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Microblog 2009-11-06

  • See this? http://twitpic.com/nj595 I hate pay and display. I really hate pay and display #
  • See this phone box?http://twitpic.com/nj6jj I like old phone boxes. Did you know you’re not allowed to smoke in them? English law is stupid. #
  • In fact, English law in general is stupid. The government has lost the people. Perhaps they actually want to seperate government from people #
  • I suppose you’re wondering where I’m going with all this. Well. One person other than me knows. Wait your turn. All will be revealed later. #
  • Thank you for waiting. You are held in a queue. Your questions will be answered shortly. #
  • How Governments Decide Whether a Religion is Real or Not http://bit.ly/1igx3n #
  • No men OR women needed: Scientists create sperm and eggs from stem cells http://ur1.ca/esx3 #
  • Tony Blair WILL take EU presidency ‘if the job is big enough’ http://ur1.ca/esw8 #
  • The Internet Turns 40 http://bit.ly/NcCVE #
  • Government Is Trying to Make Bailouts for the Giant Banks PERMANENT http://ur1.ca/eq4h #
  • Tonight it’s beancurd & mix vegetables with boiled rice.I forgot I have no money. Nevermind check out this phonebox http://twitpic.com/nkzem #
  • Content is Irrelevant http://bit.ly/41zVin (via @dangerousmeme) #
  • Former Smashing Pumpkins Frontman: Flu Pandemic is Propaganda http://ur1.ca/etru #
  • Of course, this is exactly what I expected to find in the van this morning. How did this happen? http://twitpic.com/nnd3u off to potters bar #
  • It’s too early to explain, I haven’t forgotten the phone box thing. Nevermind,you probably won’t understand anyway. http://twitpic.com/nnedm #
  • Just passed the camel near j23 on the m5 http://twitpic.com/nnjlt #
  • Looks like #accident on #m4 eastbound between j11 and j10. Traffic at a standstill. http://twitpic.com/nnthy I hope nobody has been hurt #
  • http://twitpic.com/nnta6 – Monster a Go Go at The Swinging Sporran tonight ft. an unplugged Devilish Presley (via @BrumPunks) #
  • Draven is a fantastic new band from Woking UK. Bit like a modern day Aerosmith with a dash of Sabbath and led Zep. Google em! (via @rdaborn) #
  • Forget any new job,When will tony Blair be tried for #warcrime and fraud? Give peas a chance http://twitpic.com/nnwzm #m25 at standstill now #
  • The Right Isn’t Only Trying to Take Down ACORN. It’s Got a 25-Year Project to ‘Defund’ the Left http://bit.ly/qUhPJ #
  • Israel and US hold largest ever war games http://ur1.ca/eupn any guesses why? #
  • returning to the subject of English Phone Boxes….. #
  • Here’s a video to explain. A Tenner in a Phone Box 2009 http://bit.ly/3ijOSN #
  • #BurnMoney on a budget. How to: Tenner Phone Box 2009 http://bit.ly/3ijOSN bla bla #
  • “Money determines the price of everything because it knows the value of nothing” #BurnMoney http://bit.ly/3ijOSN #
  • Today i’m in Potters Bar, #vaginamonologues perform at Theatre Wyllyotts centre tonight. If last night is anything to go by…dont miss it! #
  • Climate Change Treaty A Precursor To Global Government? http://ur1.ca/euvx #
  • Fall Of The Republic: Millions Of People Worldwide Take The Red Pill http://ur1.ca/euwh #
  • Facing A Total Breakdown Of Financial Markets http://ur1.ca/euxj #
  • any of your friends lose their jobs? show them this http://biznews4.com (via @ampnz09) #
  • Why would anyone wish someone a ‘Happy Halloween’ ? (via @CharlesWBrown) #
  • This Week’s Weird Music News http://bit.ly/4Fqn3f (via @ZoinksDotTV) #
  • #vaginamonologues are in action in potters bar. I’ve sneaked over the road to get a coffee and plan the next three weeks as chaos in effect #
  • Swine Flu Vaccine Propaganda Reaches New Levels Of Absurdity http://ur1.ca/evdx #
  • England Chief Medical Officer Calls #H1N1 Vaccine Resistors "Extremists" http://ur1.ca/ever #swineflu #
  • Two-thirds of Ohioans say they’ll go without #H1N1 vaccine http://ur1.ca/ev9e #swineflu #
  • New Zealand Mayor: Pay "Appalling Underclass" Not to Breed http://ur1.ca/ev5s #
  • Pakistani-Pashtuns Say Blackwater USA (Xe Services) Responsible for Peshawar Bomb http://ur1.ca/ev4w #
  • RT @HouseOfTwitsLab RT @Demos We commissioned a poll that found that illegal downloaders spend more on music each year http://tiny.cc/X4gTl #
  • watched BBC. Birmingham presented as place where people want to go to work, wear stupid hats and don’t really dance to the music anyway. Joy #
  • Well, it confirms my own short sighted view…only stupid bastards have anything to do with the bbc #
  • But good work well done to those who have clawed Birmingham back into media for music #
  • Swansea next #
  • spotted another Hercules going in to land at RAF lyneham. flights are too regular for my liking. Another soldiers life the news will ignore #
  • Cheer up seano. This ones for you Ssss St ste stea steeeaaaallliiinnnnn #
  • Can’t wait to leave England http://twitpic.com/nzsmw #
  • ‘Torture flight’ plane spotted in #Birmingham http://ur1.ca/eys5 #
  • plane named in inquiry into alleged CIA torture flights landed at Birmingham airport last month met by British special forces helicopters. #
  • A Tweet Unleashes Vitriol on a twitter User from #birmingham in Britain http://bit.ly/1oVUKx #
