countess shazula

hehe! i seem to (for some strange reason) have been using the word YAS quite a lot recently too - and usually get slagged for sounding about 12!!

wait till you see the poster...you're not just violence....!!!!

we do try..... still striving to bring the reputation, ethos and bizzare musical programming of what was drakes venue, to the city of aberdeen...someone's gotta!!! this will be a good show though...

great! it is a saturday night after all!! you gonna be dancing mike?!!!

oh and it'll be 4 entry if someone could update calender! ta

ok, just to drill this into your heads....! THE NEW YEAR/EVAN DANDO/THALIA ZEDEK/WILLARD GRANT CONSPIRACY/ROSA CHANCE WELL/PULLMAN/KARATE/CONSONANT/COME/CODEINE/MANTA RAY/LOOG...the impressive list of bands Chris has played with/contributed to/founded... also toured solo with the likes of MOGWAI and LOW....and accompanied EVAN DANDO

id like to direct you all to here so you can sample the great King Ferdinand track

THE NEW YEAR/EVAN DANDO/THALIA ZEDEK/WILLARD GRANT CONSPIRACY/ROSA CHANCE WELL/PULLMAN/KARATE/CONSONANT/COME/CODEINE/MANTA RAY/LOOG...quite an impressive bunch of bands chris has played with/contributed to/founded... also toured solo with the likes of MOGWAI and LOW....and accompanied EVAN DANDO

och wasn't that bad.....i was in control, honest!

just remembering that maxi said 65days 'moved him like no band had ever before' when he saw them at Shift...hehe! looking forward to seeing them in a different environment for a 2nd time...and maybe i'll be less drunk..hmm we'll see..maybe you should take bets on that one happening!!! haha!

lets take bets as to how many people actually turn out for this gig!! despite how good the band are.... shaz (not cynical at all!)

argh! well this wont be on any of those dates now...because they have postponed their tour.... this is due to 'instability with their new lineup' apparantly.....but i am promised they will return later in the year.... bugger. ah well

....and coming back the same night? i need a lift!!! either that or i try to get off work monday!!!

please please please spread the word to anyone else that might be interested then...!

those crazy french bastards will be returning in October - a full UK/Irish tour no less!!

this *might* be tues 5th july now.....keep yer eyes peeled!

this show will be taking place at THE PELICAN, (basement of Hotel Metro, Market Street) confirmed supports.... KADDISH a welcome return from this dundee screamo hardcore outfit...for fans of Norma Jean, Converge, although they also draw influences from black metal, through to Slint and Shipping News... FILTHPACT total crust violence SAT 7TH MAY DOORS 8PM 4

this show will be 4 entry... here's a bit of info behind Chris' release, and soundtrack for the film "i was born, but. . ." by roddy bogawa... When Roddy Bogawa needed music to score his autobiographical Asian American coming-of-age film "I Was Born, but . . ." he first looked to the bands that helped mould his youth in Los Angeles: local bands X and the Minutemen, plus punk and early hardcore bands such as the Dead Kennedys, the Clash, Buzzcocks and Minor Threat. Licensing proved a hassle, so Bogawa approached a musician from two of his favorite bands to write and perform the score. Chris Brokaw played in Codeine and the intense Boston band Come, a group Bogawa would go see every chance he got and a song of whose he licensed for an earlier film. In Brokaw, Bogawa chose a peer; though they grew up on separate coasts, it was to the same punk soundtrack. The score Brokaw wrote and performed, his first venture into writing music for film, hints of nonconformity burnished by the introspection of maturity -- a punk sensibility that's grown up and turned inward. All instrumental and nearly all solo guitar, the songs share a woodshedding tone. You can easily imagine Brokaw watching a film, clutching a guitar and bursting forth with the Asian-inflected "Gristle" or "GPS," which nods to X's "Johny Hit and Run Paulene." The best of the batch, "Damon's Hawaiian Blues," blends slack-key sounds with a dash of Mississippi Delta. Brokaw's fiddling with feedback works best when done briefly. The 11-minute "Chinatown" may enhance a visual backdrop but fails to truly compel on its own. On the swirling "Dust," however, Brokaw crafts a four-minute sonic dust devil, one of those capricious sand tornadoes so common in the desert Southwest: no film necessary

