Saturday, November 29, 2008
Dufus - Dec. 4th 2008 8PM Knitting Factory New York 74 Leonard Street New York, NY 10013
This Thursday, Dec. 4th 8PM
Knitting Factory - New York
74 Leonard Street
New York, NY 10013
Tel: (212) 219-3132
Dufus
The Bloodsugars
The Telephones
Rebecca Hart and the Sexy Children
http://www.dufus.tv
http://www.myspace.com/dufus
Friday, November 28, 2008
Correction: Saturday November 29th 2008 is Buy Nothing Day in UK
http://www.buynothingday.co.uk
Saturday November 29th 2008 is Buy Nothing Day, It's a day where you challenge yourself to switch off from shopping and tune into life.
simple, for 24 hours you will detox from consumerism and live without shopping. Anyone can take part provided they spend a day without spending!
Buy Nothing Day is the biggest 24-hour moratorium against consumerism. People around the world will make a pact to take a break from shopping as a personal experiment or public statement and the best thing is - IT'S FREE!!!
Your event can be anything from staying at home with a good book to organising a free concert. If this is your first time its best to set your sights on something easy. Ask friends to help - groups spring up just for Buy Nothing Day, so keep checking the BND Blog.
Planning
Planning your event is key to its success. Hold a few meetings with friends before the day. Ask friends to take on responsibilities i.e. making posters leaflets and banners - costumes (if needed) and get someone to deal with the publicity and press etc. Let the press and local radio know what you are doing - customise the BND PRESS RELEASE to suite your event.
Important
Make sure your event can take place at your chosen location and isn’t on private property - its pointless working hard at organising and publicising an event only to find you’re asked to leave after 10 minutes.
On the day - check everyone has your contact details. Pack some coloured marker pens - biros - paper - blunt ended scissors - sticky tape - double sided tape. Balloons for handing out (write Buy Nothing day on them). Make sure you have plenty of leaflets. Take a notepad to get contact details of fellow BNDers. Take lots of pictures with a digital camera or mobile and send them to us. Check the weather and dress for it. Remember to pack something to eat and drink.
The public generally love the idea of Buy Nothing Day and many of the events tried over previous years have been well received. Your event should be fun and engaging. Humour works in a big way - the sillier the better. Why not organise a ZOMBI£ MOB! In our absurd consumer society we are becoming zoned out zombies, shuffling from shop to shop chanting BUY, BUY - BRANDS, BRANDS!
Some will argue that this method of campaigning won’t capture the public’s attention and we’re laughing in the face of the more important issues. However, we’re culture jamming - if people laugh at the ingenuity and genius of Buy Nothing Day then we’ve got their attention - we’re opening the door to the important issues.
… And don’t forget!
Your event shouldn’t hinder people going about their daily business - blockading doors or silly stunts don’t work - many people don’t have a choice about participating in a consumer society. Ultimately, shoppers won’t listen if you treat them like the enemy.
Below are some ideas, which have worked in the past…
Buy Nothing Day Santa Parade Organisation Guide
You need:
Santa Suits, beards etc (ours were £4 each)
Placards (waterproofed, just in case!)
Leaflets explaining what it’s all about (we distributed 500 to enthusiastic shoppers in about 25 minutes!)
Some friends (or not, even a lone santa with a placard attracts attention)
Some ideas of things to do on the day:
Stand in a bus queue - seven Santa’s waiting for the bus certainly attracts attention. Surround friendly shoppers in a circle of Santa’s - works well with young children! Have a Santa Conga - walking in a line is much more eye catching than a huddle. Dance, smile, be happy, go “ho ho ho”!
Advice: Try get some press - you’ll look excellent. Local TV and papers may be interested. Local radio also has a lot of time to fill. Go for a real culture jamming approach - make people think by being wierd and interesting. Keep fluffy, and make people want to join in.
Be nice to shoppers, after all, you shop too.
Don’t bother with private land - it would be great to wander through a shopping centre, but being turfed out by security could be bad for Santa’s fun image - and that means shoppers don’t want to listen to the BND message.
