Massive update this week!

Travel plans this week will make regular updates to the web site rather difficult. So here is all the live music we know about happening between Tuesday and Friday this week!


Live events this week in South Somerset & West Dorset areas
Tuesday 13th SEPTEMBER
Jam Night @ Antelope, Crewkerne

WEDNESDAY 14th SEPTEMBER
Communicators @ Chicago Rock Café, Yeovil
Open Mic / Jam Night @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil

THURSDAY 15th SEPTEMBER
Vinyl Monkeys @ Nelsons Cheese & Ale House, Blandford
Crazy 88 @ Choughs Hotel, Chard
The David Miles Band @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Brendon @ Phoenix Hotel, Chard
The Get Outs @ White Horse, Wincanton
Jam Night @ Woods Wine Bar, Yeovil

FRIDAY 16th SEPTEMBER
The Fight, Instill, 3DBS Down, The Whiskey River & My Vendetta @ Flicks Bar, Yeovil
Live music TBC @ Hardy's, Bridport
Loose Connections @ Fleur de Lis, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Crosswired @ Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
On The Nod @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Wob @ Hope & Anchor, Bridport
Flatland Boogie Band @ Ropemakers, Bridport



Those Flatland Boogie Boys, nice shirts chaps!

Live events this week for Taunton & Bridgwater areas
TUESDAY 13th SEPTEMBER
The Melstock Band @ Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton

WEDNESDAY 14th SEPTEMBER
Round The Garden @ Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton (-17th)
Modern Jive @ Royal British Legion Club, Taunton
Acoustic Music Night @ West India House, Taunton

THURSDAY 15th SEPTEMBER
James Chadwick Quartet @ Bar 27, Bridgwater
Jam Session @ The George, Uffculme
Ritz Acoustic Club @ Ritz, Burnham-on-Sea
Jive Inn @ Chestnut Tree Club, Taunton
Imperial Vipers + support @ Palace, Bridgwater

FRIDAY 16th SEPTEMBER
Little Dixie @ The Westgate, Taunton
Arthur Shaw @ Crown & Sceptre, Taunton
Open Mic Night @ The Bear, Wiveliscombe
Cover-up @ The Malt Shovel, Taunton
That’ll Do @ The Vintage, Wellington
Ann Clancy @ Flying Horse
Triple Rock @ White Hart, E.Reach, Taunton
Fat Bottomed Queens @ Cross Rifles, Bridgwater
Live Music t.b.c. @ Pen & Quill, Taunton
Barracuda @ Beam Bridge Hotel
Women’s Cabaret @ Bridgwater Arts Centre
Merseybeats @ Royal British Legion Club, Taunton

Take Art Launch Their Autumn Programme

Take art live Autumn programme

Make sure you get hold of the new Take Art Live programme now. Some of the best live events happening in Somerset this autumn are in village halls, from Porlock to Easton-in-Gordano to Churchinford, and it’s easy to lose track without this guide!

Sarah Peterkin, director of Take Art Live is responsible for getting hold of acts from all over the country and further afield. She aims to bring us a varied and adventurous range of acts from music to theatre to shows for children. “I’m really excited about what we’re bringing here this season. It’s hard for me to choose, but my top picks are ‘Pacific Voices’, beautiful Samoan stories which will transport you to another world for the evening or the totally bonkers and musical Spike Theatre, one of the finest new theatre companies in Britain with a refreshing family show ‘Backwater’.”



Backwater from Spike Theatre

Where does Sarah get all the acts from? “We go to see as many of the shows as possible - the Edinburgh Festival is always a great source. If I can’t see shows myself I rely heavily on other members of the National Rural Touring Forum (which represents organisations like us across the country), for their top recommendations. We’ve built up a track record over the years to deliver high quality acts and our village hall promoters are willing to take a risk with the unknown.”

