About me: Caroline loves:
Alan Bennett/ Banter/ The Beatles/
Alfresco music/Anna Span films/ Baby oil/ Bessie Smith/
Aretha Franklyn/ Barry White/ Bill Hicks/
Billie Holiday/ Bob Marley/ Bone-Box/
Boogie Woogie/ Bowie/ Boys from the Blackstuff/
Brass bands/ Bubble baths/ The Buzzcocks/
Christopher Eccleston/ Chris Rock/ The Clash/
Collective nouns/ Crosswords/ cuddles/ Dali/
Damon Runyon/ Disco/ Dr John/ Dusty Springfield/
Earl Grey tea/ Ella Fitzgerald/ Escher/ The Fall/
FC United/ FLC/ Floatation tanks/ Frank Randall/
Geekgirl/ George Melly/ The Goons/ Happy Mondays/
Hendrix/ Honky Tonk/ I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue/
Innuendo/ Irises/ Italy/ Ivor Cutler/ Jackpot Golden Boys/
Jesse Mae Hemphill/ Joannna Lumley/ John Motson/ John Peel/
John Waters/ Kissing/ Lady toys/ Lager/ Laughing Cows/
League of Gentlemen/ Little Neemo/ Live music/ Louis Armstrong/ Mae West/ Manchester/ Manchester United/ Marx Brothers/ Massages/ Mike Leigh/ Motown/ Muppet Show/My mates/ Nick Frost/
Night & Day/ Nighty Night/ Northern soul/ Old record shops/ Parliament/funkadelic/Peg Simone/ Peter Kay/ Picking up toast crumbs with a wet finger/ Pre-Raphaelite art/ Prince/ Radio/
Reid Paley/ Richard Herring/ Richard Pryor/ Screwball comedies of the 40's/ Siestas/ Stephen Fry/ Stewart Lee/
Skin contact/ Sleeping/dreaming/ Sweet Charity/ Swimming naked/ Trees rustling in the breeze/ The Undertones/ Vodka & cranberry juice/ Walking Barefoot/
Caroline hates: bad manners/ intolerance/ being grumpy/ not being able to sleep/ shouty tv adverts/ bimbos/ Bush/ Blair/ shopping/
going to the hairdressers/ women who collect teddy bears/
people who wear fur/
Hi Caroline. Thanks for having us you show. We loved coming down and playing and chatting to you. The recording sounds great. I think you may have inspired us to do some unplugged gigs. We'll keep you posted. Thanks again. George
well hows it going.. we're playing manchester Academy 3 this sat 7th nov if you fancy coming along give us a shout back on here or email hugh at info@tgamusic.com ..
FREE CD WITH TICKET £5
also playing Liverpool O2 Academy 2 sat 14th Nov..
Tickets SELLING FAST! £7 adv avaliable from (more on the door): wegottickets.com seetickets.com Ticketline Picadilly Records
Grouper (US) has her latest – Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill – of three albums on Type Records. She has also been involved in collaborative releases, contributing a track to Xiu Xiu’s Remixed & Covered and four tracks to a split release with Inca Ore. Her other contemporaries are Belong, Growing, Tim Hecker, Windy & Carl and Atlas Sound.
Jasper TX (Sweden), with a hefty back-catalogue of releases on labels such as Miasmah, and collaborations with buddy Machinefabriek, is an essential domestic appliance in the household of conceptual music. He is comparable to artists Fennesz, Sigur Ros, Múm and Tape.
Intricate and atmospheric songsmith, Danny Saul (UK) performs with different combinations of musicians, making each gig a unique event. His forthcoming release is "Harsh, Final", and he also performs with Greg Haines as Liondialer.
Fieldhead (UK) music delights in tape hiss, bleak landscapes and decaying analogue loops. He is also a member of The Declining Winter and Glissando. His debut album, "They Shook Hands for Hours" is released soon on Home Assembly.
ALL FM Radio and Levenshulme Festival 2009 are organising A Special Tribute Night In Memory of'The Late' STEVIE FLY
who sadly passed away on Wednesday 14th October 2009.
Stevie the presenter behind allfm..s popular 'Caribbean Connection Show' which went out every week on a Saturday afternoon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ His funeral will be held on: Thursday 29th October, 2009. from 11.30am at the Church of God of Prophecy, Moss Lane East, Manchester, M14 4SS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The special Caribbean Carnival themed tribute to Stevie
Takes place on the following THURSDAY - 5 NOVEMBER
@ m19 bar 847 Stockport Road Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 3PW
from 8.00pm, everyone is welcome.
The night which is a celebration of Stevie's life,
features a Caribbean Club night with DJ Terry Brandy from
ALL FM's Cariibean Culture show,
plus guest DJ's also surprise guests, some Salsa Dancing and free Craibbean food
NEW HEAVY SOUNDS - A club night for those not afraid of aural assault!
A new night of heavy live sounds and DJs to match in a new venue as dark and loud as necsary.
Next NHS features the mighty FRAFF and it's on SUNDAY 25TH OCTOBER.
Following the storming first night of New Heavy Sounds in September (with the marvellous BO-NINGEN headlining), we're super excited about the next NHS night, with zombie-baiting wonders CHICKENHAWK supported by the brilliant heavy garage of BAD FOR LAZARUS, the tight'n'heavy FRAFF and Cardiff's great STRANGE NEWS FROM ANOTHER STAR.
DJs include IGOR VOLK (NYPC / Diesel:U:Music Radio rock show) + STU PLIMSOLES. Visuals courtesy of image meister the k e r n s.
From Rock to Extreme Noise, Hardcore to Acid Rock, Grunge to Doom, Garage Rock to Stoner ie anything that is extreme rock'n'roll!!!
We have just put a new song up for you, it’s only a rough demo which hasn’t really been mixed well and hasn’t been produced but it will give you a taster of what may come next in our next recording sessions which we are trying to set before Christmas.
Enjoy! It’s called 'Stop'. Please tell us what you think.
George is away but we feel we should let all his friends know that he is playing his last show in Manchester on Sunday October 18th @ Academy 3 . Details are on his blog: 'The Last Time' We are sure he would be made up if you were there.
Hey! We are playing a big show at The Ruby Lounge this Thursday in Manchester.
Its one show this year that you defiantly shouldn’t miss, plus two other amazing bands are on as well; Kill The Young and This Machine Is Off.
Were not gonna be booking much more gigs this year so get yourself down to this one. Its £6 on the door or £5 if you get tickets before hand, were on stage at 9pm.
*** THE MANDIGANS ARE COMING BACK HOME - 20TH OCTOBER - MANCHESTER DRY BAR ***
We've spent the past few months away from Manchester gigging around the UK while writing our new album
You can hear all these songs in MANCHESTER at Dry Bar on 20th Oct - get tickets online from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/59016 or message the lads on myspace for them
*** NEW PHOTOS AND MYSPACE LAYOUT - CHECK IT OUT ***
Also check out the new photos on myspace and comment them so we know which you think are the best - they've been done by Karen McBride, the photographer behind iconic images of Liam Gallagher, The Ting Tings and Robbie Williams