so anyway, moved to a flat in camden a couple of weeks ago, thought it would be better for my music career to be part of the "scene". my friend tarquin needed a new bassist for his band "the costellos" so, here i am. my dad sorted my out my the place, a rehearsal room, bought me some furniture and musical equipment: a fender jazz bass and a marshall amp, not to mention a strat so i can work on my songwriting.
problem is: dad's only hooking me up with £600 a week, after rent bills, etc.. not really enough to live the rock and roll lifestyle, keep up with the latest fashions and keep a girlfriend in tow, it's really unfair.
so could anyone sort us out with some gigs? you get well paid for them, right?
our drummer went to boarding school with a couple of guys from the horrors, so they might be able to help out, but the music biz is a tough game and any help at all would be appreciated.
― max r, Thursday, 18 October 2007 11:16 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.semissourian.com/photos/10/21/04/1021041-L.jpg
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 18 October 2007 11:18 (nineteen years ago)
£31,200 a year tax-free isn't enough to live?
― ^@^, Thursday, 18 October 2007 11:18 (nineteen years ago)
m1k3 c0st3ll0?
― Just got offed, Thursday, 18 October 2007 11:19 (nineteen years ago)
i can't live like some chav, FFS
― max r, Thursday, 18 October 2007 11:20 (nineteen years ago)
Troll impersonating poor troll for trolling purposes. Shit.
― caek, Thursday, 18 October 2007 11:24 (nineteen years ago)
Posh people be being called Tarquin
― DJ Mencap, Thursday, 18 October 2007 11:29 (nineteen years ago)
i always wondered why people go to such elaborate trouble to "pretend" they're a twat. why not spend the same amount of energy pretending to be funny and engaging and insightful?
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 18 October 2007 11:33 (nineteen years ago)
so, no gigs? guess you guys aren't really players in the music scene, then.
― max r, Thursday, 18 October 2007 11:43 (nineteen years ago)
if they were, why would they be offering you a gig?
― electricsound, Thursday, 18 October 2007 11:44 (nineteen years ago)
max r it's a shame you took it this far. you were very convincing leading up to this (though the "black music / white music" thread was a bit too perfect)
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 18 October 2007 11:51 (nineteen years ago)
Marcello, right?
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 18 October 2007 11:53 (nineteen years ago)
Dunno if Marcy could have gone this far without wishing AIDS on someone, tho.
what on earth are you talking about?
― max r, Thursday, 18 October 2007 11:54 (nineteen years ago)
I think Marcello would have given it a bit more effort than "Tarquin" and "boarding school with The Horrors"
― DJ Mencap, Thursday, 18 October 2007 11:59 (nineteen years ago)
what - no plug for a myspace page ?
― mark e, Thursday, 18 October 2007 12:01 (nineteen years ago)
marcello is the guy from 1965 records, right?
perhaps we could hook up.
― max r, Thursday, 18 October 2007 12:01 (nineteen years ago)
1965 are surely going for some record as the worst label ever to exist, with each bleeding horrible record they continue to put out
― electricsound, Thursday, 18 October 2007 12:06 (nineteen years ago)
679 still worse
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 18 October 2007 12:06 (nineteen years ago)
no way. i really like the m craft and zillions cds that came out on 679
― electricsound, Thursday, 18 October 2007 12:07 (nineteen years ago)
Some dude involved in 1965 gave me a sampler CD before I'd ever heard of it, let alone before The View, and it was pretty good! Strange label tho yeah
― DJ Mencap, Thursday, 18 October 2007 12:08 (nineteen years ago)
i like the law but they were dropped before they released anything. a bullet dodged (for the band amirite)
― electricsound, Thursday, 18 October 2007 12:09 (nineteen years ago)
So it looks like I'm moving to London (for an MA at UCL) in < 4 weeks. I was there for 9 days 7 years ago, but today I'm pretty much clueless and would like to optimize my experience while sustaining my frugal grad student status.
Let's see. Re: transport. how much does a student transit pass cost? Is it better to get a used bike? (I'll be living just north of Hyde Park [in university residence; I don't have that much money]). When do subways close?
Umm I probably have more questions, including the standard record/book store recommendations.
― qpә (EDB), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 12:51 (fifteen years ago)
subways close around midnight: thereafter there are night buses. if you're living just north of hyde park you're unlikely to have much trouble getting home.
can't recall the cost of a student oyster travelcard off the top of my head but it's certainly significantly cheaper than a non-student one. even if you don't get a travelcard you should get a 16-25 railcard (if you're over 25 and a student in full-time education, your institution will sign off on the form to say you're eligible), which gets you a third off all rail journeys and off public transport fares when linked to a registered oyster card. It costs something like £30 but you make that money back in savings pretty quickly.
i find cycling in london pretty scary tbh but it's certainly doable.
― bethnal green and baudrillard (c sharp major), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 13:11 (fifteen years ago)
Sounds good, thanks! (I'm an extremely unexperienced cyclist. Chances are I won't remember to go down the left side of the road anyways).
― qpә (EDB), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 17:20 (fifteen years ago)