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On The Edge
Jul. 27th, 2006 08:35 ammme Last night upstairs at The Open House Pub,near to london Road station, was an excellent night of improv run by Safehouse.The eevent was titled On The Edge,a pretty apt title for the invigorating and superb selection of improvisors. Steve and I were the first to arrive. Gig started at 8.30 pm approx and it kicked off with The Wildcard Quartet (pictured below).
Next up after a short interval in which Kulo and Alasdair arrived,Also met Monty with his wonderful mullet of hair,and Blue,ne of Steviecat's friends.Urban Myth played for a scintillating 30 minutes.I have heard of the group before but don't remember seeing them before.Anyway,they were excellent with a good mix of sounds from xylophone,flutes,piccolos,various effects,Vocoder,guitar,keyboards and laptop devices.The band members (apart from th elaptop man) are pictured below.
Following another short interval and a raffle draw for some wine (which i didn't win) the main people i came to see played for the next 50 minutes. STEVE BERESFORD and JOHN BUTCHER. John on saxophone and Steve with a table of cracked electronics.,effecrs devices,tape unit,various bits and pieces,toys,etc.
Steve moved around his table like a demented fly,busy jumping around the various components on the table making various noises which complemented the squeaks,futs and honks of John's miked up saxophone.
It was exhilarating to watch. Both men have been on the improv scene for many years and still manage to surprise. In all a superb evening of improv.
"Oh John,what do i do next?"
"Now he tells me!"
Steve's table of objects snapped quickly as he was packing away.
Steve was one part of the wonderful Flying Lizards who actually graced our screens on Top of the Pops many years ago,and a real highlight from the often tedium indifference that the programme installed in me. Interestingly this night was the last night of Top of The Pops - it will not be missed much by me i must admit.More info and altenate views form Steviecat on his blog by the way.
After the gig there was some CD's and magazines for sale Stephen bought the latest version of Resonance magazine with a free CD,and i purchased the John Butcher and Toshimaru Nakamura CD "Cavern With Nightlife" (Wight of Wax 2004).
And on walking back from the gig we met Blue again in London Road as she untethered her bike from a lamp post.
STALL MEETING
It was also the evening of the Snoopers stall meet.It has been five weeks since the last one. Anyway made aboot £100 ,but with five weeks rent coming to £32.50 ended up with £67.50. Still not bad,and worth it just to buy the John Butcher CD at £10 on the same night,plus a £4 door entrance to the gig.
Must find some more saleable stuff though.
A picture of the Basketmakers pub where we meet for the stallholder meeting,and now we have a full complement of eight for the stall.
Next up after a short interval in which Kulo and Alasdair arrived,Also met Monty with his wonderful mullet of hair,and Blue,ne of Steviecat's friends.Urban Myth played for a scintillating 30 minutes.I have heard of the group before but don't remember seeing them before.Anyway,they were excellent with a good mix of sounds from xylophone,flutes,piccolos,various effects,Vocoder,guitar,keyboards and laptop devices.The band members (apart from th elaptop man) are pictured below.
Following another short interval and a raffle draw for some wine (which i didn't win) the main people i came to see played for the next 50 minutes. STEVE BERESFORD and JOHN BUTCHER. John on saxophone and Steve with a table of cracked electronics.,effecrs devices,tape unit,various bits and pieces,toys,etc.
Steve moved around his table like a demented fly,busy jumping around the various components on the table making various noises which complemented the squeaks,futs and honks of John's miked up saxophone.
It was exhilarating to watch. Both men have been on the improv scene for many years and still manage to surprise. In all a superb evening of improv.
"Oh John,what do i do next?"
"Now he tells me!"
Steve's table of objects snapped quickly as he was packing away.
Steve was one part of the wonderful Flying Lizards who actually graced our screens on Top of the Pops many years ago,and a real highlight from the often tedium indifference that the programme installed in me. Interestingly this night was the last night of Top of The Pops - it will not be missed much by me i must admit.More info and altenate views form Steviecat on his blog by the way.
After the gig there was some CD's and magazines for sale Stephen bought the latest version of Resonance magazine with a free CD,and i purchased the John Butcher and Toshimaru Nakamura CD "Cavern With Nightlife" (Wight of Wax 2004).
And on walking back from the gig we met Blue again in London Road as she untethered her bike from a lamp post.
STALL MEETING
It was also the evening of the Snoopers stall meet.It has been five weeks since the last one. Anyway made aboot £100 ,but with five weeks rent coming to £32.50 ended up with £67.50. Still not bad,and worth it just to buy the John Butcher CD at £10 on the same night,plus a £4 door entrance to the gig.
Must find some more saleable stuff though.
A picture of the Basketmakers pub where we meet for the stallholder meeting,and now we have a full complement of eight for the stall.
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