1. Foo Fighters - Less formulaic than that other group Dave Grohl was in. You remember, sing-sing-sing-scream-scream-scream-sing-sing-sing, rinse, repeat.
2. Led Zeppelin - It's been a long time since they rock & rolled...
3. The Cult - What exactly is a love removal machine.
4. Guns N' Roses - Still waiting for Chinese Democracy.
5. Jimi Hendrix
6. Van Halen - and not Van Hagar
7. The Who - half price tickets
8. The Rolling Stones - once upon a time they did. no really...
9. The Black Crowes
10. Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne

I'm a big Bob Dylan fan and usually I prefer Bob's version to a cover version of one of his songs. Jimi Hendrix's version of All Along the Watchtower is an exception; in fact, since Jimi's death, Bob has done All Along the Watchtower more or less in Jimi's style. This video, from a 1970 concert on the Isle of Wight is a much rougher version than the album version, but it's worth watching if only to see Jimi's crazy outfit.

Enjoy

Og så Jimi Hendrix, live in Monterey 1967:

Looking at his cover of the wind cries mary, he really tries to do the Hendrix thing. It would be more authentic with a flaming piano I'm sure, something I'm sure Jimi would've done if he played the piano, and covers.

Dear Bradshaw,

I was excited and pleasantly surprised to receive your letter.  As I've told you before you write well.  Why not keep a diary or start a story or something?  Writing is fun, cathartic, passes the time, provides escape and, maybe most importantly, releases demons.  You may be there but when you write you can be anywhere:  a beautiful beach on a tropical island, inside a crater on the moon, or the peak of Stromboli when it's spitting red lava into the black sky.

Yes, the universe works in mysterious ways.  Sometimes it unfolds in our favor and sometimes not.  In my experience, it has always rewarded my positive thoughts, words and deeds and punished me when my actions weren't honorable.  So when 'bad' things happen, I try to learn a lesson.  Of course, I can't change the past but I can use it as a diving board for the future.

            Jimi is currently cuddled up lengthwise along my leg.  She's growing by the day.  We've had her for a mere three and a half weeks and already she's tripled in size.  At this rate, I'll be living with an elephant by the end of the month.  She's good though, behaves well.  In that short time, she has learned quickly and obeys (most of) the rules.  As a reward, we've given her complete freedom to roam.  That's right.  She has access to every room even when we aren't home.  However, if at the end of the month we find ourselves with a five-hundred-euro phone bill, we'll know whom to blame.

            So you've been reading 500 pages a week.  Hurray!  Hurrah!  Keep up the good work.  Where do you find the time to sleep, eat and exercise?  And what about your personal hygiene?  Don't neglect your toiletries.

"It's a cliched story but one that inspires us nonetheless. Jimmy Hendrix learned to play guitar upside down because he didn't have a left-handed model. Scores of children in Costa Rica will out-surf you on homemade boards carved from trees. From shoeless long-distance runners to that 

one guy on a fixed gear at a cyclocross race, there are people out there whose competence comes from a practiced humanity, not a collection of gear. We can't help but admire them. The next time you think you need a new piece of equipment, ask first whether it's new equipment you really need, or just more practice." 

Lesson:

We need to stop buying the hype that we need to buy new crap.  Yes, there are things that increase functionality, but we usually buy new stuff for the image, not the function.  If we could only realize that what's cool is always defined by counter-culture submovents fighting against hype...

Be cool, save money.  Stop buying fancy new stuff.

Cover photography by Lisa Law, design by Alia PennerAuthor Trinie Dalton traveled into the wilds of New Mexico to live with psychedelic earthers BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT for two days. Sublimity ensued. Here’s what happened. With photography by Lisa Law.

Douglas Rushkoff: The mortgage and credit crisis wasn’t merely predictable; it was predicted. And not by a market bear or conspiracy theorist, but by the people and institutions responsible. Illustration by Arik Moonhawk Roper.

Dave Reeves: Having doubts about Iraq? America’s victory is Infinite. Just have a look at Vietnam…

Molly Frances on all sorts of delights in, from, or about Los Angeles—from Wallace Berman, Velaslavasay Panorama and Lily Tomlin in The Late Show to Show Cave, Nite Jewel and the new Flying Lotus album. Plus other, non-geographically specific stuff.

