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This is a video of the first ever public performance of our newest tune "The Candidate". Second public performance November 3rd...
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Johnny and Susan
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A new Sancho song, shot by Tone of BH-one at our recent show with Acoustic Ladyland. I was suffering an uncharacteristic touch of the nerves as Seb Rochford (also of Polar Bear / Basquiat Strings, and all-round drum deity) was watching us from the side of the stage. Not that anything I could have done could possibly have impressed him, even if had I relaxed to the point of being able to play properly...
A new Sancho song, shot by Tone of BH-one at our recent show with Acoustic Ladyland. I was suffering an uncharacteristic touch of the nerves as Seb Rochford (also of Polar Bear / Basquiat Strings, and all-round drum deity) was watching us from the side of the stage. Not that anything I could have done could possibly have impressed him, even if had I relaxed to the point of being able to play properly...
Monday, October 01, 2007
End of Phase 3 - Party!
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It is with some sadness that I must announce the impending demise of Betika as we know it. Chris and Imogen (the 7th and 13th people respectively to involve themselves in the band, according to our meticulous records) are departing for a lengthy stay in Japan (much to the amusement of the Japanese, no doubt - "Imogen" is Japanese for "Potato person", which is a mild insult meaning "yokel" or "bumpkin", and "Chris" is a street name for heroin. I don't do any better, the closest pronounciation to my name is "Debu", which means "fatso"). They leave at the end of November, meaning that our next show will be our last together. Hopefully not the last for the band, which if all goes well could be functioning in a de/re-constructed form in the first quarter of next year, pending the discovery of suitable new personnel - if you're a bass-playing girl, we'd love to hear from you!
To mark this milestone, we're throwing a party! As luck would have it, the band's dissolution co-incides with the re-opening of The Gander, which seemed to be lost to the town as a live music venue when it closed a few months back. We were just about the last band to play there when we closed the BH One charity all-dayer in May, so it's nice to be one of the first bands to play there on it's reopening, and it seemed fitting that we put on another all-dayer to mark the occasion. So we (I say we, but credit is almost entirely due once again to Tony from BH One) have put together a line-up of some of our favourite bands from home and away that looks something like this:
Betika (home)
Team Cat Rescue (away)
Dutch Husband (home)
Dead! Dead! Dead! (away)
Blind Voyeurs (home)
Littleboat (going away)
Slate Caverns (home)
Creepythinguy (home)
with the best DJ sets imaginable between bands and late into the night. There will be cool freebies (in the form of limited-edition ep's and food) as an incentive for early arrival, probably some kind of raffle and general fun stuff. A large and very detailed flyer will be posted in due course!
It is with some sadness that I must announce the impending demise of Betika as we know it. Chris and Imogen (the 7th and 13th people respectively to involve themselves in the band, according to our meticulous records) are departing for a lengthy stay in Japan (much to the amusement of the Japanese, no doubt - "Imogen" is Japanese for "Potato person", which is a mild insult meaning "yokel" or "bumpkin", and "Chris" is a street name for heroin. I don't do any better, the closest pronounciation to my name is "Debu", which means "fatso"). They leave at the end of November, meaning that our next show will be our last together. Hopefully not the last for the band, which if all goes well could be functioning in a de/re-constructed form in the first quarter of next year, pending the discovery of suitable new personnel - if you're a bass-playing girl, we'd love to hear from you!
To mark this milestone, we're throwing a party! As luck would have it, the band's dissolution co-incides with the re-opening of The Gander, which seemed to be lost to the town as a live music venue when it closed a few months back. We were just about the last band to play there when we closed the BH One charity all-dayer in May, so it's nice to be one of the first bands to play there on it's reopening, and it seemed fitting that we put on another all-dayer to mark the occasion. So we (I say we, but credit is almost entirely due once again to Tony from BH One) have put together a line-up of some of our favourite bands from home and away that looks something like this:
Betika (home)
Team Cat Rescue (away)
Dutch Husband (home)
Dead! Dead! Dead! (away)
Blind Voyeurs (home)
Littleboat (going away)
Slate Caverns (home)
Creepythinguy (home)
with the best DJ sets imaginable between bands and late into the night. There will be cool freebies (in the form of limited-edition ep's and food) as an incentive for early arrival, probably some kind of raffle and general fun stuff. A large and very detailed flyer will be posted in due course!
SK5 Things
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The SK5 have some news! A new track entitled "We speak glue" has come out on "Do not Bend", a compilation of circuit-bent sounds from Tiger Claw Records. The 5 are also very pleased to have been invited to do a session for Resonance FM, which will be recorded at one of their "Scaledown" events on Nov 30th and broadcast I think the following evening. Precise details will follow nearer the time. A week or so later (9th Dec), the 5 can also be seen in Bournemouth at The Sunday School project in Rubyz Hall supporting The Pirate Ship Quintet and Charlottefield. We might see if we can find the time to select some material for a new e.p. from the endless hours we have in the archive to mark the occasion.
The SK5 have some news! A new track entitled "We speak glue" has come out on "Do not Bend", a compilation of circuit-bent sounds from Tiger Claw Records. The 5 are also very pleased to have been invited to do a session for Resonance FM, which will be recorded at one of their "Scaledown" events on Nov 30th and broadcast I think the following evening. Precise details will follow nearer the time. A week or so later (9th Dec), the 5 can also be seen in Bournemouth at The Sunday School project in Rubyz Hall supporting The Pirate Ship Quintet and Charlottefield. We might see if we can find the time to select some material for a new e.p. from the endless hours we have in the archive to mark the occasion.
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