At last the February edition of Suited and Booted has been put to bed! The West Dorset & South Somerset edition will be out next Tuesday or Wednesday (the Taunton & Bridgwater edition possibly a little sooner).
Live events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Sneaky Pete Und Der Vipers @ Green Dragon, Combe St Nicholas
Enter Shikari, Johnny Mental, In The Eyes Of Midas & Dead Shade Of Red @ Flicks Bar
Bleedin Hartz @ Swan Hotel, Crewkerne
On The Nod @ Harry's Bar
Andy Frost Band @ Phoenix Hotel, Chard
Backwater @ Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Dave Hussey @ Poulett Arms, Lopen Head
Bell & Brunton @ Fleur de Lis, Stoke-s-Hamdon
BJ McCabe @ Quicksilver Mail
Live events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Turnette Doone @ The Westgate Inn, Taunton
Cadence @ The Pen & Quill, Taunton
Cold Shot @ Cross Rifles, Bridgwater
Rod Clements @ Bridgwater Arts Centre
Sneaky Pete Und Der Vipers @ Green Dragon, Combe St Nicholas
Midnight America @ George Inn, Uffculme
Novecento @ Brewhouse Theatre (until 28th)
Watch out; your iPOD might get you mugged!
Street robberies in England and Wales are growing faster than at any time for three years, police figures showed yesterday. The number of muggings rose by 11 per cent in the third quarter of last year and threaten to return to the levels before Tony Blair ordered a crackdown in 2002.
His "street crime initiative" helped to drive down muggings significantly by pouring police into 10 inner city crime hotspots. But since the money for the £80 million scheme dried up last year, the problem has returned. Police chiefs put most of the blame on the attraction of high-tech 3G mobile telephones and iPods.
Yahoo Web Awards
Yahoo has put together a list of the weird, wonderful, great and good web sites that the UK has to offer. If you click the link above it will take you to the Yahoo page. We particularly liked www.liveplasma.com it presents a graphical map on screen based on the band name, Film Director, movie or Actor that you put in. Very Funky! (It works better with well known bands though)
Today's web link
We thought we would introduce a new web link to you each day (or when we think about it!). This one will take you to cameras dotted around the tourist sites of London, including Trafalgar Square and Big Ben.
http://www.earthcam.com/uk/england/london/index.php?cam=2
Have a fun day!
The Editor
Friday, January 27, 2006
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Tuesday and it's rather quiet
Panic reigns in the Suited & Booted nerve centre as the February edition of the magazine is being finished. But we still have time to let you know what is going on.
You're probably itching to know all the wonderful things that will happen today aren't you? Well actually since it is a Tuesday it's a little quiet.
Music events for South Somerset & West Dorset today
None...sorry!
Events in Taiunton & Bridgwater areas
Junk @ Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton (until 26th)
Aladdin @ Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton (until 28th)
Pasadena Roof Orchestra @ Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton
Do we live in a Police State?
There are those who would argue that we already live in what many describe as a Police state. Others believe we are sleep walking our way into it with the huge increase in the use of CCTV, so called ID cards and now the introduction of numberplate reading cameras on every major road. They know where you are every second of the day.
We spotted this piece by the Gaurdian online and thought you may find it interesting. Click the headline above.
Have a free day!
The Editor
You're probably itching to know all the wonderful things that will happen today aren't you? Well actually since it is a Tuesday it's a little quiet.
Music events for South Somerset & West Dorset today
None...sorry!
Events in Taiunton & Bridgwater areas
Junk @ Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton (until 26th)
Aladdin @ Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton (until 28th)
Pasadena Roof Orchestra @ Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton
Do we live in a Police State?
There are those who would argue that we already live in what many describe as a Police state. Others believe we are sleep walking our way into it with the huge increase in the use of CCTV, so called ID cards and now the introduction of numberplate reading cameras on every major road. They know where you are every second of the day.
We spotted this piece by the Gaurdian online and thought you may find it interesting. Click the headline above.
Have a free day!
The Editor
Friday, January 20, 2006
Spam, music & being British
Do you get as pissed of as we do with the amount of spam email messages you receive each day? We don't have an answer and to be honest the Yahoo filters get rid of the junk but why do the spammers assume that my 'equipment' is too small, my bank account in dire need of a lottery win or that I want to change my phone provider (again)?
Come the day of the revolution....
Live events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Alias @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Bleedin Hartz @ Fleur de Lis, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Martha's Vineyard @ Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Jongleures @ Poulett Arms, Lopen Head
Mid Life Crisis @ Hardy's, Bridport
Live events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Jester Jones @ The Westgate, Taunton
That'll Do @ Cross Rifles, Bridgwater
Cross Fire @ Cross Rifles, Bridgwater (so there are either two bands playing or someone made a mistake!)
Gold Blend @ Beam Bridge Hotel, Well
Nikki King @ Monkton Inn
34FF @ The Pen & Quill, Taunton
Jive/Rock'n'Roll @ Taunton R'n'R Club
Recently our glorious Chancellor (always with his hand in your pocket) has made lots of noise about what it means to be British. There has been lots of comment on this but we saw this follow on the Telegraph Newspaper web site and thought you might enjoy it!
Come the day of the revolution....
Live events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Alias @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Bleedin Hartz @ Fleur de Lis, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Martha's Vineyard @ Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Jongleures @ Poulett Arms, Lopen Head
Mid Life Crisis @ Hardy's, Bridport
Live events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Jester Jones @ The Westgate, Taunton
That'll Do @ Cross Rifles, Bridgwater
Cross Fire @ Cross Rifles, Bridgwater (so there are either two bands playing or someone made a mistake!)
Gold Blend @ Beam Bridge Hotel, Well
Nikki King @ Monkton Inn
34FF @ The Pen & Quill, Taunton
Jive/Rock'n'Roll @ Taunton R'n'R Club
Recently our glorious Chancellor (always with his hand in your pocket) has made lots of noise about what it means to be British. There has been lots of comment on this but we saw this follow on the Telegraph Newspaper web site and thought you might enjoy it!
In an attempt to assist him (Gordon Brown) in his quest, then, here are a few experiences of modern life that might help us define what it means to be a 21st-century
Briton:
• Being sent e-mails that say you have won £341,000 on a lottery you didn't enter, and all you need to do to claim the prize is to forward your bank details.
• Endowment shortfalls.
• Arriving for the 6.45am train, which is delayed until 7.01am and being told by the station customer services manager that bikes are banned from
trains after 7am.
• Yo-yo diets.
• Your MP doing an impression of a randy tom cat on national television.
• Never being more than five miles from a Body Shop branch.
• The entire country grinding to a halt at the first hint of snow. Or sniff of bird flu.
• Receiving an unsolicited call from someone in India calling himself James who says you could be paying nothing for your phone calls from now on.
• Calling back to India a month later on discovery that you are in fact paying three times what you did before only to be informed that James no longer works for the company.
• People saying "yeah, no, no, no, yes" when they just mean "yes". Or "no".
• Learning that the Government spends more on consultants than on sports rovision.
• Perpetual Sofa Kingdom sales that "must end noon Friday".
• Sitting on the bus listening to white youths with Jamaican accents calling each other "blud". That's what I'm saying, innit.
• Wondering who Mark Oaten is. And Chris Huhne.
• Learning Polish to communicate with your plumber. Or hairdresser. Or GP.
• Watching the brilliant political satire The Thick of It and realising that is how most government policy is really made. Including this one.
• Thinking that, in the end, the British are too modest a bunch to start waving flags in annual self-celebration.Have a very British spam free day!
The Editor
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Wednesday- Local band breaks up!
X-Teller Split!
One of our favourite local bands has announced that they are to split. X-Teller, who many will know from their regular gigging in the area sent us the message below last night.
If you read the last newsletter, we mentioned that X-Teller was moving forward with enthusiasm and dedication. Unknown to half the band this was not the case! Last week a sudden decision was made that the band X-Teller was to dissolve, with two members citing personal reasons as the main factor to leave. The band would like to thank the fans and everyone who has given their support over the last four years for taking them to where they were and would like to apologise for the cancellation of the forthcoming advertised listings. Never fear though! The rhythm section are sticking together and will be back soon with new members, new music and a new website. More details will follow when we have them. X-Teller CD's are still available along with FREE posters at www.roguerockrecords.co.uk
It's a shame but we can only hope from the ashes two new bands will arise.
Today is deadline day for the February edition of Suited and Booted.
Send us your events, adverts, listings, jokes or Valentines messages today! Preferably by email to suit_boot@yahoo.co.uk
Events Today
Not much, actually at the moment we can't find any...we'll keep looking!
More posts later today.
The Editor
One of our favourite local bands has announced that they are to split. X-Teller, who many will know from their regular gigging in the area sent us the message below last night.
If you read the last newsletter, we mentioned that X-Teller was moving forward with enthusiasm and dedication. Unknown to half the band this was not the case! Last week a sudden decision was made that the band X-Teller was to dissolve, with two members citing personal reasons as the main factor to leave. The band would like to thank the fans and everyone who has given their support over the last four years for taking them to where they were and would like to apologise for the cancellation of the forthcoming advertised listings. Never fear though! The rhythm section are sticking together and will be back soon with new members, new music and a new website. More details will follow when we have them. X-Teller CD's are still available along with FREE posters at www.roguerockrecords.co.uk
It's a shame but we can only hope from the ashes two new bands will arise.
Today is deadline day for the February edition of Suited and Booted.
Send us your events, adverts, listings, jokes or Valentines messages today! Preferably by email to suit_boot@yahoo.co.uk
Events Today
Not much, actually at the moment we can't find any...we'll keep looking!
More posts later today.
The Editor
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Quiet Tuesday-Idiot responses in Oxford
Tuesday Events - There's not much on!
The only event we have for you today is "The Last Laugh" @ The Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre in Taunton playing until the 19th.
Be careful who or what you call Gay
It's a new twist on the idea that the world has gone stark staring bonkers but in Oxford a student from Ulster was arrested for calling a Police officer's horse Gay.
This apprently homophobic remark resulted in two squad cars taking the student away for a severe talking to.
The full story is here.
In the end no charges were brought as there was no 'disorder'.
The story is to me incredible, because I lived in Oxford for a while and I always wondered where the Police were, when violence broke out or shops were broken into. Now the mystery is solved, they were out arresting students for not being sufficiently politically correct.
Here's another politically incorrect word; the Police behaved like IDIOTS!
Have a completely non PC day!
The Editor
The only event we have for you today is "The Last Laugh" @ The Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre in Taunton playing until the 19th.
Be careful who or what you call Gay
It's a new twist on the idea that the world has gone stark staring bonkers but in Oxford a student from Ulster was arrested for calling a Police officer's horse Gay.
This apprently homophobic remark resulted in two squad cars taking the student away for a severe talking to.
The full story is here.
In the end no charges were brought as there was no 'disorder'.
The story is to me incredible, because I lived in Oxford for a while and I always wondered where the Police were, when violence broke out or shops were broken into. Now the mystery is solved, they were out arresting students for not being sufficiently politically correct.
Here's another politically incorrect word; the Police behaved like IDIOTS!
Have a completely non PC day!
The Editor
Monday, January 16, 2006
Monday...quiet..iPOD users
Happy Monday
Not much going on today to excite your musical synapses but there is Open Mic Night @ The Westgate in Taunton if you fancy a sing.
Baffled by your iPOD?
Help will soon be at hand for technophobes who don't have a clue how to use their iPods - but at a price.
New tutorials costing £65 for 40 minutes are to be offered at Selfridges' flagship London department store.
The scheme comes in response to queries from customers who are baffled by the best-selling MP3 music players, a spokeswoman said. The one-to-one "iPod Survival" sessions will aim to teach clients everything there is to know about the trendy Apple device. Subjects covered will include general use of the iPod, using iTunes, installing and deleting videos, creating playlists and downloading Podcasts.
Have a great day!
The Editor
Not much going on today to excite your musical synapses but there is Open Mic Night @ The Westgate in Taunton if you fancy a sing.
Baffled by your iPOD?
Help will soon be at hand for technophobes who don't have a clue how to use their iPods - but at a price.
New tutorials costing £65 for 40 minutes are to be offered at Selfridges' flagship London department store.
The scheme comes in response to queries from customers who are baffled by the best-selling MP3 music players, a spokeswoman said. The one-to-one "iPod Survival" sessions will aim to teach clients everything there is to know about the trendy Apple device. Subjects covered will include general use of the iPod, using iTunes, installing and deleting videos, creating playlists and downloading Podcasts.
Have a great day!
The Editor
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Sunday Papers & more.
Sunday is of course the day when many pick up the papers to be astounded by what goes on in the world.
It was reported in the Sunday Times today that a police officer in Nottinghamshire is being investigated for comments he made about a local criminal being questioned in another room. The copper referred to the criminal as "pondlife" (a fairly mild insult we think) and his words were picked up by covert cameras installed at the station for other reasons.
The criminal did not hear the comment but because he may have been offended if he had heard it, the officer is under investigation.
What complete and utter bollocks!
The legion forces of the politically correct have once agin truimphed over British common sense! It is time this stupidity was brought to an end.
What about some music?
Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Off The Wall promotions Live Music night @ Quicksilver Mail, Yeovil
Little John @ Labour Club, Yeovil
KEZ @ Yeovil Ex-Services & Social Club
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Relocate @ The Old market, Bridgwater
News from Tom Toomey in Africa
Tom sent us a message yesterday to say that the bore hole that Music For Africa was raising money for is now complete! A fantastic piece of news for all those who helped and contributed. We take running water for granted here but in other places this is a major change in life.
Have a great day
The Editor
It was reported in the Sunday Times today that a police officer in Nottinghamshire is being investigated for comments he made about a local criminal being questioned in another room. The copper referred to the criminal as "pondlife" (a fairly mild insult we think) and his words were picked up by covert cameras installed at the station for other reasons.
The criminal did not hear the comment but because he may have been offended if he had heard it, the officer is under investigation.
What complete and utter bollocks!
The legion forces of the politically correct have once agin truimphed over British common sense! It is time this stupidity was brought to an end.
What about some music?
Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Off The Wall promotions Live Music night @ Quicksilver Mail, Yeovil
Little John @ Labour Club, Yeovil
KEZ @ Yeovil Ex-Services & Social Club
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Relocate @ The Old market, Bridgwater
News from Tom Toomey in Africa
Tom sent us a message yesterday to say that the bore hole that Music For Africa was raising money for is now complete! A fantastic piece of news for all those who helped and contributed. We take running water for granted here but in other places this is a major change in life.
Have a great day
The Editor
Friday, January 13, 2006
Friday 13th!!
It's Friday 13th!
Aaargh, cross everything as today is Friday 13th and of course this is the day when things traditionally go wrong. But what about a change? What if today things go wrong in your favour? The Inland Revenue could mistakenly send you a cheque for £1000, you may get upgraded on your holiday booking or your car gets a full service instead of just an oil change because the mechanic makes a mistake? It could happen!
Rather be famous than brainy?
We saw this on Yahoo
LONDON (Reuters) - Dazzled by the attractions of fame, more than one in 10 young Britons would quit school to become tomorrow's tabloid star, a survey showed on Friday.