On May 10, 1968 SLY & THE FAMILY STONE opened two shows for THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE at the Fillmore East in New York City. Artist/scholar Plastic Crimewave reports on this extraordinary, little-known moment in American countercultural history.

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Greg Shewchuk: What is it about skateboarding that makes kids willing to break laws in order to do it? Illustration by Joseph Remnant.

Nance Klehm: What to do with the nuts, seeds and berries you can find while foraging in the urban jungle. Illustration by Makeswell.

The Center for Tactical Magic: Do the ends ever justify the magic(k)? Illustration by Cassandra Chae.

Erik Davis: Is the “planetary consciousness” of neotribal psytrance gatherings like Portugal’s Boom festival just window dressing for the same old hedonism and escapism—or could it actually be what it says it is?

A centerfold of new ARTHUR COMICS by Jeffrey Brown, Charles Burns, Al Columbia,
P.W.E., Simon Evans, Matt Furie, Tom Gauld, Lisa Hanawalt, Joseph Hanks, Tim Hensley, Ted May, Anders Nilsen, Laura Park, Helge Reumann, Souther Salazar, Julia Wertz and Dan Zettwoch. Edited by Buenaventura Press.

STYLE: Annakim Violette, glampire vamp, tells an arachnid tale from a rainbow’s underbelly. Styled by Miss KK, with photography and design by Alia Penner.

BYRON COLEY & THURSTON MOORE review choice finds from the deep underground.

C and D let it rip about the Fela! musical, Hacienda, Megapuss, Little Joy, Kasai All-Stars, Grouper, Natacha Atlas, El Guincho, Matt Baldwin, Mercury Rev, Desolation Wilderness, Gang Gang Dance, Raglani, Jonas Reinhardt, Apse, and Eagles of Death Metal.

Questa mattina, a Cleveland, abbiamo visitato la Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, un museo che raccoglie strumenti, vestiti, foto e curiosità di chi ha fatto la storia della musica americana e non solo. Fermarsi davanti al pianoforte di John Lennon e pensare che lui in persona ha toccato quei tasti mentre scriveva Imagine, è stato emozionante. Così come leggere il foglio originale su cui Jimi Hendrix ha scritto Purple Haze o guardare le chitarre con cui Eric Clapton ha suonato assoli da brividi.

Come potete leggere dalla didascalia nell'immagine qui sopra, le foto non erano permesse in questo museo. Noi, naturalmente, non abbiamo resistito e qualcuna ne abbiamo fatta, chi in modo più discreto con il telefonino, chi spudoratamente con macchina fotografica e teleobiettivo. Quest'ultimo di noi (che non vi diremo ora chi è dei 3), è stato letteralmente "preso per le strazze" (vestiti) e buttato fuori dal museo (qui non scherzano... lo sappiamo bene ormai). Non vi diciamo chi di noi è "uscito", perchè... chiediamo a voi di indovinarlo. Ecco quindi il primo...
THE READERS COMPETITION: Chi tra noi ha scattato una foto con la macchina fotografica ed è stato sbattuto fuori dal museo? Matteo (Sir), Andrea (Tinto) oppure Ric? 
Rispondete con un commento a questo post. Chi indovinerà (da qui al prossimo post) vincerà una stilosissima Tshirt dell'X-ide, il nostro sponsor. Good Luck! ;)

E' di oggi anche la nostra prima multa ufficiale: 25 $ per un divieto di sosta. Dobbiamo stare più attenti, shit!

Salutata Cleveland ci siamo rimessi in viaggio. Altri 250 km circa ed eccoci arrivati a Buffalo, cittadina sul confine con il Canada, la più vicina alle Cascate del Niagara. Abbiamo trovato (con Booking.com) una buona sistemazione per la notte a Niagara Falls (a 20 km a nord da Buffalo), al Swiss Cottage Inn, un motel a due passi dalle cascate (al 6831 di Niagara Falls Blvd.). Domani è... show time! 

In generale va tutto bene, tranne il tempo che da alcuni giorni non ci dà tregua: vento e pioggia ci accompagnano ovunque, speriamo che nei prossimi giorni migliori altrimenti troveremo parecchio freddo in Canada.

Grazie a tutti per l'entusiasmo con il quale ci continuate a seguire. Questo viaggio senza di voi non sarebbe lo stesso! 

