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our guide to an eclectic
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THE MOODY BLUES
the silver foxes are back
in white satin
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local music
NEWS
also
THE JIMMY HILLBILLIES
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INSIDE
THE ROPEMAKERS
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Sound of the Sirens
Vanilla Radio
Empire Affair
and a bunch more
plus
world news
music science
venue guide
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band review
vanilla radio at tom
brown’s, dorchester
festival guide
our guide to the best
fezzies in the area
special feature
the moody blues
venue guide
a heads up on the best
music venues in dorset
special feature
a busker’s lot
music review
we take a look at empire
affair’s new ep
venue review
we take a look inside the
ropemakers, bridport
inside view
our take on some recent
music news
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local news
out and about around
dorset
festival spotlight
we shine the light on the
jurassic fields fezzy
world news
music stories from
around the globe
music science
the psychology of music
investigated
band review
we’ve been chatting to
the jimmy hillbillies
world news
more music stories from
around the globe
live review
sound of the sirens at
the cellar bar, boscombe
your noise
shit you just gotta say
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whipped vanilla cream
first vinyl for local label
The Beatles song "Dear Prudence" was written about Mia Farrow's sister, Prudence, when she wouldn't come out and play with Mia and the Beatles at a religious retreat in India.
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From Portland to a turn table near you, Pink Hedgehog
celebrate single release.
Pink Hedgehog are a small record label
based on the Isle of Portland. Since
1994, their aim has always been to
shine a light on some of the great
music that is being made by the
independent pop scene. They run on a
strictly ‘not for profit’ basis and only
release the music they love.
Dorchester funk band, Vanilla Radio playing live at Tom Browns - Story by Joseph Williams
Entering the well-known Dorchester
watering hole of Tom Browns a little
early, there were only a handful of
drinkers. Light chat filled the air and
the vibrations were getting groovy.
Dressed in a rainbow hoodie and hippy
look, I have to say, I felt right at home.
I turned to look the band setting up;
plugging wires, turning pegs, getting
ready for the performance. The band
were friendly together and seemed
excited just setting up. Confidence
oozed from them. Observing this,
I felt like a part of their piece. They
[
The band hail from the county town of
Dorchester and this all
began some two and a half
years ago with Will being a
new, groovy instalment
some eighteen months ago.
While playing, the band
can barely contain
themselves for the love of what they do.
The whole band clicks together like the
worlds best Rolex, with Will and Rick
as the cogs and face, Jamie and Jack
flare vocals as the hands, with custom
matching ‘his and his’ bass and guitar.
They both have voices of power to be
proud of, and with Will throwing in
some harmony, it really is something to
behold.
Before long the town’s youth filtered in
and the place was heaving. Lapping at
the cream spilt by Vanilla’s jug, The
“what’s a set list?...
what’s one of those.”
threw out just a taste of their flavour
with a little funky spill. Thirty seconds
was enough to whip the audience into
a small groove. My anticipation
brimmed. When I asked for a set list,
guitarist, Jamie Parker replied,
"A what? What’s one of those?"
That’s how naturally these guys play so no set list here. With that, and after
cracking their knuckles, they assumed
the position and began to play.
Vanilla Radio are a funk, soul, disco,
rock band consisting of four talented,
musical members. Firstly there is Jack
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Ansell on bass; the man-mountain who
acts as anchor for the band. The
blinding, bearded drumming
behemoth, Ric Veal, tears skins and
cracks symbols with such speed I lost
sight of his sticks. Will Sear sets his
fingers to keys, accenting the band,
looking like a school teacher on acid.
Bending the strings of the guitar with
tenacity is Jamie Parker, with crazy
flitting fingers, buzzing on stage, he is
the man filled with beans, crammed
into some very tight jeans.
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place was jumping. The next song up
was one of their new tracks called
'Living for the City'. All of these pieces
were just what I wanted. A Funky vibe
that gets the body pumping, whether
you knew it to or not. Then, to finish
their first session, they played us all
their rendition of Jimmi Hendrix's
Fire. A song we all know, but suddenly
we were in the midst of a melted down
ska jam. After a solid hour of funk
power, they were outa there and into
the pub garden for a fag and a well
deserved cool down.
I managed to catch the band for a brief
chat in the garden. If you want to fill
your ears with the bands nice noises,
you can grab them on soundcloud and
online. And finally, from Jack, the man
himself, when asked for any closing
statement, he replied "no not really."
Brilliant. A band who don't take
themselves seriously but seriously love
the music they play.
www.vanillaradio.co.uk
have a listen:
We spoke to Simon Felton at
Hedgehog and asked him about the
release of their first single on vinyl:
“I am so happy that the very first Pink
Hedgehog vinyl release is out and I
don't mind saying that I'm quite
excited about it! This first release is a 7"
single for Peter Lacey - a brand new
track called 'Wayward Song'. It's a
gorgeous and clever track which
realises Peter's life-long dream of
releasing a record on vinyl. Likewise,
it's also a long-held dream for me and
the label! It is a strictly limited edition
of 300 copies and will include a digital
download of the tracks as well if
ordered from Bandcamp.” Simon told
us.
Another new release due this Summer
is an album by Wilson (Steve Wilson's
great new band), called ‘Old School,
New Rules’. The new album is currently
being recorded in Hampshire, with
Steve Smith producing (the guy who
produced Sandi Thom's number one
hit 'I wish I Was a Punk Rocker'). As
with Steve's previous albums, the new
record features the stunning guitar
talents of Robbie McIntosh.
Knowing how hard it is nowadays to
make your mark in the music business
in a expanding world of digital
downloads and home studios, we asked
Simon what he thought was the answer
to his success running an independent
label for over 20 years:
“It just shows you what amazing things
can be achieved by talented people,
working together, just for the love of
music - personally I find it very
reassuring.”
And on his artists:
“Most, if not all, of the bands and
artists on the label struggle to fund
their own releases. They are creative
people who love what they do and only
want others to enjoy the music they
have created”
www.pinkhedgehog.com
nice bit of fish
SpindleFish are a 5 piece indie rock band,
who became fully formed in March 2013
with the addition of their lead singer, Kathi
Harcourt-Brown. Performing original music
and currently playing the local circuit
around Southampton they recently secured
gigs out of the area in Brighton and
Reading! Originally having only two
members, the group grew, and with a few
auditions and replacements, are now happy
where they are.
Their first gig was summer 2013 - in a field
in middle of nowhere and apparently they
liked it. Having recently recorded a demo
EP, they continue to write, gig and support
other local talent whilst working towards
their first full album with hopes of a release
in the autumn.
check ‘em out: www.spindlefish.net
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Jim Morrison found the name "The Doors" for his rock band in the title of Aldous Huxley's book "The Doors Of Perception", which extolls the use of hallucinogenic drugs.
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Rhos Thompson and the Wyke Smugglers
We went on to ask Rhos about his
involvement with Wykefest, a local real
ale and beer festival that had been
cancelled a few years back due to being
blighted by successive yeas of bad
weather.
“It was such a shame that a popular
local event didn’t have a home
anymore, so with the support of Camra
and The Dorset brewing company, we
brought it indoors to the Smugglers for
the first time last July and were
overwhelmed by the support of local
businesses and volunteers to make the
weekend such a celebration of british
real ale, cider and music.”
FIND YOUR
This years Wykefest at the Smugglers
is on the 17-19 july, sponsored by
DBC, entry is free and open to all with
100% of the money raised going to
Julia's House - the local childrens
hospice.
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ON THE BUS
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good beer guide within my first year of
trading.” beamed a justifiably proud
Rhos and with an honest passion for
his top gigging pub, continued:
“I love the live music that is played
here and always want to support the
ANONYMOUS
GROOVES ON THE GREEN
We asked landlord, Rhos Thompson,
how he had managed the transformation:
“I took over the pub in late 2013. It
was a very quiet pub that rarely put on
live music and didn't serve any food...
Let’s just say, it wasn't on people’s list
of good nights out.”
And was the pub’s new vibe welcomed
by the locals? Rhos told us:
“I was very lucky to be supported by
the local community who were craving
a change and a reason not to go into
town. Now people travel to enjoy a
night with us. There's live music at least
3 days a week and regular specialist
nights such as rock 'n' roll and
northern soul nights with much more
planned. I've been granted my second
cask marque award for the quality of
our real ales and made it into the camra
massive amount of talent there is in
Dorset... we are really lucky to be
surrounded by so many dedicated, hard
working artists.”
JURASSIC ROCKS
The Wyke Smugglers has rapidly
grown to be one of the best places for
great food, spot on beers and live
music outside of the neighbouring
town of Weymouth.
JURASSIC FIELDS
FOLK ON THE QUAY
Rhos Thompson, landlord of the Wyke Smugglers talks to Headvibe.
COLOURFEST
tales of smugglers & festivals
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OUT LOUD
If Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side Of The Moon" is started at the precise moment the MGM lion roars for the second time in the movie "The Wizard Of Oz", the cd is perfectly synchronized with the movie.
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Headvibe bring you a selection of this summer’s best festivals going on in Dorset.
From chamber music to thrash metal and everything in between, all happening in a
field somewhere near you.
amateur players, enthusiasts, musicians,
singers and dancers. Have a fun
weekend, perhaps come dressed in
Boogie Woogie era (1930/40s) style
clothing. We hope you enjoy our
programme of events.
www.ukboogiewoogiefestival.co.uk
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June Fezzies
COLOURFEST
5 - 8 June
St Giles House, Dorset
‘Colourfest’ is a festival that blends
inner rest with more active expressions
and promises to be playful, deep and
insightful. We are a creative upbeat
event that explores the depths of life
through intelligent movement,
performances, music, sound,
exploration and the arts.
