Turn off the gas, I'm cooked; today I have mostly been listening to the retro stylings of Neon Neon, Portico Quartet's Mercury Award nominated debut and Gotye's 2006 (but only just released in Blighty) sophomore release. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be pretending I'm a character in a Spaghetti Western.
:o)
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