Iron Man Records – Online Shop

The Iron Man shop sells Punk, Dub, Rock, Metal, Acoustic and Alternative music on CD, Vinyl, DVD, and Video. The shop also stocks books, comic books and rare or hard to find items.

I only sell what I listen to, I like, and I recommend. Every item is brand new and undamaged, no second hand or damaged goods.

Try it, you might like what you find. http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Iron-Man-Shop

Iron Man Records – Online Shop

The Iron Man shop sells Punk, Dub, Rock, Metal, Acoustic and Alternative music on CD, Vinyl, DVD, and Video. The shop also stocks books, comic books and rare or hard to find items.

I only sell what I listen to, I like, and I recommend. Every item is brand new and undamaged, no second hand or damaged goods.

Try it, you might like what you find. http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Iron-Man-Shop

Iron Man Records – Online Shop

The Iron Man shop sells Punk, Dub, Rock, Metal, Acoustic and Alternative music on CD, Vinyl, DVD, and Video. The shop also stocks books, comic books and rare or hard to find items.

I only sell what I listen to, I like, and I recommend. Every item is brand new and undamaged, no second hand or damaged goods.

Try it, you might like what you find. http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Iron-Man-Shop

Burn their money. Tear their world apart…

“We have been following a wild and wounded, glum and glorious, shit but shining path these past five years. The last two of which has led us up onto the commercial high ground — we are at a point where the path is about to take a sharp turn from these sunny uplands down into a netherworld of we know not what. For the foreseeable future there will be no further record releases from The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, The Timelords, The KLF & any other past, present & future name attached to our activities. As of now all our past releases are deleted….”

A Tin of Condensed Milk

Burn their money. Tear their world apart…

How To Burn Money

Reknaw Sound System destroyed in arson attack. Your help needed to get it operating again

The Reknaw Rocket, which has served us so well for so many years, was burnt out over the weekend. As well as the van being totally destroyed, it had our rig in it. We don’t know what we will be able to salvage, but the upshot is that we have lost most of our gear.
 This has been a massive blow for us. We are not sure whether Reknaw is going to be able to continue.

We are down but we are not out, and with your support we can get up and running again. If you have facebook, you can join the Benefit for Reknaw Sound System Group ,which has been put together by our friends.

We have had so many messages of goodwill and offers of help. This has given us the strength to carry on when we were considering jacking it all in. It will take a lot of time, money and graft to get Reknaw back on the road. Any donations of equipment will be greatly appreciated. Equipment doesn’t have to be working as we can fix it up ourselves. Get in touch through our contacts page. Check back for further developments and news of any gigs that are going to be put on for us. If you can help in any other way, please get in touch via our contacts page.

** If you wish to make a personal donation through paypal, our paypal address is joepublic1 at onetel.com. If you want to send a cheque, then email us for our postal address. You can also help us by buying a T shirt. Details are at the bottom of the page. ** 

Thank you all for your support over the years, with your help we can continue rocking the underground. Without your help … that will be the end of one of the UK’s longest running free party systems. We can’t do it on our own, so if you give a shit, get involved.

The Reknaw Crew.
All gigs on this page promoted by REKNAW will still go ahead … C U there

http://www.reknaw.com

Musoplex, Monkey Business, Get A Gig, Recording Studio, Photoshoots and the rest…..

Monkey Business gigs…

At

The Olde Queen’s Head,
Birmingham Street
Halesowen B63 3HN
0121 585 8228
Thurs 29th April Skull Fox + Frozen Theory Metal Night

Also Musoplex is offering:
Half a day in the studio (Mon to Fri).
Pay just £15 a song for anything you want to take with you from the session.
Book a photo shoot for £40 and get songs for £10 each

Rehearse, Get  a Gig, Recording, Pictures, Video….all in one place

http://www.musoplex.com

English Heretic: GIMPO’S M25 25 Hour Spin 20th – 21st March 2010

All Agents:

GIMPO’s M25 Spin 2010.

Sat 20th to Sun 21st March 1pm.

Meet at ThurrocK Service Station, off M25 at 11am Sat 20th March.

This just in….. As many of you will recall a cache of lost and forgotten material was rediscovered during Jimmy’s house move early last year.

Some of the tracks were liberated by The Junior Insurgent Transmitter Ensemble for the soundtrack to the 2009 M25 Spin.

We have produced a single track DVD sampler and will be giving it away to all the “spinners” joining us this year.

The track featured is a unique version of the Pure Trance classic What Time Is Love and was recorded and performed by The KLF at the very first Helter Skelter illegal rave held on the 30th September 1989.