In a country obsessed by celebrities, a growing number of children are more interested in becoming rich and famous than getting a good education, according to research from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC).
Around nine percent thought fame was a great way to earn money without skills or qualifications.
"Young people realise that you don't need skills for being famous and believe it is easy, which it is not," Max Clifford, the country's best known publicist, told Reuters.
Tabloids are littered with "revelations" about C-list celebrities and the country's most famous couple, David and Victoria Beckham, have made millions of pounds from gracing the front pages.
But the LSC pointed out that the chances of being picked for a Big Brother-style TV show and being popular afterwards were around one in 30 million, longer odds than winning the lottery. Clifford, who has acted as agent for many fleeting celebrities, agreed.
"I would say to star-wannabes: See it as the lottery, try it but don't count on it, don't rely on it. "Get yourself educated, get yourself a job, get yourself a situation."
On the other hand maybe, just maybe, teenagers are wondering what the point of going to Uni is when you end up thousands of pounds in debt and still only manage to get a job flipping burgers. Just a thought.
Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Third Time Lucky @ Fleur de Lis, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Chill @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Dave Green @ Poulett Arms, Lopen Head
Krays @ Westminster, Yeovil
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Blazing Stump Folk Club @ The Royal Oak, Lux.
Secret Seven @ The Pen & Quill, Taunton
Relocate @ Cross Rifles, Bridgwater
Cold Shot @ The Westgate, Taunton
Cathie Ryan Band @ Bridgwater Arts Centre
Spooky Man 'sucked into grave'
A man is suing New York church officials claiming he was sucked into his brother-in-law's grave while tending the plot in a scene reminiscent of a horror movie.
Gerard Glock, 39, of Flatbush, Brooklyn, said he was trimming weeds at St Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale, Long Island, when the earth collapsed under his feet and he found himself waist-deep in Charles Rizzo's grave.
"I just fell right into his grave," Mr Glock told the New York Daily News, adding that his wife, daughter and mother-in-law were watching in shock. "It was exactly out of a horror movie," he said. "It was like being buried alive. My daughter was hysterical, crying. My wife was in shock."
Have a safe day!
The Editor
Thursday, January 12, 2006
FREE Valentines messages in Suited & Booted!
February is a time for lovers!
So what will be in it for me I hear you asking?
Simple we are going to give a page over to any Valentines messages you would like to send; and it's for free!
So what will be in it for me I hear you asking?
Simple we are going to give a page over to any Valentines messages you would like to send; and it's for free!
Make the subject line "valentine" and we will do the rest...for FREE
Remember:
Remember:
Send your love message by email to suit_boot@yahoo.co.uk
We will print it in the February edition of Suited and Booted for free.
Pass this message on to a friend!
Thursday: Gigs, Ski Lodge & Jazz
It's a bit quiet tonight for a Thursday but it is still January so perhaps it is to be expected.
Advance News for a gig on Friday
This week Jesse James return to Yeovil with a preview of their second album.
The band are doing two UK previews one in London and one in Yeovil.
Jesse James in Belgium
The show is already heavily sold and a sellout is predicted.
The reserve list is now full so the only places you can get tickets are Acorn Records
and here http://www.wegottickets.com/event/8388
Friday Jan 13th @ Ski Lodge - Yeovil, Somerset
JESSE JAMES - http://www.jessejames.co.uk/ - www.myspace.com/jessejames - (Deck Cheese)MUMRAH - http://www.mumrah.com/ - www.myspace.com/mumrahWEAPONS OF BRASS DESTRUCTION - http://www.beachball-skacore.com/ - www.myspace.com/wobd (Powerpop)GOATORCYCLE - http://www.goatorcycle.co.uk/ - www.myspace.com/goatorcycle
Tickets £6
On Sale @ Acorn Music, Yeovil
http://www.seetickets.com/ & www.wegottickets.com
Doors 7pm
Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
The Rooms @ Phoenix Hotel, Chard
Bleedin Hartz @ Harry's Bar
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Jack & The Beanstalk @ Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton (until 21st)
Jazz this Saturday in Sherborne
On Saturday 14th January, the Liane Carroll Trio play at Sherborne Jazz Club. (At the Plume of Feathers)
They say;
We are really looking forward to bringing you yet another award-winning jazz event: a performance by the red hot singer and pianist Liane Carroll and her trio.Not only a regular favourite at Sherborne Jazz Club, Liane was a double winner at this year's BBC Jazz Awards.Liane is one of the most stylistically flexible pianists around, with a marvellous, slightly husky singing voice. She is enjoying considerable success with her brand of joyful, soul-infused jazz and her wicked sense of humour, and is much in demand, not least by Ronnie Scott's in London where she appears regularly.Described by Time Out as "Utterley brilliant", "The real thing" by The Independent on Sunday, and even "Highly recommended" by Michael Parkinson, Liane is one of the finest, most exciting jazz singers in the UK today, and always draws a capacity crowd on her visits to Sherborne.You are guaranteed great music from Liane who is a very fine pianist, a supreme vocal talent and last, and by no means least, fun!Tickets are £12 for non-members, £10 for members and £7 for students (with ID), and are available from Sherborne Tourist Information Office in Digby Road, Sherborne or by phoning them on 01935 815341. Accompanied under 18's are free.
For further information visit http://www.sherbornejazz.org.uk/ or call 01935 410881.
sherbornejazz is at The Plume of Feathers, Half Moon Street, Sherborne.
Doors open just before 8.00pm with the music starting around 8:30-8.45pm until around 11:00pm.
Have a great day.
The Editor
Advance News for a gig on Friday
This week Jesse James return to Yeovil with a preview of their second album.
The band are doing two UK previews one in London and one in Yeovil.
Jesse James in Belgium
The show is already heavily sold and a sellout is predicted.
The reserve list is now full so the only places you can get tickets are Acorn Records
and here http://www.wegottickets.com/event/8388
Friday Jan 13th @ Ski Lodge - Yeovil, Somerset
JESSE JAMES - http://www.jessejames.co.uk/ - www.myspace.com/jessejames - (Deck Cheese)MUMRAH - http://www.mumrah.com/ - www.myspace.com/mumrahWEAPONS OF BRASS DESTRUCTION - http://www.beachball-skacore.com/ - www.myspace.com/wobd (Powerpop)GOATORCYCLE - http://www.goatorcycle.co.uk/ - www.myspace.com/goatorcycle
Tickets £6
On Sale @ Acorn Music, Yeovil
http://www.seetickets.com/ & www.wegottickets.com
Doors 7pm
Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
The Rooms @ Phoenix Hotel, Chard
Bleedin Hartz @ Harry's Bar
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Jack & The Beanstalk @ Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton (until 21st)
Jazz this Saturday in Sherborne
On Saturday 14th January, the Liane Carroll Trio play at Sherborne Jazz Club. (At the Plume of Feathers)
They say;
We are really looking forward to bringing you yet another award-winning jazz event: a performance by the red hot singer and pianist Liane Carroll and her trio.Not only a regular favourite at Sherborne Jazz Club, Liane was a double winner at this year's BBC Jazz Awards.Liane is one of the most stylistically flexible pianists around, with a marvellous, slightly husky singing voice. She is enjoying considerable success with her brand of joyful, soul-infused jazz and her wicked sense of humour, and is much in demand, not least by Ronnie Scott's in London where she appears regularly.Described by Time Out as "Utterley brilliant", "The real thing" by The Independent on Sunday, and even "Highly recommended" by Michael Parkinson, Liane is one of the finest, most exciting jazz singers in the UK today, and always draws a capacity crowd on her visits to Sherborne.You are guaranteed great music from Liane who is a very fine pianist, a supreme vocal talent and last, and by no means least, fun!Tickets are £12 for non-members, £10 for members and £7 for students (with ID), and are available from Sherborne Tourist Information Office in Digby Road, Sherborne or by phoning them on 01935 815341. Accompanied under 18's are free.
For further information visit http://www.sherbornejazz.org.uk/ or call 01935 410881.
sherbornejazz is at The Plume of Feathers, Half Moon Street, Sherborne.
Doors open just before 8.00pm with the music starting around 8:30-8.45pm until around 11:00pm.
Have a great day.
The Editor
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Wednesday 11th Jan.
Brit Awards
The Brit award nominees have been announced and this year this year new bands are well represented in most of the categories. Follow this link for more details.
Paul Weller will be given an outstanding contribution to music award for his 30 years in the business. Anyone who remembers buying the original Jam singles at this point will undoubtedly become rather quiet and think about where the hell the years went!
Events in South Somerset & West Dorset today
Smith & Moore @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Acoustic Night @ West India House, Taunton
Taunton Jazz @ The Tacchi-Morris Arts CEntre, Taunton
Modern Jive @ Royal British Legion Club, Taunton
Music For Africa update
Regular readers of this blog or the magazine will know that Suited and Booted supports the Music For Africa charity. Tom Toomey, the charity's founder has been working to raise money for specific programs including a water and sanitation project.
He recently sent us the messsage below:
Thanks to everyone who helped me raise another £3000 for the project!
We can now ;
1, supply a toilet and running water for Elsie in her home
2, supply 10 guitars to the church in Cape town where Frank our pupil for 7 years will now have his first job.
3, supply a budget recording studio for the children to learn to use.
THANK YOU and a HAPPY 2006!
Best wishes Tom
What ever you do today have a great one.
The Editor
The Brit award nominees have been announced and this year this year new bands are well represented in most of the categories. Follow this link for more details.
Paul Weller will be given an outstanding contribution to music award for his 30 years in the business. Anyone who remembers buying the original Jam singles at this point will undoubtedly become rather quiet and think about where the hell the years went!
Events in South Somerset & West Dorset today
Smith & Moore @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Acoustic Night @ West India House, Taunton
Taunton Jazz @ The Tacchi-Morris Arts CEntre, Taunton
Modern Jive @ Royal British Legion Club, Taunton
Music For Africa update
Regular readers of this blog or the magazine will know that Suited and Booted supports the Music For Africa charity. Tom Toomey, the charity's founder has been working to raise money for specific programs including a water and sanitation project.
He recently sent us the messsage below:
Thanks to everyone who helped me raise another £3000 for the project!
We can now ;
1, supply a toilet and running water for Elsie in her home
2, supply 10 guitars to the church in Cape town where Frank our pupil for 7 years will now have his first job.
3, supply a budget recording studio for the children to learn to use.
THANK YOU and a HAPPY 2006!
Best wishes Tom
What ever you do today have a great one.
The Editor
Monday, January 09, 2006
Monday: 9 days till February deadline! Juliana Theory at Acorn.
Monday, it's grey and grim but at least it's (relatively) warm!
Some of you out there may be thinking about teling us about your next gig or event...well for anything in February, please tell us about it before 18th January. Deadline day!
THE JULIANA THEORY will be doing an in-store signing at Acorn Records in Yeovil on Monday, January 9th. (today)
The signing will take place at 4:15pm before the band plays at the Ski Lodge later that evening.
Acorn Records Glovers Walk, Yeovil, Somerset BA20 1LH.
The band will be signing copies of their new album Deadbeat Sweetheartbeat and handing out free copies of Abacus Recordings Winter CD sampler and other goodies as well.
Tickets for the show at the Yeovill Ski Lodge can also be purchased at Acorn Records as well as: www.seetickets.com
Live events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
The Juliana Theory, Haste The Day, Zaccharia & Days In December @ Alpine Village Restaurant, Yeovil
Events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas today
Open Mic Night @ The Westgate, Taunton
Hot News for '80s refugees! Howard Jones To Play Taunton
Yes … THE Howard Jones … is playing an acoustic gig in his new home town, at Somerset College Atrium, Wellington Road, on Friday February 17th.
Those people who grew up in the 80s will need no reminding that Howard scored top ten hits with ‘What Is Love?’, ‘Like To Get To Know You Well’, ‘Things Can Only Get Better’ and ‘No One Is To Blame’, which also reached number 1 in the US. His album: ‘Dream Into Action’ was in the American Top 20 for almost a year and his success spread across the world. At the end of the 80s he played major tours in the US, headlining Madison Square Garden and the Forum in LA. His ‘Best Of’ album was released in 1993, taking his worldwide album sales to over 8 million.
Howard’s career has carried on since that time. He has toured with Ringo Starr and played with the likes of Greg Lake and Midge Ure. He toured the States again in 2004 and did a special one off acoustic concert with Jackson Browne in 2005.
Now, in between touring the US and Europe early in 2006, Howard is playing his only gig in the west country, in Taunton. This is your chance to see him in an intimate setting in an audience of only 300. Tickets for the concert are £15 and can be obtained from Somerset College Main Reception, or from Andy Lock on 01278 723389 / 07723 331436 – email andylock75@hotmail.com
Have a great day.
The Editor
Some of you out there may be thinking about teling us about your next gig or event...well for anything in February, please tell us about it before 18th January. Deadline day!
THE JULIANA THEORY will be doing an in-store signing at Acorn Records in Yeovil on Monday, January 9th. (today)
The signing will take place at 4:15pm before the band plays at the Ski Lodge later that evening.
Acorn Records Glovers Walk, Yeovil, Somerset BA20 1LH.
The band will be signing copies of their new album Deadbeat Sweetheartbeat and handing out free copies of Abacus Recordings Winter CD sampler and other goodies as well.
Tickets for the show at the Yeovill Ski Lodge can also be purchased at Acorn Records as well as: www.seetickets.com
Live events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
The Juliana Theory, Haste The Day, Zaccharia & Days In December @ Alpine Village Restaurant, Yeovil
Events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas today
Open Mic Night @ The Westgate, Taunton
Hot News for '80s refugees! Howard Jones To Play Taunton
Yes … THE Howard Jones … is playing an acoustic gig in his new home town, at Somerset College Atrium, Wellington Road, on Friday February 17th.
Those people who grew up in the 80s will need no reminding that Howard scored top ten hits with ‘What Is Love?’, ‘Like To Get To Know You Well’, ‘Things Can Only Get Better’ and ‘No One Is To Blame’, which also reached number 1 in the US. His album: ‘Dream Into Action’ was in the American Top 20 for almost a year and his success spread across the world. At the end of the 80s he played major tours in the US, headlining Madison Square Garden and the Forum in LA. His ‘Best Of’ album was released in 1993, taking his worldwide album sales to over 8 million.
Howard’s career has carried on since that time. He has toured with Ringo Starr and played with the likes of Greg Lake and Midge Ure. He toured the States again in 2004 and did a special one off acoustic concert with Jackson Browne in 2005.
Now, in between touring the US and Europe early in 2006, Howard is playing his only gig in the west country, in Taunton. This is your chance to see him in an intimate setting in an audience of only 300. Tickets for the concert are £15 and can be obtained from Somerset College Main Reception, or from Andy Lock on 01278 723389 / 07723 331436 – email andylock75@hotmail.com
Have a great day.
The Editor
Friday, January 06, 2006
Friday events
Friday at last!
And if you follow the political news then you will know that Charles Kennedy, leader of the Lib Dems has finally come clean about his booze problems. It looked like he had the hangover from hell when he last presented at the Lib Dem conference. At the time it was described as flu...oh yeh, we really did believe you!
