or…..12 hours on Albert Road
Never drink before something important? Or drink before something important? It all depends on what kind of important thing we’re on about, to be honest. If it’s a hangover contest, snuff ethanol if need be. Reach that finishing line, man! I need to stop drinking before things Levitra reviews and should stick to keeping my intake to after. Possibly even during if it’s a slow day at work. This subject is the main focal point when dealing with music festivals and events; how drunk will I get and will I remember enough to take a personal account of it? My notepad became used for once. The untouched fishwife of a stationery accessory was now satisfied.
September 18th 2010 started like any other day. I was confused and dry in the mouth. After rubbing my head with a soaking towel for a while it all dawned on me what my plans were: Southsea Fest. It was also the day to try out my new German paratrooper military boots. Now we’re being serious. Much like any other sunny day, I inexplicably put a leather jacket on. I always regret this, but can’t help but dress up for leather weather. No walkman buy xanax either. This is one of the few occasions where I would miss out on music by actually having headphones in my ears. Albert Road always seems to great you half-heartedly at this time of day; shops just opening; people wandering with possibly no intention of commerce. Order Doxycycline The odd dog dirt next to a dog end. It’s textbook Saturday shenanigans. I had to get the Kings Theatre to receive my lilac press pass. Once I got there I, rubbed shoulders with some other fellow journalists from Pugwash, Dirty South, as well as my own girlfriend. My watch reminded me that there was no action for another hour. Was this the perfect time to eat or plan? I had a baguette with brie and salad (wtf?) with my friend Tim. Much jovial times were had.
All around, sound checks were happening and people beclad in white tshirts were screaming into black walkie talkies. Cheap Levitra online Bands were yet to turn up in some places and community support officers were inspecting the area for the odd littering altercation. Earlier on, I got told to be at The Loft for 1pm. It wasn’t on my assigned schedule, but I had nothing to do except drink til half three. I had better proceed…..
The worrying thing about knowing people in your local music scene for a few years ,is that you find a lot of people going from one band to another band to a super group to a solo project to a journalist to a DJ and over and over again. It can get the feeling of a local village at times. But that’s why I like it. You know where your friends are and there’s a pleasant bedrock-like feeling of reliability. This feeling was at 100% grip when I saw a band where everyone in it I had known for at least four years. A welcome reunion of friends or a holy trinity? I watched and tried to find out. Watashi Calcutecs (who will now be referred to as WC) was a great start to my day. I love my noisy rock with heaped guitar fulls of over distortion and interesting drum beats. The only negative thing was the sound mixing at the beginning. The vocals were riding a soundwave motorbike into my head. Once the sound righted itself, the set became enjoyable. Hats off for their first gig as well. Jack, the lead singer of WC, had a very distracting shirt on as well. Due to the weird lighting in this place, I was enfixed on this paisley spectacle. Was he wearing a blank shirt with an accompanied light show, or had his clothes rolled around in their own colour filth? It won me over to be honest. Weird distracting clothing often helps me with live music. The set was over too soon for WC. There’s promise here and I intend to stalk!
Next was Viagra Soft Tabs Online the Deco. I didn’t have to be there yet, but Final Round…FIGHT! Were set to play and I thought I could get some taco-based music in before I got hungry again. Such jovials got sidewinded; a timetable mix up set me back a band. Please not let this happen all day. Instead I got something in a similar vein…..Fights & Fires. Well these guys were as a heavy Buy Brand Levitra Online Pharmacy No Prescription Needed as a lead based movement after a 5 pound steak. Being my nice and reasonably quiet local, it was odd to see The Deco kitted out for a live band. Especially a wild moving and loud playing hitters of this degree. Fights & Fires came across as your typical screaming wall of rage that turns heads and fists alike. The sound wasn’t too bad either. Knowing how to get the crowd going, there was a worrying amount of stage diving crowd surfing for such a small venue. Brought me back to the days of local shows in Gosport where anything could have happened. And it did. A lot happened in that half an hour. After ordering a brown ale, I turned in horror to see a portly gentleman misplacing his shirt. He was the lead singer and he was doing what he wanted. It garnered a lot of support for the band, but maybe some support for his chest wouldn’t go amiss. And maybe time the manboob tom foolery so I don’t catch a sight whilst drinking/eating. I have to stare at my own enough on a working day to take them shame for us all.
Drink up and dive out. This time I bumped into a group of friends I hadn’t really seen in a while. Old school friends at that. These reunions make you realise where the time has gone and where the hell it’s going to go next. Nothing much happened on Albert Road so the bungee cord attaching me to The Deco ripped back and flung me back to ordering another brown ale and watching some punk.
It’s my third time seeing The Exposed, so I couldn’t think of much else to say apart from good job. You guys are getting better. A lot has improved since seeing them at The Nexus in Southampton. What lies there is now nothing. I wish I could take credit for a building’s destruction, but that would raise an awful lot of heat for me and I don’t have the kind of personality for such an awesome claim to fame. Back at that night, they were much like your any other punk band. They got the crowd pogoing, headbanging, but, thankfully, no spitting. The more recent times I caught them, their image had changed drastically and seemed to have matured in the same way that Hollywood does gritty reboots; dark clothing and grit. There’s still the presence of the Orange County style punk here, but it’s now playing to kill. Extremely tight, bit sounding and an energetic performance made these guys ones not to miss out on. Although there was a slightly question ing song dedication for the lack of energy Vardenafilo levitra in youth today. Their fans could prove them wrong on this one with all the energy and dedication they were showing them.
