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Member Since	1/31/2006
Band Website	www.jimbowes.com
Band Members	Jim Bowes
Influences	The Dice Man, The Penguin rhyming dictionary, Ruth, Chas and Dave, Cadbury's chocolate fingers and Jarvis Cocker.
Sounds Like	Jim Bowen - stay out of the black and in the red nothing in this game for two in a bed.
Record Label	Josaka
Type of Label	Indie

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About Jim Bowes

Hi I'm Jim Bowes...

I run a label/music website called Josaka, I'm also a comedian. Currently writing my first book and next show.

Edinburgh Show/Comedy

I took one man shows to Edinburgh fringe in 2006 and 2007. I am currently working on my third Edinbugh show which I'll be taking to the festival in 2010. If you want to keep up with progress visit my blog at www.jimbowes.com

Josaka

A record label, website and promotion company I run with Kevin Harrington. We've recently had our 10th birthday celebrations - keep up with us at www.josaka.com

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Velocity Recordings	Jun 28 2009 6:00 PM Club Velocity/BlahBlah presents Saturday July 11th 2009 at Plugnplay 35 Milford Road Reading RG1 Doors 8pm £5 door £4 advance www.wegotickets.com / flyer Bands TRIPWIRES Home coming show!Local living legends. Played Reading Festival in 2008. Championed by Huw Stephens/Tom Robinson/XFM/Steve Lamacq. A must see. Think Interpol/The Cure/Biffy WOOKIES Local answer to Pink Floyd fronted by Rick Wakeman. A Nu Prog wank fest. Imagine Pure Reason Revolution without owning any records by Justice. "To be honest ladies and gents, I blooming loved it," 10/10 Maps Magazine JETS AGAINST GIANTS Like munching disco biscuits, whilst drinking brandy. Best new local band in Reading who have played least than five gigs. JOHNNY ARROW ANT THE CHEAP DAY RETURNS Johnny was recently spottedt at the Oi legend gig Hardskin taking notes. Johnny reminds us when 'indie' was a dirty word. To us they are our Flatmates. See C86 was not that bad. Club Velocity djs
Fleur-de-Lys Club	Jun 12 2009 4:35 PM Next Fleur-de-Lys Club is this Wednesday 17th June at The Lexington. Free Whisky drinks courtesy of Buffalo Trace!!! click the flyer for £4 tickets...
Velocity Recordings	May 21 2009 8:57 PM Club Velocity with BlahBlah presents READING ON FIRE (CELEBRATING THE BEST IN NEW LOCAL TALTENT) Saturday June 13th 2009 at Plugnplay 35 Milford Road Reading RG1 Doors 8pm Tax £5 door £4 advance www.wegottickets.com MIDIMIDIS (Two piece 8 bit punks, creating music like no one else. Championed by Eddy Temple-Morris/Frank Musisk/Your mother) MR FOGG ("Astounding," Tom Robinson 6 Music "Ace,ace,ace," Huw Stephens (Radio 1)) OM CORPORATION (Like no other band around. They may only have a cello, drums and an acoustic, but these guys rock HARD!) VIENNA DITTO ("Portishead doing a Taranito soundtrack," Huw Stephens Radio 1) Shitty Limits djs Bring yr mum!!!
THE CIRCUS SANDS	May 20 2009 10:17 AM
Velocity Recordings	May 18 2009 11:37 PM Club Velocity with BlahBlah presents READING ON FIRE (CELEBRATING THE BEST IN NEW LOCAL TALTENT) Saturday June 13th 2009 at Plugnplay 35 Milford Road Reading RG1 Doors 8pm Tax £5 door £4 advance www.wegottickets.com MIDIMIDIS (Two piece 8 bit punks, creating music like no one else. Championed by Eddy Temple-Morris/Frank Musisk/Your mother) MR FOGG ("Astounding," Tom Robinson 6 Music "Ace,ace,ace," Huw Stephens (Radio 1)) OM CORPORATION (Like no other band around. They may only have a cello, drums and an acoustic, but these guys rock HARD!) VIENNA DITTO ("Portishead doing a Taranito soundtrack," Huw Stephens Radio 1) Shitty Limits djs Bring yr mum!!!
Fleur-de-Lys Club	May 16 2009 10:53 AM Next Fleur-de-Lys Club is this Wednesday 20th May at The Lexington. Free Whisky drinks courtesy of Buffalo Trace!!! click the flyer for tickets...
Velocity Recordings	Apr 13 2009 10:45 PM A Big Club Velocity show Friday April 24th Rising Sun Arts Centre 30 Silver Street Reading RG1 Limited to 100 tickets TOM HINGLEY (lead singer of Inspiral Carperts, one of the most successful bands not only to come out of Manchester,but the UK. The Carperts had more hit singles than THE STONE ROSES or HAPPY MONDAYS, they headlined Reading Festival in 1990, sold out G Mex in Manchester, toured the world and Noel Gallagher used to be their roadie. This will be one of the smallest shows he has done in many a year.It will be very special. Tom will be playing solo and has promised he will play the hits!!)/ Ben Marwood/Jay Newton will support Doors 8pm All Ages Advance £10 www.wegottickets.com £12 door