Colourfest offers beautiful spaces
packed with eclectic and captivating
programs to calm, activate, connect and
inspire, led by a host of great musicians
and tutors dedicated to their respective
paths.
We have dedicated yoga rooms within
the stunning St Giles House, and a
variety of movement and sound spaces,
acoustic café, kids area, traders, healers
and theatre tents. New this year is our
outside dance and movement arena,
with a collection of live and DJ sets.
Our food this year is more diverse,
offering wholesome uplifting
vegetarian options. We will support
this with a well crafted ‘Colourfest
Café’ where you will see new delicious
recipes, cakes, raw treats and drinks.
We encourage you to dive into the full
4 days with us to allow more of the
magic and beauty to infuse into the
very heart of your
being.
PLUSH FESTIVAL
6 June - 29 August
Plush, Dorset
Every summer the idyllic village of
Plush hosts concerts of classical,
contemporary and jazz music directed
by cellist Adrian Brendel. Performances
take place in the intimate venue of St.
Johns, located in a beautiful valley near
Dorchester. Now in its twentieth year,
the festival returns with another world
class programme featuring leading
musicians and rising stars.
This year we are celebrating our 20th
anniversary of concerts at Plush. The
festival opens with two celebratory
concerts, featuring world-renowned
musicians of the classical and jazz
world.
www.plushfestival.com
WIMBORNE FOLK FESTIVAL
12 - 14 June
Wimborne
The third Wimborne Minster Folk
Festival being held this summer is
shaping up to be the biggest festival in
our three year history, so join us again
on 12, 13, 14 June 2015 for more folk,
family & fun!
Each year boasts colourful dance
displays throughout the streets, music
from around the world, a range of food
and craft stalls across town and a large
family area on Willow Walk.
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BEHIND THE CASTLE
13th June
Sherborne Castle
Sherborne
A great little festival in
the splendid grounds of Sherborne
Castle. This year sees The Waterboys
headlining. www.behindthecastle.co.uk
FOLK ON THE QUAY
27 - 28 June
Poole
Folk on the Quay is a free folk music
festival in Poole on Saturday 27 and
Sunday 28 June with four outdoor
music stages, two ceilidh dances and
over twenty teams of morris dancers in
the streets overlooking Poole’s lovely
Harbour. Over 20 bands on 4 free
outdoor stages.
www.folkonthequay.co.uk
OUT LOUD FESTIVAL
27 - 28 June
Town Centre & Harbour,
Weymouth
The Out Loud Festival will be charity
event and will feature many acts from
around Weymouth, including bands,
choirs, dancers, clowns and many more
at locations all around the town centre,
including Bond Street, St. Thomas St.
and St Mary St.
There will be something for everybody
and the intention is that, if successful,
it will become an annual Weymouth
event that will attract both residents
and visitors into the town centre before
the peak summer season starts in July.
July Fezzies
BOOGIE WOOGIE FESTIVAL
3 - 5 july
Sturminster Newton
We are proud to present the 11th UK
Boogie Woogie Festival here in
Sturminster Newton, Dorset. We
welcome people of all ages, listeners,
SWANAGE JAZZ FESTIVAL
10 - 12 July
Swanage
We are delighted to present our
twenty-sixth programme. With
mixture of old friends and new faces,
with nearly 50 sessions featuring bands
from across most of the spectrum of
jazz. If you’ve never been to the
Festival, we think you’ll find the
combination of top class jazz, effective
but relaxed organization and a
beautiful seaside setting irresistible.
www.swanagejazz.org
WONKY DONK FESTIVAL
11 - 12 July
Halls Road Farm
Poole
The Wonky Donk Festival is a Roots
Revival festival situated on a retired
donkey farm . The name came from the
fact that the animal sanctuary is home
to some so called “Wonky Donkeys”,
and some of the funds raised from the
festival will go towards their up keep.
Set in a picturesque valley with
entertainment for the whole family, a
quirky and cool event to enjoy.
A fantastic community festival with
entertainment for the whole family
See our special feature on this festival
on page 11.
JURASSIC ROCKS
17 - 18 july
Grove Farm, Portland
Dorset's third VW festival is raising
funds for Julia's House Children's
Hospice. Show & Shine, Children's
entertainment, Beer Tent, Trade
Stands, Live Music and more.
www.dorsetvolksfest.co.uk
The Jurassic Rocks Music Festival was
born out of an idea on how to get
people to visit the fabulous isle of
Portland and have a great time doing it.
So with that in mind we sat down with
a few drinks and a whole heap of ideas
and came up with the idea of putting a
little show on.
Dorset’s most chilled out music festival,
Grooves on the Green is to celebrate
its 15th anniversary this year. This
community event offers music on two
stages with other attractions including
sports on the Green, alternative
therapies and the popular Kidzone
with lots of activities to keep the
youngest groovers happy, and more.
There’s also a regional beer and food
festival with a wide range of local crafts
beers and ciders from Dorset breweries
including Sunny Republic,
Bournemouth Beer Company and
Purbeck Cider.
www.groovesonthegreen.co.uk
For 25 years, the idyllic Larmer Tree
Gardens on the Wiltshire/Dorset
border has played host to this original
boutique festival. Taking place between
14 - 19th July 2015, Larmer Tree
Festival will present a variety of high
profile musical and comedy acts across
its six stages. To celebrate the 25th
anniversary, an unprecedented extra
night has been added.
JURASSIC FIELDS
11 July
Asker Meadow
Bridport
PLUSH VOLKFEST
10 - 12 July
Worgret Road Showground
Wareham
GROOVES ON THE GREEN
11 - 12th July
Ashley Cross, Poole
LARMER TREE
14 - 19 July
Larmer Tree Gardens
We hope you enjoy the island as much
as we do and come and see us soon. We
look forward to seeing you at the
Festival!
www.jurassicrocks.co.uk
TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS
17 - 19 July
Tolpuddle
The event offers seminars, and talks
during the day, and some smaller music
spaces, with the main music happening
in the afternoons/evenings. On the
Sunday there is a large processional
march from the festival site to the
nearby village of Tolpuddle, followed
by a few major music acts and
speeches.
www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk
Launched in 1990 as a one-day event
with 100 people, this festival has grown
to a six-day extravaganza with 4,000
visitors each day. The Directors have
committed to remaining independent
with no corporate sponsorship in order
to retain the original friendly ethos that
welcomes all ages.
Talent born and bred in the South West
will be playing including Breakthrough
Music Award winners The Villanovas,
Dorset’s own Drew Allen who toured
with James Blunt last year, The
Drystones, Wesley Bennett, Pachango
and Tinderbox. Truly something for
everyone, this festival showcases music
acts that span all genres including rock,
folk, World, swing, soul and pop.
Topping the bill this year is Sir Tom
Jones, Bill Bailey, The Levellers, Jimmy
Cliff and Femi Kuti and many more.
Hilarious comedy acts are featured, as
are live DJs, unique shopping areas,
performance art, therapy gardens,
children's area, comfy camping, art
installations, fancy dress, award winning
festival food and local brewery suppliers.
www.larmertreefestival.co.uk
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WYKEFEST
17 - 19th July
The Wyke Smugglers
Weymouth
Wykefest takes place under-cover at
the Wyke Smugglers public house just
outside Weymouth with the support of
CAMRA and The Dorset Brewing
Company. It’s has 3 days of amazing
live bands and is a celebration of
British real ale and cider. Entry is free
and all money raised from punters
donations goes to Julia’s House.
www.thewykesmugglers.com
MARNHULL VILLAGE FESTIVAL
18 July
The Recreation Field
Marnhull
An afternoon and evening of fun
packed entertainment at the Marnhull
Festival with food, drink, sideshows,
stalls, live music and Wurzelsflavoured, cider-fuelled Scrumpy &
Western entertainment from The
Mangledwurzels.
www.marnhullfest.co.uk
BEER & BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL
24 - 25 July
St Aldhelms Hall
Poole
We bring you the South’s first Beer and
Bluegrass Festival. Featuring award
winning craft beers from the UK and
American styled beers, with local
Dorset Ciders and American Bottled
Ales. Plus the best Bluegrass and
Americana acts from the USA and the
UK live on stage.
www.poolerhythmroots.co.uk
CAMP BESTIVAL
30 July - 2 August
Lulworth Castle
Hello and welcome to the wonderful
world of Camp Bestival a multi-award
winning festival that combines an allencompassing family festival
experience with an action packed
camping holiday; something that we
like to call a Festi-Holiday!
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The sister festival of the Isle of
Wight’s Bestival and set in the majestic
grounds of Lulworth Castle, on
Dorset’s dramatic Jurassic
coastline, Camp Bestival is jam-packed
with entertainment, from stellar
musical morsels and cultural delights to
stunning sideshow attractions and
lashings of family fun. Featuring a truly enormous kids’
area your little’uns will be utterly spoilt
for choice. With a host of thrilling
activities from soft play and circus skills
to go-carts and glitter, there’s plenty of
excitement for kids of all ages.
Plus, there are kids’ shows and
performances on the Castle Stage and
in the Big Top, daring antics to be had
at the Freesports Park, and fairytale
escapism in the Dingly Dell.
www.campbestival.net
August Fezzies
GREAT DORSET CHILLI FEST
1 - 2 August
St Giles House
Wimborne
It's going to be a scorcher - at the fifth
Great Dorset Chilli Festival! After the
success of last year, we’re delighted to
be back at St Giles Park for another
scorcher of a weekend in 2015. We'll
have the chilli-con-carne cook-off, run
by the UK Chilli Cook-off Association,
open to pre-registered teams to battle it
out for the Dorset title and a place at
the national finals.
But if you don’t like it hot there’s
plenty of choice from the stallholders
for the less robust palette. Artisan
bakers, cheeses, chocolates, jams, garlic,
Spanish charcuterie, Dorset-made
ginger beer, Dorset ice cream. Plus a
host of other attractions to keep you
amused as you sip, or gulp down a cold
beer.