Report from a previous parade: A Santa Parade, exorting people to “Buy More, Be Happy” and “Work! Spend! Don’t think!” took to the streets today in Birmingham to celebrate “Buy Nothing Day”.
Visiting the new “Bullring” shopping centre, and the packed pedestrianised shopping streets of Brum, the parade got an excellent response from the public. “Buy Nothing Day, that’s a good idea” and “Well done Santa!” were just two of the positive comments we received from passers by.
Seven Santa’s held placards, including “Money CAN buy you love” and “If it’s Branded, then it must be good”. Parodies of commercial slogans included: “Just Buy it” and “What do you want to buy today?”
Sports engaged in included: Santa’s queueing for the bus; surrounding shoppers in a circle of Santa’s; a Santa Conga; dancing to a busking steel band; standing under the “Happy Christmas Birmingham” lights. We also posed for photos with lots of tourists!
The one downside? People were so interested that our 1000+ leaflets ran out very quickly! (and we only gave them out to those who were interested, unlike the club-flyer people) Certainly one to repeat.
Shopping free zone
Mark out a public area and fill it with people playing games, listening to music and chilling out on sofas or chairs (inflatable furniture is good). Hand out balloons with Buy Nothing Day written on them to the bemused onlookers.
Consumer monster
Join the Consumer Monster Challenge - take to the streets with a video camera and your own www.consumermonster.com activist puppet to spread consumer awareness. Learn how to make your own puppet on the site - Get sewing!
The ZOMBI£ $HOPP£R$ are coming!
Organise a group to dress up as zoned out zombies, shuffling from shop to shop chanting BUY, BUY - BRANDS, BRANDS! Stalk the high street.
Swap shop
Fairly simple idea. Set up a table and ask people to do swaps. Just for fun - leave a set of bugus Porsche keys and see if anyone notices?
Temper Tantrum
Re-live those childhood tantrum moments - except this time you’re all grown up and should know better. Sit on the floor in any shop with a friend and chuck a mental. Shout things like ‘I don’t want anything anymore!’ or ‘You’ve got more shopping than me - that’s not fair you pig!’, anything really - just be a BIG kid.
Banner drop
Slightly more adventurous - you’ll need a big sheet. Paint on a BND slogan like ‘The more you consume the less you live!’ and see if you can get it put up somewhere in your local shopping centre.
Conga time!
Top off BND with a classic conga. Chant, sing songs and get everyone to join in. It’s a great way to end Buy Nothing Day!
DO NOT FLY POSTER!
Putting an official or un-official BND Poster or Leaflet over a paid for advertisement / billboard is illegal and will get you into trouble.
HAVE FUN and HAPPY BUY NOTHING DAY…
The Johnsons - SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER - 100% ALL DAYER - FACE BAR
SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER - 100% ALL DAYER - FACE BAR
Chatham Street, Reading - on stage 10pm FLYER ATTACHED
GIGS
GIGS
WEDNESDAY 17 DECEMBER - BAR FOUR, SHOUR ABOUT MUSIC, Friar Street, Reading - FREE ENTRY & recorded by the BBC
RECORDINGS AND STUFF:
'THE JOY OF SIXXX' - CD COMPILATION AVAILABLE VERY SOON, FEATURING THE JOHNSONS TRACK 'BUKKAKE QUEEN'.
'A BUMP IN THE NIGHT' AVAILABLE AT THE LIGHT LOUNGE, LONDON STREET, BASINGSTOKE - ALSO AVAILABLE AT GIGS OR MAIL ORDER YOUR COPY VIA OUR WEBSITE AND MYSPACE (www.thejohnsons.me.uk;www.myspace.com/thejohnsonsno1) - pay with debit or credit card (or paypal account) IT'S EASY!
'PPR 1st anniversary CD' - loads of great tracks by loads of great bands including The Johnsons. Visithttp://www.myspace.com/pushingpussyrecords for more info - only £3! (there's also a 7" double pack that features The Johnsons)
MANAGER WANTED
We're looking for a manager to do the biz and to work with us to push things forward in 2009. Could it be you? Current plans include an album release and tour in summer 2009.