Other great theatre is Quondam ‘Black Diamonds’, a fantastic piece of brave writing from award-winning playwright, Julia Darling. It has a dark theme but the show is very uplifting and thought-provoking. Two other national companies, Third Space and Big State, will offer up their latest shows. And straddling dance and theatre, Pretty Good Girl Dance’s brand new work ‘Morning, Noon and Marilyn Monroe’ starts its national tour in Somerset this autumn, returning in the Spring. Children will love Puppetcraft’s brand new show, ‘Nobody Rides the Unicorn’ and Waggish Radish Puppet Theatre’s ‘King Ethelbert and the Happy Scamp’. Jo King, king of stand-up, is Frank Sinatra for a musical journey through the crooner’s life and sings some of the best loved songs of the era on his way.

Jazz, classical, folk and blues feature strongly with great gigs from Chris James, Cabbage Alley, Howden Jones and Three’s Company.

Just call Take Art on 01460 249450 or email sarah@takeart.org and they’ll make sure you’re in the picture before the season kicks off.

Take Art - Arts development agency for SomersetThe Mill, Flaxdrayton farm, South Petherton, TA13 5LR www.takeart.org

The Editor

Have you seen our updated band & venue link page?

We have been doing a lot of updating on the Suited and Booted main web site http://www.suit-boot.co.uk over the last few days. Including a completely revamped band and venue link page. If you have been wondering how to contact a local band this may well be the easiest way!

Take a look at http://www.suit-boot.co.uk/much-more.htm now!

If you are in a band or are a venue that regularly hosts music then let us know and we will add you to the listings, NO CHARGE! Send an email to suit_boot@yahoo.co.uk with your web site details.

Hope you like it.

The Editor

Get them Monday morning blues?

Blind speed record
A South African has become the world's fastest blind driver after driving across a remote airstrip at 168mph.

Blind since birth, 33-year-old Hein Wagner of Cape Town had a sighted navigator for his record attempt. After crossing the airfield, he told reporters he wanted to do it again, but was considering piloting an aircraft for his next record attempt.




"I'm very happy," said Wagner, whose drive in a borrowed Maserati V8 GranSport was monitored by motoring organisation Motorsport SA and filmed for the Guinness Book of World Records.

Actually we think we saw some of this guy's practice runs down the Queensway dual carriageway in Yeovil; well the way some people drive you'd think they were blind!

Back to the music
Monday again and there is today a sad lack of musical events for you to enjoy. Or perhaps you are still recovering from the weekend anyway?

Your opportunity to shine tonight is the open mic night at the Westgate in Taunton...that's it!

The Editor

Sunday music at lunch mostly...

Today is the 4th anniversary of the September 11th attacks that happened in 2001.




Gay cowboy film rides off with Venice Golden Lion
VENICE (Reuters) - Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain", a tale of homosexual love in the mountains of Wyoming, won Venice's Golden Lion on Saturday, beating film festival favourite George Clooney in the race to take the top prize.

The latest movie by the director of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hulk" is adapted from a story by Annie Proulx and stars Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as love-struck cowboys whose forbidden affair begins in 1963 and ends 20 years later


Some lunchtime and afternoon music today not so much in the evening.

Events in South Somerset & West Dorset today
Live at Lunch' with Sean Geraghty (1.20pm) @ Bottle Inn, Marshwood
HarrySkinner & Dave Saunders (2.30-5pm) @ Hare & Hounds, Waytown, Nr Bridport

Events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas today
Original Rags @ Bar 27, Bridgwater (lunchtime)
Arthur Shaw @ Old Market, Bridgwater

Have a great day

The Editor

Lots to see and do on Saturday

Well the biggie today is probably Super Furry Animals playing in Bridgwater tonight. If you don't already have a ticket then you are probably out of luck!

There is plenty of other great music out there tonight though!

Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Tom Toomey (4-5pm)@ Galhampton Beer Festival
Tony McPhee, Harry Skinner & Dave Saunders @ Bell Inn, Ash
Dodgy Jammers @ Ship Inn, Chard
Tom Toomey @ Lord Nelson, Norton-s-Hamdon
Rip It Up @ Half Moon, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Dillon (Unforgiven Kingdom) @ Swan Hotel, Crewkerne
Lost Cause @ Swan Inn, Sherborne
Shin Dig @ Labour Club
Real World @ Nags Head, Lyme Regis
Mid Life Crisis @ Hardy's, Bridport
Storm @ South Petherton Carnival
Paddy Jo King @ Old Barn Club, Yeovil
Ben Waters Boogie Band @ Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis


Mr Boogie Woogie and his band at Lyme tonight!

Events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas today
Super Furry Animals @ Palace, Bridgwater
Sedgemoor Cont. Music Group @ Bridgwater A.C.
Mojo @ Old Market, Bridgwater
Stuff Stan Likes @ The Westgate, Taunton
Reggae Night @ The Alma, Taunton
Bleedin Hartz @ White Hart, E.Reach, Taunton
Real Deal @ The Vintage, Wellington
Roger Lendon @ Flying Horse, Taunton
Crawfish @ Pen & Quill, Taunton
Christie James @ Princess Royal, Taunton
Ann Clancey @ Green Dragon, Wellington

Going on holiday to Germany? Watch out for the security bully boys
German airport security staff strip passenger in public
ORLEANS, France (AFP) - A senior member of a French association for accident victims said he would sue a German airport for stripping him in public when a security device reacted to a metal plate in his body.

"Wednesday I was going through the metal detector gate to take the plane and the alarm went off," said Rene Auguy, 59, from Saran in central France, recounting the incident at Cologne airport in western Germany.

"I was expecting it because I have a prosthesis, a metal plate as big as your hand at the top of my pelvis. I show a paper in French and English which explains the problem," he said.
"And then the security official pulls up my shirt and pulls my trousers down to the middle of my thighs. I find myself in my underpants in front of 300 people.

"The man runs his detector over me, and it gives the alarm. He takes me pretty violently to a booth about seven metres (22 feet) from the gate. I was going to take off my prosthesis when the man suddenly pulls down my underpants in front of everyone, the curtains were not closed," he said.

"I felt humiliated. And in the plane people were making fun of me. I had to tell them how to behave."

Auguy, a refrigeration engineer, said he would be filing a complaint Saturday as his personal dignity had been abused.

The airline German Wings and Cologne airport said they knew nothing about the matter and said they "were not responsible for security controls."

Stay in the UK and have a fantastic Saturday!

The Editor

Off Topic - The Id Card Swizz

There are those who think ID cards might be a good idea...we don't.

We see it as a gross intrusion of the state into a person's private affairs that will never stop the terrorists or indeed so called ID theft.




Which ever side of the fence you come down on you'll probably find this FLASH movie fun!

Click the link in the headline above or here http://eclectech.co.uk/swizz.php

The Editor

Friday again

Oh boy are we late today, still hopefully we are still in time for you to check out the entertainment for tonight!

Events in South Somerset & West Dorset today
Sean & The Little People @ Hardy's, Bridport
Triple Rock @ Fleur de Lis, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Old Dogz New Trix @ Green Dragon Combe St Nicholas
Dr Stomp & Professor Oz @ Hope & Anchor, Bridport



Dr Stomp & Prof. Oz!

Vinyl Monkeys @ Red Lion, Beaminster
ITV (Black Sabbath trib) @ Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Tom Toomey @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Loose Connections @ Ropemakers, Bridport
The Hurt Process, Reflux, The Maple Room & Born To Break Even @ Flicks Bar, Yeovil

Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Jury @ Cross Rifles, Bridgwater
The Wurzels @ Wellsprings Leisure Centre, Taunton
Mike Wroth @ The Malt Shovel, Taunton
Kez @ Crown & Sceptre, Taunton
Stingrays @ The Westgate, Taunton
Crosswired @ Pen & Quill, Taunton
Blazing Stump Folk Club @ Royal Oak, Lux.
Old Dogz New Trix @ Green Dragon Combe St Nicholas
Jive/Rock’n’Roll @ Taunton R’n’R Club
Nightshift @ Wookey Hole Inn

The Editor

Thursday already!

