The Neutrinos (so much better than the OLD Trinos..) have just unveiled some intriguing details about their forthcoming one-off event, set in the bowels of Norwich's "The Castle Museum".
"Klanger House Of Horrors" takes place at midnight tonight, in a wing of the museum's cellars that haven't been used for over 120 years.. 121 years to be exact! Norwich's experimental neuse-rock (pronounced "noise-rock) band will be trying out some brand new ideas, fresh from the success of their previous two one-off shows, "Just Another Manic Funhouse" and "Oh, Hokey Cokey Death-Cruise".
"Klanger House Of Horrors" will feature bizarre, mind-bending and unique versions of classic Neutrinos songs/rituals, all performed inside a circle made up of 36 locally-sourced branches, forming a 6 foot high fence, of sorts; atop which sit the disembodied heads of all the Arts Council members that refused them funding, for their increasingly bizarre and far-out music/art crossover events.
Bassist and band stylist Jon Bake-Off had this to say: "We literally have murdered 36 people, and rammed their dripping skulls onto sticks! It's pretty out-there, even for us, I have to admit, hehe!". Singer, Kareen Overthecliff backed Jon up by emphasizing "yeah, we try our best to push the envelope further and farther and furtherer each time we get a new event commissioned. This time however, the Arts Council people decided not to help fund the event; so, we had literally no other choice; and had to take matters into our own hands..".
At this point in the interview Kareen & Jon emitted what can only be described as "ghostly laughs", followed by the echoing sound of gutteral screams from somewhere in the far distance.. We have no idea how they did it, but it scared the living shit out of us, and required a change of trousers. If it's a glimpse of what we can expect from the show, then we're going to be phoning the ticket hotline right now to book our seats!
The Neutrinos! Whatever will they come up with next..
Friday, 9 October 2015
THE NORWICH "SOUND A VISION" FESTIVAL IS BACK!
For all you idea-smiths, this event gives YOU, over the course of the weekend, the chance to "sound your visions", directly at the organisers of Norwich's "Norwich Sound-A-Vision Festival" Festival, in Norwich.
Just turn up at Norwich Arts Centre anytime from now til kingdom come, stand on the special "vision platform", face the custom-made "Thoughtmaster 2000" machine (kindly designed and donated by Roys Of Wroxham) and shout your thoughts directly into the mouths of the organisers, who will be each taking it in turns, over 8 hour shifts, to "poke our heads through the hole in the front of the cardboard, I MEAN, THE MACHINE! Yeah, it's a machine, not cardboard, hehe, and erm, soak up the vibes, or spit, or whatever comes out, until everyone has "sounded" their "visions", or something yeah? WE LOVE IT!!"
According to co-organiser Jennifer O. Jenny, the last few years worth of "visions" have been etched, purely from memory, onto a special "thought board", using "nano laser technology"; then broken up into tiny pieces with a special "thought mallet" (kindly donated by Notcutts Garden Centre), and placed delicately into a custom-made "vision capsule" (made by the students at Bignold Nursery School).
At midnight on Saturday, the capsule will be "fired up to the fucking moon!!" according to co-organiser Rosie Cheeks. We asked her what the reason was, and she said "cos it'll be a bit of alright, if you know what I mean!". We do Rosie, we do!
Other less glamorous co-organiser Adrian Sheff summed things up by saying "this can only be a good thing for the Norwich music and art scene", and we here at the apparently reincarnated Norwich Music Rumours Uncovered, completely agree!
Just turn up at Norwich Arts Centre anytime from now til kingdom come, stand on the special "vision platform", face the custom-made "Thoughtmaster 2000" machine (kindly designed and donated by Roys Of Wroxham) and shout your thoughts directly into the mouths of the organisers, who will be each taking it in turns, over 8 hour shifts, to "poke our heads through the hole in the front of the cardboard, I MEAN, THE MACHINE! Yeah, it's a machine, not cardboard, hehe, and erm, soak up the vibes, or spit, or whatever comes out, until everyone has "sounded" their "visions", or something yeah? WE LOVE IT!!"
According to co-organiser Jennifer O. Jenny, the last few years worth of "visions" have been etched, purely from memory, onto a special "thought board", using "nano laser technology"; then broken up into tiny pieces with a special "thought mallet" (kindly donated by Notcutts Garden Centre), and placed delicately into a custom-made "vision capsule" (made by the students at Bignold Nursery School).