Spese del giorno
Generali: 66 $ museo Rock and Roll, 58 $ motel, 3 $ autostrada (tot 127 $)
Sir: 7 $ pranzo, 2 $ autogrill, 23 $ cena (tot 32 $)
Ric: 7 $ pranzo, 6 $ autogrill, 42 $ cena, 7 $ serata (tot 62 $)
Tinto: 8 $ pranzo, 4 $ autogrill, 42 cena, 7 $ serata (tot 61 $)

Km percorsi: 320
Multe: 25 $ (divieto di sosta) 

Frase del giorno: Anything you want, let's do it. (Jim Morrison)
Canzone del giorno: Oh boy - Buddy Holly

The most hated man in pop? Even Paul Weller – hardly Mr Popular himself – spat at a picture of Sting backstage at the Royal Albert Hall recently. Does he get a tough rap? There’s no doubting he’s conceited, but really everyone’s just jealous of Sting and his month-long mating rituals. And the zillion records sold. And the fact he still cuts a dashing figure in middle-age.

Of course, it’s possible that people simply hate his music but a) check out those zillion units and b) come on, some of it’s been smart. ‘Message In A Bottle’ was a monument from the minute it was released. Edgy, memorable, carrying universal appeal around in bags, it’s a classic pop moment in a year brimming with them. Like so many greats, it even has a massively clunky metaphor at its heart.

Junior wielded the plastic Stratocaster throughout, showing her credentials as a proto-Hendrix by imploring me to watch her playing it with her chin. Face it – you’re impressed just reading about it.

Jimi Hendrix, one of the most iconic guitarists of all time

The Ancient Greeks (left) played many instruments with strings. The medieval gittern (right) is another early precursor of the guitar.

In tracing the guitar's evolution, Yentob finds its forerunners were often street instruments, popular with the common people but considered inferior musically and socially to more classical instruments. In Elizabethan and Stuart times, guitar-like sitterns or gitterns became fashionable props to be seen in competition with the lute, a notoriously tricky instrument to play and keep in tune. Such instruments were often identified with sex and sittern became a slang term for ladies of easy virtue – "any man can play upon them".

"The guitar has always had that potential," says Yentob. "You only have to look at the shape of it to see what a sexual object it is. Being a way to impress girls is a theme that can be traced back to the Spanish traditions of Flamenco through to cowboys like Gene Autry in the Fifties, strumming guitars to the delight of whoever."

It wasn't until the 20th century that classical guitarist Andres Segovia finally gave the instrument a status and repertoire it had previously lacked, developing his own style as a performer away from the clicking heels and flamboyance of Flamenco. "He turned it into something more serious and skilful, something that you could listen to on its own," says Yentob.

The big problem for Segovia and for another guitar genius, jazz player Django Reinhardt, was the relative inaudibility of their instruments when playing in larger venues or in a band. In America, the Martin company developed bigger guitars called "Dreadnoughts" to produce more sound, but big band leader Benny Goodman still regarded guitars with disdain, at least until Charlie Christian attached a pickup and amplifier to his guitar, becoming a force to be reckoned with in the Benny Goodman Sextet – the first band to build its repertoire around guitar riffs.

Charlie Christian, electric guitar pioneer

The second programme continues the story of the evolution of the electric guitar from early experiments such as Rickenbacker's "Frying Pan"; to its eventual transformation into the solid-body instrument that would become the central plank of rock 'n' roll. "I don't know how many people know that the most popular guitar style in America in the Twenties and Thirties was the Hawaiian guitar," says Yentob. "But it's through that and the evolution of the steel guitar that people came to see that there was a sound that would resonate more."

One of the first to explore the possibilities was Les Paul, a young American who conducted his own experiments with the electric guitar. Not everyone was convinced, but when Fender came up with the Telecaster – a solid-body electric design of such brilliance that it remains in production today – the Gibson company responded by putting into production a classic of its own. Based on Les Paul's design and taking his name, it remains one of the most sought-after guitars in the world. "Gibson suddenly realised that they needed Les Paul," says Yentob, "not least because he had his own radio show to which millions listened on NBC and could publicise this new guitar in a way that they couldn't do by themselves."

