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Category: Music
this month has been southend fringe festival month! it started with the craft fair, at which mike and i ran a stall selling local band merch and some other stuff including my brother's paintings. the turnout wasn't that bad considering it was a little grey and hellishly windy; i think the torrential rain the previous day had put people off. still, i had a great time, there were enough people there to make the event worthwhile, and we got to chat to lots of people involved in the fringe in various capacities which was good.
next up for me was the vaudeville night at the kursaal. i ended up doing a solo set to open proceedings, which was nerve-wracking, but i am always appreciative of any gig i am offered. this night introduced me to the antics of mixomatosis, which made me very happy. also there was some poetry reading, wendy soloman played with dave woodcock, there was tap dancing from dance troupe delusion and a set by the voronas. all in all a varied and interesting night. here is my setlist:
now the geeks have a union
if you see her, give her hell
marty feldman eyes
tattoo
there's no smoke without you
for me, the big one was the anti-folk night at chinnerys because i organised it. we had breaking glass open the night which was great, the crowd really liked them (as did i). then it was the tumbledryer babies as a trio which i felt went down pretty well too. it's so nice having other people in the band. it means there are songs i can play now which i can't play on my own, and it means i have people to talk to and drink with. the fantastic charlot webster followed us - i can't rate her highly enough. if you aren't familiar with her music she is in my top friends so check her out. the legendary mj hibbett followed, with such fantastic songs as the peterborough all-saints' wide game team (group b) and it only works because you're here. lovely songs and a lovely man. to close the night we had local boys deferred sucess who were great. i got one of their cds at the end of the night and it has some really great songs on it - again, i highly recommend them so find them in my top friends. anyway, setlist:
pr machine
for andrew ridgeley
now the geeks have a union
tell me what to do
#1 hit song
wasted time
tired
just like pigpen
dirty words & dusty corners
i told him it was wrong
if you see her, give her hell
marty feldman eyes
tattoo
there's no smoke without you
the following night (last night in fact) i went to cobham lodge to see theoretical girl as part of culture as a dare's fringe festival event. she was amazing as expected, and her band the equations were great too. great songs, great banter, great guitars, great clothes, the whole great package. support came from lucy o'driscoll, sophie burrows and the fancy dress party (woodham based arcade fire type megafolk(?)), all of whom are fairly local which is so reassuring in a putting-on-gigs-in-the-future sort of way. i hope to see all the bands i've encountered during the course of the fringe festival again soon. there is still a week of fringe left so check out the southend fringe website for details of what's still to come.
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Varshons
By The Lemonheads
Release date: 2009-06-15 |
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