Brighton

there's a fatboy slim one aswell int there? i think it's something to do with a local council initiative to commemorate hometown boys who've come good. that is, presuming derek jameson is a brightoner. if he's not.. then... i don't know w(hy)tf.

I visited several bookshops which I when I was last in Brighton, although I only bought one book. I thought the shops seemed pretty decent, though.

ILE Brighton Day Out Now!

(There ARE a few good second-hand bookshops in Brighton, though the best one burnt down last year. Savery Books, Brighton Books, TwoWay Books, one on Duke St I can't remember the name of - all treasure troves. None of them open on Sundays but so what? Oxfam Books and British Heart Foundation Books & Music are new and fantastic.)

this month i've got
2 john fante books (1.50 each)
bukowskis 1st book published in the uk (penguin modern poets 13 - 1.00)
2 murakami books (1.50 each)
a dan fante book with a fax from kevin sampson inside about the
blurb he's going to contribute to the back cover of the book and
the blurb on the back is faithfully reproduced! (1.00 i havent read
any kevin sampson, whats he like?)
a japanese graphic novel based on 2001 called 2001 nights (2.00)

there is more to brighton than the lanes, you know
(not that i get to much of it myself....)

and here's another reason why gareth (and other hataz) is WRONG: http://www.base58.com/misc/westpier.jpg

I'm going to Brighton tomorrow for a gig. Since it turns out we're not recording (and I had such a good time in Kent last weekend) I think I might stay for the weekend.

Since it's off season, I assume I might not need a reservation for a hotel? Also, erm... FAP anyone?

I will definitely FAP with you there! Or somewhere else.

See you Sat maybe!

Lion & Lobster is definitely cheap for rooms though.

Has anyone spoken with Nick B, Dave B or any other Brighton ilxors?

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=532668&Y=103694&A=Y&Z=1

How close is this to the B&B? I need to look it up. (Also, come and see Kevin Bletchdum if you fancy.)

Also, what time shall this FAP be occurin'? I've got a few things to do during the day, but If it starts early can I give you a ring to find out where you are?

Also - anyone up for visiting the Brighton Pavillion on Saturday morning?

How wonderful to see you again, Archel, Matt and Angle - and equally lovely to meet Chew, the lovely Missus Chew and Nick B!

Plus, well... MORRIS DANCE-OFF ON THE SEA-FRONT!!!

Plus... well... er... topless woman rubbing a big lump of offal all over her breasts...

Meanwhile, Prescott has finally spoken...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/4319026.stm

NY Times discovers a place called Brighton exists

But with cosmopolitan London just an hour away

This is London, England, and Brighton, England, right? An hour? Just park my rocket sled on the beach...

Victoria to Brighton is about an hour on the train, I have to get it every Monday for work.

That article is bollox.

Although I do like the coffee at red rooster.

I was there y'day and today with my brother and some family. BILL'S foodstore was possibly best fryup I've ever had. Also really good Indian the name of which escapes me, v diff type of Indian to the usual...I like Brighton.

Bill's does the best, most healthy looking scrambled eggs. And French toast only bettered in the US. And their fish finger sandwiches are like WOAH. I'm hungry now. For Bill's.

Where was the Indian?

I forget what the Indian was called btw, I will ask my brother, I was there a few weeks ago also.

Brighton residents can you recommend a restuarant btw? I am there tomorrow and going out for dinner with my parents.

haven't been for ages now, shame. what's this about a mini-festival up on Devil's Dyke? i miss that view.

I forget what the Indian was called btw, I will ask my brother, I was there a few weeks ago also.

Was it Indian Summer?

yes that was it. have you been? really great food imo, a pleasant change from living beside brick lane!

Have been to Indian Summer once but it was about five years ago or something. Good food though!

what's this about a mini-festival up on Devil's Dyke?

It's the Beachdown Festival, line-up is a bit meh...

Grace Jones
The Zutons
Laurent Garnier
Super Furry Animals
The Rakes
Saint Etienne
Grandmaster Flash
Prince Buster
The Fall
Ida Maria
Hospitality
Mulatu Astatke & the Heliocentrics
Jazzanova
Gilles Peterson
Good Times – Norman Jay
James Hunter
Acid House Brass Band
Secret Affair
Joey Negro & the Sunburst Band
The Blockheads
James Taylor Quartet
Dreadzone
Snowboy & the Latin Section
The Apples
Jazz CoTech Dancers
Lack of Afro
Tru Thoughts – Natural Self, Rob Luis, Kinny
The New Mastersounds
Nostalgia 77 Octet
Laura Izibor
Belleruche
The Impellers
Funkshone
Alice McLaughlin
The Fantastics!

That line-up really peters out after the first name.

I thought it was a new restaurant...tho maybe I'm wrong. That was what my brother said I think.

It's been going for a few years, but it's moved around a bit. Started off in Hove, but they've closed that branch now.

if you can forgo meat the nicest meal i've had in brighton was at the vegetarian restaurant, terre a terre.

riddle and finns also pretty great if you're into your seafood. not as wanky as the website would suggest: http://www.riddleandfinns.co.uk/

I think aldo zilli has also opened a restaurant in the centre of town but i've not yet been so couldn't vouch for it.

Ditto on Terre a Terre.

Still haven't been to Riddle and Finns, but it gets good press. Terre a Terre has it’s ups and downs, last time I went was very good though.

Really enjoyed my last visit to the Gingerman on Norfolk Square. You're looking at £40 per head incluing drinks and tip at least though. Modern European done simply and well.

On the other end of the scale, you can get an absolutely amazing veggie curry from Planet India on Richmond Parade for around a tenner a head – better than any “traditonal” meat-based ones I’ve had in Brighton in the ten years I’ve lived here.

Or: it’s up a steep hill, but the Sussex Yeoman near the station does by far the best gastro-pub food I’ve had in Brighton – the beer isn’t great though.

Oh, you could also try Bill's on North Road - it's a warehouse café type place. Or we had a quite nice selection of tapas in a prety authentic new place on Syndey Street called Solera D Tapa the other week.

Sorry if I'm bombarding you here, but you should get a decent feed in any one of these places.

Wonder where Ronan went in the end. Was at Terre a Terre myself last night, their rosti is just so damn good. Need to perfect the art of cooking that stuff myself I think.

brighton weirded me out, everyone is so nice, its like the polar opposite of derry. sarcasm didnt go down too well. I cant imagine how anyone gets any work done there

keymer korma vs ditchling dosas

The churos are amazing at Terre à Terre, and I’m not really a dessert person.

I actually ended up unscheduled at Planet India after post-work pints with the wife on Wednesday and massively over-ordered, but we tried our best to burst our bellys. Nom nom nom.

Also going out to Riddle & Finns tonight, so will give the verdict. This all makes me sound like I eat out all the time, which I don’t!

fulking falafels

Chewshabadoo, we should do shandy sometime. Also, you are married now - wtf and congratulations also!

I cant imagine how anyone gets any work done there

Yeah, they don't. Love the town to bits and one day I might move back, but it's not really accommodating to the productive of will. Still have a bunch of friends there but they're gradually diminishing in number and the few that remain are only just about able to make it work - One of whom has just taken on the Freebutt in fact (well, a quarter share in the lease, which only has about two years left on it). According to a medical professional friend studies have found Brighton to be one of the most medicated towns in the country. Doesn't surprise me at All.

Nannhaven.

A stiff shandy would be good. It would be good to take in a gig sometime – I can’t even remember the last one I went to in Brighton, I’m so out of touch with live music.

Just had our one-year anniversary actually, been together for seven years so it sounded like as good a time as any!

it's not really accommodating to the productive of will.

Can’t remember who said Brighton was the graveyard of ambition.

Huh, I wish I could contribute, but I haven't really been out to any restaurants round here yet. Very good pub food can be found at the Globe, though - have taken some proper foodies there before and everyone likes it, so it's not just my unrefined palate vouching for it.

Dirty Projectors, Polar Bear & Lucky Dragons are playing on Tuesday, should be pretty awesome. Can't think of many more shows coming up off the top of my head, though Trembling Bells are playing around the 10th or so.

For those Brightonians in need of gig-going might I recommend joining the OIB records facebook group. In the interest of full disclosure it *is* run by the above friend but they have put on most of the best gigs I've been to in the last couple of years. Why? was one of theirs last summer and Parts & Labor at the Albert in February was awesome.

Gay Against You is tonight, Danananananaykroyd on MOnday and Health around the 13th of April.

Sorry if this seems like a shameless plug.

Yes, actually OIB are great. Forgot about the former two gigs because I'm off back to Nottingham this weekend, and still haven't made up my mind whether I like Health or think they're a bit rubbish.

Yeah, a gig would be good. Had forgotten about Lucky Dragons etc, would probably be up for that. Did actually buy a ticket for Trembling Bells too, but then had to take it back cos I'm already going to Foals on the same night (hey, I'm looking forward to it anyway). Anyhow, watch out for Hamilton Yarns at the Trembling Bells show, cos they're really good! Sort of quirky suburban folk songs/domesticated sea shanties/living room performance art, kinda sound like Ivor Cutler or Robert Wyatt or someone. Probably sounds a bit shit to most sensible folks, but they pull it off really well and are pretty endearing to boot.

Also, had no idea that emil.y was in Brighton, or half the people on this thread for that matter-uh. Duh. Hiya emil.y!

(huge x-post cos I'm slow at typing and easily distracted)

Earth/James Blackshaw is also in the offing. Not something that's suited for a social thing though maybe.

And Bonnie Prince Billy w/ Susanna but that's like a gazillion pounds for a ticket.

Ooh, Hamilton Yarns do sound like they could be pretty good. Trembling Bells are pretty ace, too, though I always forget to big them up as I prefer Alex & Lavinia's other band, Directing Hand.

I'm not gonna be out and about that much in April, as I've got two horrible huge term papers to force out of my system, and as Brighton is crazy expensive I'm cutting out the big-ticket shows first of all. So no Blackshaw or Billy for me.

I've only been in Brighton six months so far, so am still getting used to it. Have begun to get a handle on who puts on gigs etc now, though. But anyway, I should be off, as I have to get a train away from this place in a couple of hours. Need to ready myself to leave.

Well hey, let's hook up sometime at something small. Is Vessels any good? Also, if we'd have had the conversation a week ago, then the Bug is tonight if anyone would have been up for that. Gotta stay home and build shelves though. Good luck with the papers.

Matt, did you see that the Field are playinmg at that Loop mini-fest thing?

I really enjoyed Loop last year, I think I prefer Urban festivals in my old age, so I'm planning on it again this time.

