karaoke, fruit machines and topless barstaff.

Just a joke, seeing if you are all awake. Instead we have the following this week, a couple of indie nights, a sleazy rocknroll night, a football Wednesday, a very funky Friday and well, see for yourselves...

By the way if anyone wants to hire for private parties and the like the first weekend we have available is Saturday 2nd Feb. If you want something later in 2007 best ask now.

Monday 27th November
P.O.L.E presents a night of 3 great bands and DJs.
Deep South www.myspace.com/deepsouthrock
Dirty rawk'n' roll riffs
Nebraska www.myspace.com/nebraskamusic
Nebraska write perceptive, lyrical pop music that takes such far-reaching influences as Smashing Pumpkins, Noam Chomsky and The Smiths and moulds them into the kind of spectacular, epic rock music that no-one in indie-dom seems to make anymore.
Amber Kill www.myspace.com/amberkillofficial
Indie, new wave pop
£5 entry. £3 with print out of this

Tuesday 28th November
Musiconair live (musiconair.biz) presents a riproaring bill for their website launch.
The Dirty DoGoods www.myspace.com/dirtydogoods
Brilliant live, from rocking stompers to man of the people ballads.
Temple www.myspace.com/templemusic
The Charlie Parkers www.myspace.com/thecharlieparkers
Parke Davis www.myspace.com/parkedavis
plus DJs The Pepperpots until 2am.
£5 entry. Text me with names to go on £3 guest list

Wednesday 29th November
No bands. Football on the big screen is Man U v Everton with Liverpool v Portsmouth on the TVs.

Thursday 30th November
The Tarzis present The Dirt, a night of sleazy rock and roll. Lock up your sons and daughters, its tight trousers and get yer hair cut night....
Zico Chain www.myspace.com/thezicochain
Imperial Vipers www.myspace.com/imperialvipers
F**k All Else To Do www.myspace.com/fuckallelsetodo
DJing from Rev and Snell of The Towers of London until 2am.
£5 entry. Text me with names to go on £3 guest list

Friday 1st December
D-Meister presents... a night of 4 bands of a funk and beats nature and then DJs playing funk, soul, hip hop, house, very dancefloor friendly stuff.
D-Meister www.myspace.com/dmeistermusic
Mala www.myspace.com/malamusic
Stefan Abingdon www.myspace.com/stefanabingdon
Dixie www.myspace.com/amdixie
£5 entry. Text me with names to go on £3 guest list before 10pm.

Saturday 2nd December
There is a private party until 12 midnight and then there will be DJing from Naboo of the Mighty Boosh playing a mix of indie and dance music and then Maurice playing old soul classics and the likes til 4am.
£5 entry. Text me with names or bring printout to go on £3 guest list.

Sunday 3rd December
We have Evil Monkey, a bunch of Kiwis playing from about 7pm and it will be £2 entry.
Watch them on Youtube being a tad kerrazy www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQAgqgWspZk

That's it, have a great week.

cheers
John.x
07949 008253

Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week. Plus Re:Order, Smyths, NYE and 2007

Dear all, here is a list of what is on Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week. Please do check out the bands this week; they are outstanding. Plus below those are some info on December, including ticket news for ReOrder, The Smyths and New Years Eve.

Thursday 23rd November
A night of folk infused and pure indie pop and free jukebox til 2am.
The Outdoor Types www.myspace.com/theoutdoortypes The Outdoor Types originate from the darkest corners of your imagination although these days you can also find them in London, playing loud and sometimes quiet psych-folk-rock n' roll with sprinkles of whatever else takes their fancy.
Pocketbooks www.myspace.com/pocketbooks "Pocketbooks are an indiepop band from London, with a fondness for handclaps, harmonies and jangly guitars. The band appear on the recent How Does It Feel To Be Loved? compilation. Think Camera Obscura, The Pastels, Belle and Sebastian, The Sundays and Tindersticks
Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring www.myspace.com/theirheartswerefullofspring "Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring specialise in pure wide eyed heartbreaking pop and they play it like no-one else"
Haley Glennie-Smith www.myspace.com/haleyglenniesmith Armed with her trusty guitar and immaculate voice, she is sure to blow you away (in a gentle folksy way of course!).
£4 entry £3 with print out of this or text with names to 07949 008253

