Yes Yes, the LOLRUS demands your presence at the ILX Festival 17th June at the Brixton Windmill

I'd like to have come to this. Enjoy people! Break a leg to performers!*

*I'm taking that it's like actors? Otherwise, best of luck...

who did the poster??? that is marvellous....

Kate did.

"to have come"? But it is in THE FUTURE!!!

ha ha, if you'd wanted to be really naughty, Ed, you could have done it as a poll, and then people could have voted for which band they were most excited about seeing. (Not that I could have picked, mind you.)

x-post thanks!

Yes, that's a great poster!

I can't come to this, but I really wish I could. I hope it will be brilliant.

Stupid Ireland! Stupid sea in between me and ILX festival!

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/lolrus-prezidenshul-candida.jpg

harness a walrus or a pair of porpoises for the trip.

you should have singstar between bands.

why does the poster say it's an album?

Because there is AN ALBUM as well! it is the release party for the ILX comp! That was the point of it in the first place!

(but only if Ken C finishes his track in time.)

omigod, Singstar between bands - I will try to get Lisa to bring theirs!

(But I will NOT sing against her or AMP because I invariably harmonise with them, and therefore lose.)

ooooooooooooh! (xpost)

(and it's a great poster indeed, btw)

WAHT. i only suggested it because i thought you'd say no. i'd possibly consider coming to this if there were singstar.

Are tickets likely to be necessary?

sorry for another stupid question, but what does the KMF right under its nose mean?

Me & the mister have train tickets now. Still got to get *actual* tickets... unless we can buy them on the door?

I've only just noticed the KMF... is it Kate's initials? A signature for the artwork?

What the??? Is Brixton in the middle of a maze or something?

29 At the roundabout, take the first exit onto A205 Westhorne Avenue for 1.1 km Map 374.7 km (232.8 miles) 19:34
30 Continue straight ahead onto A205 Baring Road for 0.1 km Map 375.8 km (233.5 miles) 19:36
31 Continue straight ahead onto A205 St Mildreds Road for 0.7 km Map 375.9 km (233.6 miles) 19:36
32 Continue straight ahead onto A205 Brownhill Road for 1.5 km Map 376.5 km (234 miles) 19:37
33 Bear left onto A205 Plassy Road for 0.2 km Map 378 km (234.9 miles) 19:39
34 Turn right onto A205 Sangley Road for 0.2 km Map 378.3 km (235.1 miles) 19:39
35 Turn right onto A205 Rushey Green for 0 km Map 378.4 km (235.2 miles) 19:40
36 Turn left onto A205 Catford Road for 0.5 km Map 378.5 km (235.2 miles) 19:40
37 Turn right onto A205 Stanstead Road for 1.5 km Map 379 km (235.5 miles) 19:41
38 Turn left onto A205 Sunderland Road for 0.1 km Map 380.5 km (236.4 miles) 19:43
39 Turn right onto A205 Waldram Park Road for 0.3 km Map 380.6 km (236.5 miles) 19:43
40 Continue straight ahead onto A205 Waldram Crescent for 0.2 km Map 380.9 km (236.7 miles) 19:44
41 Bear left onto A205 Devonshire Road for 0.1 km Map 381.1 km (236.8 miles) 19:44
42 Turn right onto A205 London Road for 0.8 km Map 381.2 km (236.9 miles) 19:44
43 Bear left onto A205 Lordship Lane for 0.3 km Map 382 km (237.4 miles) 19:45
44 Turn left onto A205 Dulwich Common for 1.5 km Map 382.3 km (237.6 miles) 19:46
45 Bear right onto A205 Thurlow Park Road for 0.3 km Map 383.9 km (238.5 miles) 19:48
46 Turn right onto A2199 Croxted Road for 1.2 km Map 384.2 km (238.7 miles) 19:49
47 Turn right onto A215 Norwood Road for 0.2 km Map 385.4 km (239.5 miles) 19:51
48 Turn left onto A2214 Dulwich Road for 0.8 km Map 385.6 km (239.6 miles) 19:51
49 Bear left onto Brixton Water Lane for 0.6 km Map 386.3 km (240.1 miles) 19:52
50 Turn left onto A23 Brixton Hill for 0 km Map 386.9 km (240.4 miles) 19:53
51 Turn right onto Lambert Road for 0.2 km Map 387 km (240.5 miles) 19:53
52 Turn left onto St Saviour's Road for 0.1 km Map 387.2 km (240.6 miles) 19:54
53 Arrive at your destination for 0 km Map 387.2 km (240.6 miles) 19:54

(it was just an idea I had, I don't think I'll be able to make it, won't be sure if I'll have to work on Sunday until shortly before the weekend itself :-/ )

OMGLMAO! KMF = Klaus M. Flanger?

There will definitely be tickets for ILX0rs on the door. However, if you are coming from far away, I would reccomend buying advance tix.

If Singstar means teh kit will come, we will have singstar.

Stan, those directions are wacky. Just get on the A23 from London and head south. Blenheim Gardens is the road before the prison. If you hit Brighton, you've gone too far.

KMF = KLAUS M. FLANGER, DO YOU SEE?!?!?

x-post.

If you are coming from within London and you are scared of South London, DON'T BE, it is really easy.

Take the Victoria Line to Brixton (no, you will not need a passport to go Sarf of the river) turn left out of the station and walk down to the second or third bus stop. Busses which will take you to the Windmill:

45, 59, 159, 133, 333, 250, 50, 109, 118 - anything that goes up Brixton Hill.

It's the third or fourth stop past Brixton Centre - there's a minimart and a funeral parlour on the corner.

Hehehe, are you signing everything as Klaus from now on? I like this. I imagine Klaus to have a lolrus moustache:

http://www.kosmikradiation.com/can-czukay.gif

I've written it down in my calendar and will be thinking about it until I know if I can make it - would be a great time to see a real life ilxor in the fle,well,clothes, since I haven't met any yet. :-)

That's Holger not Klaus!

That is LOLger not Klaus, but yes. In fact, I think Klaus has a Lemmy.

(Man, I should have called myself LOLger.)

Klaus should do guest appearances with some of those acts, Timbaland/Dr.Dre style.

MC KMF in der Haus!l

Dada - krautrock factchecking R us.

(Actually, KMF is my user name at work - my middle initials are actually MC but 4 letters wouldn't fit.)

Ooh just before my birthday! I might might come if I can give Alice the slip somehow :)

Don't you have family in Streatham Hill who can babysit her for the afternoon?

Blimey StanM - you live near me, I had no idea. FAP?

I think I'll be able to come to this - school nights are quite tricky at the moment but I'll see what I can do. I need to see the mighty Vietgrove if nothing else.

Also, those directions will get you to the *actual* Windmill, not the pub, the Windmill.

bring alice archel!

ken, should i come to this?

you should!

singstar, g-kit!

Blimey StanM - you live near me, I had no idea. FAP?

you live near step 29 of my itinerary, I'm in Mechelen, Belgium :-/

Oh, that makes sense, then - it's trying to send you round the south London Circular. It is pretty much all one long road, it's just called a million different things. Ed would be better to consult on the art of driving there from Belgium as he has done it recently.

Really, you just want to get on the A23 which is the main artery from Brighton/the coast to London - the Windmill is just off the A23.

from belgium just take the train to waterloo and then get the bus.

