Live in Edinburgh This Week – 12th July 2009
The Festival is a bit mental in its own right, but this year it is also rather annoyingly commandeering the Bowery for six weeks to pimp shitty bottles of Magners to punters and in doing so depriving us of one of the best places to go to see live music in the city. Bastards.
Anyhow, before closing up until September, there Ruth and Jane are having one last big piss-up which happens to coincide with a Toad Night. We’ve got an hour of open(ish)-mic beforehand, with some splendid people booked, and then we have Glasgow’s extraordinary Yusuf Azak and a somewhat pared-back set from Found. I am expecting a splendid night, honestly.
Also, the dress code is floral, but don’t worry, because I will be bringing along some blooms and will pin a couple to anyone who can’t find anything flowery to wear themselves. Any anyone who moans will be mocked for being a curmudgeonly old fuddy-duddy. Make an effort people, and let’s send Ruth and Jane off on holiday in some style.
Tuesday 14th July 2009: There Will Be Fireworks & Cryoverbillionaires at Electric Circus.
This show starts at 10pm and is preceded by a Sneaky Pete’s night, including a live show from Sleepy Sun and a couple of others. For me though I have to confess that the real highlight will be the chance to see There Will Be Fireworks for the first time. They’ve been tipped by an awful lot of people, and I am still waiting for their album to make its way to my front doorstep, so I am looking forward to this one a great deal.
Saturday 18th July 2009: Found & Yusuf Azak at the Bowery.
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The original song, by Toad
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And for those of you not planning on attending the Toad party on Saturday (which fucking well better be NO-ONE!) there is this rather promising looking alternative at the Wee Red Bar, including Trapped in Kansas, a post-rocky band I’ve been hearing quite a bit about lately.
Aha. SbT now looks excellent on mobile devices.
what a shite week….
…i saw Lady GaGa over the weekend…..think i’m in love….she is a star
what?????????
what an absolute untalented whorebag bint of a woman.
i said what a shite week!
you are totally wrong Michael…..i may not be the biggest fan of her music, but the show she put on was amazing….full on entertainment!
the music nice enough pop…..she is far from untalented…..she is a woman, yes
the whorebag bint bit you may need to expend a little…or were you just being an misogynist
yes sorry i was just being a misogynist.
Is this the wrong time to say that Trapped in Kansas blew me away with an acoustic session they did at Pee in the Dark this weekend? Looking forward to the Toad nonsense instead though.
Cheers Nick – much easier to navigate, eh? Thanks to Tim from The Blue Walrus for putting me onto that.
Michael – herm, I was kinda with you the first time.
Andy – stoppit!
That was a wee bit strong there Michael; a bit rich even for me. I don’t really have an opinion one way or another re. her talents or lack there of. I’m not interested but wouldn’t get angry about it. I don’t really like ‘entertainment’, just well played music and maybe a bit bopping about.
I’d still shag her though.
I wouldn’t touch her with someone else’s penis, never mind my own.
I would say that she looks like a female version of Prince, but Prince already looks like a female version of Prince, so perhaps the two of them are some strange undiscovered third gender the rest of us aren’t aware of as yet.
Or just aliens.
OY OY!
we have two events on Friday night
The Corncrakes http://www.myspace.com/thecorncrakes
with new locals The Colourful Band http://www.myspace.com/imckelvie
and Jugalbandi up the stairs in the theatre
AND
downstairs
William Douglas
http://www.myspace.com/williamdouglasmusic
Matt Riviere
http://www.myspace.com/matriviere
these two doing duet
http://www.myspace.com/haileybeavis
http://www.myspace.com/jedmilroy
and http://www.myspace.com/jamonbreadyay
if you could bung that on the list we’d be very grateful. TA xx
Lady Ga-Ga Tom?
Lady fudgin Ga-GA!!
I hope one day you look back at this thread and shudder!
Shame on you!
Now go to your room and think about what you’ve done.
I think the trouble might actually be that he’s already spent too much time in his room thinking about Lady Ga-Ga.
(I typed in “Lady Ha-Ha” by mistake there – I nearly didn’t correct it!)