This Thursday, all girl band, all boys bands and a band of both..

Hi all,

Well, it was a fine week of live music as many of you would have witnessed at The Good Ship. Saturday night especially with 4 ace bands and a screaming, dancing up for it crowd. Well done to them. On Sunday we had a load of folkish stuff which at times looked like scenes from The Wickerman. It was both joyous and very deep in places but all good. We're nothing if not versatile.

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This Thursday from 8ish pm we have 4 great bands playing at The Good Ship. From the wistful AlBaNova, to the rocking Dirty Electric, rocknroll scamps The Direction and rocknroll goddesses The Mescalitas. Plus bar is open til 2am for all those who fancy bunking work the next day.

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'Alba Nova are like the enchanting lovechild of an unfaithful relationship between Interpol and Mazzy Star, an intoxicating dose of heady glamour combining seductive vocals, decadent lyrics, intricate violins and dizzying
rhythms'
"Beautiful and deeply enchanting" - AudioJunkies.
"Elegant, stunning and beautifully poetic" - Muso's Guide.
www.myspace.com/albanova

Dirty Electric have a hugely approprite name. Very dirty guitar licks on the right sound of rock to me. Fast guitars, a bit like MBV, but rockier like Queens of The Stone Age.
www.myspace.com/dirtyelectric

The Direction are a rather nattily scruffed looking band from London. Remember that scene in Get Carter when Micheal Caine goes into the rough as f**k local boozer in Newcastle? Well, imagine there was a band playing early Who covers in the corner. That's what they're like.
XFM, who then awarded them unsigned band of the week.
www.myspace.com/upthedirection

The Mescalitas are a 3 piece girl band based in London. They formed in May 2005 purely to make excellent music and have the most fun ever. Influences include The Kinks, Blondie, and most English Indie music from Brit Pop onwards. They write all their own music, play live, and guarantee that once you've seen them play you'll be hooked.
www.myspace.com/melmescalita


cheers
John.x
07949 008253

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it's the future...this weekend

Live music fans, you are in for a proper treat this weekend as we have 3 bands on Thursday and 4 each on Friday and Saturday. So once you have won the pop quiz this evening get your dancing shoes on and come along this weekend.

I have listed the line ups below, please do have a listen. Thursday is 8-12 and indie/punky, especially look out for the massively rated The Nudes. Saturday goes from 8-12 and is melodic, plus rock 'n' roll and indie and Sunday is 6pm-11pm lighter, more experimental, avant garde. Of course we are open til 2am and 4am on Saturday after the bands. If you don't like bands come and listen to some house music from 10-4am on Friday instead.

THURSDAY 23rd March

The Nudes
http://www.myspace.com/thenudes
Highly rated and hugely explosive live. The Nudes are one of the few bands I have heard who could be favourably compared to The Ruts.

Hatcham Social
http://www.myspace.com/hatchamsocial
snagging guitar lines and an irrepressible charm say Smiths Magazine
lyrical genius says the esteemed Jon Kennedy

Strange Idols
www.myspace.com/strangeidols
..."curious combination of C86ish sub-swagger with the force of its Postcard forebears and an occasional sprinkling of Talking Headsy martial funk.


SATURDAY 25th March

The Boundary
www.myspace.com/theboundary
Kind of a Yeah Yeah Yeahs with more balls

Bugfly
http://www.myspace.com/bugfly
BUGFLY spit out a serving of furious guitar-driven indie rock that will leave you with little time for pondering on the niceties of life.

Soundbite
www.myspace.com/soundbiteuk
Kind of like rock 'n' roll as would have been practiced in the Wild West by Billy The Kid and Co.

The Mode
www.myspace.com/gregorykirby
A Libertines/Strokes influenced melodic band with a huge fanbase of screaming females!.

SUNDAY 26th March

Jeremy Smoking Jacket
www.myspace.com/jeremysmokingjacket
Jeremy Smoking Jacket produce fantastically refreshing and innovative sounds. Each piece begins with SJ Esau concocting instrumental Loops, from a clarinet note, a bash on the keyboard, or a cymbal. Fellow experimental pioneers Kemp and Max Milton splatter layers of instrumentals, clarinets and haphazard keyboard sounds all over the rough deconstructed canvas of these tracks.