We will be meeting up at Thurrock Service Station just off the M25 at 11am on Saturday 20th March 2010 and will be on the London Orbital Motorway until 1pm on Sunday 21st March.

Every two laps we stop for fuel and pick up passengers / collaborators at Clacket Lane Services (clockwise side).

If you are unable to come along to this years Spin but would like to buy a copy of the DVD Sampler it is available at:

http://positivevoid.co.uk/PVCM25DVD09.htm

We look forward to seeing you all very soon.

Love Peace & Happiness

Tim & Gimpo

http://jamescauty.co.uk/
http://www.klf.de/

Unite Against Fascism & Love Music Hate Racism National Conference 13th February 2010

Unite Against Fascism has called this conference together with Love Music Hate Racism.

The event will bring together sections of society that oppose fascism including trade unions, Muslim, Jewish, Christian and other faiths, black, Asian, LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans) and disabled communities and will allow us to come together to discuss strategies that have been successful in defeating fascism and organise activity across the country to stop the BNP in the forthcoming General and local elections.

Love Music Hate Racism
info at lovemusichateracism.com
http://www.lovemusichateracism.com
LMHR Office Facilities by kind arrangement with the PCS Union
Tel 020 7801 2781 // Fax: 020 7801 2782 // mobile: 07838 156052

Legal Advice for Music, Film, Theatre and Television

Iron Man Records offers specialist legal advice to anyone involved in music through Kevan Tidy at Tidylaw. Before working with Iron Man records Kevan was a musician and a songwriter. He encountered the usual problems and attempted scams of the record industry and had to develop an interest and expertise in contracts and copyright.

Kevan soon realised that the only lawyers dealing in this kind of law were mainly in London and very expensive. There was nothing for up and coming musicians.

Kevan decided to qualify as a solicitor and try to help. Kevan has never turned anyone away on the grounds that they cannot afford it. This applies to anyone, not just musicians. Kevan can help aspiring inventors, film makers, writers, musicians etc.

Get a Gig – The Base, Unit 14, Gainsborough Industrial Estate, Rufford Road, Stourbridge, DY9 7ND

Get a gig at Base Studios at their new 200 capacity music venue:

The Base, Unit 14, Gainsborough Industrial Estate, Rufford Road, Stourbridge, DY9 7ND

Tel – 07711 582 880 or Warren on 07711 046711

http://www.basestudios1.co.uk

also, get your music on the local radio station…..

Basement Sound Radio – Underground Music Radio based in Stourbridge, West Midlands.

Listen here

Underground music station, Basement Sound Radio (BSR) has topped its record this month by reaching over a quarter of a million listeners. Orginally set up as a basic music podcast, BSR was transformed into a radio show and launched on 28 October 2008 – its aim, to provide an alternative to mainstream music entertainment shows by playing more current, unorthadox and unsigned bands. The playlist is fused with original, satirical commentary and informative insight by top underground presenters. Shows such as ‘Metal Time’ and ‘The Alan Neill Rock Show’ are heard in over 30 different countries and offer the listener maximum thrills and bands a dedicated platform to potentially launch their careers.

Chris Murphy, producer and founder of Basement Sound Radio, said “We are delighted to have reached so many listeners. Its great to think that we kept our faithful followers since we launched and have gained so many more. It just goes to show that there are a lot of people out there who want to know more about the underground music scene”.

Nick J Townsend, one of the main presenters on the show commented, “Its great to be part of such a success story so far and I can’t wait to see the station expand into new areas”.

Any bands wanting to be part of the show should contact team at basementsound.co.uk

http://www.basementsound.co.uk

http://www.myspace.com/basementsoundradio

http://twitter.com/basementsound
http://www.youtube.com/user/BasementSoundRadio

http://www.basestudios1.co.uk

The Green Phoenix – 50 ways to make your house and garden greener

Order any item from our friends The Green Phoenix in June 2009 and get a FREE copy of Sian Berry’s “50 ways to make your house and garden greener”

Sian says, ‘Being  green is not about giving everything up; it’s about using things cleverly and creatively to cut out waste. In this book I aim to show you that a greener life without fuss is available to everyone’. Printed on 100% recyled paper. 130 pages.

Don’t forget that some items in their online shop go for as little as £3!

Have a browse www.thegreenphoenix.co.uk

Iron Man Records Mailorder http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Iron-Man-shop

The Iron Man shop uses Ebay and sells Punk, Dub, Rock, Metal, Acoustic and Alternative music on CD, Vinyl, DVD and Video. When I started going to Record Shops they were independent businesses, and prices could differ greatly from town to town, shop to shop. These days Record Shops, both online and off, are largely chain owned and prices are fairly similar regardless. The few independents that are left are finding it hard to stay alive but they provide an important outlet for new and interesting music. Everything for sale in the Iron Man Shop I have found direct from the bands themselves or distributors who offer items at reasonable prices. I only sell what I listen to myself, what I like and I what can recommend to you. Every item is brand new and most of the items are shrink wrapped. New items are added each week and I try to keep the prices as low as possible.