As you may your way home tonight you may want to keep in mind just what can happen if you get caught short in the open...read on.

Inebriated Belgian woman dies in cemetery accident
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - An inebriated Belgian woman died in a freak accident when she ended up beneath a heavy grave stone at a cemetery, local news agency Belga said on Wednesday.
The 33-year-old was on her way home from a bar in the Belgian town of Pulle in the early hours of Saturday when she took a short cut through the cemetery.

But she urgently needed to relieve herself and crouched down between two gravestones. As she lost her balance, she grabbed one of the stones which gave way and landed on top of her.
The public prosecutor's office said she died of suffocation as she was unable to lift the heavy stone.

You have been warned!

Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Relics @ Choughs Hotel, Chard
The Party Band @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Mr Perfect @ Phoenix Hotel, Chard (please note we are not even sure what type of act Mr Perfect is! Could be anything!)


Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Jive Inn @ Chestnut Tree Club, Taunton
Ian Briggs Blues Band @ White Hart, E.Reach, Taunton


Ian Briggs & The Supervampers here playing at the Dorchester artas centre in 2003. This picture is from Ian's web site. Click the headline above to go there.


Ritz Acoustic Club @ Ritz, Burnham-on-Sea
Jazz Jam Session @ Bar 27, Bridgwater

Have fun and mind the tombstones!

The Editor

Wednesday events and news

We are just a little bit late today but here is the event news for later!


Antony and Johnsons win Mercury
Antony and the Johnsons have won this year's Mercury Music Prize for the album I Am A Bird Now. Led by New York-based singer Antony Hegarty, they beat acts including Coldplay, favourites Kaiser Chiefs and hip-hop artist MIA.

The £20,000 award is for the best album of the year by a British or Irish act. "I think they must have made a mistake," Chichester-born Hegarty said. "I am completely overwhelmed. I think that's insane." The pianist and singer's winning album, features contributions from Boy George and Lou Reed.
You can hear the music by following this link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4217140.stm

Live events in South Somerset & West Dorset toady
The Yetties & Tim Van Eyken @ West End Hall, Sherborne
Little John @ Nags Head, Lyme Regis
Open Mic / Jam Night @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Robbing Williams @ Chicago Rock Café, Yeovil




Hazel O'Connor & The Subterraneans @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
Guys & Dolls (musical) @ The Octagon Theatre, Yeovil

Events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
The Long Mirror @ Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton (until 10th)
Hazel O'Connor & The Subterraneans @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
Modern Jive @ The Royal British Legion Club, Taunton

Want to join an old style Ska band?

We had a call today from Jan Reay who is in the process of setting up a Ska band. Today the band is already a five piece but they feel that the sound would be complete if they had:

1) A trombone player
2) A keyboard player

Jan says their style is more Jamaican Ska than '80s style including plenty of instrumentals. Practice session will be held between Sherborne and Dorchester. So if the geography works for you and the thought of playing Ska live gets your blood moving then give Jan a call on 01300 345 173.

Jan's other musical incarnation is Foo Foo and if you enjoy musical creativity and something different from the usual tribute bands then give them a try. You can find out more from the Foo Foo web site http://www.thechicksfromthesticks.co.uk/

The Editor

Off topic Katrina & Looting

Not exactly music news but interesting anyway. Clicking the link on the headline above will take you to a video shown on US TV where even the Police are looting a local Wal-Mart store. The world has gone mad.

http://www.zippyvideos.com/8911023771013466/countdown-looting-in-walmart/

The Editor

Guys and Dolls opens tonight!

Tonight is the opening night for the Kassmatt production of Guys and Dolls at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil. To book your tickets go to the Octagon web site http://www.octagon-theatre.co.uk.