This is a specialist food festival, not a
music festival! But if you like a bit of
music we have some great acts.
www.greatdorsetchillifestival.co.uk
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SUMMER GATHERING
9 August
Gaunts House, Wimborne
A summer celebration of Music,
Healing and Dance. We invite you to
join us for our annual festival. Jam
packed with workshops, sound and
gong baths, yoga and meditation, talks,
therapies and stalls. A variety of live
music on three stages, one set outside,
surrounded by trees. Each year we aim
to gather people together to celebrate,
learn and most importantly have fun, in
a spiritually charged location within
the peaceful Dorset countryside.
Green-field camping and delicious onsite food.
www.gauntshouse.com
ON THE BUS FESTIVAL
7 - 9th August
Corfe Castle
On The Bus returns with our 4th
annual summer party. Three days
celebrating the best in live and
electronic music in the Dorset
countryside. From one marquee in a
field in 2012, 2015 will bring us three
stages and an additional new area for
open mic and spoken word. There will
be a games arena for daytime silliness
and an increased selection of food
vendors. We only have 400 public
tickets available. And this year we have
Goldie Lookin Chain to headline.
www.afterdark.co
THE WESSEX FESTIVAL
13 - 16 August
All Around Dorset
The Wessex Festival 2015 is 4 days of
beautiful music in beautiful churches in
the heart of rural Dorset, one of the
UK's most idyllic counties.
Concerts and recitals will be taking
place in the Georgian Parish Church in
Blandford, the magnificent Wimborne
Minster, St Martin's Church, hidden in
the grounds of Bryanston School and
St Stephen's Church, Kingston Lacy,
which is part of the Kingston Lacy
estate. Performers include 3 Festival
vocal ensembles, Wessex Chamber
Orchestra, The Brunel String Quartet
and young Dorset musicians.
www.thewessexfestival.co.uk
JURASSIC FIELDS
Saturday 11th July
10am - 11pm
Asker Meadow
Bridport
Everyone loves Bridport and everyone loves a festival. Bring them both together
on a sunny day in July and you’ve got Jurassic Fields.
Jurassic Fields has a real community
vibe about it. Not trapped by the
endless quest for massive headliners,
they have embraced the spirit of a true
local event, welcoming families and
giving some amazing local bands a
chance to shine on the big stage.
We asked festival organiser Dan
Broom what local gems are worth
keeping an eye out for at this year’s
fest:
“Well they’re all great! I wouldn’t know
where to start but obviously local
Bands The Leggomen and Shelby’s
Elbows are both well-known and
performed at the festival last year so
without a doubt will get everyone
dancing. My personal favourites who I
am looking forward to see are Gaz
Brookfield and Orange Street. Gaz is
very similar to Frank Turner and
reminds me of my youth listening to
the Levellers.”
And if you’re feeling in the mood for a
bit of comedy and something a little
different, Dan Broom who coorganises the festival with colleague,
Scott Morris, went on to tell us:
“Look out for the Mother Ukers. Their
version of The Prodigy’s ‘Firestarter’
played on Ukulele is something not to
miss. Alternatively If you like Comedy
don’t miss the headliners of James
Redmond and Adam Kay. James is best
known for being Abs in Casualty and
Adam is best known for his YouTube
hit about the London underground to
the tune of The Jam’s ‘Going
Underground”
Jurassic fields have a keen eye for a
cracking headliner and this year they
have secured the successful Ska band,
Orange Street to see the evening to a
close on the main stage. The band was
formed in 1996 by 2 brothers Lee and
Ryan Fletcher with some school
friends and have become hugely
popular all over the country.
Commenting on their headliner
Dan said:
Photo credit: Graham Hunt
Music, comedy and food and beer the perfect combination for a
relaxed music fueled family fest.
“If you like Ska, which I love but only
realised recently how unfit I am to
skank around all night then Orange
Street is going to have Jurassic Fields
rocking as the Sun goes down!”
Local band The Gravity Drive will be
headlining the second stage. A husband
and wife harmony driven alt-pop duo,
they self-finance, promote and release
their music on their own label working
from their cottage near Bridport.
Aside from the big day, planning and
organising a festival can be a daunting
task. We asked Dan Broom if he had
any advice for other would be festival
organisers.
“Don’t Do it! Seriously, if you are
planning to run a festival, make sure
you do it properly. Good relationships
and advice from the local authorities
will help make your event successful.
Work out a realistic budget. There are
so many things people don’t think
about like insurance, road signs,
security, power for example, but these
things can soon add up into thousands
of pounds and make your event a
success or a flop”.
It’s obvious that the guys and girls
behind Jurassic Fields have a real
passion for what they’re doing and
what they’ve achieved so far. With the
financial help of many local businesses,
fundraisers such as car boot sales,
quizzes and the popular Duck Race
coupled with the overwhelming
support of local music fans, they have
been able to put together yet another
amazing event.
The festival team are also keen to put
something back into the local music
community, with plans to fund a
recording studio and help local
musicians make their mark.
“Both Scott and I have grown up and
lived in Bridport all our lives and the
amazing music scene has always been
there. We just want to give local talent
the opportunity to get a step ahead of
the game. I think music is a part of
everyone’s life and it is just one of those
things that brings everyone together
and makes everyone smile.”
Now that is a festival!
Tickets for this event are only about
twenty quid a pop with kids tickets
around the £5 mark - under 5’s go free.
For full details on the day’s events and
to get your tickets visit:
www.jurassicfields.com
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More in August...
FESTIVAL OF MUSIC & ART
15 - 23 August
Burton Bradstock
If you love great music in a relaxed and
intimate setting, you’ll find lots to
enjoy during six days of performances
by wonderful musicians at this year’s
Burton Bradstock Festival.
Be sure not to miss the sensational new
Celtic band, Ranagri, who start the
week. There’s a treat in store for jazz
lovers with the fabulous singer Tina
May, accompanied by pianist David
Gordon and friends. Music for flute
and harp will be followed by Schubert’s
sublime Cello Quintet in our chamber
music evening. In two orchestral
concerts we'll be exploring the
Elements in music, before our
musicians let their hair down and show
off a bit in the final gala.
The Festival’s Musical Director is
David Juritz, one of the world’s most
celebrated violinists.
www.burtonbradstockfestival.com
WOOFSTOCK
22 August
Marnhull
Well the top secret is out! After much
deliberation we are doing another
Woofstock UK. Last year's was
pawsome and much talked about.
Woofstock UK 2015 is an event like no
other. It is a festival for all things
doggy. In a 9 acre field in Marnhull,
Dorset close to Yeovil and Sturminster
Newton. This is our second year of
running the event with the first in 2014
hailed as a great success. Plus there'll be
plenty of music for you and your doggy.
Woof !
www.woofstockuk.co.uk
PURBECK VALLEY FOLK FEST
27 - 30 August
Purbeck Valley Farm
Corfe Castle
Purbeck Valley Folk Festival is a small
festival set on a farm on the beautiful
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Jurassic Coastline. We’re a festival
that’s loved by everyone because there’s
loads for kids to do, loads for parents
and loads for the old folkies!
www.purbeckvalleyfolkfestival.co.uk
Anonymous Festival
29th August
Maumbury Rings, Dorchester
Anonymous promises to be a great day
of music, entertainment, workshops,
activities and food aimed at the young
people of the county town and their
families organised by Dorchester Youth
Extra and West Dorset District
Council.
The festival has many activities for all
ages, including a previously popular
'Pliosaur Cinema', arts and crafts,
graffiti workshops, walk about theatre,
zorbing, sack races and much more.
There is one main stage with local and
popular young bands - all with their
own original music. The second stage,
the open mic cafe, is sponsored by
'Keep Love Sweet' and is for budding
young artists to perform songs in a
relaxed environment with refreshments
and an indoor seating area. Many local
dance groups, voluntary groups and
organisations in the area take part in
and support this event, and have done
since it begun in 2009.
Anonymous Festival is a free event.
There are many refreshments and a bar,
suitable for all ages and dietary
standards.
September Fezzies
END OF THE ROAD
4 - 6 September
Larmer Tree Gardens
End Of The Road has a unique
atmosphere, relaxed and friendly but
serious about music. The site is
designed in a way that we, as festival
lovers, enjoy. The beautiful pleasure
gardens at Larmer Tree form an ideal
place to create a woodland wonderland,
strewn with art installations and
decorated spaces. From the start Jason
Lehner has been in charge of site
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decoration, so much of the End Of The
Road aesthetic is his.
We try to make sure that everything on
site is the way that we like it: good but
not crazily expensive food (organic and
local where possible), a wide range of
local ales and other drinks at the bars,
and caring and well mannered staff.
There is a musical edge to almost
everything on site with the literary and
film programmes being rich in
musically-related material.
There are no VIP areas, and you’ll often
find musicians wandering about the
site and watching other bands’ shows.
Sometimes spontaneous performances
result.
www.endoftheroadfestival.com
BRIDPORT HAT FESTIVAL
5 September
Bridport
A relaxed family event full of fun. Live
music, children’s activities, food and
bonfire. The Main festival event will be
held in Cooper’s Field, Hospital Lane,
North Allington. Starting at 5pm on
Hat Festival day. Entrance is free, just
don’t forget your hat!
www.bridporthatfest.org
I didn’t do it...
Festival security - saints or sinners?
It’s always fun to watch a bit of drama between other festival
goers and the event security, as they escort off a half naked
stage invader or try to talk sense to someone that now believes
he can fly and his mates are from outer space.
Festival security is often deemed by festival goers as only there
to spoil their fun, but if like me, you have been in need of
them (that mosh pit was sucking me in like a giant crushing
human whirlpool) they can, at the right time, be a sight for
sore eyes.
