Gigs and 'those' adverts

Last day of the month and if you have not yet seen your September edition of Suited and Booted then you will soon!

Live Events today!

Events in South Somerset & West Dorset
Briefcase Blues Brothers @ Chicago Rock Café, Yeovil
Open Mic / Jam Night @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil

Events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Modern Jive @ Royal British Legion, Taunton

It's still just a little quiet out there. While you wait for the music to really get going, what about those adverts on the TV? You know the ones...the feminine hygiene adverts.




Click the link in the headline above for an adult, clean but humourous take on all those "with wings" adverts. (Needs a FLASH player installed)
http://www.milkandcookies.com/links/24117/


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Post Bank Holiday Blues

If you aren't on holiday then you may well be suffering from post Bank Holiday Blues. This affliction typically occurs when a fine summer day follows a bank holiday.

Fear not beacuse help is at hand!

Quick Joke #1
Did you hear about the man who fell in love with a psychic? He got down on one knee and asked her, "Will I marry you?"
Quick Joke #2
A wife went to the police station with her next-door neighbor to report that her husband was missing. The policeman asked for a description. She said, "He's 35 years old, 6 foot 4, has dark eyes, dark wavy hair, an athletic build, weighs 185 pounds, is soft-spoken, and is good to the children." The next-door neighbor protested, "Your husband is 5 foot 4, chubby, bald, has a big mouth, and is mean to your children." The wife replied, "Well, I don't want THAT one back.

So what about the music?

Not much on tonight; you can choose from a jam night at the Antelope in Crewkerne or an acoustic jam night at the Green Dragon in Combe St Nicholas.

More music tomorrow for you though.

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Saturday 27th Live Music

We have lots of personal things happening today so this blog will be short!

Events in South Somerset & West Dorset
Fat Marrow Blues Band @ Woods Wine Bar
Tobacco Road @ Yeovil Ex-Services & Social Club
Tom Toomey (1pm) @ Beer Hacket Beer Festival
Skinful @ Ropemakers, Bridport
Clams @ Hardy's, Bridport
Balance of Power @ Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Mustang Sally @ Labour Club
The Perfect Strangers @ Swan Inn, Sherborne
Bedrock @ Half Moon, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Chris Stuckey & Mary @ The Plucknett
Breathless @ Old Barn Club

Live Events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Lois & The Iguana @ Wellington FC
That'll Do @ The Old Market, Bridgwater
Jason Toft @ The Princess Royal, Taunton
Nick Girome-Maddocks Band @ The Vintage, Wellington
Gold Blend @ Flying Horse, Taunton
Jamie Lawrence @ The Crown & Sceptre, Taunton
The Tree Frogs @ The Westgate, Taunton
Catch 23 @ The Pen & Quill, Taunton
The Whole Hog @ White Hart, East Reach, Taunton

That's all for now folks!

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Extra acoustic band wanted at Flick Bar, Yeovil today!

Will from Advance Promotions sent this through to us today. If you are up for an acoustic set then contact him directly.

Ok were looking to add some last min acoustic acts to the bill at flicks today if your interested in playing email me back and i'll send you the details.

were mainly looking for bands that play normal sets, coming down and playing it
acousticly for one night.


Friday August 26th @ Flicks (Yeovil)

ACOUSTIC HEAVEN 1!
(all bands playing acoustic versions of their material)

DOPAMINE www.dopaminemusic.com - (Golf)
Another Yeovil favourite going to tone it all down for one night. Dopamine have a real nice sound and the prospect of hearing it all acoustic is quite exciting.
ENCYCLOPEDIA (Unsigned)
Local favourites go acoustic ... awesome!!
TBA
TBA

£4 on the door

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Oh my God it's Friday!!!

Another fantastically fast week seems to have rushed by and dropped us at Friday.So it's Bank Holiday weekend and the last Bank Holiday of the year. There are lots of events on and will bring news on them later.

We are not sure what's happening with the formatting of this post so please bear with us!

So what's happening tonight?