Or do what Ken C says. The 59 is your beast.

That's Holger not Klaus!

But Klaus Dinger doesn't have a lolrus moustache. And curiously enough, I have no photos of Klaus M. Flanger.

from belgium just take the train to waterloo and then get the bus

Which Waterloo tho?

only the N59 goes to Waterloo in Belgium...

lol

I'm in London that weekend but I'll be on the train home by the time this starts. It'd be nice to see you all for a FAP on the Friday though.

xxpost so THAT'S where i ended up when i fell asleep on the N59

Yes, that would certainly explain why it took me 7 hours to get home from my work's xmas party last year.

Man, I could WALK from Central London to Brixton in under 7 hours. In fact, I think it takes about 2.

Less than that I would have thought?

http://www.go-quick.com/ticket.jpg

depends on what we're defining as the centre of london. NO NO DON'T START ALL THAT AGAIN!!!!

No, you'd be surprised. I had to walk from Holborn to just past Kennington on 7/7 and it took me nearly 2 hours. :-(

belgium is not in central london, kate

x-post AWWWWWWW!!! THOSE TIXETS ARE AWESOMES!!!

I wonder if the Windmill will let us use them.

I was talking to Poo, Chu!

but Poo was talking to me!

Who, you Chu?

ooh? you Chu too?

Phoey, Chu! He's not talking to you, he talkin' to G00.

Blar.

Bliar

I DIDN'T THINK REDBULLDOZERS WERE ACOUSTIC. I THOUGHT THEY WERE HARDCORE OR SOMETHING.

i'm hardcore

Prove it, come to the festival

i have nothing to prove.

Like the Beatles without all the slow song
Like the Beatles without all the slow song
Like the Beatles without all the slow song
Like the Beatles without all the slow song
Like the Beatles without all the slow song
Like the Beatles without all the slow song
Like the Beatles without all the slow song
Like the Beatles without all the slow song

That is like fred and his kazoo

Yeah, they only had one, right? The McCartney one, the soppy one that sucked.

I can't actually remember what happened in the 7 hours before I got home after Xmas party, so I may well have been in Belgium for all I know.

i don't think the red bull dozers will be all that acoustic actually!

You had the chance to write your own description, and you missed the deadline! TYpical!

it's fine though - i like the description!

although strictly speaking red bull dozers are from milton keynes

ha ha, tim made up the where are the bands from, not me.

ed and pash you are supposed to be bumping this thread and onot doing very good job so i must one-handed BUMP[.

ouch. bumping hurts.

Sorry, 'tis busy in the world of TV.

Actually, since the thread went off the "New Answers" page, it became a real get to find!

remember LOLRUS

I do now.

Bump.

Showaddywaddy

A poke at the bands, I'm still looking for Amp bringing offers.

Mr G00blar can you bring your wee Vox? (I have an ulterior motive behind this, I'd like to play on it)

Do you know if we are miking up guitar amps - that will help me decide what to bring?

Also what is the drum kit situation - I think someone said there is one there, so drummers to just bring snare, cymbals and hi-hat?

And do we mike up the kit?

Sorry I haf never been to the Windmill and so don't know what is normal for that venue.

Hey Rocktor C, do you chaps have a (myspace) or something so I can hear your 'soundz'? I have only just realised Fractured aren't playing so that shows how much I ever read the FIRST POST ON THREADS.

HAI GUYS i think u shd deffo mike up teh_kit

IIRC everything on stage is miced up. they have a nice big mixing board etc. etc.

they have basic drum kit, Drummers need to bring: cymbals, snare, kick pedal and hi-hat clutch.

G00blar at least will want to share.

Sarah, read the first post on the thread, there is a url for the Rocktor's myspace.

i am aware there is the planning thread as well, but this tech talk is keeping things well bumped.

:(

Sarah : http://www.myspace.com/anationmournsmusi

no it ain't, it's :

http://www.myspace.com/anationmournsmusic

Thanks Rocktor C!

I don't do reading the first post Ed :)

Also hooray, a new myspace friend!

Dr. C I swear that Fractured have played the Windmill, but maybe you weren't with them.

I'm fine with the techie talk here, so long as it keeps the thread bumped.

Also, I need to get on to the Payne sisters about their SingStar.

Yes, we did, but they did it as a 4-piece cos I was on holiday.

G'Morning. Sorry for lack of email response, Ed. Sure, I'll bring the Vox. Happy to let anyone use it of course.

Now we are all going to fite over hte vox. Damn, that thing is louder than my baby voxes.

http://thesportinglife.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/chill.jpg

was joking! damn. :-(

Me too!

pain has a negative effect on my humour sensing aparatus. sorry.

yr actually using my singstar idea?

if it will get you to come to a FAP, yes!

i'm not coming, i was just curious. plus i want royalties or something.

What's a good score on singstar?

My family-in-law get this out at christmas, they score about the 400 mark. Me, I gets 800 without trying too hard yay go me etc...

KIT YOU PROMISED YOU WOULD COME IF WE DID SING STAR!!!

OK, no singstar then. :-(

singstar goes from 0-10000

i didn't promise anything

YOU GUYS SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN SOMETHING:

THE REST OF THE WORLD.

Webcam live stream @ ilxor.com ?

singstar @ my place

Hey, the "rest of the world" were just as capable of getting off their arses and setting up local shows for their local ILX bands around the release date of the comp. Not my fault that they didn't!

Also, book us an we will come.

Whatever, **HITLER**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stNvaRunyuc

THIS WEEK!

Kate / Ed, I got a note saying they've despatched a box of lolrusses, however the despatch address was Kates. So, this may mean they've sent them to the wrong place, or not.

a box of lolrusses

Lolri?

Not here yet, last news was that he was 'Sorted in Hub' Maybe he found a bucket?

Not long now, hussar!

Damnit, I don't know how long I can wait for the LOLRUS, damned parcelforce.

i hope this is being delivered to LOLRUS LANE.. it'll be like lois lane.

does the windmill have a projector?

No sign of the damn things and I can't wait any longer, damnit, a depot trip has not been avoided.

hi dere.

do i have to do anything except turn up with some cds on sunday? i think both tom and pete are coming too, so we can take turns :)

no projector at the windmill then?

there was a projector there when i was there on saturday, ken, but i don't know if/how you can use it

Press!

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i134/dgoobl/ILXPress.jpg

excellent

link to press? (I can't see it!)

there was a projector there when i was there on saturday, ken, but i don't know if/how you can use it

cool! is there someone who i can call to check with?

http://ldn.flavorpill.net/current/

for Dr C

oh man. no love for RBD in the article.

Have people noticed the competition for free tickets?

Find the most useless thread on ILX by 6pm to win.

it's not gonna take until 6pm

How would one lay one's mitts upon a copy of all three volumes?

that competition says ilm rather than ilx..

but then it says ilm boardS... mmm maybe that includes sandpit ilm?

you don't need to win tickets, Ken

"surging instrumental wig-out" robble

i might try and win some for friends

Could you win some copies of the CDs to send to me?

(sorry for quick repeat of question. Aware in these post-bookmark days that things get overtaken v v quickly!)

Mark, How do I shot distribution to overseas? Did you have a plan?

At this point I figure my presence will be symbolic.

Well, the basic plan was: See how many go at the fest, then we'll get the rest sent out to the people. Maybe make more if the first lot go quickly.

of course, it is all fairly academic as they are still 'Sorted in Hub'.