Men Diamler www.myspace.com/mendiamler
Blanket
Maurena Helena

At The Good Ship, 289 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR
www.thegoodship.co.uk
www.myspace.com/thegoodship

John.x
07949 008253
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Free entry stand up comedy night on Monday and pop quiz on Tuesday

Dear all, apologies for the second mail in a week but just wanted to let you know that if you recover from the St.Patrick's Day tear up tonight, Dave McAlmont tomorrow and the fashion extravaganza on Sunday then come and have a laugh on us on Monday night with our FREE entry stand up comedy night (3 comics from 8) and then get quizzical with Olivia Newton-John, Luke and Simon at our excellent pop quiz on Tuesday from 8.

cheers
John
07949 008253

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Monday is near over so I guess most of you will be getting your brain cells activated this evening in time for tomorrow's quiz. The quiz is one of the bite sized chunks below in what will be a very eventful week at The Good Ship er Good Ship. In fact, there is so much on that I think you should all cancel any plans you have anywhere. Really, have a quiet night in tonight and then come and stay with us for the week.

TUESDAY 14th March
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
Strict but fair is our Carolyn and she'll be asking you 50 or so teasers from pot luck, sport, film & television, famous people. Our quiz is the mixture of the highbrow and the trivial designed for as wide appeal as possible. Prizes for 1st, 2nd and best team name. Get yourself a team.

WEDNESDAY 15th March
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH Social
A mellow one this. The local FoE sit round and plot how to take over the world from the evil Bush and Blair. They have the top balcony, just come long if interested. from 730.

THURSDAY 16th March
LIVE BANDS X4
New club night from Pom Pom Promotions. 4 live bands (see below, absolutely blinding line up) and DJs til late.
http://www.myspace.com/thexcorvettes
http://www.myspace.com/bidgiereefandthegas
( The BBC say - like nothing youve heard before... blinding... pop, but not as we know it... like james bond themes on LSD... I havent heard anything as entertaining or original as this for a long time)
http://www.myspace.com/ciccone
http://www.indelicates.com/
new band of Julia, ex of The Pippettes

FRIDAY 17th March
I hate all this St.Patrick's Day weekend Guinness have been pushing the last couple of years so to punish them we'll be getting all Irish about things for one day and one day only and selling the stuff on the cheap.
A proper St.Patrick's day tear up. Session band Aisling playing diddly dee from 5 until 8 for those of you doing the all dayer. After Maurice will be DJing Pogues, Dubliners, indie and dance classics til 4am. No plastic crap, no wacky ballads from Dana or any of that nonsense. Free in before 12 but it will definitely be one in one out so get there early I recommend.

SATURDAY 18th March
G Spot return for a night of outstanding blues, soul and roots. When this took place in February it was one of the best nights we ever had. Blinding music, crowd and vibe. And David McAlmont (from McAlmont and Butler fame) will be DJing and perhaps performing live in a cameo. Starts from 8 and it is £8 on the door.

SUNDAY 19th March
Whatsmineisyours.com the fashion swap website is hosting an all dayer of bands and fashion. These guys are huge, appearing in todays Standard (page 33), GMTV tomorrow. There will be at least 8 stalls from 3pm and from 6pm there will be 3 ace live bands playing including The Kicks
http://www.myspace.com/kicksmusic
£4 for all day.

Have an ace week.

John.x
07949 008253

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Kate Bush, not James Blunt

Just a quick reminder to all that if you want to hold a birthday party or similar we can hire part or all of The Good Ship for free in nearly all cases.

Now, what was I going to tell you all. Oh yes, this Thursday we have Songbirds and Troubadours which is an acoustic night in the window, all mellow and stuff. Last week we had some amazing singers, none more so than Kat Flint who you can have a listen to at http://www.myspace.com/katflint. Kind of like a Tori Amos Kate Bush she was. Now, if we happen to unearth a James Blunt I promise that we will close down. If however, we do find another Rufus Wainwright or indeed Tori Amos Kate Bush, well, we shall just stay open. So £2 will get you in for this night.

Friday is always house DJs and Saturday is always something else. So this Saturday it is Maurice and he will be playing Motown, old soul and a smattering of indie and punk/new wave. Free entry before 1030, £3 or £5 after.

All you Kilburnites will know Dave Clarke and his band of musicians. Well, they will be doing a monster blues jam from 6pm til about midnight this coming Sunday and we will probably have them in most Sundays thereafter. £3 entry.

Next week sees the general knowledge quiz on Tuesday, lots of live bands on Thursday and a proper St.Patrick's Day tear up on the Friday.

See you soon.

cheers
John.x
07949 008253

all aboard...