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Fil's
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"LOCAL ROCK" Column covering Local Music & Musicans "Fil's Throbbing Column" looks good on paper but, in reality, Ely's "live music scene" is a serious business. The phrase itself is something of a misnomer, given the paucity of the subject and the short, and lazy, answer is - there isn't one. LAST GIG @ PURE PICTURE & REVIEW - "DUVET" NEXT GIG @ PURE - PREVIEW - "REALNUMBERS" |
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2002 - Into the Summer of Music &
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I have a dilemma that I'm sure some
of you will have experienced.
You are in your own home, minding your own business, when your senses are assaulted by an infernal emission from your daughter's* hi-fi in the bedroom above your head. Having bounded up the stairs four at a time [only joking, chaps] and pounded on the door to be confronted by a surprised offspring it dawns upon you that you are listening to Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" Loss of face to a twelve year old is, of course, something too awful to contemplate and you are left with the following options... Do you.. a] unleash a torrent of justifiable and, let's face it, satisfying parental rage, the suppression of which would almost certainly displace several vertebrae b] warmly congratulate the bemused infant and throw some impressive "shapes" as you retreat across the landing or c] turn to question two in the hope that it might be easier to answer. This is not a puzzle likely to trouble anyone on or around Willow Walk on August 17th, as the proposed Ely Feast has been told that the festival will only be allowed to go ahead if amplified music is dropped from the itinerary..! Music is an important part of the Feast programme - without it, the event would be more of a fete, and Ely already has one of those. The arguments surrounding this issue are currently raging with varying degrees of accuracy in other columns, but it seems that any open air event that involves amplified music must be banished to the city's boundaries..! Expect further developments soon. Live music at PURE kicks off this Thursday... The club is allowing the Feast to promote five dates as a way of fundraising. Concern has been expressed over the acoustics in the building. With this in mind I borrowed Jeff's Ian Hawkins and dragged my little brother out of retirement to give the club a going over. When I was playing regularly it became fashionable to include in a PA system bass bins you could turn a small lorry around in and a lighting rig featuring lanterns hanging from scaffolding for which you required a qualified builder and planning permission, but PURE's in house light system is more that man enough for the task and the arrangement of speakers should eliminate the dead spots that can occur in more traditional live venues, e.g. pubs. I was generally quite impressed with the overall sound. Of course, it will sound a lot different when the club is full of bodies and I fully expect DUVET to give it a more serious pummeling when they take the stage on Thursday. DUVET are known as a covers band, as I'm sure you've worked out for yourselves, and put in a sterling set for us at Lamas last summer. I've heard them described as a bit Manics-y, but to this ear they're not quite so thrashy - more of a solid, no frills rock band. They work hard and judging from their performance, practice hard. The proceeds of this gig will be divided between the Lily House Residential Home on the edge of town, and the Ely Feast, which won't be, Amplified or otherwise. Wonder what "Kashmir " sounds like on an ocarina..? *Boys are the same, I am assured. ps. i do possess an actual throbbing column - it sits above three wheels on my front drive. |
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2002 - The Summer of Music
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