Will copies be available of the first two? (Sorry for banging on and on)

Also, much appreciated all the effort Mark G, Ed and others. Only wish I could make it over to the shindig. Alas, lack of time off available means no chance for hungover monday flights.

Would you like to be our dublin distribution partner?

Distribution of the first two was done by someone else, who may well have copies still.

I did have both, but Vol2 seems to have gone a wandry. Should have been more careful, I'm on that one.

I'll happily supervise getting it to the Irish contingent if they're sent to me. Could be FAP and CD action ahoy. I'd get precise numbers if that was the case and get back to you.

Not to name names but Jel was offering copies a while ago...

i'm on vol2 too!

isn't Vol2 on slsk anyway?

I don't slsk. I have teh phear of fileshare.

what about ysi? maybe someone can si to y

That would be most adjacent. Would someone be willing to yodel silly instrumentals at me?

looks like i will have to leave at about 9.30 :( :( :(

i have to leave at 7! :( : ( :(

going to see jarvis sing disney tunes :D : D :D

i have to fight the diabolical evil of engineering works to get home

Would a coach from VCS not be easier in that event?

Hey! No one's gonna be around to see us!

We'll be there till the bitter end. (BTW the lumi like you, I was chatting with them earlier, you should badger them about a gig)

(The lumi never got back to us after we sent a cd--besides can't really book gigs at mo because HAVE NO BASSIST OH NOES)

Would a coach from VCS not be easier in that event?

I'm not good with coaches, i have no idea where to get them from, whether i'll be able to get all the gear on board etc etc

xpost For the record I am very upset at missing gooblar

i might actually come back to see you gooblar! (and also leave all my stuff at windmill so i don't have to lug all of it to the south bank)

to pick up all my stuff i mean

(They really like it)

http://www.nationalexpress.com/

gear goes in the hold and victoria is an easy hop in the victoria line from Brixton.

What time do bands have to arrive with for linechecks?

with gear for

4pm, I think...but, but does my whole band hafta come then even though I'm the only one with equipment to check?

Load in is at 4pm. Badger Emsk for details. Do we know what is happening re: drums?

I figured everyone would use the windmill's kit, but bring their own cymbals, snare, pedal, but I don't know if anyone's got other plans.

OK, just checking.

hmm, national express is pretty cheap and good service

it would also mean we didn't have to leave until 11ish

We will be there at 4 then - our drummer is bringing cymbals, bass drum pedal, hi-hat cymbals and snare.

We will use in-house bass amp if poss and D/I the keybds. I am bringing a Marshall combo too.

We'd just like to plug everything in and check that it makes a noise, rather than leave it to just before we go on...

Sounds like a good plan.

it'd be great to use the house gtr amp, since i use one of those anyway :)

we'll also need an extra gtr amp, but there is no fussiness over that... our drummer will bring snare & cymbals

we have a laptop to DI too

we will likely be quite early (3ish) but are strapping young lads and will happily help out with anything

My vox amp will be there all day.

p.s. any word (K8? Emsk?) on what the availability of tickets at the door will be like?

borrowing the vox would be awesome!

Pro-us, we don't use a drumkit, there's only 2 of us. Anti-us, Mark will want to use his own amp (A Marshall 2x12). We're been practicing setup, less than 1/2hr up & ready to run.

off-topic but...

can a couple of people send me an e-mail by clicking my name i.e via ILX webmail. I am wrestling with big hotmail problems right now and need a few test messages to come in.

Ta!

done

and done

oh thanks! I have just got a cascade of 100 network virus notifications from my firewall! Dunno what the hell is going on....

will there be enough bits to plug a laptop and keyboard into the sound things? i just need that and to use the guitar amp of the place.

Will not be a problem

The LOLRUS is still sttuck in the Hub.

damnit!

is therr really a windimll in brixton

Of course it is now out for delivery and I am at work, grrrrrrrr.

I should have got it delivered here, that would have been the smart thing to do/

YES there is a windmill in brixton. it's just next to the brixton windmill.

amazing! is it any good

as windmills go

well, i like it. but i'm not an expert on windmills.

is there someone i can phone up at the windmill wrt use of their projector (and indeed to ask whether they have one!)

Probably!

woohooo!!!!!

ken check yr mail.

thanks!

it is a good windmill, but you can't go up it most days as it is closed.

umm, there will be loads of tickets on the door, as we've not sold many online.

is everyone OK with the running order?

I am having stress dreams about this festival already. last night I dreamed that i was so busy runnning around trying to get things organised that I came back and I didnt get to see ANY of the bands.

what's happened to yr bassist, Goobs? gone permanently or just gone for the summer? if you need a temporary bassist, you know who to ask.

Ed, you rly should've pointed out to tissp the ten minute schlep from victoria tube station to VCS. i always forget about it 'til i come out of the tube and think D'OH!

Bassist gone for good, leaving July 15 for teaching job in the Appalachians!

Must buy him a banjo as a leaving gift.

Blimey! he will have to learn how to play banjo. ha ha x-post

looks like we have lost our synthesist. :-( i kinda thought we might, she is in 3 other bands and has a magazine to run.

I think they'll give him one when he gets off the plane pickup truck.

xpost why do people have lives outside of our bands???

i knew this when she joined hte band, though, so i can't complain. i didn't actually think she would last this long, TBH! i was surprised that she played more than just the first show!

not to worry, it shouldn't be that much of a problem... so long as it's obviously signposted :)

i'm going to book a ticket now--the coach either arrives at 1405 or 1505, so that's probably about half two or half three we'd be getting to the windmill, slightly later maybe--which would be better?

oops, multiple xposts

i explicitly banned anyone in my band from having a life

Smart, that.

We're looking at a hiatus after this show ;_;

donb't take a hiatus! i'll play bass for you until you find a permanent bassist.

i certainly don't have a life! well, apart from that other band.

"that other band" takes up a lot of time! And energy! You don't know what you're volunteering for!

Besides, it's perhaps best to ease up on band stuff in "HELL SUMMER 07"

Bands :(

well, i suppose you are getting married, whch means you will have no life for the rest of teh summer.

or maybe you just think i suck as a bass player, and that's why you're always telling me that the bass is too quiet on shimura curves rekkids.

Nooooo! I'm telling you the bass is too quiet 'cause I want to hear MORE of it, duh.

it's coz i'm not hott like the clements, isn't it? sigh.

lol

Who wants to braid my hair this sunday, I am liking that look? Do we have a hair and makeup technician?

ha ha, i think we should make Lisa chief braider.

I shall pack rubber gloves.

is emil.y not synthesising for you guys kate?

argh, i forgot to mail her a CD! eep!

well, FMM will be playing on Sunday but it's the last show that she'll be doing with us for ht e summer.

okay, i am going to order the coach ticket--kate, is turning up just after half three okay? i know you said three in the email.

I'll probably be down there not long after

that should be OK. the soundman will probably be later than you - so long as you can set yr gear up in time.

Oh I think we'll aim for nearer 3 than 4 then if people are going to be around.

i'll go for 3 too - i don't gig a lot and i get SCARED about not knowing how to set everything up in a gig setting and need people to hold my hand and tell me everything will be OK

If I aim for 3 that means the rest of the band will get out of bed by make it by 4.