Fancy yourself as a busker?
Buskers will be made to perform in an X-Factor style audition before being allowed to perform in a city centre.
Bosses at Nottingham City Council decided to introduce the elimination process in an attempt to improve the quality of street entertainment in the main square.
Budding performers will have to prove their talent in front of a panel of judges before being issued with a special permit that allows them to busk in one of six designated spots.
Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Backwater @ Fleur de Lis, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Nil By Mouth @ Phoenix Hotel, Chard
Peddlers @ Green Dragon, Combe St Nicholas
Mendeed, Burning Skies, Sanctorum & Ella @ Flicks Bar, Yeovil
Burning Skies going for it
Mojo @ Hope & Anchor, Bridport
Storm @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Beauty & The Beast @ Monkton Inn
Milverton Music Club @ Victoria Rooms
Hoppy & The Saggy etc. @ Crosss Rifles
Burning Chrome @ The Westgate Inn, Taunton
Jim Ryder @ The Beambridge Hotel, Well.
Peddlers @ Green Dragon, Combe St Nicholas
Jive / Rock'n'Roll @ Taunton R'n'R Club
Western Rendevous @ Royal Britsish Legion, Taunton
Have fun!
The Editor
And if you follow the political news then you will know that Charles Kennedy, leader of the Lib Dems has finally come clean about his booze problems. It looked like he had the hangover from hell when he last presented at the Lib Dem conference. At the time it was described as flu...oh yeh, we really did believe you!
Fancy yourself as a busker?
Buskers will be made to perform in an X-Factor style audition before being allowed to perform in a city centre.
Bosses at Nottingham City Council decided to introduce the elimination process in an attempt to improve the quality of street entertainment in the main square.
Budding performers will have to prove their talent in front of a panel of judges before being issued with a special permit that allows them to busk in one of six designated spots.
Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Backwater @ Fleur de Lis, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Nil By Mouth @ Phoenix Hotel, Chard
Peddlers @ Green Dragon, Combe St Nicholas
Mendeed, Burning Skies, Sanctorum & Ella @ Flicks Bar, Yeovil
Burning Skies going for it
Mojo @ Hope & Anchor, Bridport
Storm @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Beauty & The Beast @ Monkton Inn
Milverton Music Club @ Victoria Rooms
Hoppy & The Saggy etc. @ Crosss Rifles
Burning Chrome @ The Westgate Inn, Taunton
Jim Ryder @ The Beambridge Hotel, Well.
Peddlers @ Green Dragon, Combe St Nicholas
Jive / Rock'n'Roll @ Taunton R'n'R Club
Western Rendevous @ Royal Britsish Legion, Taunton
Have fun!
The Editor
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Wednesday: Back to school for some
We noticed that today some rather dejected teenagers were making their way to school. That's it then, the Christmas & New Year holiday well and truly over.
Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Little John @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Little John & his guitars
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Modern Jive @ Royal British Legion Club, Taunton
Cat phones police - So they are useful after all!
Police aren't sure how else to explain it. But when an officer walked into an apartment in answer to an emergency call, an orange-and-tan striped cat was lying by a telephone on the living room floor. The cat's owner, Gary Rosheisen, was on the ground near his bed having fallen out of his wheelchair.
Rosheisen said his cat, Tommy, must have hit the right buttons to make the emergency call.
Rosheisen said he could not get up because of pain from osteoporosis and ministrokes that disrupted his balance. He also was not wearing his medical-alert necklace and could not reach a an emergency warning cord above his pillow.
Messy claim
A man who tried to sue the council after soiling his own trousers has made it on to a list of the most spurious compensation claims.
The man blamed the embarrassing accident on the council's decision to close a public lavatory at the bus station, and claimed he was owed the cost of a new pair of trousers.
The bizarre claim was among thousands of public liability claims which cost local government and insurance firms an estimated £250 million annually. Leading public sector insurer Zurich Municipal said many claimants were genuine, but exaggerated and spurious claims were an increasing problem.
Have a great day
The Editor
Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Little John @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Little John & his guitars
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Modern Jive @ Royal British Legion Club, Taunton
Cat phones police - So they are useful after all!
Police aren't sure how else to explain it. But when an officer walked into an apartment in answer to an emergency call, an orange-and-tan striped cat was lying by a telephone on the living room floor. The cat's owner, Gary Rosheisen, was on the ground near his bed having fallen out of his wheelchair.
Rosheisen said his cat, Tommy, must have hit the right buttons to make the emergency call.
Rosheisen said he could not get up because of pain from osteoporosis and ministrokes that disrupted his balance. He also was not wearing his medical-alert necklace and could not reach a an emergency warning cord above his pillow.
Messy claim
A man who tried to sue the council after soiling his own trousers has made it on to a list of the most spurious compensation claims.
The man blamed the embarrassing accident on the council's decision to close a public lavatory at the bus station, and claimed he was owed the cost of a new pair of trousers.
The bizarre claim was among thousands of public liability claims which cost local government and insurance firms an estimated £250 million annually. Leading public sector insurer Zurich Municipal said many claimants were genuine, but exaggerated and spurious claims were an increasing problem.
Have a great day
The Editor
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Tuesday:Back to work!
It's Tuesday; back to work day for many of you out there and that might be a bit of a shock to the system judging by the phone calls we had so far today!
Suffice to say that we are not all firing on all cylinders this morning!
Live entertainment is a bit lacking as well, we have no live music listed for today in the West Dorset and South Somerset areas.
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Tiverton Folk Club @ The Racehorse Inn, Tiverton
Rockin' On Heavens Door @ The Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton (until 7th)
It's 'sod's law' for 98% of Britons
Apparently Sod's Law is alive and well in modern Britain (if that's not an oxymoron!).
Around 98% of Britons say they have been hit by 'sod's law' at some point, with a third claiming to have experienced it during the past week, research has showed.
Nearly half of people who claimed they had been victim of sod's law said the electricity had gone off just as they were about to watch their favourite programme, while 29% were about to cook a special meal when the cooker broke.
More than one in three people said their boiler had broken down on a really cold day and 21% said they had been locked out of their house during cold weather, according to insurer Direct Line.
Of course if you maintain your car and oil the locks now and again the bloody things would work wouldn't they?
Top Single of 2005 was...
Tony Christie's (Is This The Way To) Amarillo was the best-selling single of 2005, according to Radio 1. Christie spent seven weeks at number one with the million-selling charity song, which featured comic Peter Kay.
It beat the Christmas number one That's My Goal - rushed into production after Shayne Ward was proclaimed the winner of the X factor - into second place.
Have a fun day.
The Editor
Suffice to say that we are not all firing on all cylinders this morning!
Live entertainment is a bit lacking as well, we have no live music listed for today in the West Dorset and South Somerset areas.
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Tiverton Folk Club @ The Racehorse Inn, Tiverton
Rockin' On Heavens Door @ The Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton (until 7th)
It's 'sod's law' for 98% of Britons
Apparently Sod's Law is alive and well in modern Britain (if that's not an oxymoron!).
Around 98% of Britons say they have been hit by 'sod's law' at some point, with a third claiming to have experienced it during the past week, research has showed.
Nearly half of people who claimed they had been victim of sod's law said the electricity had gone off just as they were about to watch their favourite programme, while 29% were about to cook a special meal when the cooker broke.
More than one in three people said their boiler had broken down on a really cold day and 21% said they had been locked out of their house during cold weather, according to insurer Direct Line.
Of course if you maintain your car and oil the locks now and again the bloody things would work wouldn't they?
Top Single of 2005 was...
Tony Christie's (Is This The Way To) Amarillo was the best-selling single of 2005, according to Radio 1. Christie spent seven weeks at number one with the million-selling charity song, which featured comic Peter Kay.
It beat the Christmas number one That's My Goal - rushed into production after Shayne Ward was proclaimed the winner of the X factor - into second place.
Have a fun day.
The Editor
Monday, January 02, 2006
Welcome to 2006!
Well, how is the hangover? Recovered?
2006, a brand new year and no doubt you have given yourself some resolutions to go with it. Well so have we!
This year we aim to be: bigger, better, more inclusive and retain that sense of fun...we hope you approve!
Now, as far as we can tell there no live events today except for the open mic night at the Westgate in Taunton to keep your musical bones happy.
Tomorrow (Tuesday) the picking are rather slim as well.
Advance News For Blues Fans
A new name will be playing at The Wyndham Arms (Kingsbury Episcopi) on Tuesday 7th February.
Dan Phelps may be an unknown name locally but don't let that stop you from hearing
some of the best blues slide playing around. Dan specialises in Delta blues and ragtime from the 1920 and 30s combined with his own skillful, well written compositions.
Originally from Chicago but now based in Charleston, South Carolina Dan Phelps set includes classics from Blind Willie McTell, Muddy Waters and of course, Robert Johnson.
Skill and passion that shows his genuine love for the music shines through his playing. Fabulous slide and beaty R'n'B combines in a show that will have your feet stompin'.
Tickets are just £7 in advance or £8 on the door. To book yours call 01935 823239.
For more information about Dan check out his web site www.danphelps.net.
David Hall Arts Centre - Events for Spring
The David Hall Arts Centre in South Petherton has just launched their spring schedule of events. To see for yourself what they have on go to their web site www.thedavidhall.org.uk.
This Saturday (7th January) a fundraising event takes place when the sound of children’s laughter will fill the Grade 2 Listed Building as they are entertained at The Fabulous New Year Children’s Panto Party, with loads of fun entertainment orchestrated by the legendary Professor Paradox. Tickets will cost £5 each on the door for adults and children – or, £4 in advance - and include free refreshments for the kids. A treat not to be missed!
Book your tickets through their web site or call the Box Office - open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 11am – 3pm; by telephone - 01460 240340 (24hr answerphone) or by e-mail: info@thedavidhall.org.uk.
Have great day.
The Editor
2006, a brand new year and no doubt you have given yourself some resolutions to go with it. Well so have we!
This year we aim to be: bigger, better, more inclusive and retain that sense of fun...we hope you approve!
Now, as far as we can tell there no live events today except for the open mic night at the Westgate in Taunton to keep your musical bones happy.
Tomorrow (Tuesday) the picking are rather slim as well.
Advance News For Blues Fans
A new name will be playing at The Wyndham Arms (Kingsbury Episcopi) on Tuesday 7th February.
Dan Phelps may be an unknown name locally but don't let that stop you from hearing
some of the best blues slide playing around. Dan specialises in Delta blues and ragtime from the 1920 and 30s combined with his own skillful, well written compositions.
Originally from Chicago but now based in Charleston, South Carolina Dan Phelps set includes classics from Blind Willie McTell, Muddy Waters and of course, Robert Johnson.
Skill and passion that shows his genuine love for the music shines through his playing. Fabulous slide and beaty R'n'B combines in a show that will have your feet stompin'.
Tickets are just £7 in advance or £8 on the door. To book yours call 01935 823239.
For more information about Dan check out his web site www.danphelps.net.
David Hall Arts Centre - Events for Spring
The David Hall Arts Centre in South Petherton has just launched their spring schedule of events. To see for yourself what they have on go to their web site www.thedavidhall.org.uk.
This Saturday (7th January) a fundraising event takes place when the sound of children’s laughter will fill the Grade 2 Listed Building as they are entertained at The Fabulous New Year Children’s Panto Party, with loads of fun entertainment orchestrated by the legendary Professor Paradox. Tickets will cost £5 each on the door for adults and children – or, £4 in advance - and include free refreshments for the kids. A treat not to be missed!
Book your tickets through their web site or call the Box Office - open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 11am – 3pm; by telephone - 01460 240340 (24hr answerphone) or by e-mail: info@thedavidhall.org.uk.
Have great day.
The Editor
Thursday, December 29, 2005
Thursday 29th Dec:
Have you finished digesting the Christmas turkey and mince pies? Been to the sales and spent up to the the credit limit on your cards?
Well it must be nearing the end of the year then!
The time of year when thousands are resolutions are made to be: thinner, richer, less smokey and then just as often those good intentions fail in the first week. To make change happen ...you REALLY have to want it!
New Years Eve
We have noticed in our travels that lots of ticketed New Year's Eve events are already sold out. So if you haven't booked something for the evening, you better get cracking!
Pink Floyd voted greatest rock act
Pink Floyd have been named the world's greatest rock act of all time.
The band, which recently reunited on stage at Live 8 for the first time in 24 years, beat other rock icons like U2 and The Who to the title.
Led Zeppelin came second, followed by The Rolling Stones in the poll of almost 60,000 rock fans.
The Who were fourth, eclipsing AC/DC, U2, Guns N' Roses, and Nirvana.
Jimi Hendrix came 10th in poll carried out by digital radio station Planet Rock, after Bon Jovi.
The survey of 58,000 listeners also named the 1970s the golden age of rock, followed by the 1960s, the Spandex years of the 1980s and grunge decade the 1990s.
Pink Floyd are thought to have sold a staggering 200 million albums worldwide since forming in 1965.
Top 10 Rock Acts:
1. Pink Floyd
2. Led Zeppelin
3. The Rolling Stones
4. The Who
5. AC/DC
6. U2
7. Guns N' Roses
8. Nirvana
9. Bon Jovi
10. Jimi Hendrix
What's happening today?
Events on Thursday 29th in West Dorset & South Somerset
Moveable Feast @ Hardy's, Bridport
Freak Circus @ White Horse, Wincanton
The Party Band @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Dodgy Jammers @ Choughs Hotel, Chard
Brendon @ Phoenix Hotel, Chard
Sorry we have no events listed for the Taunton & Bridgwater areas today.
Do you want a bigger telly?
If you have ever wanted to see your favourite Christmas films at home on a big screen then Sony may have just the thing for you, an 82 inch LCD TV.
This is the Samsung version of the 82 inch screen. Coming to an electrical retailer near you very soon. Now if we just knock down the wall between the living room and kitchen...
Have a great day!
The Editor
Well it must be nearing the end of the year then!
The time of year when thousands are resolutions are made to be: thinner, richer, less smokey and then just as often those good intentions fail in the first week. To make change happen ...you REALLY have to want it!
New Years Eve
We have noticed in our travels that lots of ticketed New Year's Eve events are already sold out. So if you haven't booked something for the evening, you better get cracking!
Pink Floyd voted greatest rock act
Pink Floyd have been named the world's greatest rock act of all time.
The band, which recently reunited on stage at Live 8 for the first time in 24 years, beat other rock icons like U2 and The Who to the title.
Led Zeppelin came second, followed by The Rolling Stones in the poll of almost 60,000 rock fans.
The Who were fourth, eclipsing AC/DC, U2, Guns N' Roses, and Nirvana.
Jimi Hendrix came 10th in poll carried out by digital radio station Planet Rock, after Bon Jovi.
The survey of 58,000 listeners also named the 1970s the golden age of rock, followed by the 1960s, the Spandex years of the 1980s and grunge decade the 1990s.
Pink Floyd are thought to have sold a staggering 200 million albums worldwide since forming in 1965.
Top 10 Rock Acts:
1. Pink Floyd
2. Led Zeppelin
3. The Rolling Stones
4. The Who
5. AC/DC
6. U2
7. Guns N' Roses
8. Nirvana
9. Bon Jovi
10. Jimi Hendrix
What's happening today?