A small gig would be good, I've still got the job at The Argus, so you can try contacting me on that email.

emil.y: didn't realise you'd moved to Brighton. I'm Matt who used to go to the early Camber Sands weekenders with people like Dougal and Camilla, but then again I'm not sure how much you remember of them. (^_^)

Of course I remember them! Although I have known approximately a billion Matts so I'm not sure if I'm getting the right one for you. Do you have ginger hair?

Bingo!

Since the London show sold out early I'm gonna probably come down for the BPB gig if tickets are still available. St George's church is a charming concert venue having seen several great shows there in recent years.

Should also be down for at least one of the forthcoming OIB-ers in the next month and would be grand to say hello to any ILX-ers if you're around.

Gonna skip BPB, not really a massive fan, so don't really fancy blowing a wodge on that. Actually, the first time I ever saw Will Oldham, he played a free gig in the bar of the old Concorde, just him with a guitar playing AC/DC covers and stuff to a little huddle of people. I tell you, dude's sold out.

Peoples, just flag shit up on this thread and we will meet up one day. Matt, will mail you if I come up with a plan. Seriously thought you were suggesting a meet at the Bingo back there though.

Hey guys. Provided that the Freebutt folks don't get confused again, International Colouring Contest should be resuming a monthly night from this Thursday, and they have kindly said I can come along and play some records with them. Will be mostly playing my collection of wonderfully and willfully incorrect music, but I'll take along some psychedelia and radiophonic stuff too (mainly just to bulk up the vinyl element, as a lot of the oddities I've found through mp3-hopping rather than crate-digging).

Upstairs at the Penthouse, no entry fee, just lounging around drinking some beers and listening to some strange sounds. Anyone?

I'm looking at my calendar and Thursday looks kinda blank to me. Can tell you that it's a full moon though...

Gah, okay, apparently the Freebutt *have* got their nights entangled again, so ICC won't be happening this Thursday. But I am still invited to play, so I'll update thread when I know for sure they'll be doing it.

It seems to be going ahead on Tuesday, if anyone fancies it. I will definitely be going and taking records along, so if the Freebutt have got it wrong again then I will be all sad.

go see gayvsyou, they're very entertaining!

Gay Against You are playing that night? For some reason I thought they had played last month on a weekend that I was away. Don't know that much by them, but the couple of tracks that I do know, I like.

emil.y - sorry I never made it to Das Butt, me so lame.

Loop festival is looking alright-ish:
The Field
Matthew Herbert Big Band
Fever Ray
Telepathe
Zomby
bunch of other stuff too.
http://www.loopbrighton.com/

I'm going to go to Loop, the line-up wasn't incredible last year, but I had a really fun time (albeit, half of it wandering around outside the festival site in pubs - but it’s good to have a anchor). And we discovered Planningtorock who was awesome, so hopefully another surprise will sneak up on us this year. Might just go to the Sturday and Sunday days though.

http://www.loopbrighton.com/#/looplive/

^^^ the Saturday looks alright, Sunday is not so hot though. Remind me who the Invisible are again?

Nick, it's actually a good thing that you didn't come along, as the Butt messed up YET A-BLOODY-GAIN. According to one of the guys who runs the night, they've been in the process of changing management for a few months now, without actually properly doing so, so everything keeps getting changed around and communication is somewhat lacking. I *think* they are going to be given the regular night back, but we shall see if this month's one goes ahead without a hitch. We did still have a really good night in the end, but it consisted of geeking out about records in a pub round the corner instead of playing them at the Freebutt.

I think me and Mister Craig will be going to Loop, as I'd like to see Telepathe and Zomby and a few others.

If any of youse are around on Thursday it looks like I'm gonna be on the door at the Freebutt (in exchange for a Great Escape ticket) so come and say yo.

If you can overcome your understandable animosity towards the venue, that is. (Also, let me know if there's anything I can do to help you with the above ^^)

Just thought I’d shamelessly plug a new underground techno and house night I’m going to be starting with a friend of mine sharing DJ duties. I’m afraid I can’t offer free entry as we’ll be lucky to cover costs, but it’s only going to be £2 anyway, and it’s open until 4.

Be good to see some of you down there - hopefully if we do OK it will become a monthly thing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/Chewshabadoo/GLOCKNSPIEL.jpg

Thought I’d mention we’ll be playing downstairs, but they also have a more chilled upstairs bar, and an outdoor smoking terrace - which should come into it’s own if the weather is good.

N1ck, I don't really have any animosity towards Das Butt, it's just been a bit frustrating as I was really excited about having an outlet for that sort of tuneage. Which reminds me, I need to get in contact with that lot again, as I have no idea if/when they're supposed to be playing again.

I really love the design on that glock'n'spiel poster. Will try to make it down to that, but maybe bump this thread again a bit closer to the time?

Hey nice picture, good luck with the club night Matt! Is that your artwork?

Thanks! I'm available for commissions if anyone ever needs a poster doing.

I'll probably bump with a downloadable mix of the kind of stuff we'll be playing nearer the time too.

The picture was very shamefully pinched from GIS though - I am planning on doing something extra to it before I get them printed proper.

Due to lazyiness on our part we didn't pay the deposit on this date before someone else nabbed it - so we've had a venue change to the White Rabbit pub on Kensington Gardens. It's now going to be from 8 until 1, but it will be free! Hurrah! Hope to see some of you down there on June 27!

I think I'm going to the Loop Festival this year. (I just have to check it doesn't conflict with my residency.)

Sorry to bump again, but I’ll be playing tunes this Saturday at the White Rabbit from 8 until 1 - sharing duties with the other Glock’n’Speiler Rob over the evening.

omg I was in Brighton for the first time this week

is a lovely if slightly twee place

the pier feels like a genuine british holiday experience

What's the White Rabbit like on a Saturday? It seems prime location to be a bit rammed and touristy. Will probably nip down for a while at least - was worried I wouldn't recognise you as it's been so long, but 'the ginger dude behind the decks' is probably safe enough not to get you mixed up with anyone else.

LJ - what were you down for? Just fun'n'frolics by the sea?

woah how do you grow up in south east london but never go to brighton til you're like 20?

A friend at Sussex Uni was having a housewarming, but we got there in the afternoon and so went a-roving. Spot-the-guy-with-a-guitar is the finest of Brighton games. There's an overpriced but very tasty brunch place called Bill's which is basically like a bit of Camden-By-Sea, the whole Whole Foods mother-earth aesthetic truly in force, the shelves all stacked with healthy jars of produce. I say overpriced; their portions are, I must admit, generous.

Blueski, I have no idea. I'm definitely returning before another 22 years are up. Interestingly, I've been to Hastings before. Kent is usually the direction I travel in if we head for the wilds.

having said that i think i only went there once between birth and turning 22 myself

Also, how do they fit FOUR different roller-coasters and a Rameses Revenge-style whirler onto the very very end of their pier? Makes no sense.

OH SHIT, Gareth uses "Camden-By-The-Sea" in his opening post!!!!!! I thought of that description independently when sat in Bill's! Gareth, we are of one mind. If it's any consolation, my friend said "more Islington, really"

I was there y'day and today with my brother and some family. BILL'S foodstore was possibly best fryup I've ever had. Also really good Indian the name of which escapes me, v diff type of Indian to the usual...I like Brighton.

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Bill's does the best, most healthy looking scrambled eggs. And French toast only bettered in the US. And their fish finger sandwiches are like WOAH. I'm hungry now. For Bill's.

Where was the Indian?

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looks like everyone has the same Brighton experience lol

although mine involved MAD stone-skimming. Two indie girls came up to us and asked us to teach them how to do it. My demonstration stone, I shit you not, bounced about 15 times. It was a real validation of masculinity. Eventually, one of the girls bounced it once or twice and, satisfied, wandered off, after telling me to come see their friend's screamo band on Saturday

also the drugs thing is OTM, we were meant to play football the next day but my friend's friends, having gathered in their kit, simply sat around smoking weed until we had to go home

i.e. a city of flakes

I still haven't been to Bill's. This thread is making me want to go.

Also, lol at stone-skipping being a validation of masculinity. TWEE.

Bill's did the most wondrous orange, lime and papaya crush which seemed to go on forever. Am tempted to revive ILX thread "Are crushes awesome?" just for that tbh

It really felt like some kind of small victory lolz and besides we were in Brighton, ain't being cutesy and kooky the name of the game? Secretly, for me stone-skimming is a brutal and highly competitive affirmation of one's masculine commune with nature but I didn't let it on for fear of scaring everyone.

I heartily encourage all visitors to throw as many stones into the sea as possible. I know there's a sandy beach under that lot somewhere, just waiting to be uncovered.

(Good luck with your gig Matt!)

I had begun to write off Bills after they got partly takenover with the aim of becoming a chain, introducing a stealth 10/15% price increase by moving to full table service, and having a couple of full breakfasts there which didn't match their early heights of excellence (It's all I ever get as they can be so good). But we got a free meal voucher so went down about a month ago and it was probably the best I'd ever had there, so maybe they've pulled it back. The juices and smoothies are also pretty decent.

The best breakfast I've had in Brighton was at Sam's of Brighton next to the Hanbury, but that's almost twice as much as Bills again, and miles out of town. Excellent produce perfectly cooked though.

White Rabiit: Not sure what it will be like on Saturday, I think it depends on the day as it does get a fair bit of touristy trade, but I don't think it's likely to be mega busy - especially not after the point Rob starts banging out some wonky techno (^_^)

Cheers Nick! Are you coming to loop?

Naw, after all my bold talk, I'm pretty much broke as a joke.

That's a shame, let me know if you see any cheap/free gigs coming up which look interesting

Also, how do they fit FOUR different roller-coasters and a Rameses Revenge-style whirler onto the very very end of their pier? Makes no sense.

this is exactly the reason why me and my gf are coming to brighton for a couple of days next month.. She told that when we come to the UK in the summer she wants to see the sea and go on a rollercoster..

Its been about ten years since i last went to brighton, how is it for second hand vinyl shops these days.. any recommendations? (especially places with bargain bins)

Sorry for not turning up last night - a friend from university turned up in Brighton unexpectedly and dragged me to a party. Now my head is hurting. Got to somehow get myself together and head to the Hobgoblin for Human Hair/Finally Punk/bunch of other stuff.

Weird, I think I just saw Emil.y hanging around outside my window smoking a fag. Shoulda thrown some horns at you, except you wouldn't have had a clue who I was. Didn't know you were at Sussex, damn. How was Finally Punk?

No worries Emily, we had a great time, but the sound system wasn't the greatest so it wasn't the best place to listen, or dance, to the music we were playing. Tom's has a pretty decent system though, so all steam ahead for the next one on the 1st of August!

Okay, make sure you bump the thread!

Finally Punk was awesome - I hadn't actually heard them before I went, but they were just really cool slightly messy pop of the highest order. Even the bands on the bill who I'd not been that impressed by before put on a great show, and an awesome time was had by all. Hooray!

