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XOVA – The R GENERATION and needless life lost in the Afghan and Iraq war

January 7, 2010 /

Flyer for Gig on FRIDAY 8th JAN 2010 at THE HARE AND HOUNDS, £3 TO GET IN

The R GENERATION track is about the needless life lost, on all sides, in the Afghan and Iraq wars , we dont blame the soldiers who are doing there job, we blame the corrupt Governments and their supporters, for sending them to war and for lying to the people of the world on why we went to war. Wayne the singer wrote the track after a friend of his Joe Murphy from Castle Brom was killed.

XOVA are intending to stand for the next election to highlight the peoples concerns on the unjust wars and unwanted wars, single parents, knife and gun crimes, corrupt goverment policys were they spend millions on smoke and mirror policies instead of feeding and helping  the poorest (the majority nowadays) – GORDON BROWN AND HIS GOVERNMENT ARE TO BLAME and we as people have to vote them all out.

XOVA new album THE PRESSURES OF LIFE and the single R GENERATION are on ITUNES NOW, Also there are various remixes of the single by DUBNINE, G CORP nad ZONED OUT all on ITUES as well

XOVA website is WWW.XOVALIVE.COM or WWW.MYSPACE.COM/XOVALIVE

In addition to the political tracks we throw a lot of love and Irie vibes into the mix and a wicked stage show and XOVA could well be the New band of the year from Birmingham
STEVE HUGHES

Neil Farrington passed away on 20th December 2009. His music lives on.

December 23, 2009 /

Neil Farrington, Drummer with Warlord, Damn Dirty Apes, Lokey, Sensa Yuma and many others including Last Under The Sun from 2003 to 2006 passed away on 20/12/09. His music lives on. He left an 8yr old son behind and many people who loved him. He was 38 years old.

There is a facebook group at: R.I.P Neil Farrington 1971-2009

I first met Neil when he was in a band called “Beaver” many years ago. It must have been 1997 or 1998. He would ring me up and ask for a gig for his band. At that time I was organising shows at the Fallow and Firkin in Harborne under the guise of Badger Promotions. £3 in, music started at 8pm, three bands played and there was cheap bottles of beer before 9pm. Neil couldn’t get his drum kit to the gigs as he had no transport so as the promoter, i used to go and pick him up and we’d put the kit in my car to get it to the venue. Quite often, if Neil’s band didn’t play the other bands would have had no show as very few of them had their own gear, let alone a decent drum kit.

The years passed and Neil played in many different bands, and I ended up doing regular gigs for new bands at The Old Railway, Curzon Street Digbeth. He used to come down to play almost every other week either with his new band Damn Dirty Apes or the other band he was in at the time called Lokey. Time passed and in 2003 or thereabouts, Neil joined the band I was in called Last Under The Sun. Rehearsals moved to two or sometimes three times a week and I remember this one time we had a gig and while sat there waiting to play someone tried to engage him in conversation. When asked about how often the band rehearsed, Neil in his typical diplomatic manner turned and said “We practice 15 hours a week, every week, minimum. MINIMUM! All these other bands are shit!” That was Neil.

I was reminded today of another thing he said towards the end of his time with Last Under The Sun. “I’ve spent more than half my life behind a drumkit, and what have I got to show for it? Nothing.” He had the capacity to be hard on himself at times but he could also be inspirational. He pointed out many important things to me. I was talking to him one day about the ever changing task of taking the band from nothing to something and the amount of problems that we were constantly up against. He just said “adapt and overcome.” That has pretty much stayed with me ever since. I feel sad after hearing the news of his passing. Neil put a lot of work into Last Under The Sun and whilst some of the rehearsals, gigs, reviews or memories may be forgotten, his music I hope will stand the test of time. He played drums on Last Under The Sun’s records “All Empire’s Crumble” and the recent release “Gone.” He also played Drums on tour with Sensa Yuma and on recordings by Lokey, Damn Dirty Apes and Warlord. He even tried out for bands like Conflict when they found themselves without a drummer.

Some people may ask themselves why he did it. Why did he spend half his life behind a kit for nothing? Why the endless rehearsals? What motivated him? Why would he sit sipping a glass of water before playing in the back room of some run down pub on the edge of town when he could have had a straight job, a suit and tie, a pint and some money in his pocket and maybe a car that didn’t break down. I think I know why, he didn’t need a reason, he did it because he had something in him he wanted to express, something he wanted to let out. He had his demons but he also had a passion for playing the drums, he hit the drums harder than anyone i’ve ever worked with and he enjoyed playing. Like most musicians, he liked meeting other bands and going to different places, seeing how his drumming stood up against the best of the rest and sharing his love of music with other like minded people.

