You probably don't listen to Radio 1 very often, neither do we really, until that is Huw Stephens profiled Nottingham bands and Supernight favourites Spaceships Are Cool were featured, alongside Supernight's very own Fists!
Here's the link. Just click "listen to this week's show" and skip forward 15 mins (unless you want to listen to Huw!) You'll hear him introduce Dean Jackson from the Beat and then some of Nottingham's best kept secrets get a bit of national exposure!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/innewmusicwetrust/huwstephens/
Enjoy!
love Becky
x
p.s. catch Fists AND Spaceships Are Cool at Supernight on the 15th Dec @ the Maze. It's going to be a cracking christmas party.
Thursday, 22 November 2007
Wednesday, 14 November 2007
Supernight presents... Cuban Crimewave, Scutty Neighbours & Yes My Ninjas?
Junktion 7, Friday 23rd November, 8:30pm till late
So friends, the days are getting shorter, the nights are drawing in, it's starting to get really very cold, the shops are getting busier...but fear not, Supernight has exactly the dose of electric spazzrock treatment to grab those winter blues by the neck and to shout very loudly in their faces.
Join us at Junktion 7 on Friday 23rd November to see some of the dirtiest, noisiest, most riotously entertaining oiks we could round-up do what they do best - have a blinding rock & roll party. Yes, for just £3 you can savour the following filthy treats:
CUBAN CRIMEWAVE
Party-stomping twin bass slinging satanic cinemascope movie soundtracks for 1920's Cuban gangs. Think Death From Above 1979, think The Stooges, think howls, growls and raw, rumbling scuzzrock at its finest.
www.myspace.com/cubancrimewave
SCUTTY NEIGHBOURS
A filthy cocktail of punk, metal and cider, this Skull Tanker side-project are "a ragtag bunch of misfits, miscreants and diseases" hell bent on having the noisiest, scuttiest, most riotously enjoyable party in the neighbourhood.
http://www.myspace.com/thescuttyneighbours
YES MY NINJAS?
Sonic mentalists from Lincolnshire cramming genre upon genre to create music that is both insanely catchy and, well, insane. Electro-pop, metal, hardcore, d'n'b...it'll make your head hurt, in a good way.
www.myspace.com/yesmyninjasrock
All this PLUS projections from the talented Dan Toporowski, who also designed our poster. Go to www.myspace.com/supernight to see it.
See you down the front.
Nick
x
So friends, the days are getting shorter, the nights are drawing in, it's starting to get really very cold, the shops are getting busier...but fear not, Supernight has exactly the dose of electric spazzrock treatment to grab those winter blues by the neck and to shout very loudly in their faces.
Join us at Junktion 7 on Friday 23rd November to see some of the dirtiest, noisiest, most riotously entertaining oiks we could round-up do what they do best - have a blinding rock & roll party. Yes, for just £3 you can savour the following filthy treats:
CUBAN CRIMEWAVE
Party-stomping twin bass slinging satanic cinemascope movie soundtracks for 1920's Cuban gangs. Think Death From Above 1979, think The Stooges, think howls, growls and raw, rumbling scuzzrock at its finest.
www.myspace.com/cubancrimewave
SCUTTY NEIGHBOURS
A filthy cocktail of punk, metal and cider, this Skull Tanker side-project are "a ragtag bunch of misfits, miscreants and diseases" hell bent on having the noisiest, scuttiest, most riotously enjoyable party in the neighbourhood.
http://www.myspace.com/thescuttyneighbours
YES MY NINJAS?
Sonic mentalists from Lincolnshire cramming genre upon genre to create music that is both insanely catchy and, well, insane. Electro-pop, metal, hardcore, d'n'b...it'll make your head hurt, in a good way.
www.myspace.com/yesmyninjasrock
All this PLUS projections from the talented Dan Toporowski, who also designed our poster. Go to www.myspace.com/supernight to see it.
See you down the front.
Nick
x
Monday, 12 November 2007
Popbitch tidbit
Love this story...
Vinyl destination - Monster Raving Loony lives on
Wild Willi Beckett was the Monster Raving Loony party's Mental Health spokesman until he died earlier this year. Willi was also lead singer in a strange rock band, The Psychosurgeons. Last weekend, his bandmates released a special limited edition green vinyl 7" single to friends and family, which had Willi's ashes pressed into the vinyl.
