In association with Spotlight Club, Lancaster's monthly literary cabaret which has been running for 13 years upstairs at the Yorkshire House on the third Friday of every month. Visit www.spotlightlancaster.co.uk to find out what's on this month, or if you fancy getting behind the mic yourself!
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Your writing! If you are based in the Lancaster/Morecambe area and have a news item or reading event that you think the listeners would be interested in why not get in touch?
Tune in to Words on the Waves on Diversity FM 103.5 for a monthly showcase of spoken word performance and writing news in the Lancaster and Morecambe area. Presented by Mollie Baxter, this show is for anyone interested in writing and performance.
Homemade Lemonade - Lancaster based purveyers of live electronically enhanced indie folk:
"Loops,
drones and spiralling riffs with mantra-like vocals characterise much
of their live set. Crashing waves of guitar under a chant of ‘I can
walk on water’ … give way to a bleak early-Factory Records sound
updated with electronic effects … reaching an impressive drawn out
climax in the explosive ‘Bliss, Ostensibly.’"(Lunecy Review, July 2009).
Pencil In - Preston-based alternative rock.
Pencil
In are a four piece alternative rock band hailing from the North West
of England. Coupling the incredible vocal clarity of Bill Orrick with
layered, effect soaked, post rock soundscapes and waves of raunchy
balls-out heaviness, theirs is a truly unique sound.
Satellites - 4-piece based in Lancaster Post-rock, ambient, progressive - "a double measure of post rock served with a generous helping of progressiveness."
Quisling
Meat - This is a mystery guest of sorts. He's been in Dry Green, the
Pier Group, the Thens, the Plastic Noons, and more. He's been away for
a while, but he's back in Lancaster. Don't miss this!
Hello from Diversity FM, Send any promo/demo CDs to: Diversity FM, Co YMCA Lancaster & District, Heart of the City, Fleet Square, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1HA. with thanks from Diversity FM.
Mollie!!! Are there any events going on near my beloved Lune in July? I'm toying with coming over then for a little visit but need to be nudged into it...
I've no idea. I don't know that Dylan song (just had to Google it). But Angie is on MySpace and also on the House Concert European Hub - http://houseconcerthub.ning.com/ - so why not ask her yourself?!
Nice to hear from you. The show that's going out today is one which has already gone out 4 times before. I did leave a couple of playlists to go out this week and next but I guess it must be easier to just repeat old shows. Better than nothing I suppose!
Thanks Moll - That's THE BREWERY ARTS CENTRE, KENDAL, FEB 28th 7.30pm - will be a top night, looking forward to it. Also, quiet a shock to hear my elocution lesson-free tones on this site! all the best Marvin x
3 Ages of Elvis+Stuart Anthony+Unwashed Mass+Benni Beard
Opposite of Robot #9 is on Friday 30th January 2009, Yorkshire House, Parliament St, Lancaster, 8.30-11.45pm, £3 entry. All proceeds to Lancaster & District Women's Aid.
The Three Ages of Elvis are a cracking3-piece band who've recently been bigged up in Artrocker and Organmagazines. And rightly so, they rock, they roll, and they're one ofthe most entertaining bands you'll see, mainly because they seem tobe having so much fun!
Stuart Anthony has almost finishedalbum #2, and has had some great reviews for his debut, 'theColourful Truth' out last year. Influenced by Tim and Jeff Buckley,Nick Drake, and with a hint of Noel Gallagher, he crafts somewonderful acoustic gems.
The Unwashed Mass. Paul Neafcy used toplay in local legends Beef Sharky, and frankly, that should be enoughto get you to see him. The Brian Blessed of Lancaster's music scenesays this about himself: "The Unwashed Mass is a surly wasterwith a guitar. It sits in squalor and thinks about doing greatthings, like fashioning wigs from shredded wheat, but never getsaround to actually achieving anything. If you want to hear thevacant, echoing sound of apathetic inertia barrelling through emptypipe-dreams, listen up!"
Benni Beard – Benni was going to beplaying this one with the full band (Lexico), but line-up changesmean he's doing it solo again! A big hit the last time he played anOoR, make sure you get down early and don't miss him!