Live events in South Somerset & West Dorset today
Motel 6 @ Ropemakers, Bridport
Sidekicks @ Woods Wine Bar
Dave Green @ Hardy's, Bridport
Wob @ Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Unforgiven Kingdom @ Swan Hotel, Crewkerne
Julie Dunn & Andy Christie Jazz Duo @ Jago's, Dorchester
BJ Smith @ The Plucknett, Yeovil
Stress @ Harry's Bar
Crazy 88 @ Fleur de Lis, Stoke-s-Hamdon
BJ McCabe @ Quicksilver Mail
K-Zydeco Band @ Green Dragon Combe St Nicholas
Dr Stomp & Professor Oz @ Marquis of Lorne, Powerstock

Events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
The Blue Mile @ George Inn, Uffculme
Studio 33 @ The Pen & Quill, Taunton
Into the Bleach (Blondie Tribute) @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
Emma Cooper @ The Flying Horse, Taunton
Relocate @ Malt Shovel, Bridgwater
Jive/Rock 'n' Roll @ Taunton R'n'R Club
Man From Funkle @ The Cross Rifles, Bridgwater
Burning Chrome @ The Westgate, Taunton
K-Zydeco Band @ Green Dragon Combe St Nicholas

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Nicky Griff @ Wookey Hole Inn

Thursday, much more music!

Lots of great things happening music wise today.

Events in South Somerset & West Dorset
Ironic @ Choughs Hotel, Chard
Cryin' Out Loud @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Jam Night @ Woods Wine Bar, Yeovil
John Debara @ Choughs Hotel, Chard

Events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas today
The Jive Inn @ The Princess Royal, Taunton
Into The Bleach @ Raleghs Cross Inn



Blondie Tribute act Into The Bleach

Davison / Gunning Band @ Bar 27, Bridgwater
Ritz Acoustic Club @ Ritz, Burnham on Sea
Jim Reynolds @ White Hart East Reach, Taunton

Have a great day!

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Wednesday gigs

Well the September editions of Suited and Booted have been put to bed and depending on just how fast the printers can work through the paper they will be with you in a few days.

Would you like a sneak preview of the South Somerset & West Dorset September gig diary? Then go to http://www.suit-boot.co.uk/yeovil-gig-diarysep05.pdf to download your very own printable version of the PDF file.


Events in South Somerset & West Dorset today
Open Mic / Jam Night @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
SK8ER Girls @ Chicago Rock Café, Yeovil

Events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Modern Jive @ Royal British Legion Club, Taunton

Tomorrow there will be more, we promise!

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Posting taking a back seat

At the moment we are in the throes of welding together the next print edition of Suited and Booted and so posting on the blog site will be a bit lighter than normal.

Great Night at Flicks Bar, Yeovil tonight!
READING WARM UP SHOW

NO COMPLY www.nocomply.co.uk - (Deckcheese)These Uk stars have deservedly earned a reputation of being one of the most incendiary liveacts on the punk circuit, this band just seem to get bigger and better with each passing month

ENCYCLOPEDIA (Unsigned) Two men, 1 ipod ...you know the score by now.. First yeovil show for quite a while!

IN THE EYES OF MIDAS (Unsigned) Heavy Riffs balanced with sing along melodys featuring ex members of MakeHerCry and HerPerfectPlan.These new kids on the block promise and energetic live show.. Make sure you catch their debut on the Yeovilscene!!

Tickets £6 - Door £7On Sale Now@ Acorn Music, Yeovil & www.seetickets.comDoors 7pm

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Ever feel like you got stuck in the 80s?

Was life better is the 80s?

Check out this link to a neat little video where supermarket man ends up in an Aha video.

Click on the headline above.

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Friday Happenings

Another week is flying by to a crashing weekend!

