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Microblog 2010-04-09

Mark from Iron Man Records interviewed by Katy Jay at Musoplex March 2010

Mark from Iron Man Records interviewed by Katy Jay, unsigned music champion from 101.8WCRfm in Wolverhampton.

Musoplex describes Mark Badger as “…..Head of one of Birmingham’s most loved and influential independent record labels…..Iron Man Records have released music from grindcore to punk and anti-folk over the last 15 years. Hear Mark’s views on bands, recording, touring and being the head of a label. The interview features footage of …..punk band Police Bastard, Anti-folk New Yorkers Dufus and Last Under the Sun.”

Mark talks about Police Bastard and Trogg, Tape Trading and life before filesharing and the Internet, touring with a band on a budget you can stick under a glass, the idea of giving bands a small amount of help at a critical time, Robert Lloyd and The Nightingales, how the label got involved with Seth and Dufus and he talks about his own band called Last Under The Sun.

Here’s a direct link: http://blip.tv/file/3407655

Microblog 2010-04-02

Andy Derrick on why Birmingham Music Network should be funded by A.W.M.

Andy Derrick has written an interesting piece, he starts by saying:

“I have the great pleasure of frequently attending and sometimes chairing the Birmingham Music Network. For those of you that don’t know, the BMN meets on the last Thursday of each month inside the TEE, a faculty of Birmingham City University at Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham.  The network also has a dynamic online presence here: https://birminghammusicnetwork.com

It was set up by Mark Sampson and Anthony Hughes some time ago and is run on a voluntary basis. It meets an average of 20 people each month providing advice, support and a place to meet others and make good contacts. Businesses represented include sound engineers, singers, songwriters, radio dj’s, studio owners, performers, music students, media consultant, venue owners, gig promoters and everyone from across the music industry spectrum in the West Midlands.

The website and the network are vital parts of the local music scene, in my opinion, but it could do more.

Imagine a world where the website is continuously updated by a team of dedicated experts, where less time was spent finding a sponsor for some tea and coffee and more on promoting the meetings to the people that need them, where there was a budget to advertise effectively, where the volunteers were paid a modest amount to cover their time and expenses. Imagine what could be achieved.  It could be achieved with some financial support.”

You can read the full article and leave your comments here: http://andyderrick.co.uk

