Alice Grist 's Book Launch- The High Heeled Guide To Spiritual Living-

On the very last weekend of July, in the city of Leicester, the author Alice Grist, launched her new book "The High Guide To Spiritual Living" at The Entropy.

I was there, I booked this weekend for this event even before Alice's had finished to write the book!

On this evening, everybody was welcome to come along and have a chat with all the people around till 1am. There was Free Champagne (courtesy of Haunted Magazine) , a barbecue outside, a full table was ready with a lot of tombola prices, Cupcakes home made by Alice's friend, some lucky Balloons with "inside" a price or a quotation from THHGTSL. All the prices on the table have been kindly given by some charitable and spirituals souls. Alice Grist was of course there to sign the book and she was surrounded the whole evening by every persons around. 

All the profits of the evening sales (including Tombola's tickets, cupcakes and all the books that have been purchased on this evening) have been given to The Harley Staples Cancer Trust and 300£ have been raised on this evening of joy.

Apart from that part of the evening, in the garden of the restaurant, there also was some gigs. The 1st one was from Ben Hartmann, a young singer from Leicester who played several songs alone with his guitar and his stool.

Followed by the excellent band MovE and on this special evening and because the stage was quite small, the drummer was on the roof!!!!! They played 9 songs plus an intro. They were quite happy to be there and the atmosphere in the small crowd was absolutely great. Everybody seems to be happy to be there and this was absolutely marvelous for Alice and the association.

The 3rd and last band was the mighty SuperEvolver which is the band of Alice's husband! It's was not my 1st gig of that band but the 1st with John on the drums and this was absolutely insane! In a good way of course! James Mabbett and John Kenna were in a kind of nice battle for the jams and Tom Bradshaw is luckily an excellent bassist and could 
follow them. During the set, James's mum decided that it was time for her to leave the party, and she naturally asked to say bye to her son while he was playing and asked him where was her daughter in law still during the song.  This was absolutely crazy but so funny and so into the "family spirit" of the evening.

The set list was :                Wicker Vicar 

Who Needs Love?

Ivy

1.13

Nymph Pink Angel

Cartoon Killers

9 Lives

 

That gig was the final point of the launch, people begun to leave the restaurant after the end of the last set, there was still some crazies (like us) who stayed till the end, and finished the cupcakes!

The Awesome and Pretty Alice and I

My friend Marion, me, Gorgeous Alice.

 
That was a brilliant and lovely night, full of happiness, spirituality, musics and love.

The Screening Live at 100Club!

First of all, Im sorry, Im late for this review BUT I have a life and I needed the setlist to write this....OK I know false and ridiculous excuse!!!! :p

 

On Thursday the 28th of July, the BRILLIANT band The Screening have played the famous 100 Club  in London and "Oh my, I was so lucky", it was during the first week of my holidays so I could be there!!!

And as I was lucky on that day, on my way to the club, my friend and I met Mark Stoermer ! (if you don't know who he is, Mark is the bassist in the band The Killers!!!)

So, I had the chance to discovered that famous club and (despite the fact that there was reall room for the bands in the "backstage"), this club is quite nice and full of pictures of the artists that played there and  wow lots of huge artists!

The 1st artist to come on stage this day was James Page, a young singer/songwriter from Cambridge who came with lots of fans (One (a man) was a little bit scary as he seems really in love with him!!! ;p), followed by Marines a nice little band from Suffolk, then on 3rd,we could hear the most fabulous band in the Leicestershire (WHAT????? ;p) The Screening, followed by Violet Bones and the only thing I remember about this band was the blue shoes and the really skinny jeans of the singer and the fact that he went into the crowds at the end and asked to the photographers to come on stage, and Hans Commission have finish the gig but.... I haven't listen to them... (sorry)

So The Screening came on stage and.... I was happy!!!! This was the 1st time I could see Amy on stage with the guys so I was quite impatient. And as usual, they did really well!

They begin the set with "Drop That Bomb", followed by the brilliant "You Look Much Better In The Dark" where the public suddenly woke up! Then, came the new "Colour", I won't say "I love this song" even if I do... "Red Room" was the next one, I didn't know that song (or didn't remembered it! aah) BUT i like Tom Lewitt's backing vocal on it... The next one was a song I really love but in its original version " Throught My Telescope", they know play it in a reggae version, which is so different of the original, this is an absolute new kind of music in their set! The following one was the beautiful song you could find on the cd they released for The Harley Staples Cancer Trust, this song is called "Light Show" and well, if you don't have a tear in your eye, you're not human! :) . They continued with the new new new song "She's The One" where you can the skill of Amy with her keyboards! They finally finished their set with the famous "Diem", this song is so brilliant that you can't take it off your head after one listen!