Neil was a fan of Subhumans, he was often seen behind the kit wearing a Subhumans t-shirt. In 2004 Last Under the Sun played with Sensa Yuma and Subhumans at the Wagon in St Brieuc, Briezh. The gig was a moment of greatness for Neil, he had a good gig and as he walked off stage, Trotsky (who drums for Subhumans) handed him a a roll-up and said “This is for you, you’ve earned it.” A simple thing like that made Neil’s day, somebody somewhere had noticed his drumming. And the drummer from one of his favourite bands too. He didn’t stop smiling for days after that.

Neil may not be be here to tell me what shit I talk all the time anymore, but his music lives on. He was a good drummer. He will be missed – Mark (Last Under the Sun, Iron Man Records)

The Glee Club Live Music Listings Autumn 2009

October 29, 2009 /

THE GLEE CLUB, BIRMINGHAM
THE MIDLANDS’ PREMIER COMEDY & MUSIC VENUE
0871 472 0400 www.glee.co.uk | +18

LIVE MUSIC LISTINGS UPDATE – AUTUMN 2009

NEW SHOW ANNOUNCEMENTS

TUE 01 DEC
IAN BROUDIE (Lightning Seeds) & JAMES WALSH (Starsailor)
Our big new announcement is that we shall be welcoming a very special double-headline show on Tuesday 1st December with IAN BROUDIE of The Lightning Seeds and JAMES WALSH of Starsailor.

Ian Broudie is a prolific musician and producer (for The Coral and The Zutons) and leader of The Lightning Seeds, famed for their hits Pure, The Life Of Riley, Lucky You, You Showed Me and Three Lions. Starsailor’s songs have always been awash with timeless, perfectly sculpted melodies – all underpinned by James Walsh’s fragile, soaring vocals.

MON 07 DEC
CODEINE VELVET CLUB (Jon Lawler – Fratellis)
Codeine Velvet Club – a new outfit from Jon Lawler of The Fratelli’s – which exudes a Sixties-inspired sound that’s equal parts Phil Spector’s teenage symphonies and John Barry’s sharp 007 soundtracks shall be with us on December 7th! Their debut single ‘Vanity Kills’ is out on November 23rd through the legendary Island Records, with the album to follow.

NEW ALBUM SHALL BE AVAILABLE ON SPOTIFY FROM MON 16 NOV

LIVE MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS AT THE GLEE IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS

SUN 01 NOV – LAST FEW SPACES
ADRIAN EDMONDSON & THE BAD SHEPHERDS (classic punk tracks in a folk persuasion!)
+ Ella Edmondson

WED 04 NOV
MARK EITZEL (American Music Club)
+ Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady)
New album Klamath out now. Written and recorded in a log cabin in the middle of the woods by the Klamath river, California. The pastoral, laid back, late night sparse feel to the album harkens back to Eitzel’s folk influences of Nick Drake and John Martyn and earlier work with AMC. “It’s gorgeous and every bit as good as those early American Music Club records” THE INDEPENDENT

Mark has previously been awarded ‘Songwriter Of The year’ and ‘Album Of The Year’ by Rolling Stone magazine. American Music Club played a wonderful show at The Glee in support of their highly acclaimed ‘The Golden Age’ album. We hear Mark shall also be bringing another CD available to buy at shows.

GET A TASTER www.markeitzel.info – http://markeitzel.blogspot.com

FULL AUTUMN MUSIC LISTINGS

Mon 09 Nov
The High Llamas + Soy Un Caballo (featuring Simon Tong – The Verve)

Wed 11 Nov
Birmingham Jazz present:
Steve Tromans Debop Band: The Last Words of Victor Jara

Thu 12 Nov
Emily Maguire (studio)
(previous guest to Roddy Frame)

Fri 13 Nov (studio)
Martha Tilston + Dan Arborise

Sun 15 Nov
Great Lake Swimmers & Sleeping States
(bring their ‘Ambient Zen Americana’ back to Glee)

Tue 17 Nov
Foy Vance

Thu 19 Nov (studio)
Blue Roses (Laura Groves)

Mon 23 Nov
The Leisure Society
(The Sleeper re-released 05 Oct as 2cd edition)

Tue 24 Nov
Lou Rhodes + John Smith

GET MORE INFO ON EACH GLEE ARTIST
Please visit www.glee.co.uk for a full-page of info. on every artist including extra web links plus as many legal freebies as we can find.

