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Friday, October 09, 2009 
1. Rearranging furniture
2. The Walter Schreifels solo ep
3. The Enginearz
4. Lee Barnard
5. Ginger Beer
6. Rediscovering JR Ewing
7. Thomas Vermaelen
8. Nothing Feels Good by Andy Greenwald
9. New Curb Your Enthusiasm
10. Switching chewing gum flavours to airwaves black mint. 
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Thursday, August 13, 2009 
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009 
Spotify is great. A big part of me wonders how we'll ever sell any records again. I have faith that we'll all work it out somehow. So in the mean time I'm going to enjoy listening to tunes.

Here's my first playlist:

http://open.spotify.com/user/getcapewearcapefly/playlist/7zEeavwrUz0nN8TwwR5NSn

Its basically the same one I would've made 5 years ago. Who cares! not me :)
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Friday, July 17, 2009 
Hi

Hope you're all keeping well. I've somehow managed to emerge from the rabbit hole of the studio (where I've been buried away working on some new tunes) to let you know about a big (I'd like to use the word exciting but it's maybe the wrong choice) weekend.

It kicks off tonight at the isis in oxford.

Dark Mountain Project Manifesto Launch

You might have heard me talk about an author called Paul Kingsnorth. Paul is one of my favourite authors, he wrote a book called "One No Many Yeses," that was a big inspiration to me. The best way to describe it was a travel diary come call to arms, that managed to tackle the difficult subject of international social change, in a way that was both personable and challenging. He then managed to do the same in his new book Real England, but this time on the subject of locality and community. He has founded a new project called the Dark Mountain Project which calls out outdated left ideologies and establishes the need for radical solutions in a changing landscape. The manifesto of the movement launches tonight and I am extremely proud to be involved.

I will be joined (I will be playing acoustically) by the following:

Chris TT A sparklingly radical singer-songwriter with a mordant wit and a fine line in tunes. 
Marmaduke Dando is the pioneer of London’s series of ‘Power Down’ electricity-free, open air gigs, which have attracted a growing cult following.

In the words of Paul: "On top of the music we are working to arrange a storyteller and a reader of Uncivilised verse and prose. On top of all this will be the chance to hear us explain more about the Dark Mountain project, grab a manifesto, talk to intriguing people around a blazing fire, and watch the sun set over the river."

The show is at the ISIS in oxford and starts from around 7pm on Friday 17th July. Would love you to come down if you can.

‘The beauty of modern....
Man is not in the persons but in the....
Disastrous rhythm, the heavy and mobile masses, the dance of the....
Dream-led masses down the dark mountain.’....
The Dark Mountain Project

Love Music Hate Racism National Conference

In the event of unfortunate situations it is important for us to reassess and mobilise movements. As a result of the fascist BNP gaining 2 seats in the European Parliament, Love Music Hate Racism have called an emergency conference to talk about future events and planned action. I will be speaking at the event along with Jon Reverend, Low Key and many of the LMHRs principal founders and supporters. This is a chance for us to work out plans for local and national action, both direct and indirect. If you want to be a part of the fight against the BNP please join us on Saturday in Manchester or email info@lovemusichateracism.com to get involved.

Saturday 18 July, 10am to 5pm, Manchester Central Hall, 4-5 Oldham Street, Manchester M1 1JQ. Get involved in the campaign against the fascist BNP in your area and across the country.
Speakers include: Glyn Ford, Cllr Mohammed Afzal Khan, Steve Farley (North West TUC), Dr Dilder Chowdhury (Muslim Council of Britain), Dominique Walker (Anthony Walker Foundation), Weyman Bennett, Sabby Dhalu, Pav Akhtar, Lee Jaspar (National Assembly Against Racism) + special LMHR panel on music and anti-fascism featuring: Sam Duckworth (Get Cape Wear Cape Fly), Jon McClure (Reverend and the Makers), Lowkey, C-Mone, Kid British
Registration costs £10 waged, £5 concessions. To register use our online donations facility and type "conference" in the message box - or send a cheque payable to Unite Against Fascism to UAF, PO Box 36871, London WC1X 9XT, along with your name, address and contact details.