GIGSTERS WANTED
We're looking for one or two luverly people to help out with Merchandise sales and the mailing list at gigs - especially in London, but also Basingstoke, Reading etc. Free entry guaranteed and other free 'stuff' (don't know what that is yet!). Again, hit the reply button and just let us know what time you can spare.
and last but not least........
MONEY WANTED
Could it be yours? We're sure it could! We're also looking for a backer (or backers) to assist with the album costs. A safe investment opportunity (well, safer than an Icelandic bank). Email to find out more.
(Please feel free to pass this on to any interested parties)
Cheers
The Johnsons
Friday November 28, 2008 is the 17th annual Buy Nothing Day
Friday November 28, 2008 is the 17th annual Buy Nothing Day! Make a stand against consumerism by joining in a Zombie Walk, an empty shopping trolley Conga Line, or any one of dozens of other international events tomorrow on the largest shopping day on the calendar.
http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd
For information about the Buy Local movement:
http://www.localharvest.org/buylocal.jsp
http://buylocalday.org/
http://www.sconnect.org/thinklocal/why/
ANOTHER NICE MESS - DFM Radio, 25th November 2008
ANOTHER NICE MESS
DFM Radio, 25th November 2008
Hostess: Marcelle van Hoof
Hostess: Marcelle van Hoof
LISTEN LIVE online: www.dfm.nu every Tuesday between 19-22 hours CET (Dutch time) / 18-21 hours BST (UK time)
LISTEN (AGAIN) AT ANY OTHER TIME via www.anothernicemess.com
For INFO/REQUESTS mail Marcelle at: info@anothernicemess.com
LISTEN (AGAIN) AT ANY OTHER TIME via www.anothernicemess.com
For INFO/REQUESTS mail Marcelle at: info@anothernicemess.com
MYSPACE: www.myspace.com/djanothernicemess
DANDELION RADIO MONTHLY SHOW: www.dandelionradio.com/marcelle
BOOKINGS:
NOW AVAILABLE: ‘DJ Marcelle/Another Nice Mess Meets Her Soulmates At Faust Studio Deejay Laboratory’ mix album
Double vinyl only! (no cd and/or download)
34 tracks, nearly 80 minutes
On Klangbad label from Germany
20 Euros plus postage
Order your copy now: mar.celle@planet.nl
Special: Jerry Abstract: Shitkatapult Mega Mix (Excerpt)
1. Signature tune: Jon E Cash/untitled
2. Psapp/Overlord
7’’ ep: The Monster Song (www.dominorecordco.com)
3. Jelly Babies/Soylent Green
cd: Messthetics Greatest Hiss. Classics Of U.K. Cassette Culture D.I.Y. 1979-1982 (Volume 1) (www.hyped2death.com)
4. Sly & The Revolutionaries/Reminah Dub
split lp with Lee Perry & The Upsetters: Reminah Dub (0riginal Music)
5. L-ow/Transfer Error
12’’ ep: refelector (www.zaudio.co.uk)
6. Two Gospel Keys/I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore
lp: I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore 1927 – 1948 (Mississippi)
7. Buzzcocks/I Believe
lp: A Different Kind Of Tension (from 1979, United Artists)
8. Leila/Little Acorns
2xlp: Blood Looms & Blooms (www.warprecords.com)
9. Zomby/Spliff Dub (Sukh Knight Remix)
12’’ (white label)
10. Sleeparchive/Baryon
12’’ ep: Hadron (www.sleeparchive.de)
11. Food For Animals/Shhhy
cd: Belly (www.cockrockdisco.com)
12. Zea/Stuck On You
lp: Hark Too! A Tribute To The Hark Album By Wim T. Schippers (www.wormweb.com) (www.tocado-com)
13. Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker/Dream Of The Nightmare
14. The Velvet Underground/I’m Sticking With You (Alternate Version)
lp: Head Held High. The Atlantic Sessions (Status Rock)
15. The Lovely Eggs/I Want To Be In Your Fire
7’’ ep: Have You Ever Heard The Lovely Eggs? (www.cherryademusic.co.uk)
