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  3. What this scene needs

    in Music Discussion

    Posted

    Lach, who coined the phrase 'Anti folk', and had the first 'AntiHoot' in NYC is a regular visitor to Aberdeen.

    It's kind of punky lo-fi with acoustic guitars.

    I like it. (Hammell on Trial, Major Matt Mason, Lach, Jeffrey Lewis, esp)

    Lach has changed agent and finished the new album yesterday

  5. Mudd Club

    in Other Clubs & Venues

    Posted

    I went a few times in the early to mid 90's, a very legendary place, something that, as Ross said, really did shape a fair bit of the alternative scene. My brother rarely missed a Mudd Club in the early 90's - happy days.

    Cheers

    Stuart

    Still can't believe that Grant was your brother..

    Fucking LeG END

  7. Mudd Club

    in Other Clubs & Venues

    Posted

    oh the stories...

    Got to say that The Palace has had more of an impact on Aberdeen's alternative scene over the last 25 years than anything else aside from possibly One Up.

    Somewhere i have a Palace Venue Red T Shirt...

    *Somewhere.. i.e either.. Inverness / Aberdeen / Glasgow or London.

  14. Gig cock-ups

    in Musicians' Corner

    Posted

    fun.

    i have a lead breaking/volume control/lead pulling out/accidentally standing on footswitch type incident at every gig i think. but that's because i'm a cock.

    off the top of my head, some other vaguely amusing incidents related to me being a cock:

    • falling through a hole in the middle of the stage, up to my chest, mid-choon. i did not look cool.
    • dropping a mic, prompting the sound engineer to charge onstage and lamp me several times about the chops, before being rescued by our drummer leaping over the kit and laying into the engineer, all while i stood, stunned, doing nothing.
    • stumbling into my amp and knocking the head backwards off the cab, damaging it somewhat. only it wasn't my amp, it belonged to the headliners. i later sent them a cheque.
    • falling off the front of the stage at kef/lava/glow/whatever, with my foot tangled in monitor leads, dragging the monitor off the stage with me. i sensed the bouncer wasn't amused by the way in which he manoeuvred me over the barrier onto the dancefloor.
    • throwing myself offstage at the end of the set, landing on some kid's leg, and then the rest of the audience jumped on top of me. he screamed in considerable pain, and we very nearly broke his leg.
    • droppping my guitar to the stage (from waist height) in a slightly tame display of rock and roll abandon. only i missed the edge of the stage and it dropped a further 5 feet to the floor. i thought it was ok until i picked it up by the body, and the neck remained where it was.
    • smashing up two perfectly good guitars in a genuine fury, because i thought they were fucked. turned out the amp i was using was overheating and cutting out. duh.
    • buying a new (but cheap) guitar the day of a gig. 3 songs in to the set, one of the strap buttons falls out, and the guitar tumbles to the floor, fucking the neck. the bastard.

    i'm pretty sure i was sober when most of this nonsense took place.

    xxx

    i think i witnessed almost all of those

  16. Laptop buying advice

    in Gaming & Technology

    Posted

    My work all use DELLS and every single one has packed in. I use my own Samsung V25 (4 years +) and it is still faster than most people's although almost everything has broken...

    HOWEVER....... having been PC my whole life i now have a Macbook (black) at home and will never go back to PCs again.

    Perfect for everything that i require which is Emails, More emails, dtp, portability and connectivity.

    Went into the Apple store on Regent St and it is like a Toy Shop for grownups.

    this is the best link an apple user can find:

    AC Adapter B922-5464 PowerBook G4 / iBook DUSB / iPod UK AC Plug Adapter Apple Mac Parts and Repairs from VIS Ltd

    r

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