Also, you totally should have thrown horns - it would have cracked me up. Which building were you in? I was outside a few different windows smoking fags today, trying to make sure I'd got stuff sorted for my dissertation meeting.

I probably should have addressed the comments separately there, shouldn't I? Multiple use of 'you' is not very clear. I'll never make it in academia. Damn.

damn you saw Finally Punk. did they do the song with the squeaky penguin? that was lined up for the next idiotica comp.

I don't think they did. I was pretty drunk, but I think I would have remembered something like that. Need to get hold of the album, but as we got there at 6 I'd spent all my money by the end so couldn't get it on the day.

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/9393/genedevilsigns6ar.jpg

Emil.y, I'm in the computer-y place yo! Was toying with the idea of the Finally Punk thing, but ran out of juice. Glad you had a good time.

And Matt, glad your thing went well too.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/Chewshabadoo/glockflyer1-8-2009.png

This is this weekend people and we have a guest DJ joining us this week for our Pride special: The Ig playing a selection of awesome rare weirdo disco gems and the odd curveball. Entry is free and we go from 10 until 4, although the bar upstairs will be open all day.

I will try to make it, but I'm getting into dissertation hibernation mode so can't promise, sadly.

Can any of you guys recommend second-hand instrument shops around here? I need to buy a keyboard amp, but as cheap as it can possibly be. I've been to the big guitar/amp/keyboard shop, and the one above the clothes shop on Sydney Street (I think). Probably the best thing will be to wait it out and look online at the small ads, but I could do with something as soon as possible.

this night sounds good. i wanna visit brighton again before summer's out (oh wait it is).

Can't help I'm afraid Emily, haven't bought any second hand music gear for about 10 years. ebay/gumtree/friday-ads probabaly are your best bet.

Slight change of plans. The owner of Tom's appears to have lost her lease, so we are now going back to The White Rabbit pub in Kensington gardens with a slightly earlier start of 8pm.

More nice artwork Matt! Good luck!

Thanks, although I can't take credit for this one, the other half of Glock'n'Spiel, Rob, is also a graphic designer, and he made this one.

It's very pretty!

OK, Time for another one, and this time I have a mix for you to listen to!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/Chewshabadoo/GlockSept-2-BIG-TEXT.gif

http://soundcloud.com/glocknspiel/glocknspiel-matty-07-09-09

I'm going to kick things off at 8 this month with a couple of hours of more left-field electronic stuff, before zooming off into danceable territory with a special disco/acid/synth/ebm set from our from friend The Ig.

This time I designed the poster, for those who care! (^_^)

Is that in the downstairs bit of Tom's, cleverly designed to resemble Joseph Fritzl's dungeon?

(Nice poster btw)

Eh, I'll download that mix later.

The very same dungeon! Thanks.

So peoples, shall we move from South London to Brighton?

I've always loved the place I'm kinda firmly in Gareth's "people move there to 'escape' london, but they all escape to the same damn place taking the worst bits of london with them. all the bad of london concentrated in a small area, with none of the good bits." camp.

Argh...

I've no problem people moving to Brighton from London, as long as they chill the fuck out and cheer the fuck up! I'm sure you'll fit in fine, having met you before and remembering you seemed like a friendly chap.

ILXBrightoners - I'm looking for some parking advice (yes, this a thrilling question). We're heading down from London by car. I've learnt from repeated bitter experience that I can lose up to an hour in traffic jams crawling into town on the A23 and then queueing for a parking space on the fourteenth floor of a concrete car park, so what we normally do is go round to Falmer, then into town via Woodingdean and past the racecourse and park up in a side street off Queen's Park Road.

I don't really fancy this tomorrow because we're heading to Seven Dials, which is a bit of a walk from Queen's Park Road, with a pushchair, in the forecast pouring rain and gale force winds. If I headed into town on Dyke Road instead, how close could I get to Seven Dials before it's all permit-only parking? Brighton are playing at home tomorrow as well - does that affect things?

the streets will be blocked by weeping, prostrated brighton fans, having watched their team ship 23 goals at home

Kick off's not till 3pm, so even if the mighty Rushden & Diamonds do pull off such an unlikely victory, the weeping seasiders shouldn't trouble my lunchtime drive in.

haha oops

we're playing there NEXT week

damn

Got no idea about parking near Seven Dials, but if you really get stuck, you could head to the main station car park, which is only about 10 mins walk away from there. And yes, Dyke Road is a much better way in to town than the A23 afaik.

Argh. My friend gave me some permits for around that area, as I live right in the centre of town where the waiting lists are ridiculous and there aren't any spaces anyway. But it's probably not going to be feasible to actually find a way to get them to you, is it? Hmmm. I'm not sure where free parking starts, so I can't be of help there. My only other suggestions would be to try the parking behind the station - should be £6 for a day, I think. Or... apparently another friend found some free parking near the Duke of York's picture house, which is on Preston Circus - much closer than where you usually park.

This thread has been pretty quiet of late - any Brightonians up to anything? Pre-ATP schedule for me is quiet weekend, with the Has films on Sunday, Six Organs of Admittance on Monday, and Box Elders on Wednesday.

Cheers

I'm at Six Organs! Will say hello!

Excellent! It's not likely to sell out, is it? We haven't got tickets yet...

Don't really know! Don't think it said anything to that effect in the last Resident update though, so you'll probably be alright.

Did you go to 6 Organs emil.y? I missed it cos I've been shut up at home with the lurgy. One I've been looking forward to for ages as well :(

Yeah, we went. And I'm sorry to say it, but it was brilliant. Hope you get well soon.

Oh bananas! A pox on these poxy germs.

Hey I'm playing tonight at The White Rabbit if anyone is after something to do. Techno, Dubstep, House, Garage, Disco all mixed up in a drunkenly hyperactive (but hopefully smoothly) fashion. I'm going to start things quite slowly with some dance-flavoued post-rock sounds (think Insides, Seefeel and MBV) from 8 and then raise the tempo. Come and say hi!

I gotta be in tonight, but that sounds good. Setlist please!

I doubt I'll be able to remember because I like to play as the mood fits me, but I'm going to be starting with a selection from:

Insides - Skinned Clean {and maybe Skyicking too}
MBV - Soon (Weatherall remix)
Seefeel - Spangle
Section 25 - Looking from a Hilltop
Delia Gonazales and Gavin Russom - Relevee (Carl Craig remix)

And then onto some slow deep house and techno tracks.

Never been big on Insides, but that looks good!

Cheers Nick, night went really well. We have some crap mobile-phone photos up on our facebook page if you're interested!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=198528&id=106516138331&ref=nf

Nicely fuzzy. Was your mobile pissed?

Aw, sad to have missed it. Anyone going to the Ex/Zun Zun Egui tomorrow?

You betcha!

The Ex

(lots of anticipating going on in that thread)

Aha, awesome. The mister's going to see if he can get tickets today, but I don't think it's sold out yet, so all should be well.

The Resident ticket listing says 'selling fast', but you should be okay.

Dunno if Matt feels like punking out... ?

Come on Matt, let's FAP! (In the ilx0r sense, not the rude rest-of-internet sense).

Manage to get a ticket emil.y?

Yes indeed.

Hooray! Am meeting someone outside at 7, just in case it's an early start. Gonna find out the running times and then bugger off to the pub if time allows. So if you get there early...

Don't think we'll be there dead on 7, but we're unlikely to be much later, as I think Audio shows are relatively prompt.

Btw, I don't think I have *any* idea what you look like, so you'll have to come over and say hi if you spot me.

Will do. Look out for a nondescriptish bloke okay?

Hey, hope you made it home okay! Sorry if I was a bit tipsy...

Ha, yeah, we were pretty shitfaced. Was good to meet you.

Also: what a show! Absolutely brilliant.

I guess this isn't really an ilx sort of thing, but me and the mister are DJing some indiepop next Friday if anyone fancies coming along. It's free to get in, so you could turn up for a pint and then run away.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/4902940460_53a8905945.jpg
Another Sunny Day Indiepop Club - August 27 2010 by craigboney, on Flickr

(Also, yeah, the poster isn't anywhere near as good as any of Matt's ones, but we didn't have much time. Honest.)

bump just in case

Oh, have fun at that - hope you get a good turn out!

Oof, back. Not very full, but still a lot of fun. Quite drunk now.

Didn't spot this until now - Tom's Bar: It's a cursed venue I tell ye!

Not as cursed as the Freebutt it would seem.

Yeah, but the Freebutt was never a sex dungeon. Thus, Tom's wins.

What's happening with the Freebutt now? I heard that it might be saved or something? Has that fallen through again?

I'm not really in the loop there. Not been any updates on the webpage either:

http://savethefreebutt.blogspot.com/

I think as it stands (I last heard about a month ago) the Freebutt is open, but until they can afford to play for 20–30k of sound insulation they have a sound restriction in place restricting the volume to below that of an unamplified drummer, which means folk acts and spoken word pretty much only downstairs. Upstairs is allowed to open on similar sound restriction levels.

Just checked online and that's what seems to be on the page Nick posted.

anything going on gig or club-wise on the 16th? would be good to feel a bit of the local culture on my flying conference visit.

Hm, couldn't really think of anything so had a look at the Source - nothing particularly exciting that day, I have to say.

http://www.brightonsource.co.uk/listings/1886-thursday-16th?catid=50%3Alistings

ah well, thanks anyway. i'll just hope i end up at one of the less terrible places.

This gig is pretty decent looking imho

16th June 2011
Green Door Store
7.30pm-10.30pm
Free Entry All Night

Pre-drinks from 5pm!
2 of the hottest girl bands in (and out of) town!
After Party with DJs and dancing till super late!

♥ Playing Live ♥

Las Robertas (Costa Rica)

Las Robertas deal in often heartbreak-soaked, timeless songs that swoon and swerve on the verge of fuzzed-out pop and classic 60s girl group harmonies.
They met as garage punk and 60s pop obsessed teens in their home town of San Jose, Costa Rica.
International love and affection from every blog and paper worth mentioning were heaped on their young shoulders almost immediately.
Catch them on this, the penultimate date on their first European tour.
http://lasrobertas.bandcamp.com/

La La Vasquez

Cheekily naming themselves after the reality television personality and MTV VJ, the London-based indie pop trio La La Vasquez formed in 2009 around the talents of guitarist Freya Watson, bassist Merida, and drummer Rachael. Purveying a murky, edgy, unabashedly lo-fi sound that welcomed comparisons to bands like the Marine Girls, Dolly Mixture, and Black Tambourine.
http://lalavasquezband.blogspot.com/

♥ On the Decks ♥

Eagle Legs
http://shebangmag.blogspot.com/

Sex is Disgusting
http://sexisdisgusting.blogspot.com/

If that's your thing (it is mine, a bit)

Oh, I didn't realise La La Vasquez were on that bill, or indeed that Sex is Disgusting had anything to do with it. The Source write-up just made it sound boring. Go to that, then!

okay!