The guitar could now not only be heard at the back but was ready to take centre stage. One of the first to make the most of its potential was bluesman T-Bone Walker, featured in a wonderful piece of archive displaying moves that would later turn the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Pete Townshend into rock gods. "That's my favourite item in a film that's packed with brilliant archive," Yentob agrees. "The way he moves is amazing! If you think of Townshend and Hendrix, you should see how T-Bone Walker held that guitar and played with it."

T-Bone Walker...showmanship way before Hendrix!

Concentrating on the guitars and their players rather than merely re-telling the story of rock, Yentob interviews BB King and Les Paul, both still performing at 83 and 93 respectively, and also talks to an unheralded but influential British pioneer, Bert Weedon, the first man to take a guitar instrumental, Guitar Boogie Shuffle, to the top of the UK charts. Best known for his Play In A Day book which has inspired generations of fledgling guitarists, Weedon also provides a link to Django Reinhardt, with whom he played.

Another important contributor is Elvis Presley's unassuming guitarist, Scotty Moore, who played on songs like That's All Right Mama and Heartbreak Hotel. "I think Scotty, in particular, has been overlooked," Yentob says. "When you listen again to the guitar solos on those Elvis numbers, you realise that he made a big difference. It was great to get him."

It wasn't just America that fell for rock 'n' roll. Scotty Moore, Chuck Berry, BB King and their guitars were just what many young Britons had been waiting for. "Before Elvis there was nothing," John Lennon once observed, which was certainly true in guitar terms. "The phrase that fascinates me most in all these programmes," says Yentob, "comes from Bert Weedon who, having bought his first guitar in London's Pettitcoat Lane as a boy in the Thirties, took it to show his friends who said: 'What's a guitar?' I found that amazing."

By the late Fifties and early Sixties, owning a guitar was a way to differentiate yourself from the masses. "There was something in its shape which, in conjunction with the exotic sound of blues and rock 'n' roll, appealed to youngsters brought up in the suburbs of London or Liverpool," says Yentob.

The guitar allowed countless young men to reinvent themselves and, as Elvis had shown, it wasn't even necessary to be good at it. It wasn't just something on which you played a tune, says another contributor, Pete Townshend, but an accessory with which to create excitement.

"The guitar is an incredible prop for somebody trying to get noticed," says Yentob, and, at that time, nobody attracted quite as much attention as Hank Marvin of The Shadows.

What was it that Marvin had that the other boys didn't? A bright red Fender Stratocaster for a start – one specially imported for him from the USA. For the likes of young Mark Knopfler, later of Dire Straits, and David Gilmour, of Pink Floyd fame, it became the ultimate object of desire. "David told me that seeing Hank Marvin with that red Fender really was an iconic moment for a lot of those guys," says Yentob, "they absolutely had to have one."

As the Sixties progressed the other thing guitarists craved was volume. Advances in amplification and new technology changed the very nature of the guitar. "I hated being shouted at by yobs," says Townshend, "so the amplifier maker Jim Marshall and I got together to develop the weaponry to ensure that no-one would interrupt me ever again."

While Marshall and Leo Fender, whose background was in electronics rather than guitar playing, built amplifiers of ever-increasing power, effects wizards set to work on producing new sounds – Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones is an early example of the use of fuzz. New heroes such as Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton pushed the boundaries, inspired by the genius of unsung heroes such as Roger Mayer, a former Admiralty acoustic engineer from the Surrey suburbs, whose Octavia pedal allowed Hendrix to come up with Purple Haze.

Johnny Marr of The Smiths (left) and Matt Bellamy of Muse...modern guitar heroes

To support the contention that "it isn't just the guitar, but what you do with it that counts," Yentob, in the third and final film, emerges from a garage holding a charred Strat that Hendrix had set alight during one of his incendiary London performances. How could anyone follow that? The last programme covers post-Hendrix guitar, making room for stars such as Townshend, Marvin, Gilmour and Johnny Marr of The Smiths to explain what the guitar means to them and illustrate their style of playing.

From the ostentatious soloing of Steve Vai to the punk-inspiring anti-music of the Stooges' Ron Asheton, guitar in the Seventies and Eighties went into overdrive. Today, with the likes of Matt Bellamy of Muse inspiring a new generation of fans, there seems little immediate threat to the guitar's pre-eminence (Bellamy's father George, who played on the Tornados' 1962 hit Telstar, is featured in another astonishing piece from the archive).