I'll be there from 3. heck, i'll probably get there for about 2 as it's around the corner and despite how many millions of gigs I do, i still get nervous and need hand holding, too.

we can get the earlier coach, which will have us there just after half two if that's better--i just didn't want to be hanging around all on our own!

there are always old men drinking at hte Windmill, no matter wat time it is.

then we shall arrive at 9am!

Me and drummer are playing Glastonwick festival on Saturday with t'other band - I will try and keep away from thee lovely ale!

I play most of my performances somewhere between hungover and drunk

everyone is playing at festivals except us. :-(

nobody loves us, everybody hates us, i'm gonna eat some worms.

i'm having an attack of the filthy jealousies. not helped by a friend's band is playing Hawkfest - while they're slagging me off online for not mentioning that they were first on at a gig I reviewed. ffs... :-(

i am probably going to be playing this gig in a haze of painkillers.

min you I seem to live my life somewhere between hungover and drunk.

Lesbians like us.

the pink collar ghetto. the music scene is more segregated than it's every been. :-(

sorry, i am not going to get all depressed all ove rthis thread. that's what hte 'cooler is for.

Actually I will be driving to the festival and to Brixton as there's too much stuff to transport otherwise, so no fear of booze ruin.

im not playing any festivals either, except the holloway karaoke festival this friday.

maybe we should all go to windmill for noon, and just get drunk

oops
xpost

actually that is a good point - after the gig - will i be able to perhaps leave my stuff with one of yous? i'm heading to the royal festival hall straight afterwards - i don't have much stuff (keyboard laptop and guitar) but it'd be quite awkward to bring with me.. so if i can leave everything bar the laptop with one of you and i collect it during the week after or something that'd be awesome..

if it's easily liftable, it can come down to streatham with me - I will probably grab a cab back after as it's not that expensive. but you will have to come way down south to get it again!

still no sign of the tremolo. can i borrow a tremolo from someone?

i threw mine away when i bought the guitar

thanks kate! very liftable - a guitar and a microkorg - in fact i can even take the guitar with me, as i can just wear the bag around.

what's a tremolo?

techical term: whammie arm.

it is an effect that does wubble

i have a multi-fx that does tremolo..

and also i have a whammy bar on my guitar...

mine wubbled into the bin cos i didn't want it spoiling up my guitar

not a tremolo arm, a tremolo pedal. :-(

i have loads of tremolo arms.

i should ask MNSSC if I can borrow his since he reccomended the guitar tech who hasn't fixed mine on time. but i'm escared.

you can borrow my multi-fx if you want..

ask him

i'm scared of multi-fx. i need to be able to change the rate live, which tends to be very difficult with multi-fx things.

x-post it doesn't matter if i ask him or not as he won't check his email until next week by which time both gigs will have gone by.

Call him.

like i have his phone number!

use 6 degrees of separation to yr advantage

it probably is quite hard depending on how you want to change it..

i think mine has a tap thing that you can set its rate by tapping on a button at the right frequency

maybe..... i might be thinking of delay

Time to shot a quickie cheapie behringer:

http://www.behringer.com/TP300/index.cfm?lang=eng

22 pounds

i need to be able to twizzle a knob (heh) and have the speed of wub change.

actually, i could probably use my work contacts to find out his work email/phone as he works in the same industry, but that would REALLY be stalking. and creepy as fuck to even think about, so ugh, Ed, why did you put the idea in my head, like I don't hate myself enough as it is.

i'm going to listen to Trans Europ Express and pretend I'm still on Eurostar.

x-post maybe i should use one of those for now but i hate them. i was thinking of getting this wacky full stereo Leslie simulator pedal thing I saw at the guitar shop under Tottenham Crt Rd, but i'd have to borrow a boy to take me, as they are blind to females.

£22?!¬?!? where can i get one?

...not available in europe yet.

ANYWAY WE SHOULD NOT BE CHATTING HERE, WE SHOULD BE SAVING IT FOR PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WANT TO GO TO THE GIG!"!!

I have a cheapo Behringer phaser which I will probably use on Sunday - it's great!

yr finger slipped off the 1 and onto the 2 xpost

might be able to do lunchtime tomorrow

We can go halves on the behringer if you like and share it till it dies or eBay it or whatever.

if not available then the more mundane mono one is

http://www.behringer.com/UT100/index.cfm?lang=eng

we have a tremolo pedal if you want to borrow it kate

that would be awesome, TISSP - though are you staying around long enough for our set?

yes! the coach back is at 11.30 from vcs so there is no rush, yay

it's actually chris' but i can't imagine he will mind you borrowing it (and i am pretty sure it is in working order)

OK, an announcement regarding the compilation.

This goes under the name of "ILX has a bucket", and will be available at the gig for £3. And will be a nice souvenir of the gig itself, as all but two bands appearing on the day have tracks on it.

The price will just about cover costs, I reckon.

Other specifics about how/when for the gig and the merchandise is not my remit, mainly because I'm unable to be there.

This goes under the name of "ILX has a bucket", and will be available at the gig for £3. And will be a nice souvenir of the gig itself, as all but two bands appearing on the day have tracks on it.

sorry mark :(

do the bands who are/aren't on it get a copy for free?

(FREE to contributers, though, natch!)

(and bands who are going to all that effort to actually play the gig, but who couldn't get it together on time to be on it, well.... OK)

yay! :-D

I'll remit postage if somebody will snatch me one and send it over.

On the case for international contributors, they'll be coming back with me anyway.

Swing over via Dublin and save the postage!

is emil.y not synthesising for you guys kate?

Is it really one note per song? If so, and I can borrow a synth, all you need to do is go "A!" or whatever beforehand and I can do it and maybe wobble cut-off frequency. Any more than that and I'll struggle, though. I kind of figured I wouldn't be doing it any more, though.

Also, don't suppose anyone has a place to stay on the Sunday, do they? We can get somewhere but they won't be coming to the gig and are not very close to the venue.

I like the word "though", it seems. Hussar.

I am Hotel Kate this weekend, you can have the space that Vietgrove will recently have occupied the night before! (In fact, you guys can have my bed and I'll sleep on the sofa, since you are a couple.)

On Saturday morning, I will make sure to get a decent mattress that does not deflate in the middle of the night.

Wait, Vietgrove are staying Saturday night, right? And you want Sunday night?

I do not want to double book the Sizzlers Hotel!

Anyway, to the rest of ILX - BUMP!! This is this Sunday, you guys!

yes we will be there. going to a free festival in Charlbury, Oxon the day before - it's going to be a busy weekend!

Kate, Ed - everyone. A Nation Mourns are out of the festival. We have no singer thru illness and despite trying to cobble something together the general feeling is that we can't do it. Hopefully someone else can step in. Sorry to let everyone down at such short notice - I am bitterly disappointed, especially since I thought I had a workable solution this morning. Some people just won't take risks though. I'd better stop there as I am bitterly disappointed and pissed off enough to type something that I shouldn't.

I hope that someone else can step in - emily perhaps?

At least you don't have to hear me sing...just be thankful for that.

Oh noes, Dr C! This is awful news! I was really really looking forward to seeing you guys. :-(

I'm so sorry to hear it. I'm sure we'll muddle through, and I know you're as disappointed as we are. But still. :-((((((

Aw man, I'm really sorry. You're still coming though, I hope.