7 festival essentials
An irreverent guide to what you
really need to take to a festival.
1. All the cash you can carry
You’ll need a lot, festivals usually charge
about £20 for a pint.
2. A borrowed tent to destroy
You’re gonna leave it there anyway.
3. A buddy with more money than you
Pick a nice posh one, with a boss car.
4. Two phones
One for emergencies and one to get nicked.
5. All the cash you can carry, again
Well you’ve gotta eat now, and a greasy
cardboard container full of mystery meat
can set you back £15 (£25 with relish)
6. A powerful aftershave or perfume
Let’s face it, after necking a shedload of
random warm beers and scoffing all that
horsemeat you’re bound to shit yourself.
7. A ready excuse for your bad behaviour
To festival security, try blaming your
sorry state on: (a)A recent bereavement,
(b)Jamie Oliver or (c)You’re French.
We spoke candidly to Dan Wilson, Director of Event Security
Southern Limited, the South’s Coast’s leading supplier of
event security at music festivals about the lighter side of an
average day supervising thousands of festival funsters.
HVM: What are some of the strangest things you've had to
confiscate from new arrivals at a festival?
DORSET DUB FEST
18 - 20 September
Herston Park, Swanage
Why not come and enjoy Dorset Dub
Fest at the gateway to the Jurassic
Coast for three days of great family
fun, entertainment, live music and kids’
activities, take the time to chill out and
relax, browse the trade stands or
bargain hunt in the auto jumble.
Whatever you decide to do you will
have a dubbing good time at Herston!
www.dorsetdubfest.co.uk
DAN: “While searching a young woman recently, it became
apparent that she was expecting a lot of boring interludes to her
festival experience and on the advise of her grandmother had
packed a selection of knitting needles, several balls of wool and a
pattern for christening blanket! we obviously had to take the
needles from her as a safety precaution and suggested she took up
Macrame instead - a less pointy pursuit”
HVM: Do festivals still get the odd streaker? and how do you
go about dealing with a streaker?
DAN: “To date in my career I've only ever dealt with 1 streaker
and that was a 22 stone Rugby player! we deal with them, shall we
say....carefully...you never know what you might grab hold of!
HVM: Do you think that festival goers see you as just trying
to spoil their fun? or do you think that's just par for the
course?
DAN: “That's a difficult one...Organisers have to provide adequate
security and festival Goers one the whole don't consider us as just
there to dampen their fun...you have to remember we are there to
ensure their safety and when needed, to be a friendly ear in times of
distress. Have a chat with us when you see us next, we get lonely!
and we're certainly not all bullies!”
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when weird Al gets mad
"London Calling" was part of a catch phrase ("Good morning America, this is the London Calling!") of a BBC show during World War II, of which the The Clash's guitarists Joe Strummer was a fan.
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From that famous Michael Jackson piss take to editor of
an iconic magazine, Al Yankovic is still out there.
Grammy winner and comic singer
"Weird Al" Yankovic has undertaken
an editorial stunt by accepting the
position of guest editor for Mad
magazine's latest issue.
Weird Al, who is better known for his
songs "Amish Paradise," "Eat It" and
"Like a Surgeon"—respective parodies
of Coolio and L.V's "Gangsta
Paradise," Michael Jackson's "Beat It"
and Madonna's "Like a Virgin"—was
offered the opportunity to venture into
writing and editing when editor-inchief John Ficarra asked him to be the
first guest editor of the magazine.
"It took me about a nanosecond to say,
'Yes, of course I'd love to" said
Yankovic.
Writing for the magazine was totally
different from what he is accustomed
to, but Yankovic said he was helped by
some goo friends
"A lot of people consider what I do sort
of the audio equivalent of Mad
magazine," said Yankovic.
"There is an article called 'Pages from
Weird Al's Notebook,' which are kind
of bad ideas on purpose," Yankovic
said. "It's like it's too horrible to record
but good enough for Mad magazine."
Commenting on how he pays the bills
these days Al said:
"When I first started out, basically you
would tour in order to sell records, and
now the reverse is true, you sell records
so that you can go out on tour."
rate this!
The ‘That’s enough of that’ police
are out in force again, this time
deciding which music videos are
too damn horny for kids.
Their first target was Miley Cyrus’
“Wrecking Ball” which they deem
to be too rude for under 12’s, who
presumably, run the risk of being
permanently warped by such an
inappropriate viewing experience.
“Wrecking Ball” is just one of
hundreds of videos that could be
considered inappropriate for some
younger viewers, but the problem is
that the vast majority watch on
YouTube and Vevo, where there are
no restrictions when it comes to
age.
One group in the UK has been
badgering video giant YouTube
who has agreed to work on
identifying which clips are way too
sexy for our small people.
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Miley Cyrus shows us her knickers
Also getting in on the act, the
British Board of Film Certification
has estimated that one in five music
videos is not suitable for a child
under the age of twelve, due to
language, sexuality, violence, or
something else. (what the heck is
something else!?)
Now, these ratings don’t actually
stop anyone from watching
anything and are merely a
suggestion and YouTube isn’t
willing to put locks on any of its
content. But It may help overly
protective parents ruin their kids
fun untill they get to watch it round
a mate’s house anyway. But let’s be
honest these ratings, or indeed any
type of censorship never work.
And kids are not the idiots we take
them for, they already know where
this stuff is, even the much feared
‘harder’ material and most, without
any help, choose not to watch it
anyway, all by themselves,
god bless ‘em!
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Axl Rose's "Sweet Child of Mine" was Erin Everly, daughter of Don Everly, from the Everly Brothers. Axl and Erin got married, but their marriage only lasted a month.
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the moody blues
The Moodies have changed a lot over the years with countless members and
various solo careers - but now the silver foxes are back in white satin.
If ‘Nights in White Satin’ is the only
Moody Blues song you know, then
perhaps you are not alone. Like many
bands from the sixties, the Moodies
have a tendency to be pigeon-holed
and associated with only one song, a
little like Lou Reed with ‘Walk on the
wild side’ - but as with Reed, there is
always so much more.
It was something of a jerky start for
this great-uncle of a band; only one
single (‘Go Now’ - a cover by
American R&B singer Bessie Banks)
released in november 1964 and which
made no.1 in the UK, had any success
with their original line up - even
though they were enthusiastically
embraced by the music business as ‘the
next big thing’. And on the back of
‘Go Now’, they earned a place as the
support band for the Beatles on one of
their early tours, and the release of
their first album, ‘Magnificent Moodies’
(called ‘Go Now’ in America).
But on the release of their fourth,
somewhat moody even for them single,
‘From the Bottom of my Heart’ was to
be the undoing for Clint Warwick
(bass and vocals), who, knackered from
endless touring and no chart success,
dumped the band for pastures new;
promptly followed by Denny Laine, the
vocalist who had helped to make ‘Go
Now’ such a success with his mournful
lyricism. But then, these two had been
poached from rival bands in
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and Pinder, as a writing combo,
attempted a new direction with a more
folky, pop-orientated theme, but this
did little to impact on the music scene
at the time and single sales were poor.
In desperation, they upped and moved
to Europe, where the money was
rumoured to be better, as was,
presumably, the reception, where they
began to develop a more psychedelic
style which was becoming increasingly
popular. Still, nothing they did during
that time suggested the sort
of world success they (and
we) would come to know
and love.
]
“It’s a kind of drug...
I get hooked on that.”
Birmingham at the time by the original
duo of Ray Thomas and Mike Pinder
(who performed under the somewhat
dubious names of‘’El Riot and the
Rebels’ and the ‘the Krew Kats’)
Enter John Lodge, ex-bandmate of
Thomas and Pinder from ‘El Riot’, and
shortly after, the velvet vocalist Justin
Hayward joined the group. However,
these two did nothing to turn around
the fortunes of the band; Hayward
In fact, it was all down to
the decisions of their label,
Decca, who, having taken a chance on
them in the early days, and to whom
they owed substantial studio fees from
a string of failed singles, now offered
them the prestigious opportunity to
create an album that would be used to
market their new ‘Deram’ record label.
This, combined with a new dream team
The Moody Blues:
Justin Haywood
Graeme Edge
John Lodge
Buoyed by the success of this album,
and their resultant increased popularity
and bank balance, the band produced a
second album quickly afterwards. ‘In
Search of the Lost Chord’ (1968)
utilised the backlog of psychedelic
tracks they handily already had written
from their time in Europe. However,
lacking the expensive, over-the-top
orchestral accompaniment of the ‘Days’
album, (Decca declined to pay for any
more of that) the replacement came in
the form of a strange, sixties
contraption called a ‘mellotron’ - an
organ-like device and sort of precursor
to computerised music in that it was
capable of producing a variety of
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The Moodies playing to a sellout crowd at Danbury’s Ives Concert Park in 2014
solid tones of Beatles-ish sounds
interspersed with meandering,
haunting tunes, pleasing harmonies
and typical-of-the-time trippy, hippy
lyrics. The following year they
produced ‘On the Threshold of a
Dream’ which, apart from the intro, has
an altogether more structured,
conventional style, but one which
moved away from the more
psychedelic, Sergeant Pepper-esque
theme and established a unique
‘Moody Blues’ sound using the full
extent of Justin Hayward’s
lovely voice, along with a
generous helping of Thomas’s
trademark flute and wideranging orchestral overtones.
This was an equally
accomplished album, but it
now left them with an
identifiable sound that was unreproducible outside of the studio. So,
when recording ‘A Question of
Balance’ they addressed this by
reducing their reliance on overdubbing and studio effects and going
back to basics. The result was a more
raw, rocky album (for them at any rate),
departing from the over-produced
sounds of previous work, but
nonetheless, which contained great
imagination and depth. Then, after
their subsequent album, ‘Seventh
Sojourn’ in 1972, followed by a
gruelling, if well-attended world tour,
the band took a break - for five years.