Much of the guitar's popularity lies in the fact that it is open to everyone whether they pick up Weedon's Play In A Day or adopt the famous punk maxim "here's a chord, here's another, here's a third... now form a band". Fittingly, the series concludes with an astonishing but touching display of devotion by non-guitar players performing at an "air guitar" club. In a madcap way it makes perfect sense. "In an instant virtual world where everything is possible, why not just play the guitar without the guitar?" Yentob says. "The air guitar sequence is, I think, a very funny one, while the Guitar Hero games franchise, which has shipped 40 million units, is incredibly successful and gives everybody the chance to have a go..."

What do you think is the future of the guitar? Is the age of the guitar heroes over?

Are the days of the real Guitar Heroes over...thanks to Guitar Hero?

Quotes from the series

B.B. King

"The guitar is like a friend, it introduces me to people. If someone really wanted to punish me, they'd take my guitar away from me."
BB King, the king of the blues

"Who the hell wants to hear an electric guitar player?"
Benny Goodman, who changed his mind after Charlie Christian plugged in...

"It's like turning your daydreams into sound... playing the guitar feels more natural than talking."
Johnny Marr, The Smiths

"Any instrument that you're allowed to set fire to, and people actually cheer you on, has got to be an instrument worth playing."
Matt Bellamy, Muse

"I don't have any respect for the thing as an artefact, it's a tool."
David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, owner of a 1954 Fender Stratocaster serial number 0001

"It's not about playing well it's about causing disasters – magnificent ones."
Malcolm McLaren, Sex Pistols svengali

"I don't use effects as an addition to the sound – effects for me are the sound... I find songs in sounds."
The Edge, U2

"It's private, it's personal, it's wonderful, it's poetic, it's cathartic, it's moving, it's expressive, it's a real release, it's just a wonderful, wonderful thing to have."
PeteTownshend

"It's a little bit of a social problem."
Iggy Pop, punk godfather

Watch it!

This first programme features the rise and rise of the acoustic guitar and features interviews with Bert Weedon, the man who taught Britain to Play in a Day, Pete Townshend, Bill Bailey, Flamenco player Paco Pena and classical guitarist John Williams.

Sun 5 Oct, 10:20 pm - 11:20 pm 60mins

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But it's worth a good laugh. Perhaps it was my intention, ok?





This is the result of watching 1969 Woodstock over and over and over again (though it's been years since the last time I watched it). The band's got some other influences, that will come up soon enough. For now, enjoy something that Hendrix played while people were cleaning up the festival, eating watermelons and finding dirty shoes in the mud. It's a really nice DVD: Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music.


PS: Hey, it's a Kung Fu belt, ok?? :P :P :P

Thomas was asked about his silence on the bench at a lecture earlier this month at Pepperdine University School of Law. After chiding other justices for talking far too much, Thomas used the example of a student who recently visited the Court to explain the virtue of silence. When Thomas asked the student why she was so quiet, she replied: "Well, wisdom listens and knowledge speaks."

"I said, 'Woo! That's pretty good!" Thomas said, drawing laughs from the crowd. "So I scooted out and checked it out on the internet and found out it was Jimi Hendrix!"

Well, DC Dicta checked the internet as well, and discovered that Hendrix did indeed once say: "Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."

But Hendrix took the sentiment from someone else: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. - father of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. The elder Holmes said: "It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen."

Here is video of the remarks - and a chance for you to hear what his voice sounds like.

By the way, the questioner is Ken Starr, dean of the law school (perhaps better known as the author of the Starr Report).

Understanding, not only these two parts of acoustic guitar, but all other parties and find the best acoustic guitar to their needs. If you're looking for that special person with the acoustic guitar resistant to the neck or one that has the best bridge to the survey, it is always important to get expert advice. However, the bridge and body are what most are looking to buy an acoustic guitar to consider first.

Blues guitar online is probably one of the most entertaining ways to learn the guitar and play. When most people think of the blues guitar who think of Eric Clapton or Jimi Hendrix Waling away in a stunning guitar solo. It is therefore not surprising that many guitarists like to learn more about how to play blues guitar.

