15 May 2004 GOThMag presents Venn Festival, Cube Microplex

 Part of Qujunktions Venn festival in 2004. About 15 acts performed each act took up half of the stage and played for 20 mins. the next act would begin 5 minutes before the end of the previous. a curtain was used to mask the act once finished (and encourage to finish on time/ begin on time)

 

here's the full show.. i'm not sure which act appears when but i think it starts with bucky and you can hear the keepers of the fire around 50mins in

Gothmag#36 25th Sept04 ..A Merry Night Of Whistling... Cube Cinema, Bristol

full concert here 

 1. intro - Give a little whistle

2. Don the whistler - The Entertainer

3. Don the whistler - Love is all

4. Don the whistler - Blue danube

5. Merry Milkmen - Kill Bill Theme

6. Merry Milkmen - Tumbling Tumbleweed (whistler Mary)

7. Merry Milkmen - Deep Night (whistler mary)

8 Merry Milkmen - The Dancing Tambourine (whistler Kate)

9. TITK - Jealous Guy

10. consort of whistles - piece by henry VIII

11. consort of whistles - piece by thomas fardynge

12. Mr Hopkinson explains about wheat crunchies

13. Dennis Teeth - Raindrops keep falling on my head

14. Richard Craine - Mexican Whistler

15. Virpi - Lovely Head

16. Old Macdonald game

17. Rozi Plain - Big Chief

18. Julienne Raggoo - September Song

19. Keepers of the fire - Sitting at the dock of the bay

20. don the whistler

21. Whistle while you work finale

(22.consort of whistles rehearse)

Gothmag#36 25th Sept04 ..A Merry Night Of Whistling... Cube Cinema, Bristol full concert here   1. intro - Give a little whistle 2. Don the whistler - The Entertainer 3. Don the whistler - Love is all 4. Don the whistler - Blue danube 5. Merry Milkmen - Kill Bill Theme 6. Merry Milkmen - Tumbling Tumbleweed (whistler Mary) 7. Merry Milkmen - Deep Night (whistler mary) 8 Merry Milkmen - The Dancing Tambourine (whistler Kate) 9. TITK - Jealous Guy 10. consort of whistles - piece by henry VIII 11. consort of whistles - piece by thomas fardynge 12. Mr Hopkinson explains about wheat crunchies 13. Dennis Teeth - Raindrops keep falling on my head 14. Richard Craine - Mexican Whistler 15. Virpi - Lovely Head 16. Old Macdonald game 17. Rozi Plain - Big Chief 18. Julienne Raggoo - September Song 19. Keepers of the fire - Sitting at the dock of the bay 20. don the whistler 21. Whistle while you work finale (22.consort of whistles rehearse)

Gothmag#36 25th Sept04 ..A Merry Night Of Whistling... Cube Cinema, Bristol full concert here   1. intro - Give a little whistle 2. Don the whistler - The Entertainer 3. Don the whistler - Love is all 4. Don the whistler - Blue danube 5. Merry Milkmen - Kill Bill Theme 6. Merry Milkmen - Tumbling Tumbleweed (whistler Mary) 7. Merry Milkmen - Deep Night (whistler mary) 8 Merry Milkmen - The Dancing Tambourine (whistler Kate) 9. TITK - Jealous Guy 10. consort of whistles - piece by henry VIII 11. consort of whistles - piece by thomas fardynge 12. Mr Hopkinson explains about wheat crunchies 13. Dennis Teeth - Raindrops keep falling on my head 14. Richard Craine - Mexican Whistler 15. Virpi - Lovely Head 16. Old Macdonald game 17. Rozi Plain - Big Chief 18. Julienne Raggoo - September Song 19. Keepers of the fire - Sitting at the dock of the bay 20. don the whistler 21. Whistle while you work finale (22.consort of whistles rehearse)