Mercury Music Awards
Rock band Kaiser Chiefs are hotly tipped to scoop the 2005 Mercury Prize beating the likes of Coldplay and The Magic Numbers to one of Britain's most prestigious music awards.

Bookmakers William Hill said the Leeds band were firm favourites to take the top prize with their debut album "Employment".

We guess you'll be able to see the awards on TV in the next week or so but we couldn't find the event in the listings.

So what else is happening today?

Events in South Somerset & West Dorset
Jam Night @ Antelope, Crewkerne
Guys & Dolls @ Octagon Theatre, Yeovil (till 10th September)


Events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Musical Quiz @ Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton
Tiverton Folk Club @ Racehorse Inn, Tiverton


The Editor

Try this on Google

We had this shown to us and we thought we would share it with you.

Type Liar into the Google search engine set for the UK, here's what you get.



Are you going to argue with Google?

The Editor

Monday, it's quiet out there...

A correction from the print edition of Suited and Booted.
One of our new contributors wrote a review of Harry's Bar in Yeovil this month and indicated that the live music was available for "the price of a pint". One of our readers called to remind us that as is common with many veunes now, you may well be asked for a small entrance fee, particularly if you arrive later in the evening.

Live events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Nothing, not a single event... unless you know different!

Events in the Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Open Mic Night @ The Westgate, Taunton

Bleedin Hartz
Our featured band on the front cover this month are The Bleedin Hartz, who are (they say) 'the perfect example of the classic 4 Piece 'Rock Band' whose emphasis is on playing music in the 'Classic Rock' Genre.




The 'BLEEDIN HARTZ' are made up of Gary Lately, Simon LePulse, Julio Newlio and Cole Bouchet. All the Band members live and work in Somerset. Their 'Set Lists' combine 'Classic Rock' tracks from the 70's, 80's and 90's, and they try to perform them all as close as possible to the way the original artists performed them, 'Loud, Live and Rocking'.

Their music pays tribute to bands such as Pink Floyd, Deep Purple and Thin Lizzy, through to Aerosmith, Guns N Roses and U2.

The Classic 'Rock Band' Set Up of 2 Guitarists, Bass and Drums and powerful main and support vocals allow The BLEEDIN HARTZ to emulate the feel and sounds of many classic rock tracks. All members of the band have played in various support acts for the likes of Jools Holland and The 'Wurzels'.

First formed in February 2004, the band have colaborated well and stayed totally commited to their mutual love of classic rock music. Their 'Gig' posters laughingly state they are on a permanent 'Tribute To Who?' tour, this magazine wrote them up as a 'Great Tribute Band', but a tribute to who? (well we do make mistakes especially near the print deadlines!)

Saturday 10th September. WHITE HART. Taunton
Saturday 17th September. Yeovilton Air Day. RNAS Yeovilton (TBC)
Saturday 24th September. HALF MOON. Stoke-Sub-Hamdon

(TBC = To be confirmed)

The band's web site has lots more information about them and some sound samples.
http://bleedinhartz.maddsites.com/

The Editor

Guys and Dolls starts on Tuesday 6th

This week Kassmatt Productions bring you their version of the classic musical Guys and Dolls.




It runs at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil from 6th till 10th September nightly at 7.30pm with a Saturday Matinee at 2.30pm.

Tickets available from the Octagon Box office. Check their web site http://www.octagon-theatre.co.uk/

The Editor

Sunday fun

You haven't have you?
This information came from the Yahoo web site
The Rolling Stones' new album has been illegally posted on the internet a week before its official release. A Bigger Bang, their first studio album in eight years, is available to download from several websites. The illegal downloads could cost the band millions in record sales.

The Rolling Stones join Oasis, U2 and Eminem on a list of artists who have fallen victim to internet piracy. A spokesperson for the Stones' record company EMI told The Times: "The first low-quality files of new Rolling Stones music were found illegally posted on Monday, the same day we began making the new album available for consumers to listen to via radio and streaming. "It is actually a major achievement to keep an album secure until this close to the commercial release date."