At midnight on Saturday, the capsule will be "fired up to the fucking moon!!" according to co-organiser Rosie Cheeks. We asked her what the reason was, and she said "cos it'll be a bit of alright, if you know what I mean!". We do Rosie, we do!
Other less glamorous co-organiser Adrian Sheff summed things up by saying "this can only be a good thing for the Norwich music and art scene", and we here at the apparently reincarnated Norwich Music Rumours Uncovered, completely agree!
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
THE GRAZING SAINTS triple-LP concept album!
Local psych-blues trio The Grazing Saints have announced a series of three LPs. Each album will focus on the musical mind of one of the three band members, Joe, Mic (pronounced "Mick"), and Paul (also pronounced "Mick"), with all three records being released on the same day, and fitting together in a specially made pyramid shaped record sleeve.
The band will debut the songs from each LP at three special gigs over the Halloween weekend. Each night, local artists will improvise a huge mural at the back of the stage, whilst the band provides the musical soundtrack. These murals will then form the artwork for each of the three LPs.
The titles of the records have yet to be revealed officially, but if our source is to be believed (Mmmm, sauce..), then here are all three LP titles in full:
LP One - You Must Be Joe Quinn! - the many moods of Joseph Quinn
LP Two - Are You Taking The Mic? - percussive textures from the mind of Michele Amato
LP Three - Paul The Other One! - from the soul of all-too-often-neglected bassist Paul Taylor
LP One will be translucent red vinyl, LP Two will be green, with LP Three apparently being blue. The triple gatefold LP sleeve will fold together forming a pyramid shaped stand for all three records to stand on, the idea being that when you look through all of them at the same time you'll "see the light", as it says in the band's press release. They even include a small clip-on light in the elaborate packaging (batteries not included).
Local psych-blues trio The Grazing Saints have announced a series of three LPs. Each album will focus on the musical mind of one of the three band members, Joe, Mic (pronounced "Mick"), and Paul (also pronounced "Mick"), with all three records being released on the same day, and fitting together in a specially made pyramid shaped record sleeve.
The band will debut the songs from each LP at three special gigs over the Halloween weekend. Each night, local artists will improvise a huge mural at the back of the stage, whilst the band provides the musical soundtrack. These murals will then form the artwork for each of the three LPs.
The titles of the records have yet to be revealed officially, but if our source is to be believed (Mmmm, sauce..), then here are all three LP titles in full:
LP One - You Must Be Joe Quinn! - the many moods of Joseph Quinn
LP Two - Are You Taking The Mic? - percussive textures from the mind of Michele Amato
LP Three - Paul The Other One! - from the soul of all-too-often-neglected bassist Paul Taylor
LP One will be translucent red vinyl, LP Two will be green, with LP Three apparently being blue. The triple gatefold LP sleeve will fold together forming a pyramid shaped stand for all three records to stand on, the idea being that when you look through all of them at the same time you'll "see the light", as it says in the band's press release. They even include a small clip-on light in the elaborate packaging (batteries not included).
Sunday, 26 October 2014
Local record producer David Pi reveals bizarre secret to his success!!
As very few of you know, David Pi is the great, great, great, great, great grandson of William Jones, the famous Welsh mathematician, who amongst his other achievements invented Pi (the constant ratio of the circumference to the diameter of any circle). David is now the sole heir to the Jones millions. But, it came at a price..
After signing a confidentiality agreement on his 16th birthday, David had to immediately change his surname to "Pi". Secondly, no matter what profession David chose to pursue, he had to agree to publicise Pi at every instance, by using the world famous number (3.14159265359) at every given opportunity.
A typical day for David Pi (nee Jones) starts with him being awoken at 3.14am by his alarm clock, tuned to 314 on the AM dial, awaking him with the sound of white noise, from being tuned between stations. David has come to love and hate the sound of white noise, to this day insisting on insterting 3.14 decibels of it into every song he works on.
David then sprints the 3.14 seconds to his round dining table, sitting at the first of 3.14 chairs nestled beneath it. He then tucks into 3.14 Weetabix, or grapefruits, depending on how he feels that day. Then it's a swift 3.14 minute sprint to the bus stop, where he catches the Number 314 bus directly to "314 Studios & Bakery".
And so his working day begins.
