:{THE FIREGATHERING FESTIVAL near Horsham, Sussex}: Friday 16th - Sunday 18th May
:{PROLIX @ The Eagle}: Friday 16th May, 7pm-1am
:{UA#39: UNPLANNED BANK HOLIDAY @ The Eagle}: Saturday 24th May, from 4pm
:{SUNDAY PUB QUIZ @ The Eagle}: Every Sunday, 8.30pm
:{TUESDAY PUB QUIZ @ The Skiddaw}: Every Tuesday, 8.30pm
:{UA#40: UNPLANNED SOLSTICE @ Corbet Place, E1}: Saturday 21st June
:{THE FIREGATHERING FESTIVAL}:
www.firegathering.co.uk
[Firegathering Facebook Event Page]
FRIDAY 16th - SUNDAY 18th May
@ RIDGE FARM
Rusper Road, Capel, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 5HG
nearest train stations: Ockley, Dorking
www.firegathering.co.uk/information/location-travel.html
I’m DJing at The Firegathering Festival on Saturday, starting at midnight in The Pool Room. Give me a bell if you want more details:
07941 610 664
Personally, I’m really looking forward to seeing
:{JIM NOIR}:
www.jimnoir.com
:{DIGITONAL}:
www.digitonal.com
:{ALUCIDNATION}:
www.alucidnation.co.uk
and any band called
:{12 STONE TODDLER}: must be worth a snout:
www.12stonetoddler.com
The Firegathering is a little gem of a festival, nestled in the Sussex countryside. Bringing together top quality acts and a beautiful atmosphere for those lucky enough to attend. Experience that unique element you just won’t find at the larger festivals. The Firegathering Festival is a 3-day not-for-profit event during the 3rd weekend of May. Ideally situated on some beautiful farmland half-way between London and Brighton, the festival is a celebration of performing arts in a lovely outdoor setting.
The entertainment throughout the weekend spans live music , DJs, cabaret and we also have educational workshops and a healing space. The ethos for the event is participation, collaboration and to provide a stage for some really fantastic upcoming artists. We aim to involve people in a gathering of like-minded souls with a fun and friendly atmosphere. We think we’ve created something really special, offering an experience you just can’t get at the larger commercial festivals.
:{PROLIX}:
plays Motown, electro, pop, indie, hip hop, bootlegs, downtempo and funk
FRIDAY 16th MAY, 7pm-1am
FREE
@ THE EAGLE, 2 Shepherdess Walk, Hoxton, N1 7LB – [020] 7553 7681
BeerInTheEvening.com
nearest tube: Old Street
What have you got planned when the school bell rings on Friday? Microwave chicken tikka for one, endless repeats of Friends on E4 and a cheap bottle of pinot grigio? I don’t think so. I’ve got a far better idea: collar a couple of chums, launch yourself in the general direction of Old Street, sashay gently down City Road to The Eagle, get on the good foot and do the bad thing. Please feel free to drop in and loudly exclaim at the bar, “blimey, Charlie, bless my ears if this isn’t the phattest dope ever laid down on wax”.
EVERY SUNDAY, 8.30pm, £1
@ THE EAGLE, 2 Shepherdess Walk, Hoxton, N1 7LB – [020] 7553 7681
www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/14/14725/Eagle/Hoxton
nearest tube: Old Street
I take my role as quizmaster very seriously and, consequently, I’ve bought myself a Big Book Of Facts. It’s hardback, with coloured dividers and everything, and contains over half a million facts. Indeed, it has been suggested in some quarters that the internet is now largely defunct. It’s £1 to enter, I will ask you 40 questions from my Big Book Of Facts and, if you know more correct answers than anyone else, you will win money. It really is that simple. Woof.
EVERY TUESDAY, 8.30pm, £2
@ THE SKIDDAW, 46 Chippenham Road, Maida Vale, W9 2AF - [020] 7432 1341
www.theskiddaw.co.uk
BeerInTheEvening.com
nearest tube: Westbourne Park, Maida Vale
I thought it was time to give something back to West London…
Alright, that’s not true and my old mother always told me, “never go west of Bond Street”, but sometimes you’ve got to posh it up and live dangerously. And, Little Venice is dead nice. Plus, there’s a mortgage to pay so, for now, let’s just pretend this is the career path I always wanted and knuckle down for the cryptic round.
:{UA#39: UNPLANNED BANK HOLIDAY}:
ridiculous eclecticism, guaranteed, with Prolix, Spencer & Ruby Rocks, Ogrizovic and, introducing, Lebrosk
SATURDAY 24th MAY, from 4pm
FREE - donations welcome in aid of the
DEC’s Myanmar (Burma) Cyclone Appeal:
www.dec.org.uk
@ THE EAGLE, 2 Shepherdess Walk, Hoxton, N1 7LB – [020] 7553 7681
BeerInTheEvening.com
nearest tube: Old Street
:{LEBROSK}:
www.myspace.com/lebrosk
Click this to Download Lebrosk mixes from MixDepot.net
Former Headspin resident, Lebrosk [James Glenton], has a musical style spanning chilled Ibiza beats, through to dirty, filthy breaks. Recently, he’s been playing funky breaks sets in and around London, but we know him as part of the Little Parties team, playing at the Little Ill and Little Thrill warehouse shindigs. Over the last couple of years, Lebrosk has also started producing bootlegs and mash-ups, which you can listen to on his Myspace page.
:{DEC’s MYANMAR (BURMA) CYCLONE APPEAL}:
www.dec.org.uk
On 2 May 2008 at 16.00 local time, Cyclone Nargis ripped across the coast of Myanmar (also known as Burma), bringing misery and devastation to tens of thousands of people. Winds of over 190km/hr, heavy rain and floodwater have caused enormous damage, ripping the roofs from people’s homes, uprooting trees and disrupting power and communication lines. Debris is littered across roads making it hugely difficult to reach people in the worst-affected areas. There are also concerns about access to supplies of drinking water, food and fuel.
