Spring-Heeled Jim

Folks, if you want to come on Saturday this is the last call from me. About half the tickets are gone, pop me a mail to reserve some. For those who have not seen them before but like The Smiths, you will love The Smyths, it is a 2 hour love in and untouchable for atmosphere. There are some fine bands on the rest of the week and Champions League football on Tuesday and Wednesday on the gargantuan screen.

If anyone wants to book the balcony for birthdays etc then do get in touch asap please. May is reasonably booked up already but we have openings on 5th, 11th, 18th and 25th.

The week...

Monday 30th April

EMm@ presents a night of bands and DJs featuring

Plastic Passion + Silent Alliance + You're not Patrick! DJing from Trigs and Treaks.

£3 entry. Bargain!

Tuesday and Wednesday

Football on the HUGE screen. Come on Liverpool.

Thursday 3rd May

North P.O.L.E. club deliver yet again...

Popular Workshop www.myspace.com/popularworkshop "The kind of deranged, musically minded psychopaths we love to see releasing records and offending self-righteous muso twats. Brilliant stuff."

The Shakes www.myspace.com/theshakesmyspace Catchy chorused pop with the swagger of Jagger. The buzz on The Shakes is largely due to their live show.

Mad Staring Eyes www.myspace.com/madstaringeyes Punk energy, pop melodies and bitter-sweet lyrics "They make me feel unsafe and I love that! Cool, interesting and edgy music. Something's gonna go off here" (Radio 1)

Blah Blah Blah www.myspace.com/blahblahblahandfriends THE (gig-going) people’s choice of Favourite Live Experience. Charismatic Jazz Punk Newer Wave skiffle popsters are on their mega UK/Ireland tour with Kate Nash, Frank Turner etc. A brilliant band on the (long and hard working) road to greatness.

After The Heartbreakers on the decks playing the alternative classics from both milleniums

£5 entry after 8pm - £3 concessions (good ship/p.o.l.e. badges, band flyers, NUS etc)

Friday 4th May

Peace In The City presents a night of chirpy indie. modism and one sweet piano lady.

The Weapons www.myspace.com/theweaponsuk Their edgy and prolific sounds echo the likes of The Jam, Ocean Colour Scene and Oasis amongst many others.

Peacock Avenue www.myspace.com/peacockavenue Think The Who with a cross between an angry Sid Vicious and a young Paul Weller on guitar

The Kinskis www.myspace.com/thekinskis People have noticed influences of Oasis, New Order, The Strokes, The Stone Roses, The Doors, The Beatles, Dylan, Gorillaz, even touches of the old jazz standards in the tunes belted out around london by this lot.

The Bessingbys www.myspace.com/thebessingbys Impossibly cheery lads with Libertines, Strokes, Specials influenced sound.

Sula Mae www.myspace.com/sulamaemusic Sula Mae sings and plays the keyboard. Her lyrics are quirky yet sophisticated, her voice has been refered to as folky slash regina specktorish and her clinky clonky keyboard will stick inside your head all night

After The Mescalitas and Judy Tuesday play indie/dance crossover. Think Bodyrox, Gorillaz, Klaxons, Jamie T, Scroobius Pip.

£5 entry. £4 entry with print out

Saturday 5th May

Peace in the City presents the best tribute band in Britain. Let yourself lose yourself to the sheer lovefest that is The Smyths. Playing 2 sets of Morrissey and Smiths classics and album tracks.

The Smyths www.thesmyths.net

After Maurice and Judy DJ from 1130 til 4am playing a mix of latest and classic indie, Motown, ska, funk and disco.

£6 entry, £5 in advance (strongly recommended)

Sunday 6th May

Shanade and Zak present Candlelit Music an evening of up and coming soloists and bands doing unplugged sets from 7pm to 11pm. At least 5 acts including

Roland Albertson www.myspace.com/rolandalbertson acoustic folk/rock music, influenced by Bob Dylan, Coldplay, Jack Johnson

Iain Horrocks www.myspace.com/Iainhorrocks a singer songwriter plays guitar and piano, his songs have energy and beauty, influenced by Jeff Buckley, Kate Bush and Tears for Fears.

