Animal Magic Tricks: The Inaugural Toad House Gig
This gig is very much in association with Euan and Trampoline’s amazing lineup of August shows – he basically sent me an email saying that Frances (Animal Magic Tricks) would be the first house gig and what the date would be. All I have to do is the following: invite all yous cunts!
Animal Magic Tricks – Live at Toad Hall, Sunday 9th August 2009
When Frances visited Edinburgh earlier this year she spent some time recording at Toad Hall, assisted by Neil from Meursault and Pete from The Leg. The results are three of the loveliest songs I’ve heard in ages – really, truly gorgeous. So instead of a traditional ’support/headline’ setup I think the best thing to do would be the following: we’ll get all three of them together again and instead of a support act, they can simply take turns playing some songs, with the focus, particularly towards the end, being on Frances’ material. I promise you, if it sounds anything like the material they were creating together in March, it will be stunning.
So the rules are this: we are looking for thirty to fifty people to buy tickets up front (because it’s such a small gig, if people say they’ll come and then don’t bother Frances could end up badly out of pocket, so it is NON-REFUNDABLE). That way we will hopefully raise about £150, all of which goes straight to the artist, which is good money for a tiny gig on the DIY circuit, and paying artists good money for their work is something I really think we should all take more seriously. Downloading and so on is not something I oppose per se, but musicians have to make money somewhere; it can’t all be free.
So, to come along, use the Paypal link below and feel free to pass this on to your friends and share the joy:
And as a bonus, here’s one of the songs they recorded back in March.
Animal Magic Tricks – King
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The paypal link just takes me to their homepage.
I’ve picked a really shit time to go on holiday… this, mumford & sons, retreat, trampoline etc.
What a chump eh.
Fuck. I’ll sort that out asap.
Right, should be sorted now. Spend away, Toadling.
Please.
When you said “Fuck, I’ll sort that out” I thought you were going to rearrange all those gigs so they didn’t clash with Dav’s holidays.
I mean, Dav’s a lovely guy, but we’ll cope without him for a week or two.
just remember to come to both shows cause the money made on the door of the trampoline show also gets split between the artists!
Sorry Euan, I just meant to make it clear that I wasn’t taking a cut myself, so they wouldn’t be lining my pockets, not to imply that you were a cheap cunt and not going to pay anyone
Dylan – I think a fine fellow like Dav should be perfectly entitled to expect the Edinburgh live music scene to be re-arrange to suit his needs. Don’t you know who he is, for crying out loud!
I had to read this twice to make sure you weren’t hosting a club night with DJs spinning House music. When will that be, anyway?
Sunday 9th August. I am trying to set up streaming it live on the site, for those who can’t make it.
note: You know your joke has bombed when you get a literal answer.
Yep, sorry, it was a shit joke. Ever wondered why you fit in around here?
Yes please. Pander to me please. Thank you.
“Sunday 9th August. I am trying to set up streaming it live on the site, for those who can’t make it.”
Fuck, you are pandering to my needs. Thank you Matthew.
Oooh, a streaming video. I intend to watch in the nude, so dress appropriately. This song you’ve posted is really really good.
Hmm, driving to Wales the next morning, not sure any part of this would be clever – damn it!!! Great idea though – look forward to future events all being well with this one!
Where the bloody hell is Toad Hall?
It doesn’t appear on any maps.
Hope you don’t mind, but we made Meursault album of the week on The ‘Spill:
http://readersrecommend.blogspot.com/2009/07/aotw-aerisked-with-abandon.html
Cheery!!