April 8th, 2006 cmsj
A couple of years older, a couple of years wiser, I saw Ugly Duckling again at the Jazz Cafe in cheery old Camden Town recently. Last time they were Meat Shakin’, but this time they had Bang for The Buck which is a really sweet album and makes for some very cool live performance.
The venue is kinda small so it’s *very* cosy, but the only people at UD gigs seem to be all other UD fans, so everyone is having a shitload of fun and is ignoring the inevitable game of “guess the body part” ;)
From a weird, observational point of view, the typical demographic this time was older and more suburban than last time, which is…as I said, weird.
If you’re not familiar with UD, head to their site (link above) and it will play a track. Reload for another. Realise you want the rest ;)
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June 29th, 2005 cmsj
Woo! Ok, so the torrential rain and inches of mud were a bit of a pain, but didn’t dampen many spirits and the festival was still a lot of fun :)
I saw some groovy acts play (Jools Holland, Van Morisson, Royksopp, etc.) and saw some funny sights (the guy in the tent near us who made a habit of walking around naked, for example) and generally communed with hippies for a few days.
I hope the 2007 festival is as good, if not better!
My pics are here, mooks’s are here and Tam’s are here
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June 12th, 2005 cmsj
I forgot to mention that I saw The Chemical Brothers live recently. They’re touring at the moment, so a few of us caught them at the Brighton Centre (not the best gig venue in the world ever, it has to be said). They rock a bunch :)
Up and coming musical happenings are my trips to Glastonbury and Big Chill festivals - expect lots of photos unless some pikey half-inches my camera ;)
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April 21st, 2005 cmsj
Last night I went to a DJ Format gig at the most excellent Concorde 2 here in Brighton, with Alex and Simon.
In short, it rocked!
Format is a great DJ and Abdominal is a great rapper. D-Sisive was ok, but doesn’t seem to be as good as Abdominal.
They played some tunes off their new album, “If you can’t join em, beat em” as well as some classics from “Music for the Mature B-Boy”, including a very funny version of Vicious Battle Raps with most of the lyrics reversed from the original.
There was a bunch of crowd interaction, including getting a guy to race against Abdominal; he had to eat a breadstick and then whistle in the same amount of time it took Abdominal to rap out 8 bars at full speed (which isn’t very many seconds). Personally I think he lost, but they gave him the CD anyway ;)
If Format and friends are playing anywhere near you (click here to find out), you should go see them :)
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November 9th, 2004 cmsj
I think I’ve figured out what I’m going to be doing on New Years Eve….. another Ugly Duckling gig! woo!
If you’re interested (and you should be), check it out here before the tickets run out!
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November 1st, 2004 cmsj
It’s Monday. It’s the 1st of November. It’s 2004. This means only one thing…
Tonight I am going to an Ugly Duckling gig in London! WOO! More when I’ve actually been ;)
Update: Wooo! UD rock live! They were unfortunately a little late arriving, so could only play for about an hour, but the set they did was fantastic - funky and funny. I strongly recommend you grab their albums/EPs.
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