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velvet-station-digest   Wednesday, February 13 2002   Volume 05 : Number 008



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  RE: [VS] anything going on in the UK these days?  [Philippa.Demonte@bmg.co]

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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:05:57 +0100
From: Philippa.Demonte@bmg.co.uk
Subject: RE: [VS] anything going on in the UK these days?

Hi

If you're talking about shows as in gigs / concerts, then check out
www.gigsandtours.com 

For London specifically, the best thing to do is buy yourself a copy 
of Time Out magazine as soon as you land - it has the listings for 
everything happening here, including gigs, films, theatre, events, 
museums....

I'd otherwise recommend:

* 'Beach Club' - Monday nights at Notting Hill Arts Club (21 Notting Hill
Gate)
Free entry between 6 - 9 p.m., and then #4.  Drinks are reasonably priced.
It's a weekly club night started by my film-maker friend Stian and
photographers Jorn and Marcus
Features graphics / photography / short films by up'n'coming Scandinavian
artists + DJs
Similar venue to Head On, but really chilled out atmosphere.  The Hives have
hung out 
there a couple of times

* 'Lazy Dog' - Sunday nights at Notting Hill Arts Club
Doors open at 4 p.m., but get there for 3 p.m. to ensure you get in (it's
very popular)
Ben Watts from Everything But the Girl + 1 other are the regular DJs

* Friday 22nd February - Dislocation @ Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell
Road (nearest tube: South Kensington)
It's a one-off gig / clubnight with Beach Club.
There are going to be different musicians / DJs / sound installations in
each room 
- - it's rumoured that Nils Petter Molvaer might be playing.

* 12 Bar Club, Denmark Place (just off Charing Cross Road - nearest tube:
Tottenham Court Road)
Small intimate venue - really good for low-key acoustic gigs (I've seen
Morten Abel, St. Thomas
and Ephemera have all played warm-up gigs there before)

* Camden Monarch, Chalk Farm Road
Velvet Belly played here once, but it's otherwise more of an indie (rock)
venue for up'n'coming bands
Fridays and Saturdays are indie club night (playing tracks by people such as
Pulp, Strokes, Pixies...)

...or for bigger venues, check out Shepherd's Bush Empire, Forum, Wembley
Arena, Hackney Ocean...

For jazz / soul music, Camden Jazz Cafe or Pizza Express in Soho (think it's
Wardour Street)
are good

Depends on what your taste in music is

 - fLip - 

- -----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Rinnan [mailto:thomasr@nvg.org]
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 10:05 PM
To: velvet-station@smoe.org
Subject: [VS] anything going on in the UK these days?


Hope y'all will forgive me for being slightly off topic here.

I'm going for a short vacation in Britain from feb. 15. to feb. 25. and I
wondered if there's any good shows in London (or elsewhere for that
matter) while I'm over. Given the musically enlightened subscriber-mass on
this list I figured I'd pop the question here :)

Any links to more info would also be appreciated. Mail me off-list.

- -Thomas
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