United Underground

Is an exciting show put together by the fantastic Riz Mc with a lot of other great people. 

The event has been specifically created to promote active engagement with new music and its potential as a catalyst for change. The event is at London Southbank Centre from 5pm on Saturday 18th July.

This is a not-for-profit event. The idea is to showcase creative talent, throw an eclectic party, and encourage participation in fresh ways. 

Confirmed acts include:
Plan B 
Mpho
Theoretical Girl 
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly
Bashy
Afrikan Boy
Professor Green
Dirty Canvas ft. Ice Kid
Urban Nerds ft Illaman, Rattus Rattus, Klose One 
Speakers Corner ft. Lowkey, Shortman
Gabriel Prokofiev 
The Official Secrets Act 
Maverick Sabre 
Nathan Flutebox Lee 
Jamie Woon 
True Tiger
Dj Djinn 
Aruba Red

Confirmed Speakers discussing why they bother, and how:

Noel Clarke
Box office topping, BAFTA rising star and writer/ director of Kidulthood and Adulthood

Reprieve
Reprieve uses the law to enforce the human rights of prisoners, from death row to Guantánamo Bay. Their current ZerodB campaign opposes the use of music as torture. 

Peter Kosminsky 
Acclaimed multi award winning film director and self confessed political trouble-maker. 

Ali Alizadeh 
Speaking about Iran’s protests and the opportunity and limits of new media in direct action.

London 4 London
A brave city wide initiative where all clubbers donate £1 to charity on October 3rd – the founders talk about how they’re taking action.

London Coalition Against Poverty
Mixing case work with direct action and fighting for the housing rights of London’s poor.

Ali Hili
The Chair of Iraqi LGBT discusses the challenges and dangers of gay rights activism in Baghdad’s warzone

Tom Dale
He was a human shield in Gaza and witnesses the killing of his friends, now he organises exploited call centre workers into unions. 

Films curated by Mia Bays, Film London
Including holy tipped short films, music videos from up coming talent, and feature films RENDITION, and THE AGE OF STUPID. Plus shorts from Ctrl.Alt.Shift.

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Thanks for continuing to support me and for showing an interest in some of the things I'm involved without outside of making music. I know sometimes it might all seem a bit too much or a bit heavy.

All the people involved with these events are lovely people who share a passion for compassion (maybe I'll coin that phrase) and want to see positive change within our nation and our world. I am proud to stand along side them, maybe we won't see change overnight and it certainly won't happen as a result of our singular actions, but we all feel it important to continue fighting until the seeds of change germinate. (A good example of this would be the continued growth in the fair trade movement.) I have never believed in shoving things down peoples throats (and I apologise if you feel that way) but I would like to extend these invitations to you all. 

Whether you're with us this weekend or not, have a fantastic time and lets keep our fingers crossed for some sun.

Take Care

Sam

Ps. I'm on twitter far too much. If you want to listen to me talk in circles about nothing and everything please join me at www.twitter.com/forgetcape :)

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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 
If you don't have this album, you should put it to the top of your list :) best album in ages. Brilliant from beginning to end
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Sunday, June 21, 2009 
Where are all our protest singers?

This subject matter seems to come up all the time, most recently in a well written blog over at http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6529747.ece

Recently there have been at least 5 major uk political releases from Enter Shikari, The Enemy, Reverend and the Makers, The King Blues and Gallows. The reviews of these albums have been mixed but mostly the lyrics have been subject to undue criticism. Certainly a greater amount than if the songs were not politically orientated. It seems the desire of the modern music journalist to exude critique and moral superiority when reviewing albums. This often makes for entertaining and informative copy but do not under estimate the effect this has on the artist and the fan of the band/singer in question.

In the last 4 years of being a fairly active musician, I have noticed the development both in my public speaking and in my lyrics. Yet am met with intense apprehension when writing political lyrics, probably due to the scathing views expressed on a couple of songs on my last record. It’s no secret that I am a fan of Billy Bragg but I often wonder if the charming naivety and adolescence that soaks “to have and to have not” would be decimated by todays music press if it was released today. I can’t imagine the nme mincing their words over the phrase “just because I dress like this, doesn’t mean I’m a communist.” Yet from this seed germinated one of the all time great protest singers, with lyrics that have lit the touch paper on many issues and have touched many lives.