David, working at a circular mixing console, sits menacingly in the middle, concentrating almost unbearably intently on the first of what will be 3.14 songs that he will work on that day. After working straight through to mid-afternoon, at 3.14pm he has a short 3.14 minute break, during which he wolfs down 3.14 of his famous "Dave's Pies" pies, freshly made in the bakery above the studio that very morning by his Assistant Engineer & Head Baker, Thomas Joy (more about him in a forthcoming post..). Then, it's back to work for another 3.14 hours, before sprinting to his part-time job, coincidentally situated exactly 3.14 miles away, at Noble's Book Barn.
3.14 hours later, after a gruelling shift of manually lugging mountains of cut-price books around, David slinks next door, exactly 3.14 metres away, to his 3.14 storey house, still finding the energy somehow to skip up the 3.14 doorsteps, falling asleep 3.14 seconds after his head hits the pillow on his 3.14 poster bed. His 3.14 tog quilt helping whisk him away to a relaxing and energising 3.14 hours of sleep. Will he dream? Will he have 3.14 dreams? Nobody knows. But what we do know, is that David Pi is up there with the best producer/bakers we have. So if you have a record that needs recording, or a Pie that needs Pi-ing, and noone else can help; then maybe you should call 01603 314159 and hire, David Pi.
After signing a confidentiality agreement on his 16th birthday, David had to immediately change his surname to "Pi". Secondly, no matter what profession David chose to pursue, he had to agree to publicise Pi at every instance, by using the world famous number (3.14159265359) at every given opportunity.
A typical day for David Pi (nee Jones) starts with him being awoken at 3.14am by his alarm clock, tuned to 314 on the AM dial, awaking him with the sound of white noise, from being tuned between stations. David has come to love and hate the sound of white noise, to this day insisting on insterting 3.14 decibels of it into every song he works on.
David then sprints the 3.14 seconds to his round dining table, sitting at the first of 3.14 chairs nestled beneath it. He then tucks into 3.14 Weetabix, or grapefruits, depending on how he feels that day. Then it's a swift 3.14 minute sprint to the bus stop, where he catches the Number 314 bus directly to "314 Studios & Bakery".
And so his working day begins.
David, working at a circular mixing console, sits menacingly in the middle, concentrating almost unbearably intently on the first of what will be 3.14 songs that he will work on that day. After working straight through to mid-afternoon, at 3.14pm he has a short 3.14 minute break, during which he wolfs down 3.14 of his famous "Dave's Pies" pies, freshly made in the bakery above the studio that very morning by his Assistant Engineer & Head Baker, Thomas Joy (more about him in a forthcoming post..). Then, it's back to work for another 3.14 hours, before sprinting to his part-time job, coincidentally situated exactly 3.14 miles away, at Noble's Book Barn.
3.14 hours later, after a gruelling shift of manually lugging mountains of cut-price books around, David slinks next door, exactly 3.14 metres away, to his 3.14 storey house, still finding the energy somehow to skip up the 3.14 doorsteps, falling asleep 3.14 seconds after his head hits the pillow on his 3.14 poster bed. His 3.14 tog quilt helping whisk him away to a relaxing and energising 3.14 hours of sleep. Will he dream? Will he have 3.14 dreams? Nobody knows. But what we do know, is that David Pi is up there with the best producer/bakers we have. So if you have a record that needs recording, or a Pie that needs Pi-ing, and noone else can help; then maybe you should call 01603 314159 and hire, David Pi.
AND WE'RE BACK IN THE ROOM!!!
Due to an overwhelming landslide of public support, we're back. Or are we...?
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Anyone that has ever had to drive (or worse still, walk!) down Norwich's Aylsham Road will know that it's stuck in a bit of a timewarp; getting worse the further from the City you get. Nowhere moreso than at old fashioned recording studio, "Old's Cool Studios".
The studio's owner Jason Badluck had this to say:
"Old fashioned? Old fashioned?!? I don't know what you're talking about! Shows how much you know, because I've already started updating our equipment! Only last week I installed our new Wax Cylinder Recorder, so all the people that have been saying that we should "get with the 40s" are going to be eating humble pie. Also, we're getting more involved with the local community by hosting a "Charleston Competition" at the Gala Ballroom later this month. Anything to support the war effort. I hope people turn up, as I was hoping to skim a bit off the top of the proceeds, cos I need to raise a bit of money to finish building my Anderson Shelter..