16. Pinch/136 Trek
12’’ (Punch Drunk)
17. Special: Jerry Abstract: Shitkatapult Mega Mix (Excerpt)
exclusive (www.shitkatapult.com)
18. High Places/Gold Coin
lp: High Places (www.thrilljockey.com)
19. God’s Gift/Discipline
20. Marsimoto/Hunger
cd: Spex cd #81 (www.spex.de/cd.html)
21. Al Duval/Where The Comet Falls
cd: Recluses Unite… (www.dualplover.com)
22. RSD/Over It
12’’ (Tectonic)
23. Andy Moor & Anne James Chaton/Frequencies
24. African Head Charge/What A Wonderful Day
lp: Pay It All Back Volume 2 (from 1988, On-U Sound)
25. Bearsuit/Itsuko Got Married
cd: Be True To Your School (www.fortunapop.com)
26. Kalbata feat. Clapper Priest/Saxon Londinium
12’’ ep: Solution (www.souljazzrecords.co.uk)
27. Love.Stop.Repeat/Sunday Strolls & Miracles (OnTheFly Remix)
28. Jorg/track 9
cd/download: Lomek07 (www.lomechanik.com)
29. Soccer Committee & Machinefabriek/Thole 1
lp: Drawn (www.morctapes.com)
30. Soccer Committee & Machinefabriek/Klauwier
lp: Drawn (www.morctapes.com)
31. Can/Father Cannot Yell (Pete Shelley/Black Radio Mix)
3xlp: Sacrilege (from 1997, Mute)
32. Herman Dune/Next Year In Zion
33. TRG/Decisions
12’’ (www.tempa.co.uk)
34. Toxic Lipstick/Mr McGrottom
cd: (www.dualplover.com)
Marcelle deejays:
28th November: Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg
18th December: Fluc, Vienna
19th December: Rhiz, Vienna
29th December: Stubnitz, Amsterdam
16th January: Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg
24th January: Tsunami Club, Cologne
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Jimmy Possession Show, 24/11/08
Jimmy Possession Show, 24/11/08
Autons, Sleepwalker (Jelly Maid Music)
Circus Devils, Fuzz in the Street (Static Caravan)
A Filial, Like a Baby's Kiss (Verge)
Panic Attract, Weather Systems (Wailing Woo)
Gunshot, Mind of a Razor (Vinyl Solution)
The Fabulous Nobody, The Furies (Kitchen)
Artridge, Polygraph (Interlink)
Medicine and Duty, Horizontal Tracking (Foolproof Projects)
Ariel Aparicio, Jameson & Cocaine
Thyrd Eye, My Last Time (Levelsound)
Awesome Wells, Sunday Morning (Red Deer)
PSI, Clo (Crafu Byw)
listen to the show:
Ogg: http://www.209radio.co.uk/archive/archive.php?show=jimmy&type=ogg2
MP3: http://www.209radio.co.uk/archive/archive.php?show=jimmy&type=mp3
Pod: http://podcast.209radio.co.uk/?show=jimmy
more details:
http://jimmy.209radio.co.uk
r+eb, 133 Green End Road, Cambridge, CB4 1RW, UK Come to robots: www.robotsandelectronicbrains.co.uk
Eastfield, I.C.H., Edict of Intolerance, The Hijacks and Dik Guru - Friday 5 December 2008 - BIRMINGHAM Wagon and Horses
Just a reminder of all the fun and frolics that are occuring on Friday 5 December (flyer attached). Eastfield will be on about 10.30pm...there will be at least one of the other lovely bands on after us. can't say fairer than that! see ya there or thereabouts. cheers.
jessi,
Friday 5 December 2008 - BIRMINGHAM Wagon and Horses
Adderley Streey, Digbeth.
Eastfield, I.C.H., Edict of Intolerance, The Hijacks and Dik Guru.
8pm - 2am. £3.
ANARCHY ON THE AIRWAVES
This is taken from an email sent out by Under the Pavement, an alternative/ radical radio show broadcast every other Thursday from 11.00pm until 1.00am on ALL FM 96.9 (a community radio station serving south, central and east Manchester, England) and online at http://www.allfm.org
* Contact
If you want to drop us a line with details of your event, gig or band
E-mail: radio@underthepavement.org
You can send things in the post to us too!