Piracy has been blamed for a fall in music sales. Recent research by the British Phonographic Institute revealed more than seven million Britons admitted to downloading music illegally.


Events today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Jamming with Mutter & Gareth (3.30pm) @ Ropemakers, Bridport
Julie Dunn Jazz Trio @ Alex Wine Bar, Yeovil
Live at Lunch' with Finn & Friends (1.30pm) @ Bottle Inn, Marshwood
Rhythm Junkies (4pm) @ Westminster, Yeovil
Charlie Morris Band @ Bell Inn, Ash

Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Real Deal @ Old Market, Bridgwater

The Editor

Friday and the weekend starts here!

His very own booze cruise
A sailor has been rescued after drifting around the English Channel for two days in his half-built boat with only beer to drink.

The 52-year-old Dutch man, who lives in Southampton, took to sea after he had an argument with his wife, Portland Coastguard said.

He was spotted in Weymouth Bay, about four miles off Lulworth Cove, by another yacht and towed by lifeboat into Weymouth harbour.


Live Music today in South Somerset & West Dorset
Mid Life Crisis @ Fleur de Lis, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Speed Handbag @ Woods Wine Bar, Yeovil
The Seventh Cross, Shaped By Fate, Johnny Mental, Shellshock & 50 Caliber @ Flicks Bar, Yeovil
Martha's Vineyard @ Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Blue Groove @ Hardy's, Bridport
Alias @ Harry's Bar
Unforgiven Kingdom @ Swan Inn, Sherborne


Make it loud! Unforgiven Kingdom in action

Bleedin Hartz @ Grey Lake, Greinton, Nr Moorlinch

Have a great day!
The Editor

The Stranglers play live in Yeovil

If your youth involved pogo-ing along to "Something Better Change" and other Stranglers songs then here is an opportunity to relive your youth.




On Saturday 22nd October The Stranglers will be playing at the Westland Leisure Complex in Yeovil with support from Chapter XIII.

The combination of musical talents and enthusiasm, infused with large doses of charisma and dark notoriety goes more than a little way to explaining why The Stranglers have survived the vagaries of the music business.

These days The Stranglers have at their core original members Jean-Jacques Burnel (bass), Dave Greenfield (keyboards) and Jet Black (drums). Consummate vocalist Paul Roberts has been fronting the band for 12 years and Baz Warne, another musician of considerable pedigree and talent has been the band's guitarist since 2000.

To book your tickets (which cost a hefty £19.50 each in advance or £24.00 on the door) call the hotline on 01935 703810 or go to the web site www.seetickets.com.

The Editor

First day of September

Well I guess with September here Autumn has probably arrived or at least will be with us very soon.

If you have been watching the TV over the last two days the coverage has been universally bad news whether from hirrican Katrina in the USA or the stampede of people who were crushed in Iraq.

So if you would like to hear about some of the good news that is happening in the world click this link, http://charityfocus.org/insp/clubs/sol/?cat=0 (it's non-religious). It just might help brighten your day!


Events in South Somerset & West Dorset today
Chard Remains @ Choughs Hotel, Chard
Crazy 88 @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Freak Circus @ White Horse, Wincanton
Jam Night @ Woods Wine Bar

Unfortunately we can't tell you about the Taunton area yet...but we will soon!

Dumb things not to do:
Party bank raid joke backfires
Thursday September 1, 08:53 AM
Michael Lyons thought he'd come up with a great practical joke for his daughter's birthday party -- but he stopped laughing as soon as he was arrested.

As the man from Georgia, USA stopped by a bank with the party guests, he convinced one of his daughter's 13-year-old pals to hand a note to a cashier, stating, "Give me all of your money, this is a stick-up."

The cashier sounded the alarm and police stormed the building.

The Editor