Long-suffering receptionist Anna Log explained "Mr Badluck has gradually marginalised the studio more and more over the years, turning away band after band that he deems "too modern", to the point that he now only accepts bookings from Skiffle bands. I really don't think the studio can survive much longer."
In answer to these accusations Mr Badluck said "Skiffle is the future, and I can't see it ever going out of style, so I've re-mortgaged the studio to fund my new record label "Badluck Recordings", so that I can put out 78s by all the great new Skiffle bands in the Norwich area. We're going straight to the tippety top!"
Ms Log went on "and to make matters worse, he insists that everyone wears black & white clothes, and walks around slightly faster than normal, so that he can carry on pretending that it's "The Olden Days"! If anyone turns up at the studio wearing anything that isn't black or white, he rushes in, screaming at the top of his lungs "No! No! No! We can't afford the Colour License!". To be honest, I think he's going a bit mental. Don't tell him I said that though, or he'll knock a Shilling off my wages!"
Yeah, erm, well, we wish the studio the best of luck in these difficult times..
The studio's owner Jason Badluck had this to say:
"Old fashioned? Old fashioned?!? I don't know what you're talking about! Shows how much you know, because I've already started updating our equipment! Only last week I installed our new Wax Cylinder Recorder, so all the people that have been saying that we should "get with the 40s" are going to be eating humble pie. Also, we're getting more involved with the local community by hosting a "Charleston Competition" at the Gala Ballroom later this month. Anything to support the war effort. I hope people turn up, as I was hoping to skim a bit off the top of the proceeds, cos I need to raise a bit of money to finish building my Anderson Shelter..
Long-suffering receptionist Anna Log explained "Mr Badluck has gradually marginalised the studio more and more over the years, turning away band after band that he deems "too modern", to the point that he now only accepts bookings from Skiffle bands. I really don't think the studio can survive much longer."
In answer to these accusations Mr Badluck said "Skiffle is the future, and I can't see it ever going out of style, so I've re-mortgaged the studio to fund my new record label "Badluck Recordings", so that I can put out 78s by all the great new Skiffle bands in the Norwich area. We're going straight to the tippety top!"
Ms Log went on "and to make matters worse, he insists that everyone wears black & white clothes, and walks around slightly faster than normal, so that he can carry on pretending that it's "The Olden Days"! If anyone turns up at the studio wearing anything that isn't black or white, he rushes in, screaming at the top of his lungs "No! No! No! We can't afford the Colour License!". To be honest, I think he's going a bit mental. Don't tell him I said that though, or he'll knock a Shilling off my wages!"
Yeah, erm, well, we wish the studio the best of luck in these difficult times..
Monday, 9 April 2012
Seattlite singer/songwriter (via-Ireland) James Eliot Taylor, has over the last few years been accepted into the hearts and ears of the Norwich music scene. Well, we've just discovered that his awesome double-barrelled name is actually not his real name!
Here's the full shocking story:
10 years ago, when James first moved to the UK from America, he got a job in a Tailors shop in London's Saville Row. Like everyone else that works in London, he felt obliged to have a business card. In an attempt to save money, he phoned up "Dial-A-Card", the cut-price business card store, and ordered 1000 cards.
But when the cards arrived, instead of saying "James Eliot - Tailor", they said "James Eliot Taylor".
All 1000 of them!
So as not to waste money, James used the cards anyway, and out of embarrasment over the mix-up, he began writing songs about being awkward and stupid. At gigs he would introduce himself with the words "Hi! I'm James Eliot Taylor", rather than "Hi! I'm James Eliot; I'm a Taylor", just so he didn't have to explain the mistake with the business cards.
Needless to say, his Tailoring career didn't last long, but over the next few years he eventually handed out all 1000 of the cards, to fans of his music, and a songy-singwriter legend was born..
J.E.T, we salute you!
Here's the full shocking story:
10 years ago, when James first moved to the UK from America, he got a job in a Tailors shop in London's Saville Row. Like everyone else that works in London, he felt obliged to have a business card. In an attempt to save money, he phoned up "Dial-A-Card", the cut-price business card store, and ordered 1000 cards.
But when the cards arrived, instead of saying "James Eliot - Tailor", they said "James Eliot Taylor".
All 1000 of them!