Just looked at the Source and -oh no!- I missed Six Organs again. Gah! But yeah, not a lot on that Thursday. Cave of Dreams in 3D during the late afternoon though, I should make an effort to go and see that at the pictures.

Note to self: must visit Brighton again before summer ends.

Just find a hipster house party and take shitloads of ketamine, that's what seems to happen in Brighton whenever I've been there.

Looks like me and Craigo are going to that show in the end, as my brother's in town and wants something to do.

Also, I've just had a thought... are you going to the SSPT conference? Pretty sure I'm not, but I know a bunch of guys who're involved.

Spooky, Im up on saturday night for my birthday with a load of mates and was having bother finding something to do, I guess Im just spoilt with RA's penetration in london. Anyone know where the hip young folk hang out? My mates who are from round there dislike the place due to the towny element but the last time I was there I was taken round some rather cool places which I forget the names of

Friday:

Brighton Japan 2011: Tokyo Sounds: New Music Showcase

With: No Cars, Kuaigora, Tenniscoats, Japan Underground DJ
At The Festival Hub
Doors 7:30 pm
Price £8 / £9

"Festival Hub" = doorstep of Moshi Moshi which will be tented for the festival and have a capacity of 200. This should be great, especially if the weather's improved by then.

Gonna be in Brighton next weekend, Sat/Sun, anything going on?

Hard Ons at the Albert on Sunday night o_O

many days later - yeppp, I was at the SSPT conference! Thank you for the gig recommendation, it was a lot of fun (and welcome distraction after my paper kinda bombed...), and the, erm, less appealing 'Paradise City' night afterwards offered good opportunity to have a useful relatively early night. You have a very nice town down there, the little of it I saw, I look forward to visiting again but with a less packed schedule.

I'm going to a Japanese theatre on Sunday night but hey it might finish in time to run to see the Hard-Ons afterwards! I think I'm going to be at the Prince Albert on Saturday night for Stay Sick/Dirty Water club night, so at least I'll know where it is.

If anyone's at a loose end tomorrow I'm going to be DJing at the West Hill pub from about 11. The night is a mix of stuff, but I'm concentrating on German and Japanese music as I'm thinking of starting my own night dedicated purely to that (this is a test to see if it works).

Or... our indiepop night is having a relaunch at Sticky Mike's Frog Bar (formerly Jam) on Friday 9th September. We need to double the clientele we were getting at Tom's Pissy Stench Sex Dungeon to make it work at the new place, so if you have even a passing interest please come down.

Good luck w/ those!

Did you go and see Ensemble Economique @ Outer Church btw? Was pissed off to have missed that, really loved that album.

Not able to tempt you? ;_;

But no, me and the mister missed that Outer Church edition as we were in London seeing R. Stevie Moore that night. Did get back in time for after-show drinks though, heh.

R Stevie Moore - now there's someone whose name I've been seeing *forever* but still don't know shit about. Any good?

Would be into your Germanic Japanic thing but I got plans!

Yes, he's amazing. Pretty old now but still kicks ass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw-vrGO2brQ

our indiepop night is having a relaunch at Sticky Mike's Frog Bar (formerly Jam) on Friday 9th September.

That's a bummer we're going to be in Brighton on the 10th Sept :(

I think I freaked emil.y out at the R. Stevie Moore show, but then I guess it would be a bit traumatising having someone come up and say "Hi, I'm Colonel Poo" to you.

:-D

Tom's Pissy Stench Sex Dungeon

:D

The venue which seems like a good place to put on a party, until you put one on in there.

I guess it would be a bit traumatising having someone come up and say "Hi, I'm Colonel Poo" to you.

Your name must cause you problems in all kinds of situations.
"Come in for your job interview Mr, er,....Poo"
"It's Colonel, actually."
"Right. Well, I think we've heard enough."

Haha, I wasn't freaked out, just a bit distracted and then we had to miss the very end to run for trains so didn't get a chance to catch up after. A crowded venue is often not the best place to have a conversation, sadly. I did like the fact that you looked quite embarrassed as you introduced yourself.

Just a bump in case anyone can make it - our night is at Sticky Mike's (formerly Jam) tonight (Friday), 11pm-3am.

Nice to discover this thread. I lived in Brighton from 2000 to 2006 and do miss the place. Anyone else remember the Gilded Palace of Sin gigs put on by Dave, the former head honcho at Rounder?

I remember having a chat with him about Americana after going in to buy The Sunset Tree. Not sure I ever attended any of his shows but definitely went to some (probably at C2) where he was DJing.

I'm in Brighton tomorrow to Tues morning (just to get out of London/away from work for a bit). Anything going on? Pity I can't make emil.y's club night tonight!

Not as far as I know - am planning my hangover in advance, though, so haven't been looking for myself. A couple of friends are DJing in pubs, but I'm guessing neither of those would be 'event' enough for a visitor. Default position would be Green Door Store near the station, the club nights are always free and it's open until 4am, so it's usually worth a punt, though it can have long queues and the music isn't always brilliant. Totally depends on what the night is, though. If you're here until Tuesday you might want to go to Metal Monday there! \m/^__^\m/

This weekend looks really quiet for gigs:

http://www.resident-music.com/category/tickets-on-sale-now/

Good luck with your night emil.y!

Checked this site: http://www.brightonnoise.co.uk/#gig-guide

Looks like only thing on that we might be interested in is Deadbeat Descendant at the Prince Albert tonight. Never heard of them but samples on their myspace sound alright.

n/m lots of time for browsing all the second hand stores in the Laines and general lounging.

I ran away again, sorry. Really was on the hunt for a good Bloody Mary to ease my befuddling hangover, you're not actually that scary, honest. Heartily recommend the Globe - very spicy and comes with celery stick and cherry tomato. Just bought ingredients to make Fisu at home, oh dear oh dear oh dear.

Did he do the "I'm Colonel Poo" thing again?

Any Brighton types up to fun stuff at the moment?

We're putting on a gig on Tuesday night at the Green Door - Orca Team (c86 surf?), Joanna Gruesome (noisy nugaze?) and Edible Arrangements (lo-fi dronestomp?). Also got another club night coming up on the 3rd August.

Joanna Gruesome!

Is that an exclamation b/c you like them, or is it merely a "meine gott, their name" reaction?

Should also rep for the Riots Not Diets Summer Series, all at the Green Door Store too:

11th july = GO SAILOR, The Smittens, Fulhast, A Fine Day For Sailing
£6 otd, or here
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/168184

16th July= Las Kellies, Skinny Girl Diet, Kins
£6 otd, or here -> http://www.wegottickets.com/event/170051

28th July = The Nuns, Summer Hunter, King Alfred Man Of Leisure
£6 otd or here -> http://www.wegottickets.com/event/161437

Will be wearing myself out and severely lowering my immune system at all of these.

Yeah, I don't know the band but their name ist ganz gut

Actually, I don't know any of these bands AT ALL

Go Sailor = Rose Melberg & Amy Linton's super awesome oldschool indiepop band. Yes, a reformation, but one I'm a lot more excited by than most.

Las Kellies = Argentinian grrl garage

The Nuns = all-female Monks tribute act, featuring Delia from Mambo Taxi/Action Time/Actionettes/The Family Way/a million other great bands.

Also featuring my friend Charley, formerly of rock band Gay Dad! And the miiiighty Debbie Smith!

Smittens = apparently quite twee, though you could probably guess that from the fact that they're called the Smittens.

Yeah, the Smittens are pretty ace queercore tweepop.

oops i was just about to ask for brighton tips as i planned on coming down for a conference, but now i see that i marked it down wrong in my calendar by TWO MONTHS and it's long gone. d'oh. but i'd like to come down anyway, anything ~big~ (ish) happening music-wise over the summer?

Had meant to see what was happening in Brighton last week as my partner was over for the Domitor conference, but didn't get a chance to get away from all the panorama/magic lantern show/early cinema screenings in the evenings to catch a gig.

Rounder Records to close:
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9806131.Brighton_s_Rounder_Records_to_close_after_46_years/

came here to post about that! it sucks :(

Gah, that's bad. Remember when Dave of the shop used to put on Americana nights under the banner The Gilded Palace of Sin. Great evenings.

Will be interesting to see how Resident in the North Laine weathers the storm.

I'm assuming their business will go up in the short term, especially on the ticket sales side of things

Yeah, plus it seems to be a neater and, dare I say it, trendier shop than Rounder. I suspect a lot of Brighton bohos never venture beyond the North Laine to do their shopping and would never be seen dead in the Lanes. I'm sure it will thrive

I haven't been into Rounder for ages tbh, never really seemed to have anything that I was looking for, whereas I consistently spend way too much money in Resident.

Huh, I have the exact opposite experience - Resident never has much that I want that I can't get cheaper at the other shops, whereas Rounder always had me restraining myself from extra purchases. Really bummed about this news. Will attempt to shop extra hard at Endless Records now, don't want that going under, especially not so soon after starting.

Yeah, Resident isn't especially cheap, though they are pretty quick to mark down things that under-perform saleswise. New avant-garde/underground section in there is alright, it is all CD though.

Edgeworld closed recently too btw.

Where is Endless???

it's where Edgeworld used to be

i went there in may and walked around for a rainy day, it was nice

sorry it rained for u s1ocki ;_;

find somewhere nice to eat?

it's ok, the rain let up and i ate an enhanced cookie and took pictures then hung out in a nice pub owned by a friend of a friend!

a cookie is not a meal! what would your mother say?

so what is the difference between edgeworld and endless? are they carrying different stuff or is it just a change of owner or what?

Colin doesn't run it any more, but Tom who was part of the staff at Edgeworld does. The stock is still fairly minimal at the moment but worth a look - my guess is it'll have a relatively similar ethos to the old shop.

I think one of the people who used to work at Edgeworld is still there but apart from that it's a completely new store with different stock policies and what have you.

xp

I dunno if you're interested in this, Nick, but me and the mister are doing the music quiz at the West Hill on Tuesday. It's shaping up to be pretty good and pretty hard, but considering your music knowledge I think you'd be in with a shot. There's no entry fee, so if you're free...

Facebook event re what emil.y said: https://www.facebook.com/events/209590682500953/

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/197675_126576080814228_673651633_n.jpg

Oh shiit, you are throwing down a gauntlet there. Will see if I can recruit a team.

But good luck with it anyway btw!

Quiz tonight!

How did it go?

I couldn't make this! I swear to do it next time though, so do let us know.

How does this sort of thing work in the age of the smartphone anyhow?

Mostly on trust. There were enough teams last night to keep an eye on each other, I think, but I'm pretty sure nobody even tried to use them.