 

Birmingham Twinned with Your Darkest Thought?

“Pop music (or what ever sub-genre title you feel comfortable using) should never be subsidised by the state. The Arts Council or similar bodies must never be allowed to get near it. If any particular form of pop music can not survive in the cut and thrust of the market place it should be allowed to whither and die. The same goes for all the rooms above pubs and dodgy clubs. If people don’t want to pay the price for the ticket and would rather spend the night down the local Weatherspoons drinking cheap lager, so be it. Culture has to be on the move, in a state of continual flux or it is nothing, fit only for the museum and the text book.”

ALL AGENTS:Freak out the Normal Man,we want separation now!11 hours on the 11 Bus on the 11 of November

The number 11 is Europe’s longest urban bus route and first came into existence in 1923.

It now follows the city’s outer ring road, the A4040 with some small deviations.

A full circuit takes 3hrs to complete, and the service carries 50,000 passengers each day. There are 272 bus stops.

40 buses are used each day – 20 for the ‘A’ and 20 for the ‘C”

On the eleventh of November our good friends at “Birmingham it’s not shit” and a few others who can’t be named here….are inviting anyone with an interest to spend eleven hours on the eleven bus starting at eleven am in “Birmingham: It’s Not Shit’s 11 11 11” (yes I know there’s four elevens there really, but even the alliteration starts to drag after a bit).

The rules are

* Get on the 11C at 11am (or as near as dammit) on 11/11.
* Get off the 11C at 10pm — 11 hours later — (or as near as dammit) on 11/11.
* You can get on and off the bus as many times as you like (don’t spend more than 23 minutes off the bus).
* Document your journey; photos, film, writing, cross-stitch, knitting, amigurumi, poetry, blog, twitter, however you like.
* Meet up with others as mad as you, if you want.
* Record everything — or on your own space and link us up.

The idea is that a snapshot of the real Birmingham from a number of different people will emerge, one that’s unedited, unspun, and unwashed. Circling the city will force the gaze inward, focussing our attention exclusively on our municipality. It’ll also freak out the drivers, the man on the clapham omnibus and others who normally expect passengers to have a destination in mind.

If it’s better to travel hopefully than arrive, Birmingham is the ideal place.

some context:  “The man on the Clapham omnibus ” is a descriptive formulation of a reasonably educated and intelligent but non-specialist person — a reasonable man, a hypothetical person against whom a defendant’s conduct might be judged in an English law civil action for negligence. This standard of care comparable to that which might be exercised by “the man on the Clapham omnibus” was first mentioned by Greer LJ in Hall v. Brooklands Auto-Racing Club (1933) 1 KB 205.

The first reported legal quotation of the phrase is in the case of McQuire v. Western Morning News[1] a libel case, in which Sir Richard Henn Collins MR attributes it to Lord Bowen, who had died nine years earlier.

It is derived from the phrase the bald-headed man at the back of the Clapham omnibus , coined by the 19th century journalist Walter Bagehot to describe the normal man of London , so used because Clapham in south London at the time was a non-descript commuter suburb and was seen to represent “ordinary” London. Omnibus is a now archaic expression for a public bus , but would have been common usage amongst the judiciary at the beginning of the 20th century.

It is time to separate from the Normal Man, It’s time top separate from the Man on the Clapham Omnibus.

All Agents: This is Birmingham http://elevenbus.co.uk

…..and if you enjoy this sort of thing, you may want to also try this:

please pass this on…..

Your Darkest Thought. State Funding and Music, You have been warned.

I was thinking about writing my own piece on this but then I found myself at The Adelphi in Hull with Dufus. After a long conversation with Paul, the owner of The Adelphi, who has proved a one man army behind the best gig in Hull for independent bands, I decided instead to quote you some words written by Bill Drummond as a contribution to “One Man and His Bog.” The Photos are mine, the words are Bill’s, The Adelphi is Paul’s and the people who work there are some of the best you’ll find. Oh Yeah, and public funding or state sponsorhip of the arts has had nothing to do with it.

PUB BACK ROOMS
July 2004 by Bill Drummond

Taken from: “One Man And His Bog” (Twenty years on the toilet tour). One Man And His Bog does not have an ISBN but is available from Amazon, it is a book that celebrates 20 years of the New Adelphi Club in Hull.