  • So what do you know about #chemtrails then eh? Bet you never even heard of chemtrails. Look it up. Be afraid. #
  • Ukraine pleas for help as flu epidemic spreads http://ur1.ca/eyz1 #
  • Oh look….Panic in Ukraine, Authorities deny aircraft are spraying aerosols over cities, Ma… http://ur1.ca/ez1z #chemtrails #
  • “eBay UK Shop – Iron Man Records shop: punk, rock, cd dvd vinyl video” http://hub.tm/?CDSND #
  • US Patent Application 20090010962 Genetically Engineered Swine Influenza Virus and Uses Thereof http://bit.ly/3TdCkg #
  • This Friday nov 6th 2009 at The Haygate, Telford RANDOM HAND, ALCOHOL LICKS, FISH BOWL RIOT. >>5 #punk #
  • IBM Knew About Pandemic in 2006 http://ur1.ca/ezna #
  • Government Appoints Task Force To Handle H1N1 Vaccine Propaganda http://ur1.ca/ezk3 #
  • Loading out #vaginamonologues in Swansea. Off to the elgiva chesham tomorrow. http://twitpic.com/o1o6b #
  • Switzerland Forbids "Swine Flu" Vaccine For Pregnant Women, Young And Old! http://bit.ly/2BsZhI #
  • @jonone100 @SilkCharm tips & hints for twitter newbies http://bit.ly/EiKWf some sound practical advice. #
  • On the way to chesham in buckinghamshire in the rain #
  • Stopped by police,how irritating.I spilt my drink,had to put sandwich down, stop texting and turn my headphones down.made me stand in rain. #
  • Via @jonone100 blog post on my latest money burning is up: http://bit.ly/34th1a #
  • Via @jonone100 blog post on my latest money burning is up: http://bit.ly/34th1a #burnmoney #
  • India, China, Russia and Some EU Central Banks Buying Gold http://ur1.ca/f1ao #
  • Twenty reasons why vitamin D is better than a swine flu vaccine http://ur1.ca/f1mz #
  • don’t think police liked fact the trailer was glowing red hot earlier when I tried to break the trailer pull landspeed record in the rain #
  • I had to pull over to the vosa weighbridge for a game of “guess the van and trailer weight” followed by ten rounds of police mastermind. #
  • You’ll be pleased to know, after ten rounds of police mastermind, scores were: police 1, peoples republic of mileage 9.The people have it. #
  • If anyone fancies themselves a contender for police mastermind: guess todays weight in kg of this van and trailer http://twitpic.com/o51jd #
  • Congressman Brad Sherman admits explosives found in dust of World Trade Center http://ur1.ca/f28y #
  • winner of “guess van & trailer weight” Police Mastermind 2009 is: @jonone100 with “4.5 tonne.” http://twitpic.com/o64xb actual weight 4510kg #
  • But I’m not sending any prize money to Police Mastermind 2009 @jonone100 he’ll burn it anyway. Instead he wins invite to m25 spin march 2010 #
  • “why should I bic you?” Becuase bic is better than real tattoos @tillyxengineer #
  • @jonone100 looks like there’s two of us for m25 spin march 2010 then. Excellent. all we need to do is make sure we keep the right day free?! in reply to jonone100 #
  • How I wish, how I wish you were here http://twitpic.com/o88kp #m25 #vaginamonologues on way to gwent #
  • Spotted a large plane leaving RAF lyneham earlier on way down m4 hope it’s not going to fetch more wounded from Afghanistan #
  • Why Can’t the Corporate Media Just Tell the Truth About Iraq & Afghanistan? http://bit.ly/3pgQX2 #
  • “It is the international system of currency which determines the totality of life on this planet.That is the natural order of things today.” #
  • Secret copyright treaty leaks. It’s bad. Very bad. http://ur1.ca/f5ii #
  • British plan to build training camp for Taliban fighters in Afghanistan http://ur1.ca/f5jg #
  • U.S. Military Tracking 1,300 Satellites For Collisions http://bit.ly/1VCSy1 #
  • Going to Salford today. What day is this? #
  • “Festival of Film” from Screen WM. FREE screenings of films with a West Midlands connection http://bit.ly/3Da3po (via @paulbradshaw) #
  • This is #m5 between j4 and j3. Looks like two lanes closed northbound. http://twitpic.com/och5k England is a joke for roads #
  • Black Country Music Network today at the Public, West Bromwich http://blackcountrymusicnetwork.wordpress.com for info (via @sostenutollp) #
  • Fighter plane chasing aircraft over NE London was apparently something ceremonial: http://bit.ly/165pVH (via @brendadada) #
  • #Review of Creative Networks panel discussion plus #Birmingham Post article here http://sostenuto.org.uk #
  • Sorry digital Birmingham but….Global treaty could throw file-sharers off Internet after ‘three strikes’ http://ur1.ca/f7av #
  • Is Tony Blair CIA? http://ur1.ca/f7jo #
  • Has Baxter Released A BioWeapon In Ukraine? http://ur1.ca/f7fk #
  • Birmingham bonfire night fireworks and bonfires http://bit.ly/3yLVdm #
  • Blasting the US with punk Islam! http://bit.ly/36HZb0 (via @PunkRockers) #
  • musoplex with si reeves working on mixes of police bastard recordings. “The lie” is being worked, Pid & johns vocals (via @PoliceBastard) #
  • Wouldn’t mind going on a long, snowy, rainy and cold UK/Euro tour right about now :) (via @CharlesWBrown) ….ok..someone find him a tour!?! #
  • Remember the 5th of November – Magick is on http://www.musicworldradio.com right now for Guy Fawkes special: burn parliament burn #music #
  • Chomsky: Obama Continues Bush Policy http://ur1.ca/f85w #
  • Tonight at Old Wharf, Oxford St Digbeth, #Birmingham Rasta knast (Germany) + Left 4 Dead + War/System £4 in #punk #music #