We'll be doing it next month too, and the quiz itself is on every Tuesday, but I'll let you know what the date is when I work it out.

It was pretty fun, we got a lot of blank looks to some of the questions but the top two teams both did really well, and there was a good range of scores.

Oh yeah, I've just noticed on the flyer that it's every week. I could be dreadful at it on a regular basis!

We're still doing the quiz, btw.

But more importantly, HALLOGALLOWEEN is coming:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8033/8045020277_f9dd928934.jpg
Hallogalloween @ The West Hill Pub by craigboney, on Flickr

excellent!

Hah, I was about to contact my friend Joe Outer Church and alert him, but a quick check of Facebook suggests that Brighton is a small town :)

It is indeed.

Apparently Borderline is closing?

What? Shit! First Rounder and now this....

Hadn't been in there for ages, but feel sad for the old psych-head dudes that work there.

Bad news about all the classic record stores closing, although my favourite‘s over the last few years have been One Stop Records and Rarekind.

Good news is after 2 years away, I’m moving back to Brighton next Monday! FAP?

And what‘s hot these days?

Also, I’m looking for a short-medium term room to let if anyone knows anyone looking and would like to share with a music obsessive and pretty decent cook who doesn’t mind sharing his meals.

w00t!

I’m moving back to Brighton next Monday! FAP?

yyy

also

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww4v2cP-MDo

:D

Every time I’ve come down to visit for the odd week it has always felt like home I must say.

matty {insert a dot} balaam {is at} gmail {you know the rest}

FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP.

There are some good shows and stuff coming up, too. Sadly the Thurston Moore/Colour Out of Space show sold out in a day so you'll miss out there.

I'll keep an ear out for rooms, not heard of anyone looking recently but it comes up relatively often.

never even heard about the thurston show, could be interesting though my days of being an SY/thurston stan seem like a very long time ago indeed

i am brötzmanning this weekend, so that should up my skronk levels a bit until the winter is thru

but yeah fap fap fap, someone make a plan

I don't think I can afford Brötzmann, although tbh I REALLY want to go. Bah.

The Thurston show is a CooS fundraiser, with quite a few people playing who I may or may not like more than Thurston himself...

I don't think I can afford Brötzmann, although tbh I REALLY want to go. Bah.

should be good - think it kicks off at four or so with some film screening or other, then brötzy is doing his thing after that. don't mind shouting you a few drinks if you want...

Not back until early next week, but do some good Brötzmanning

mmil.y, is this music quiz thing still a thing?

err emil.y not mmil.y

helloooo brighton

It is! Back on the 22nd.

How was Brötzmann? Just couldn't eat that £17 entry fee in the end, particularly not after shelling out £25 for Residents tickets.

oh smashing. thanks! :)

brötz was great and the whole film thing before hand was actually really nice - good job put his work into context, him talking about growing up in the shadow of ww2 etc all very humanising (is that a word?). the trio itself was amazing!

btw is there a thurston moore lookalike in brighton? big tall guy that looked just like him stood watching

Oh, I think I saw on facebook or twitter that he was there? But then again it could've been a friend making the same mistake... The only TM lookalike I know is Luke from Helm, but he's like a little baby Thurston, it wouldn't have been him.

hmm i wonder... (not luke from helm btw. i've seen him before when he was in birds of delay with steeeve)

just saw that thurston is playing with andy pyne when he does his thing there. that'll be good cos andy is great! also chuffed for him cos he's been a SY fan since way back iirc

I didn't realise that either! Super awesome news.

Where is the quiz? I'm officially down now, albeit sofa surfing while looking around rooms.

West Hill (pub, not hall). 8pm (usually a little bit later of a start, to be honest, but best to get down before half past), Tuesday 22nd. Free entry, bottle of wine for the winning team.

I'd better get working on some more questions, actually.

was gonna say matt, i'm only half of a pair idiots atm, so if you fancy swelling the ranks COME JOIN WITH US

hope things are going well so far anyhow...

Cool. It’s in the diary!

good man!

I may not be able to make it this time, but I was wondering if they still do food in the evening?

The West Hill do indeed do food in the evening (there is a cheaper burger offer for quiz nights, too). I think there's one night a week the chef has off - maybe Wednesdays? But I'd double check that rather than taking my word for it.

If you are able to make it Matt, I'll probably be getting there for 7.45-ish. The other one of us is apparently going to be running quite late, so gosh, sounds like I'm going to have ample opportunity to fully expose the tremendous bulging girth of my own ignorance, oops

Thanks Emily. if I don’t make it tonight – which is looking unlikely – I’ll definitely make sure I can come to the next one.

how's the house hunting going anyway?

I'm sure you'll be fine, Nick. We have a rather odd range of people turn up, from "absolute music dork" to "why are you even at a music quiz?"

(not luke from helm btw. i've seen him before when he was in birds of delay with steeeve)

oh, I wondered what happened to Birds of Delay, but I was clearly just not lurking on the right regional threads to find out

(they were rather good when they came to Oxford supporting Axolotl, back in the day when Oxford still had interesting gigs. then again I seemed to be the only person there who didn't know the promoter and therefore possibly the only paying customer, so maybe it is no surprise that nobody bothers to come to town any more)

yeah, one of birds of delay became helm, the other one became heatsick, and both of them ended up on the pan label

ps come to brighton

Birds were great, yep.

COME TO BRIGHTON, SPACECADET.

I looked at a few houseshares on Gumtree, and I picked the only one I saw in person, so pretty painless really. Moving in this Friday.

what bit of brighton have you ended up with?

The Muesli Mountain, not lived in BN2 before so it’s all new.

That's the bits off Southover Street? My girlfriend lives up there. It'll keep your calves healthy!

Aye, that’s the one. I was always heading up there to do to Archers, which is a great butcher and I’m now very close to it. I’m not very far up the hill, only 5 roads or so.

Does Brighton have a big Czech community? A friend's band is coming over to play The Great Escape and was wondering whether they might be able to advertise in Czech shops, bars, etc if there are any.

Hm, not that I can think of. I know one guy who does Eastern European folk music promotion, if that's related? Also, I found this though I can't understand what it says, but I guess they might do better: http://www.kotolna.com/

(Tell them to play Nottingham, that does have a massive Polish/Czech/Slovak community.)

Sadly bad weather meant fuck all people turned up so we postponed the quiz... still had a great evening, though I think we might have broken Nick. Oops.

Is it weekly?

Emily, just added you on that Facebook after finding an old quiz invite on there.

There are quizzes on every week, but it's a rotating lot of people who set them. We're the fourth Tuesday of the month. The others are Hold Up, Jon Born Bad and Melting Vinyl.

xp - cool, just accepted ^__^

That was good fun last night, but sorry if I was kind of a mumbling wreck by the end of it. Brutally long day today, only managed 90 minutes sleep last night :(

Also, I could murder a biscuit.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhtlxNial1qe1ney.jpg

oh god

oh yeah i had an idle thought on my way home that the shape up and dance series was maybe where shut up and dance got their name from?

http://chartarchive.org/artwork/45429-300.jpghttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4hL-GKc0gYc/SWEv-7qAe0I/AAAAAAAAA18/DzmRhoQ2MYs/s400/georgebest_front_full600.jpghttp://farm3.static.flickr.com/2771/4117367200_8b99fe16fe.jpghttp://www.chartstats.com/images/artwork/28902.jpg

That's quite possible, actually, yeah. (re: shut up & dance)

shut up and dance ft. isla st clair

what the heck is 'i do it all for you' anyhow? 'if you can't stand the heat (get out of the kitchen)'?? these are made up songs right?

I think the latter was the first time I'd heard the phrase, without a YouTube I'm not sure how it goes.

Thanks emil.y! That website will be enormously useful!

Both Bucks Fizz tracks? I like the disengaged audience..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5aur6XEfz0&sns=tw

ha, the fetish wear in that thing

so hacker farm thing SOLD OUT already
yah boo fuck you :(

^ sorry, that was an expression of disappointment rather than a grump at anyone

^ lazy disorganised idiot wonders why he always misses out to motivated smart folks

Feeling out of touch, I don’t even know who they are!

Is anyone else off to Swans? My new housemate got me a ticket.

That's a heck of a new housemate you have! Was kind of thinking about going but it's a bit expensive and I haven't really been into recent Swans enough to want to stand there for three hours while old whats'isface yells at me. But I might come around to the idea yet...

Well, I did say I would pay, but still good. :D

He’s a friend of the landlord, who it turns out organised the Loop festival.

Damn you're well-connected already!

Heard any rumours about the Great Escape line-up btw?

I haven’t. I never bothered going to it before, was put off my industry queue-jump etc.

Yeah, the only bits of Great Escapes I've been to are when I've lucked out on a guestlist spot by having mates play. The line-ups are never good enough for the hassle.

I should be going to Swans, I think. I can't remember if the mister bought tickets already though.

Never been before either! But every May I get sad when there are a bunch of bands playing here that I can't get to see (Gang Gang Dance and a few others in 2011, can't remember who played last year)

So I might eventually crack and buy a pass

Does anyone fancy escorting me to Ben UFO and Paul Woolford at Life on Friday 22nd?

This thread being bumped reminds me - I'll be in Brighton for the days surrounding the Swans gig in April if anyone fancies a meet-up.

This sounds exciting:

http://escapegreat.com/uncategorized/poland-to-be-our-lead-international-partner-for-tge-2013

Wish I coulda seen the Hacker Farm

Does anyone fancy escorting me to Ben UFO and Paul Woolford at Life on Friday 22nd?

― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, February 5, 2013 12:25 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

i might go to that, altho all those seafront clubs give me the fear a bit

Haha Jabba, just close your eyes and forget about the idiots around you is my advice in most clubs.

DL, yeah I’m up for that, are you at Swans too?

yes indeed - it's my gf's birthday week and she loves it in Brighton so we'll be going down to meet a few mates and she's being dragged to see Swans in the process, although I'm not entirely sure she knows who they are. She likes gigs though, and the beach. If any Brightoneers fancy getting in touch my real name is Ch4rli3 Fr4m3 on FB.

I think I’ve found the right one! Is this GF the same as when I met you at the Freebutt several years back?

Jabba, I’ve tried to send an email via ilx

no Chew, different - that was something like 8 years ago o_O i've had no friend request.

OK.

I found someone with a dot between the two names after I replace the numbers with letters, so that’s not you? Can’t find another. Found you on the tweets though, and just followed you.

weird. i should just be there - no dots or nothing.

ah - emil.y - you know Noel P? I've known him from round our way for years.

Cvpb04rd Mvs1c N0el? Yeah, he's a great dude.

We should have a FISU FAP at Northern Lights before Swans. Or maybe after, if we want to be sentient at the show.

Sounds good. Yes, that Noel. Small world, he was a fellow promoter in Herts before he moved.