“I only managed to
write half a song with
the drummer”
different, orchestral-like sounds. The
Beatles had used it on ‘Strawberry
Fields Forever’ and ‘I am the Walrus’
and by sheer coincidence, Mike Pinder
had worked in the factory that made
the Mellotron, so not only did he know
how to play it, but also to how
customise the thing to get the sounds
he wanted from it. The result was a
confident, highly-produced album with
The Moodies debut album
]
Once apart from each other, all of the
members spent at least some of that
time recording solo albums, and
Hayward and Lodge recorded one
album together. (‘Blue Jays’, 1975)
Hayward also worked on the ‘War of
the Worlds’ album with Jeff Wayne in
1978 which produced a couple of
highly memorable singles; most
notably ‘Forever Autumn’ and ‘The Eve
of War’.
Nothing was quite the same again; the
band re-formed in ‘77 and the first
album from that reunion, ‘Octave’, was
well received, but soon after, keyboard
player and original member, Mike
Pinder, left the band and ex-Yes
keyboard player, Patrick Moraz,
replaced him. Four more studio albums
followed, as did many, extremely
successful live tours, but Moraz grew
tired of not having his talents noticed,
claiming, towards the end, that his only
contribution to the band was "half a
song with the drummer." He finally
left in 1991.
But what of Ray Thomas, the group’s
famous flautist and founder member?
After ‘Long Distance Voyager’ (1981),
his influence within the band
somewhat waned. He wrote and played
the flute less, but in compensation, was
able to what he loved most, which was
to sing more on stage. He retired from
the band in 2003, partly due to ill
health, yet his songs are some of the
most famous still played live by the
band.
Now in 2015 the Moodies, consisting
of Justin Hayward, Graeme Edge and
John Lodge are out on tour again.
When asked if he still had the
enthusiasm to be back on the road,
Hayward replied: “I’ve got used to the
road. And having that bit of magic in a
room with that group of people is
something that I never want to give up.
It’s a kind of drug. I get hooked on
that.”
The Moody Blues 11th June at the BIC.
Tickets are around £50
available from: www.bic.co.uk
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Suzanne Vega is considered the “mother” of the mp3 format. The creators of the mp3 used her voice from the song Tom’s Diner for analyzing the different sound spectrums when creating the compression algorithm.
A playinglive
of people to work with, including A&R
executive Hugh Mendl, staff producer
Tony Clarke, staff engineer Derek
Varnals and conductor/arranger Peter
Knight, the resulting album was a
complete departure from their usual
efforts into an orchestral-based
extravaganza. From this came arguably
their most famous album of their
career, ‘Days of Future Passed’, which
contained that iconic track ‘Nights in
White Satin’; the ‘slow-dance song at
the end of the disco’ for a whole
generation.
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Orville Gibson, founder of The Gibson Guitar Corporation in Kalamazoo, Michigan in the late 1890s, only registered one design patent. It was for the first archtop mandolins he made.
Can’t get to sleep? nodding off to your favourite game music maybe the answer
Lately, while dozing off in the
Headvibe office we've been listening to
a chill jazz album. It’s songs have soft
saxophone solos with a lovely piano
playing in the background, making
them perfect to drift off to.
Strangely, it's also an album made up
of covers of video game music, put
together by Norihiko Hibino, a
composer best known for the Metal
Gear Solid games. It's a weird
combination, but it works - the album
essentially takes your favorite game
songs and strips them down into
something much more soothing.
"I believe music with less notes, lots of
space, and most importantly, sincere
prayer while performing, is best for
sleep," says Hibino.
The album is called Prescription for
Sleep, and is actually the second in the
"game music lullabies" series. It
features songs from a diverse range of
games - from modern titles like Skyrim
and Shovel Knight to classics like
Chrono Trigger and early Final Fantasy
games - all performed by Gentle Love,
a two-man group formed by Hibino,
a saxophonist, and pianist Ayaki.
While the songs chosen for the album
are diverse, ranging from thumping
anthems to chiptune music, the covers
all have the same soothing style. The
album even features "Snake Eater"
from Metal Gear Solid 3, a song
originally composed by Hibino.
Our personal favorite is the iconic
moon theme from Ducktales on the
NES, which has been transformed
from a bleeping retro classic into a
wonderful piece of chill jazz.
The first album featured covers of songs
that were already relaxing, but for the
follow-up the duo decided to go in a
different direction.
"For volume two, I challenged Gentle
Love by choosing more melodic pieces
that weren't necessarily sleepy to begin
with," says producer Jayson Napolitano.
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Hibino says that the older songs in
particular are easier to adapt to the
lullaby style, mainly because they're
much more distinctive.
"Modern orchestral scores can be more
ambient in nature," he says, "and
sometimes there's not a strong melody
to expand upon and explore."
The resulting album - available now is a unique way to interact with your
favorite video games, letting you
re-discover their music in a new way.
"I think you'll find that you can have it
on repeat and sleep through the entire
thing," says Napolitano, "but also
actively listen while awake and discover
a lot of intricate detail."
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organization that doesn’t receive any
money from the city of Miami,” said
city commissioner Frank Carollo.
Dorchester
Goldies Public House
Tom Browns
The Sydney
The Durnovaria
Dorchester Arts Centre
Old Ship Inn
Bulls Head
Victoria Hotel
Corn Exchange
Weymouth
Golden Lion
Sailors Return
Duke of Cornwall
The Rendezvous
The Pavilion
Wyke Smugglers
Finns
Flaming Jack's
The Red Lion
The Boot Inn
House of Sounds
The Black Dog
The Gloucester
The Lazy Lizard
Ultra festival’s Bayfront Park is toxic - clean-up could take 18 months
In 2013, Ultra grossed over $79
million, but the organization is
hesitant to undergo fixing the problem,
insisting it neither has the funds nor
time - “you would have to literally
ingest the dirt to get sick.” said a
festival official.
Miami has a nasty pollution problem.
Everybody who partied at this year’s
Ultra Music Festival in Bayfront Park
did so on top of soil heavily tainted
with arsenic and lead.
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During a 2014 survey of Bayfront Park,
it was found to be extremely toxic, and
the city is neglecting to assist with
cleaning up Ultra’s stomping grounds. “This is expensive, especially for an
Bayfront Park was created in 1925,
using mud pumped from Biscayne Bay.
City officials have no clue how the soil
became so toxic
.
Regardless of health concerns, leasing
the park to event organizers is a major
revenue stream for the Bayfront Park
Management Trust, and they’re not
likely to jeopardize over a year’s worth
of income.
Bournemouth
Chaplin's Cellar Bar
02 Academy
The BIC
The Winchester
The Anvil
Jalarra
Mr Kyps
The Old Fire Station
Smokin' Aces
O'Neil's
Sixty Million Postcards
The Grove Tavern
The Richmond Arms
Buffalo
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With way too many individual gigs taking place in Dorset to list
every month, here instead is a rundown of all the cool pubs,
bars, theatres and clubs that regularly have live music.
Give ‘em a Google and find out who’s playing near you.
Bridport
The Lord Nelson
No.10 Café Bar
The Ropemakers
The Crown Inn
Electric Palace
115 Club
Swanage
The White Swan
White Horse Inn
The Ship
Blandford
The Greyhound
The Crown
The Dolphin
Railway Hotel
Kings Arms Hotel
The Royal Oak
Crown Hotel
Charlton Inn
The White Horse
Poole
The King Charles
The Lord Nelson
Patrick's
The BriT Pub
Jolly Sailor
Poole Arms
The Goods Yard
The Victoria Cross
Lighthouse
Jalarra
The Winchester
Sherborne
The Mermaid
Plume of Feathers
Powell Theatre
Digby Tap
The White Hart
Skippers
Half Moon
Britannia Inn
Yeovil
Octagon Theatre
Westlands
The Forester's Arms
The Red House
Orange Box
Bell Inn
The Armoury
Lyme Regis
The Nags Head
Pilot Boat
The Royal Standard
The Harbour Inn
Cobb Arms
Marine Theatre
The Rock Point Inn
Talbot Arms
The Volunteer Inn
Portland & Wyke
The George Inn
Th New Inn
The Royal Exchange
The Wyke Smugglers
Shaftesbury
The Kings Arms
The Fountain Inn
The Half Moon
The Ship Inn
Beggars' Banquet Café
The Grosvenor
Ye Olde Two Brewers
The Fontmell
Arts Centre
Errors and omissions:
What can we say? bound
to be. But do let us know
if we’ve missed a great
venue and we’ll add it in!
and if any of these places
are now defunct, tell us
about that too!
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Elvis Presley's house Graceland was named after original owner SE Toof's daughter, Grace. It is the second most visited private residence in the United States outside the White House.
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can music solve conflict?
a busker’s lot
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Lemmy of Motorhead's first band were called The Rockin' Vickers. They were the first British band to play behind the so-called 'Iron Curtain' when they visited Yugoslavia in 1965.
One hypothesis is that music helps us to reconcile our conflicted emotions
when making choices - Headvibe gets nerdy with some music science...
The human ability to create and enjoy
music has puzzled the finest minds
since Aristotle. Even Charles Darwin
was unable to explain how music
evolved by natural selection, and he
concluded that “music is the greatest
mystery”. However, a credible
hypothesis to explain how music
evolved in human culture has been
proposed by Leonid Perlovsky of
Harvard University. He proposes that
music helps us to deal with cognitive
dissonance, thereby allowing us to
navigate a world teeming with
contradictions.