Listen:http://www.psychosurgeons.co.uk
I should probably also let you know that the next Supernight is happening on the 23rd November and it is going to be a rock monster. Check back for more details in the next couple of days.
Love Becky
x
Vinyl destination - Monster Raving Loony lives on
Wild Willi Beckett was the Monster Raving Loony party's Mental Health spokesman until he died earlier this year. Willi was also lead singer in a strange rock band, The Psychosurgeons. Last weekend, his bandmates released a special limited edition green vinyl 7" single to friends and family, which had Willi's ashes pressed into the vinyl.
Listen:http://www.psychosurgeons.co.uk
I should probably also let you know that the next Supernight is happening on the 23rd November and it is going to be a rock monster. Check back for more details in the next couple of days.
Love Becky
x
Thursday, 8 November 2007
Who Threw The Shoe? (fun to say out loud)
All the Superfolk headed off to see Arcade Fire last week, and boy we had a great time.
Lucky old Anders even got to go backstage and meet some of the band who re-christened him the Sheriff of Nottingham. We danced, sang, got funny looks from people around us who could hear the singing... it was great.
Until, that is, someone threw a shoe at Win Butler's head during an emotional crescendo.
Who does that? Who threw the shoe? While I think it's wrong and whoever did it should really be ashamed, the thing that really sticks with me about the whole affair is that they threw a shoe... Did they come prepared or go home with one bare foot? If anyone knows the answer, please let us know!
One of our party was so disheartened by the whole affair he penned this email to Win:
>Dear Win
>
> I saw Arcade Fire playing last night in Nottingham and I was really
> having a hell of a time, fists clenched, rictus grinning, giving
> myself whiplash with the dancing, when that total c/nt threw a shoe at
> you. I have no idea who the guy (surely a man) was, but I was so upset
> on your behalf that I wanted to come and find you afterwards so that
> you could punch me in the face by way of karmic recompense.
>
> You people are phenomenal, and much respected by the 99% of your
> audience whose frontal lobes are still intact, so I hope you are not
> too disheartened by what happened. Maybe you could find some solace
> in the fact that at least it wasn't a lollipop that was hurled at you.
> Those things can blind.
>
> Tom
>
> PS Richard might like to know that the crash helmet was invented by
> Franz Kafka.
I love the thought of punches as karmic retribution.
Anyway, to sum up, Arcade Fire are ace, shoe throwers are not.
Love Becky
x
Lucky old Anders even got to go backstage and meet some of the band who re-christened him the Sheriff of Nottingham. We danced, sang, got funny looks from people around us who could hear the singing... it was great.
Until, that is, someone threw a shoe at Win Butler's head during an emotional crescendo.
Who does that? Who threw the shoe? While I think it's wrong and whoever did it should really be ashamed, the thing that really sticks with me about the whole affair is that they threw a shoe... Did they come prepared or go home with one bare foot? If anyone knows the answer, please let us know!
One of our party was so disheartened by the whole affair he penned this email to Win:
>Dear Win
>
> I saw Arcade Fire playing last night in Nottingham and I was really
> having a hell of a time, fists clenched, rictus grinning, giving
> myself whiplash with the dancing, when that total c/nt threw a shoe at
> you. I have no idea who the guy (surely a man) was, but I was so upset
> on your behalf that I wanted to come and find you afterwards so that
> you could punch me in the face by way of karmic recompense.
>
> You people are phenomenal, and much respected by the 99% of your
> audience whose frontal lobes are still intact, so I hope you are not
> too disheartened by what happened. Maybe you could find some solace
> in the fact that at least it wasn't a lollipop that was hurled at you.
> Those things can blind.
>
> Tom
>
> PS Richard might like to know that the crash helmet was invented by
> Franz Kafka.
I love the thought of punches as karmic retribution.
Anyway, to sum up, Arcade Fire are ace, shoe throwers are not.
Love Becky
x
Tuesday, 30 October 2007
Photos!
Here's the link for the photos from last Saturday's Oxjam gig as promised:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/supernight/sets/72157602793644590/
Becky
x
http://www.flickr.com/photos/supernight/sets/72157602793644590/
Becky
x
Monday, 29 October 2007
Thanks for making Supernight great!