Caspar Riis www.myspace.com/casparriis Acoustic singer song writer soul/funk ballads

New artists recommended to come along and introduce for future slots.

£3 entry.

John.x

07949 008253

all aboard...

I am the operator of my pocket calculator

Do you like robots? Yes, I thought so. Well, The Good Ship will be full of people on Monday dressed up as cardboard box robots for our robotic spectacular. Come along, it will truly be a spectacle.

Would you like to appear in a music video? Yes, I thought so. Well, the marvellous Subliminal Girls will be filming their new video at The Good Ship from 230pm this Saturday.

Would you like a free designer tshirt? Yes, I thought so. There will be a draw for those who come on Saturday to win a free Paul Franks tshirt from their flagship Covent Garden store.

Plus large screen football on Tuewsday and Wednesday, outstanding gigs on Thursday and Friday and acoustic mellow Sunday.

Have a top week reader.

John.xx

07949 008253

Monday 23rd April

Box Bot. A night of films, art, performances, comedy and music where everyone is encouraged to come in fancy dress as a cardboard box robot. You don't have to but think of the fun...

Music from

My, Oh My! www.myspace.com/aerst experimental noise and music

DeadDog In BlackBag www.myspace.com/deaddoginblackbag Will make you want to weep AND pissss at the same time into your current meal and/or beverage.
Cruiser Chimps www.myspace.com/cruiserchimps shouty indie rock from Bearsuit members.

DJing from Robots For Brains plus robot films and inappropriate humour and stand-up from emcee Martin Croser.

£1.50 entry.

Thursday 26th April

Back To The Old House present a night of indie bands where all the acts are of headline quality.

Silvery www.myspace.com/silverytheband Energised, melodic and with a penchant for dressing up, Lamacq and NME approved Silvery come on like a Post-Punk Gilbert & Sullivan with their fairground organ, crashing guitars and ensemble voices.
Our Name Is Legion www.myspace.com/onil Born in the wastelands of Kent and South London, Our Name Is Legion fill the gap between The Clash and Blur. Fresh from a Babyshambles support slot, the band have just released their self funded EP.
Rt4 www.myspace.com/thert4 Popular beats combo The RT4 are comprised of veteran musicians from such bands as The Purple Hearts and Department S,
The F*ckwits www.myspace.com/f*ckwits The Fuckwits are a 4-piece 77-sounding punk rock band from Sheffield. They played their first gig 3 years ago and have since played with
The Slits, The Rezillos, The Buzzcocks, The Damned, Dogs, Cazals, amongst others.

Entry £4.

Friday 27th April

Friday Funktion presents a night of head nodding, foot tapping and hip swaying with live sets from...

The Laurel Collective www.myspace.com/thelaurelcollective Paul Simon meets Talking Heads, takes some E and the rest is histrionics.

Cheap Hotel www.myspace.com/wearecheaphotel Think Chrissie Hynde meets Patti Smith, with a good chunk of Polly Harvey thrown in for sheer sexiness."

Happy Eggs www.myspace.com/wearehappyeggs razor tight to the point of autism, playing a kind of manic rock with blissed out undertones.

Naked and the Boys www.myspace.com/nakedandtheboys Lovely stuff. Quite Dylanesque, quite Beck in a British sort of way.

+ 1 more TBC.

After DJs Sparo, Mr Snoid and El Barone select the unexpected - tropical funk, reggae, soul. £5 entry, £4 with flyer.