Cognitive dissonance, much studied in
social psychology, refers to situations
we all regularly face when we
experience conflicting attitudes, beliefs
or behaviours - or in other words, the
difference between our expectations of
how the world should be, and the way
the world actually is. These conflicts
produce discomfort that we feel
compelled to reduce by changing our
attitude, belief or behaviour. For
example, you enjoy smoking
(behaviour) but you know it causes
lung cancer (cognition); you reduce the
discomfort of the consequent cognitive
dissonance by falsely telling yourself
the chances you will get cancer are
infinitesimally small.
The world of busking is not always a happy one, from being accused of begging to
getting arrested and all for a few coppers in your cap.
"Busking", or if you're not from these
shores "Street performance" is the
practice of playing a musical
instrument, singing or performing any
type of act in a public place for tips.
Probably the second oldest profession
after prostitution! A way of making
some honest cash whilst honing your
skills as a performer and entertaining
the good people of the town Dating
back to pre history, busking exists
across almost every culture of the
world. Why then is it such a
misunderstood and often under
appreciated thing?
Does music help us to deal with cognitive dissonance?
The development of human culture
depended on acquiring new knowledge,
much of which contradicted existing
beliefs, consequently producing
cognitive dissonance. Perlovsky
proposes that cultural development was
somehow enabled by music.
For example, when language was
emerging, the new words split the
previously unified world into more and
more distinct pieces, causing
widespread cognitive dissonance.
Music, on the other hand, unifies the
world into a whole. Perlovsky traces
anti Vietnam protests back in the late sixties and early seventies brought
music to the negotiating table.
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Story by Martin Freed
how music developed in line with great
cultural changes – from the time of
King David right up to today.
Music speaks to our emotions. Love
and death are huge universal themes in
human culture, each steeped in
contradictions, so perhaps it is no
coincidence that so many popular
songs deal with love and betrayal, but
the fact that it can make us feel good
when all else fails is proof that this
evolutionary masterpiece does work.
When human language started to
emerge from crude vocalisations, it
divided into two branches, one low and
the other high in emotion. The
emotional branch evolved into music
and the other into ordinary language,
each chosen by natural selection. We
incorporate emotions into all of our
decision-making. Music powerfully and
uniquely conveys an array of nuanced
emotions, helping us to reconcile our
conflicted emotions when making
choices. Music enhances our cognitive
abilities. Cognitive dissonance was a
concomitant of human cultural
development. We created music, in
part, to help us to tolerate and
overcome it.
I have busked on and off for most of
my adult life and I can quite honestly
say it is one of the most satisfying and
joyous ways there is to make money.
There's nothing quite like the sound of
a coin hitting the guitar case or a
complete stranger smiling as they pass
by. I believe that the vast majority of
people like to hear some live music in
the street. It brightens up their day. I
have been told this many times whilst
out busking. It is not uncommon to
have several friendly chats in one day
with people who simply want you to
know that they like what you do. Most
councils allow busking and some even
encourage it because they realise it
It seems that a long time ago in England, busker's would enlist the help
of the "Jakies" (alcoholics) to collect the money while they performed
brings life to the town and a smile to
peoples faces.
That's the up side. Not everyone is
quite so open minded. Camden council
recently introduced a one thousand
pound fine for anyone found busking
without a license. It is however quite
legal to busk in Camden provided you
pay the council nineteen pounds a year
for a license!! Hmm....so it's OK to
busk as long as the council get a slice of
comic Bill Bailey pitched in to do an excellent piss-take of Billy Bragg at
the protests against Camden's new anti busking law.
your hard earned cash!.Nice one
Camden! I have never known a rich
busker who does it for a bit of extra
pocket money. Most do it as a means of
feeding themselves and because they
are compelled by an inner passion to
play their music and have it heard. A
common misconception is that buskers
are nothing more than performing
beggars. Surely begging by definition
involves asking for money. In all my
years of busking I can honestly say I
have not once asked anyone for
anything! I don't know a busker who
has. All money is given voluntarily by
generous and appreciative music lovers.
It is all too easy to forget that before
the invention of recorded sound, all
music was live.Sure, having instant
access to every track ever recorded at
your finger tips is without a doubt a
wonderful thing, but lets remember
this. Live music is real music in it's
most organic and purest form. Busking
is fundamentally the grass roots of live
music, it is a good and positive thing to
do and there should be more of it.
Long live Live music. Long live the
busker!
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The intro to Eddie Floyd's Knock On Wood is the same as the intro to In The Midnight Hour, but the chord progression is played backwards. Both songs were co-written by guitarist Steve Cropper.
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the jimmy hillbillies
A cross between the Stray Cats, Deliverance and the Waltons on acid, the mashed up
sound of this magnificent seven stomp a rockabilly beat into hillbilly classics.
empire affair - pangs ep
We were fortunate enough to catch
Jimmy Hillbillies playing on last year’s
festival circuit, and they were quite
amazing and foot stompingly unique.
The band are a good-time, Hoedowning "Rockabilly Stomp" outfit
straight out of Dorset. They specialism
in a heady mix of old time Hillbilly and
Country tunes, mashed up with a
driving rockabilly bass and beat, then
fused with some modern classics, to
generate a distinctive and ultimately
danceable, party band.
The Hillbillies spawned out of the
dying embers of Kentucky Fight Club
in the spring of 2013 in the pursuit of
the perfect two beat. After dodging
around the borderlands of Dorset, the
lineup settled into what it is today, a
seven piece rockabilly stomp outfit
with: Harry Cotbeans on mandolin and
lead vox - Rockabilly Rob and his slap
bass - Sue Magrew squeezing the
accordion and blowing her tin whistle J twatting the drums - Marko on
rhythm guitar - Mama Delle providing
Percussion and doubling up that
accordion sound - and band
spokesman, Ski Daddle playing
Washboard, his bizarre Didge of Doom
and the odd bit of banjo.
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Who’s who? not a clue, you decide, but here are the names:
Ski Daddle, Harry Cotbeans, Rockabilly Rob, Sue Magrew, J, Marko and Mama Delle
Well it seems clear that they love a
good mash-up and let’s be honest, who
doesn’t. And when you get to hear
them, and you should, you’ll realise
what a surprisingly coherent fantastic
noise billows out from the stage and
takes possession of everyone capable of
slapping their thighs vigorously.
We asked Ski about the band’s musical
influences:
“Musically we're inspired by the many
genres that will get people up dancing.
Our sound is based in old time country
and passes through classic fifties
rockabilly into today. Taking in a pinch
of classic westerns, Carry On Films
and anything with Johnny Cash in it
on the way.”
We love a bit of Johnny here at
Headvibe, and wondered how they go
about constructing their musical
renditions. Ski told us:
“The Jimmy Hillbillies songs are full of
references and hooks that you'll know,
or think you'll know. We've done some
chirpy covers like Bugsy Malone, some
old time favourites like Pick a Bale of
Cotton and mash-ups of classic
spaghetti westerns.”
For a band trying to find its own space
in the crowded music industry it is
imperative to find your own sound. It
is fine to take inspiration and borrow
ideas from other successful artists but
you must make it your own. Create
something original and different and
you will find an audience searching for
just that. A recent find that seems to
nail this idea is Empire Affair.
up of Neil Tallant (vocals), Jack
Woolston (guitar), Matt Park (guitar
and keys), Tom Parrett (bass) and
Darren Sheppard (drums). Together
they have played over 100 gigs
throughout London, Bournemouth,
Oxford, Winchester and even Croatia.
Their hard work is very evident and
their goals of rock stardom seem to be
approaching fast.
The band formed back in 2011 in
Bournemouth, England and has been
working hard ever since to define their
original sound. Empire Affair is made
Late last year Empire Affair released
the Pangs EP. The 5 song record shows
the bands growth into full fledged rock
stars in the making. Right from the
opener “Press Reset” we can see an
interesting mix of sounds that
somehow creates a relaxing yet
energetic tone. The group vocals turn
the song on its head making it quite
attention grabbing. The standout of
the album is “DNA Code”. It is an
uplifting straight up rock track that
gets the blood flowing and toes
tapping. Neil’s vocals lift it to an
almost anthem level at times. There is
a nice Vampire Weekend influence
heard on “Forest Beyond The Trees”
with its staccato phrasing but Empire
Affair takes it further making it a truly
original song. The album closes with
the memorial sound of “End Of
Disco”. It is a relatable track of moving
on from past musical loves and moving
forward to never forget the past.
Overall the Pags EP is a great sense of
where Empire Affair is headed and we
are excited to hear more soon.
www.empireaffair.co.uk
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And if you’re up for a bit of a hillbilly
stomp you can find out more on
facebook/thejimmyhillbillies,
or go see them this June at:
Pig on the Beach 'Smoked and Uncut'
festival on Sunday June 21st
London Tavern, Ringwood on
Saturday 27th June or Vee Dub at the
Pub, Wimborne on Sunday June 28th.
Or if you fancy a listen, wave your
smartphone over the QR code below.
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Eric Clapton popularized a setting for lead called "Woman Tone", which basically consists of the neck pickup with tone control rolled back, and is also used by Slash.
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songs from beyond the grave
Led Zeppelin didn't release singles during their heyday in the UK, and the b-side to the US release of Immigrant Song - Hey Hey What Can I Do? - was the band's only non-album release.
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Despite accusations of child abuse and even paedophilia
Sia continues to make weird videos with 12 year old
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Being dead doesn’t stop you releasing new albums these days - But it doesn’t come
from beyond the grave but usually from a dusty attic.
special to offer the Nirvana faithful:
“We’re going to be putting out an
amazing album this summer...It will
feel like you’re kind of hanging out
with Kurt Cobain on a hot summer day
in Olympia, Washington as he fiddles
about. It’s going to really surprise
people.”
If you're a fan of British
indie pop band The xx,
then you're probably a fan
of Jamie xx, who has
recently been branching
off into his own psychedelic
solo career.