Events on Thursday 29th in West Dorset & South Somerset
Moveable Feast @ Hardy's, Bridport
Freak Circus @ White Horse, Wincanton
The Party Band @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Dodgy Jammers @ Choughs Hotel, Chard
Brendon @ Phoenix Hotel, Chard
Sorry we have no events listed for the Taunton & Bridgwater areas today.
Do you want a bigger telly?
If you have ever wanted to see your favourite Christmas films at home on a big screen then Sony may have just the thing for you, an 82 inch LCD TV.
This is the Samsung version of the 82 inch screen. Coming to an electrical retailer near you very soon. Now if we just knock down the wall between the living room and kitchen...
Have a great day!
The Editor
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Happy Christmas!
Merry Christmas to all our readers!
Thank you to all the people out there who have sent us Christmas wishes. Suited and Booted only exists at all because the editors wanted to know what live music was happening locally and at that time there no way of finding out.
We continue to keep going because we believe that live music is important, because our readers are important, because our advertisers pay the bills and because we still offer the very best information and fun on the local music scene.
Whatever you are doing this Christmas, we wish you and those you care about, a very Happy Christmas.
What's Happening Today?
Events on Christmas Eve in West Dorset & South Somerset
BJ McCabe @ Yeovil Ex-Services & Social Club
Rob Koral (lunchtime) @ No.10, Bridport
Tom Toomey (12-2pm) @ Yeovil Band Stand
Phil & Grant @ Labour Club, Yeovil
James Gibson @ Lord Nelson, Norton-s-Hamdon
Bleedin' Hartz @ Half Moon, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Unforgiven Kingdom @ Swan Hotel, Crewkerne
Perpetual Cabbage @ Railway Hotel, Yeovil
Tom Toomey @ Nags Head, Lyme Regis
Events on Christmas Eve in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
The Tree Frogs @ The Westgate Innm Taunton
Wally & Mel @ Cross Rifles, Bridgwater
The Graduates @ Pen & Quill, Taunton
Cross Wired @ The Old Market Bridgwater
Barracuda @ Green Dragon, Wellington
Marc Darren @ Princess Royal, Taunton
Jive Street @ Bridgwater Sports & Social Club
Reggae Night @ The Alma Inn, Taunton
There are no music events happening on Christmas Day, but you're going to be busy right?
Christmas isn't easy for everyone.
Police trace baby Angel's mother
Police said the baby was "fit and well"Police have traced the mother of a baby girl found abandoned in a garage in Yeovil, Somerset.
The girl - named as Angel by nurses at Yeovil District Hospital - was discovered by a member of the public.
She had been found, naked and only a few hours old, near Bucklers Mead Road at about 1700 GMT on Friday.
If you feel fit
If after your Christmas dinner you are feeling particularly fit you may like to try emulating the bendy dance moves of the lady in this video clip.
Actually the adjective bendy really doesn't cover what she does...you have to check it out for yourself by clicking the headline link. (It's not rude or adult just mind boggling!)
Have a fantastic Christmas!
The Editor
Thank you to all the people out there who have sent us Christmas wishes. Suited and Booted only exists at all because the editors wanted to know what live music was happening locally and at that time there no way of finding out.
We continue to keep going because we believe that live music is important, because our readers are important, because our advertisers pay the bills and because we still offer the very best information and fun on the local music scene.
Whatever you are doing this Christmas, we wish you and those you care about, a very Happy Christmas.
What's Happening Today?
Events on Christmas Eve in West Dorset & South Somerset
BJ McCabe @ Yeovil Ex-Services & Social Club
Rob Koral (lunchtime) @ No.10, Bridport
Tom Toomey (12-2pm) @ Yeovil Band Stand
Phil & Grant @ Labour Club, Yeovil
James Gibson @ Lord Nelson, Norton-s-Hamdon
Bleedin' Hartz @ Half Moon, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Unforgiven Kingdom @ Swan Hotel, Crewkerne
Perpetual Cabbage @ Railway Hotel, Yeovil
Tom Toomey @ Nags Head, Lyme Regis
Events on Christmas Eve in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
The Tree Frogs @ The Westgate Innm Taunton
Wally & Mel @ Cross Rifles, Bridgwater
The Graduates @ Pen & Quill, Taunton
Cross Wired @ The Old Market Bridgwater
Barracuda @ Green Dragon, Wellington
Marc Darren @ Princess Royal, Taunton
Jive Street @ Bridgwater Sports & Social Club
Reggae Night @ The Alma Inn, Taunton
There are no music events happening on Christmas Day, but you're going to be busy right?
Christmas isn't easy for everyone.
Police trace baby Angel's mother
Police said the baby was "fit and well"Police have traced the mother of a baby girl found abandoned in a garage in Yeovil, Somerset.
The girl - named as Angel by nurses at Yeovil District Hospital - was discovered by a member of the public.
She had been found, naked and only a few hours old, near Bucklers Mead Road at about 1700 GMT on Friday.
If you feel fit
If after your Christmas dinner you are feeling particularly fit you may like to try emulating the bendy dance moves of the lady in this video clip.
Actually the adjective bendy really doesn't cover what she does...you have to check it out for yourself by clicking the headline link. (It's not rude or adult just mind boggling!)
Have a fantastic Christmas!
The Editor
Friday, December 23, 2005
Friday! Hangovers, traffic & music
Friday At Last
Apologies if you have to work this weekend but thank f**k Friday is here at last!
Loads of stuff on today as the Christmas weekend begins; check out the listings below for the full story.
Traffic Chaos Predicted
The roads are expected to be filled with happy souls going away for Christmas today. Of course they may not be quite so happy if they get stuck in the near death experience that is the 40mph roadworks section of the M5!
Bad News On Hangover Cures
With the festive season in full flow, researchers reveal what many may have suspected - hangover cures do not work.
A team from the Peninsula Medical School found "no compelling evidence" that a range of herbal and conventional treatments were effective.
A glass of finest Vino Collapso
Hangovers account for about £2bn in lost wages in Britain each year, mainly due to sickness absence.
Writing in the British Medical Journal, the researchers say only abstinence or moderation can really stop hangovers.
Bugger...
Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Swing The Cat @ Green Dragon, Combe St Nicholas
Stars In Their Eyes-6 Band Night @ Alpine Village Restaurant, Yeovil
Crawfish @ Olde Poppe Inn, Tatworth
Cold Shock @ Poulett Arms, Lopen Head
Gut & Steel @ Crown, Bridport
Rhythm Junkies @ Westminster, Yeovil
Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band @ Cheese & Grain, Frome
Storm @ Quicksilver Mail, Yeovil
Crosswired @ Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Flatland Boogie Band @ Fleur de Lis, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Steve Black @ Hardy's, Bridport
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
That'll Do @ King Arthur, Glastonbury
Rude Mood @ The Westgate Inn, Taunton
Bleedin' Hartz @ The White Hart, East Reach, Taunton
Little John @ Crown & Sceptre, Taunton
Hans On Experience @ The Flying Horse, Taunton
Bailey & Neale @ Beam Bridge Hotel
Have a fantastic day!
The Editor
Apologies if you have to work this weekend but thank f**k Friday is here at last!
Loads of stuff on today as the Christmas weekend begins; check out the listings below for the full story.
Traffic Chaos Predicted
The roads are expected to be filled with happy souls going away for Christmas today. Of course they may not be quite so happy if they get stuck in the near death experience that is the 40mph roadworks section of the M5!
Bad News On Hangover Cures
With the festive season in full flow, researchers reveal what many may have suspected - hangover cures do not work.
A team from the Peninsula Medical School found "no compelling evidence" that a range of herbal and conventional treatments were effective.
A glass of finest Vino Collapso
Hangovers account for about £2bn in lost wages in Britain each year, mainly due to sickness absence.
Writing in the British Medical Journal, the researchers say only abstinence or moderation can really stop hangovers.
Bugger...
Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Swing The Cat @ Green Dragon, Combe St Nicholas
Stars In Their Eyes-6 Band Night @ Alpine Village Restaurant, Yeovil
Crawfish @ Olde Poppe Inn, Tatworth
Cold Shock @ Poulett Arms, Lopen Head
Gut & Steel @ Crown, Bridport
Rhythm Junkies @ Westminster, Yeovil
Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band @ Cheese & Grain, Frome
Storm @ Quicksilver Mail, Yeovil
Crosswired @ Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Flatland Boogie Band @ Fleur de Lis, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Steve Black @ Hardy's, Bridport
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
That'll Do @ King Arthur, Glastonbury
Rude Mood @ The Westgate Inn, Taunton
Bleedin' Hartz @ The White Hart, East Reach, Taunton
Little John @ Crown & Sceptre, Taunton
Hans On Experience @ The Flying Horse, Taunton
Bailey & Neale @ Beam Bridge Hotel
Have a fantastic day!
The Editor
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Thursday: Almost there!
It's almost the end of the week. Some of you will have already finished work and be braving the crowds of shoppers...good luck!
Wild Boar for Christmas?
About 100 wild boar have been released from a farm in Devon. (surely they aren't wild then?)
A number of the boar have already been spotted on the roadAbout 100 wild boar have been released from a farm in Devon.
Police said they suspected animal rights extremists broke down the fence enclosing the boar at the farm at West Anstey in north Devon.
A number of the animals were spotted early on Thursday morning on the road between Bampton and Newbridge.
Police said the animals could be dangerous and should not be approached. They are also warning motorists to be aware of the animals on the road.
Roast wild boar for Christmas dinner...could be very nice!
Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Crazy 88 @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Crosswired @ Choughs Hotel, Chard
Boy Le Monti @ White Room, Sherborne House, Sherborne
X-Teller @ White Horse, Wincanton
Real World @ Phoenix Hotel, Chard
Stone Cold Sober @ Nelson's Ale House, Blandford Forum
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Holly At Christmas @ Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton (until 23rd)
More updates later today!
Wild Boar for Christmas?
About 100 wild boar have been released from a farm in Devon. (surely they aren't wild then?)
A number of the boar have already been spotted on the roadAbout 100 wild boar have been released from a farm in Devon.
Police said they suspected animal rights extremists broke down the fence enclosing the boar at the farm at West Anstey in north Devon.
A number of the animals were spotted early on Thursday morning on the road between Bampton and Newbridge.
Police said the animals could be dangerous and should not be approached. They are also warning motorists to be aware of the animals on the road.
Roast wild boar for Christmas dinner...could be very nice!
Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Crazy 88 @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Crosswired @ Choughs Hotel, Chard
Boy Le Monti @ White Room, Sherborne House, Sherborne
X-Teller @ White Horse, Wincanton
Real World @ Phoenix Hotel, Chard
Stone Cold Sober @ Nelson's Ale House, Blandford Forum
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Holly At Christmas @ Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton (until 23rd)
More updates later today!
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Wednesday:Santa, Music & Snow
Shock - Horror!
A white Christmas is unlikely unless you live in the north of Scotland. The bookies have stopped taking bets on it being a wet Christmas but if you fancy your chances you can probably get 8-1 on it being a snowy one. Of course you could just lose your shirt! Not ideal at this time of year!
Parking Ticket Santa
If you have ever got back to your car to find a parking fine stuck to the windscreen you'll appreciate this.
In Birmingham as self styled 'parking ticket santa' has been leaving money on motorists windscreens to help them pay the fine. So far £420 has been dished out by the generous gent.
Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Abba Rival @ Chicago Rock Café
Steve Black (lunch) @ Hardy's, Bridport
On The Nod @ Harry's Bar
Muddy Funksters @ Beach & Barnicot, Bridport
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Modern Jive @ Royal British Legion
Pantopottamus @ Bridgwater Arts Centre (until 22nd)
Slade/Mud/T-Rextasy @ Wellsprings Leisure Centre
Just a few days of shopping time left to get those Christmas gifts. Thing is do you have any money left to do the shopping?
Have Fun
The Editor
A white Christmas is unlikely unless you live in the north of Scotland. The bookies have stopped taking bets on it being a wet Christmas but if you fancy your chances you can probably get 8-1 on it being a snowy one. Of course you could just lose your shirt! Not ideal at this time of year!
Parking Ticket Santa
If you have ever got back to your car to find a parking fine stuck to the windscreen you'll appreciate this.
In Birmingham as self styled 'parking ticket santa' has been leaving money on motorists windscreens to help them pay the fine. So far £420 has been dished out by the generous gent.
Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Abba Rival @ Chicago Rock Café
Steve Black (lunch) @ Hardy's, Bridport
On The Nod @ Harry's Bar
Muddy Funksters @ Beach & Barnicot, Bridport
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Modern Jive @ Royal British Legion
Pantopottamus @ Bridgwater Arts Centre (until 22nd)
Slade/Mud/T-Rextasy @ Wellsprings Leisure Centre
Just a few days of shopping time left to get those Christmas gifts. Thing is do you have any money left to do the shopping?
Have Fun
The Editor
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Tuesday: Live music (not much), turkey, post & iPODs
In the spirit of the traditionally quiet Tuesday night there is very little (nothing we know of) happening in the South Somerset & West Dorset area tonight.
Ahh well what about listening to the Somerset County Youth Orchestra at the Tacchi Morris Arts Centre in Taunton?
Last Posting Day For Christmas!
Yes if you want to send a card to someone you love (or just a member of the family) then do it today. It is the last day for standard post to be delivered by Christmas day. (Though you can you special delivery until the 22nd)
Did you watch the documentary on Channel 4 last night about how food (especially turkey) is produced in the UK? If you did then you will understand why turkey is now off this Christmas dinner list.
If you didn't see it then pay the extra money and buy free range, organic, British meat; honestly what happens in cheap turkey production is grim!
Getting an iPOD for Christmas?
Music lovers are being warned that the popular 'earbud' headphones worn by users of iPods and MP3 players could lead to hearing loss.
The warning comes from Dean Garstecki, a Northwestern University audiologist and professor, who said that because earbuds are placed directly into the ear, they can boost the sound signal by as much as six to nine decibels.
During the 1980s, when Walkman portable devices first hit the market, audiologists were warning users about potential hearing loss. with MP3 players topping the Christmas wish lists of people all over the world, history is repeating itself and Garstecki is urging safer use of earphones.
Personally I blame the deafness on a 1980s Status Quo concert (oops showing my age again!). My ears were buzzing for days afterwards. You have been warned kids!
A final thought from the leader of the (not so) free world:
"I want to make sure everybody who has a job wants a job." - George Bush . . . Dumb?
Have a great day.
The Editor
Ahh well what about listening to the Somerset County Youth Orchestra at the Tacchi Morris Arts Centre in Taunton?
Last Posting Day For Christmas!
Yes if you want to send a card to someone you love (or just a member of the family) then do it today. It is the last day for standard post to be delivered by Christmas day. (Though you can you special delivery until the 22nd)
Did you watch the documentary on Channel 4 last night about how food (especially turkey) is produced in the UK? If you did then you will understand why turkey is now off this Christmas dinner list.
If you didn't see it then pay the extra money and buy free range, organic, British meat; honestly what happens in cheap turkey production is grim!
Getting an iPOD for Christmas?