Saturday 28th April

Peace in the City with Paul Frank (www.paulfrankindustries.com) presents disco punk, leftfield indie and post post new wave with live sets from

Dega Breaks www.myspace.com/degabreaks Recent supports for The Longcut,Get Cape,Wear Cape,Fly Howling Bells and Dustin's Bar Mitzvah took their buzzing, rhythmic noise to a larger audience.

Outfit www.myspace.com/outfituk Pulsating, banging and alive.

General Paulus www.myspace.com/generalpaulus Big beats, dirty fuzz guitar and soulful lyrics with influences diverse as 'Captain Beefheart, Joy Division, The Kills, Nirvana, The Doors and PJ Harvey'

Nazca Lines www.myspace.com/thenazcalines edgy psychedelic power-pop. Oh & apparently the guitar player from Jellyfish loves them.

W.I.T www.myspace.com/witband indebted to Weezer

Bands from 8 til 1130 and after Maurice and Judy DJ from 1130 til 4am playing a mix of latest and classic indie, Motown, ska, funk and disco. £5 entry.

Sunday 29th April
Amna presents Little Lowkey an evening of up and coming bands and soloists doing unplugged sets from 6pm to 11pm. At least 5 acts including...

Jo Hall www.myspace.com/halljo
Adrian Roye www.myspace.com/adrianroyemusic
Beth Dariti www.myspace.com/bdariti
Roxy Rawson www.myspace.com/roxyrawson

New artists recommended to come along and introduce for future slots.

£3 entry.

all aboard...

Diddly Dee (or Are Friends Eclectic?)

Let me explain the first half of this week's bad pun kids. We have Lisa Dee from Dublin playing on Friday. Ireland's best rapper who has played with Grandmaster Flash before. See what I done. Eh? Oh forget it then...

This week is actually a monumental week for music at T'Ship. Anglo Svensk brings the best of Swedish pop to Kilburn on Tuesday, OK Karaoke bring an outstanding indie line up on Wednesday, electronica night is on Thursday, Friday is funky, Saturday is a chance to see the talent on show from Kilburn's Institute of Contemporary Music Performance and Sunday is experimental/ambient. I dunno how you all keep up.

If you don't like live bands fair enough, come and dance your drawers off Friday and Saturday til 4am, woo hoo.

Quick advance notice before the listings. We will have Britain's best magician doing a special show on the 4th June. Check him out at www.michaelvincent.co.uk plus we are getting a trickle which will no doubt soon become a flood for Smyths tickets on Saturday 5th May.

Tuesday 17th April

Anglo Svensk Promotions presents a night of Swedish pop with some English support. Featuring

Sebastian Fors & the Ones That Got Away www.myspace.com/sebastianfors a musical
collective thats in constant change with the singer/songwriter Sebastian as the only permanent member. The music is about being a kid and learning to dance, lost love and
that feeling that the grass is always greener on the other side.

The Darlings www.myspace.com/thedarlingslondon A fivesome who sing and play guitars, drums, ukelele, the french horn, synthesiser and whistle.

Tafra www.myspace.com/tafra multi instrumentalist/songwriter, Niklas Tafra's solo project.

£4 entry.

Wednesday 18th April

The Bing Bong Room presents incredible bands from outside the box. Live sets from

Letters and Colours www.myspace.com/letterscolours The arduos trip from Sheffield to that london wont stop this group convincing you that the M1 aint the only long road they'll be taking this year. the other one is to stardom.

Delanies www.myspace.com/delanies Delanies are group of Vikings set to rape & pillage your ears with their wonderful mix of psychadelia and good old-fashioned rock&roll

The Standards www.myspace.com/thestandardsmusic These monkey-hanging lovelies harbour some of the greatest songsmithery London town has to offer.

OK Karaoke www.myspace.com/thebingbongroom Resident band of The Bing Bong Room, the night was the groups brainchild to insure they never had to play on a crappy bill again.

DJ sets from Lady and The Tramp and Popular Workshop.