I can't make this unfortunately but hope it all goes well. I'm annoyed about not being to meet Pash but if you're around the rest of the weekend then drop me an email.

Any other bands fancy stepping in and taking the slot?

G-KIT CAN WE PLS PLEASE BEG YOU ONE MORE TIME TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE?

Or does it mean we all get a 35 minute slot instead?

Now I have TEH PH34R that no one will be there and it will all be a disaster, oh noes, argh.

sry i'm going to a birthday party on the beach
& plz don't project me onto any walls or anything like that

Shit, Dr. C!!! That Sucks!!

(I can ask Jim if the Right to Die can do it--3 out of the five of us will already be there)

even if i did come there's no chance i'd be able to sing for dr c's band so i don't see how it'd help

30MINUTEGTRSOLO, KIT!

lol you think i can play guitar and it's cute

I'm going to try and pick up the compilations and shout at someone. If there are news reports of punishment beatings of parcelfarce workers, that's me.

If Cowboy Jim could do it, that'd be cool.

I am getting teh fear, teh fear, teh fear.

OK, I'm emailing the Right to Die now.

Assuming I don't get too ruined tomorrow night (best friend's birthday celebrations) I will be turning up to this! Sorry to not be seeing Dr C play though :( Are you still coming along?

I aim to still come along yes - will try and bring a few folks with me to support the bands.

OK HAVE A GREAT ONE AND I'LL SEE YOU THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WEEKEND!!!

Oh god, it's so soon. I'm all in a panic.

About two months ago, I was all "oh my god, what shall I do, new songs? old songs? solo? 'pickup band'?

Then I realised about Amber's concert and how I was really out of the picture for the fest.

I can imagine that my panic then was 0.1% of the panic you guys are having right now. So, I do feel it.

It'll be great, and it'll be fant!

Post pics/sounds! I wish I was wit youse!

I'm convinced that no one is going to come, at least 3 other bands will drop out by Sunday, and everything will go wrong, and there will be NOBODY THERE and the Windmill will never let me do anything there ever again. Sigh.

lucid nightmareing!

the only way is better!

LATER!

Oh, I have real nightmares about it when I'm asleep, too. :-(

I had a nightmare that I was so busy trying to run around and organise it that I didn't get to see ANY of the bands, and didn't even get to play - in fact, Hilton Betelgeuse stole our spot! It was AWFUL.

I suppose that's very symbolic, that I should stop trying to win approval from horrible crushboys who will only turn out to be cnuts not worthy of the attention and spend more time actually enjoying the things that I do.

oh noes - can't attend due to parenty stuff

8.18am - today's bad mood starts here, foiled in the 11th hour

you kids have fun, right !

bring the parents

hi, if one band is dropping out does that mean we can have longer sets?

Right, on my way. :)

Yeah, Ken, I think we're gonna get THIRTY-FIVE minutes now!

Am recording introductions today.

Nice!

(You know you don't have to do one for A Nation Mourns anymore, right?)

Uh. Someone direct me to the updated list plz. (Or is that the only change?)

That's the only change, afaik. Dr C's singer has taken ill.

Oooh hadn't been able to check this thread for a bit, as we are in That London now, so didn't see the offer of a place to stay - is that still okay? We would be uber-grateful.

I will click your webmail thingy and send our telephone device nunmber type things. Cheers!

Happy Bloomsday!

Just so you know, k8 usually can't/doesn't check her email on weekends. If you need to, you can email me and I'll pass along her phone number.

Done. Many thanks in advance.

Okay, intro tracks recorded! I will send a YSI link to Ed as well as to Gooblar for backup.

sweet. i'm sure everything will be fine, me and pete can always just do a bit more djing ;)

Astounding!

i should also point out that despite the rather glib nature of my previous post i also get ALL THE ph34r every time we organise anything, so can sympathise with K's nerves :)

Ver wedding venue I am at in northumberland has ver wifi so I has the introductions now.

Steve i shall burn them to cd and they will be ver responsibility of ver freaky trigger on the night

Yay. No last minute changing of the band lineups now.

wish i could be there for the fun times. i'll be toasting y'all from little rock tomorrow!

Best of luck to all the bands. Wish I could be there! Have a great time.

I can only echo kv_nol exactly! :-)

Today people.

Aye, I could have done with being down this weekend rather than last weekend. Oh well. Enjoy!

Ned's introductions are k-classic. I'll bring a backup copy on memory stick.

Haha, thanks! :-)

That was tremendous; my personal highlight was vietgrove but every band was great. Ned, your introductions were very well received. A goof evening all round

Goof evenings are the best!

A goof evening, you say.

XPOST DAMMIT

yayyyyyyyyy

Savage! Any chance of the intros yearning sentimentally insensibly for the great unwashed?

There is a code there. Somewhere.

YSI link for intros

Great. Thanks Ned.

hot damn, i kinda wish i'd played at this now, just to hear Ned utter my name.

yes, well done ned and well done everyone else too :)

so how was it then? gutted not to have been able to make it along :-(

Yeh proper reporting back please! I was far too exhausted and needed to give my house a lot of attention after shameful neglect and didn't even manage to get out of the house so sorry all, I did really want to come.

woooooo, those introductions are Nedtacular!

The introductinos were fantastic, they really set the mood (also, I really did not want to have to compere.)!!!

Great evening, all the bands were very good, though very different. (The differentness kept everyone from getting bored.)

We had terrible sound problems, but that's what we get for not soundchecking. Bah.

Thanks to everyone who played for playing, thanks to everyone who DJd for DJing, thanks to everyone who came for... coming!

My house seems really empty after having it full of guests (and synths) all weekend. :-(

I hope my korg is still there keeping you company kate!

yes, it is! I may have a go on it this afternoon (I am not at work today due to Emil.y RUINING me last night with the bottles of wine she smuggled home.) but then you can have it back. Maybe. ;-)

haha, have fun with it! I can spend all day playing around with the thing.

try the VOCODER.

I am scared of vocoder.

We had an awesomely great time, we both really enjoyed playing. What a great eclectic bill, it's a pleasure & a relief to say I thought all the other acts were super and I would go and see any of them again. We missed gooblar's band unfortunately b/c we had a 5-6hr drive ahead of us & couldn't wait round any longer. I got home at 4.30am and am totally fucked & broken.

City 17: Dirty 3/Morricone-ish, very atmospheric. Someone (I forget who) said this was thjeir first gig? Incredible if so, they were really tight & together.

Red Bulldozers aka Ken C: Poor guy seemed to have some computer hassle of some sort, so performed most of his set w/solo electric guitar, which actually worked really well I thought. It reminded this old fart of Patrik Fitzgerald a bit. Ken's manner onstage was really funny & likeable.

Shimura Curves: great tunes, clever lyrics, The singer (Lisa?) had powerful/compelling stage presence.

Robotville: I hadn't heard these before, and was really impressed with the tunes, Hari's singing & rock star-ish manner, and the power & togetherness of the (fairly large) band. I especially dug the bass player's mighty jean-jacques burnel-ish tone

I would probably be a bit more coherent if I wasn't so fucked.

Tons of thanks to St Kate for a/putting this on, and seeing it through, whihch I'm sure must have been stressful at times and b/putting us both up on Sat evening. Kate is an unbeleivably great host, excellent company, and makes a delicious curry to boot.