Music lovers are being warned that the popular 'earbud' headphones worn by users of iPods and MP3 players could lead to hearing loss.
The warning comes from Dean Garstecki, a Northwestern University audiologist and professor, who said that because earbuds are placed directly into the ear, they can boost the sound signal by as much as six to nine decibels.
During the 1980s, when Walkman portable devices first hit the market, audiologists were warning users about potential hearing loss. with MP3 players topping the Christmas wish lists of people all over the world, history is repeating itself and Garstecki is urging safer use of earphones.
Personally I blame the deafness on a 1980s Status Quo concert (oops showing my age again!). My ears were buzzing for days afterwards. You have been warned kids!
A final thought from the leader of the (not so) free world:
"I want to make sure everybody who has a job wants a job." - George Bush . . . Dumb?
Have a great day.
The Editor
Monday, December 19, 2005
Monday!
Not much to talk about today. We could remind you of how few days there are left to get those gifts...but that would just be mean.
So the events today both happen in the Taunton & Bridgwater area with an open mic night at the Westgate in Taunton and Charlotte Narsden playing at the Monkton Inn.
Number One
Nizlopi's quirky "JCB Song" about bullying at school beat Irish boy band Westlife to the top of the music charts on Sunday, putting it in a strong position for next week's Christmas number one.
Is this the first chart pop song to feature farm machinery since the Wurzels 'I got a brand new combine harvester'?
Have great Monday!
The Editor
So the events today both happen in the Taunton & Bridgwater area with an open mic night at the Westgate in Taunton and Charlotte Narsden playing at the Monkton Inn.
Number One
Nizlopi's quirky "JCB Song" about bullying at school beat Irish boy band Westlife to the top of the music charts on Sunday, putting it in a strong position for next week's Christmas number one.
Is this the first chart pop song to feature farm machinery since the Wurzels 'I got a brand new combine harvester'?
Have great Monday!
The Editor
Sunday, December 18, 2005
Sunday: Xfactor & live music
X Factor
The X Factor show last night saw a 21-year-old former shop assistant from Manchester, Shayne Ward, win a one million pound recording deal.
Shayne Ward
His record "That's my Goal" is already being tipped as a possible Christmas No. 1.
Second was binman Andy Abraham.
Get the full story here.
Events on Sunday in West Dorset & South Somerset
Tobacco Road @ Royal Marine, Yeovil
Dr Feelgood + Eddie & The Hotrods @ Cheese & Grain, Frome
Just Alan @ Yeovil Ex-Services & Social Club
Cymbollix @ Mermaid Hotel, Yeovil
Tom Toomey (3-5pm) @ White Hart, Castle Cary
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Tone Valley Jazz Band @ Bar 27, Taunton
Relocate @ The Old Market, Bridgwater
What ever you do, have a great day!
The Editor
The X Factor show last night saw a 21-year-old former shop assistant from Manchester, Shayne Ward, win a one million pound recording deal.
Shayne Ward
His record "That's my Goal" is already being tipped as a possible Christmas No. 1.
Second was binman Andy Abraham.
Get the full story here.
Events on Sunday in West Dorset & South Somerset
Tobacco Road @ Royal Marine, Yeovil
Dr Feelgood + Eddie & The Hotrods @ Cheese & Grain, Frome
Just Alan @ Yeovil Ex-Services & Social Club
Cymbollix @ Mermaid Hotel, Yeovil
Tom Toomey (3-5pm) @ White Hart, Castle Cary
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Tone Valley Jazz Band @ Bar 27, Taunton
Relocate @ The Old Market, Bridgwater
What ever you do, have a great day!
The Editor
Saturday, December 17, 2005
Saturday: Very bad Santa, music & downloads
Just one week until Christmas and judging by the crowds of shoppers there are still plenty of presents to buy!
Oh dear Santa....
LONDON (Reuters) - Swanage police said on Friday they were looking for a Santa acting suspiciously -- a flasher who had repeatedly exposed himself to women, including on one occasion while dressed as Father Christmas.
Officers said the flasher had struck a number of times since December 6, and a week later exposed himself whilst wearing a Santa Claus outfit.
"I would be very interested to hear from anyone who may have seen someone acting suspiciously while dressed as Father Christmas in the Gilbert Road or surrounding areas of Swanage town centre," Police Constable Jonathan Maunder said.
"These incidents of indecent exposure have caused a great deal of upset to the women that the man has approached."
Events today ins West Dorset & South Somerset
Norman Lindon @ Yeovil Ex-Services & Social Club
Mister Perfect @ Crown, Bridport
Alias @ Half Moon, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Pocket Shotgun @ Woods Wine Bar, Yeovil
Unforgiven Kingdom @ Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Richard Bloom @ Railway Hotel, Yeovil
Dodgy Jammers @ Old Barn Club, Yeovil
Turnette Doone @ Labour Club, Yeovil
Slade, T-Rextasy & Mud @ Cheese & Grain, Frome
Live Music TBC @ Hardy's, Bridport
Rooting Around @ Kings Arms, Stockland
Rooting Around performing live
Tom Toomey @ Bakers Arms, Martock
The Huckleberries @ David Hall Arts Centre, S.Petherton
Events today in the Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Christmas Bike Bash @ The Black Horse, Taunton
Small Mercies @ The Alma Inn, Taunton
Taunton Concert Band @ Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton
Gold Blend @ The Flying Horse, Taunton
Hard Tack @ Princess Royal, Taunton
Chris Rainbow @ Green Dragon, Wellington
The Whole Hog @ The Old Market, Bridgwater
Real Deal @ The Vintage, Wellington
Christmas Brass @ Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton
Stuff Stan Likes @ The Pen & Quill, Taunton
Beat Root @ Westgate Inn, Taunton
Folk Music @ Bell Inn, C.St Michael
Mean'Im @ The Eagle, South Street, Taunton
BAC Christmas Party @ Bridgwater Arts Centre
UK 'tops European download fans' (Click here to get the full story)
Mobile phones are popular devices for listening to music. People in the UK download more music than other Europeans, spending 75p per month on average, a survey suggests.
The study for Motorola said it was three times more than those surveyed in Germany, Italy or France.
Might it be that our pop music is better? (xenophobic remark 736)
Have a fun day & night
The Editor
Oh dear Santa....
LONDON (Reuters) - Swanage police said on Friday they were looking for a Santa acting suspiciously -- a flasher who had repeatedly exposed himself to women, including on one occasion while dressed as Father Christmas.
Officers said the flasher had struck a number of times since December 6, and a week later exposed himself whilst wearing a Santa Claus outfit.
"I would be very interested to hear from anyone who may have seen someone acting suspiciously while dressed as Father Christmas in the Gilbert Road or surrounding areas of Swanage town centre," Police Constable Jonathan Maunder said.
"These incidents of indecent exposure have caused a great deal of upset to the women that the man has approached."
Events today ins West Dorset & South Somerset
Norman Lindon @ Yeovil Ex-Services & Social Club
Mister Perfect @ Crown, Bridport
Alias @ Half Moon, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Pocket Shotgun @ Woods Wine Bar, Yeovil
Unforgiven Kingdom @ Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Richard Bloom @ Railway Hotel, Yeovil
Dodgy Jammers @ Old Barn Club, Yeovil
Turnette Doone @ Labour Club, Yeovil
Slade, T-Rextasy & Mud @ Cheese & Grain, Frome
Live Music TBC @ Hardy's, Bridport
Rooting Around @ Kings Arms, Stockland
Rooting Around performing live
Tom Toomey @ Bakers Arms, Martock
The Huckleberries @ David Hall Arts Centre, S.Petherton
Events today in the Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Christmas Bike Bash @ The Black Horse, Taunton
Small Mercies @ The Alma Inn, Taunton
Taunton Concert Band @ Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton
Gold Blend @ The Flying Horse, Taunton
Hard Tack @ Princess Royal, Taunton
Chris Rainbow @ Green Dragon, Wellington
The Whole Hog @ The Old Market, Bridgwater
Real Deal @ The Vintage, Wellington
Christmas Brass @ Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton
Stuff Stan Likes @ The Pen & Quill, Taunton
Beat Root @ Westgate Inn, Taunton
Folk Music @ Bell Inn, C.St Michael
Mean'Im @ The Eagle, South Street, Taunton
BAC Christmas Party @ Bridgwater Arts Centre
UK 'tops European download fans' (Click here to get the full story)
Mobile phones are popular devices for listening to music. People in the UK download more music than other Europeans, spending 75p per month on average, a survey suggests.
The study for Motorola said it was three times more than those surveyed in Germany, Italy or France.
Might it be that our pop music is better? (xenophobic remark 736)
Have a fun day & night
The Editor
Friday, December 16, 2005
Friday, Chickens, Gigs & Christmas USA style.
Irish police issue chicken crossing hazard alert to motorists DUBLIN (AFP) - Irish police issued a traffic hazard alert warning motorists to be beware of chickens crossing the road.
Drivers were asked to use "extreme caution" near Ballinagh, County Cavan in the north Midlands after a truck carrying 6,500 chickens overturned and shed its load.
AA Roadwatch also warned rush-hour traffic in the area to be extra vigilant because of chickens flying loose. On RTE state radio the owner of the chickens said a team of about 20 employees had been sent to the scene and it was hoped they would be able to catch all the feathered escapees in about four hours.
Asked about reports that there was an added hazard of a slippery surface on the road as a result of some panicked chickens laying eggs he said: "That's what chickens do."
Events on Friday in West Dorset & South Somerset
Dynamo's Rhthym Aces @ Green Dragon, Combe St Nicholas
The Repercussion @ The Old George, Dorchester
Dozer, Instill, Gu MedicineThe Quiller Memorandum @ Flicks Bar, Yeovil
Joe Santiago @ Poulett Arms, Lopen Head
Storm @ Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Karl Weber @ Quicksilver Mail
Tom Toomey @ Yarcombe Inn, Yarcombe
Acoustic Night @ Cheese & Grain, Frome
Rhythm Junkies @ Fleur de Lis, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Real Deal @ Ship Inn, Chard
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Dynamo's Rhthym Aces @ Green Dragon, Combe St Nicholas
Jive/Rock 'n' Roll @ Taunton R'n'R Club
Relocate @ The Westgate, Taunton
Christmas Crooners @ Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton
The Excellos @ Cross Rifles, Bridgwater
Cover Up @ The Pen & Quill, Taunton
The Whole Hog @ White Hart, East Reach, Taunton
Chris Rgers @ Beam Bridge Hotel
Snakes & Bush Monkeys @ Railway Club Taunton
America is a bizarre country (part 4673)
We spotted this on a US web site.
The sign at McDonald's on the corner of Falls of Neuse and Spring Forest Road reads: "Merry Christmas, Jesus is the Reason for the Season." It is a holiday message that Amanda Alpert thinks comes on a little too strongly.
"It offends me because it specifically talks about Jesus, Merry Christmas. It doesn't give credit to anyone else," Alpert said.
Only in America (where huge numbers of people go to church every week) could such a bizarre event happen. (Unless you know different of course.)
The euphemism most Americans use for Christmas is 'The Holiday Season'.
Have a great day!
The Editor
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Thursday: Little Britain, Live music & guitar tuition
Little Britain is best!
The BBC show Little Britain, the creation of double act Matt Lucas and David Walliams, was named the Best TV Comedy on Wednesday ahead of BBC Four's "The Thick Of It" and Gervais' "Extras", his follow-up to the hugely successful "The Office".
Matt Lucas & David Walliams
Events in South Somerset & West Dorset
Relics @ Choughs Hotel, Chard
Chill @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Studio 37 @ Mermaid Hotel, Yeovil
The Bowie Experience @ Phoenix Hotel, Chard
The Animals @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Adequate Seven & others @ The Palace, Bridgwater
Confessions etc. @ Bridgwater Arts Centre
Meadows & Briggs @ White Hart, East Reach, Taunton
Saltmine Theatre @ Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton
Are you a would be guitar hero?
We had this message arrive from local guitar man Tom Toomey:
Dear fellow guitarists!
First of all, MERRY XMAS and a PEACEFUL NEW YEAR 2006!
I am starting some private classes in April for BLUES and (not so) BEGINNERS guitarists who have been taught by me in the past few years.
The classes will be held at THE FLEUR de LYS in Stoke sub Hamdon nr Yeovil and they will be on a Monday and Tuesday evening from 7-30 thru to 9-30pm. There is a very pleaseant room for our use where we will not be disturbed! Plus all the benefits that go with a pub!
The BLUES class will be starting on MONDAY 3rd APRIL for 6 WEEKS and the BEGINNERS class will start 4th APRIL for 6 weeks.
Places are going to be kept to 6 STUDENTS ONLY ensuring quality time and each student will be asked to nominate 1 tune to learn thereby allowing everyone to have 6 tunes in their repertoire by the end of the course.I will provide a CD and TAB for all the tunes.
COST is £18 per session (£108) paid in advance cheques made payable to Tom Toomey.
If you are interested please either email or call me or write to Tom Toomey,1 Houndstone Corner, Yeovil,BA22 8TG. 01935 474359 or 07979912975
I will also be starting private tuition in April @ £25 per hour if you require 1 on 1 tuition.
please cc your reply with my hotmail address as I shall be out of the country at some point, Thanks and warm regards,Tom.
toomeytom@hotmail.com
Have a great day
The Editor
The BBC show Little Britain, the creation of double act Matt Lucas and David Walliams, was named the Best TV Comedy on Wednesday ahead of BBC Four's "The Thick Of It" and Gervais' "Extras", his follow-up to the hugely successful "The Office".
Matt Lucas & David Walliams
Events in South Somerset & West Dorset
Relics @ Choughs Hotel, Chard
Chill @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Studio 37 @ Mermaid Hotel, Yeovil
The Bowie Experience @ Phoenix Hotel, Chard
The Animals @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Adequate Seven & others @ The Palace, Bridgwater
Confessions etc. @ Bridgwater Arts Centre
Meadows & Briggs @ White Hart, East Reach, Taunton
Saltmine Theatre @ Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton
Are you a would be guitar hero?
We had this message arrive from local guitar man Tom Toomey:
Dear fellow guitarists!
First of all, MERRY XMAS and a PEACEFUL NEW YEAR 2006!
I am starting some private classes in April for BLUES and (not so) BEGINNERS guitarists who have been taught by me in the past few years.
The classes will be held at THE FLEUR de LYS in Stoke sub Hamdon nr Yeovil and they will be on a Monday and Tuesday evening from 7-30 thru to 9-30pm. There is a very pleaseant room for our use where we will not be disturbed! Plus all the benefits that go with a pub!
The BLUES class will be starting on MONDAY 3rd APRIL for 6 WEEKS and the BEGINNERS class will start 4th APRIL for 6 weeks.
Places are going to be kept to 6 STUDENTS ONLY ensuring quality time and each student will be asked to nominate 1 tune to learn thereby allowing everyone to have 6 tunes in their repertoire by the end of the course.I will provide a CD and TAB for all the tunes.
COST is £18 per session (£108) paid in advance cheques made payable to Tom Toomey.