Pour célébrer les quarante ans (déjà ?) de la sortie de l'album mythique "Electric Ladyland" de Hendrix, France Culture nous propose un feuilleton radiophonique (oulala ça fleure bon les années 50 !) racontant sa vie, depuis son enfance jusqu'à ses premiers succès. Ca se passe à 20h30, du lundi 6 octobre jusqu'au vendredi 24 octobre 2008. La durée quotidienne de l'émission est de vingt minutes.

Pour celles et ceux qui ne connaissent pas Electric Ladyland, c'est par là sur Deezer.com.

C'est toujours mieux que de regarder une bouse intersidérale à la Tévé, non ? En plus c'est gratuit, normal c'est le service public (hmmpf pas sûr que cela le reste très longtemps d'ailleur, alors profitez-en)

Aller à plus,

See MiMi Soya at Staines

Oct 2 2008      7:30P The Hobgoblin (18+)     Staines

MiMi Soya

Formed in the British summer of 2006 MiMi Soya have risen fast in their short career. Now the pop punk quartet from sunny Brighton aim to bring their addictive melodies, innocent lyrics and beastly guitar riffs to the world.

After the initial EP self release which included the anthemic lead track “Crazy” and the visionary salsa pop song “A Memoir”, they then recruited their current front woman Hero at the start of 2007 and started creating brand new stadium
crowd pleasers. Since playing shows constantly they’re bringing their intense, passionate, killer live shows to a town near you. With crowd participation and band energy second to none, it’s visual ecstasy for their fans.

Now signed to LAB Records with Crown management (Sugababes, Good Shoes, Get Cape,Wear Cape. Fly) in tow, expect incredible things. MiMi Soya are hot, you’d be crazy not to check out their mixed gender, punk-driven singalong anthems!

Hero - Vocals
Chris - Guitars/Vocals
Mike - Bass/Vocals
Joe - Drums/Nudity

http://www.myspace.com/mimisoya

You can purchase the new MiMi Soya EP Here >>>

The Four Penny Knee Trembler [Single]
~ Mimi Soya (Artist)

Price:     £3.99

2.

Catch some Contemporary Jazz - at Ascot

Nicolas Meier Band 5 October 2008      1:00P Jagz Ascot, with Roast

Swiss guitarist Nicolas Meier is one of the rising stars of a vibrant British jazz scene, his trademark sound a mixture of Methenyesque jazz and spicy Turkish and world music rhythms. Already well known in Europe, where his Meier Group have
toured extensively and shared the bill with such illustrious names as Elvin Jones, Brad Meldau, Trilok Gurtu and Bill Evans. Meier and his band recently won the enormously prestigious Grand Prize Of The Jury and 1st Prize Jazz Guitar at Jazz
a Juan Revelations 2006 a competition for the finest new jazz musicians and bands in Europe run by the legendary Jazz A Juan Festival.

But he is becoming increasingly well known in his adopted country as well where his Meier group features brilliant Israeli world-bebop saxophonist Gilad Atzmon, bassist Tom Mason and drummer Laurence Lowe who all contributed to his hugely well received Naim label debut ‘Orient’ .

As well as leading his own band, Meier has worked with the likes of Harry Beckett, Dave O'Higgins, John Etheridge, Gilad Aztmon, Renato D'Aielo and Deidre Cartwright. He has recently recorded "Guidance" featuring Vivaldi's 4 Seasons with a guitar orchestra (acoustic, electric & synth guitars) for American Classical label Centaur and until last year was in the nu-metal, techno, industrial band Avoidance Of Doubt, with whom he recorded some Indie label ‘EPs. He also recently formed
nu-metal-industrialists Seven. He cites influences as diverse as John McLaughlin,P at Metheny, Paco De Lucia, Al Di Meola, Chick Corea and Erkan Ogur.

Sunday, 5th October
Show will start at 1pm to 3.30pm
Ticket cost: £6.00
Special -entrance and roast £12

Jagz Ascot 01344 878100

3.

Get Midi Midis at Staines

Oct 5 2008      8:00P MIDIMIDIS + MORE @ The Hobgoblin, Staines

Post punk / Electro / Thrash

'Displaying an infectious enthusiasm for life, due to their independently motivated work ethic and energetic albeit shambolic lifestyles, MidiMidis loaded up with no memory card being removed. Spawning from an element of confusion and a longing for a bold incorporation of interesting and innovative influences, MidiMids represent a creative surge of creativity orchestrated by two brothers-in-law. Two brothers who enjoy spending far too much time drinking beer and experimenting with retro midi sounds on their old dusty unreliable laptops, GameBoys, GameGears and scuzzy broken guitars.

