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Continues... Sat 22nd Adventures Close to home is a more local affair with Stonehaven masters Copy Haho on the bill and one of Aberdeens finest exports The Needles. This is officailly the last gig the Needles will play. A sad occasion for many as they are without doubt one of the best live bands and pop/new wave/punk masters in the UK today. Djs till 3am will be the ACTH boys Ill Will and Choaf, and Giles Walker.

Glad you enjoyed. Was great fun! Next installment is Sat Dec 22nd. Full details to follow very soon.

This sounds great. But what sort of scale are we proposing? Will it just be local? or local, national and possibly international? And hopefully without sounding rude, do you have experiance in this field of promoting and event management?

till 3am

Isosceles are good fun. Check em oot!

This should be great - good work! Fu*kin cool poster tooo.

Cheers Jamie. There's alot of fancy lighting etc being installed for the night too so should look pretty damn good. For those who aint seen it before watch this;

Haunted House Party will be on around 11pm mate.

True. They must gettin too much pocket money or summit to be affording nice shoes like that.

"I just don't get it. They're slick, and they'll possibly be huge. But to me, they are absolute bluffers. They are haircut-pop." It was this line I was refering to... but after reading it again I guess your not as you didnt like 'em full stop.

Its was a good night. Unfor missed Broken Records, but heard great things and Im now kicking myself for not getting my mates asses out of the pub quicker. Chutes were not bad. Watched there first coulpe of songs and thought "hey, these guys are not bad!".... then it got a lil repetitive. But still thought they were decent tho. I agree with the Editors x maximo etc comparisons. But dont go hating on a band just cause they dress well. Lil Kicks. A good, tight, concise set. Improving every time I see them. Great stuff as always - Just a lil backing vocals and it be perfect

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Its is true, the gig has moved to the Tunnels. I think it was just decided yesterday or today even hence why there was no mention on Sunday.

Good work! Looks ace

Ok maybe the fact that SNAFU is independent doesn't necessarily make it 'good' just for that reason...But it is one of its major strengths. Unlike most of Aberdeens drinking and clubbing establishments in Aberdeen who are mostly owned buy corporate, chain (whores) of companies eg Luminar, Duddingston Leisure, Urbium, Inventive leisure, Punch Taverns etc. Who are only interested in piling people into there venues, playing the most obvious commercial music possible and squeezing as much money out of you as they can... They dont give a f*ck about Aberdeen, talent, music, there customers and there staff! All they care about is profits!! Having worked as a DM for one of the above mentioned I know for a fact when they opened they had no interest in opening a nice bar, offering good products and entertainment... it was ALL about targets and profits - Nothing else!! They had done there sums on on population, worked out where the bar needed to be, who to target, what to charge as the average wage and employment in Abdn is higer that most of the UK (nothing to do with cost then margin - just how much they money they could get away with charging, more than rest of the uk appart London as it turned out! Which they were pretty happy about). Thats where SNAFU completely differs. SNAFU work hard at offering somthing different to the more discerning 'clubber' and dont treat there customers like fuking idiots and rip them off. They go out of there way to bring new/exciting/interesting djs and bands to Aberdeen as well helping expose and promote homegrown talent. They must even lose money on nights because they have this ethos of putting on a great night almost regardless of cost. Also take the magazine they do too. They PAY for it to be produced and distributed and it not only promotes them but everyone else trying to keep Abdn interesting too! It would be easy for them not to bother but they do and I for one totally appreciate they do! Is a tough business in the licence trade for independents (not many left in Abdn) when you have all these massive corporations and chian bars/clubs with there massive budgets, marketing power, ability to use there buying power to get cheap booze in and sell it with a bigger margin as a result, squeezing you out! Therefore So what if they maybe put there prices up a wee bit on a weekend. There not doing it to be greedy, there doing it cause its what they need to do to remain profitable and overall survive!!! I for one am proud that Aberdeen has a club like SNAFU keeping things interestin and there efforts have been recognised. Aberdeen, thanks to Abdn city council, is already quickly turning into a boring clone town but with places like SNAFU (and others of course) it still has a glimmer of hope. Again well done to SNAFU.

I like what you've done there.

I know, I know. Twice aswell!

Some Myspace guff re Novemeber 24th! ADVENTURES CLOSE TO HOME - CHECH OUT OUR OTHER EVENTS! MySpace.com - Adventures Close To Home - 29 - Male - London, UK - www.myspace.com/acth DAN LE SAC Vs SCROOBIUS PIP MySpace.com - dan le sac VS scroobius pip - Le Hope, UK - Hip Hop / Electronica / Indie - www.myspace.com/lesacvspip HUNTED HOUSE PARTY MySpace.com - Haunted House Party - Glasgow, UK - Electro / House / Hard House - www.myspace.com/hauntedhouseparty MASH MySpace.com - MASH - Glasgow, UK - House / Electronica / Disco House - www.myspace.com/djmash

Well Done SNAFU!! Totally deserved! Good to see Adeen getting a lookin at these awards for a change and all Mo, Amandas and the rest of the snafu team work has gotten some recognition. Truely independant, hard working and constantly pushing forward. A club Adeen should be proud of!

Cool. Knew that story would have suffered the chinese wisper effect. Heard it was a good fun night tho. I believe yourself and some of the other L.Ks were representing well on the drunk front too?

Heard Rumors Re the View getting in a scrap and being arrested? Oh and summit about a big group of Dundonians causing hassle too?? Sounds interesting... Anyone know the truth?

Good Luck in the big (bastard) somke dude.

MySpace.com - dan le sac VS scroobius pip - Le Hope, UK - Hip Hop / Electronica / Indie - www.myspace.com/lesacvspip Should work better... fingers crossed.