Brrrr! Brrr! Br-r-r-r-r-r-r! Welcome, ladies and gentleman, to winter! An icy cold spectacular filled with long dark nights, and short hours of sunlight! Be sure to keep your fingers tucked in your mittens and wear at least a couple of layers, because its going to be chilly! I had a look at the design of those new t shirts, on the Banchory Shop website. I foresee a barrage of smutty jokes about managing to fit all of B+S inside Stevie�s hole. Or less smutty jokes about actually wanting some B+S Russian Dolls, so you can play Richard Is A Cannibal (Oh Yes He Is), and on your Santa�s letters asking for B+S in your stockings. Corduroy Boy said: 2. The new single, alright, not exactly the canine's cobblers but I agree with archel in that Marx and Engels is hoobilicious. But I have respect for idles, because she scares me slightly. In a seductive way. Don�t be scared. I don�t bite� hard. I went onto the Eastenders website last night, cos I felt like it. I tried to go into #sinister, but I�m obviously doing the wrong thing. If anyone could give me some step by step advice, I�d appreciate it. Just send me an e mail and say �Idles, you silly girl, this is what you�re meant to do.. and you�ll need to download this and this and this..� The annual festival at Camber Sands.. its come a long way baybee since the B+S hosted one I never went to. Have you seen the latest line up? And now they�re doing it over two weekends as well! Sad, sad news about the 13th Note in Glasgow, methinks. But there was a post on a website about how you can raise money� heres some stuff for anyone interested posted from John Williamson: �HOW TO HELP Since the 13th Note went into liquidation, everyone has been encouraged by the number of offers to help from both individuals and some of the bigger suppliers and organisations involved with the business. This, couple with individual support, may help the 13th Note survive in some form. Help 13 is a fund that I have set up to raise money to assist Craig and the 13th Note in its current situation. It will be run by a trust that will include an accountant, an academic, a journalist, a radio producer and representatives of bands and event organisers as well as former employees of 13th Note Ltd. The aim of the fund is NOT to help clear existing debts or liabilities of 13th Note Ltd � but to help towards re-establishing a new business for the future. It�s aims are to (1) help in cases of individual need caused by the liquidation of 13th Note Ltd � using a maximum of 25% of funds raised and (2) to be in a position to make a transfer of funds to any new business that arises on its formation and completion of a business plan. Larger investors would be given a chance to either become share-holders in a new business or be repaid their money after period of trading. Full details are available for download at www.13thnote.com/aims.PDF Here are some suggested ways of helping: A GRAND PLAN: a number of people have offered to donate, loan or invest �1000 to the fund in return for a small stakeholding in any new company. If you are in the fortunate position of being able to do this, please consider it. However, no amount at this point is too small, and if you don�t have any money to donate, please consider any of the following options: � organising an event or gig that will raise funds for help13. � Donating time to help in other ways � admin work, flyering, helping with the organising or promotion of events. � Donating skills: if you would be able to contribute anything (web skills particularly) that would help raise the awareness of help13, please get in touch. � Telling other people: if you know anyone else who you think might be interested in contributing, please forward this e-mail to them. � Keeping in touch: you may not be in a position to, nor want to, help in any of the ways listed above but still care about the future of the 13th Note. If so, feel free to get in touch. People who have received this e-mail will get future updates as well. E-mail If you want to get in touch � please do so. There is an e-mail address help13@btinternet.com or you can e-mail me at johncwilliamson@btinternet.com Bank The �Help 13� account is held at Lloyds TSB Bank, 52-60 St.Vincent Street, Glasgow G2 5TS. The account number is 0076021 and the sort code 30-25-83. Cheques can be made payable to �help 13�. While a PO Box number is being set up, please e-mail if you wish to contribute and we will forward further information. And Lastly. . . Remember that there are a whole host of excellent gigs still taking place at the 13th Note. Support them if you can! This week includes Pleasure Forever and Senator (Wednesday 12th at the club), Lali Puna and bis (Thursday 13th at the club), New End Original and One Man and His Droid (Friday 14th at the club). Also on Friday, at the caf�, is the enticising line up of Beachwood Sparks, Neal Casal and Vera Cruise. On behalf of the staff and former staff of the 13th Note, thanks again for your support.� There�s more info at http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=111700&article=3537 So if anyone is feeling charitable, perhaps you could help save the place my pal describes as �scabby soap-dodging indie kids haven that I don�t mind going to�. (She prefers her twendee bars usually, but its one of the few places she�s willing to go with minimal arm twisting.) Lets face it, every year, something happens, that leaves people who have an interest in non-mainstream music with less. And its going to carry on, and then what will we do? What will we leave our kids? Its not about you, its about making sure that your kids don�t become Virgin-sponsored whores, and grow up properly, like we did- getting bullied at school before reaching a point in their lives where they discover underground music and find people they can connect with, and learn how to play guitar rather than just singing Steps Kareoke and pulling boys with wet look haircuts. Or wearing Ben Sherman shirts like all their pals and refusing to buy vinyl because it smells funny. (or whatever the alternative will be in thirty years time) right, I think that�s enough for one day�. Idles ===== http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/corduroysmoke and the world did get covered in a thick haze of corduroy smoke. And it felt good. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! 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