jazz. jim henson's muppets. warner bros cartoons. p funk. gigs. puddles. snowmen. fine wine. hip hop.
Music
When my cd player sometimes decides to work, recently: Steely Dan, Frank Zappa, The Blue Nile, Chemical Brothers, Hector Berlioz. recent music on the computer:
Movies
life aquatic with steve zissou, reservoir dogs & pulp fiction, the little mermaid, ghostbusters, back to the future, magnolia, the bugs bunny movie, purple rain, home alone, aladdin, the usual suspects, the emperor's new groove, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, happiness and memento.
Television
red dwarf, arrested development, mighty boosh, curb your enthusiasm, the simpsons, family guy, the thick of it, lost, brass eye, the day today & chris morris in general. apart from nathan barley. nick broomfield, nevermind the buzzcocks, the news, most music shows. and documentaries, yada yada, you get the picture.
Books
iain banks, harry potter, musician biographies, roger's profanisaurus, ashley kahn's kind of blue and other books about jazz.
Heroes
stevie wonder, prince, frank zappa, bill hicks, jeff buckley, jaco pastorius, jimi hendrix, malcolm tucker, chris morris, george clinton, armando iannucci.
About me: i am joe. in fourth year studying music at strathclyde uni. playing bass is fun, i also like to put microphones in front of sound and record it. i like music and other stuff. and prince.
Who I'd like to meet: these people, so i can steal their hands:
pino palladino,
raphael saadiq,
nathan watts,
james jamerson,
larry graham,
dave holland,
ray brown,
ron carter,
christian mcbride.
Make that the 6th June. We have a band called Sonnet65 and a singer/songwriter called Susan McCathie lined up with another band in the pipelines. Get Brother Louis's butt through here!
Joe my dear! We have a preliminary venue and date to throw around. Saturday the 13th June, at The Lowdown in Dundee...which used to be The Yard. I'm going to check it out next week. Only thing is this will be their first live gig so there is naff all sound (or light) gear other than the DJ stuff i imagine...which gives me more begging to do.
Tshirts, posters and flyers have already been cadged from kindly dundee businessfolk!
All we now need are the music makers and we are well on the way
I' m grand, enjoying living in my wee flat up in junkiesville!
Well it's (as far as we've got) gonna be called The Ride, and it's actually to raise money so that my friends can do a 7 day cycle covering 550 miles for the National Deaf Children's Society but they need some money to actually get on the road. I've got some bands I'm getting in touch with over the next few days but I only got asked if I'd do this today...you were the little lightbulb in my brain!
the big venue search is going on tomorrow and the preliminary date is 13th of June if we can get something for that date...the cycle will be mid July so it needs to be before then.
Like I say its all very early stages but I'd really appreciate any help and if you were playing I'd be the happiest woman alive. You know I was rocking out at Connect! I couldn't get to your show at Oran Mor was it? Either way I was working. GUTTED!
Early days but I'm on the case now (as opposed to my severely slow male co-organiser) so hope to have more info for you soon.
Hows life in glasgow?...exams do not sound like a whole lot of fun!
ZAP! Teleport yourself to the Art School (located somewhere between a pinprick in the nightsky called Glasgow and its parallel Universe) for a musical trip through the galaxy, past the outer cosmos and into far, far unknown territory. Blackouts and black holes won’t halt the spaceship One More Tune as it brings you its third night at the ever growing monthly party full of future sounds without any of the pretence.
Entry is £5 or less for smart applicants. The shuttle leaves at 11pm and returns at 3am. Spacefuel can be purchased cheaply at the Art School’s bar. I’m descending from outer space to find another face. Enjoy the ride…
Second night in the Glasgow School of Art, then? Wan Mare Choon returns to show that no matter what music you like best you’ll have a grand old time dancin’ on the arty’s chequered floor.
Ralph Thomson, half of resident DJ team Define Define celebrates his birthday party on the night meaning a few extra party bangers might get whipped out right at the end, Thomson is known for gluing furious German techno with Detroit inspired and African derived 808 beats and deep basslines, meaning simply-hold on to yer hats…
Flying up from London, One More Tune brings an annual favourite back to show the Arty how the true urbanites party. Tim Hilton aka one half of Deadhead Djs (and formerly known as Yo China) rocks the decks with uptempo Electroy Dubstep and sick Fidgety beats, plenty of Southern ghettoooooo discomfort for your converse wearing feet. Rachel and Eilidh combined make the grand old age of 43 so get yourself prepared for a big night with their choice DJ playing for them.
Jondon aka Glasgow’s other nicest Breaks selecta heats the floor up with huge meaty basslines and clear, hypnotic hi hats brought together like the best ever steak and mustard sandwich. Surely the best broken beat magician since Houdini died letting a chum rupture his appendix, Jondon never lets a party down, as his set from last year’s Symbiosis testifies, can he improve on that?
Matthew One More Tune & Ralph team up as ever to punctuate the night with all the other things that never got heard: tribal techno, eejit Indie, dark Disco, Loft party House, future Funk, robot vocoders and Sine waves coming together in one dark student den til three am on one
was sooper fun. really surprised with how many people we had down and the atmosphere was bang on. is this your week off? what dates do you have for exams? worried bout them?
Heyho hows things? were headlining abc2, Friday March 20th and wasnt sure if we had told u already or not! but just wondering if u reckon ull be able to make an appearance!
Heyho hows things? were headlining abc2, Friday March 20th and wasnt sure if we had told u already or not! but just wondering if u reckon ull be able to make an appearance!
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