Thursday, December 01, 2005
I finally make it here to write about the gig and AK's already done it
Ah well.
Instead I'll talk about Pete and the Pirates* gig last night, which was great. First time I've seen them in full live mode with new member Tom and they just keep getting better and better.
They played two sets in the end because there was no support act. The first set was kind of controlled and sedate and sounded amazing. The second set they just totally unleashed themselves and Jonny destroyed the drumkit. Well he cracked one cymbal right through the middle anyway.
Matthew from Morning Runner was there too, I only ever seem to see him at Pirates gigs at the BBBs. Their album is out in March and it sounds like the video for the accompanying single will be pretty cool too. Better not say too much about that in case it doesn't come off. I don't know if I've mentioned this before but Matthew, most of the Pirates, some of The Race and James from My Luminaries were all in the same year at school together. It's weird how that happens. It sometimes seems that half the good local bands are from that crop at Maiden Erlegh and the other half are from Forest (Coopers, Rebus, half of My Luminaries, at least one of Libor Spacek). Is there something in the water?
Yes, I know, there are good bands featuring people not from those schools. Please don't be too sarcastic in the comments you cruel people.
Oh, Screwball Cabaret is making it's long awaited return at the beginning of January. We have got some very exciting acts booked including a never before seen set from some special guests. I expect I'll be talking more about that as we finalise the line-up. It's certainly going to be good enough to get people to break their new years resolutions. Let's get people out of the Gyms and back into venues before mid January!
I've also got a meeting about next year's Fringe Festival next week. It seems amazingly early to be already thinking about next August but we only started so late last year because that was when we had the idea. If anyone is interested please check the thread on berkshire live and maybe come along to the meeting. It is quite hard work sometimes but we also had a great laugh last year.
*I should mention that I am little Pete from the Pirates brother otherwise people at berkshire live will call me names.
Instead I'll talk about Pete and the Pirates* gig last night, which was great. First time I've seen them in full live mode with new member Tom and they just keep getting better and better.
They played two sets in the end because there was no support act. The first set was kind of controlled and sedate and sounded amazing. The second set they just totally unleashed themselves and Jonny destroyed the drumkit. Well he cracked one cymbal right through the middle anyway.
Matthew from Morning Runner was there too, I only ever seem to see him at Pirates gigs at the BBBs. Their album is out in March and it sounds like the video for the accompanying single will be pretty cool too. Better not say too much about that in case it doesn't come off. I don't know if I've mentioned this before but Matthew, most of the Pirates, some of The Race and James from My Luminaries were all in the same year at school together. It's weird how that happens. It sometimes seems that half the good local bands are from that crop at Maiden Erlegh and the other half are from Forest (Coopers, Rebus, half of My Luminaries, at least one of Libor Spacek). Is there something in the water?
Yes, I know, there are good bands featuring people not from those schools. Please don't be too sarcastic in the comments you cruel people.
Oh, Screwball Cabaret is making it's long awaited return at the beginning of January. We have got some very exciting acts booked including a never before seen set from some special guests. I expect I'll be talking more about that as we finalise the line-up. It's certainly going to be good enough to get people to break their new years resolutions. Let's get people out of the Gyms and back into venues before mid January!
I've also got a meeting about next year's Fringe Festival next week. It seems amazingly early to be already thinking about next August but we only started so late last year because that was when we had the idea. If anyone is interested please check the thread on berkshire live and maybe come along to the meeting. It is quite hard work sometimes but we also had a great laugh last year.
*I should mention that I am little Pete from the Pirates brother otherwise people at berkshire live will call me names.
# posted by Mike @ 10:56 
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I can't believe you are talking about your brother's band, don’t you know that being related to one of the members automatically bars you from even looking at them? I can't think of any names to call you, but I'm going to post on Berkslive now and get other people to suggest some.
It's outrageous he spends more time promoting his brothers band than his own. Why when your in a band like Müf would you not put the same effort in to....
oh yes I see, forget all of that.
Andy.
oh yes I see, forget all of that.
Andy.
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: 7:10 PM
"Our band is great but.."
You sicken me, Heff. You drag up bile from the deepest, darkest recesses of my gastro-intestinal tract and force me to expel streams of putrid, stinking, semi-digested flotsam and jetsam out of my nostrils.
Unless you just left out the full-stop after "Our band is great"? In which case you'd just be grammatically poor, which is more forgiveable.
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You sicken me, Heff. You drag up bile from the deepest, darkest recesses of my gastro-intestinal tract and force me to expel streams of putrid, stinking, semi-digested flotsam and jetsam out of my nostrils.
Unless you just left out the full-stop after "Our band is great"? In which case you'd just be grammatically poor, which is more forgiveable.
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