Friday 24th November
Private party until midnight and general entry afterwards until 4am. Maurice and Judy will be DJing. Music will be 80s party tunes; Adam Ant, Madonna, Madness and the likes. Blimey.
£5 in £3 with print out of this or text with names to 07949 008253


Saturday 25th November
a night of a very mixed bag of bands
Remodel www.myspace.com/remodel
outstandingly dapper and ear pleasing
Avangaard www.myspace.com/avangaadtheband
Outstanding melodic Midlanders
The Honey Tongues www.myspace.com/honeytongues
60s tinged riffs
Mark Campbell Band www.myspace.com/markcampbellband
melodic loveliness
Bands from 8-1130 and then Maurice and Judy play classic and latest indie and electro plus old school soul, reggae, ska and funk.
£5 entry. £3 entry before 10pm with print out of this or text with names to 07949 008253

Re:Order and The Smyths
Re:Order and The Smyths will be playing on Friday 8th and 15th December respectively. Tickets are available in advance by emailing me and reserving them. £5 in advance and we already have quite a number sold so get in touch soon if you would like to come.

New Years Eve
We still are not sure what is happening for Christmas Eve but New Years Eve will almost certainly be an all ticket affair; a bit like a Saturday night except going for an extra hour until 5am. Big Ben will be tolling on the big screen. £5 in advance.

2007
Saturday nights will stay the same. Fridays will see different DJs every week playing a mix of dance music; funk, soul, house, hiphop. Anything goes really and very diverse.

all aboard...

A night for the Northern Monkies

and the Southern softies are welcome too...
Tonight we have the first of what will hopefully be a regular night called "Northern Monkie" which showcases some of the best Northern bands down here. There will be lots of record industry hob nobs there and very loosely continuing the biscuit theme there will be Eccles cake and Yorkshire tea served. That and the rest of the weeks events detailed below...
Please come along on Sunday to support local designers. Better Christmas presents than the sweatshop produced stuff on the high street.


Tuesday 14th November
NEW!! Northern Monkie presents all the best from the North down in the South. There will be tea and biscuits, pie & mash, bingo in the break plus DJs. Sponsored by indiestore.com
Live performances from
Kathryn Edwards www.myspace.com/kathrynedwards
The Amelies www.myspace.com/theameliesonline
Karima Francis www.myspace.com/karimafrancis
Eyejab
£7.50 entry. £5 with print out of this

Thursday 16th November
Are you local presents...
4 rockier bands and free jukebox til 2am. Black Mariah were the first band to ever play at All Manna. (Who remembers that?) Outstanding they were/are.
The Double Sixers www.myspace.com/thedoublesixers
Straight up rock and swampy tinged blues
DelNil www.myspace.com/delnilband
Classic rock with a modern twist
Wet Sticky Bandits www.wetstickybandits.com
Grunge revivalists
Black Mariah www.black-mariah.com
Sterling electro rock
£4 entry. £3 with print out.

Friday 17th November
NEW!! Alfie Social presents Falling Off The Wagon. This will be a cracking night. Alfie knows how to throw a party and has the outstanding The Alps headlining.
The Alps www.myspace.com/alpsalpsalps
Hatcham Social www.myspace.com/hatchamsocial
His Lost Boys www.myspace.com/getlostboys
The Direction www.myspace.com/upthedirection
DJ after til 4am playing the best and latest indie, and electro with a smattering of soul and funk.
£5 entry

Saturday 18th November
Are you local presents...
a night of electro/alternative bands. Ensure you are in for Wrong Animal, they are one of the best bands to ever play T'Ship.
Wrong Animal www.myspace.com/wronganimal
outstanding electro darkcore, fronted by the outstanding Bee.
Triggerbox www.myspace.com/triggerbox
sample-infused, insanely catchy beat popsters.
Sandira www.myspace.com/sandiraband
An unforgettably catchy, radio friendly slice of PJ Harvey/Patty Smith fuelled rock
I Am The Arm www.myspace.com/iamthearmmusic
Bands from 8-1130 and then Maurice and Judy play classic and latest indie and electro plus old school soul, reggae, ska and funk.
£5 entry. £3 entry before 10pm with print out of this.