If you are interested please either email or call me or write to Tom Toomey,1 Houndstone Corner, Yeovil,BA22 8TG. 01935 474359 or 07979912975
I will also be starting private tuition in April @ £25 per hour if you require 1 on 1 tuition.
please cc your reply with my hotmail address as I shall be out of the country at some point, Thanks and warm regards,Tom.
toomeytom@hotmail.com
Have a great day
The Editor
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Wednesday, Folk, live music & naughty nights in!
It's a little bit quiet today on the live music front but there are some interesting things out there for you.
Radio 2 Folk Awards Nominees announced
The nominees have been chosen for the seventh BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, to be held in London on 6th February 2006. Don't forget to register your vote for Most Influential Folk Album Of All Time - you may win tickets! Click here for more details.
Seth Lakeman, one of the nominees for Best Folk Singer of 2005
You can have your say by voting directly on the BBC web site. The list of nominees can be found here.
Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Steve Black (lunch) @ Hardy's, Bridport
Riverbrew @ Chicago Rock Café, Yeovil
Tom Toomey @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Acoustic Night @ West India House, Taunton
The Animals @ The Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
Heranshaw Quartet @ The Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton
Modern Jive @ Royal British Legion, Taunton
There's money in the porn channels
Italy's cash-strapped government has decided to hike taxes on one of the country's few vibrant industries, (besides tax evasion) pornography, to help rein in the burgeoning budget deficit, government sources told Reuters Tuesday.
The "porno-tax," which imposes an additional levy of 25 percent on all income from pornography, is contained in a package of amendments to the 2006 budget to presented in the Chamber of Deputies Tuesday or Wednesday, the sources said.
Under the amendment, subscribers to hard core television channels must also pay additional value-added tax of 10 percent. Altogether, the tougher tax-treatment of porn should bring the government some 300 million euros next year.
Those nights in just keep getting more expensive!
Have a great day.
The Editor
Radio 2 Folk Awards Nominees announced
The nominees have been chosen for the seventh BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, to be held in London on 6th February 2006. Don't forget to register your vote for Most Influential Folk Album Of All Time - you may win tickets! Click here for more details.
Seth Lakeman, one of the nominees for Best Folk Singer of 2005
You can have your say by voting directly on the BBC web site. The list of nominees can be found here.
Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Steve Black (lunch) @ Hardy's, Bridport
Riverbrew @ Chicago Rock Café, Yeovil
Tom Toomey @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Acoustic Night @ West India House, Taunton
The Animals @ The Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
Heranshaw Quartet @ The Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton
Modern Jive @ Royal British Legion, Taunton
There's money in the porn channels
Italy's cash-strapped government has decided to hike taxes on one of the country's few vibrant industries, (besides tax evasion) pornography, to help rein in the burgeoning budget deficit, government sources told Reuters Tuesday.
The "porno-tax," which imposes an additional levy of 25 percent on all income from pornography, is contained in a package of amendments to the 2006 budget to presented in the Chamber of Deputies Tuesday or Wednesday, the sources said.
Under the amendment, subscribers to hard core television channels must also pay additional value-added tax of 10 percent. Altogether, the tougher tax-treatment of porn should bring the government some 300 million euros next year.
Those nights in just keep getting more expensive!
Have a great day.
The Editor
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Sunday, bull music & stuff
Get arrested for being patriotic (?)
Maya Anne Evans, a 25-year-old cook, became the first person to be prosecuted under the law which bans unauthorised demonstrations within one kilometre of Westminster after reciting the names of British soldiers killed in Iraq outside the gates of Downing Street.
She was actually standing next to the Cenotaph (a war memorial forgoodness sake) when reciting the names of the dead British soldiers.
Welcome to Tony Blair's Britain, a place where free speech is something that we used to have. If it happened in another country there would be cries of "shame" from this Government but if it happens at home we'll just call it increased security measures.
Bullshit!
Live events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Capdown, Boom In The Diamond Industry, Mybe & Encyclopedia @ Alpine Village Restaurant, Yeovil
The Conchords @ Yeovil Ex-Services & Social Club
Battle of the Bands Final, inc Cart-L @ Porter Blacks, Yeovil
Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
Pete Bennett @ Royal Marine, Yeovil
Unforgiven Kingdom @ Three Compasses, Charminster
Little John @ Green Dragon, Yeovil
Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
Live events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Mid Life Crisis @ The Old Market, Bridgwater
Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
Have a bullshit free day!
The Editor
Maya Anne Evans, a 25-year-old cook, became the first person to be prosecuted under the law which bans unauthorised demonstrations within one kilometre of Westminster after reciting the names of British soldiers killed in Iraq outside the gates of Downing Street.
She was actually standing next to the Cenotaph (a war memorial forgoodness sake) when reciting the names of the dead British soldiers.
Welcome to Tony Blair's Britain, a place where free speech is something that we used to have. If it happened in another country there would be cries of "shame" from this Government but if it happens at home we'll just call it increased security measures.
Bullshit!
Live events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Capdown, Boom In The Diamond Industry, Mybe & Encyclopedia @ Alpine Village Restaurant, Yeovil
The Conchords @ Yeovil Ex-Services & Social Club
Battle of the Bands Final, inc Cart-L @ Porter Blacks, Yeovil
Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
Pete Bennett @ Royal Marine, Yeovil
Unforgiven Kingdom @ Three Compasses, Charminster
Little John @ Green Dragon, Yeovil
Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
Live events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Mid Life Crisis @ The Old Market, Bridgwater
Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
Have a bullshit free day!
The Editor
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Back on line posting
Hi Folks
Well the last week or so has been very busy as we distributed the the combined December / January edition of the magazine and started planning for 2006.
MFA
This week an MFA musical event was held at Harry's Bar in Yeovil, which raised £400 towards the cost of providing a fresh water bore hole in Phokane. Great result! We did our bit by donating a page of advertising to be auctioned off.
Music as you lunch
Apparently Tesco are introducing a musical sandwich wrapper. The standard ready made sandwich wrapper will have a musical module built into it in a similar way to those noisy greeting cards that play a tune when you open them.
The 'music' (it's bound to be crap) will start playing when you open the pack. Christmas tunes will feature first to suit the time of year with other seasonal ditties to follow (think valentines, mothers day etc).
Great...can you imagine any office near a Tescos at lunch time? The sound of 20 sandwich wrappers all playing the same tune at different times! We forsee death and destruction ahead as the rest of the office irritated beyond the range of sanity!
Live events in South Somerset & West Dorset today
The Wurzels @ Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis
Cymbollix @ Porter Blacks, Yeovil
Dave King @ White Horse, Wincanton
Star Divas (Abba Tribute) @ Phoenix Hotel, Chard
Pete Holden @ Railway Hotel, Yeovil
Ironic @ Choughs Hotel, Chard
Stress @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Live events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Midnight America @ George Inn, Uffculme
21 Tales @ Bridgwater Arts Centre
Jim Reynolds @ White Hart, East Reach, Taunton
Have a fun day!
The Editor
Well the last week or so has been very busy as we distributed the the combined December / January edition of the magazine and started planning for 2006.
MFA
This week an MFA musical event was held at Harry's Bar in Yeovil, which raised £400 towards the cost of providing a fresh water bore hole in Phokane. Great result! We did our bit by donating a page of advertising to be auctioned off.
Music as you lunch
Apparently Tesco are introducing a musical sandwich wrapper. The standard ready made sandwich wrapper will have a musical module built into it in a similar way to those noisy greeting cards that play a tune when you open them.
The 'music' (it's bound to be crap) will start playing when you open the pack. Christmas tunes will feature first to suit the time of year with other seasonal ditties to follow (think valentines, mothers day etc).
Great...can you imagine any office near a Tescos at lunch time? The sound of 20 sandwich wrappers all playing the same tune at different times! We forsee death and destruction ahead as the rest of the office irritated beyond the range of sanity!
Live events in South Somerset & West Dorset today
The Wurzels @ Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis
Cymbollix @ Porter Blacks, Yeovil
Dave King @ White Horse, Wincanton
Star Divas (Abba Tribute) @ Phoenix Hotel, Chard
Pete Holden @ Railway Hotel, Yeovil
Ironic @ Choughs Hotel, Chard
Stress @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Live events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Midnight America @ George Inn, Uffculme
21 Tales @ Bridgwater Arts Centre
Jim Reynolds @ White Hart, East Reach, Taunton
Have a fun day!
The Editor
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Thursday, a new month begins!
December is here!
If you have not yet seen your copy of Suited and Booted then fear not they are on their way!
10,000 Years of maintenance payments
An Iranian man has been ordered by a divorce court to pay his ex-wife one gold coin a month in alimony for the next 10,000 years.
Under Iran's marriage law couples sign a pre-marital agreement where the bride must stipulate the level of compensation they can demand during the marriage or in the event of separation and divorce.
In this case the Tehran woman -- who was not named -- had asked for 15 million dollars worth of gold coins, the governmental Iran newspaper said.
The court ruled that the husband should pay her the coins in single monthly installments, meaning his debt will stay with him for 10,333 years.
He might of been a bastard but this seems a bit excessive!
Singing Sheep to be Christmas Number 1?
You loved /hated the crazy frog ringtone so much that it got into the UK charts and stayed there for weeks. Now the battle for the Christmas number 1 is hotting up and a 27-year-old British record producer Charley Darbishire has released (through the Cumbria Toursit board web site) a "baa"-filled dance song.
When will this woolly thinking end?
Live music in West Dorset & South Somerset
Asere @ Bridport Arts Centre
Crawfish @ Mermaid Hotel
Sneaky Pete Und Der Vipers @ Choughs Hotel, Chard
Jam Night @ Antelope, Crewkerne
Dodgy Jammers @ Harry's Bar
Events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Phinius Gage @ The Palace, Bridgwater
Gregorys Girl (play) @ Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, Taunton
Jungle Book (play) @ Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton
Have a great day.
The Editor
If you have not yet seen your copy of Suited and Booted then fear not they are on their way!
10,000 Years of maintenance payments
An Iranian man has been ordered by a divorce court to pay his ex-wife one gold coin a month in alimony for the next 10,000 years.
Under Iran's marriage law couples sign a pre-marital agreement where the bride must stipulate the level of compensation they can demand during the marriage or in the event of separation and divorce.
In this case the Tehran woman -- who was not named -- had asked for 15 million dollars worth of gold coins, the governmental Iran newspaper said.
The court ruled that the husband should pay her the coins in single monthly installments, meaning his debt will stay with him for 10,333 years.
He might of been a bastard but this seems a bit excessive!
Singing Sheep to be Christmas Number 1?
You loved /hated the crazy frog ringtone so much that it got into the UK charts and stayed there for weeks. Now the battle for the Christmas number 1 is hotting up and a 27-year-old British record producer Charley Darbishire has released (through the Cumbria Toursit board web site) a "baa"-filled dance song.
When will this woolly thinking end?
Live music in West Dorset & South Somerset
Asere @ Bridport Arts Centre
Crawfish @ Mermaid Hotel
Sneaky Pete Und Der Vipers @ Choughs Hotel, Chard
Jam Night @ Antelope, Crewkerne
Dodgy Jammers @ Harry's Bar
Events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Phinius Gage @ The Palace, Bridgwater
Gregorys Girl (play) @ Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, Taunton
Jungle Book (play) @ Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton
Have a great day.
The Editor
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Thursday: Sex, Stones & Gigs
Artists get more sex!
According to new research from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Open University, artists and poets have twice as many sexual partners as other people. The researchers believe that their creativity acts as a sexual magnet.
Unfortunately they are also more likely to suffer from depression. We wonder if this is true for musicians as well?
The Rolling Stones to tour Europe
The Rolling Stones will play four concerts in Britain next year at the end of the European leg of of their "A Bigger Bang" world tour, the band said on Tuesday.
The four gigs in London, Glasgow, Sheffield and Cardiff will be their first UK performances since 2003.
The veteran rockers will play at the new Wembley Stadium on August 20, Glasgow's Hampden Park on August 25 and Sheffield's Don Valley Stadium on August 27.
The final night of the band's world tour be held on August 29 in Cardiff at the Millennium Stadium.
Live music in South Somerset & West Dorset today
Blue Black @ Harry's Bar
But Seriously (Phil Collins trib.) @ Chicago Rock Café
Live events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Modern Jive @ Royal British Legion, Taunton
Haven't nearly all of us been here?
Have a great day!
The Editor
According to new research from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Open University, artists and poets have twice as many sexual partners as other people. The researchers believe that their creativity acts as a sexual magnet.
Unfortunately they are also more likely to suffer from depression. We wonder if this is true for musicians as well?
The Rolling Stones to tour Europe
The Rolling Stones will play four concerts in Britain next year at the end of the European leg of of their "A Bigger Bang" world tour, the band said on Tuesday.
The four gigs in London, Glasgow, Sheffield and Cardiff will be their first UK performances since 2003.
The veteran rockers will play at the new Wembley Stadium on August 20, Glasgow's Hampden Park on August 25 and Sheffield's Don Valley Stadium on August 27.
The final night of the band's world tour be held on August 29 in Cardiff at the Millennium Stadium.
Live music in South Somerset & West Dorset today
Blue Black @ Harry's Bar
But Seriously (Phil Collins trib.) @ Chicago Rock Café
Live events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Modern Jive @ Royal British Legion, Taunton
Haven't nearly all of us been here?
Have a great day!
The Editor
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Tuesday, ass, music & drink (sounds a bit like Father Ted!)
Fat asses mean longer needles!
Apparently Doctors are having to buy longer needles to inject their patients. Some patients, particularly women, have so much fat on their buttocks (which happen to be a useful place to give injections) that the dose of drug delivered is less than it should be. The drug should be delivered to the muscle underneath the fat and in many cases it just doesn't get there!
A different kind of ass
Live music today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Open Mic / Jam Night @ Antelope, Crewkerne
Jinder @ No.10, Bridport
Acoustic Jam Night @ Green Dragon, Combe St Nicholas
Live music in Taunton & Bridgwater areas today
Gregory's Girl @ Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre (Play)
Acoustic Jam Night @ Green Dragon, Combe St Nicholas
New Drinking Laws
A spoof brochure being distributed by Ipswich police in an effort to remind revellers of the effects of drinking too much during the first festive season under new open-all-hours drinking laws.
Nice looking boys aren't they!
Have a sober day.
The Editor
Apparently Doctors are having to buy longer needles to inject their patients. Some patients, particularly women, have so much fat on their buttocks (which happen to be a useful place to give injections) that the dose of drug delivered is less than it should be. The drug should be delivered to the muscle underneath the fat and in many cases it just doesn't get there!
A different kind of ass
Live music today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Open Mic / Jam Night @ Antelope, Crewkerne
Jinder @ No.10, Bridport
Acoustic Jam Night @ Green Dragon, Combe St Nicholas
Live music in Taunton & Bridgwater areas today
Gregory's Girl @ Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre (Play)
Acoustic Jam Night @ Green Dragon, Combe St Nicholas
New Drinking Laws
A spoof brochure being distributed by Ipswich police in an effort to remind revellers of the effects of drinking too much during the first festive season under new open-all-hours drinking laws.
Nice looking boys aren't they!
Have a sober day.
The Editor
Saturday, November 26, 2005
George, Elton, Take That & live music
So it's goodbye to George Best, the original football megastar. 1946 - 2005. There will be a minutes silence to mark his passing at football grounds across the country at 3pm today.
