Saturday, 29 March 2008
Pics from night last, oh Bar
Thursday, 27 March 2008
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
The Touchables trailer
I've been dying to see this giant bubble and what goes inside, gawd knows how long and finally a decent trailer of the film has surfaced, showing bubble, girls, guy and more bubbles.
I think these Cinedelica guys just blog for me, I don't know who else is intersted in swinging chicks with devious plans living in giant bubbles. But I is.
The cinedelica story is here
The Swan Thame
- Last Sunday we played the Swan with Bloke and it was packed to within an inch of the stage. Hot n sweaty. Just the ticket. There was dancing, things smashin, falling and just a general kind a feel that we were playing on an edge of a sonic cliff.
There was this one bit where we were settling into a new bouncy number and I could feel that floor heavin and rolling with the jiggin going on. Now thats what floors be for, not for cleanin, carpeting, or admirin but rolling like waves. Now if ya don't believe me, ask the landlord, he went down to the cellar afterwads, his lights were smashed and there a little flooding. Hell yeah!
Cheers to y'all who came down. Hopefully got some pics comin.
Thursday, 20 March 2008
here are the sonics in frickin London
Saturday, 15 March 2008
Obligatory listening - Kev's Sound of Confusion
Plus, the nice man, made Bootstrap his 'Obligatory record of the week'. He played Englands Dead sandwiched between the Sonics and Bo Diddley, darn cool by me and then played Cecille after the Who later on.
Kev has been doing his 'Sound of Confusion' show on Thursday nights for what I reckon must coming on for a year now and it gets better and better. Though its on Radio Scilly, the small but mighty station, with the internet, he's growing an international audience purely through playing great music.
So anyhow if ya wanna listen and yer reading this Thursday night or some saturdays, tune in and check it out here:
Kev's Sound of Confusion
Thursday, 13 March 2008
Doc Teger takes a scientific interest in Bootstrap
And, for some extracurricular bootstrapping, take the Replacements, some Lou Reed, a dash of early Bowie, a pinch of Violent Femmes, some 60s surf sounds, a big garage with the door closed, and you have the British band Bootstrap and their song Streetlight. The video uses scenes from Faster Pussycat Kill Kill, the classic film by Russ Meyer. A configuration made in heaven!
Doc Teger on the The OpenSSO Bootstrap File Deconstructed
Here's the vid if ya haven't seen it.
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Rumbold Shoots
Monday, 10 March 2008
Jacob's Mouse No Fish Shop Parking
I don't know why they got forgotten, maybe its the singing drummer thing, long hair, bury st. edmunds, but this record stands up there with pixies come on, pilgrim for me, if not better. When it came out it, it hit you the same way as Pilgrim with a sideways blow of what rockin music could sound like. If you took all the shininess out yeah yeah yeahs, recorded it deep underground with menace and kubrick stare you kinda be there. Do that 15 years ago as well. I aint gonna go into each song n stuff but if yer pass it in a bargain bucket or down the exchange for £2, pick it up and turn it on. Group of Seven and Rubber room are cool too.
Towersey
So on top of this, it was £7 on the door and in aid of charity. So ya can see our expectations of playing to more than a doorman were pretty slim. But this crazy things happens, it sells out, the place is heaving, we setup lights and a stage, the beer is flowing, everyone a dancing n a jiggin. For 2-3 hours knowhere seems like friggin good place to be. Had a magical night.
Just wanted to say cheers to the guys promoting it, Bloke, Mungo and everyone who came down and made it cool. And dif ya got photos, send us some.
Photo from snapsandbytes.co.uk
Friday, 7 March 2008
Rupe's Gig Guide Review
Well he came down to the packed out gig at the Nag's Head just before Chirstmas. It was a great night and he reviewed it a took a few pics.
An interesting, different and energetic take on 'The Blues' by this Aylesbury based band. Too punky for me. A 21st Century Blues Band with a bit of Punk and origins in Blues, but often much too repetitive, and loud. However the music was energetic, dynamic, & original.
The Swan, Thame 23rd March
The knack...and how to get it
So I watched this film last night. I have no seen it nun before. The knack...and how to get it by Richard Lester. I am no reviewer but darn this film was weird, crazy beautiful. There be so many reasons why it shouldn't work. Its got Michael Crawford and a shitty dvd cover.
But it be good, it be very good. It be mighty funny. Tight as a tiger. Fits in with those other films like Wonderwall.
Thursday, 6 March 2008
Subsiren II
Wednesday, 5 March 2008
cloudyhead emerges
March in all its hariness
A couple o gigs this munth fer Bootstrap. Kinda busy and then smack bang in the middle I get to see the Sonics at the Forum. Plus we involved in the Subsiren aylesbury thang of getting bands in and about playing round Aylesbury. So if ya fancy one here be they are at so yeah yah?
Thursday 21st March - Subsiren at 31Below, Aylesbury. £5
We aint playing this one but have brought in some crazy bands for ya to see. Alexandria Quartet, The Electric Kool-Aid Company and the Swamis.
Easter Sunday - The Swan, Thame. Free!
Bootstrap dig and Bloke dang. Sunday night its gonna bang bong biff, runnin until midnight.
Friday 28th March - Monopoly 8 at the Oh Bar. Camden
The Tube Club guys have put on a evening of bands, we're somewhere jiggin in the middle at 10 pm. The other bands be Just Morale, Broken Waves, GST Cardinals, Cutout Blonde. All sorts of craziness going on from all over de place.
At some point inbetween we'll get the single out and present it to ya poisonally.