Anyone fancy seeing Simon Munnery? http://www.theoldmarket.com/simon-munnery-fylm-makker/

^ put me down as a possible on that, will get back to you (if yr still going)

dunno if anyone else is interested in a daytrip but editions mego are putting on a fantastic-looking avant-noise all-dayer at bexhill:

http://thequietus.com/articles/11360-editions-mego-all-dayer-bexhill-de-la-warr-pavilion

performances by fennesz, kevin drumm and bruce gilbert plus music by luc ferrari, bernard parmegiani, florian hecker and other folks

I’m sure it won’t sell out, so let me know and we can get tickets up to the night.

I’ll stick the Bexhill thing into the diary and provisionally agree!

Good to see Mark Fell on that line-up.

You were asking about The Great Escape lineup?

http://brightonsource.co.uk/news/great-escape-line-up-announced/

hmmm, that doesn't look great does it? not sure i want to see any of that lot

I don’t even know who 95% of the line-up are, which suggests it’s not my thing at all.

Well, it is meant to focus on new-ish music, being an industry "thing". But the ones I do know are pretty crap, too. Having said that, this always happens: it's utter shit right up until the last minute, when they announce a couple of great additions that I'd love to see but still won't be willing to buy a ticket for. And then I'll just be all grumpy for a bit, until I forget about it.

yeah, it's usually small/unknown bands. last year Rhythms of the World sent a bunch of Hitchin acts up there to play.

"down there", maybe I should say, if we're gonna get polarist about it.

Also... you decided to call your band 'The Upskirts'? Really, guys?

ha i saw that, is crepey-core a thing now?

Everyone go and see Charlie Straight!

wer ist charlie straight?

They're a Britpop-influenced group from the Czech Republic who are much better than any British equivalents i can call to mind. They're one of the biggest bands in their region (and have won an MTV Europe award) so it's an unusual chance to see them in a much smaller venue. They're also unbelievably lovely. Might not be everyone's style but i think they're pretty great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iGpTxiDMCA

A friend of mine is playing at Westhill Community Centre on March 1st, I shall be attending. http://theexperimentalsoundingboard.tumblr.com/MARC1st

Ooh, that sounds interesting. A little pricy seeing as I don't know who any of them are, but the mister's away that weekend so I need to find things to occupy myself, so maybe...

A little bit expensive I will agree. Ben UFO and Paul Woolford doing a 5-hour b2b this Friday at Life is only £5! I guess that will make most money on the bar though, do they even sell drinks at the WCC? I’ve never been there.

Totally read WCC as 'White Chocolate Cheesecake' there. Too much time on ilx.

But as for the Westhill Hall, nope they don't sell drinks, it's BYOB. Which I think is a plus point.

Oh, and this:

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10234245.Man_arrested_for_murder_after_woman_dies_following_argument_in_Brighton_street/

Horrible story, must have been very distressing to have heard that going on. Was a young gothy gamer couple:

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10236783.Wife_stabbed_to_death_in_Brighton_street/

The brunette was rushed to hospital but died later.

WTF? That's terrible fucking writing, and actually quite offensive in its clumsiness.

God yes I saw that, wtf

Eeeeeesshhh horrible :-(

Full details of the Mego day in Bexhill, that's an expensive one too:

http://editionsmego.com/release/eMEGO+170

How was Hacker Farm btw Emily?

Aw man, they were ace. I think I got a little over-excited when they pulled out the Mute Synth, though. ^__^

http://www.thewire.co.uk/images/artists/dirty_electronics/IDC_Connection_and_Ribbon_C.jpg

^ Is that this thing?

ps got any foe-toes?

Yeah, the circuit-boardy thing! I did take a few photos, but, uh, I've got about 6 months worth of photos to stick up on flickr/facebook, so it might take a while...

I love my MuteSynth.

Me too. <3

I am very tempted by Bexhill, but will see how the finances are in April.

Ben UFO and Paul Woolford tonight if any fancies making me just the weird old man in the club, rather than the alone weird old man in the club.

i do kind of fancy that but i've got a whole bunch of stuff to do tomorrow that i need to be semi-alive for. also i just realised that i never did get back to you about simon munnery, so i have been extremely lame, sorry matt

otoh i did go and get a swans ticket in the end and probably up for pub quiz thing this week too if that is still happening (?), so not a total washout here

Swans FAP yEAh!!

In the end I had a massive deadline (joys of freelancing workflow) so couldn’t make Simon Munnery anyway.

yeah i'm up for swans fap, nothing like the music of michael gira for bringing folk together

the missus and i will be down for maybe a couple of days, so cool.

i can't do ben ufo tonight, godspeed chewshabadoo

Cheers. Is anyone going to Reich, yay, doing Radiohead, hmm.

Reich doing Radiohead, WTF????

pub quiz thing this week too if that is still happening - Yes! It is! You actually reminded me, there. Not having to do all the work this month meant I'd kind of forgotten about it. Hopefully we'll be back to having a good number of teams again this month.

Swans FAP will be good, but please don't let me destroy myself by Fisu too much, as it's my new band's debut gig the next night, so I have to be at least a little sentient.

http://brightondome.org/event/2726/steve_reich_radio_rewrite/

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/DSCF9641.jpg

Someone's built a stone circle built out of fly-tipped hardcore just up the Ditchling Road from me, hard to get a decent picture cos it's quite a flat feature, but it was nice to stumble upon it out in the murk with the dogs today. Feels like a good spot for it, sits right where lines drawn north-south from Ditchling Beacon to Hollingbury Castle and east-west from the Amex Stadium to Asda bisect. Good place to sit and look at the shredded plastic bags blowing around on the hawthorns, see the crows having a go at the dead fox by the main road, that sort of thing.

Haha, wow.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/DSCF9652.jpg

It's quite a big circle! Just for scale, here's Badger sitting by the central cairn (he always kind of looks like he's pondering the cosmos btw, but I think he was genuinely feeling the vibe here)

I am not really a fan of dogs, but Badger looks like a Good Dog.

It's true, he's a good sort (when he's not digging up the *#~£$! garden)

Team NickB is a man down for tomorrow, putting in a distress call here for Matt, you gots to help me boy...

I had a heavy weekend to say the least, but will hopefully be rested enough for tomorrow, may have a couple of friends coming too who could help on the indie side of things.

Yeah, dooo it!

(Oh, I've been informed by the landlord that the chef has left, so sadly no bargain burgers anymore.)

xxp
how was life on friday night?

Music was very good as I expected, crowd was very student meat market though, I could have been the dad for almost everyone there, eek! I’m used to small crowds of heads aged late twenties and older normally. Too much crowding and people just walking through the dancefloor to really lose myself in the music until about 3 or so. Ended up going up to London on Saturday night to erase the bad memories!

yeah, that's been my experience pretty much every time i've been down to one of those clubs, even for ppl you wdn't expect to draw that sort of crowd, e.g. theo parrish. good house/techno nights in brighton do seem in fairly short supply, unless i'm just totally out of the loop (fairly likely tbh). i've been to some good things at the green door store and there's this new 10 below place opening on ship street that looks like it might have some decent stuff on.

has anyone been to any of the go bang 'warehouse' parties? i like the name, no idea if they're any good or not.

If you fancy something deep, this will be the real deal, although a little away from Brighton: https://www.facebook.com/events/523063584379317

oh nice! i know lewes well, wonder where that will be. but i will be in london for vakula/MMH/fulton that night...

Damn, I think that quiz night broke me.

that was fun!! but yes, add me to the broken pile too

Thirded on the brokenness. Glad you had a good time though, guys, it was a blast.

Only just heard about this thing:

http://playgroupbrighton.org/events/2013/03/14/afriganza-festival-4-day-african-music-festival/

The Friday night with Bass Clef and the London Afrobeat Collective looks like fun

It looks interesting, although I don’t know anyone playing! However, I’m up in Newcastle that weekend.

Well I can't say I'm an expert either really. Could turn out to be rubbish too, the few African music things I've been to in Brighton people have just been stood around like planks instead of dancing, which does kill the vibe a bit.

Probably not yr thing at all but there's quite a few good noisy psych things coming up over the next few months too - Hookworms/Cold Pumas, Sightings/Sealings, White Hills, Guardian Alien

I just don’t understand why people don’t dance to music which is good for dancing to.

O.o?

I dance to music even if it isn’t that good for dancing!

Could be persuaded for some noisy psych, depending on dates etc.

I'm not a big dancer unless I'm wasted, it's just a matter of being nervous/uptight/clumsy/generally not good at dancing etc.

Not sure I'd want to go to the whole Afriganza thing, was hoping it'd be more like the Japanese festival where it's all across town and you can dip into bits as you see fit. But might try on the door for one.

I very very strongly recommend Hookworms, seen them a lot now and they are awesome live. Though I have the feeling I might not be able to actually make that gig?

Sounds like I need to get some Gary's in for you.

i think maybe hookworms is the night before michael gira brings his merry minstrels to town?

i too am not great at public dancing unless i'm a little wasted, but i get wasted v. easily so it all evens itself out

Ah, yeah. I think there's four or five nights with awesome gigs in the lead-up to my show on the 3rd, and I just can't do them all without fucking myself up.

yeah, you need to post up details of your gig btw

I think it’s on that Facebook

You should be able to look without being a Facebooker

http://www.facebook.com/events/529165583789789/

Cheers for that. For those unwilling to click away from ilx for even a second, it's Wednesday April 3rd at the Prince Albert, £4 advance, £5 otd. Ace Bushy Striptease are the headliners, and they're really fucking good lo-fi shamble-punks, if you like that sort of thing.

w00t! (will try to make that)

Yay, another midweek 6am session. :S

Argh. Actually, the band is trying to work out rehearsal dates, and it might be the case that I have to sack off Swans, and thus SwansFAP, in favour of getting a last-minute practice in. Being our first gig, I kind of think that has to take precedence. Might not be the case, but it's looking likely.

Oh no, that cannot be!

We want Swan FAP

lol

Excelsior!

Jabba Hands: I was wondering, do you mix? I’m always up for playing records with people. Also thinking about finding a venue with decks for a low key thing and would be good to have someone else to do it with.

i don't! not in public anyway. but i would be very happy to come and listen to you play records at a low key thing...

Another quiz at the West Hill tomorrow, if anyone fancies it/is still allowed to.

Haha. Would love to, but may need to skip this months one. However, you never know.

ppppppuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuubbbbbbb! will check it out with home

things were kicking off a bit here on campus earlier:
https://twitter.com/TheBadgerNews/status/316206252550144002/photo/1

https://twitter.com/TheBadgerNews/status/316205944503689216/photo/1

Yeah, a few friends were on campus protesting. Been a bit skittish about that sort of stuff since the horrors of the '10 protests so didn't make it over myself.

managed to post this on the dj koze thread, ha

where should i eat before swans? never been to brighton before!

