The Ragamuffins Newsletter Year Zero:

Well well well, at LAST I get around to writing another one of these. It’s been a few months hasn’t it? We can only apologise for the delay, so yeah, erm, “sorry”, but, if you haven’t had a chance to keep up to date with developments on Facebook (there’s a new site on there by the way) or Myspace (we’ve pretty much completely redone it!) or by being at one of our gigs, then read on….

NEW RECORDS!

We’ve just spent the last two weeks in the studio both up North and down South with our good friends Dave Cottrell and Jason from excellent London band “The Teasers”.  We’ve also got a few songs that we’ve done/had done over the summer that we’re going to be making available too.  We have recorded……

Better Late Than Never

Discobiscuits  (at LAST full quality version!!)

Hold Steady (as you’ve never heard it before, erm, unless you were at our BBC gig!)

Miracles Away

This will be soon followed by….

She Spells Kirsti (With An STI)

Whatever Happened To The Common Decency Of Lying (as you’ve never heard it before)

Breathe Easy, Blue Skies

And…..

Go Ballistic!

Batteries Not Included (remix/remastered)

So yeah, keep a beady eye out for it, probably mid November when they’ll be knocking about!!

NEW MERCHANDISE!

If you weren’t aware already, we’ve started making “The Ragamuffins” T-Shirts and Badges, and they’ve been knocking around for about 2 months now. Here’s a sample image of one of the T-Shirts and one of the badge outlines. They come in a variety of colours (Irish Green, Blue, Yellow, Black, Sky Blue, Lemon Yellow…. If you request it we can do it!) and we totally design them to specific demands because we don’t want to be lumbered with any XL Pink shirts which wouldn’t sell for instance!

So if you do fancy buying a little piece of Ragamuffin regalia, give us a shout with your measurements and so on and we’ll get some stuff sent to you.

At the minute, there’s Teacup Pictures and “Make Tea, Not Love” or “Make Tea, Not Coffee” or Rocket pictures and “Go Ballistic!” text. Get in.

T Shirts £12 each (plus £2 P&P)

Badges £1 each

Seem fair?

NEW GIGS!

Bit tricky to do this, we’re in the middle of booking quite the collection of gigs for November and December at the minute but most of them aren’t fully confirmed date wise yet. So, without further ado, please feel free to check out our revamped sites for more frequently updated details.

www.myspace.com/ragamuffinsmusic

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ragamuffins/112736795911?ref=ts

NEW PEOPLE!

We’d like to say a big hello to Brent who’ll be joining us on the ole shrubbery of rhythym, as well as a big thank you to Richard who’d been playing drums with us since our inception a wee while ago, but who has decided to move onto pastures greener. Onwards and upwards as they say! We’d also like to thank everyone who’s stood in for us over the past few months when things haven’t gone to plan!

Libby, Johnny, Kelsey (you don’t need a “y” at the end of your name to help us out, but it helps!), cheers for everything!

NEWS!

So yeah, in assorted news, we’d like to congratulate The Ragamuffins Football Team in avoiding relegation in our first season in the top flight (even if it was on a technicality!) and er, erm, that’s about it for now! It’ll all come flooding back the second I press send, I’m sure of it.

Take care now, keep in touch and we’ll see you soon!!!

Paul, Brent, Jules and David

The Ragamuffins

info@theragamuffins.co.uk

www.myspace.com/ragamuffinsmusic

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ragamuffins/112736795911?ref=ts

http://www.gigwise.com/band/The%20Ragamuffins....

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..Basically, we've entered a competition to play at a Festival in Austria, would be amazing if loads of you could vote and help us out...

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The Ragamuffins Newsletter Issue 7!....

Hello
everyone and a very Happy New Year from everyone at The Ragamuffins. We were
waiting for some more extensive news, more gigs and that before spinning a new
Newsletter onto the presses, so without further ado, here we go!....

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Kelsey!....

Some of
you may notice that the girl stood behind the keyboards has changed her hair
colour and grown a few feet! Fear not, our wonderful Jules Gilchrist has not
permanently disappeared off the face of the earth, nor has she started taking
growth hormone to finally be able to peer over the top of her MicroKorg, but
has gone over to the Far East for a few months for work related thingies.
Dutifully, her erm, duties, on keyboards are being taken over by the very
lovely Kelsey Lindstrom, a resident of Portland in Oregon (in the US of A!) and
our first gig with Kelsey will be at Styles’ Bar in Ormskirk on the 18^th
of February, where we are going to be debuting some new songs (oh yesss!). For
more information, read on!!....