Velocity Recordings	Mar 29 2009 3:09 PM Club Velocity presents Saturday April 11th Plugnplay 35 Milford Road, Reading, RG1 Camden Is Rubbish These Days/Lets Celebrate Reading Doors 8pm Tax £5 door/ £4 advance www.wegottickets.com / flyer BOYDIDGOOD It has been a sheer joy to watch these boys develop over the last twelve months. They make girls purrrr. JETS AGAINST GIANTS Forget the pass. Taking over where OK TOKYO got off. But these kids have munched far too many disco biscuits and listened to some serious RAWK!Our fave new Reading band. ATTENTION THIEVES Tighter than a pair of skinny jeans. These four pretty boys create punk rock, but not as we know it. A band with a lot of potential alert!JOHNNY ARROW AND THE CHEAP DAY RETURNSThis lot have crept up on and us and are now filling our ears and hearts. Old school tinged indie,when indie was a dirty word.Its like C86 never happened. To us sound like Flat Mates/Shop Assistants/Biff Bang Power MIDIMIDIS djs
Fleur-de-Lys Club	Mar 15 2009 10:22 PM Next Fleur-de-Lys Club is this Wednesday 18th! Get there before 9 for free Whisky drinks courtesy of Buffalo Trace!!! Click the flyer for £4 tickets..
THE CIRCUS SANDS	Mar 15 2009 9:50 PM Thanks for inviting us, what a night, sorry couldn't make tonight, the after party went on into the early hours and I think we're all paying for it now!!! but yeah happy birthday Josaka!! bring on next year!!! Corky...
adamreading.com Gig Photographer	Mar 7 2009 6:49 PM My pleasure. It is very useful! If I can persuade one of the bands to commission my photos, I might see you next weekend. X
Ben Marwood	Feb 22 2009 10:29 PM hah yes, it is a good use of your non-writing time! i am looking forward to it. the gig AND the book. x
Hallett	Feb 22 2009 8:43 PM yo jim. hope youre well. looking forward to the gig man, see you soon buddy xx
Enjoy Destroy	Feb 22 2009 1:43 PM cheers should be a good night see you there freddie, ed, tommy & tabs
Flame to Fire	Feb 4 2009 11:56 AM Morning there Looking forward to the gig Thanks Steve
Velocity Recordings	Jan 4 2009 6:22 PM ***HAPPY NEW YEAR*** Blow away those post Christmas blues...our first show of 2009!! Club Velocity presents Saturday January 10th 2008 at Plugnplay 35 Milford Road Reading RG1 www. plugnplay. tv Doors 8pm 16 plus Tax £5 door £4 advance www. wegottickets. com Bands THE NOYZE They walk the talk a lot more than many more well established national outfits. No nonsense guitar music made out of broken glass. "Like The Cure taking on The Twang and kicking the shit out of them," BlahBlah www. myspace. com/thenoyze SOMEBODIES MIND Fronted by ex Pin Ups legend Mark Taylor, have really become a mighty force over the last year. They are now on fire. Feel the fuzz! Feel the sound! "Sounds like a long lost English psychedelic Hammer Horror garage rock fuzztones treasure-whooooo something wicked in the woodshed. The British Vodoo. Mark Taylor and his new three piece. Excellent, " Organ Art "Somebodies Mind are deeply unhinged. Somebodies Mind have great hair cuts, " BBC www. myspace. com/somebodiesmind SMASH ROBOTS Played their first gig in November at Plugnplay, where they made a lot of new friends. Fun with a capital F. Causing a huge stir on internet radio stations worldwide. Recently reached number one on garageland. The ghost of Material Issue lives on. www. myspace. com/smashrobots ATTENTION THIEVES This will be there second gig. They all went to school together, based in Wokingham. Sounding like a very exciting prospect of a band. www. myspace. com/attentionthieves MIDIMIDIS DJ £5 door £4 advance www. wegottickets. com www. velocityrecordings. com