“There are plenty of pubs called the Nags Head. One of them is in a village called Wollaston in Northamptonshire. In the late sixties and early seventies they used to put bands on in the room above the bar. My mates and I would get the bus over from Corby to Wellingborough, then walk the three miles out to Woolaston and, lastly, climb the rickety wooden stairs on the outside of the Nags Head to get into that room to watch the bands. There week after week, we could see all the bands that we read about in the NME and Melody Maker and heard on the John Peel Show. The stage was about the size of my kitchen table, the toilets overflowed, we usually missed the last bus home and had to hitch. We loved it all, even when the band was one we hated because they had the wrong sort of haircuts. Most of the bands we saw never got further than their second album and are now long forgotten except for the odd mention in Record Collector. Others like Elton John and The Faces (featuring Rod Stewart) made more than two albums.

The Nags Head was not the only place that we went to, There was the room at the back of the Railway Hotel at Blisworth were we saw Deep Purple, The Tin Hat in Kettering where we saw Fleetwood Mac, and a place in Market Harborough where they put bands on Sunday afternoons and we saw Black Sabbath there.

I’m name checking the above bands, not because they were my favourites but because they all went on to sell millions of records around the world and their names are now writ large over the history of rock’n'roll. As far as I knew there were similar rooms above pubs and dodgy clubs across the land. It made sense and, as far as I was concerned, it would stay that way forever.

But then for a few years it all got a bit dull. British rock music went pomp got a bit to full of itself and I lost interest in going to see bands. Then punk happened in 1976 and in ’77 I found myself in a band. We were called Big In Japan, of course we weren’t big in Japan, we weren’t big anywhere. We lived in Liverpool and within the 12 months of our existence we did hundreds of gigs in rooms above pubs, and dodgy clubs. Every one of these places we played seemed to have a promoter who was a bit of a wide boy, lived by the seat of his pants but loved music. They loved all sorts of music, music that I had never heard before and, although they had to make ends meet and maybe had fantasies about being the next Peter Grant or Malcolm McLaren, they seemed to be more interested in a crusade to champion their favourite music.

Big In Japan amounted to fuck all, but there were others playing the same places as us that went on to conquer America and all that other bollocks. Like the bands from that earlier generation, they went on to get their names writ large in rock Val Hala.

The reason why I’m telling you the above is to give a bit of background before I try to make my point. It being: We in this country have been lucky over the last forty years, or so, to have had a vibrant musical culture that has had an influence over the rest of the world. Considering the size of our population we have been punching successfully way above our weight. But for every one band that goes on to have global success you need to have nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine that struggle hard to get somewhere but ultimately fail. It is only through playing live in the worst conditions that bands learn their craft. You need to have a network of shit holes and toilets across the land where bands can play for this to happen. The only reason why these islands have produced such a, comparatively speaking, high number of internationally successful bands is because we have had these hundreds of crap gigs to play in when they started out.

UK PLC has done very well out of the fact that our country has produced these bands. It is not only the tax they have earned for the land, but for the last four decades and counting, young people from around the globe have wanted to come here and spend their cash, drawn to what they perceive to be our hip, cool and vibrant youth culture. Without those nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine bands of which you’ve never heard playing in places that you would never want to go, that hip, cool and vibrant culture would never have existed. As a result, we would have bought into what America has to shove down our throats even more than we already have.

Pop music (or what ever sub-genre title you feel comfortable using) should never be subsidised by the state. The Arts Council or similar bodies must never be allowed to get near it. If any particular form of pop music can not survive in the cut and thrust of the market place it should be allowed to whither and die. The same goes for all the rooms above pubs and dodgy clubs. If people don’t want to pay the price for the ticket and would rather spend the night down the local Weatherspoons drinking cheap lager, so be it. Culture has to be on the move, in a state of continual flux or it is nothing, fit only for the museum and the text book.

But if the laws of the land make it ever more difficult for the current generation of would be wide boys, who live by the seat of their pants but who love music to make things happen in rooms above pubs and dodgy clubs, not only will our national purse be that much lighter but our culture that much deader.

The way things are going they would have closed down The Cavern and where would that have left us all?”

A Footnote: Please note that if you visit The Adelphi Club in Hull you must also visit the back room. There is a sign on the back wall and it reads: “Hull is Twinned with your darkest thought.”

And then a friend sent me this link:

“This is hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of taxpayers money put at risk because senior management at AWM apparently can’t take constructive criticism. Not only is taxpayers money at risk but small firms can be put out of business through losing out on one funded project.” http://www.westmidlandsno.org.uk/wordpress/?p=210

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