Gig review: The Wheatsheaf, Oxford, Wednesday 11th August 2010
This wasn't your usual kind of gig, oh no. This evening's display of musical entertainment was booked, arranged and produced by the headlining Quadrophobe, with all proceeds going to Sobell House Hospice, in memory of the late and very much missed radio presenter, Ali Booker. The Wheatsheaf is one of those deceptive venues, of which Oxford seems to have so many. From the outside it looks like a door in a side alley, but inside, on the ground floor, you get a proper pub, whilst up on the first floor is the gig venue. [caption id="attachment_972" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="The Wheatsheaf, High Street, Oxford"][/caption] As ...
Quadrophobe – and in aid of a great cause!
We’re thrilled to be able to tell you that our favourite ska-merchants, Oxfordshire’s talented 4-5-6-7-8 some ‘Quadrophobe’ are getting together with a bunch of their musical friends to raise money for a worthwhile charitable cause. [caption id="attachment_954" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Just two of the musical mentalists"][/caption] On Wednesday 11th August 2010, four bands are taking to the stage in Oxford’s The Wheatsheaf, to help raise funds for the aid of the internationally-renown Sobell House Hospice. The music is scheduled to run from 8pm to 11pm, and entry is a mere £5. [caption id="attachment_955" align="aligncenter" width="198" caption="Jim, off of Quadrophobe"][/caption] Quadrophobe’s Jim tells us 'We have ...
Cornbury 2010: Video, Photo and Audio wrap-up
For the Cornbury 2010 info, we give you our media sites for: Video: http://www.youtube.com/user/thisrealitypodcast#g/p Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thisrealitypodcast/sets/ Audio: http://thisrealitypodcast.com/?p=870 You can visit our media files and download the content for yourself. You can view full-size shots such as this... [caption id="attachment_926" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="David Gray on the main stage"][/caption] And shots such as this... [caption id="attachment_927" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The 'black' Morris Dancers"][/caption] And watch video clips such as this: They can be found at: Video: http://www.youtube.com/user/thisrealitypodcast#g/p Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thisrealitypodcast/sets/ Audio: http://thisrealitypodcast.com/?p=870 And by the way, we'd love to have a member of the 'black' Morris Dance troupe get in touch with us! Video: http://www.youtube.com/user/thisrealitypodcast#g/p Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thisrealitypodcast/sets/ Audio: http://thisrealitypodcast.com/?p=870
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Do me a favour? Try to imagine, for a few moments, that you are a music reviewer in 1968. And a package lands on your desk with ‘review this please, 500 words’ written on the cover in pencil. Because post-it notes haven’t been invented yet. You slipped the 45rpm disc out of its sleeve, carefully placed it on your Dansette record player, put the needle on the vinyl and listened, for the first time, to Louis Armstrong performing ‘What A Wonderful World’. It must have been, for music reviewers and the record-buying public alike, an epoch-defining moment; to hear Louis Armstrong’s distinctive voice ...
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