Save the Junction

The Junction is a gnarly little pub on Stokes Croft in Bristol. One of the few remaining venues in Bristol where local bands have a chance to play gigs without too many overheads.
Most of the bands who play there are pretty loud, often punky and always great fun.
It's a good idea to go prepared with earplugs.
Recent financial troubles almost brought it to it's knees, but a bit of cash over christmas has just about kept it rolling on. If you are a Bristolian (or merely an eccentric philanthropist) who likes this type of venue, then click on the banner above and buy their CD of local bands and artists who have in most cases recorded songs eclusively for this venture.
Bands include:

• Loci - Zweifel


• White Trash Ambition - Celebrity Spaz Plug (unreleased)


• SJ Esau - All Agog (Smaller Intestine Mix)


• North Sea Navigator feat Rose Kemp - Edward ( UK exclusive)


• Big Joan - The Sucker's Bug


• Mustard Allegro - Grosser Weiser (unreleased)


• My Own Flag - Intervention (unreleased)


• You and the Atom Bomb - El Apacheo


• Redd FM - Dirty Bitch Tango (live @ Folkhouse)


• Hunting Lodge - Dub Ghost (feat. Terry Edwards)


• Safetyword - Debobbler (unreleased)


• First of the Giants - Sufferer Jet (live @ Lousiana)


• Geisha - Cocktown & The G-Boys (Unreleased)


• Mea Culpa - A Panoramic View of Deception


• Santa Dog - Rosa


• The Taxidermist - Spend the Night


• The Girl From Headquarters - A Worthless Man


• Arctic Circle - Comfort Zone (unreleased)


• Team Brick - Alsatian

In a very nepotistic manner I have put links in for some of my friends' bands sites.

My very merry mix

I was off work with a cold and feeling a bit grotty about two months ago. On the other hand I had a few precious hours away from Rosa in which to play all the music she doesn't really like very much. So I made this lovely mix for my mate Gareth. He didn't get around to using it yet (Gareth - I'll make you another exclusive mix, just as soon as I get a new computer), so instead it got sent to Bruce at House Plant Radio and ended up here: OLO Radio.
Happy listening.

Here's a vague track listing from what I can recognise listening back to it now:

1. Nosrep


2. Squarepusher - Go Plastic


3. possibly(?) some BS2000 in there.


4. Dom & Roland - (the one with the radar on the cover)


5. Goldie - Demonz


6. Patrick Dawes - Creep


7. Him - don't know which track, sorry.


8. Hal Wilner - Alamo Hellfire


9. True Colours - Cyndi Lauper


10. Stock, Aitken and Walkman - again, it's brilliant stuff, but I can't Name That Track


11. The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby


12. unknown artist and tune - Break dat (thing)


13. Triosk - unknown track


14. BBC World of Sports


15. There's Monolith by The Beta Band in the mix somewhere, but I haven't found it yet


16. Venetian Snares


17. James Dean in A Rebel Without a Cause

Anyway, it's the Friday before Christmas and a "working lunch" beckons;
Merry Christmas one and all!

My song

These words to this tune is an old song called King Pippin. Which is nice, for anyone who cares.

It's all a bit twiddly-diddly for me, though.

Cheesy pic

Shortly after I bought my record decks, I took this picture:

I found the photo again in a box yesterday and realised I loved it very much. Even if it's been done before.
I remember spending ages fiddling with my camera to get it to sit behind me on a cabinet, whilst I held a mirror in my hand and looked into the lens.