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Damn You! My town's not got gigs as good as these...

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by Mike Diver
Nottingham rocks y'know. If you didn't, how's this for a reminder:

DAMN YOU! KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS
DECEMBER 4th-10th 2004

A week-long streak of gigs featuring LIGHTNING BOLT, JOEYFAT, PRINTS, SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN, BIRDS OF DELAY, JACKIE-O-MOTHERFUCKER, WOLVES! (OF GREECE), SPIN SPIN THE DOGS, SEACHANGE, BURNING MAN, SAINT JOAN, LAST OF THE REAL HARDMEN, DEAN ROBERTS, MODEL FIGHTER, JOHN CHANTLER, HOOVER, LORDS, BULLET UNION and more tbc.

The price for such joy? JUST £20. Yes kids, a week-long pass to all the rock you could ever want costs less than a ticket to see Yeah Yeah Yeahs in Londinium. Really, there's no sense in this world of ours.

The pass will also allow YOU, the wise purchaser of said pass, access to the fantastic Damn You! Record Swap, as well as offering you top prices on booze, a fancy laminated picture thing, and a bunch more jazzy shit.

"WHERE CAN I GET THIS PASS FROM!?" you say. If I were running this, I'd make it a Willy Wonka's Golden Ticket-type affair - you'd have to eat your way through 40 Mars Bars an hour. As it is, just go into Selectadisc in Nottingham, visit Seetickets, or e-mail Damn You! themselves (mnewnham@damnyou.co.uk). Nice. Advance tickets for individual nights can be purchased through the same channels.

So, here's what's shaking:

DAMN YOU! RECORD SWAP
Saturday 4th December
Green's Mill Old School Hall, Windmill Lane, Sneinton, Nottingham
1pm-4pm (maybe beyond)

Everyone has a box of records taking up space in their bedroom. You know, the ones where you tried to branch out into a different form of music then realised that, hey, gabba is where it's at after all and you don't need those poxy Canadian post-rock albums. Well, this is your chance to have a clearout and get some new records in the process! Bring you unwanted records down to The Old School house in Sneinton and trade them with other people. When we say trade, we like the idea of swapping your unwanted record for someone else's unwanted record, meaning there are two less unwanted records in the world! Of course, you may wish to trade records for money, booze or magic beans; it is entirely your choice. Also feel free to bring musical instruments, record players, dansettes, separates, speakers, band t-shirts, badges, music videos and any other related items!
Entry is absolutely FREE. If you want to have a table to swap/sell things then it will cost you £2. This money goes to cover the hire of the Hall and any proceeds after costs will go to Cancer Research. If you don't have enough bits for a full table, feel free to split the cost with a mate. Tables are FREE to anyone who has bought a weekly ticket for Damn You! Know It's Christmas.
We will also have a bit of a bakesale going on, so anyone who wants to bring some nice snacks down will be most welcome!

WCWJAGA & Damn You! present: An Evening at the Old School Hall
SEACHANGE
BURNING MAN
SAINT JOAN
LAST OF THE REAL HARDMEN

Saturday 4th December
Green's Mill Old School Hall, Windmill Lane, Sneinton, Nottingham
8pm-midnight
£4 on the door

LIGHTNING BOLT
JOEYFAT
PRINTS

Sunday 5th December
The Boat Club, Nottingham
£5 adv / £6 door

SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN
BIRDS OF DELAY
+ one more tbc

Monday 6th December
The Maze, Nottingham
£5 adv / £6 door

TBC
Tuesday 7th December

JACKIE-O-MOTHERFUCKER
WOLVES! (OF GREECE)
SPIN SPIN THE DOGS

Wednesday 8th December
Bar None!, Nottingham
£5 adv / £6 door

DEAN ROBERTS
JOHN CHANTLER
MODEL FIGHTER
+ one more tbc

Thursday 9th December
Bar None!, Nottingham
£3 adv / £4 door

HOOVER
LORDS
BULLET UNION

Friday 10th December
The Maze, Nottingham
£5 adv / £6 door

BUY YOU FOOLS.


Damn You! My town's not got gigs as good as these...

Hm... only 3 hours drive a day... shall I / Shan't I?

Damn You! My town's not got gigs as good as these...

Wow, there are in some wierd places, Bar None is a bit of trendy estate agents bar, The Boat Club is pretty cool but never has any gigs and The Maze is smaller than a tiny girl in a jar. Nottingham - up its onwn bottom, but damn good for it. Sometimes. Yeah!

Re: Damn You! My town's not got gigs as good as these...

Bar None is an extremely nice room, run by a chap who is letting us do whatever we want and not charging for us for it. The Boat Club is a wonderful place which doesn't get used any more because Anton (you used to do gigs there) is now works at The Rescue Rooms. The Maze is 150 capacity, so it is a lot bigger than a tiny girl in a jar. The weirdest place of all is The Old School House by Green's Windmill in Sneinton. The idea is to have gigs happenign in different places and contexts. Variety is the spice of life!

Damn You! My town's not got gigs as good as these.

20 quids a damn good deal, wish i could go

Damn You! My town's not got gigs as good as these...

Is this "Hoover" the USA band Hoover that put records out in Dischord??? Or a UK band?

Damn You! My town's not got gigs as good as these...

You know when people complain they dont live in london?
Well i'd like to complain about the fact i dont live near nottingham.
shame. this looks amazing.

Damn You! My town's not got gigs as good as these...

i am melting. this looks incredible. is that college time? mite have to take some time out and travel halfway across the country. yes.

Damn You! My town's not got gigs as good as these...

I don't live near London or Nottingham. What a fucking cunt of fucking cunt piss. Geography's a bastard.

Damn You! My town's not got gigs as good as these.

are lightning bolt doing any other dates?

Re: Damn You! My town's not got gigs as good as these.

Yes.
A top secret one in London town.
Is on the cards.
I could tell you.
But then I'd have to kill you.

Damn You! My town's not got gigs as good as these...

I'm still working on that time whole thingy, when I've finished I'll send everyone one, and well all be able to be there in no time at all...instead of 3 hours drive.

Damn You! My town's not got gigs as good as these...

looks like a daily 30 minute train ride to nottingham from 4-10 notts fer me

Damn You! My town's not got gigs as good as these...

Lightning Bolt at the Boat Club! And I have a deadline the day after. Fuckeration.

Damn You! My town's not got gigs as good as these...

Surrey to Nottingham = too far. Stupid provinces!!

Damn You! My town's not got gigs as good as these.

Jackie-O-Motherfucker eh? I hear those boys are rather good. Would I be correct?

Re: Damn You! My town's not got gigs as good as these...

why does nothing and i mean bugger all happen in n.ireland? we aren't that bad

Damn You! My town's not got gigs as good as these.

In case any of you little Nottinghams dont know, Lightning Bolt got ill and are now playing TONIGHT (wednesday) along with Jackie-O Motherfucker and Wolves!(Of Greece)

get the fuck there!




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