One of the few bands I came out to see. Must be the sixth time I’ve seen Aeroplane Attack and it won’t be the last. Not for a long time, which unfortunately I couldn’t say the same for their set. Twenty five minutes is not long enough for this band. A great post rock fuzz fest. This band just spray mood all over the shop. And they don’t even need a frontman. They all front the band. The first song of their three song set was played better than any recording I’ve heard from them. Always improving, but always leaving me wanting more. Levitra generico Everyone in this place was in danger of headbutting the floor it was that good. Everyone survived unscathed, but Rusty, the drummer, ended up with a heinous hand injury. That’s how a drummer plays!
I’m not a huge fan of The Strange Death Of Liberal England (TSOLE), but the promise of an orchestra-accompanied set at the Kings Theatre was too tempting to pass. After making my way into the antiquated hall of music justice, I checked my itinerary to find I had to be back at The Deco for the umpteenth time. Once again, I’ve missed my chance to see Portsmouth’s most talked about band right now. I’m terrible.
Where did their previous singer go? Am I really out of touch or just plain oblivious? Never mind! This new guy filled the huge space with tremendous force. I do loves my crunchy stoner metal I does! Tricorn are another fantastic metal band you must see if you get the chance. They didn’t have much space to move around, but they didn’t really need to. It’s one of those kind of gigs. Just moody metal with beards and black clothing. The dual vocals went down a treat and were terribly consistent. Buy antibiotics online without prescription. Online Drugstore. It’s the soundtrack for strutting with some bikers, that’s for sure! I can’t help but feel that I should run to these guys if I’m being physically threatened; they seem like the kind of people that could help me out in a scrape then cheer me up with the metal I like afterwards.
I now had a lot of free time to do other things. I ran over to meet Amy, my girlfriend, who was upstairs in the Wine Vaults. What we thought were Attack! Vipers! were actually Apologies I Have None. Completely different thing altogether really. Too poppy to what we thought AV were going to be. It was now time to get food. Being a bunch of old romantics, we went to the pizza place we keep visiting and got the bizarre mix of a meat feast and a veggie pizza. It’s a beautiful Yin Yang meal. We met another friend, Tom, who accompanied me to the headlining band at The Deco.
Apologies I Have None, upstairs at The Wine Vaults
Ahhhhh, Six Ft Ditch. Nothing could have prepared me, Buy zestril or anyone else at this place, for what was going to happen. I heard these guys were supposed to be hardcore, but I never expected my local to be in danger of being torn apart. It was awesome in a way. As soon as I got in, I was sweating from the sheer volume of people squeezing their way round the bar. And then it started. People went crazy. It was every mother’s nightmare. Circle pitting. Ear bleeding volumes. Worrying after effects to the venue’s structure. Someone was going home in an ambulance for sure. Florida codes bank Six Ft Ditch’s set seemed to have been improved in places, but they were still effective in drawing out the animal in the audience. And a hairy animal it was. Hair swinging and beard sweating flying. I had to view this from afar for the sake of myself wanting to be intact after the end of their set. At one point, I saw Martin (the photographer) get back-kicked by a crowd surfer. Him and his camera were in one piece, luckily. A Machine Head cover, and one last attempt at destruction, and it was over to Matt Random for the DJ set.
After trying to get an interview from Six Ft Ditch for ten minutes, I cut my losses and left. This was the beginning of where the night started getting worrying. My next band to see was Pulled Apart By Horses at the Edge Of The Wedge. At this point the boots I had been wearing all day were worrying my feet beyond my threshold. As soon as I got to my next destination, I found that the Edge was now doing a one in one out system for PABH. It was full by this point. I was not getting a review at this place. Amy was already inside and swam through people to meet me and Tom back outside. With not many options left, we headed for the well hidden Southsea Social Club.
This place had seats. That’s all I needed to know. Zithromax pharmacy We were also in time to catch Mr Kasper and his band of ragamuffins. Pleasant sitting down music at that. Never seen without their adoring crowd and grungy look, Kill Kasper never really fail to make me smile. It’s jivey indie rock that isn’t too fair towards the whole straw hat area. Things were getting too crowded again.
Kill Kasper, downstairs at Southsea Social Club
By the time we made it outside, we saw another one-in-one-out system. At the Wine Vaults, Crazy Arm were just finishing their set. Keep in mind that this band had the crowd jumping. Jumping on the upstairs area. The last band on (Smokey Bastard) had to rearrange their set to play outside as the ceiling was in danger of falling. Cool, I thought. I could do with more destruction tonight. After waiting outside for about a quarter of an hour, the fate of Smokey Bastard’s exterior set was unclear. By this point I had had enough. I had been drinking all day, my legs were seizing and my bed seemed to far away. By the time I got back in, I lost feeling in my legs and my ears. It’s safe to say that it was a satisfying day. Same time next year buy drugs online ?
Words: Will Preston
Photos: Hannah Mesquitta; Aaron Bennett and Martin Hoare