Also thanks to Emma for stage managing in a transparent & non-hassly manner, and to everyone who turned up.

i really hoped city17 was a HL2 reference but Ned seems to think otherswise

Glad you guys got home safe!

Did Mark not text you? He was pretty sleepy when I dropped him off, if he didn't, that'll be why. Yeah, it was a pretty easy drive, just long & rather tedious. The rain got a bit biblical around the Nottingham/Leicester stretch.

I CANT SEE ANY BLOODY PICS!!!!!! (sorry if I didn't notice a link to pics. is there? please. PLEASE.)

Great, great event! I was feeling pretty rough all day (something in that bbq did NOT sit well with my system), but all the wonderful musics more than made up for it. I am absolutely nodding along with everything Pash is saying about City 17, Robotville, Ken, and SC. I would also add that Vietgrove were mind-blowingly great. You had all of my bandmates wanting to sit at the foot your temple and learn the ways of THE SYNTHESIZERS OF SPACE.

astrocat.jpg

Pash, you are lucky that your synth made it out of my flat. ;-)

Like I said, I nearly didn't let you leave, I wanted you to stay forever, and just make wubwubwub spacenoises for me.

yes, photos! Who has some? I know Emil.y took some, but she's on a train back to Nottingham now.

Also: for at least the fifth gig in a row, I broke my high E string on "Uh-oh". It's good we do it near the end of the set.

(something in that bbq did NOT sit well with my system)

possibly the pre pub dirty fried chicken

You mean that's not intentional? I thought it was "a thing".

x-post hot and tasty and SICKENING.

who are you, my conscience? xpost

Nah, I try to play it off as rawk trix, but it ain't on purpose.

Let me repeat: PICTURES! :-)

I DON'T EVEN OWN A CAMERA!!!

Yeah, I don't have any pictures, either. I think my bassist's wife was taking some, but she hasn't sent them to me yet. They're prolly just of us, though.

drawings then!

For StanM. here is my artistic impression of the red bulldozers (I picked the RB's bc there was only on person to "draw") (NB I have never used M$ paint before in my life)

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/Vietgrove/rbatwmill.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1226/564200411_27456f1425.jpg?v=0

from 696, he has no other photos

Oops, I seem to have messed that up somehow.

OMG Ed's knees, so shiny!

hi folks! it was really really great to come down and play, everyone was fantastic--another nod to pash and the MACHINE THAT WAS TRYING TO SUCK MY SOUL OUT OF MY BODY AND UP TO THE MOTHERSHIP ORBITING EARTH

i too felt a bit shoddy all day, and i spent the coach journey back in almost comical excrutiating pain and now i am now off work with flu! arse.

i am gutted that we had to leave two songs in to g00blar's set, after i had spent all that time trying to arrange things so i wouldn't miss anybody :(

i think we took some pictures, but i don't have the camera so i'm not too sure. we got a video of us playing, but i'm sure would be of little interest/use to anyone except us (even including the world's most boring "rockumentary" of us on the coach on the way down)

for reference, it was our first gig, and the name *is* a reference to hl2, official video game of city seventeen :p

thanks to everyone who stood and watched us, and to kate for putting it on--it was a really great day out!

the name *is* a reference to hl2, official video game of city seventeen :p

So you claim. ;-)

i am liking your reasoning better, admittedly

I actually forgot my reasoning. I'm sure it was detailed.

I am sad to have missed out of the later gigs.. pash's set sounds like it was amazing!

tissp's band got me all nervous when i watched them cos they played so well and so professionally. when at that time i didn't have a set list worked out (or fixed the high E string on my guitar - gooblar i think yours caught mine's bug).. my computer hassle was basically that i hadn't got round to programming the laptop to do the rest of the songs (due to only having started preparing properly a week ago..)

In other news though someone in the crowd was so impressed that I'm now booked for another gig in July!

The windmill is amazing value - all of that food at the back!! That alone was surely worth more than £5 each!?!??!

I had to leave early so I missed the last couple of bands. Had fun the brief time I was there. Free BBQ a definite bonus! I was expecting to have to pay for food.

fucking pwnage @ city17
i did wonder wtf ned was on about - everything except HL2, iirc

We are back now, hussar. Indeed, 'twas verily a great day, all the bands were really good, though I think Ken and the Shimuras were my favourites. Having said that, Pashmina's behemoth was my favourite member of any of the bands, I totally wanted to steal it. And Kate was a host par excellence last night, making us late night snacks and a proper breakfast, playing awesome tunes for us (it IS cool in ze pool!) and giving us a room full of paisley in which to sleep. Go Kate!

I have some pictures of all the bands except City 17, as I was still feeling a bit shy at that point - no offence to them, they were bloody ace, and I'm even more impressed at the fact that it was their first ever gig.

A brilliant day that was, many lovely memories. Many thanks to Kate, who was just the best host ever. Great variety...a credit to ILX.

Photos are now up - the set can be found here.

hello, pleased here!

Great photos, Emily!

Mark's friend Sara (who is v.v.cool) took these pics of us:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16804034@N00/sets/72157600394601327/

Yay photos!

Thanks for the intros, Ned, they were great!

watching the flickr slideshow while listening to The Reynolds Girls is kind of awesome and hilarious

So that's what Ned sounds like! Not a "heavens" to be hear :( Obv fake Ned!

Yay! Thanks for th pics. I wish I could have been there. :-)

Yay, pictures!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1437/568474148_6b043a30ba.jpg

Indie rock, woooooooooh!

I should open a hotel or a B&B. I really like having people staying with me - especially if they bring MASSIVE SYNTHS or DJ in my living room.

:-)

Any time you need a place to stay in London, Pash/Mark and Emil.y/Craig! You're all excellent houseguests.

It IS cool in der pool! It is HOTTTT in der danzing zpot.

... I wonder how Holger Czukay managed to persuade Kenny Everett to do the vocals on that track

will this happen again?

About as likely as that karaoke booth FAP idea you suggested back in 1972.

but i went to that a week last friday!

Only if someone else wants to organise it.

I'm happy to involved in playing, but it's time for someone else to do the hard work.

will the windmill dude have us on?

If someone wants to organise this, We'd def be up for playing it again. Nothing but happy memories of last year's do. I'd be up for assisting in organisation, but being up here in Newcastle, I don't know what I could do.

And I could volunteer to play a set, then drop out ten minutes later!

i don't mind organising it. is windmill going to want us back?

I have no idea. I can email you Tim's address, but he's not feeling very well disposed towards me, as I just had to cancel a gig I had said I would promote.

oops.

yeah his email would be good yeah! might wait a couple weeks so he isn't so mad at you.

I have just sent his email to yourbandname at gmail, Ken.

Ken - I would be happy to help assist, but I'm probably more useful on the logistics side rather than hassling the venue etc.

We can play as long as it's not late July/August. June would be great.

thanks kate! and thanks dr c for the offer! i will do some hassling and see what we have.. i'd quite like to do june too.

so currently bands interested
- red bull dozers
- kate
- pashmina
- dr c
- mark g (to pull out 10 minutes later)

i'm looking at the Calendar - how is Sunday, 15th June? It's basically the same weekend sunday as the last time round.

Pretty ideal, and festival free.

If interested to play please check your diaries!

please also let me know your availabilities for the following weekend, in case 15th isn't available (21st/22nd)!!