Hello there,
This is a big fat THANKS to everyone who came to Supernight on Saturday!
And also to the lovely Oxjam people, the wonderful bands who performed, the delightful Kate Musgrove who did projections, my sister Katie who made a really nice cake, the fantastic Tether group with their art tombola prizes and The Maze for having us!
So... hope you had a good time? We did! We'll be putting some photos online soon and I'll post the link up here for you.
Some of my favourite moments included:
- Most of Fists set but especially the little ghost tune (little gho-o-o-o-o-o-st!)
- Lovely Joe working the tombola like a demon
- Seeing the proud winner of a beautiful yellow woolly hat and orange necklace modelling his prize... yellow is really Ned's colour...
- Enjoying the slightly surreal experience of walking out the back door of the Maze and realising there was a team of Maze staff completely rebuilding the back half of the club!
- Watching Napoleon IIIrd - that was the first time I've seen him and I thought he was amazing - Raising money for Oxfam (I don't know how much, you can't get the lids off those rattly tins, but thanks to everyone who donated anything!)
Last but not least, my absolute favourite thing:
- Taking home my most random souvenir ever from a night out... a golf club.
Anyway, it's Monday now, work time, so I'd better get on with some!
Love Becky
x
p.s. if the nice man who really would've liked a Jarvis Cocker badge (rather than a rubbish Kaiser Chiefs one) is reading this, drop me an email, I saved one for you.
This is a big fat THANKS to everyone who came to Supernight on Saturday!
And also to the lovely Oxjam people, the wonderful bands who performed, the delightful Kate Musgrove who did projections, my sister Katie who made a really nice cake, the fantastic Tether group with their art tombola prizes and The Maze for having us!
So... hope you had a good time? We did! We'll be putting some photos online soon and I'll post the link up here for you.
Some of my favourite moments included:
- Most of Fists set but especially the little ghost tune (little gho-o-o-o-o-o-st!)
- Lovely Joe working the tombola like a demon
- Seeing the proud winner of a beautiful yellow woolly hat and orange necklace modelling his prize... yellow is really Ned's colour...
- Enjoying the slightly surreal experience of walking out the back door of the Maze and realising there was a team of Maze staff completely rebuilding the back half of the club!
- Watching Napoleon IIIrd - that was the first time I've seen him and I thought he was amazing - Raising money for Oxfam (I don't know how much, you can't get the lids off those rattly tins, but thanks to everyone who donated anything!)
Last but not least, my absolute favourite thing:
- Taking home my most random souvenir ever from a night out... a golf club.
Anyway, it's Monday now, work time, so I'd better get on with some!
Love Becky
x
p.s. if the nice man who really would've liked a Jarvis Cocker badge (rather than a rubbish Kaiser Chiefs one) is reading this, drop me an email, I saved one for you.
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Write a novel in a month?
Something of a small craze is starting to take hold at Supernight, with two of our number having decided that this November they're going to write a novel. In one month. It's a hard task, but someone's got to do it.
Anyway, it all came about as a result of being sent this website:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/whatisnano
There's something infectious about the idea that it really is quantity, not quality that counts.
If they let me, I'll post up some excerpts as they get into the swing of it. AND, if anyone wants to join us, then please please do! Send me excerpts of yours and I'll post those up too. If enough people do it we can all get together for a celebration and can laugh at the terrible novels we've written in one month together!
love Becky
x
p.s. I really should mention that all plans are in place for a fabulous gig on Saturday at the Maze, and you know it's all for charity so come on down and eat cake, wear badges, see projections, listen to bands, enter the raffle, dance, drink and make merry!
Anyway, it all came about as a result of being sent this website:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/whatisnano
There's something infectious about the idea that it really is quantity, not quality that counts.
If they let me, I'll post up some excerpts as they get into the swing of it. AND, if anyone wants to join us, then please please do! Send me excerpts of yours and I'll post those up too. If enough people do it we can all get together for a celebration and can laugh at the terrible novels we've written in one month together!
love Becky
x
p.s. I really should mention that all plans are in place for a fabulous gig on Saturday at the Maze, and you know it's all for charity so come on down and eat cake, wear badges, see projections, listen to bands, enter the raffle, dance, drink and make merry!
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