Gothmag#36 25th Sept04 ..A Merry Night Of Whistling... Cube Cinema, Bristol full concert here   1. intro - Give a little whistle 2. Don the whistler - The Entertainer 3. Don the whistler - Love is all 4. Don the whistler - Blue danube 5. Merry Milkmen - Kill Bill Theme 6. Merry Milkmen - Tumbling Tumbleweed (whistler Mary) 7. Merry Milkmen - Deep Night (whistler mary) 8 Merry Milkmen - The Dancing Tambourine (whistler Kate) 9. TITK - Jealous Guy 10. consort of whistles - piece by henry VIII 11. consort of whistles - piece by thomas fardynge 12. Mr Hopkinson explains about wheat crunchies 13. Dennis Teeth - Raindrops keep falling on my head 14. Richard Craine - Mexican Whistler 15. Virpi - Lovely Head 16. Old Macdonald game 17. Rozi Plain - Big Chief 18. Julienne Raggoo - September Song 19. Keepers of the fire - Sitting at the dock of the bay 20. don the whistler 21. Whistle while you work finale (22.consort of whistles rehearse)

Programmed to go along with a canadian film about sadness The Saddest Music In The World we put together an event based on this theme with a prize for the saddest song... i think Tammy Payne won but a blurry eyed night was had by all.

Here's the whole event MP3

featuring tracks by :

Tammy Payne - I'm Still Waiting

Tom Morgan - Pieces

Rose Randle - Dreams To Remember

Ella and The Goatman - Weeping song

Andy Taylor - Late Night

Maddy Longhurst - Go, Leave

Katerina - Gloomy Sunday

Moses - Flute Solo

Jesse Morningstar - when we Love Again

Carolyn - A Sad Song

Jet McDonald - The Can Song

Julienne Raggoo - Is That All There Is

Zuleika Gregory - If You're Happy and you know it

Finale - Eleanor Rigby

you can listen to individual tracks here

We had some wonderful contributors. here's a podcast of some of the highlights.

The Tom Waitsness

tracklist as follows:

Darren Swindells - Jersey Girl

Paul McGuinness - Downtown Train

Ella and The Goat Man - I Beg Your Pardon

Kate Stables - Alice

The No Man Band - Emotional Weather Report

Johnny Angel - Gin Soaked Boy

David Green - Raindogs

Marcos O'Sullivan - Heart Attack and Vine

Mary Southcott - Little Drop Of Poison

Jimmy Goodrich - Innocent When You Dream

Mary Southcott

Kate Stables

Darren Swindells

Mr Bear and the No Man Band

Julienne Raggoo

Bethany Porter

David Green

Foxy Hannah Porter

Jimmy Goodrich

Johnny Angel

Marcos

Mary Southcott

Zuleika Gregory

originally broadcast 29-09-04

An introduction to the timeless art of whistling featuring an interview with modern whistler par excellance Robert Stemmons

here's the show

This program originally broadcast 7th July 2004 attempts to demonstrate the chromatic scale through appropriate songs.

1. Duke Ellington - Caravan (in Em but must have thought it was in C)

2. Hank Harry - Turn Around (C#m)

3. The Loft - Why Does The Rain (D)

4. Ray Charles - Somewhere Over The Rainbow (in Eb)

Paul Bradley talks

5. Organelles - Our Tunnel (starts in Em)

6. Django Reinhart - Nuages (in F)

7. Tom Waits - Walkin Spanish (F#m)

8. Lyndsey Cockwell - Scratched Folk (G)

9. Gerri Miller with The Magic Tramps - Mama Look At Me Now (Ab)

10. Silver Bullet Band - Don't You Take It too Hard (A)

11. Jukes - Song Of Saints (Bb)

12. Marc Gauvin - Nadia (Bm)

listen here

This event featuring songs once performed by Chet Baker had an amazing house band: Clive Deamer - Drums; Dan Moore Keys, Jim Barr - Bass; Adrian Utley - Guitar; Dolan Jones, Pete judge and Dave Mowett - Trumpet.

Also Paul Bradley and Neil Smith - Guitar. There was a great mix of music professionals and um non-professionals and one of the few times you'll hear Clive Deamer or Pete Judge singing.

If anyone has any pictures of this please send my way or post. Here's most of the evening on mixcloud. Or here's the podcast:

cheers,

jesse

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