cow tipper

but who won? :-P

tiger fest will be the edinburgh promoters baby tiger, i should imagine.

ps. what the fuck is gofuck?

i wasn't invited. ;-) seriously though' date=' if you're expecting london 'industry' to turn up [i don't count myself among them, btw'] then round this time of year you've not only got 'in the city' and 'truck' to contend with, there's also 'the great escape' festival in brighton [although i've heard the passes haven't been selling too well for that]. there are just too many festivals these days.

Well, I would imagine it's something like: If the promoters are booking in bands that are pulling in punters, the venue's going to make a lot of money on the bar. Plus on top of that, some of them charge a hire fee, and/or a deposit if x amount of £ isn't made on the bar on the night. So they're at least covering their costs and maybe getting a bit more on top. Running a venue is obviously a lot of work and trying to keep it busy all the time and booking bands/DJs etc is obviously even more work, so it's often to the benefit of the venue to take on more people to ease the burden, especially if they're people who can bring in something a little different and help boost the venue's image/reputation. The result - more stuff going on, more money coming in. "why do independent promoters exist given that it's such a financial risk?" Because they don't have venues of their own, and everyone needs a hobby. ;-) There's plenty money to be made as well as lost if you get a good deal, especially if you've got a club open afterwards in a prime spot in 'town'. I know someone who walked away with 2 grand in his pocket after a recent Barfly gig + club, and that was after paying all the bands the fees their agents wanted...

sorry, did someone mention free booze?

pipettes >>>>> cazals

i have a couple of Mr Agreeable stickers on my guitar. they must be 10 years old now...

the first person to repost that steve albini article gets a virtual slap from me.

aye. i'll do that when we next get some 7" mailers. might be a couple of weeks. cheers.

you think he'd sell any records without marketing behind him? look how much marketing the kaiser chiefs album STILL has behind it. and it's still in the top 10, because people are constantly being reminded of it and because it's a very populist record. GLC were never going to sell many records no matter how much money could've been put behind them.

I have a soft spot for GLC. Any band with the opening line(s) "Binatone, Spectrum, Pacman, Commodore, ZX81, Donkey Kong, Fucking high score" is going to appeal to my inner (and outer) geek.

James Blunt makes sappy songs which appeal to a wide audience and sells fuckloads of records. Wasn't difficult to work out.

"and make myself a fortune by flogging my Purple Munkie vinyl on ebay for millions" I still have loads of these. And a few copies of 'Fisty'.... if anybody wants to BUY them off me and thus I can bring down your evil eBay prices. Hah! Actually, One-Up still owe me money I'm sure for a couple of boxes I gave them for sale-or-return a few years ago. Swines.

i nearly am.

hurrah for fickle public

aye. i have a box of 25 copies left. had the chuck the rest away when i moved house 8 months ago... you can have one for 250. they're famous now, you see. ...... (what's your postal address? i've got some other crap i can send you too....)

congratulations fudge. you have finally beaten blind youth in the issue number stakes. i still got all mine out in 3 years though. tee hee!

Can you expand on this one? How do you use Myspace to increase the numbers through your door? Surely few people read 'bulletins' or 'event invites'? Don't see this as me having a go (I'm not) - working for a promotions company and promoting 3 gigs a month meself, I'm genuinely interested to hear people's experiences... Big love from smokey London Villiage, adie.

i've still not heard it.

good shoes are nice boys.

album of the year = brakes 'give blood'

well. it'll probably be xmas No. 2...