Vegan chocolate is good but we take CDs and music too!
Under the Pavement Radio Show
ALL FM 96.9
19 Albert Road,
Levenshulme,
Manchester,
England,
M19 2EQ
E-mail: radio@underthepavement.org
You can send things in the post to us too!
Vegan chocolate is good but we take CDs and music too!
Under the Pavement Radio Show
ALL FM 96.9
19 Albert Road,
Levenshulme,
Manchester,
England,
M19 2EQ
Thursday, November 27, 2008
What happens when an anarchist musician and his partner swap their lives and lifestyles for that of a rich polo club owner and property developer?
The following link takes you to a site that has put our Anti-War/Pro-War/Anarchist/Monarchist Life-Swap Prog. up on it.
ITV have banned it but that hasn't stopped it going out on the web.... as one might expect in an age where the means of production are gradually entering the public domain.
Click on the link once seeing as double clicking seems to call up a screen that has audio but not visual. Broadband may well be necessary since it is a site with live streaming. Please read the background below before clicking on it as we think it provides an important explanation of how we feel about it. http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=686989691&channel=219646953
When we were asked to participate in a Life-Swap commissioned by Granada TV & intended for release on prime-time ITV we told the researchers to look for someone else. We were then told that we were lucky to have been picked & that there are waiting lists involving thousands of people who wanted to appear on reality TV.
We still rejected the idea unless they could assure us of certain conditions. These were that we wanted to be swapped with the richest, most corrupt family that they could find. We said that it would merely feed the bigotries of the bourgeoisie if, once again, two sets of working class families were set at each other's throats. We told them that we firmly believe that the whole reality TV fad is merely an attempt to make the middle classes feel comfortable about their bankrupt lives by exaggerating the flaws of working class people.
Strangely the researchers said that they would give it a shot. We said that they had better consider it seriously because if we found that they had paired us up with another low paid or unemployed family we would walk. Since we weren't to know who we were being swapped with until the actual moment itself it didn't seem in Granada's interest to squander its resources on a project that we were obviously going to walk out on at the critical moment. Amazingly we were subjected to the very experience we had asked for.
Contrary to the misleading narration in the final edit our opposites are not "self-made" but were born into extreme prosperity & land-ownership. They also have ties with the Royal Family as bastions of the Polo & Fox Hunting set. Our next issue was the possibility of being made to look either immoral or ridiculous.... an easy thing for the media to contrive with careful editing. We sought council among many of our peers & finally agreed that if our conversation was disciplined & focused around two main issues we would at least draw the public's attention to important themes rather than their viewing-time being taken up with petty domestic arguments.
These themes were obviously the environment & the Iraq War. It quickly transpired that the director seemed more sympathetic towards our view-point than that of the establishment. This, however did not stop him from playing down our attributes & exaggerating the attributes of our "adversaries". He was quite candid in admitting this. His excuse was that he had bugger all chance of getting the final edit on TV if it looked weighted in our favour. Since it appears to have been "D-Noticed" he has since decided to furnish us with a copy as a "booby-prize".
We have mixed feelings about his final edit. On the one hand it does draw attention to the Iraq War in a way not yet seen on British television. Here we had the two most extreme views on British imperialism going head to head. On the other hand the environment was barely touched on & certain untruths were perpetuated in order for our friends to be made to appear slacker than they are & our family, itself to be made to appear more duplicitous than they are. Our friends punctuality is brought into question {when, in fact it was the punctuality of Granada's production crew which was at fault} & we were asked to breach an agreement by the director in order to make sure our friends were not in any danger which was secretly filmed & then dressed up as a decision we had made ourselves.
All will become clear when you watch the final edit. We did consider lifting the original & quite biased narration & inserting our own biased narration but, what the hell, this is as much of a comment on the media as it is on the differences between radicals & the establishment.