Since the last record I have been battling a few demons and fortunately due to a lack of caring and the aforementioned work from the king blues, I’ve began to love wearing my heart on my sleeve and have left the apprehensions behind when writing about politics. I doubt I will ever write a poltical song that even comes close to Bragg or to Dead Prez but it is my passion and duty to try.

However I feel if we are ever going to have one of those artists its the duty of the music press and the internet community to lighten up a bit. It’s easy to knock the naivety or inexperience of young artists writing politically but it sets a negative tone to the young fan, often even before they have heard the record. The most recent example of this is the critism I’ve read towards the new Enter Shikari Album. This is a stauntly political and no holds bared record, to a predominately young fan base, by a young band. Yet its being critiqued by journalists with years of experience, talking about the politics like they are dissecting an afternoon in the house of commons.

How can we expect young musicians to find their political tongue (which is a lot harder to find than writing about love and everyday life – usually because politics is a subject that our nation struggles to embrace except in times of crisis) if we shoot them down on their first attempt? Its easy to then say there are no relevant political artists, what you mean to say is that there are no developed young artists with the intellect of a politician and the musical prowess of legends. Billy Bragg, Rage against the machine and Saul Williams were very special indeed. They had the power to wrap up intense views in succinct and powerful, creative music. I would love it if every artist in the world was like that, but lets be fair, they’re not. However go easy on the ones who do try (not so much musically, say your piece, but maybe turn down the intense dissection of lyrics) because a knock of confidence to a fragile youngster might, unfortunately, be the difference between trying to write a more succinct political song or sticking to the tried and tested lyrical subjects.

I wouldn’t even mind you tearing to bits political lyrics, if you had some political editorial yourselves. In the days of Bragg and Rage, the worlds music press had an interest in the cultural underbelly and not just trying to break the next cool hot band. If you want our generation to step up. Then you have to step up too. I don’t mean a few choice photo calls or a lmhr gig review, I mean editorial, research, controversy.

We are a young music community crying out for political songs, saddened when members of our community are chastised for making a stand, sick of the same plastic music press, the same old autotuned processed radio crap. We know that the media hold the key to immediate success in this country and yet for all the detractors there seems to be little political impetus to our radio stations and magazines. Maybe its time to lay off of the ones of us who do try and take a long sobering look in the mirror?
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009 
Elections Plea and Various other bits and bobs.

Hey

Hope you are all keeping happy and are applying your sunscreen in this beautiful (and unprecedented) heatwave. Just a few bits and bobs that are coming up in the next few days that I'd like to let you know about

European Election Day Tomorrow

Everywhere you turn it is impossible to escape the recession, from our newspapers, to the television, hell they're even commenting about it on Hollyoaks. Fascists thrive on misery and depression, they have had a long history of capitalising on peoples misfortunes and using it to grow their regimes. The most common example of this would be in post WW1 Germany. Although we have not experienced this level of fascism in the uk, we have seen many examples through the years of Fascists capitalising on hard times, most recently the growth of the national front in the midst of the minors strikes. The BNP however, is a new beast. The same level of racism, homophobia and ignorance, but shined up in suits and disguised as politicians. The european elections are tomorrow and the BNP are using the leverage of the recession and the wave of political distrust to power their campaign. It is up to us as responsible citizens of this great country to make sure that we do not have any members of the far right representing us in the European Parliament.

It's hard to feel the motivation to vote, especially when daily, we are seeing abuse of our parliamentary system in the expenses scandal. However we must not lie idle and let the BNP creep into a European seat. The prestige and finances this will give them, will only add fuel to their fire, a fire that we MUST extinguish. Democracy is difficult if we waste our votes (although I can sympathise with the reasons why.) The BNP only need 9% of the vote to gain a seat and this looks like a very real possibility. This figure will be much harder to reach if we make sure we visit the polling stations tomorrow. Unfortunately in situations like this, a wasted vote works in favour of parties like the BNP, NF and UKIP. I'm not going to tell you who to vote for, its certainly not my place. However I urge you to take 30 minutes out of your day tomorrow to visit the polling station. This is a percentage game and if we play the percentages by using our votes, we might just be able to keep fascists from representing us in europe.