Microblog 2009-10-30

The Glee Club Live Music Listings Autumn 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.infohttp://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.ukwww.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

The Music Network – 4pm Thursday October 29th 2009, Birmingham T.E.E, Millennium Point. All Invited

BMN LogoThe next meeting of the Birmingham Music Network is Thursday 29th October 2009 – 4pm – 6pm, School of Digital Media Technology, TEE, Birmingham City University, Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham.

Who is it for? Anyone involved with the music industry regardless of genre, background or attainment. We welcome everyone from bedroom rock stars and community musicians to music consultants, lecturers and CEO’s. If you are after a real interaction, come and see what Social Media was based on – a meeting of like minded individuals that want to share, interact, promote and seek help. The best news is it’s free and coffee, tea and biscuits are kindly provided the Creative Networks team at BCU led by the very capable Dave Taylor.

Please spread the word and help a musician today!

If you are interested in attending, all you have to do is turn up – details above.The meeting is supported by

The Big Debate – Monday 2nd Nov, ICC, Birmingham

The Big Debate: Can the Midlands’ Creative Industries Revolutionise the UK Economy?

You are invited to join ‘The Big Debate’, with a keynote by Charles Leadbeater, leading authority on innovation and

strategy and author of We-think, featuring David Harris (Wunderman) and Toby Barnes (Mudlark).

The West Midlands region is seeking to establish the role its creative communities should take in the interactive digital media

debate. From this conference the creative community will produce a report to show how its expertise can be more

effectively utilised in order to propel the Region forward as an economic powerhouse for future development. Get

involved and have your say at this engaging and thought provoking debate.

Date: Monday 2nd November 2009

Time: Registration: 12.30pm Debate: 1.00pm-5.30pm

Location: Hall 11, The International Convention Centre,

Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA

RSVP: Charmaine Stint, Corporate Events Manager

Tel: 0121 331 6895

Email: charmaine.stint@bcu.ac.uk

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