June is pretty much clear for me right now. If we grab a date, I can make sure it stays that way for me. (Not sure if I will be playing with new band or solo, but will suggest to new band.)

Dunno which band for me. ANM will have first refusal, but if it becomes too much like herding cats, I'll do it with Frac. Will know in next day or so.

We can definitely do any of those dates, so if it happens count me in.

Any progress, Ken? Let me know if I can help!

Any sunday is fine with me, any day around that time, really. I can take a day or two off.

Early June is good for Autorotation, but our guitarist has family obligations at the end of the month. So the 15th is a definite yes. But don't know about other Sundays.

Thanks guys - that's good news we can all agree on 15th June - I've now sent an email to ask about availability at the windmill - fingers crossed and I'll get back to here when i have more news!!

Excellent! Thanks so much for taking on the organisation. Really, really appreciate it.

Yeah Ken you're a star for taking this on.

Hey folks -
Just spoke to the Windmill: couple of things -

Firstly:
15th is out.
22nd is available.

Will that affect things?

Secondly:
They're trying to push the sunday barbeques a little this year and so would quite like to get a 'bigger' band in if possible.. mmm.. any ideas??

i asked them to put the 22nd on hold until next monday. so we can see.

otherwise - it's possible to find another venue of course!

22nd is fine for me.

I think it would be OK, but I've got to check with our guitarist. Either way, even if they can't do it, I will do it solo.

Bigger band... (see, this is why I cancelled my birthday party :-( ) ...who are bigger bands on ILX? The Windmill is a bit small for Momus or the Mountain Goats! (if either of them are in the country.)

(You could always try asking on ILM, which gets more bands traffic.)

i'm getting in touch with CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT

yes! Yes! Get Emil.y down! That would be awesome!

We can do 22nd.

Whilst not 'big' we will bring a lot of people...

just linked from ILM in case anyone else missed this thread.

hopefully rbd will be able to bring quite a few 'fans' too.

what was the turnout for last year? i missed the latter part of the show so didn't know how many turned up - was it around 70?

Last year was awesome. I will get in touch with the boys and see if they fancy it - we are hoping to do a proper tour this year so they may be amenable.

Yeah, about 60/70 people I'd say (not even including band members.) At least that's what it seemed to be from the cash we made on the door.

It was £50 a band between 6 or 7 bands - which works out at somewhere between £300 and £350 - means 60 to 70 paying customers. I think that was the maths, anyway.

hurrah! even if not you must come down anyway! redbulldozers live!

xpost

I shall be running a sweepstakes on the following:

1)What pieces of rebulldozers' equipment will break, or otherwise fail?
2)What will the most frequently forgotten word in their songs?

3) How long will RBD's Microkorg get left at my house for afterwards? ;-)

What happened to Hari?

haha! the laptop's getting a little iffyrbd will be amazing this year.. just need to avoid going out on the lash til 4am the previous night this time.....

Yes! Autorotation should be OK for the 22nd.

(going to ignore that number staring me in the face.)

We will bring at least 30, I should think. Hopefully more.

Awesome guys thanks for getting back to me so quick. I'll put everything i have together this weekend and get back to windmill hopefully it'll be good enough! :-)

In any case, we will definitely have a gig somewhere on a sunny sunday in June. Be excited!

(The?) Chemistry Experiment are still going???

I remember Gail O'Hara calling them Chemistry Cat

I can't remember where she got the Cat from

Maybe she got them confused with The Chemistry Set? (if indeed there is such a band?)

Hey Pine! You should play!

I will attempt to stay til the end this time.

Hello the pinefox. Yes, the Chemistry Experiment are still going, but we don't do very much these days, as Steve has moved away to Leeds, and our resolution not to take 5 years over the second (proper) album appears to have failed. We're hoping to release it this year and tour it before I too move away and we resume abject slowness.

Also, there is indeed a band called the Chemistry Set out there somewhere. Despite the relative simplicity of our name, we have been called many things - the Chemistry Set, the Chemical Experience...

Oh, and I meant to ask - was the pinefox the ILxor who wrote a book on Joyce, or was it a different literary ILx type? I can't remember what it was called or the author's name, it is but a vague memory, but I would like to get it as I'm doing a module on the man...

was just to ask if PF wants to play!

Maybe she was indeed thinking of The Chemistry Set

I can't think where the Cat came from - there was definitely a cat band around, that prompted this (NOT The Family cat or The Cat's Miaow)

Emil.y, thanks for your information and interest. Yes, I did write that book. Maybe I should write to you off-board about this

Thanks, Ken and Doc - we could talk about this

i recommend not ever eating windmill barbecue food btw

I've been eating Windmill BBQ for years and never had any problems.

last year the food was super tasty!

hmmm

you ate a bad burger?

ken c, food critic

http://static.flickr.com/98/261314163_5b39302b14.jpg?v=0

The food was yummy last year, I wolfed down loads of it with no ill-effects, and usually I get baaad guts if the food is no good.

to be fair that was in THE BEST KEBAB SHOP IN LONDON
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A124534

your face tells a different story.

The Chemistry Set were pretty skinny jeans psych and lived next door to me in New Cross. One of them had the delightfully pastoral name Ashley Wood.

There is also The Family Cat, but I knew them not.

Windmill BBQ is quality! So there!

that's my climax face

oh good.

Just FYI, there won't be kebabs at the Windmill. Just loads of lovely BBQ. Just so you know.

Checking in on ILE for the first time in abt a month--would love to play at this in some sort of capacity!

Gooblar, maybe we could play a Boss cover together

Done.

which one?

'dancing in the dark'

without a drum machine?

'atlantic city'?

'devils & dust'?

'magic'? 'girls in their summer clothes'?

(I guess we'd better not announce it on the thread

or we'd spoil it for everyone)

::strangles self::

Surely this is a big enough name for Tim:

Two Academics Do Bruce

(p.s. pinefox, "Atlantic City" would rule)

pondering this morning...

I was playing the ILXVol3 CD, and thinking about a comment that came over on one thread about the very short track, and also thinking about the next compilation. But it seems too soon, and I'd hate it to be 'less good' than last years. But... what if it was a 'miniatures' collection? Lots of tracks, one minute maximum, music/spokenword/noises/recipes/daftness/seriousness?

What you reckon?

Not my cup of tea really, Mark.

that's a cool big name Gooblar, for sure

what happened to KtS? something ugly by the look of it

spoken word one minute tracks sound quite boring to me

Sorry, I go twitchy even at the mention of ::shudders:: Bruce.

Cool guys - so we have at the moment

A Nation Mourns
Vietgrove
Autoratation
Red Bull Dozers
Gooblar (+ special guest collaboration with Joe B of The Pines)?

Will present this to Windmill later today and see what comes of it - I've also written to a couple of other venues just now to check their availabilities.

or does Gooblar + Joe B = Two Academics Do Bruce

Autorat?

http://www.ratdistortion.com/i/history_rat2.jpg

(I'm going to start keeping a log of funny mutations of my new band's name.)

ken yes it does =

ken what's the date for this? that wld affect whether I can make it. (or maybe you don't know yet)

if I do make it I'll bash out a couple of songs on my own no problem, before making KtS very twitchy

Hi PF it will be on either Sunday June 15th or Sunday June 22nd. Hope you can make it!

