The Black Stats will be playing at Jersey Live this weekend but before that they’ll be part of a three-band show at Havienda on Friday 29th August. DJ Pip will be providing music for the warm-up and intervals and playing a set of the finest indie rock and pop to finish. The doors open at [...]
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Havienda 29th August 2008
August 25, 2008Havienda August 1, 2008
August 4, 2008Justin the sound technician and Stewart from The Exchange turned up early so we had lots of time to check the drums thoroughly. We knew there would be protestors turning up and those first couple of hours were a little tense not only with first night nerves but because we didn’t know what was going [...]
Tonight, tonight …
August 1, 2008Pip does a warm up set of indie, rock ‘n’ roll and funky beats starting at seven, with the first band Dirtytrades in the main room from around eight thirty followed by The Exchange at nine forty-five. Then there is a brief kit switch around on the main stage as we set up the decks [...]
Ad me
July 30, 2008I’ve been working and listening to dramatic pop – tonight it’s been a mix of Dare by Human League, Seven by James and Ringleader Of The Tormentors by Morrissey.
I produced an advert for the Thursday edition of the J. E. P. to promote this Friday’s show. I was asked to provide an image with dimensions [...]
Havienda in The Week
July 26, 2008There’s a good article by Dolores Cowburn about our forthcoming first night in The Week, an entertainment news supplement, in today’s Jersey Evening Post. Click on the thumbnail for a readable copy.
Apart from the decision to start the live band sets earlier in the night having come too late to make the press (see earlier [...]
The bands start at ∞ o’clock
July 26, 2008The title of this post says it all really. Early discussions with bands and crew led to general agreement on an early DJ warm-up with the first of our two live acts hitting the stage at ten. That’s been changed. The first DJ still drops the bomb at seven and then the first band begins [...]
Dirtytrades
July 26, 2008Dirtytrades are one of the very freshest bands to emerge in Jersey’s prolific and varied live music scene. This quartet of young musicians cite Stone Roses, James, Charlatans and the Beatles, among others, as their inspirations and that should give some idea of the kind of classic, psychedelic and pop-infused sound they forge. They have [...]