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Gigs!....

As
promised we have a selection of now confirmed gigs for you to pencil into your
diaries.....

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February
18^th – Styles Bar, Ormskirk, Merseyside....

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April 3^rd,
Real Ale “Middle Earth” Beer Festival, Hurst Green Memorial Hall, Hurst Green,
Lancashire....

April 4^th,
Bumper, Hardman Street, Liverpool, Merseyside....

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May 20^th
– 26^th, International Pop Overthrow Festival, The Cavern, Liverpool,
Merseyside....

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More
will be following, including a very special one off, ticketed gig for a Radio
Lancashire “Intimate Evening” which will be broadcast worldwide on the BBC
(online like!). Details of how to apply for tickets will be sent out shortly
when we confirm the dates, and if you want any details for ANY of these gigs
don’t hesitate to send an email to info@theragamuffins.co.uk and we’ll be right back in touch!!....

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Radio!....

Thank
you very very much everyone who voted for us on XFM in December. It means a lot
that you supported us and took the time to log on and vote. The band who won
(who I’m not actually going to name and give them publicity because I’m a
terrible loser as Paul will testify from both playing for the same football
team!) cheated a bit but ultimately, once the judges got wind of this and reset
the votes they won fair and square. Pfft. Twats. ....

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Anyway,
Russ Winstanley has given us some airplay on his fantastic Northern Soul show
on Radio Lancashire which is a real honour for us, to be able to share the
airwaves and show time with some amazing artists from days gone by.  Some of our forthcoming material has a real
tinge of that upbeat, danc-ey Northern Soul style, and you can really hear it
in tracks we’ve done already like “Lucky Stars” and of course, “Paint By
Numbers”. ....

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Football!....

Team
Ragamuffins have not been playing much due to the variety of shocking weather
conditions to descend from the heavens on a weekly basis, but suffice to say,
the two weeks we did play we saw two shock wins for us, firstly an 8-2 drubbing
for some shoddy outfit of a team (and without David who’d done his back in
loading Richard’s drum kit into his car the week before) and then a 5-0
victory. What is going on with the world!!?? The less said about “real
football” the better though. Pfft. Harrumph. And all that. ....

STOP
PRESS!! Just like the mighty Liverpool, we continued this run with an, erm,
“emphatic” 2-0 victory yesterday! What’s going on!!....

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New Website!....

Probably
should be higher up the list than amateur football results but well, never
mind! We now have a sexy new site where you can buy songs off of our two most
recent records if you fancy helping us stave off poverty, and you know, doing
your bit to save the British Economy. I have it on good word that Gordon Brown
is listening to “Lucky Stars” and thanking them on an almost daily basis! Oo
err!!....

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www.theragamuffinsmusic.co.uk....

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And
don’t forget www.myspace.com/ragamuffinsmusic....

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And www.theragamuffins.co.uk....

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And a
massive thanks to David Pinder for helping us out with various web related
stuff.....

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That’ll
do for now.....

Expect a
few mid month messages with a few other announcements. Oh yes.....

Speaking
of the credit crunch, here’s a new song we’ve knocked together about it, called
“Fish & Chips”. See what you think…....

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The Ragamuffins – Fish & Chips....

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Well
London Bridge is falling down....

And Wall
Street’s gone delirious....

The
bankers down Canary Wharf....

Have
never looked so serious....

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I’ve
wrapped myself in cotton wool....

To save
me needing bandages....

And
Mother Nature’s on the dole....

I don’t
know how she manages....

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When all
this money’s gone down the swanny....

Yeah all
my money’s gone down the swanny....

But all
your money’s going down the swanny too....

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And a lifetime’s worth of Liquorice Allsorts,
Flying Saucers, Sherbert Dips....

Are like nothing in comparison to what she
wears upon her lips....

Now I need a few of Alan Sugar’s oh-so-famous
money making tips....

And the Monday morning papers wrap up Friday
evening tea time’s fish and chips....

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And the
world’s been choc-a-bloc of late....

With
tales of woe and misery....

But it’s
funny how we’ll break the bank....

For half
an hour of ecstasy....

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We’ll
steal a boat and set a course....

From
Merseyside to Mozambique....

Because
it’s fun to raise the stakes....

For
continental games of hide and seek....

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Lots of love....

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David, Paul,
Richard, Jules and Kelsey

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The
Ragamuffins

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