:{UNPLANNED FRIENDS}:
To join the :{Unplanned Afternoons}: mailing list, email:
dj [dot] prolix [at] gmail [dot] com
To join the :{Unplanned Afternoons}: Facestalking group, click this:
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2639635389
:{UNPLANNED AFTERNOONS}:
ridiculous eclecticism, guaranteed
What do you usually plan for your Sunday afternoon?
Not a lot? Same here.
It’s a tricky one – the lazy void between a Saturday night hangover and the back-to-work fear. After Hollyoaks, but before Match of the Day 2. Let me tell you a story.
It was a sunny Sunday afternoon and Prolix didn’t have anything planned so, when The Smackmaster Generale phoned, that’s what Prolix told him. And, that he’d discovered a patch of mould under his living room carpet. The Smackmaster Generale didn’t have much planned either, so little indeed, that coming round to see a patch of mould qualified as entertainment.
Thankfully, the afternoon didn’t end there. Booze was bought, some more friends rolled up unannounced, tunes were played and, out of nowhere, a party was in full flight. At 4pm.
Unplanned Afternoons was born, logically enough, by accident and now we’re taking it out of the living room and into the world. It’s a home from home where you can dress up, or dress down; shake your tailfeather, or take a load off; get back on the horse, or have a nice cup of tea.
Musically, think of Unplanned Afternoons as your mildly eccentric friend, letting you idly thumb through their vast record collection and discover all manner of curious delights. Old stuff, new stuff and somewhere inbetween stuff; it’s the songs you love and never get to hear, plus new tunes you won’t be able to live without.
So, whether you’re warming up to go out, still out from the night before, or just after a cheeky beer and a game of Kerplunk, we’re here to unplan your afternoon and make the world a simpler place. Good music, with good people, for a good reason.
:{LEBROSK}:
www.myspace.com/lebrosk
Click this to Download Lebrosk mixes from MixDepot.net
Former Headspin resident, Lebrosk [James Glenton], has a musical style spanning chilled Ibiza beats, through to dirty, filthy breaks. Recently, he’s been playing funky breaks sets in and around London, but we know him as part of the Little Parties team, playing at the Little Ill and Little Thrill warehouse shindigs. Over the last couple of years, Lebrosk has also started producing bootlegs and mash-ups, which you can listen to on his Myspace page.
[Lebrosk plays :{UA#39: UNPLANNED BANK HOLIDAY}: on SATURDAY 24th MAY, from 4pm @ THE EAGLE, 2 Shepherdess Walk, Hoxton, N1 7LB]
:{UA#39: UNPLANNED BANK HOLIDAY}:
is raising money for the
DEC’s Myanmar (Burma) Cyclone Appeal:
www.dec.org.uk
On 2 May 2008 at 16.00 local time, Cyclone Nargis ripped across the coast of Myanmar (also known as Burma), bringing misery and devastation to tens of thousands of people. Winds of over 190km/hr, heavy rain and floodwater have caused enormous damage, ripping the roofs from people’s homes, uprooting trees and disrupting power and communication lines. Debris is littered across roads making it hugely difficult to reach people in the worst-affected areas. There are also concerns about access to supplies of drinking water, food and fuel.
DEC agencies and their partners warn that more support is required in order to reach the tens of thousands affected by the devastating cyclone. Agencies are on the ground now distributing vital supplies to thousands in affected areas, but much more is required.
“Donations of over £5 million have been received and it’s vital that people continue to support the DEC Appeal,” said Brendan Gormley, Chief Executive, DEC, “Our DEC agencies and their partners are on the ground now helping thousands in desperate need of water, food and medical supplies. We can’t let these people down and we’re relying on the generous support of the British public to help us to continue this life saving work.”
Currently most people are drinking the same water which carries hundreds of bodies, putrefying dead animals, human waste, as well as industrial and residential debris. Merlin and Save the Children’s teams are already treating small children for diarrhoea and are expecting to see hundreds more people affected.
Paula Sansom, Merlin’s Emergency Response Programme Manager for health who is in Laputta now, said: “Diarrhoea has already begun to take hold and without proper sanitation could infect entire communities. Heavy rains are also expected which will add to the devastation. It is vital that we move now, and we move quickly.”
Action Aid’s partners have distributed relief to 44 villages. Staff on the ground are moving survivors from the islands by boat and truck to camps or shelters. By Saturday afternoon, 800 people had arrived at camps at Pathein and Laputta and were receiving food and medical support.
The Red Cross expects 10 aid flights of medical and shelter supplies to arrive in Myanmar by Monday (12 May).
World Vision has so far helped almost 78,000 people living in the Yangon area, providing rice and water and other relief items.
Another season of close, but no cigar - although, it was good to finish the job by beating Spurs on Sunday. Away from home too and one more goal for Fernando means that he’s equalled Bernie Mac as the second top scorer in the Premier League this term.
Moreover, Liverpool have finally got a 20 goal striker for the first time since Robbie Fowler [Mickey Owen may be dead nice and everything, but never bagged 20 goals in the league and, apparently, he’s bound for Toffeeland anyway].
But, whether you’re a paid-up foot soldier in the Anfield army or not, click the link below for some humdinging howitzers and cashmere-codpiece, silky sensations for everyone to enjoy…
And, a goal from Andriy Voronin:
www.liverpoolfc.tv
*Wiping a tear from my eye with the prospect of my little pumpkin boy’s imminent departure for Valencia…*
ps: The winner was Fernando’s mazy run and clinical finish during the Reds’ 4-0 rout of Marseille at the Stade Velodrome in the Champions League.