Are you a vegetarian/vegan? What's your price range? Pub grub, restaurant, or chippy?

Soo many choices :D

Been a bit skittish about that sort of stuff since the horrors of the '10 protests so didn't make it over myself.

Appreciate that, got kind of a queasy feeling myself seeing the police getting changed into their crash helmets and whatnot. Don't think that evolved into much of a situation though, but I didn't stick around for long after that. Good turnout, shame some poor bastard had all their files burnt.

Eat everything not too bothered about price, nothing too fancy - won't have long. Amazing fish and chips type place if it exists?

Fish and chips is probably the thing I know least about here, as I don't like it that much. I know the Globe used to do a good pub meal version, but I'm pretty sure they've changed kitchen staff since then.

this is the place you want: http://www.bardsleys-fishandchips.co.uk/

otherwise my usual recommendation is planet india, amazing veggie indian food in what feels a bit like someone's front room.

Always preferred the chips at Bankers myself, but that's totally the wrong end of town.

Am probably up for pre-Swans fap & food if anyone else is interested. Trying to think what pubs do half-decent food in Kemptown.

Bardsley’s is really very good for fish, and the chips aren’t too shabby either, you can eat in too. I was away for a couple of years and thought it wasn’t that much better than the places I was going to up north, but I was surprised how good it was.

I’ve had some great food at Planet India in the past, but again not for a couple of years. Someone said it wasn’t that good recently, but I need to try it again myself.

Ginger Dig is probably too expensive for pre-gig food/drinks. Not sure at the moment what’s around that neck of the woods.

Ginger Dog.

Barley Mow

cheers, ginger dog looks nice, saw pics of fish and chips and remembered what a mistake that is most of the time!

rarely get to see the gf so we'll prob do a nice meal together before the gig. afterwards tho... does brighton have a pub/bar that's open late? extra points for good booze and music.

Wellll, West Hill is open pretty late, even midweek, music hit and miss depending on who’s in control. There are options.

Are a few people going to Tenderhooks tomorrow? Should be back after my Welsh adventure and after a change from duf-duf-duf.

I mean hookworms. It's been a long weekend.

Planning on it, though I'm knackered from last night's gig and going to Bilge Pump tonight, so god knows if my ageing body can handle the full five nights in a row of music I'm supposed to be doing.

can't make it to hookworms i'm afraid but did notice that resident had sold out of tickets for it. dunno if they'll have any left on the door or not...

hey emily, did you spot that arse tv moore is playing here again at the end of the month?

also old school wonky folk drone champs and long time heroes of mine, the supreme dicks

Ah, yeah, I heard our Stevie was back but I don't think I'd clocked when. Don't think I've heard any Supreme Dicks, will check them out.

Err, feeling supremely ropey this morning and have only had a couple if hours sleep. I think yesterday's planning has gone awry already, and all I will be doing tonight is sleep.

I'm feeling pretty crappy too so gonna skip this one. A shame, as they are really great, but I need to be on reasonable form for Weds. Blargh.

Ya, you take it steady and hope yr feeling perkier come Wednesday.

Supreme Dicks are perhaps deservedly obscure, but they were originally around in the first part of the nineties and got lumped in with people like the Sun City Girls and Tower Recordings in that they shared that same loose and often rambling approach to making improvised rock music and with fairly nonsensical stream-of-consciousness lyrics to match. Unlike either of those two though, they never really incorporated exotic sounds at all, but just focused on dismantling psychedelic rock in a way that makes me think of them as direct descendents of the Red Crayola. Very slack sounding and somewhat folksy, not really big on tunes but they do okay anyway. Guess it's probably Dylan putting them on?

Anyhow... SWANS

FAP

Grr, woke up with a head cold today. Let me know where you’re going to be before and I will try and make it for one at least.

have any of you lot been involved in the Sussex protests? Seems like things are getting a bit hairy...

SWANS FAP: Can't remember what's good down that end of town so I'm going to aim for the Barley Mow at 7-ish if anyone fancies that...

Sussex protests: I'm a member of staff there and have been along to a couple of the protests. Last one I was at looked like it could have turned a bit iffy, but the police seemed mostly happy to observe. That was a week ago though, not sure what's going on now and I'm not on campus today. Has something else happened?

Ah okay, have just seen that the police and bailiffs have closed down the occupation. Did think they might have timed that for today while campus was pretty much shut down for Easter with only a minimal staff presence and no students around.

xp "riot vans on campus earlier and various bits of electricity/lighting shut down around the building" from my source.

Was doomed to end that way unfortunately. Thought the national protest at Sussex last week was a good way to go to put pressure on the management, but that ended with a bit property getting trashed and some doors getting broken. Since that the university's basically trying to totally close down any on-campus activity and is using the damage to justify it.

Meanwhile I just popped inside to fetch something and a bird has shat on the rim of my coffee mug. Not sure if any went in, it will be alright won't it?

Hmmm, looks too good to waste

Holy shit, some of these twitter photos are grim :(

Can anyone point me to a good writeup of the policies that led to the protests in the first place?

We had a similar occupation when I was a student at Sussex 25 years ago. Now I feel old :(

Slight;y drunken guy typing on internet here, but emily: your lot were really good tonight! Songs were great, performance was really fun too, and I truly fucking love love love the sound of the fiddle in that context. Reminded me of just the best things i.e. King Of the Slums and also the June Brides. Unreal that that was just your first gig, cos you lot smashed it imo.

Wasn't too nuts about that Lou Barlow gone mewling man-baby thing that came on afterwards mind you, kind of brought out my inner Herod, but otoh the headliners were pretty good, so yeah, that was a fun evening.

Matt, dunno what happened to you but are you still alive?

Hey, alive, but hitting it hard with Charlie after Swans last night didn’t do a great deal for my cold, so decided I had to stay in and recover. Sent my apologies in advance to Emily.

One look through that front door and I just knew there was no hope in coming out alive, think I probably did a good thing bailing. Hope yr feeling a bit brighter tomorrow anyhow.

Aw, thanks so much Nick. Sorry that I ended up buzzing around so much and not really getting a chance to chat. Max is very divisive, I fucking love him and think he's an absolute genius, but he's not for everyone, it is true.

hey no worries! gosh i was a bit strident on the cats guy last night eh? aiieee

Good to see you guys - always have a good time in Brighton. And how good were SWANS?!

33% transcendent 33% great 33% meh

glad lap steel dude didn't collapse on stage, got a bit worried at one point

Yeah, good to see you dog latin! Thought the gig was more involving the longer it went on, but maybe I just needed time to adjust to it. Don't think I managed to recognise any songs, but I swear to god that Gira was singing Garbageman by the Cramps at one point.

Started at the back daydreaming, ended up at the front: eyes closed, lurching from side to side. I’m a catch, ladies.

Thinking of going down to the Green Door for the free Club Zygotic noise alldayer for a couple later on if anyone fancies joining me.

Bit knacked so staying in, but those things are usually good.

Yeah, that thing looked fun. Sightings playing tomorrow night, should be another noisy one.

Was quite fun, only caught the last three but a nice range. A guy from Henry Cow improvising, I assumed, to a Richard Attinborough doc; my friend Lorah who does the West Hill music night, and someone else then did a set using self-built light sensitive instruments controlled with hand-held lights; finally the West Hill free jazz cats (not sure of their name) were on. Nicely programmed I thought.

A guy from Henry Cow improvising

Oooh, I wonder who that was! Tim Hodgkinson probably. Scrawny guy in specs y?

It was the sock.

darn it!

Club Sockpuppet.

I think the guy was Geoff Leigh?

Oh okay, that guy was only in Henry Cow for a short while, but it looks like he's played with a whole ton of people over the years. Great that lots of their ex-members are still making kranky music.

err cranky, nothing at all to do with the krankies

Infinite Gaaah tour! https://www.facebook.com/events/360600620712061/

I don't know Infinite Gaaah! I do know Pengo though

I know neither, but up for giving it a whirl.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMHOyD0RCP8

Tonight I will be enjoying the sludgy psychedelic sounds of White Hills. Anyone else going?

Another time probably, got a mad crazy week of work this week.

Quiz next Tuesday is THATCHER DEATH SPECIAL. Come!

topical!

anyone going to protest against the edl on sunday? i do feel the urge to stand up and let them know they're not wanted, but on the other hand, they do seem to revel in the controversy. also last year's scenes were not good at all, don't really want to get caught up in that.

I always have the same mixed feelings, really. Usually decided by whether I'm actually awake (nb: I'm rarely awake).

Away in Glasgow, but wouldn’t want to acknowledge them anyway. Hopefully I will make the quiz though, but it depends how much buckfast, amyl and battered confectionery is shoved in my direction over the weekend.

BUCKY BUCKY BUCKY.

my only experiences of Brighton are:

Playing a DJ set on either the first or second night the Green Door Store had opened - I was on after Dylan Nyoukis and saw him look absolutely disgusted when I played Hot in Herre by Nelly

Going to a dancehall night at some club on the seafront and buying the literal worst fried chicken in the world after. It looked like an alien carcass.

How were White Hills? Saw em in London on Wednesday and they were noisy - not as loud as Swans but somehow managed to destroy my hearing

To be honest I didn't enjoy them as much as I'd hoped, partly cos I was really tired but also I think the sound wasn't that great - the drummer seemed to be way too loud compared to the guitar. I don't think he's that subtle anyway, so a lot of the time it sounded like he was just bashing away and pummeling the space out of the songs. Maybe that why your ears hurt? They definitely had their moments though.

OTOH Sightings the previous week were flat-out incredible.

I've always had a bit of trouble parsing White Hills for these reasons - they sound a bit busy for space-rock. And yeah, it was like a wall of distortion which, while not that loud seemed to hit quite a vicious and constant frequency that probably played havoc with my eardrums. They're still ringing and numb two days later.

Quiz tonight, chums.

Also, you guys seen that ASMUS FRICKIN' TIETCHENS is coming to Brighton?

My friend mentioned that to me, I had to admit my ignorance, but I’m planning on coming.

Asmus Tietchens is doing the quiz? This is great news!

Hoping to make it, my wife's a bit poorly though so will have to see what sort of a state she's in when I get home. Matt are you quizzing?

One thing I will say is that I'm not sure how much I can be arsed to put the work in for much longer, so fuck knows if there will be any more quizzes. I don't think the dude from the pub advertises them, and I don't like having to berate my friends to come every time.

Should be there. Still at work but leaving soon, may be a tiny bit late after food, but it’s the booze not the winning that counts.

^^^ I like your thinking.

Dufus here started checking out Tietchens, realised I have a couple of his 80s records in my Discogs wantlist already!