Live events in west Dorset & South Somerset today
Jinder @ Three Horseshoes, Burton Bradstock
Tom Toomey @ King William, Glastonbury
Balance of Power @ Ropemakers, Bridport
The Lo Numbers @ Fleur de Lis, Stoke-s-Hamdon
Real Deal @ Hardy's, Bridport
Mojo @ Plume of Feathers, Sherborne
Cosmic Kids Carnival Club Charity Night @ Labour Club, Yeovil
Bad Reputation @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Lewis "Sound of the Suburbs" @ Swan Inn, Sherborne


Lewis performing last year at The Green, Portsmouth
Picture courtesy of his web site http://www.thesoundofthesuburbs.com/

Whitmore, Mumrah, Pickled Dick, Blame It On Edd & Must Have Toy @ Flicks Bar, Yeovil
The Repercussions @ Woods Wine Bar, Yeovil

Events today in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Chard Remains @ Green Dragon, Combe St Nicholas
Vinyl Monkeys @ The Westgate, Taunton
Jive/Rock 'n' Roll @ Taunton Rock 'n' Roll Club
Blazing Stump Folk Club @ Royal Oak, Lux.
Off The Cuff @ The Pen & Quill, Taunton
Studio 37 @ Malt Shovel, Bridgwater
King Rich @ Crown & Sceptre, Taunton
Two Stooges @ The Vintage, Wellington
Who's Next @ Cross Rifles, Bridgwater
The Creechers @ White Hart, East Reach, Taunton
Red Hot Syncopators @ Crown Inn, Fivehead
Hollowbone @ Wookey Hole Inn

Have a great day!

The Editor

Super Furry and Local!

HOT NEWS
This is just in from Will of Advance Promotions fame

Quite a bit of news/shock for the local music scene...

But the Super Furry Animals will be playing in 3 weeks right
here in Somerset!

This band headlined the Other stage at Glastonbury 2004 and are playing 2000-4000 venues on their tour ... this will be a 400 ticket show as a tiny warmup to their Bestival main stage headline on Sunday September 11th..

They will be on Top Of The Pops this week promoting their new single "Lazer Beam" from their forthcoming 7th Album Love Kraft.

You can watch them play to a tiny crowd on Sat 10th if you secure one of the tickets.. here are the details.

Advance Promotions + Midnight Mango present
in association with the agency groupSaturday September 10th @ The Palace (Bridgwater)
"Very Intimate Warmup Show"SUPER FURRY ANIMALS http://www.superfurry.com/ (Sony)+ supportTickets £12 @ http://www.seetickets.com/Box Office Tel - 0871 2200260

also as of Tuesday 23rd
@ Acorn Music, Yeovil
West Quay Records, BridgewaterMartian Records, TauntonDoors 7pm Band onstage 8.30pm

How fantastic is that?

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Electric Prunes Gig postponed

Just yesterday we told you about a planned gig by the Electric Prunes to be held at the Bell Inn at Ash. That event has now been postponed until February 2006.

Sorry folks!

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A suntan too far

You know sometime you can take a suntan just a bit too far.
Leather sofa effect skin any one?




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Thursday 18th

Today is deadline day for those of you that would like your gigs, events and happenings printed in Suited and Booted for September.

Send your information in to our email: suit_boot@yahoo.co.uk

What's happening today?

Live events in South Somerset & West Dorset today
Dodgy Jammers @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil
Pete Le Feet (Comedian, Singer drag artiste!) @ Choughs Hotel, Chard
Dave King @ White Horse, Wincanton
Abba2 @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
Jam night @ Woods Wine Bar

Live events in Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Jam Session @ The George Inn, Uffculme
Abba2 @ Square & Compass, Windmill Hill, Ashill
The Jive Inn @ Princes Royal, Taunton
Narcia Barrett @ Bar 27, Bridgwater
Ritz Acoustic Club @ Ritz, Burnham on Sea

Good News!
Our new web server is now up and running so the http://www.suit-boot.co.uk web site is now active again and the pictures have returned to the blog site; FANTASTIC!

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Bassist/Guitarist/Vocalist wants a band!

Neil is new to the area having recently arrived from the West Midlands. He is looking for a band to play in. His contact details are below.

Bassist/guitarist/vocalist looking for a band. Loads of influences from Stone Roses to Fugazi to Pearl Jam and many more.

Would consider covers and original bands. 32 years young if that matters.
Email Neil at nsambrook@yahoo.co.uk

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Live events for Wednesday 17th

It's a bit late in the day but let's have a look at what's happening tonight!

