Sinister: funding for Scottish music; records; B+S gossip; why can't I find a magazine about decent music?

[idleberry]

Hi you lot,

So the gig has gone and sold out. Oh well. I guess I
can’t be too bugged out, I have seen them play this
year, and that was cool enough. 

Anyway, for all you, like me, too slow or in many
cases, too far away to get to go and see the hallowed
B+S play (seriously, I’m thinking about setting up my
own CCTV around the various universities of Glasgow,
seeing as B+S probably seem to hang around there more
than the students.. why do they always play secret
gigs there?) I have something else for you.
Just for you.
Nobody else but you.
So all you smug smugs can go away. No peeking.

***Oh, there’s a titbit of B+S gossip rattling through
the Corduroy Smoke message board right now. You might
already have heard it, but then again, you might not. 
The link, as always, is littering the bottom of this e
mail.***

Recommendation of the week (if you’re not out buying
B+S records, that is):

James Orr Complex.
I picked up this dazzling EP for two quid in Avalanche
on Saturday, and can safely recommend it to all of you
on the basis that it is fantastic.
I bought some other stuff too, but this was a
favourite.

Saturday, I spent the evening in Glasgow getting drunk
with a friend and chatting and listening to music. I
stayed over at her house, and met her new gerbil,
Laurence, whose a gothic interior designer of a
gerbil. And so lovely as well. Not as radical as her
previous gerbil, the Che Guvara reincarnation
socialist- Zorro. It made me want to get a gerbil
myself. 

We also chatted with her husband yesterday morning
about music and things. I don’t know if you know, but
this might be of interest for any of you in bands in
Scotland needing funding for projects. Check out the
Scottish Arts Council site to find out about grants
given to musical, artistic and writing areas and all
sorts of other things. As far as music is concerned,
they seem to be very keen on the idea of supporting
contempary musicians. Some of the pieces of interest
were these:

Music Promotions and Events
Funds to assist music festivals and concert promoters
working in all styles of music. Priority areas are
traditional music and contemporary music.
Closing dates: 18 Feb 2002 - latest guidelines and
application form will be posted here soon (projects in
2002/2003

Recording
Grants for special recording projects (not demos)
involving Scottish based artists working in all styles
of music. Priority areas are traditional music and
contemporary music.
Closing dates: 21 Jan 2002


http://www.sac.org.uk
There were plenty more options available, but check
out the website if this has whetted your appetite. 

Half the office looks as if it is taking time off this
week. Except me. I got my mobile phone bill through,
and on top of that, my stereo is being repaired and
will take up a chunk of this weeks pay cheque. But
this is not a career. 

I spent a small fortune in Borders yesterday. I gazed
across the stationery, and ended up buying a couple of
fountain pens to write in my little notebook with. I
looked over the magazine racks. Why are there no
decent indie music magazine left anymore? Has my taste
moved so far underground that the publications can’t
find me anymore? Or is it just that the things I’m
into doesn’t appeal to them? Viva fanzines, viva! I
also bought a big book about music, just to help me
get my references right. Of course, I’m sure I could
find them on the internet, but this is more handy.

Anyway, enough of my ramblings, go on, go out and
smile.

Love,

Idles


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