Kenneth, thanks: reckon I probably can't make former, can make latter

I'll look forward to hearing the Solofox! (And probably go outside for BBQ to avoid Bruceness induced twitchiness.)

That's great PF - 22nd is looking more likely anyway at the moment.

Great stuff Ken. I spoke to rest of band at the weekend and we feel we can bring plenty of people.

Did anyone ever point out that the "lolrus" should actually be an elephant seal (no tusks)?

lolophant seal you mean

lolrii can has buckets too..

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/funny-pictures-walruses-water-search-party.jpg

do you think we'll get more punters if louis jagger plays the dyson is on the bill?

(also kate - do you reckon autoratatouille will bring quite a few fans along?)

I have no idea. I have never played a gig with them before.

And getting bands to play judging by the number of fans they'll bring is going a bit against the spirit of the festival, I think. People will come because it's ILX (I hope). Then again, stressing about this kind of issue is one of the reasons I'm not organising it this year. :-(

It's all cool! I'm just working out an estimate of how many people we're liking to attract so i can be more concrete when i contact the venues that is all :-)

I'm relying on some of my 300 friends on facebook to want to come and see red bull dozers...

Sorry, sorry...

It kinda put me off the Windmill when I was trying to organise my birthday party there and they were all "how many people will you bring?" and I was all "DUDE!" it is my BIRTHDAY PARTY!!! - because the Windmill never used to be like that at all. They were always "we don't care how many people you bring so long as the music is good!" but now it's getting all weird and that stresses me out.

::deep breath::

Don't worry! It'll all be cool :-)

I'll sort it all out. xx

We'll bring 10-20 ppl here probably, Ken.

A Ken-Tury of Caterers

Ken - last time ANM played was January (Parliament Club, Ladbroke Grove). We brought about 85 on a very cold Saturday with srsly messed-up Tube service. i.e. 15 minutes walk to venue from Holland Park/NHG. We are playing there again in May and we will definitely take 100-110 to that. A Sunday is probably less popular than a Saturday, and it'll only be 5 weeks since we last played, so I'm guestimating 30-40 for us. It could well be more.

I just wanted to explain how I got the number. The Parliament Club promoter can vouch for our numbers if necessary.

[we will definitely take 100-110 to that]

INTRACITY CREW - TAKING 100+

fans / lads = bodies

NO DANGER

could get tasty

geezer

The Chemistry Experiment are all up for doing this.

this is going to be the best festival evah

i DERE

OMG

Excited: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDg7kWgs5e0

Thanks for all your information and help guys - This ILX Festival is going to be so awesome and I'm really looking forward to it already!

I've written back to Windmill now and will get back to y'all when I have more info!!!

Hey guys have any of you had dealings with the Lark in the Park before?

YU ask?

(my ans: no)

I've got drunk in there whilst a woman with red hair dressed all in red led the pub in a rousing chorus of 'the lunatics are taking over the asylum'

I've only been there for friends' bands. It seemed like an OK place, but naught special.

Ken - I've played Lark In The Park. It was pretty good, although small room and a small stage. I didn't deal with the promoter. It seemed well organized and there were a surprisingly large number of people packed in there.

Hi guys!

It's been a while but I just got an email back from Windmill saying it's all ok and in the book for 22nd June! I think that is to say WE'RE ON!

Hope you're all still up for it - can you please send me an email at (redbulldozers at gmail dot com) so that I have a list of contacts for the bands playing?

Amazing!

Hip hip hooray! Will do!

great! Look forward to it.

You ROCK, Ken.

We're in. e-mail sent!

awesome - we will ALL ROCK.

Don't rock. Wobble.

we will all has bucket!

Email sent.

Great. I only wish I was in a band!

Bring your balalaika!

i will come to this. and lurk.

It's not big enough to lurk, you will be outed.

He could hide in the back, by the BBQ. (And be hidden by one of the large dogs.)

well it's about time for an outing and brixton is as good a location as any. x-post

there are large dogs? AWESOME

There is ROOFDOG and there is BIG FURRY FLOPPY DOG. They are both excellent. And always begging for sausages at BBQs.

(Now we will really know how to find you! You'll be the person we don't recognise feeding sausages to the dogs.)

(I wonder if ROOFDOG is related to Ceiling Cat.)

yup. sausages, burgers, kofte kebabs will all find its way toward floppy dog. and if anyone is wondering where their harmonica is....

YAY!

Tonight, tonight, the highway's bright

Out of our way mister you'd best keep

YAY!!

Let me know when the lineup is complete, and I'll do you a new LOLRUS.

(Unless you passionately want to do yr own. in which case I shall demure.)

hehe i might have a go myself first (i love doing these flyer things!) but if it turns out crap i might need your help cos the original LOLRUS was awesome!

ALSO: is it too late for ILX has a bucket vol 4 to coincide?

probably is since we only have 2 months..

Well, I'd say go, but it seems quite soon after Vol 3.

There seems a 2 yeargap between vols, and last one was particularly good.

I know, you missed out being on it, so did I!

Hi dere!

Can't believe this is actually happening! Less than a month after the long shot "will this happen again?" post.

I think I have now got emails from everyone and so we have the lineup

- Red Bull Dozers
- Autorotation
- Vietgrove
- Gooblar
- Joe Brooker
- The Chemistry Experiment
- A Nation Mourns

This is v. exciting.

I'll send an email to all soon to arrange the details with stage times, equipment and all that jazz!

will this happen again?

just saying, like.

Whoa! time passes!

New intros or not or...?

When I said NEVER AGAIN, I meant... well, erm, maybe... I've got this new singer I've been working with, and we do these HILARIOUS electro-bosh versions of indie anthems...

If I happens again maybe it's time for a new venue though.

Also, no Aut0r0t@t10n twunts which would cut down on 1000% of faffage, hah!

srsly

haha do you hate them now?

xpost

where can be a good venue though.. do you think the harrison will have us?

dunno why i said that actually.

Of course I hate them! They sacked me ages ago! Ha ha ha.

hahahahaha oops

i liked the afternoon outdoorsy vibe of the past ones. but we need a venue that doesn't expect us to pack the place with a 'headliner' at 22:00 sunday night.

Wembley it is, then.

Wembley tube station...

Ken C, the buskers' friend.

flashmob

a tube station gig would have been a great idea actually if it happened before boris' booze ban.

Isn't it only on the tube trains themselves that you can't drink? Or does the ban extend to the stations as well?

stations as well

You know, you can still drink on the overground. At least I'm pretty sure you can on the Thameslink.

SUTTON LOOP PARTY, ANYONE??!?!?

You can still drink on the overground, that wasn't covered by the ban.

I read an article about how zero people have actually been arrested for drinking on the tube since the ban came in. I used to occasionally pour a beer into a soft drink bottle to take on but since reading that I don't bother. Never encountered any problems.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO, Colonel Poo

guess there's not enough interest for this year.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y161/MarkGrout/ticket.jpg

Memories...

gigs were so much cheaper back in the days

"sit outside", ah what a wag I was, lol, etc.

it seems to be just us two who remember this event now.

, and I wasn't even there!

(I was going to be, was going to be onstage for the first time since 1996 or thereabouts, but a) it was Fathers Day, and 2) Amber was singing in a schools choir performance at the local theatre, so it would have been a really bad look if i'd have not been there.

I went to this, for a bit.