Australian kook Sia released her latest
video, Big Girls Cry, which features an
unsettling solo performance from her
12-year-old muse Maddie Ziegler.
In the video, Ziegler wore the same
controversial ensemble that she has
sported in two of Sia’s previous videos,
with the young dancer donning a nude
body suit and a blonde bob wig. The
video was filmed up close, focusing
only on Ziegler’s head and shoulders
against a black background.
Throughout the video, she performs
bizarre moves and facial expressions
like sucking her thumb, sticking a
finger in her mouth like a toothbrush
and pulling at her wig. All acted out in
a frenzied, fast-paced manner while
occasionally banging the sides of her
head with her hands as if demented.
There are many other unusual scenes in
the ‘designed to cause a stir’ pop vid At one point during the three-and-ahalf minute film, a pair of hands with
red-painted fingernails come from
behind and cover Ziegler’s mouth.
Another equally strange moment in the
video is when the young dancer is
hoisted up into the air by an invisible
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hand, then struggling to break free, by
kicking her legs frantically she
eventually frees herself from this
bizarre interlude and resumes her
creepy performance.
In a Daily Mail article, Ziegler’s
performance was described to be
“so intense that at times, it seems as if
the girl is being driven mad by some
unseen force.”
- yeah, no doubt that bloody awful
music playing in the background.
Sia’s third music video received a
warmer welcome compared to her
second one, Elastic Heart, which
featured actor Shia LaBeouf and
Ziegler. The artist dealt with tons of
criticism from social media users who
associated the video with pedophilia,
finding LaBeouf and Ziegler’s ‘tussle’ as
inappropriate and even labeled it as
child abuse.
And although some reviews found the
singer’s latest work of art “intense” and
“stirring.” - some never got the point, if
there was one there to be had in the
first place. But who knows what’s going
on with art these days, take a dump on
a plinth and in a flash, you could be in
the Tate Modern if you know the right
people.
His debut solo album
In Colour is set to be
released this June, and
today we were blessed with
a surprise release of this
gorgeous music video for
his new single, Gosh.
Directed by Erik Wernquist,
who also made Wanderers,
a breathtaking short film
he describes as:
"a vision of humanity's
expansion into the Solar
System."
Gosh is a collection of slow
zooms and pans over an
unidentified planet based
on images from NASA,
JPL and Goddard Space
Flight Center Scientific
Visualization Studio.
Paired with the bizarre
minimalist music, the result
is hypnotic.
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The new Kurt Cobain album’s release
date is already being set for the
summer of 2016. Although Morgen
did not tell everyone what exactly will
be on it.
Having finished with the Rolling
Stones, documentary filmmaker, Brett
Morgen has now been rummaging
about in Courtney Love’s old drawers.
Already having cobbled together a
flakey documentary film release
entitled: Kurt Cobain: Montage of
Heck - a film not well received by fans,
he now has plans to make a soundtrack
album of the same name. Scraped
together from a pile of ancient audio
tapes found by Courtney Love, in a
dusty box, the album may not be what
fans are hoping for. No lost Nirvana
gems here or inspired solos from the
king of grunge but lots of badly
recorded duets with Courtney and a
few lame Beatles covers - yawn.
But the quality of the base material
hasn’t seemed to cloud Brett’s vision of
Dollar signs, and when asked he
certainly thinks he has something very
Cobain’s life was always a bit of a mess
and it seems that nothing has changed
since his death, even now there are still
a few out there who think Kurt is just
hiding in a toilet somewhere trying to
get some ‘quiet time’. And it always
comes across a little desperate when
these sort of ‘found tape’ album’s pepper
the end of someones otherwise talented
career, particularly after they’ve popped
their clogs decades ago, but there’s
always a quick buck to made that’s for
sure, especially if you hang out by the
right type of dusty boxes.
there’s only one direction for Hawking
Heartbroken girls should pay close attention to the study of theoretical physics
One Direction fans mourning the loss
of Zayn Malik from the group,
Stephen Hawking may have just made
your day.
universes.” He then continued:
“It would not be beyond the realms of
possibility that somewhere outside of
our own universe lies another different
universe – and in that universe, Zayn is
still in One Direction.”
The famed physicist and alleged thrash
metal fan, has suggested that the singer
may still be in the boyband, albeit in a
parallel universe yet to be discovered.
Hawking appeared in 3D hologram
form for a talk at the Sydney Opera
House. Beamed in from Cambridge
University, the professor covered a
range of big issues, before being asked
by an audience member: “What do you
think is the cosmological effect of Zayn
leaving One Direction?”
Hawking replied: “Finally, a question
about something important... My
advice to any heartbroken young girl is
to pay close attention to the study of
theoretical physics, because one day
there may well be proof of multiple
As if that wasn’t enough to raise the
hearts of crushed 1D fans everywhere,
Hawking officially became their new
hero by adding that the girl “may like
to know that in another possible
universe, she and Zayn are happily
married”. Just don’t tell Perrie Edwards.
“Beam me up Scotty!” were Hawking’s
last words, before his digital image
disappeared in a flash of light.
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Before settling on ex-Scream member Dave Grohl, Nirvana went through five drummers: Aaron Burckhard, Dale Crover, Dave Foster, Chad Channing and Dan Peters.
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sirens in the cellar
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Famous Bridport watering hole and legendary live music venue is given the once over
The female Simon & Garfunkel, but with a lot more energy and foot stomping,
it’s Sound of the Sirens at The Cellar bar in Boscombe - Story by Andy Dixon
Arab Strap's third album is called Elephant Shoe. Elephant Shoe is a phrase mumbled by nervous teenagers who don't want to say "I love you" to girls.
Simon & Garfunkel might actually be
an unfair comparison, because these
girl’s musical offerings have the same
perfectly timed harmonies and tuneful
songs but with bucket loads more
energy and vibrancy in their
deliverance that easily outshines their
1960s counterparts.
Attend a gig of Sound of the Sirens
and I defy you to not be spellbound by
the sheer bravado and spirit of their
performance. If you find your foot isn’t
tapping along at some point then you
must be deaf, dumb or dead. You are
likely to leave with the same feeling of
elation from having watched a
fantastic, uplifting movie.
Although Bridport boasts many a cool
music venue, when you talk to local
bands it seems that at some point they
have all played at the Ropemakers, an
intimate and lively pub venue in the
heart of the town.
Delving into the pub’s history we
found that The Ropemakers was built
in the late eighteenth century and was
originally called The Sun Inn. After a
quick wash and brush up and a name
change it became Ropemakers as we
know it today. The pub is much larger
than it looks from the street and
stretches way back ending in a pretty
courtyard area.
We asked landlord John Baker how the
Ropemakers has built it’s reputation as
one of Bridport’s top music venues
“When we first took over the
Ropemakers the music offered was
almost entirely blues rock covers
bands...over the years we have changed
the focus to a really varied set of
musicians. We now have a range of
music on offer from jazz bands,
through to ska, reggae, cowpunk, rock
and americana.”
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The pub’s dedication to live music has
also caught the eye of the major tabloid
press with the Guardian
recommending The Ropemakers as a
top live music venue.
Getting the right bands for your
audience can be tricky, we asked John
how he went about it:
“We have a really good relationship
with the musicians who play for us and
we believe that treating musicians well
is all part of the deal...and keep it
interesting!...over the course of the last
few months we have had new and
upcoming bands at our Open Mic
night through to Stone Roses guitarist
Aziz Ibrahim all performing at the
Ropemakers!”
So there you have it, simple really; well
chosen bands, a great venue and an
eager audience make for one of the best
live music experience in Dorset.
Find out who’s playing and when:
www.theropemakers.com
Their songs, from their debut album
‘A Long Way To Fall’ and EP ‘Under
The Stars’, have a hopeful theme to
them; a celebration of womanhood and
all its tribulations. Just two acoustic
guitars, strummed with much gusto
and the occasional change to mandolin,
locked in with a kick bass drum and
foot tambourine, which is more than
enough for this duo to grab your ears.
A drummer or bass player are not
missed here, and would possibly detract
from the bands dynamics from
stomping guitar rhythms to gentle
picking on the strings. On one of the
slower, more poignant songs; ‘Anything
Less’, you feel the young women are
pouring their hearts out to the
audience, allowing themselves to
express their own failings and regrets of
ending relationships and their
desperate hopelessness. It’s a touching
song that summarises the human
condition.
Sound of the Sirens live at the Cellar Bar Boscombe, May 2015
Are We’, these must be their most
‘commercially’ sounding numbers,
cleverly structured songs that weave
fluently from despair to jubilant
defiance.
These girls from Exeter, can really sing,
their voices soar with every last ounce
of breath in their lungs, no holding
back or any sense of repression. The
two voices complement each other
beautifully; Hannah’s a husky soulful
tone to Abbe’s higher, clearest sky
notes. The timing and notation of their
intricate harmonies is impeccable,
lending itself to my comparisons of
other greats such as Mumford & Sons,
Indigo Girls and the recent First Aid
Kit.
The other joy of their performance is
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INon PORTESHAM!
their
stage banter and self mockery.
The upbeat rhythms of ‘The Night
The Dolmen always a firm favourite at The Ropemakers
Before’, which arrest your ears
immediately, almost disguise the
lyrical content of a doomed
relationship, the sour taste of a love
beginning to exceed its sell by date,
accusations flying and resentments
building, all sung with pleading despair.
Along with ‘In This Time’ and ‘Who
Do artists need to take themselves so
seriously? Not Sounds of the Sirens.
It’s refreshingly obvious that these girls
love what they do and have a deep
fondness for each other, smiles
exchanged during songs, both giving
no less that 100% conviction to their
own compositions. Their love for
performance is truly infectious, lifting
the mood of any depressed audience
member. Who needs Prozac?