LMHR Festival

Thanks to everyone who came on Saturday and made the Love Music Hate Racism festival in Stoke a fantastic success, massive thanks to Lee, Weyman, Allison and all at LMHR, Stoke Council, Kick Racism out of Football and Stoke City FC for all their hard work. Hopefully the impact will lead to a growing in the already fantastic grass roots community in Stoke.

Satellite Soundsystem on Thursday

The next installment of our Afro/Brazilian/European beats night is on thursday at the Fly on new oxford street. We're starting at 10pm and will feature 3 hours of new and old skool world beats to have a dance to, or to chill to. Entry is 100% free and should be a really nice vibe. Nearest tube is Tot. Court Road, come down and have a drink/dance with us, if you have no plans for Thursday night :)

Southend Festival This Saturday

I have been given the great honour of curating a day at the Southend festival this Saturday. I've picked some of my favourite bands from southend and around the uk and will be comparing/playing a few acoustic numbers in between sets :) It kicks off at 3pm in the highstreet up by the Cinema/Victoria Plaza, hopefully the sun will be out. Line up is as follows:

Tellison
Man Like Me
Lions
Caleb
Notes
A Week of Summer

Either way I know it'll be a great day! For more info please visit:


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Have a good day and if you fancy keeping in touch I'm addicted to twitter over at www.twitter.com/forgetcape

Take Care

Samx
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Sunday, May 10, 2009 

How does a bank get away with overcharging its customers that have gone overdrawn over £100 a time?! This week I made an online purchase on this account by mistake (I bank with the co op but due to having an un paid off overdraft I still have to keep this account open and this deal with the bastards every so often.) I corrected the mistake within 5 working days, for being £150 overdrawn for 5 days I was fined…. £120?!


No wonder they’re one of the only bank posting large profits, they get them from exploiting their customers. All in the while the government sits on a judgement that says they are over charging but freezes it because it knows how much the banks are going to have to pay out. Protect the wankers who gambled away the interest they earnt from over charging customers, but don’t worry there are schemes in place for people like me situations like this, its called the TS scheme. Tough shit.


I HATE Hsbc more than any other company I have ever dealt with, the make me so angry I feel sick. If they want this money I will have it ready in pennies at my house, but they’ve got to come and get it first.

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Saturday, May 09, 2009 
Hey


Hope you're all doing well and enjoying the spring heatwave (and they said global warming was a myth...)


I've put a few tunes I've been working on up on the myspace. Not too sure if they'll be on the album or not but as a result I don't want to sit on tunes for months and they never see the light of day. I don't believe in things being created and binned for the sake of it and thus thought the best thing to do was wack them up online so you can have a listen and to let you know that I haven't just been sitting on my ass getting fat for the last few months (although there has been a fair bit of the latter unfortunately!)


Hope you like them, more to come over the next few weeks/months :)


Take care


Samx

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Wednesday, April 08, 2009 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/07/video-g20-police-assault

Earlier on in the week I heard that a video was circulating of a police officer shoving an innocent man to the ground at the protest. Unfortunately this turned out to be the last seen footage of Ian Tomlinson.

To clarify some facts:

- Ian tomlinson was not a drunk, a drug addict, or homless as previously reported by so called eye witnesses (when actual eye witnesses have been saying for days he was pushed - indymedia.org.uk),

-He was a newspaper seller on the way home from work.

-To quote from sky news on the day an eye witness said "he absolutely stank of alcohol and his eyes looked like he was on drugs." A 'fact' that now appears to be complete media spin.

-He unfortunately has a young family, flowers at the site read "I'll miss you dad"

A through investigation needs to take place in this case and in the case of Jean Charles De Menezes. I understand the need for police but police cannot go around striking innocent people who are caught up in trouble (I saw this for my own eyes at the protests) and especially should be investigated where moments of excessive force are used on the innocent. External investigation, not a government and police cover up.

Justice must be served for these men.

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