Events in South Somerset & West Dorset
Breathless @ Chicago Rock Café, Yeovil
Open Mic / Jam Night @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil

Events in Taunton & Bridgwater today
Modern Jive @ Royal British Legion, Taunton

OK so it's not that inspiring today but what about playing your own instrument at Harry's Bar tonight?

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Suited & Booted web site down

No we don't have a depressed web site but are main web site http://www.suit-boot.co.uk is being switched to a new funky server (that's what my ISP tells me anyway) .

As a consequence you may not be able to see our web site until tomorrow or because the internet is a wierd place you may still be able to see it all depending on where you live!

This also has an impact on pictures posted to this blog site; some of them may disappear mysteriously.

Hopefully everything will be back to normal tomorrow.

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The Electric Prunes & Reckless Eric at The Bell

Get ready for a slice of Californian psychedelic prune based sound scapes!

The 60s group the Electric Prunes reformed in 2001 and are back making fantastic music. On Saturday September 3rd they will be playing at the Bell Inn, Ash (near Yeovil).

If you want to hear what they sound like then click the link in the headline above. It will take you to their sample music page.

Also guesting at this show is the infamous Wreckless Eric. Now if you are like me, you knew the name but couldn't place where from. Well take 10 minutes out to trawl through his web site and it gives a much clearer picture of the man. Don't expect a potted biography though! It's a life that takes in the Blockheads, Stiff Records alcholism and music forged from a life lived. Check out http://www.wrecklesseric.com.

Tickets for the gig cost £12 and can be bought from the Bell directly. Call them on 01935 822 727.

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Why is Tuesday called Tuesday?

If you ever wondered why Tuesday is called Tuesday then this post is for you. If you didn't, then don't read it!

The word "Tuesday" is derived from a Norse religious tradition. Tyr or Tiw was the Norse God of War. When the Germanic Angles and Saxon's invaded England in the 500's they suplanted a culture that had been heavily influenced by Rome for several hundred years.

The day, Tuesday, had already been named for the Roman God of War, Martius (notice in French, Italian, and Spanish - the word for Tuesday is still derivative of the Roman God - Mardi, Martedi and Martes - respectively).

When the Germanic tribes conquered England, they laid their own lexicon over that of the Roman's so that the Norse God of War now supplanted the Roman God of War (after all the Norse God was obviously more potent). Thus they called the day of the God of War tiwesdaeg.

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MFA 2005: The results!

We had a message in from Tom Toomey, Chairman and Founder of Music For Africa today. Great news about this year's Montacute event, his words are below.



The Cut Collective at this year's MFA event

Hi there, just to let you know that we made £12000 clear profit on the weekend at Montacute House! !!!!!!

There are still a couple of cheques to come in but I have it on good authority from Angie my bookkeeper that this is the bottom line figure. so, THANKS a million to everyone who helped....seriously THANKS once again! It's always a tricky time for me wondering wether or not I will make or break but once again it was a HUGE success and the WEATHER was with us thank God.

Next years event will be 14th/15th July 2006 at Montacute House and I will be having a gathering at my house on Sunday 11th Sept from 3pm thru to the evening to thank everyone who helped at this years concert ( bring a bottle and some food...etc).

The Charity is going from strength to strength and we are now able to supply a teacher who has been trained by MFA for the last 5 years to start a new project in Capetown.This means we have trained up and CREATED another job for a school leaver/music teacher from scratch.We were approached via the net by a Church minister there and we will supply 10 classical guitars and transport and they will pay Franks wages. The project will be on a trial run for 3 months.This will start sometime in September and I shall be going to see the progress of all my students sometime in 2006.We have also found a brilliant classical guitar teacher( to grade 8 standard ) who lives 2 hours drive from our school in South Africa .Sue will be taking our best students under her wing and entering them for grades this year.I have been looking for someone like her for years!

So that's it so far, I will keep you all updated periodically.

Thanks once again for ALL your support

Much Love and good vibes.
Tom Toomey, Chairman and Founder.
www.musicforafrica.org.uk


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