£6 entry. £3 guest list from leehowdi@gmail.com

Thursday 19th April

Black and Blue present a night of electronic rock + roll, glam, pop + soundtracks. Live sets from

Crazy Girl www.myspace.com/crazygirlband sings and dances like a banshee, and always delivers jaw dropping performances. Crazy Girl has built a name for herself with a
string of over 25 record releases on major independents. Her inimitable live shows have sent her all around Europe & Russia.

Deluka www.myspace.com/deluka happy to have them back - NME said "girl charged
electro scuzz, akin to ladytron snacking on the killers for brunch'"

Heartbreak www.myspace.com/heartbreak1 Ali Renault and Sebastian Muravchik juxtapose different backgrounds (Electro vs. Italo Pop) to create a hybrid that will make the world dance with tears in their eyes, like bi-polar maniacs in the brink of an ecstatic panic attack!
Tough Love www.myspace.com/toughloveband Sparks, Pistols + Soft Cell influenced electronic glam punk.

Plus DJ sets from Kevin Clash + Beige.

£5 entry/ £4 concessions.

Friday 20th April

Friday Funktion presents a night of 4 bands to dance to;

FOE www.myspace.com/foeism Drawing on reggae, hip-hop, rock, jazz and DnB influences, the group offers up soulful laments about lost love, dirty rock ditties about the art of hustling, and dubbed out tales of escapism from their track portfolio.

Lisa Dee www.myspace.com/mclisadee Irish hiphop gem who has supported Grandmaster Flash.

The Fear Project www.myspace.com/fearforfever Fear For Fever's electro funk experiment.

Pokerface www.myspace.com/pokerfacepokerface An explosive mix of rock, reggae/pop, funkadelic groove and off the hook d&b

Bands from 8 til 1130 and after Dan1 and Wollop DJ playing funk, house, broken beats, hip hop and soul until 4am.

£5 entry.

Saturday 21st April

The |nstititute of Contemporary Music Performance (icmp.uk.com) presents a showcase featuring soloists and bands from their students and tutors. A great night of music and mingling.

After Maurice and Judy DJ from 1130 til 4am playing a mix of latest and classic indie, Motown, ska, funk and disco.

Free before 11pm (limited availability) £5 after.

Sunday 22nd April

Untitled1961 present Duel In The Deep, a night of far left field noise and experimentation. Featuring....

Red! Nice Guy? www.myspace.com/redniceguy Orchestral interludes punctuated by bursts of static and Hawking-esque robot rambling add to the atmosphere of organised chaos out of which rise jerky riffs and stratospheric vocal lines recalling everyone from Sparta to late
QandnotU.

Untitled1961 www.myspace.com/untitled1961 fuse the post-rock nuance of Mogwai with the immediacy of My Vitriol and the intensity of Shellac. This classic power trio burn 3000
calories every time they play, and leave the stage staggering, broken men."
Koe www.myspace.com/koeband Koe. Voice, experimental, cow, it means all of these things... Koe are a new instrumental trio from London playing postrock, with elements
of metal, ambient and sonic terror."

Time Space Repeat www.myspace.com/timespacerepeat ambient soundscapes

Plus DJs

£4 entry.

Have a great week. If you wanna unsubscribe at any time please let me know.

John.x

07949 008253

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would you like this email once a week, once a month or never???

Hi all, the sensitive soul that I am it has occurred to me that many of you probably do not get the the chance to read this every week. And probably some of you do not want it atall and regret giving your email address. So if you would prefer to get it monthly (just lists what is on music wise, no wisecracks) or not at all then please let me know.

Right, it is a quietish week at T'Ship with Man U v Roma and Liverpool v PSV on the big screen today and tomorrow. The jukebox is still free and before the week is out it will have new CDs in from Sonic Youth, Special Needs, The Fall and a few more. The weekend kick starts from Thursday with a great band night and we have a fundraiser for a new play on Friday if you fancy meeting some actors. One of my fave bands at T'Ship; CC and The Spades are playing on Saturday and we have a top line up for the acoustic Sunday.