Elton John to Wed again!
SIR ELTON JOHN and his long-term partner David Furnish are to “marry” in a private ceremony with their parents as witnesses.
The couple’s big day was expected to be a star-studded occasion attended by their celebrity friends, but they have decided to keep the ceremony low-key, although they will follow it up with an evening reception.
Those with long memories may recal that last time he got hitched it was to a lady called Renate Blauel in 1984; he said he had realised before the ceremony that he was gay.
Take That are back!
Take that are back performing together (but without Robbie Williams). The question is, will anyone care enough to go and hear them? No? thought not!
What's on today?
Live music today in the South Somerset & West Dorset areas
Zig Zag @ Labour Club
Matthew Rock @ Railway Hotel
James Gibson @ Lord Nelson, Norton-s-Hamdon
Rob Koral (lunchtime) @ No.10, Bridport
Little John @ Ship Inn, Chard
Rooster @ Hardy's, Bridport
Fionbarr Factory presents 21 Tales (dance) @ David Hall Arts Centre, S.Petherton
Tom Toomey @ Lord Poulett Arms, Hinton St George
Mangusta @ Woods Wine Bar
Martha's Vineyard @ Bakers Arms, Martock
Storm @ Swan Inn, Sherborne
Mojo @ Half Moon, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Vinyl Monkeys @ Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Matthew Rock @ Railway Hotel
Free Spirit @ Yeovil Ex-Services & Social Club
Live music today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Concert @ Wellington Arts Centre
Lazy River Quartet @ Cross Keys, Norton Fitzwarren
Groove-a-licious @ Pen & Quill, Taunton
Art Shaw @ Princess Royal, Taunton
Andy @ Crown & Sceptre, Taunton
Me an 'Im @ The Eagle, South St, Taunton
Roadhouse Revisited @ The Vintage, Wellington
Brenny @ The Flying Horse, Taunton
Route 69 @ Green Dragon, Wellington
The Whole Hog @ The Westgate, Taunton
Aaron Sax @ Ruishton Inn
Live Music @ The Old Market, Bridgwater
Have a great day
The Editor
Elton John to Wed again!
SIR ELTON JOHN and his long-term partner David Furnish are to “marry” in a private ceremony with their parents as witnesses.
The couple’s big day was expected to be a star-studded occasion attended by their celebrity friends, but they have decided to keep the ceremony low-key, although they will follow it up with an evening reception.
Those with long memories may recal that last time he got hitched it was to a lady called Renate Blauel in 1984; he said he had realised before the ceremony that he was gay.
Take That are back!
Take that are back performing together (but without Robbie Williams). The question is, will anyone care enough to go and hear them? No? thought not!
What's on today?
Live music today in the South Somerset & West Dorset areas
Zig Zag @ Labour Club
Matthew Rock @ Railway Hotel
James Gibson @ Lord Nelson, Norton-s-Hamdon
Rob Koral (lunchtime) @ No.10, Bridport
Little John @ Ship Inn, Chard
Rooster @ Hardy's, Bridport
Fionbarr Factory presents 21 Tales (dance) @ David Hall Arts Centre, S.Petherton
Tom Toomey @ Lord Poulett Arms, Hinton St George
Mangusta @ Woods Wine Bar
Martha's Vineyard @ Bakers Arms, Martock
Storm @ Swan Inn, Sherborne
Mojo @ Half Moon, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Vinyl Monkeys @ Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Matthew Rock @ Railway Hotel
Free Spirit @ Yeovil Ex-Services & Social Club
Live music today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Concert @ Wellington Arts Centre
Lazy River Quartet @ Cross Keys, Norton Fitzwarren
Groove-a-licious @ Pen & Quill, Taunton
Art Shaw @ Princess Royal, Taunton
Andy @ Crown & Sceptre, Taunton
Me an 'Im @ The Eagle, South St, Taunton
Roadhouse Revisited @ The Vintage, Wellington
Brenny @ The Flying Horse, Taunton
Route 69 @ Green Dragon, Wellington
The Whole Hog @ The Westgate, Taunton
Aaron Sax @ Ruishton Inn
Live Music @ The Old Market, Bridgwater
Have a great day
The Editor
Friday, November 25, 2005
Friday music & stuff
The weekend is here and so is Christmas shopping madness; have you seen it out there?
George Best seems to be hanging on in there but he is perhaps an example to all of us of what
can happen when drinking gets out of control. It seems that all that can be done now is to pray for a miracle.
Britons happy to forge a sick note
LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly half of Britons admit to some kind of document-forging and a quarter confess to exaggerating educational qualifications for job purposes, according to a survey on Thursday.
The Dishonest Britain Study 2005 showed 45 percent of people admitted to some kind of forgery, be it underage drinkers faking ID or the work-shy faking doctors' notes.
"Dishonesty and fraud are shockingly widespread," said Danny Chapchal, Executive Chairman of TSSI Systems which commissioned the survey and which specialises in security verification systems.
"Identity fraud is now a major risk to consumers, yet our study shows that low level identity abuse and fraud is commonplace to the extent that it is almost becoming socially acceptable," he added.
The most popular forgery, at 18 percent, was ID cards, while five percent admitted to faking doctors' notes and four percent confessed to forging letters on company stationery.
Live music in South Somerset & West Dorset areas
BJ McCabe @ Quicksilver Mail, Yeovil
Alias @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Who's Next @ Green Dragon, Combe St Nicholas
Speed Handbag @ Woods Wine Bar, Yeovil
Dave Green @ Hardy's, Bridport
Shindig @ Poulett Arms, Lopen Head
Martha's Vineyard @ Swan Hotel, Crewkerne
Krays @ Fleur de Lis, Stoke-s-Hamdon (Please call to check this gig as the band may have been changed)
CartL @ GlobeTrotters, Yeovil
Mustang Sally @ Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Kiss This @ Phoenix Hotel, Chard
Fat Marrow Blues Band @ Three Horseshoes, Burton Bradstock
Viking Skull, McQueen, Offshore, The Cedar Falls & Stone From Delphi @ Flicks Bar
Live music in the Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Fetch @ Watterow ChurchHall
Lazy River Quartet @ Cross Keys, Norton Fitzwarren
Snappa @ The Westgate, Taunton
Turnette Doone @ Pen & Quill, Taunton
Who's Next @ Green Dragon, Combe St Nicholas
Carla @ Forresters Arms, Williton
Hobsons Choice @ West Monkton Village Hall
Lone Star Country Music Club @ Beam Bridge Hotel
Barry Paull @ Cross Rifles, Bridgwater
Excellos @ The Malt Shovel, Bridgwater
Sneaky Pete Und Der Vipers @ George, Uffculme
Have a great day
The Editor
George Best seems to be hanging on in there but he is perhaps an example to all of us of what
can happen when drinking gets out of control. It seems that all that can be done now is to pray for a miracle.
Britons happy to forge a sick note
LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly half of Britons admit to some kind of document-forging and a quarter confess to exaggerating educational qualifications for job purposes, according to a survey on Thursday.
The Dishonest Britain Study 2005 showed 45 percent of people admitted to some kind of forgery, be it underage drinkers faking ID or the work-shy faking doctors' notes.
"Dishonesty and fraud are shockingly widespread," said Danny Chapchal, Executive Chairman of TSSI Systems which commissioned the survey and which specialises in security verification systems.
"Identity fraud is now a major risk to consumers, yet our study shows that low level identity abuse and fraud is commonplace to the extent that it is almost becoming socially acceptable," he added.
The most popular forgery, at 18 percent, was ID cards, while five percent admitted to faking doctors' notes and four percent confessed to forging letters on company stationery.
Live music in South Somerset & West Dorset areas
BJ McCabe @ Quicksilver Mail, Yeovil
Alias @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Who's Next @ Green Dragon, Combe St Nicholas
Speed Handbag @ Woods Wine Bar, Yeovil
Dave Green @ Hardy's, Bridport
Shindig @ Poulett Arms, Lopen Head
Martha's Vineyard @ Swan Hotel, Crewkerne
Krays @ Fleur de Lis, Stoke-s-Hamdon (Please call to check this gig as the band may have been changed)
CartL @ GlobeTrotters, Yeovil
Mustang Sally @ Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Kiss This @ Phoenix Hotel, Chard
Fat Marrow Blues Band @ Three Horseshoes, Burton Bradstock
Viking Skull, McQueen, Offshore, The Cedar Falls & Stone From Delphi @ Flicks Bar
Live music in the Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Fetch @ Watterow ChurchHall
Lazy River Quartet @ Cross Keys, Norton Fitzwarren
Snappa @ The Westgate, Taunton
Turnette Doone @ Pen & Quill, Taunton
Who's Next @ Green Dragon, Combe St Nicholas
Carla @ Forresters Arms, Williton
Hobsons Choice @ West Monkton Village Hall
Lone Star Country Music Club @ Beam Bridge Hotel
Barry Paull @ Cross Rifles, Bridgwater
Excellos @ The Malt Shovel, Bridgwater
Sneaky Pete Und Der Vipers @ George, Uffculme
Have a great day
The Editor
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Ultimate Christmas Gift?
Is this the ultimate Christmas gift for the music lover who has everything?
iBuzz calls itself 'the musical orgasm machine!' The music-activated vibrating bullet stimulates you in time with your favourite music. Apparently you plug it into just about any music player with a 3.5mm jack (!), turn up the sound and insert the bullet in your pocket or perhaps somewhere more personal? Different track cause the bullet to vibrate in different ways.
Don't have any suitable tracks on your iPod? No problem there are 7 built in settings to try!
There are rubber sleeves to slip over the vibrating bullet making it suitable for him or her.
Visit their web site for more details http://www.ibuzz.com.
Is there no end to British engineering ingenuity!
The Editor
iBuzz calls itself 'the musical orgasm machine!' The music-activated vibrating bullet stimulates you in time with your favourite music. Apparently you plug it into just about any music player with a 3.5mm jack (!), turn up the sound and insert the bullet in your pocket or perhaps somewhere more personal? Different track cause the bullet to vibrate in different ways.
Don't have any suitable tracks on your iPod? No problem there are 7 built in settings to try!
There are rubber sleeves to slip over the vibrating bullet making it suitable for him or her.
Visit their web site for more details http://www.ibuzz.com.
Is there no end to British engineering ingenuity!
The Editor
Christmas Party & The photocopier gets it!
We spotted this on the Register web site and couldn't resist posting it here!
http://www.theregister.com/2005/11/23/xmas_copier_emergency/
Canon braces for arse-induced copier carnage
Xmas 'Rear-end' copying: the chilling truth
By Lester Haines
Published Wednesday 23rd November 2005 15:22
In case you hadn't noticed, Xmas, aka The Holiday Season as it is known down at Wal-Mart, is almost upon us. As ever, it is a time for good cheer, good will to all men and a good skinful of alcohol followed by an attempt to reproduce a likeness of one's buttocks on the office photocopier.
Of course, it's the stuff of legend that the photocopier's glass plate then has to break, jamming the machine with a half-resolved image of someone's backside while they explain to unimpressed A&E staff why they need 63 stitches in their arse on Xmas Eve.
Well, it's all horribly true, as a hot-off-the-press Canon press release reveals - chronicling the Yuletide travails of the company's 600 highly-trained engineeers as they struggle to cope with a surge in "non-work-related" festive copier breakdowns.
What Canon means by "non-work-related" mostly revolves around the aforementioned "rear-end copying". Engineers report a 25 per cent increase in emergency call-outs over Xmas, and 32 per cent of the long-suffering copier Flying Squad has at some time repaired shattered glass.
Mind you, there's more to a Canon engineer's life than extracting a grainy likeness of Maureen from Human Resources' posterior from a wrecked, beer-soaked machine. Midlands-based David Salt explained: "I had to repair a machine after a customer had held their pet cat down on copy glass and copied it," while Dan Hunt of the South West admitted: "I had to repair a machine that had its copy board glass smashed at a military base. They eventually admitted that it had fallen out the back door of their Chinook Helicopter."
Items retrieved from ailing copiers make interesting reading too: mice, a sleeping cat, spiders, a crab, a swarm of bees, a cockroach, a snake, a kitchen knife, a sausage roll , stockings, dominoes, and a cheque for £6,000.
Ah yes, and a vibrator and a condom. Now that must have been one hell of an office party. ®
Bootnote
We understand that Canon has recently increased its glass plate thickness from 4 to 5mm, and accordingly expects a reduction in arse-induced failure. No, that is not an invitation for drunken pressure testing. Behave yourselves.
The Editor
http://www.theregister.com/2005/11/23/xmas_copier_emergency/
Canon braces for arse-induced copier carnage
Xmas 'Rear-end' copying: the chilling truth
By Lester Haines
Published Wednesday 23rd November 2005 15:22
In case you hadn't noticed, Xmas, aka The Holiday Season as it is known down at Wal-Mart, is almost upon us. As ever, it is a time for good cheer, good will to all men and a good skinful of alcohol followed by an attempt to reproduce a likeness of one's buttocks on the office photocopier.
Of course, it's the stuff of legend that the photocopier's glass plate then has to break, jamming the machine with a half-resolved image of someone's backside while they explain to unimpressed A&E staff why they need 63 stitches in their arse on Xmas Eve.
Well, it's all horribly true, as a hot-off-the-press Canon press release reveals - chronicling the Yuletide travails of the company's 600 highly-trained engineeers as they struggle to cope with a surge in "non-work-related" festive copier breakdowns.
What Canon means by "non-work-related" mostly revolves around the aforementioned "rear-end copying". Engineers report a 25 per cent increase in emergency call-outs over Xmas, and 32 per cent of the long-suffering copier Flying Squad has at some time repaired shattered glass.
Mind you, there's more to a Canon engineer's life than extracting a grainy likeness of Maureen from Human Resources' posterior from a wrecked, beer-soaked machine. Midlands-based David Salt explained: "I had to repair a machine after a customer had held their pet cat down on copy glass and copied it," while Dan Hunt of the South West admitted: "I had to repair a machine that had its copy board glass smashed at a military base. They eventually admitted that it had fallen out the back door of their Chinook Helicopter."
Items retrieved from ailing copiers make interesting reading too: mice, a sleeping cat, spiders, a crab, a swarm of bees, a cockroach, a snake, a kitchen knife, a sausage roll , stockings, dominoes, and a cheque for £6,000.
Ah yes, and a vibrator and a condom. Now that must have been one hell of an office party. ®
Bootnote
We understand that Canon has recently increased its glass plate thickness from 4 to 5mm, and accordingly expects a reduction in arse-induced failure. No, that is not an invitation for drunken pressure testing. Behave yourselves.
The Editor
Thursday ranting & music
Sometimes the job (vocation?) of writing a local music magazine tends towards the completely surreal. It's not the music so much as the venues that make it seem this way. (Most musicians I meet seem to be pretty good natured easy going folks who love what they do.)
There are owners of venues who complain that they struggle to get enough punters through the door to cover the costs. But then again they don't bother to advertise (in Suited and Booted or elsewhere) that they have an event planned. If you don't tell the world, the world will stay at home!