From an early age, the two have embraced everything from Gary Numan, AC/DC, Howard Jones and Bahuaus, to Nirvana, The Velvet Underground, and Television. MidiMidis create their minimalist fuzzy-buzzy 8-bit music by meticulously weaving the harsh feedback-heavy guitars of Sonic Youth together with the sharp angular work of Talking Heads, Kraftwerk and Human League.

Whether pondering over forgotten thoughts, the ubiquitous subject of relationship breakdowns or pining after a bottle of wine, lead singer Marcus manages to somehow circumvent the bile bitterness that many a songwriter would fall for. He treats these and other dark subjects with a bohemian carelessness and humorous irreverence only to the back drop of feedback laced angular guitars and electro bass and midi bleeps.

http://www.myspace.com/midimidis 

4.

Play with Spectrum 7 - at Staines

Spectrum 7 Oct 5 2008      8:00P Hobgoblin w/ The midi midi’s     Staines,

Its Rock Time!

In early 2006 two friends Sean Shreeve (Bass) and Jon Hardless (Guitar) began their early careers like most musicians; crafting songs in their bedrooms. Soon the ideals and conventions of a traditional rock band set-up were wearing thin with
the duo and they began to look for new and innovative ways to bring their vision of the way bands should sound to a future generation of listeners. Shreeve and Hardless immediately got to work crafting unconventional musical structures and
electronic beats on their Playstation while layering lyrics, guitar and bass riffs over the top. Although the band was still in a very premature form the duo managed to convince vocalist Jason Mirchandani to come onboard and after scrapping
their Playstation in favour of a laptop the group began hoaning their unique sound. Spectrum 7 were born!

Link:

http://www.myspace.com/spectrum7

5.

Check Get Set Radio at Staines

Oct 2 2008     8:00P Hobgoblin w/Stay Away From Paris     Staines

Pop Punk / Rock

Will - Vocals/Guitar ; Steve - Guitar/Vocals

Ruby - Bass; Jonas -Drums

Get Your Tickets for Beck Theatre, Hayes

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Well shes walking, through the clouds, with a circus mind, thats running round. Butterflies and zebras and movies, and fairy tales, thats all she thinks about. Riding with the wind...

When I'm sad, she comes to me.
With a thousand smiles, she gives to me.
It's all right, she said its all right, take anything you want from me. Anything. (Anything)

Fly on little wing.

(nananana) Little wing...

It was hard to find a set of lyrics that fit what I thought they sounded like. Some even missed a few lines, so I did most of it myself.

how i get so much pleasure
from darkness now,
find such softness
in solitude.

parts of me fall off deep-rooted trees
before the leaves
as if we were racing...
"Who can grow the brightest, then die the quickest?"
..I WIN!!!
(at least for now this is true).

however, even in my sunken,
unpredictable moods,
i carry beautiful hues--
colors i never knew existed.
they tint my existence
through that which i exist for,
the craving in me i just can't ignore.
i HAVE perform.

i need my art like Jimi needed his guitar
and i will play it every which way it allows me to,
turn it upside down and defy convention,
let it pour from all orifices of my body
beginning with my mouth.
i will open it so the blessings of God can spill out.

in case you didn't know,
the beauty comes from He, not me.
me is a mess and He is complete.
through my work, He strengthens me.
and in His absence, He stretches me
to believe that what He
whispered to me faintly
one night as i wept
will elevate into a shout
that rings infinity decibels loud
so all around
will have to cover their ears.

my transformation is homeless,
but it will find its residence as i
float between lives,
until
i see beyond eyes,
and when
i won't need clocks
to know
that it is my time.

La muerte de los genios del Rock and Roll ha sido el blanco perfecto para rodearse de especulaciones y de misterio, que los medios de comunicación de la época adoptaron para hablar de estos y su misteriosa muerte. Hechos que en la actualidad parece solo un episodio de la historia o para algunos representar una leyenda y motivo para seguir admirándolos como deidades del Rock.