Just in case anyone reading the thread is at a loose end tonight, we're putting on a show at the Green Door, from 7.30pm - Tyrannosaurus Dead, Cosines, Joanna Gruesome and the Bastards of Fate.

^ hope it went well!

slapping this on here so i can find it again later:
http://thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/brighton-and-hove-peoples-assembly-against-austerity-30-may/

I think we lost a fair amount on it, but it was great fun and all the bands were ace.

Might turn up to that Assembly thing if I remember it at the end of the month, good line-up of speakers.

You coming to Tietchens on Thursday, Nick? Matt said he was coming along, and I'm definitely planning to, unless this stupid cold of mine gets worse.

this thursday? eek! don't really want to miss that but i'm seeing barn owl and mountains this week already, gonna have to do some serious negotiating there...

Yes, definitely coming on Thursday.

Does anyone putting on anything they love actually make any money? It always seems to be a success to break even with people I know.

Oh yeah, it's tough. The default status is "losing a bit", but there's a huge difference between that and "losing a lot".

How were the tietchens of Asmus then? I had to miss it cos B. wanted to attend some knitting demo but damn I would have been there otherwise. Did go to Mountains tonight though which was _incredible_, seriously one of the best live music things I've seen for a long time, just this lovely long flow of transportive sounds, two guys on burbling synths and guitars sounding a bit like Popol Vuh meets Terry Riley, this total cosmic ruralism vibe, so good.

Talk about disasters for the promoters though - there were only 10 or 11 people there and it was at Sticky Mikes so there was a good deal of empty space. Which I guess makes it a solid third in the lowest attended Brighton gigs I've been too (Belgian avant-skronk blues outsider Ignatz was #1 with just two people incl. me at the Cowley Club in 2010-ish; #2 was NZ underground hero Alastair Galbraith - 5 people at the Freebutt 10 years ago or something)(my all time record though was JUST ME AND NO-ONE ELSE seeing proto-fraggle punk grafters the Mega City Four in Manchester, just before they had their bried 5 minutes of fame in the early 90s). Anyhow, I did think it looked ominous when I bought a ticket for it this week and got ticket no. 1 given too me. Didn't really care about the low turnout too much myself cos it was music that you just wanted to totally zone out too and forget where you were (and tbh I was that moved by it that I actually felt like I was on the verge of weeping for a large part of the performance) but I did feel sorry for the band cos they deserve better than that (they did seem to be okay about it though). Poor Mountains!

Haha, serves you right for going to see Mega City Four. Mountains sound superb, though.

Tietchens was absolutely brilliant, I thought, though the set could have been longer. Also his equipment wasn't really that visible (errr) and I like to get a chance to inspect the processes of knob-twiddling when I can (ummmm). The support guy before him was fucking TERRIBLE, though. The kind of stuff that's a contender for 'rolling worst songs of 2013'. Really don't know what he was doing on that bill. The first guys weren't really very interesting either, so I had visions of it being one of the biggest wash-outs of a gig ever, but AT was pretty much everything I was hoping for, plus some.

Yeah, I've seen a few dodgy support bands recently. Tonight's lot weren't much cop, pretty annoying in fact, plus the singer took his shoes off and played in his socks. Disgusting savage - I'm not having that!

The MC4 weren't much cop in hindsight either, it's true...

Hey, tell me about these bands:

http://www.songkick.com/concerts/16117859-cold-pumas-at-westhill-community-hall

I know (and like) Cold Pumas, who are the other lot?

I only know Vision Fortune out of that list - they're pretty great, similarly repetitive krauty thing going on to CP and Hookworms, pretty pounding. They usually play with a fuck-off strobe light as well, which kind of adds to the effect (epileptics be warned). Also the Westhill rules. Though I won't be at that show, as I'll be watching the Residents in London instead.

Going off topic, MC4 were the first headliners I saw live, At the sadly demolished Ipswich Carribean Club. I wasn't very impressed, but that may have been partly because one of the backstage had "confiscated" my hash after threatening me with being kicked out!

There's a great video on YouTube of John Peel going to see ENT there.

That was quite well attended though. I one saw the Stereophonics on their first tour in Ipswich with about 10 others. Me and my mates went and played pool next door after the first couple of songs I am pleased to say.

Might be interested in that Cold Pumas gig.

Trying to find out who played the devastatingly poorly attended Cotton Casino show with her, I stumble across this:

What was the concert with the fewest spectators you ever attended?

Cotton Casino at the Rescue Rooms played to about 10 people when I saw her. Two of whom, my friends who'd come with me, left before the end. She was awesome.

My band (The Chemistry Experiment) have had quite a few - notable ones being with Luna in Leicester, when about 12 people showed up, half of whom were there for us (instead of Luna? WTF?), and with the Essex Green in Hull, which admittedly was a last minute show, and I don't think there was time for any publicity, but only about 3 people paid to get in. It was a brilliant show, though, and the lack of people meant that we got to do fun stuff (duelling flutes!).

Most recent one, I think, was The High Plane Drifters and Dooley Wilson at the Social in Notts - just me, my ex-boyfriend and their driver. Still, they played a blinder and we got incredibly drunk for the next two days. It all worked out well in the end.

― emil.y (emil.y), Monday, January 23, 2006 2:15 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think the worst line-up of a show I've been to must have been Dodgy with Cast in support. My mate was (still is, really) a huge Dodgy fan, so I saw them a few times. And once met the drummer (hat man) without knowing who he was, and he was actually really nice. So. Terrible band, still.

It was good enough for them though.

Anyone for Outer Church tonight? Early start, Occult Hand are on at 7.45, and they are excellent.

Not for me I'm afraid, I'm kind of feeling a bit burnt out today.

Might be interested in that Cold Pumas gig.

oops, pressed submit too soon. was going to say, i got a ticket for that thing. £3.50 and byob (iirc) - you can't lose!

never seen the residents emil.y but their concerts always sound amazing, that'll be so great!

oh btw deerhoof are playing in june. reckon it'll probably sell out, but one not to miss imo

I have a feeling that Deerhoof show might be during ATP. Bah.

dear hoof, why u braek heart?

Will pick up a ticket for that this week.

Noone watching the game tonight? Kind of fancy going to the pub, but it seems Brighton fand have all got tickets.

watching it at home with my son on some dodgy internet stream

Teaching a good example.

That being to not give Murdoch any cash.

too right!

also a good lesson in why not to have talktalk as an isp

Yargh, just confirmed a show for the 9th of June. We're playing with Plurals and Sly & the Family Drone. Come!

i'm there!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5YF6BlUIiA

one thing i am looking forward too thats coming up soon is guardian alien @ the albert. don't know much of their stuff but that one song there is some of the most psychedelic shit i've heard in a good long while

When's that happening? I've heard the name several times but I think that's the first time I've actually heard them - pretty rad.

something a bit boredoms like there, that feeling of surfing on this endless crescendo. saturday 1st june anyway

was kind of tempted by that thing with Kawabata and Charlles Hayward but, hmmm, i'm not sure

Ah, well, if all goes to plan we will be bringing home a kitten on the 1st so won't be able to abandon it on its first night. Otherwise I'll be there, crying about not having a kitten.

And I'm away for that Hayward thing. Gahhh.

I saw hayward at the hope in brighton years back, was awesome

Got your gig in the diary Emily.

I have a ticket for the Saturday thing at the West Hill. Who’s coming? Fancy meeting before at The Evening Star before for one?

Also, I bought a ticket for Levon Vincent next Friday at Life, crowd and club will probably be a bit shit like the last time I went there, but I have allies this time, including Jabber Hands.

saw hayward with hugh hopper supporting AMT in london a few years back, was uhh hmmm ...ok?

am up for west hill. what time does it start?

oh and HAPPY KITTY DAY E!

Ticket says 7pm.

Evening Star sounds like a good plan - name yr time and I'll see you there.

Just been on a one pint turning into several catch-up. 7 o'clock sound good to you?

oh shit only just seen this - still at home, see you at the westhill cc at 7:30 ish? just leaving now

Just got to The Star in case you're smart these days

Missing this place a lot this weather. Does the heart & hand still have that awesome jukebox w beefheart & iggy & murvin 78s? Used to love that, more than made up for the anonymous brown Harvey's slurry masquerading as beer.

Don't get back often enough why because lyfe, but I'll be down in a couple of weeks for friend's wedding, which should be fun. I have the week off/might be between jobs so I may EVEN do some clubbing like a young person would.

Best of luck, Brighton clubbing be very meh.

…but all about the company of course.

lol

i tried to go clubbing last weekend. got there about 1am to find the doors closed and no signs of life. the bouncer for the place upstairs told us they'd gone home because "only 2 people turned up." christ, how bleak is that? yep, good luck wins!

Lol yeah, I have been one of the 2 people before. I know what to expect. A wee dance to some generic tech-house followed by a walk on the beach will do me.

Haha, Jesus, really? At least that makes trying to run an indiepop club where only ten people ever show up seem less ridiculous.

Deep Systems?

One thing I never knew about Brighton until a couple of days ago - Aleister Crowley's ashes are apparently scattered in Woodvale Cemetery.

In 1947, the occultist Aleister Crowley (who had died at Hastings) was cremated there. About 20 of his followers attended the service; as soon as Crowley's coffin was brought out, they "began chanting black magic incantations, to the astonishment of the attendants and undertakers".[130] Following newspaper reports that a Black Mass had been held at the ceremony, the council moved to ban the practice at the chapel:[131] councillors described the events as "a desecration of consecrated ground" and stated that they had offended the whole town.

Bloody council spoiling the fun again

Was that the BLM night JH?

it was. if only they'd waited till i got there, they'd have had a party on their hands!

I can only assume the venue forced it to close, not the promoters? If I’ve bothered to sort all that out I’m going to play records no matter what, no matter how shit I’m feeling!

We're on at eight tonight if anyone fancies it.

Hope to make it!

Anything going on this weekend? Sat/sun? Am in town, want to make the most of it.

the go bang party at the green door store on sat might be fun. i haven't been to one of their proper nights but i have enjoyed listening to those guys play records in a pub.

Would have hone to that if I wasn’t away.

same! be nice to have a weekend in brighton one of these days.

Thx for the tip, am heading down now, looking forward to a pint in the evening star. Have been informed yr city stinks of garbage btw

(i'm cool with that, have lived in Buenos Aires & loved it)

Yep, I'm surprised shops haven't stopped giving out extra packaging, but I guess it shows how little people think about waste. Hopefully what might come out of this strike is more awareness of this fact.

Enjoy your weeknd!

Not Brighton, but Brighton folks might be interested - there's a couple of amazing-looking free concerts with music by Glenn Branca, La Monte Young, Eno, Tony Conrad, Charlemagne Palestine, Eliane Radigue etc in some multi-storey carpark in Peckham at the end of the month as detailed on this post:
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