One thing that strikes us as an important lesson in all of this is the fact that the director had to cull ninety hours of footage into a 46 minute, sensationalist blast worthy of little more than tabloid attention. Although this is better than nothing we have found this medium for analysing our two families as deeply deficient. We have thus written a book entitled "The Life-Swap They Wouldn't Show" which we believe addresses this important experience more thoroughly. It seems that mainstream publishers are unwilling to even put that out so it is available on our web-site www.highpanch.org.uk Granada TV did attempt to furnish us with extra footage from the 89 hours 14 minutes that are not available.
We have been told, however, that this is now the property of ITV PLC & they will not allow it to be seen. It all reminds me of what happens at the very end of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" where the Ark of the Covenant is boxed up & filed away from public view. To this day we have no idea whether all of this is a product of a "Conspiracy" or a "Cock-up" since even this 46 minute edit really should be shown on mainstream TV at this point in history.
Love Craig & Kiran xxx
Home Grown Podcast 122 - Independent Music Poetry and Prose
Podcast 122
"Change"
Music:
Jaune Tounjors - Ici bxl
Autumn - Trains I Missed
Alice Smith - New Religion
Chris Dorman - To Begin Again (mp3)
Tommy Strazza & The Model Citizens - Detour
The Lost Patrol - Sirens
Canvas Within - Change
Mark Erelli - Hope Dies Last
Poetry:
David J Hudson - We Must Change
Koryargonic - Change The World
Thom Woodruff and Roger West - Just A Change
Lalli - Change
Nathan M Richardson - We
Music:
Jaune Tounjors - Ici bxl
Autumn - Trains I Missed
Alice Smith - New Religion
Chris Dorman - To Begin Again (mp3)
Tommy Strazza & The Model Citizens - Detour
The Lost Patrol - Sirens
Canvas Within - Change
Mark Erelli - Hope Dies Last
Poetry:
David J Hudson - We Must Change
Koryargonic - Change The World
Thom Woodruff and Roger West - Just A Change
Lalli - Change
Nathan M Richardson - We
design a new T-shirt for the chests of all independent music and art lovers
You all know Bearded's relaunching across 1,000 stores nationwide in January yeah? Well we're asking for budding illustrators to get involved... if you, or anyone you know, fancies a crack (and you know how beautiful our illustrations are), read on...
To celebrate the relaunch of 100% recycled independent music magazine Bearded in January, the folks behind the magazine are asking all budding, established and non-illustrators to design a new T-shirt for the chests of all independent music and art lovers out there.
To apply, simply send over an emailable res design (making sure to keep a high-res copy in case of winning) and fill in the T-shirt template to show how the design will sit on the shirt. Send all entries to competitionATbeardedmagazine.co.uk and our questionably qualified team of judges will assess them.
All designs should mention either Bearded, Bearded Magazine, Fleeing from Pigeons or Beardaid.
PRIZE: Well, apart from having your designs put on a very lovely T-shirt, you will have your design printed in the January/February issue of Bearded – available to over 1,000 stores nationwide, including WHSmiths, Borders, independent record stores and newsagents. It’ll be out 29 January – so tell your friends. We will also throw in a T-shirt and subscription to Bearded, lovely.
Deadline for entries is 15 December 2008.
Gareth Main
Editor
Bearded Magazine
RELAUNCHING 29 January 2009
Get Bearded from WHSmith, Borders, independent record stores and newsagents across the UK
T: +44 (0) 7738 226 580
A: 355a Hackney Road, London, E2 8PR
SUPPORT BEARDAID - www.beardaid.co.uk
Copyright Term Directive - what is a fair copyright term for musicians?
I thought you would like to see the video message to the Prime Minister recorded by some of your performer colleagues. You can view it here http://www.ppluk.com/fairplay and, if you feel inspired, you can even record your own video message and send it in. The video message was delivered this morning to the Prime Minister, urging him to support musicians and our industry by backing the Copyright Term Directive.
His Minister, John Denham, is still refusing to support us and he has been attempting to block this Directive in discussions in the European Council of Ministers. A number of musicians have now written to their local MPs and we are noticing that this is increasing the pressure on the Government to review their position. I would like to repeat my thanks to you for taking the trouble to take this up with your MP. If you have not yet done this, there is still time. You can find your MPs at www.locata.co.uk/commons. Please send them the link to the video.
