episode 3

is done and dusted...

Featuring deliciousness from the likes of Sara Schiralli, Molly Beanland, Draw Me Stories, Clare Blackman and our very own Tim Dickinson.

It'll be up on iTunes in a matter of days, hang on to your hats.


TSL x

(and while you're waiting) just listen to Morrissey on Desert Island Discs

xx

A new love and an old

I have basically given over today to two things. Robert Glasper and Janis Joplin. An unlikely but stellar duo, it turns out. (Thank you to the someone who provoked me into listening to Robert for the first time after Sunday's Jazz Voicelab at the Southbank Centre. And thank you to the inventor of shuffle for taking me back to my first love affair with Janis when I was about 11.)

I heard someone listening to Christmas Carols on the train this morning. Good King Wenceslas on a Tuesday morning in November? Curiouser and curiouser.

200 Downloads and counting!

We have reached 200 downloads! 202, actually...

"...and counting?" Well, obviously, if you've counted to 200...

Idiot.

Keep going, keep listening, keep forcing others to listen.

A good day.

I had a day off work today. I promised myself it would be full of new music. Firstly - the Mumford & Sons album, which I wanted to dislike but don't at all because it's very good. Only one listen through so far, but I'm intrigued. Secondly, some Elvis Costello, Secret Profane and Sugarcane (not strictly new but still SO SO good) (also this was on new headphones so even better). Then, after a very overdue catch up with an excellent friend who had very good news, some excellent Brahms at the Royal Academy, and some excellent pasta, my first real listen to Sara Schiralli, on a friend's recommendation. She is really very very good. Oh alright then, excellent. And on her myspace it says unsigned?! Shocking. Sad we missed her with Martha Wainwright at the Hawley Arms on Monday... for a future podcast I hope?! Yes please.

www.myspace.com/saraschiralli

Mx

some excellent moustaches

These were on a record sleeve that a friend found. They're no everyday facial hairs... And how about that chap in the eyepatch? Pretty good.

No microphones, no pressure and no practice

Last night, we played at Battersea Arts Centre with some of the Tree of Lost Things crew (find out more here: http://www.ignoretheforcast.co.uk). It wasn't quite a gig - but we played songs we knew (some), some plays we vaguely remembered (most) and songs we hadn't ever played before (one or two). It was a real treat - more to come, fo sho.

Tomorrow is Bonfire Night. There will be fireworks outside.

X

November Gig Diary

As promised - only a little bit late (we got distracted by some amazing food courtesy of our housemate Tarek. Tharek.) These are things we'll a) definitely be going to or b) definitely would be going to if we had a wee bit more cash...

ON NOW - until 07/11 London International Festival of Exploratory Music @ Kings Place
www.lifem.org.uk
08/11 Lola & the Clic @ The Flowerpot in Camden – from 3pm, and there's a BBQ!
www.flowerpotlondon.com
11/11 The Lie Awakes @ The Cross Kings
www.myspace.com/thelieawakes
12/11 Sam Sallon @ Portobello Acoustic Session
www. myspace.com/samsallon
12/11 Dan Mangan @ Slaughtered Lamb
www.danmanganmusic.com
13/11 Draw Me Stories @ Dogstar (Listen out for them next month!)
www.myspace.com/drawmestories
13/11 Sunday Driver @ Café de Paris
www.sundaydriver.co.uk
17/11 Carla Bley & the Lost Chords @ Southbank Centre
http://www.londonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/2009-11-17/carla-bley-lost-chords-julian-siegel-trio
18/11 Betty Steeles @ Cross Kings
www.myspace.com/iambettysteeles
18/11 John Surman with John Abercrombie, Jack DeJohnette and Drew Gress @ Southbank Centre
http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/music/gigs-contemporary/tickets/john-surman-celebrates-65-years-47921
19/11 Bill Frisell with Mike Gibbs & BBC Symphony Orchestra @ Barbican
http://www.barbican.org.uk/film/event-detail.asp?ID=9277
21/11 Kit Downes Trio @ Clore Ballroom, Southbank Centre
http://www.serious.org.uk/events/2009-11-21/kit-downes-trio-1
21/11 Tord Gustavsen Trio @ Southbank Centre
http://www.serious.org.uk/events/2009-11-21/ljf-tord-gustavsen-ensemble-jason-yarde-andrew-mccormack
22/11 Dog Soup @ Barbican Freestage
http://www.serious.org.uk/events/2009-11-22/dog-soup
22/11 Tortoise @ Southbank Centre
http://www.serious.org.uk/events/2009-11-22/tortoise
24/11 Sparrow and the Workshop @ Electroacoustic Club, The Slaughtered Lamb
www.myspace.com/sparrowandtheworkshop
25/11 The Watson Twins & Greg Laswell @ Electroacoustic Club, The Slaughtered Lamb www.electroacousticclub.com
27/11 My Tiger My Timing @ The Garage in Highbury
www.myspace.com/mytigermytiming
30/11 The Unthanks @ Shepherds Bush Empire
www.rachelunthank.com


Any more gigs that we should know about? Let us know! Hope to see you at one or more... x

Some other things what we talked about

Jarvis's arty Happening. That's really what he's calling it... More details here:

http://www.timeout.com/london/connect/music/blog/177/jarvis-does-art-when-musicians-diversitfy


I like how in that link they've spelt diversify wrong - and because you can't change the address of the page, it's going to be like that for EVER.