hope i dont get into trouble for posting this info since its already in another thread! but i thought the subject heading might catch people's attention a bit more... (and i stole the info from BEth!) ********************* The FREE music workshops are this Saturday! This is a massive opportunity for anyone who wants to find out how to get their music heard within music industry Where and When: 12-5pm at the Aberdeen Foyer, Marywell Street Throughout the afternoon there will be Drumming Sessions (no experience needed!), DJ Lessons (beginners welcome), you will hear from the likes of: Stewart Cruickshank (BBC Producer and all round music guru) Adam Arnit (used to run music department for an Edinburgh College, but now owns a record label and manages a band Rik Smernickl (responsible for the success of Snow Patrol and currently seeking a new band for the latest Polydor label). Refreshments will be available all day free of charge Come along! ******************** i will be providing the dj lessons , so anyone curious in trying to learn how to mix 2 pieces of vinyl together..come along and try!!

and for anyone's that's interested (i doubt it!) i'll be doin one of the workshops from 12 midday...so if anyone wants to learn the basics bout bein a dj then im yer girl!!! (and i dont mean pressin stop/start on a cd player either!! it'll be proper vinyl and beat matching on a pair of technics 1210 turntables!! go on, ask me what beat matching is!!! )

well there was only 3 of them on tues night...i seem to remember you sayin they were much bigger than that? ginger haired guy on drums, who was amazing...girl on cello and dark haired guy on mandolin (?) and other strange string instruments.... enlighten me!

well thats just not on...where you playin and who you playin for?! especially as its support from FUTURE GALLOWAY & DAVE SIDCA!! you scamps

MON 25TH APRIL @ SNAFU DOORS 8PM 4 support from FUTURE GALLOWAY & DAVE SIDCA (in a Saint Maybe guise?...dunno yet!) see http://www.aberdeen-music.com/forums/showthread.php?p=342587#post342587 for full details

Drakes Productions is delighted to bring to Aberdeen one of the Boston music scene's hardest-working indie-rockers, and underappreciated treasures! CHRISTOPHER JON BROKAW's recording career began in full earnest in 1990 with the new york-based trio CODEINE, with whom chris drummed and played some guitar on two lp's for Subpop records. in 1992, chris defected to pursue full-time guitar and songwriting duties for boston-based band COME, who between 1991 and 2001 released four albums and several eps's on Matador and toured extensively. around 1995 chris began playing with several other artists. he contributed guitar to tracks by cleveland's COBRA VERDE and gijon, spain's MANTA RAY, and drums to a mini lp by former Bullet Lavolta mastermind Corey Loog Brennan's LOOG. in 1997 he formed PULLMAN with Bundy k Brown (ex-Tortoise, Bastro), Doug Mccombs (Tortoise, Brokeback, 11th dream day) and Curtis Harvey (ex-Rex, Letter e), and recorded two cd's for Thrill Jockey. in 1998 he formed THE NEW YEAR with Matt and Bubba kadane (both ex-Bedhead) and Mike Donofrio, and recorded one lp for Touch and Go. chris has also recently contributed to recordings by THALIA ZEDEK, THE WILLARD GRANT CONSPIRACY, ROSA CHANCE WELL and MOLASSES following the release of his first solo debut "red cities," chris toured solo throughout the US, canada, europe and the UK with the likes of Mogwai, Joan of Arc, Rebecca Gates, J Mascis, Low, Bob Mould, Bettie Serveert, Califone, Evan Dando and Brokeback. shortly thereafter he recorded and released the solo acoustic cd "wandering as water," as well as the second consonant lp "love and affliction." 2003 saw more touring solo as well as accompanying Evan Dando as his guitarist CHRIS played the South by Southwest Festival in Austin earlier this month and will be on a solo tour of the UK april 21-30.... for more info/mp3's check out www.chrisbrokaw.com and www.epitonic.com/artists/chrisbrokaw SNAFU MON 25TH APRIL DOORS 8PM & SUPPORTS TBC