Velocity Recordings	Dec 28 2008 6:34 PM Our last show of 2008. It has been a good year.2009 is looking sexy!Close to nailing a tip top world class outfit from Canada thats new album features members of Arcade Fire, Sonic Boom and John Cale. They have opened up for My Bloody Valentine in Canada. Six years of nonsense in March..... Anyway Weds December 31st 2008 Rising Sun Arts Centre 30 Silver Street Reading RG1 MARK KNIGHT AND THE WITCHES (Like listening to Pavement for the first time. John Peel would have loved this band) DOLLY AND THE CLOTHES PEGS (local supergroup that play mighty fine bluegreasscoiuntrysex) HUNTING THE SHY (Genius. Calling all Codeine fans) ALL AGES DOORS 8PM £5 www. wegotickets. com Sponsored by The White House Studio Reading
satellite state	Dec 5 2008 8:11 AM Cheers for being a friend of {satellite-state} xxx Our debut EP is out now and can be ordered at: Itunes Play. com Join our e-mailing list @ http://www. satellitestate. com/html/join. html we will keep you updated with gig and band news! Join us on Facebook too: http://www. facebook. com/pages/Satellite-State/26501236356 Sat, 13 Dec: GUILDFORD - Boileroom (Xmas Party!)
Velocity Recordings	Nov 23 2008 5:12 PM CLUB VELOCITY presents Christmas party 1 Saturday December 13th at Plugnplay 35 Milford Road Reading RG1 TRIPWIRES (Reading teenage local legends. Fwd clever guitar sex for yr mother.Played Reading/Leeds 2008. Championed by Radio 1,6 Music,XFM etc) A.T.8 (Very Club Velocity. POP!!!!!!! Like the Go Gos/Blondie/Disco Pistol/Shampoo/Sugababes/X Ray Spex. Sassy and sorted. As seen on tour with Girls Aloud!!Debut Reading show-going to be mental!!) TO THE BARRICADES (They now cover Wham and its ace.Fact.Epic, sweeping lush guitars Steve Lamacq claims) WOOKIES (our fave hippies,now contenders.) DJ MIDIMIDIS Doors 8pm advance tickets £5 www. wegottickets 16 plus Bring your mummy
CHUCKIE STEEL	Nov 14 2008 2:02 AM Alright Jim, gav here...hows it going?
THE CIRCUS SANDS	Oct 8 2008 1:54 PM
Velocity Recordings	Sep 28 2008 4:20 PM Club Velocity presents a night celebrating the life of John Peel at Plugnplay 35 Milford Rd Reading RG1 www. plugnplay. tv Doors 8pm to 2am Tax £5 door £4 advance www. wegottickets. com/ flyer SATURDAY OCTOBER 11TH 2008 DESDEMONA (Living local legends.Peel faves) MARK KNIGHT AND THE WITCHES (Lou Barlow genius) HUNTING THE SHY (Codeine/Big Black/Grandaddy) RUSSELL'S TEAPOT ("Like nothing you have heard before," Soundfires) AUBREY DYE (if you dig Laura Marling-your die for this lady) MIDIMIDIS V MR FOGG DJ FACE OFF Bring a crew!!!!!!! www. velocityrecordings. com
Velocity Recordings	Sep 6 2008 10:01 AM CLUB VELOCITY presents........... SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13TH 2008 PLUGNPLAY 35 MILFORD RD READING RG1 www. plugnplay. tv Doors 8pm 16 plus £5 on the door £4 advance www. wegottickets. com / flyer WHITE SUNDAY (The hardest working band in showbiz! Genius!!) THE NOYZE (First gig in Reading for months-you would be silly to miss this no nonsense guitar band. Music for the masses)/ SEVASA (No nonsense Ace Guitar RocknRoll)/ BOYDIDGOOD (A major record companies wet dream) MIDIMIDIS DJ SET Bring yr mother!!! www. velocityrecordings. com
Velocity Recordings	Jul 27 2008 11:06 AM Club Velocity presents August 9th Plugnplay 35 Milford Road Reading RG1 16 plus Doors 8pm to 2am £5 door £4 flyer advance www. wegottickets. com Doors 8pm to 2am SECRET WEAPON The greatest record label in the world SubPop is 20 years young this year;these kids are living it. They sound Kurt sexy to our ears. "Great band-esp live," Buk and Skit ALONG THE LINE OF RUIN Last time they palyed Reading they blew the roof off. This is heavy Welsh hatecore.They confirm Slayer should retire FEUD Hard rocking-no thrills-straight for the balls music for real people. "One of the best unsigned British rock bands," Fireworks Magazine STORM EXPLOSION Second ever gig. These boys take post art rock to a different. Prepare for lift off! www. velocityrecordings. com
Lavish Larrys Promotions	Jul 16 2008 4:16 PM !! CHIVALRY IS DEAD !! ---------------------- THE RED LION PUB, READING TOWN CENTRE(nr ORACLE ROUNDABOUT) 34 SOUTHAMPTON STREET. BRAND NEW NIGHT!! FREE ENTRY !! CHEAP CHEAP DRINKS !! CHIVALRY IS DD !! ---------------------------------- SOMEBODYS MIND JACKALBUM LIAM O'BRIEN (SEXBOYS) DOORS AT 8.30PM !! ARRIVE EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT !! CHECK : WWW. MYSPACE. COM/LAVISHLARRYSOLDETIMEPROMO FOR MORE DETAILS. HALLETT XX

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