So as not to waste money, James used the cards anyway, and out of embarrasment over the mix-up, he began writing songs about being awkward and stupid. At gigs he would introduce himself with the words "Hi! I'm James Eliot Taylor", rather than "Hi! I'm James Eliot; I'm a Taylor", just so he didn't have to explain the mistake with the business cards.
Needless to say, his Tailoring career didn't last long, but over the next few years he eventually handed out all 1000 of the cards, to fans of his music, and a songy-singwriter legend was born..
J.E.T, we salute you!
Saturday, 7 April 2012
Guys, your wells are gettin' a bit rumsey..
Norwich's Rumsey Wells pub has a new venture that everyone needs to know about. BTW, we were checking out the history of the pub, and found that "Rumsey Wells" is Gaelic slang for "Dirty Beer Kegs", so if you feel sick after drinking there, that could be one of the reasons.. Remember, we bring you these rumours as soon as we hear about them, no matter how made-up and unfounded they are!
Oh yeah, so anyway, back to life, back to reality; here's what we were going to tell you about.
There's a new shop in the basement of the Rumsey, selling stuff by local "artists"!
"What?!?" I hear you cry, "is Norwich ready for such an innovation?". To that I would say, "there's no need to be sarcastic".
The Rumsey Wells tried for months to think of the perfect name for the shop, and after many sleepless nights & bottomless glasses of wine they had to throw in the towels and call the only person that they could truly trust to think of a an imaginative name.
Yep, that's right!
They employed the services of 70s TV themetune writer extraordinaire, Ronnie Hazelhurst, writer of TV's "Blankety Blank" themetune, as well as the "Supermatch Game" jingle from the same show, which is basically identical to the themetune, apart from replacing the words "Blankety Blank" with "Supermatch Game"..
We can now unveil that the Rumsey Wells shop is called........................
.........................
.................
........
............."Shop"..
Well done Ronnie! You've done it again! Pure genius..
(this is actually old news, but we've been away, and decided to publish it anyway, so give us a break, yeah?)
Oh yeah, so anyway, back to life, back to reality; here's what we were going to tell you about.
There's a new shop in the basement of the Rumsey, selling stuff by local "artists"!
"What?!?" I hear you cry, "is Norwich ready for such an innovation?". To that I would say, "there's no need to be sarcastic".
The Rumsey Wells tried for months to think of the perfect name for the shop, and after many sleepless nights & bottomless glasses of wine they had to throw in the towels and call the only person that they could truly trust to think of a an imaginative name.
Yep, that's right!
They employed the services of 70s TV themetune writer extraordinaire, Ronnie Hazelhurst, writer of TV's "Blankety Blank" themetune, as well as the "Supermatch Game" jingle from the same show, which is basically identical to the themetune, apart from replacing the words "Blankety Blank" with "Supermatch Game"..
We can now unveil that the Rumsey Wells shop is called........................
.........................
.................
........
............."Shop"..
Well done Ronnie! You've done it again! Pure genius..
(this is actually old news, but we've been away, and decided to publish it anyway, so give us a break, yeah?)
Thursday, 5 April 2012
Dead End Jobs.
Young local indie band "Dead Ends" have exciting news for us! In a bid to fit in with their band name, they've all got new jobs! Ben, Adam & Connor have all got jobs at local hairdressing salon "Curl Up And Dye". Toby the drummer wasn't accepted for the hairdressing job, so he did the next best thing, and got an accounting job at Norwich County Council!.
We wish you all the best of luck!
We wish you all the best of luck!
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
"OPEN" For Business.
Christian Owner of "OPEN", Norwich's self-styled religious youth fun camp, has at long last decided that trying to help out the youth of Norwich is a waste of time; and so is religion.. "Christian Owner", Christian Owner (his actual name is Christian Owner!), had this to say: "Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking, with all that religious stuff, and trying to help the kids an' that. I feel like a right charlie now, I can tell ya! I'm down ta me last million quid, and then I'm gonna 'ave ta go back ta floggin' secondhand cars dahn by the ringroad.."
Mr Owner also had this to say: "Well, I took a few classes in Hypnotism, and I've been tryin' ta make everyone forget that OPEN was ever an under-18s based, strictly non-alcoholic, christianity-pushin' yoof centre. So now what we're doin' is sellin' booze, an' puttin' on gigs that are strictly Over-18s only. Anyfin' to stop those fackin' kids getting back into the building! They were a pain in the jaxy, I can tell ya! No respect! Many's a time I 'ad to give one a them a thack rand the earole! Little cants!"
