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Change is a Sound...

ART FUCK
ROCKETS ARE RED
THE YOUNGBLOODS
THE MECCANO SET
THE WITHOUT MEASURE PROJECT
+ Invisible Poster DJ

Dr Drakes
Thursday, May 13th 2004
Doors 7:30 first band 8:00
Entry £2


"We are proud to announce Change is a Sound, a benefit gig for the Aberdeen Poster Collective.

As the Aberdeen Poster Collective is an anonymous group, all the bands will be playing under a different name; some might even come up with a slightly unusual set. The following bands/projects will be on stage:

Art Fuck are an electrifying splinter group flown in straight from Tibet. They claim to be the missing link between Jonathan Richman and Big Black.

Rockets Are Red is the alter ego of an infamous Aberdeen noise-rock outfit, bringing you a sound that will delight any fan of Fugazi, Shellac or the Birthday Party.

The monarchs of brutish punkrock are sending their military wing, The Youngbloods . Watch out, they won't take any prisoners!

The Meccano Set are guaranteed to entertain our audience with their fantastic blend of jazzy and easy-going sounds punctuated by an occasional surf edge.

Last but not least The Without Measure Project will bring you the Pixie-esque sounds of solo-artist RM performed by a complete band for the first time ever.

In-between the bands, our invisible Poster DJ is going to give you an insight into the record collections of the Aberdeen Poster Collective. There will be info leaflets to spread the word of the poster campaign, kind of an 'exhibition' of our posters and maybe even a projection of posters, art and film excerpts (we're still working on that one, technology technology...).

Hopefully this sounds interesting?! Thanks so much to the team from Dr Drake's and all the bands for making this possible!!! We hope to see you all on Thursday, May 13th, joining us when we'll turn our little conspiracy into one big party!

for more information, visit http://www.aberdeen-posters.tk "



You can download some Art Fuck here (right click: save target as)
Killing Blues
Head Fuck

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[daveofficer]

should be a wonderous event indeed.

[Plato the Greek]

Listen to brave Futura 2000:

'This is a message from Futura
Don't prophesise the future
I liven up the culture
Because I'm deadly as a vulture
I PAINT ON CIVILIZATION I HAVE THIS REALIZATION
It's environmentally wack
So presenting my attack
I'll brighten up your shack
I'm down by law
That's a fact
Just give me a wall.
Any building dull or tall
I spray clandestine night subway
I cover red purple on top of grey
Hey, no slashing cuz it ain't the way
The T.A. blew 40 mil they say
We threw it down by night
They scrubbed it off by day
OK tourists:
PICTURE FRAME, TICKETS HERE
FOR THE GRAFFITI TRAIN.'

Futura 2000 was the original leader of The Aberdeen Poster Collective: he is dead now.
Come to this gig so that he may live again, if only to kill again.

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[Comptroller]

Words words words! Who will choose?

Come to the fucking gig.

[Dizzy Storm]

for those of you who dont know about the Aberdeen Poster campaign, below is their manifesto ( i hope they dont mind me posting it!) check out www.aberdeen-posters.tk for examples of their work if you havent already - also follow the links to find more information on each poster (background information, web links, further reading, influences, illustrations, etc.)...its all very interesting....


The aim of the Aberdeen Poster Collective's campaign is to use public space in a creative way and to inspire other individuals or groups to express themselves in similar ways. Basically the idea is to raise awareness about certain issues among the students and staff of Aberdeen University by putting up posters that address the subject matter in a straight-forward manner, using only short slogans and minimalistic imagery that can be understood in just a few seconds. This method was pioneered by the student movement of 1968 and is still used today by a large number of underground artists such as e.g. Eric Drooker and Seth Tobocman.

In the worst case the ABDN posters will pass completely unnoticed. In the best case the initiative of the Aberdeen Poster Collective is going to trigger a wave of posters by other individuals/groups joining in to turn our notice boards, bins, phone boxes etc. into mirrors of the creativity and concerns of many different people, reflecting their personalities, their political attitudes or even just their love for being creative and sharing their ideas with others.

The Aberdeen Poster Collective is not affiliated with any political/religious party or movement in particular and seeks to maintain this independence. The posters are going to address a wide range of very different issues in the future, but there will also occasionnally be posters dealing with more personal things (illustrations of poems, songs etc.) as well as posters fulfilling a purely aesthetic purpose.

As individuals we hold on to certain views that are also expressed in our posters, but indoctrination of the masses by simply replacing mainstream media culture with something else is not the point here. Our posters don't hold the key answers to the issues we are addressing. They are supposed to make a radical, sometimes simplistic statement that is supposed to stimulate people to form their own opinions on certain issues and discuss them with others. We want to create a 'Streitkultur', a culture of enlightening debate and interchange, in the everyday lives of our fellow students.

The Aberdeen Poster project is anonymous, only very few people know the origin of the posters. The reasoning behind this is that the posters should be able to speak for themselves; also our members don't like public attention.

[nullmouse]

Dear lord, sounds like nothing but a bunch of hooligans with some kind of art-agenda.




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See ya there.

[Lester Burnham]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh
posters????

I'm there with me fingerpaints

[Biz]

Uggggghhhh I am still as hung over as HELL,I woke up in Edinburgh on a train and had to hitch back for work,missing breakfast!.
The Meccano Set were fantastic,I only wish I had picked on King Liars Sam more ,instead of the inept keyboard player as he was sadly lacking a sense of humour and genuinely seemed perturbed ,which although it just added to the fun, I do feel like a bit of a prick for pissing him off,King Liar were a hoot though,well worth seeing again , not sure about the image though,Natzi gaylords was done quite a while back,he he he.
If he had got any closer I would have to demonstrate my Zen skills.
I have a black belt in cooking,kill you with one chop.
sERIOUSLY THOUGH sorry for the gratuitous heckle,I will pay you guys back by attending your next gig.