Next stop, The Watering Hole at
Perranporth, with countless more gigs
throughout south west of the UK.
Amongst many popular festivals the
girls will also be playing the ultimate,
electric muddy fields of Glastonbury
Festival in June, a step further for
Sound of the Sirens.
You may need to leave the county,
(only just!) to see the girls play in the
near future but it’s worth the trip and
you can find out more here:
www.soundofthesirens.net
- We had the pleasure of seeing
these girls at the Forever Sun
Festival last year and they were
truly amazing, I’m not surprised
they went down so well in
Boscombe too! - Ed
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Louis Armstrong holds the record of oldest chart topper. Having reached number one in the UK in 1968 with the song ‘What A Wonderful World’. He was 67 at the time.
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The world's official fastest rapper is Ricky Brown. He holds the Guinness World Record by rapping 723 syllables in 41.27 seconds on his track No Clue, in January 2005, in front of a licensed speech therapist.
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BAD MAY DAY
Billy
Peoples poet, boxer, keen swimmer and occasional
lumberjack, Billy Braggs tells it how he sees it.
When questioned about his mysterious
overnight arrivals, Billy held nothing
back in boasting that he had come to
the aid of the now seatless politicians,
offering them sanctuary after receiving
a call from a distressed Prescott who
had got them all round his gaff and
wanted to go to bed.
“When John got me on the blower,
what can I say? the man was in a sorry
state, crying and going on about the
state of his lounge carpet.”
Billy went on to tell us that he had sent
a local Polish courier company to
collect the unelected rabble. Prescott
had apparently been loaded on by
mistake after being found asleep on the
floor and mistaken for a sofa.
“God knows what I am going to with
Prescott, he’s hungry and pissed off and
been locked in the toilet since he got
here” reported a stressed Billy.
“The rest have wandered off around my
giant mansion...I am having the staff
lock down the house room by room in
an attempt to force them all out into
the garden, but it could take a while
due to my house being so unnecessarily
gigantic” bragged Billy.
On being questioned concerning his
challenge for party leader, Billy
boasted:
“I should have been made leader
fucking years ago, I’m the peoples poet
and have tons of room to entertain
posh people and important foreigners”
He then went onto to sing us what we
can only assume would have been a full
version of his only hit New England,
but we’ll never know, as we hung up
after about 20 seconds.
For those who would like to meet Billy,
hear him drone on about his massive
house and welcome in his new curly hair
Billy will be at:
Snipps Hair Salon,
22b The High Street,
Burton Bradstock
tomorrow from 9am for a brag and a
light perm.
May Day celebrations were marred
in Brian May's hometown of
Windlesham on Monday when the
silver afro-ed rocker stormed his
local village green accompanied by
his sister Anita Dobson. The couple
who were seen pushing aside
potential May Day queens
vandalized the festivities Maypole
claiming that May Day was actually
in honour of him, and therefore it
should be him that the scantily clad
local lasses should be dancing
around.
Talking to the press later after being
released from a Surrey police
station with just a caution May, 93
was horrified to learn that he was
not the only one claiming May Day
for himself. Indeed, recently
got-rid-of Top Gear presenter
James May, had also been at it,
frantically tweeting to his fans that:
"it's all I have left"
Boxing promoter Frank Warren,
famous for setting up previous
controversial celebrity bouts such
as as Dot cotton Vs Frank Bruno
speculated that this May Day
confusion could be brought to a
conclusion and invited both May's
to duke it out in the ring with Home
secretary, Theresa May to face the
winner in a further deciding bout
ahead of next years celebrations.
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If you’re feeling a little backed-up following a recent bereavement it looks like
some nut from Holland may have the answer.
While the possibility of life after death
is open to speculation it seems that sex
after death is now a reality thanks to
mad Dutch inventor, Mark
Sturkenboom, creator of ‘21 Grams’ a
bizarre new sex toy for horny grieving
widows.
Braggs
Having lost the election the surviving
members of the Labour party are
rumoured to be ‘laying low’ at Braggs
mansions. A convoy of scruffy vans
were seen entering Bragg’s massive
house at speed at approximately 3am
on Friday. One heavily weighed down
vehicle was rumoured to be carrying
fallen minister and punchy party
mascot, John Prescott. Amidst wild
rumours of Braggs running for party
leader we managed to get Billy on his
mobile, posing as hairdressers and
slipped him a few probing questions
whilst booking him in for a perm.
morbid musical makeout
‘21 Grams’ - so called as it’s the
theoretical weight of the human soul
(if you believe in souls that is) and by
coincidence roughly around the same
weight as your dearly departed’s ashes,
gives you the ability to tip said ashes
into the provided glass dildo and insert
the resulting combination into
whatever rocks your mournful boat.
But you don’t have to solemnly whack
off in silence, no way! why not also
take advantage of the devise’s iPod
docking station and pleasure yourself
to some old tunes from your romantic
past with whoever you now have in
dust form between your legs - and for
any women who’s sexual prowess may
have been likened at times to ‘shagging
a corpse’ by their now defunct ex, it’s a
cool way of levelling a degree of poetic
justice against that hurtful statement.
There’s even a scent diffuser that can
be loaded with his favourite aftershave
and pumped out at regular sexy
intervals to give you a complete full-on
sensory effect.
So, thanks to this new sex toy,
although your loved one may have
popped his cloggs it needn’t be the last
time he popped your cherry!
- so to speak.
simply the breast
A 3D hologram of Nigella to be used as virtual
scoreboard for UK Eurovision Song Contest scores.
Although an actual list of point scores
will be available to British viewers it will
be accompanied this year by a virtual
image of busty telly cook, Nigella
Lawson, who’s holographic breasts will
either shrink or enlarge in relation to
how our entry is doing against other
countries.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of
the musical competition and will see
Australia take part for the first time.
The BBC, who expect a lot of
Australians to be viewing the show from
the UK, have added the Boob-o-Meter
amidst fears that the Aussies may not
understand the traditional points system
and wanted to give them something
they could more easily get a hold of.
AWARD DOUBLE
Super friendly and inseparable tv
duo, Ant and Dec have scooped
another prestigious award at this
year's annual Ant & Dec awards.
The Ex PJ and Duncan popsters
having returned recently from
Portugal where they were seen
visiting property agents in search of
what has been rumoured to be 'an
overseas love nest,' took to the stage
on Saturday to accept the award from
their mums.
They were later seen partying with
like minded couple Sean Rider and
Bez. This marks the second year in a
row that Ant and Dec have won the
coveted award and celebrated with
the Happy Mondays pair - on that
previous occasion the foursome had
also been joined by variety misfits
the Crankies. But they had been
omitted from the celebrations this
time round after Dec had discovered
that one of them was actually a
woman - although he wasn’t sure
which one.
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'Irish' band U2 aren't really all Irish. Adam Clayton was born in Oxfordshire, England, to English parents. The Edge (David Evans) was born in Barking, east London, to Welsh parents.
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An insightful review of Mumford & Son’s new album Wilder Mind - by local musician, Tom Brown
I hate Mumford and Sons. Their
perpetual boring samey same folk
songs make me want to rip out my ear
drums.
I once had to sit through the whole of
Babel (Their shit 2012 Album) because
my neighbor was sat in his garden
listening to it, after every song he
would say tuuuuuuuune, he was
probably stoned. You could argue I
didn’t have to sit through it and I could
have just closed the window or left my
flat. No, I’m not leaving my flat for
Bumford and Sons, and I’ m not
closing the window either, I needed
fresh air, it was a Sunday and I had just
woken up with a cocktail hangover, you
know the one, where the night before
you tried to make your way through all
the cocktails at the local wine bar.
Anyway, how can you tell if it’s a good
tune? It sounds exactly the same as the
11 other tracks. In hindsight I probably
should have gone to back to bed.
Now in 2015 they have a new album,
probably like many other people who
appreciate music I was expecting to go
in to it with vitriol and instantly
despise it and make fun of their beards.
I don’t like beards, even less Mumford
and Sons beards.
To my sadness it wasn’t shit folk (all
folk is shit) it was actually fairly catchy,
rocky, bollocksy, deep and I dare say
soulful. (Although the same irritating
voice that doesn’t sound like he’s got a
frog in there but rather whole fucking
komodo dragon)
Here is a rundown of each track - don’t
expect to get anything useful out of
this -
Mumford & Sons yesterday.
1. Tompkins Square Park. It’s ok,
I don’t understand what he’s saying
though, must be the Komodo.
2. Believe. This is no Joke but I wrote a
song that sounds exactly the same. I
wrote mine before Bumford’s so they
will be hearing from my legal
representative, Saul Goodman.
3. The Wolf. I thought it was punk
when it started but it’s not.
4. Wilder Man. Probably the only
track I could say I like. (Like in the
same way you like things on Facebook
sometimes that you don’t really like but
you’re being nice because it’s a picture
of someone’s half dead dog or
something to that effect)
5. Just Smoke. It sounds like
something I’ve heard before.
8. Broad-Shoulders Beasts. No.
9. Cold Arms. Dismally depressing.
I might cover it.
10. Ditmas. Sounds like that song by
Fun. Deceivingly not fun though.
11. Only Love. I skipped it, anything
with love in the title is not worth
anyone’s time or the tape it was
recorded on. Do they still use tape?
12. Hot Gates. I have no more
opinions.
So it’s not great and I may have
mislead you when I said it was maybe
soulful and deep, it’s samey same shit
pop rock and I still hate them but I did
call it bollocksy too, not in the way that
something is ballsy though. It is actual
bollocks.
6. Monster. Verging on Folk, meh.
listen to The Wolf
7. Snake eyes. Again, sounds like
something I have heard before. I won’t
listen to it again.
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