We asked Mr Owner how he intended to make the venue a success, without being able to rely on the millions of pounds of youth grants & weekly religious collections, that the place had previously relied on. He replied "well, we've fand that if we put people on the "guestlist", but still charge them £3 to get in, then we can fool all the local music scene idiots into feelin' special, but we're basically chargin' them almost what they would've paid to get into a similar gig at any other local venue!"
He went on: "That's where the real money is. Trickin' people. It's workin' a treat. I've also been hypnotisin' them once they're inside, so that they spend more at our "soul-less Travelodge-Reception-esque bar". What I've been doin' is, I get the sand engineer to crank up the bassdrum WAY louder than it needs to be, an' once people are confused and distracted by the throbbin' in their gut, I then get 'em ta play subliminal messages through the PA system, and through speakers hidden in the toilets. It's working a treat sofar!"
Well, we here at Norwich Music Rumours Uncovered are going to be supporting the new venue wholeheartedly, as anything is better than nothing; and we urge you to do the same thing. Praise The Lord!
Mr Owner also had this to say: "Well, I took a few classes in Hypnotism, and I've been tryin' ta make everyone forget that OPEN was ever an under-18s based, strictly non-alcoholic, christianity-pushin' yoof centre. So now what we're doin' is sellin' booze, an' puttin' on gigs that are strictly Over-18s only. Anyfin' to stop those fackin' kids getting back into the building! They were a pain in the jaxy, I can tell ya! No respect! Many's a time I 'ad to give one a them a thack rand the earole! Little cants!"
We asked Mr Owner how he intended to make the venue a success, without being able to rely on the millions of pounds of youth grants & weekly religious collections, that the place had previously relied on. He replied "well, we've fand that if we put people on the "guestlist", but still charge them £3 to get in, then we can fool all the local music scene idiots into feelin' special, but we're basically chargin' them almost what they would've paid to get into a similar gig at any other local venue!"
He went on: "That's where the real money is. Trickin' people. It's workin' a treat. I've also been hypnotisin' them once they're inside, so that they spend more at our "soul-less Travelodge-Reception-esque bar". What I've been doin' is, I get the sand engineer to crank up the bassdrum WAY louder than it needs to be, an' once people are confused and distracted by the throbbin' in their gut, I then get 'em ta play subliminal messages through the PA system, and through speakers hidden in the toilets. It's working a treat sofar!"
Well, we here at Norwich Music Rumours Uncovered are going to be supporting the new venue wholeheartedly, as anything is better than nothing; and we urge you to do the same thing. Praise The Lord!
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Our team of Norwich music scene insiders are scouring the pubs, bars, crypts, and venues of Norwich, to bring you the latest news, facts & rumours (and just plain made-up lies!), before they hit the conventional "Media". We ARE the news! Don't you forget it!
Next rumour will be online tomorrow at noon. Keep 'em peeled!
Next rumour will be online tomorrow at noon. Keep 'em peeled!
Monday, 2 April 2012
THIS JUSTIN! - Local soup-or-group "The Broken Seas" have revealed exactly where their band name comes from. Fliss Kitson, Norwich's 2nd best drumming-taxedermist, collects vintage typewriters, often in a bad state of repair. She then spends her free time taking them to pieces, and putting all the best bits together, to make what she describes as "Super Typewriters, with all the best letters on them, including the letter "F", erm, "L" is on there; and "I", and a couple of "S's" too. Like I said, all the best letters!". Unfortunately, this has left her with many unused typewriter parts, including a very large bag full of all "the broken c's"..
Sunday, 1 April 2012
We're STILL back! Good news for music fans.
Well, we didn't believe the synchronicity of the following piece of news, but apparently it turns out that it's true. And believe me, we're as stunned as you will be. Over the past week-or-so, from various different sources, we've heard that a bunch of former Norwich music venues are re-opening, in various guises. Yep, we aren't kidding. We can't give you all the details yet, but re-opening, as music venues (at least partly), in the next 3-12 months, are:
Fat Paulies (under a different name, different owners)
The Ferryboat (soundproofed, with different owners)
The Marquee (soundproofed, same owners)
Orford Cellar (60s venue where Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and Rod Stewart played! The original owners re-bought it from Nando's, who weren't even using it!)
