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Incase you've noticed, the wonderful HANDS ON have been filming Peppermintpatti's since February 2006. The DVD is on sale in SPILLERS and HMV. All money goes to HANDS ON who are great and have been doing all the filming for FREE, so buy it so that they can film some more and all the bands can get some exposure etc...
You can buy it at the best record shop in the world in person or through their website:
Spillers Records
or through Hands On's Paypal account here:
Bands on it include: Male, Das Wanderlust, Girl from Headquarters, The Swear, Lesbians on Ecstacy, Naughty, Drunk Granny, Menna Highes, Truckstop Bandits, Eirlys Rhiannon, Menna Hughes, 586 and Kevin Blechdom.
Spillers Record shop is under threat from extortionate rates and the World's Oldest record shop could potentially close. PLEASE register your support here: SAVE SPILLERS
n.b. after you've registered click off if you don't wish to donate any money. If you're buying music, please buy as much of your music as possible from one of the last few 'independent' music stores. Spillers is vital to Welsh Music and it's closure would be a cultural disaster.
About me: Peppermintpatti was a live monthly music night promoting women fronted headline acts and punk, leftfield and indie music.
If you're into Gossip, Le Tigre, Sleater-Kinney, Delta 5 or Kristin Hersh, this was for you.
Peppermintpatti was a D.I.Y event supported by Chapter (Cardiff, UK) and the PRS Foundation and was run on a non-profit basis by volunteers.
NEWS:
Adam Walton at BBC RADIO WALES has asked us to do a 25 minute monthly blog for his show. You can listen again at www.peppermintpatti.co.uk
We have recently set up a blog page so if you are unable to hear the broadcast or want to check some of the links there will be a transcription of the Radio blog at http://peppermintpatticardiff.blogspot.com/
If you're coming to play in Wales send Adam some of your music and a note to say when and where you're playing, he'll plug the gig and there's a good chance he might play some of your music. The address is: Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales, Library and Arts Centre, Rhosddu Road, Wrexham, LL11 1NF.
Who I'd like to meet: We are no longer putting on solo music nights, but Cardiff has some excellent promoters that you can link to here:
CARDIFF MELTDOWN LOOSE CLUB
Below: Das Wanderlst playing Peppermint Patti Feb. 2006 @ our regular venue, Chapter, Cardiff, from Hands On's Peppermintpatti DVD
Its been selling faster than we expected, and we currently only have around a quarter of our stock left - so we thought we'd better you all know that if you want a copy then now would be a good time to pick one up! If you buy it from the link above then you're buying it direct from us, the label aren't taking a cut - so its a bit like Fair Trade for struggling musicians.
International mail-order is available, just follow the instructions.
Thank you very much, and sorry for making a mess of your profile. If its any kind of consolation, we don't have a MySpace bot, so I'm leaving these comments the old fashioned way. Three -and-a-half thousand of them. My life is so exciting.
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heyyy it was a pleasure!! thank you again for being so nice!! the journey to newcastle was ok!! the only problem is that we got a (STRONG) cold there that left us sick for the rest of the tour :))) but we are ok now, safe at home! xxx m
Drat! you got to us first!! we wanted to say the massivest beef tomato thank you for putting us on on Sunday and looking after us and sorting things out and manning our toy post office. you are the best Mrs Goggins's in the world EVER! xx
Heeey! Glad ya enjoyed!! :-) Swn was fucking great wasn't it? Thanks for sharing our wonderful pink vinyls out to special people! What happened to the box? Lol..
Yup Yup we will be free whenever the opporunity to play PeppermintPatti comes up next ;) xxx
aww you guys!! thank you so much, made us feel a whole lot better than being called a twee night for hairslides! ehehehe. hope you had a lovely weekend, it was just AMAZING!!!! i really really loved them, they're exactly my kind of thing it was BRILLIANT!!! please bring them back one day.. we'll have to have a meet up soon x
Hello PeppermintPattiPeople! Our fab new video for 'What's He Got..' is up on our profile now! See us in glorious 2D! So, when can we come back to Cardiff..? Luv CPAx
AWWWWWWWWWWWW;-) chocolate shower bathtub rain words. thank you again it was so lovely in cardiff, really felt like at home. rock the next peppermintpatti, say hi to the dogs and come to berlin soon. much love, tresvery*****