Sunday 19th November
Whatsmineisyours.com present the Indoor Sunday Market when we will give up the whole bar to designers and vintage clothes merchants selling a wide range of affordable fashion. Free entry until 7pm
After Amna presents a new evening of up and coming bands and soloists doing unplugged sets from 6pm to 11pm. At least 5 acts including BarefooTim, Chihiro (have supported The Kooks & The Subways) & piano-afficionado Josh Mahmud. New artists recommended to come along and introduce for future slots.
£3 entry.

That is all. Except to say that The Book Club met last night and it was a lorra lorra fun. The next book getting the treatment will be Absolute Beginners so if you fancy getting involved email Alice at Alice.Moran@tcstown.com

Have lovely weeks all.

John.x
07949 008253

all aboard...

the weeks events plus New Year's Eve info

Hello comrades,
We have a week of ace music for you starting tonight with cheaper entry to you for every gig in return for your diligent reading every week. Plus don't forget NW London's best comedy night on Monday which is entirely free.
If you cannot bring a print out of the mail send a text to 07949 008253 with your name + whoever else and we will sort you out on the door.

Wednesday 8th November
Brighton Rocks presents...a load of bands from Brighton on a jolly to London. You will recall some seriously mental declothed antics from The Flesh Happening last time round...
The Flesh Happening www.myspace.com/thefleshhappening
Kings of depravaculture. Dirty, filthy, urgent, urgent, urgent.
Grizzly Giant www.myspace.com/grizzlygiant
Kind of shaking rattling rolling drunken. Pixies you can sort of dance to
Mekano Set www.myspace.com/mekanoset
Delicate filthy post coital purr ahh a lovely noise
Spinmaster Plantpot www.myspace.com/spinmasterplantpot
Primal blues stripped down to the basics.
£4 entry £3 with print out/text

Thursday 9th November
Are you local presents...
4 angular, newer wave bands and free jukebox til 2am. Local favourites The Boundary change their name for this gig to This Is My Party Trick
This Is My Party Trick www.myspace.com/theboundary
Heat From a Deadstar www.myspace.com/heatfromadeadstar
Empty Vessels www.myspace.com/emptyvesselsband
The Lost Levels www.myspace.com/thelostlevels
£4 entry £3 with print out/text

Friday 10th November
Are you local presents...
The Code www.myspace.com/thecodeuk
Harrow lads playing heavier indie rock
Grass Rabbits www.myspace.com/grassrabbits
A din which bizarrely falls somewhere between Talking Heads and The Rolling Stones
Ginger Bread Men www.myspace.com/wearegingerbreadmen
Filthy rocknroll, sexy bass lines, fat drum beats, fat people in general
Retro Crooks www.myspace.com/vivalathecrooks
Bands from 8-1130 and then Judy plays classic and latest indie and electro plus dance beats of the Jamie T variety til 4am.
£5 entry. £3 entry before 10pm with print out/text

Saturday 11th November
Saturday nights have been brilliant in the last few weeks and I am sure this will be no different. Bands from 8-1130 and then Maurice and Judy play classic and latest indie plus old school soul, reggae, ska and funk.
Bands...
Camel One www.myspace.com/camelone
Licotine www.myspace.com/licotine
The Light Brigade www.myspace.com/thelightbrigademusic
Langley Road www.myspace.com/langleyrd

£5 entry. £3 entry before 10pm with print out/text

Sunday 12th November
NEW!! Anna from the Electroacoustic Club presents (Un)hooked up a new evening of up and coming bands doing unplugged sets from 6pm to 11pm. Plus soloists. At least 6 acts including Sunset Gun, GJ Owen+ Corinne. New artists recommended to come along and introduce for future slots.
£3 entry

Monday 13th November
Following the inaugural Book Club get together (Speak to Alice about that at Alice.Moran@tcstown.com) we have FREE stand up comedy from 9pm and full details on all the comics are at www.mirthcontrol.org.uk/clubs-london-kilburn.htm. Despite it being free it is always a top quality night.

The New Year
This year new year's eve is on a Sunday and we promise to have a 10-9-8 count down this year with the big screen showing Big Ben etc. Maurice will be DJing and it will be a bit like Saturday night except we will stay open an extra hour, til 5am woo hoo. Tickets will be £10 on the night if there are any left but £5 in advance. Email me if you want some held, will be a max of 240 available.

cheers
John.x
07949 008253

all aboard...