Also, except for Saturday April 21st (which we have had 3 enquiries for) we have balcony free for the whole of April if anyone is having a birthday or something. Plus we welcome The Smyths back to The Good Ship on the 1st Saturday in May. Advance tickets are only a fiver yet again and I would advise reserving one now if I were you.

Thursday 12th April

Spiel presents a night of beauty and beastliness.
Deathline www.myspace.com/thedeathline They follow in the footsteps of greats like the Velvet Underground and the Jesus and Mary Chain with their brand of noir rock.
Swallow www.myspace.com/swallowuk combine vicious ideas and squalid beats to make a pop punk sound that will shake you to your core.
Brickface www.myspace.com/brickfacemusic formed at Camberwell College of Art and features a constantly evolving lineup that kicks out a wall of noise.
£4 entry £3 with flyer/email reply

Friday 13th April

ISO Productions present "The London Plays" fundraiser.

Gooblar www.myspace.com/gooblar Gooblar is just like the Beatles, but with charm and talent. They're just like Pavement, but with messy guitars and literate lyrics. They're just
like Elvis Costello and the Attractions, but with glasses. Why can't more bands be like Gooblar?
Favours 4 Sailors www.myspace.com/favours4sailors Sea sick power indie pop.
4 or 5 Magicians www.myspace.com/4or5magicians Lo-fi Brighton boys who describe themselves as the musical equivalent of Stephen Malkmus' diaper.

After Mark Cook and Dawn DJs playing mashed up beats from Beatles to Chemical Brothers with The Clash and more thrown in plus top quality house.

£5 entry

Saturday 14th April

Peace in the City presents a night of superb live music with 4 bands playing frenetic psychpop, grinding indie, superior pop/rock and jaunty melodies.

Danny Fontaine + The Horns Of Fury www.myspace.com/dannyfontaineandthehornsoffury

Fayre for gypises, cowboys, transvestites and insiders and outsiders everywhere.

CC and The Spades www.myspace.com/ccmusicuk CC loves PJ Harvey, the feeling would surely be mutual

The Aviators www.myspace.com/theaviators06 introspective but ambitious, perfectly crafted power pop

The End Game www.myspace.com/theendgameoxford jaunty indie

After Maurice and Judy DJ from 1130 til 4am playing a mix of latest and classic indie, Motown, ska, funk and disco.

£5 entry, £4 with flyer, £3 before 9pm with print out of this.

Sunday 15th April

The Chess Club present an evening of up and coming soloists and bands doing unplugged sets from 7pm to 11pm. At least 6 acts including

Gambling Hearts www.myspace.com/gamblinghearts Inspired by the raw sounds of Neil Young/Crazy Horse and captivated by the haunting melodies of the late Elliott Smith, Gambling Hearts deliver memorable, passionate songs.

The Stayaways www.myspace.com/stayaways Bittersweet harmonies that surge with the driving rhythms and pounding beats, this is the sounds of the city.
Gabby Young www.myspace.com/gabbyyoung “A bold, uninhibited yet sensitive singer-songwriter who draws on a varied sonic palette to create her tales of ordinary joy and extraordinary sadness”. - Rough Trade

Mistakes in Animation www.myspace.com/mistakesinanimation Intimate, reflective and inspiring acoustic act with warm ambient rhythms and gorgeous harmonies, perfect for a Sunday acoustic session.

The New Keys www.myspace.com/thenewkeys A great mix of rock n roll, blues and the Beatles, blended with sweet harmonies and harmonicas.

Siamese Soul www.myspace.com/siamesesoul The duo that is Siamese Soul, deliver their wonderfully arranged songs. An excellent acoustic act full of great vocals and promise.

New artists recommended to come along and introduce for future slots.

£3 entry.

cheers

John.x

07949 008253

all aboard...