Microblog 2010-03-26

  • Tonights it’s Leek & potato soup,onion & goats cheese tart. Michael Jackson thriller on sound system.dessert is ice cream. With … #
  • The band have bought another lottery ticket & keep asking where to buy a new iPhone at nice price. suggestions apart from applestore? #
  • Sierra Maestra Mirror The Ticket March 19 2010 [Flickr] http://goo.gl/fb/SMAc #
  • Game of Death: France’s TV Experiment (Video) http://bit.ly/bsnnIw #
  • LAPD’s Death Squad http://bit.ly/cQF8fc #
  • Sceptic Challenges Guru to Kill Him Live on TV http://bit.ly/cy7C7d #
  • RT @boingboing Leaked UK record industry memo sets out plans for breaking UK copyright – Boing Boing http://is.gd/arxBe (via @FLYAGARIC2019) #
  • Breakfast time in Bangor. Off to Kendal next. Sierra Maestra had a good gig last night, show sold out. #
  • Tonight! La Xula, Inner Terrestrials, ROR samba band, Luise + Roy play a benefit for the RoR Network, at 195 Mare St, Hackney. 8 till 2. #
  • @jonone100 chocomel? in reply to jonone100 #
  • Filesharing is Killing Music like home sleeping is killing hotels ha ha http://youtu.be/R3jkUhG68wY (via @Magick_Temple) #
  • Eid eh shomah mobarak! Happy new year everyone! http://bit.ly/bgYggv I thinks this calls for an exceptional beer… (via @cyclonecy) #
  • Dinner in kendal.Show starts at 8.30pm.This place is run by people who follow orders,no one can deal with complex ideas or specific requests #
  • staff at the venue tonight give me idea they really have no interest in being helpful to the band. #
  • Perhaps I’m being unreasonable. I have a torch. Hmm.
    Who’s that xxxx over there? #
  • Anyone fancy a nice box of hand rolled Cuban cigars? Look at this….. http://twitpic.com/19vr3e #
  • Millio is downstairs in hotel lobby terrorising wedding guests, trying to get them to buy a box of Cuban cigars. He only speaks Spanish. #
  • 20 Principles for Successful Community Organizing: http://is.gd/aQIlY #
  • Breakfast in kendal, off to rivermead Bracknell next. I Wonder if millio managed to sell any boxes of cigars to wedding guests last night? #
  • Researchers Turn Mosquitoes Into Flying Vaccinators http://bit.ly/cUDE2h #
  • Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. http://bit.ly/dsSOv6 #
  • Do NOT follow your dreams. At some point you will wake up with no directions on how to get back. #
  • Houston Bus Driver Runs Red Light Into Train, Asks Right Afterward: “Was That Light Green?” http://bit.ly/9agmRV #
  • TV Presenter Gets Death Sentence for ‘Sorcery’ http://bit.ly/dxQ8k1 #
  • Sierra Maestra have found the led Zeppelin live CDs in the van and it’s led zep on volume 11 all the way now #
  • Sierra Maestra are onto prodigy now….on volume 11 #
  • Microblog 2010-03-21 http://goo.gl/fb/RyvV #
  • Can’t believe it. Just checked lottery results and millio has got three numbers. That’s gotta be £10 or something hasn’t it? #
  • The hotel the band are staying at is insane. It’s breakfast time, some are playing jenga, the others are playing tennis. Just don’t ask #
  • So anyway,today is Bracknell to whitley bay,van has broken down,AA are on the way & the others are playing tennis http://twitpic.com/1a7ngs #
  • The van is working again thanks to AA but now we’re waiting for the washing machine. In the background the sirens at broadmoor are going off #
  • Stanley Brinks UK tour 25th-31st March 2010 http://goo.gl/fb/X8eu #
  • At wetherby services on A1. No, I don’t want anything else or any of your overpriced cakes. Fairtrade coffee please. Arghhhhhhh #
  • Political Activists Call for Inquiry after Revelations about Undercover Police http://bit.ly/arEa2b #
  • @anniechrist: Info on Basement Sound Radio. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrW3j6ljWb0 #METAL #
  • Just arrived at playhouse whitley bay. Sierra Maestra are on at 8pm. Soundcheck next…. #
  • Leprecheun Killed In Shootout With Police After St. Patrick’s Day Bank Robbery In Tennessee http://bit.ly/djWOA0 #
  • Idaho Leads State Revolt Against Naked Body Scanners – http://bit.ly/aFPIrA #
  • “The Music Network with Andy Derrick, 4pm Thursday 25th March 2010, Birmingham T.E.E, Millennium Point. All Invited”
    http://hub.tm/GrIyk #
  • In whitley bay and thinking about going to find some food…any good Indian takeaways in this place? #
  • Seasick Steve is confirmed for V Festival 2010 He will be at Weston Park, Stafford, on Saturday the 21st of… http://bit.ly/dtkthH #
  • Sierra Maestra bought most of tescos electrical department bargains-widescreen TVS,mobile phones,they have friends back home all excited now #
  • band are at hotel trying to cook food in their rooms.I’ve found an Indian takeaway.Hopefully they haven’t blown the hotel up while I’m out #
  • Breakfast is not tennis. Today is a drive south to pontardawe arts centre in south Wales. Sierra Maestra have a lot of bags of shopping. #
