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The UM Archive for November, 2011

From Me to Meeuw.

Did some press for a Kubin-related release on Meeuw Muzak. Like shitting blood out of a stone or something.
It sez:
out now
Meeuw Muzak 039
Max Goldt / Felix Kubin / Mark Boombastik: Fog Frog
b/w Max Goldt: Ladies Ladies
7″ single
“The future is female”, announces the well-known homosexual ironist Max Goldt here (on Ladies Ladies) speaking in 1983, long [...]

BT=10

Tomorrow night folks, if you can.

Doomed Shop.

"The July Monarchy was nothing other than…" (mp3)

I love Stu like a communist brother I only know a bit. One day I will write a big thing about Pence Eleven and why they are a great lost band. Someone should do the world a favour and put Rats! out on 6XLP or [...]

Alternative Grist Motherlode

Uh, I love Wordpress and everything but I’m using an old version that’s probably broken and I’m probably using it wrong and it’s fucking impossible to upload content, especially pictures and such so I still use this for text and proper Um news etc but if you ever wanted to have a one-stop portal for [...]

Discogs export data of Pete Um’s inessential items.

listing_id,artist,title,label,catno,format,release_id,status,price,listed,comments,media_condition,sleeve_condition,accept_offer
12439216,”Four Horsemen, The”,Nobody Said It Was Easy,Def American Recordings,510047-1,”LP, Album”,1633342,For Sale,29.99,2009-07-16 04:02:47,”Extremely clean. Some v mild scuffs side 2 do not affect play. Top seam cover split 1″” in centre, otherwise like new.”,Very Good Plus (VG+),Very Good Plus (VG+),N
12451410,!!!,Me And Giuliani Down By The School Yard (A True Story),Warp Records,WAP163,”12″””,160059,For Sale,4.99,2009-07-16 05:51:12,”Played once. Never taken [...]

bad timing presents 10 years of bad timing

Very much looking forward to this historic event.
Blurb says:
19/11/11
bad timing presents
10 years of bad timing
aid & abet
station road
cambridge
cb12jw
(entrance in cambridge station car park between cityroomz hotel and cambridge bike hire)
times: 7:30-10:30
entry: £5
Celebrating 10 years of experiments from the underground, including DIY, electronics, experimental, lo-fi, noise, radiophonics, weird pop and randomness, Since November 2001 Bad Timing [...]

Unity Penii

Ha ha. A great many years ago in the late 90s I was asked to play Strawberry Fair and it felt like a big deal because I probably hadn’t played to more than about 40 people at the time and potentially this could have resulted in an audience at least ten times that. My young [...]

Grindingly awkward shithop act supports Floatriverer & Halo Halo

Crushingdeath&grief gig coming up.
Check the other bands if you don’t know ‘em cos they’re pretty def.

If you were wondering why I’m described as “grindingly awkward shithop” it’s cos of this.
Which says:
The Portland Arms, The Boat House, The Corner House, Saturday 1st October
★★★½☆
Wish You Were Here, Cambridge’s own mini-festival, entered its second year last Saturday. With [...]

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