The arguments remain the same. It is only fair that performers should have the same copyright term as other artists, such as composers, lyricists, photographers, authors and graphic artists. They get life plus 70. We are limited to 50 years from the release of the recording.
The USA has increased copyright term for performers and producers to 95 years. The European Commission has drafted the Copyright Term Directive to take our copyright term up to 95 years. The French and German governments are supporting this. In the UK, the opposition parties, the Culture Select Committee and numerous backbench MPs support this proposal. But our own Government continues to refuse to back this Directive.
The UK Government needs to hear that we are not giving up on this. Musicians deserve a fair copyright term.
FRAN NEVRKLA
Chairman & CEO, PPL and VPL
PPL
1 Upper James Street, London W1F 9DE
T +44 (0)20 7534 1000 / F +44 (0)20 7534 1111
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bands & artists wanted to perform at 'The Public'
We are searching for a local bands & artists to perform at 'The Public' address:
The Public
New Street
West Bromwich
B70 7PG
The night we run this venue is on thursdays which is called 'Captured'. The payment for playing would be promoting the band before the night, video recording and editing for free for them to take.
www.myspace.com/mks_captured
Major key studios
TOBY WAINWRIGHT JOHNS is looking for any gig dates available for 2008 2009
From the mountains and hillsides of South Wales and Herefordshire. http://www.myspace.com/tobywainwrightjohns
Soon Playing Live, promoting his e.p "PRESSED FLOWERS", within the smoke of a city near you!!!
TOBY WAINWRIGHT JOHNS is looking for any dates available and all will be considered. email johnstoby @ yahoo.co.uk
If you desire something unique and ageless, then the music of TOBY WAINWRIGHT JOHNS with his true troubadour spirit will wash your desires out into the open ocean... Never to return!
Toby Wainwright Johns is a unique musician who encompasses a vast array of musical styles and genres into his songs. He has worked as a solo artist for around seven years and has released three records:
The Creatures With Beautiful Eyes (2005 self release)
Haloes and Sundogs (2006 Avocado Music Productions)
Pressed Flowers (2008 Avocado Music Productions)
Toby has been working with indie label Avocado Music Productions for over three years and has developed a dedicated UK fan base. He has gigged extensively and appeared at numerous festivals, and on UK radio at various times.
His music is from the heart and therefore must be heard to be fully appreciated. For what it is… Outside of pigeon holes and free of restraint!
He has recently been recording at Toybox studios, Bristol. Following in the footsteps of artistes and producers such as PJ Harvey and John Parish, Mark Ronson, and The Kills, to name just a few! This recording will be released as a seven inch single on the Toms Records label in the near future.
TOBY WAINWRIGHT JOHNS:
DISCOGOGRAPHY
THE CREATURES WITH BEAUTIFUL EYES (2005)
Wild, raw and only available from Toby himself! Limited copies available! This album marked the beginning of Toby`s unique style as a solo singer/songwriter. It retains the edgy, punk rock ideals found in previous incarnations such as his band redshift. This record though, founded a new genre combining earthy melodies and ethereal shape shifting... A must have for anyone with a taste for the unusual.. Outsider music at its best!
HALOES & SUNDOGS (2006)
Toby`s first studio EP sees a more refined take on the musical side, but still manages to convey the stark beauty, and sometimes disturbing harshness which Toby is renowned for. This record sets the scene for that which is yet to come... Inspirational music that will take the listener on journeys never before imagined!
PRESSED FLOWERS (2008)
Finally Released! This is Toby Wainwright Johns` finest hour to date! A mini album brimming with all of the intensity and emotion expected from Toby. This record also incorporates new, challenging dynamics and explores territories that have been left unopened previously.. A true Pandora`s box that will delve into the furthest reaches of the psyche.. Light and dark, Tragedy and comedy and beyond! Melodies that weave in and out of the consciousness, embedding themselves deep within your soul! This is definitely not new age. This is age old and primitive. Strange yet familiar... The theatre, the circus, within your own mind.. Incomparable!
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