  • @dubber library? You mean they still have those? in reply to dubber #
  • One nice thing about egotists: they don’t talk about other people. http://bit.ly/cHrkxi #
  • @may_gun you can find sierra Maestra mp3 here: http://www.myspace.com/sierramaestra …the band are really good, top quality musicians too in reply to may_gun #
  • @dubber enjoy the noise research…at least you won’t be disturbed then in reply to dubber #
  • @may_gun they are keeping the whole 1920’s thing alive, traditional line up with some traditional songs but mostly all their own material in reply to may_gun #
  • sierra Maestra band members luggage after a no show day http://twitpic.com/1al95w what’s that?two widescreen HD tvs with DVD? #
  • Andy Derrick will be chairing Birmingham Music Network this Thursday. Info here: http://bit.ly/8OvGwq #
  • Airport Worker Pervs Over Woman In Body Scanner: "I Love Those Gigantic Tits" – http://tiny.cc/y29ro #
  • Seasick Steve confirmed for Electric Picnic 2010 Mainstage on Saturday the 4th of September. http://bit.ly/b0g6Sk #
  • Editors’ Folkestone gig stopped and police called after crowd fight http://dlvr.it/LgCl #
  • Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life #
  • M5 services about to start down m50. Police Mastermind beckons, special topic: mileage and service stations of England, Wales and Scotland. #
  • World’s Lights Go Out For Earth Hour On March 27 http://bit.ly/d6hhI8 #
  • Enjoying Pontardawe.It’s raining in dressing room downstairs & flooded in dressing room upstairs. Food is good though.Remember – Don’t panic #
  • It’s 5 minutes to onstage time. Apparently this time last week someone torched the promoters car.I’m hoping they don’t torch the van tonight #
  • Sierra Maestra have finished their first set..but millio wants to know the lottery results.Anyone got the numbers as they’re not online yet? #
  • “The Music Network chaired by Andy Derrick 4pm Thursday 25th March 2010, Birmingham T.E.E, Millennium Point.”
    http://hub.tm/oRndd #
  • And now I’ve managed to smash a load of glasses in the dressing room trying to sort Internet out in search of lottery results for millio #
  • It is raining outside. A lot. Sierra Maestra gig was excellent tonight. More cigars and CDs to happy punters too. #
  • Twitter & blog & argue amongst yourselves. The last thing they want you to do is vote. Shut up. Be happy. Write another blog post. Ok? #
  • It’s hard to determine, at the start, what you will be able to bear for a lifetime. #
  • “The Music Network chaired by Andy Derrick at 4pm Thursday 25th March 2010, Birmingham T.E.E, Millennium Point.”
    http://hub.tm/nQRxH #
  • The reason people get lost in thought is because it is, to many, rather unfamiliar territory. #
  • “The Music Network chaired by Andy Derrick at 4pm Thursday 25th March 2010, Birmingham T.E.E, Millennium Point.”
    http://hub.tm/nQRxH #
  • On the way to derby assembly rooms with sierra maestra #
  • New Video Uploaded: Police Bastard – Enslaved, Kopi 29th Jan 2010 http://youtu.be/MGMB5n0Dpsc #
  • New Video Uploaded: Police Bastard – God Off, Kopi 29th Jan 2010 http://youtu.be/kDBeuDHXgvY and it’s not about sugarpuffs either #
  • New Video Uploaded: Police Bastard – No Justice, Kopi 29th Jan 2010 http://youtu.be/B19v09NTRgk #
  • New Video Uploaded: Police Bastard – Regression, Kopi 29th Jan 2010 http://youtu.be/b1IWDzfiiCg #
  • New Video Uploaded: Police Bastard – Who’s Side? Kopi 29th Jan 2010 http://youtu.be/5JlvR0-_BW4 #
  • All shall be well. And all shall be well. And all manner of things will be well. #
  • Managers business card,mars bar & bottle of water at days inn hotel means they’re apologising for being idiots. I’d prefer a head on … #
  • I favorited a YouTube video — Police Bastard – Who’s Side? Kopi 29th Jan 2010 http://youtu.be/5JlvR0-_BW4?a #
  • Anybody like Cuban hand rolled cigars? Very nice to you madam http://twitpic.com/1awwlb #
  • Anybody like Cuban hand rolled cigars? Very nice to you sir http://twitpic.com/1awwsd #
  • A look inside? http://twitpic.com/1awwy7 hand rolled, very nice #
  • http://twitpic.com/1awx4c that’s your lot….Sierra Maestra will be in Manchester tomorrow…come and see them play #
  • News: Rock Sound Exclusive: New Sick Of It All Material Streaming Online http://dlvr.it/MBvG (via @rocksound) #
  • Management must realise they can’t force changes that unions resist on fairness and safety grounds. Support Trades Unions (via @probone) #
  • On the way to manchester with sierra Maestra and they want to go shopping….arndale centre here we come… #
  • Seasick Steve confirmed for Hop Farm Festival, 3rd of July. Bob Dylan, Mumford & Sons http://www.facebook.com/seasicksteve/posts/109#
  • Manchester. Arndale shopping centre. Sierra Maestra are loose in the grounds….. #
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