Fat Paulies (under a different name, different owners)
The Ferryboat (soundproofed, with different owners)
The Marquee (soundproofed, same owners)
Orford Cellar (60s venue where Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and Rod Stewart played! The original owners re-bought it from Nando's, who weren't even using it!)
We hope you'll agree that this is fantastic news for the Norwich music scene. We here at NMRU couldn't be more excited, cos if we were, we'd fall off our pedestal..
WE'RE BACK!
Did you miss us? We've been a wafer so long! Today we have two news items for your grubby mitts. Some great Norwich based stuff to look forward to over the coming months. LET'S GO GO!
This year's Norwich & Norfolk Festival is breaking with tradition, and we here at NMRU couldn't be more excited! This year's event won't feature classical, jazz, or any other kind of old person's music. Instead, this year's festival will cater to the taste's of Norwich's many thousands of young people, and will feature all your favourite local bands, no matter whether they're acoustic, indie, metal, dubstep, emo, grunge, hiphop, riot grrrl, chillwave, or reggae, or any other genre that the youngsters are listening to right now. Seriously, NNF12 is going to cater for the young people of Norwich this year, rather than mainly putting on stuff that middle-aged posh people would like. Cool, right!? It's gonna be awesome!
This year's Norwich & Norfolk Festival is breaking with tradition, and we here at NMRU couldn't be more excited! This year's event won't feature classical, jazz, or any other kind of old person's music. Instead, this year's festival will cater to the taste's of Norwich's many thousands of young people, and will feature all your favourite local bands, no matter whether they're acoustic, indie, metal, dubstep, emo, grunge, hiphop, riot grrrl, chillwave, or reggae, or any other genre that the youngsters are listening to right now. Seriously, NNF12 is going to cater for the young people of Norwich this year, rather than mainly putting on stuff that middle-aged posh people would like. Cool, right!? It's gonna be awesome!
Friday, 12 August 2011
Hot new Norwich soup-or-group, Khan, have a tough time ahead of them. Early last month the band was issued with a "Cease & Desist" order from legendary/mythical soul singer, Chaka Khan. To literally add insult to an injury, they then received a similar letter from Imran Khan, the famous cricket.
In a bizarre twist of their tail, the rocky duo (+1) also received a third legal missive, from the Estate Of Ghengis Khan, forbidding the band from using Ghengis' likeness on any promotional materials. Also in the same envelope was a flyer offering 20% off the new Ghengis biography, entitled "Yes, I Bloody Well Khan!".
12 t-shirts (and 5 USB wristbands) have had to be sent back to the printers, and/or burned. Possibly both..
***STOP & PRESS*** - The band have decided to change their name to "Morgan", to avoid anymore costly and time-consuming court cases.
***THIS JUSTIN*** - In another unfortunate twist (not the popular 50s dance move), "Morgan" (formerly Khan) have been sued by 80s "Streetsounds Records" entree pruner, "Morgan Khan". We really didn't see that coming.. Gentlemen, our thoughts are with you at this difficult time..
In a bizarre twist of their tail, the rocky duo (+1) also received a third legal missive, from the Estate Of Ghengis Khan, forbidding the band from using Ghengis' likeness on any promotional materials. Also in the same envelope was a flyer offering 20% off the new Ghengis biography, entitled "Yes, I Bloody Well Khan!".
12 t-shirts (and 5 USB wristbands) have had to be sent back to the printers, and/or burned. Possibly both..
***STOP & PRESS*** - The band have decided to change their name to "Morgan", to avoid anymore costly and time-consuming court cases.
***THIS JUSTIN*** - In another unfortunate twist (not the popular 50s dance move), "Morgan" (formerly Khan) have been sued by 80s "Streetsounds Records" entree pruner, "Morgan Khan". We really didn't see that coming.. Gentlemen, our thoughts are with you at this difficult time..
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Local cock-rockers "English Telling" have been ordered to change their name by The Ministry Of Fair Trading. Apparently, the name "English Telling" was proving misleading, due to the band singing in such a ridiculous fake American accent.. They're now called "We're Not American, But Don't Tell Anyone". The band are said to be relieved and happy about the subtle name-change.
(other names considered were "Not English? I'm Telling!", and "Fleetwood Max"..)
(other names considered were "Not English? I'm Telling!", and "Fleetwood Max"..)