HOW TO GET FREE GLEE-ALERTS FOR YOUR FAVOURITE PERFORMERS
Log into the My Bookings section of www.glee.co.uk with your email and booking password and head to My Performers. Tick the boxes next to your favourite artists & we’ll send you a free alert every time one of them plays the Glee. We’ll be constantly updating the list.

Fri 27 Nov (studio)
Dan Whitehouse + Vashti Anna + Michael Clarke

Sun 29 Nov
Thea Gilmore

Tue 01 Dec
Ian Broudie (The Lightning Seeds) & James Walsh (Starsailor)

Thu 03 Dec (studio)
Ella Edmondson

Sun 06 Dec
Reggie Watts – US Supercomic!
Seeing is believing! “Reggie is the man. He’s a one man comedy, beat box phenomenon.” NY Press www.reggiewatts.com

Mon 07 Dec
Codeine Velvet Club
New band by Jon Lawler of The Fratelli’s. Debut single – Vanity Kills – out Mon 23 Nov (Island Records).
“They conjure up a Sixties-inspired sound that’s equal parts Phil Spector’s teenage symphonies and John Barry’s sharp 007 soundtracks”
Album on Spotify from Mon 16 Nov.

Wed 09 Dec
Ben Howard (recent guest to Fink)

Sun 13 Dec – SOLD OUT
Candy Box Burlesque

Tue 02 Mar 2010
Tom McRae
(re-scheduled from 05 Oct. All original bookings still valid)

Sun 23 May
Po’ Girl

AND FINALLY:
A few additional mentions for friends who are playing round and about

Fri 06 Nov
Beth Jeans Houghton
Hare & Hounds
www.hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk – www.myspace.com/bethjeanshoughton

Sat 07 Nov
Portico Quartet + Sweet Billy Pilgrim
CBSO Centre
www.birminghamjazz.co.uk

Wed 02 Dec
Capsule 10th Birthday Concert
Tunng, Six Organs Of Admittance & more
Town Hall www.thsh.co.uk

Fri 11 Dec
Scott Matthews + Jo Hamilton
Town Hall www.thsh.co.uk

Wed 16 Dec
Imelda May
Town Hall www.thsh.co.uk

Mon 19 April 2010
Melody Gardot
Symphony Hall www.thsh.co.uk

THE GLEE CLUB
THE ARCADIAN
BIRMINGHAM
B5 4TD

BOOKINGS / FULL LISTINGS / ENQUIRIES 0871 472 0400 WWW.GLEE.CO.UK

PLUS THE BEST IN LIVE COMEDY EVERY THU – FRI – SAT
SOME GREAT AUTUMN COMEDY TOUR SHOWS STILL TO COME – see www.glee.co.uk for full listings

RHYMES – Best of Birmingham’s Performance Poetry. 24th September 2009

September 22, 2009 /

RHYMES
The Best of Birminghams Performance Poetry.
24th September. 8pm.

The Mixing Bowl Theatre@The Custard Factory. £5 on the door.

This Months Poets;

Marcus Taylor started performing his own poetry through the encouragement and tutelage of Wrote Under’s “Sunday Express”. He has a large quantity of self penned “Straight” poetry and a small collection of “Comedic” poetry and supported John Cooper Clarke as part of last year’s Comedy Festival

Dave Reeves was editor of Raw Edge Magazine for 13 years and now presents a spoken word and music show for www.radiowildfire.com, the internet spoken word broadcaster and has had work commissioned by BBC Radios 4 & 5.

Kerry Orange writes poems that combine a sense of place with intimate memories. His work is full of play with sounds as well as details of towns, landscapes and journeys. He is also guitarist and singer of The Orange whose debut album ‘Concealed Exit’ is available on itunes.

Kimmy Sue Ann, freshly arrived from her most recent bemused and accidental appearances on1click2fame talent show, is dysfunctional and proud of it and regales audiences with recitations of her pwoetry wot as got social comment innit.

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