Then there are those who try a lock a band into only appearing at their venue in a given town. (Apparently happening in Taunton). In the end this is self defeating; if someone doesn't like your venue then they probably won't go there whoever the band might be. In the end this will be stopped by the bands simply refusing to agree to this.
Then there is the actual work in putting the magazine together. Even at the deadline we still attempt to call pubs and clubs to ensure their listing are complete. This is for the most part a free service to promote the venue, unless they are a regular advertiser (in which case thank YOU!) and yet from the response you often get, you'd imagine the manager or publican had just been asked to donate a pint of their own blood!
Frankly it is no wonder that some venues struggle whilst others thrive. In the end it comes done to the quality of the management.
Here endeth the rant for today!
Live music today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Zoe Schwarz & Rob Koral @ Jazz Café Fleur, Canford Cliffs, Poole
Chill @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Martin Carthy @ David Hall Arts Centre, S.Petherton
Jam Night @ Antelope, Crewkerne
X-Teller @ Bunch of Grapes, Bristol
Barry Paull as Elvis @ Phoenix Hotel, Chard
Steve 'Big Man' Clayton @ Bell Inn, Ash
Crazy 88 @ Choughs Hotel, Chard
Live music in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Dave Hughes Jazz @ Bar 27, Bridgwater
Hearnshaw/Barrett @ Cross Keys, Norton Fitzwarren
The Communicators @ The Railway, Burnham on Sea
Have a fun day!
The Editor
There are owners of venues who complain that they struggle to get enough punters through the door to cover the costs. But then again they don't bother to advertise (in Suited and Booted or elsewhere) that they have an event planned. If you don't tell the world, the world will stay at home!
Then there are those who try a lock a band into only appearing at their venue in a given town. (Apparently happening in Taunton). In the end this is self defeating; if someone doesn't like your venue then they probably won't go there whoever the band might be. In the end this will be stopped by the bands simply refusing to agree to this.
Then there is the actual work in putting the magazine together. Even at the deadline we still attempt to call pubs and clubs to ensure their listing are complete. This is for the most part a free service to promote the venue, unless they are a regular advertiser (in which case thank YOU!) and yet from the response you often get, you'd imagine the manager or publican had just been asked to donate a pint of their own blood!
Frankly it is no wonder that some venues struggle whilst others thrive. In the end it comes done to the quality of the management.
Here endeth the rant for today!
Live music today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Zoe Schwarz & Rob Koral @ Jazz Café Fleur, Canford Cliffs, Poole
Chill @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Martin Carthy @ David Hall Arts Centre, S.Petherton
Jam Night @ Antelope, Crewkerne
X-Teller @ Bunch of Grapes, Bristol
Barry Paull as Elvis @ Phoenix Hotel, Chard
Steve 'Big Man' Clayton @ Bell Inn, Ash
Crazy 88 @ Choughs Hotel, Chard
Live music in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Dave Hughes Jazz @ Bar 27, Bridgwater
Hearnshaw/Barrett @ Cross Keys, Norton Fitzwarren
The Communicators @ The Railway, Burnham on Sea
Have a fun day!
The Editor
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Back in the saddle!
Sorry about the lack of an update for the last couple of days, it has been all hands to the pumps to get the colour section of the next print edition of Suited and Booted together.
New Licensing Act starts at midnight
The much talked about new licensing act comes into force at midnight tonight. In theory at least, this means it is now possible to purchase alcohol right around the clock. In practice only about 360 outlets have asked for a 24hour licence period and many of these are convenience stores.
In practice most pubs and clubs will stay open a little longer at the weekends. It will be interesting to see how things work out!
Live music for Wednesday in South Somerset & West Dorset
Bon Giovi @ Chicago Rock Café, Yeovil
Tom Toomey @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
The B'Eagles @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
Live music for Wednesday in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Modern Jive @ Royal British Legion Club, Taunton
The B'Eagles @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
Heathfield Dance Festival @ Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, Taunton
Non-Politically Correct Joke
This joke came in from John Richards of Watchet
Two blonde girls were working for the city public works department.
One would dig a hole and the other would follow behind her and fill the
hole in.
They worked up one side of the street, then down the other, then moved
on to the next street, working furiously all day without rest: one girl
digging a hole, the other girl filling it in again.
An onlooker was amazed at their hard work, but couldn't understand
what they were doing.
So, he asked the hole digger, "I'm impressed by the effort you two are
putting into your work, but I don't get it -- why do you dig a hole, only to
have your partner follow behind and fill it up again?"
The hole digger wiped her brow and sighed, "Well, I suppose it probably
looks odd because we're normally a three-person team.
But today the girl who plants the trees called in sick."
CF
Have a fun day!
The Editor
New Licensing Act starts at midnight
The much talked about new licensing act comes into force at midnight tonight. In theory at least, this means it is now possible to purchase alcohol right around the clock. In practice only about 360 outlets have asked for a 24hour licence period and many of these are convenience stores.
In practice most pubs and clubs will stay open a little longer at the weekends. It will be interesting to see how things work out!
Live music for Wednesday in South Somerset & West Dorset
Bon Giovi @ Chicago Rock Café, Yeovil
Tom Toomey @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
The B'Eagles @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
Live music for Wednesday in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Modern Jive @ Royal British Legion Club, Taunton
The B'Eagles @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
Heathfield Dance Festival @ Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, Taunton
Non-Politically Correct Joke
This joke came in from John Richards of Watchet
Two blonde girls were working for the city public works department.
One would dig a hole and the other would follow behind her and fill the
hole in.
They worked up one side of the street, then down the other, then moved
on to the next street, working furiously all day without rest: one girl
digging a hole, the other girl filling it in again.
An onlooker was amazed at their hard work, but couldn't understand
what they were doing.
So, he asked the hole digger, "I'm impressed by the effort you two are
putting into your work, but I don't get it -- why do you dig a hole, only to
have your partner follow behind and fill it up again?"
The hole digger wiped her brow and sighed, "Well, I suppose it probably
looks odd because we're normally a three-person team.
But today the girl who plants the trees called in sick."
CF
Have a fun day!
The Editor
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Saturday animation & music
Wallace & Gromit makes the Oscar nomination list!Nominees for all Oscar categories will be announced on January 31, with the winners unveiled during the 78th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on March 5.
Live events in South Somerset & West Dorset
Magic Mirror @ Labour Club
Blue Groove @ Hardy's, Bridport
Dr Stomp & Professor Oz @ Bell Inn, Ash
Crawfish @ Swan Hotel, Crewkerne
Ian Briggs & The Super Vampers @ Woods Wine Bar
Driver @ Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Paul Laming @ Yeovil Ex-Services & Social Club
Mojo @ Tanners, Bridport
Cryin' Out Loud @ Half Moon, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Live events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Stuff Stan Likes @ The Westgate, Taunton
Live Music @ The Old Market, Bridgwater
Trans-Mission @ Churchinford Village Hall
Dirty Money @ White Hart, East Reach, Taunton
Nikki Jordan @ The Flying Horse, Taunton
No Shame @ The Vintage, Wellington
Mike Dave @ Crown & Sceptre. Taunton
Mojo @ Pen & Quill, Taunton
Roger Colome @ Green Dragon, Wellington
Simon Gee @ Proncess Royal, Taunton
Have a great weekend!
The Editor
Friday, November 18, 2005
Friday, Children in need, music & meetings!
BBC Children In Need Day
Today is Children in Need Day, the regular BBC hosted event that raises money for Children in the UK. If like many others you will be taking part to raising money at work you may wish to continue the good works in the evening. The Railway Hotel in Yeovil (and possibly other places too) has a whole night of fun dedicated to the cause.
Live events today in South Somerset & West Dorset area
Children In Need Night - music from Ian Rutter @ Railway Hotel, Yeovil
Cryin' Out Loud @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Breeze @ Poulett Arms, Lopen Head
Mid Life Crisis @ Hardy's, Bridport
The Jive Aces @ Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis
The Jive Aces in full swing!
Morellos @ Westminster, Yeovil
Tom Toomey @ Hope & Anchor, Bridport
Martha's Vineya @Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Crazy 88 @ Fleur de Lis, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Dillon @ Swan Hotel, Crewkerne
Us & Them @ Finn McCools, Weymouth
Streetlight Manifesto, Skylar, Uncle Brian & Sup @ Flicks Bar, Yeovil
Live events today in Taunton & Bridgwater area
Blues Casters @ Cross Rifles, Bridgwater
Roadhose Revisited @ The Westgate, Taunton
Real Deal @ Pen & Quill, Taunton
Turnette Doone @ Brazz Bar, Taunton
Arthur Shaw @ The Malt Shovel, Bridgwater
Brian Stevens @ Forresters Arms, Williton
Richard Huish, Light @ Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton
Friday work meetings may mask love trysts
According to a report carried by Reuters, employers should be warned: workers who schedule Wednesday meetings are potentially going to a job interview and regular Friday afternoon meetings could be an excuse for a rendezvous with their lover.
A survey of 167 companies revealed a growing trend of so-called "me me meetings", out-of-office meetings used to cover a more personal encounter.
The poll, by Genesys Conferencing, showed 81 percent of office workers admitted arranging meetings to fit in with personal activities.
It also showed that over half of their colleagues were suspicious of the motives behind the meetings for which many of their workmates left the office.
Genesys said the most popular reason for a "me me meeting" was to get away early for the weekend.
But the survey also showed Friday afternoons were the best for meeting lovers or to go shopping. Monday mornings were the most popular time for scheduling a meeting to mask looking after the children and Wednesdays were the preferred time for job interviews.
Who everyou're meeting have a fun Friday!
The Editor
Today is Children in Need Day, the regular BBC hosted event that raises money for Children in the UK. If like many others you will be taking part to raising money at work you may wish to continue the good works in the evening. The Railway Hotel in Yeovil (and possibly other places too) has a whole night of fun dedicated to the cause.
Live events today in South Somerset & West Dorset area
Children In Need Night - music from Ian Rutter @ Railway Hotel, Yeovil
Cryin' Out Loud @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Breeze @ Poulett Arms, Lopen Head
Mid Life Crisis @ Hardy's, Bridport
The Jive Aces @ Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis
The Jive Aces in full swing!
Morellos @ Westminster, Yeovil
Tom Toomey @ Hope & Anchor, Bridport
Martha's Vineya @Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Crazy 88 @ Fleur de Lis, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Dillon @ Swan Hotel, Crewkerne
Us & Them @ Finn McCools, Weymouth
Streetlight Manifesto, Skylar, Uncle Brian & Sup @ Flicks Bar, Yeovil
Live events today in Taunton & Bridgwater area
Blues Casters @ Cross Rifles, Bridgwater
Roadhose Revisited @ The Westgate, Taunton
Real Deal @ Pen & Quill, Taunton
Turnette Doone @ Brazz Bar, Taunton
Arthur Shaw @ The Malt Shovel, Bridgwater
Brian Stevens @ Forresters Arms, Williton
Richard Huish, Light @ Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton
Friday work meetings may mask love trysts
According to a report carried by Reuters, employers should be warned: workers who schedule Wednesday meetings are potentially going to a job interview and regular Friday afternoon meetings could be an excuse for a rendezvous with their lover.
A survey of 167 companies revealed a growing trend of so-called "me me meetings", out-of-office meetings used to cover a more personal encounter.
The poll, by Genesys Conferencing, showed 81 percent of office workers admitted arranging meetings to fit in with personal activities.
It also showed that over half of their colleagues were suspicious of the motives behind the meetings for which many of their workmates left the office.
Genesys said the most popular reason for a "me me meeting" was to get away early for the weekend.
But the survey also showed Friday afternoons were the best for meeting lovers or to go shopping. Monday mornings were the most popular time for scheduling a meeting to mask looking after the children and Wednesdays were the preferred time for job interviews.
Who everyou're meeting have a fun Friday!
The Editor
Thursday, November 17, 2005
I just spotted this and couldn't resist!
Avian Flu Warning
The Center for Disease Control has released a list of symptoms of bird flu.
If you experience any of the following, please seek medical treatment immediately:
1. High fever
2. Congestion
3. Nausea
4. Fatigue
5. Aching in the joints
6. An irresistible urge to shit on someone's windscreen.
You have been warned.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Wednesday
It's mid week day and down hill now to the weekend!
Live events in West Dorset & South Somerset
Open Mic / Jam Night @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
B'Eagles @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
The Bite @ Chicago Rock Café, Yeovil
Storm @ GlobeTrotters, Yeovil (double check that this gig is on as there was some confusion about its booking!)
Live events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Modern Jive @ Royal British Legion, Taunton
B'Eagles @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
Heathfield Dance Festival @ Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton
Industry launches new Internet piracy crackdown
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The music industry's top lobby group on Tuesday launched a new wave of legal action against the illegal sharing of music over the Internet, which it says hits sales and steals money from music artists.
The International Federation for the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said it was launching 2,100 legal cases and extending the action to five new countries in Europe, Asia and, for the first time, South America.
It said file-sharers in Sweden, Switzerland, Argentina, Hong Kong and Singapore faced prosecution for the first time.
"It's the thinking of dinosaurs for anyone to believe that they can steal music after all the education and campaigns that we have had," IFPI head John Kennedy told Reuters.
He told a news conference that Sweden had been chosen for the launch of the new cases as it had a reputation as being a "haven for piracy". Sweden only recently made it illegal to download copyright-protected files.
"This is a shame for a country which has produced so much good music," he said, referring to ABBA, Ace of Base and The Cardigans.
You have been warned!
JUST ONE DAY LEFT TO SEND DETAILS OF YOUR DECEMBER & JANUARY EVENTS!
Thursday 17th is deadline day so send us all your event information by then.
If you have already given us your event information then; thank you!
The Editor
Live events in West Dorset & South Somerset
Open Mic / Jam Night @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
B'Eagles @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
The Bite @ Chicago Rock Café, Yeovil
Storm @ GlobeTrotters, Yeovil (double check that this gig is on as there was some confusion about its booking!)
Live events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Modern Jive @ Royal British Legion, Taunton
B'Eagles @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
Heathfield Dance Festival @ Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton
Industry launches new Internet piracy crackdown
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The music industry's top lobby group on Tuesday launched a new wave of legal action against the illegal sharing of music over the Internet, which it says hits sales and steals money from music artists.
The International Federation for the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said it was launching 2,100 legal cases and extending the action to five new countries in Europe, Asia and, for the first time, South America.
It said file-sharers in Sweden, Switzerland, Argentina, Hong Kong and Singapore faced prosecution for the first time.
"It's the thinking of dinosaurs for anyone to believe that they can steal music after all the education and campaigns that we have had," IFPI head John Kennedy told Reuters.
He told a news conference that Sweden had been chosen for the launch of the new cases as it had a reputation as being a "haven for piracy". Sweden only recently made it illegal to download copyright-protected files.
"This is a shame for a country which has produced so much good music," he said, referring to ABBA, Ace of Base and The Cardigans.
You have been warned!
JUST ONE DAY LEFT TO SEND DETAILS OF YOUR DECEMBER & JANUARY EVENTS!
Thursday 17th is deadline day so send us all your event information by then.
If you have already given us your event information then; thank you!
The Editor
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