Monday, 8 August 2011
Local self-styled "Music Borstal", "Access To The Musics", has just received well-deserved funding for their new venture. The brains behind their popular new "Entrepreneur" course put in a bid for the much-needed new wing of ATTM's new off-shore music prison. For many years local councillors argued over the best way to keep youngsters off the streets, whilst also appearing to the general public like the unemployment figures had gone down, and making Norwich look like the cultured city that it clearly isn't (not their words, or ours).
The obvious answer was to rush through ATTM's application! And building work has already begun on the state-of-the-ark steel box, which will apparently float underneath the river, next to Access For The Music's current Kings Treet location.
Students will arrive to "college" once a week, at 1pm sharp, as per usual, and will then be forced along a conveyor belt made of toughened steel, to a soundproof "cell", fully kitted out with drums, guitars, acoustic "padding", and a panic button, which isn't connected to anything.. Here they will "study" for the rest of the day, until they've passed their fake exams, or until ATTM get next year's funding approved.
ATTM's Principal/Poacher, "Sir Ian Ponsington Smythe III", was unnavailable for comment, as he had to rush off to an urgent opticians appointment, for the fitting of his new monicle..
The obvious answer was to rush through ATTM's application! And building work has already begun on the state-of-the-ark steel box, which will apparently float underneath the river, next to Access For The Music's current Kings Treet location.
Students will arrive to "college" once a week, at 1pm sharp, as per usual, and will then be forced along a conveyor belt made of toughened steel, to a soundproof "cell", fully kitted out with drums, guitars, acoustic "padding", and a panic button, which isn't connected to anything.. Here they will "study" for the rest of the day, until they've passed their fake exams, or until ATTM get next year's funding approved.
ATTM's Principal/Poacher, "Sir Ian Ponsington Smythe III", was unnavailable for comment, as he had to rush off to an urgent opticians appointment, for the fitting of his new monicle..
Sunday, 7 August 2011
Saturday, 6 August 2011
Friday, 5 August 2011
AND WE'RE BACK!!
Popular local character, DJ-78, has been spinning bakelite on his gramophones to the delight of local old fashioned people, and normal people alike, for many years now, and we here at Norwich Music Rumours Uncovered applaud him for that. (we don't literally applaud him, but you know what I mean..)
We recently caught up with him at old-fashioned show-off night, "Proper Bo Nana Fan", for a chinwag and a chat. When asked the question in everyone's lips, "Where does the name DJ-78 come from", he told us a hilarious story about when he used to work in the local Phorensics Unit at Norwich Hospital, in The Olden Days.
One (olden) day, the body of a 78 year old man was brought in, with many puncture wounds. To fully examine the dead geezer, our hero had to remove the stunning vintage (ie: old) dinner jacket that the pensioner was wearing at the time of his shooting/mauling (the case was never solved..). Before anyone else noticed, our DJ friend (DJ-78) stole the jacket (you go girl!), hiding it in his Anderson Shelter at home.
Well, we were touched by DJ-78 more than once during the telling of his story (it goes without saying!), so we contacted the local Police to confirm the story, before we went to print. Well, it turns out that it's all true, and as of 10am this morning, DJ-78 is a fugitive, on the run, protected from the elements only by the Dinner Jacket of a 78 year old dead guy.
You can't make this stuff up! Why would you!
We recently caught up with him at old-fashioned show-off night, "Proper Bo Nana Fan", for a chinwag and a chat. When asked the question in everyone's lips, "Where does the name DJ-78 come from", he told us a hilarious story about when he used to work in the local Phorensics Unit at Norwich Hospital, in The Olden Days.
One (olden) day, the body of a 78 year old man was brought in, with many puncture wounds. To fully examine the dead geezer, our hero had to remove the stunning vintage (ie: old) dinner jacket that the pensioner was wearing at the time of his shooting/mauling (the case was never solved..). Before anyone else noticed, our DJ friend (DJ-78) stole the jacket (you go girl!), hiding it in his Anderson Shelter at home.
Well, we were touched by DJ-78 more than once during the telling of his story (it goes without saying!), so we contacted the local Police to confirm the story, before we went to print. Well, it turns out that it's all true, and as of 10am this morning, DJ-78 is a fugitive, on the run, protected from the elements only by the Dinner Jacket of a 78 year old dead guy.
You can't make this stuff up! Why would you!
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