Well, in conclusion of this rubbish review you will of course understand that YES, I really LOVE that band and Im glad that they've added a new member and "oh Joy", it's a girl with skill!!! If one day, you see that "The Screening" are playing in your area, PLEASE go and tell me about it!!! Im sure you won't be disappointed!!!!

To finish, I'll post some of my pics of that night....

MovE!

MovE! is a very young band from Leicester, by very young I mean they formed in 2010 but have already a quite famous name in the city and shire!

 

MovE! is:

John  at the lead voice and Guitar

"Pockets" at the Guitar
Lewis at the Drums
Guy at the Bass

How do I know them? Well, I discovered this band through John, the singer, who was, also, the (new) drummer for SuperEvolver.  I disocvered someone with a perfect skill to play the drums! John is really an excellent musician, and one day, he has posted a link about the gig of this band MovE!, I then understood that it was his "other" band and I had to have a listen to the 1st song....... Which I loved!!!!! When you're like me, really into rock , pop rock and psychedelic rock then you will LOVE them!!!! when you'll listen to "It's Our Time", you can easily imagine yourself in a 70s living-room surrounding by huge Lava Lamps!!!! (I know I've got some strange image(s) when I listen to music but that my feelings!). 

I never been able to see them live until they finally played at the book launch party of Alice Grist few weeks ago ( a post about this evening wil follow), and I can say that even in live they're excellent! 

I don't know if I made a good promotion for the band but yes they're a bunch of great guys and that band deserve to be huge and Im sure they will! (I can see you shaking your heads and thinking that I won't promote a band/singer if I don't like the music but imagine that their next single is not as good, well I will still promote them but I'll have to tell you the truth cos all those artists are NOT all from my friends (Im not that lucky sorry!!!)). They keep on playing gigs in their town and they will, Im sure, play in several other English towns... Oh and yes of course, I wish they would come and play in Paris.... And they are their own promoter and they're quite good at it!!! 

You can find them on their  Official Facebook Fanpage , Myspace page, Twitter, and their Youtube Channel.

"pockets", Lewis, John, Guy

The "new" Screening member!!!!

One of my favorite band just welcomed a new member, and instead of only posting her (yes HER) picture and write her name, I thought she could introduced herself thanx to a small interview! Let me introduce you Amy Horsley, the new The Screening member!

Amy, at the beginning of July, you officially became the new member of The Screening. How did you get to meet the guys?

I met them up a dark ally one night. I was bitten. then all of a sudden I was playing in a band with them! ..... (I work with Tom Lewitt)

How did they ask you to join the band?

Tom asked me to come along to a rehearsal he had been saying for ages that they wanted a keyboard player. After the first rehearsal they text me some gig dates.

Is it your first band or have already been the keyboard player in other band(s)?

I played keyboards in a reggae band called Stiff Naked Fools. That was about 4 year ago now. Since then I've done odd bits and bobs mainly with my friend Amy playing covers on accoustic guitars. I was a bit apprehensive about playing with The Screening as its a totally different style/vibe to what I've played before. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to adapt but its going really well, and I'm loving it :)

Is it not too hard to be the only girl?

Oh yeah it's such a chore. Again I was apprehensive about meeting the lads you know what bands can be like! Right from the first rehearsal though they have been totally welcoming and lovely to me. I wouldn't have joined if i didnt like them, You have to spend so much time together! I'm sure there are lots of girls (and boys) who would love to be in my position now especially when I'm squeezed in between the two Toms in the back of the van!

Your first gig with the band was the GlastonBlaby which is quite an important one as the band is like the "godfather(s)" of the association, was it easy for you? Or would you rather like to begin by a small gig in a small pub?

Well we did do a small gig at Sumo the Thursday before GlastonBlaby. Jim arranged it so GlastonBlaby wasn't my first gig with the band. To be honest for me sometimes smaller more intimate gigs are more nerve racking, everyones closer and you can see peoples faces and reactions. GlastonBlaby was great, the weather was amazing and loads of people turned up. The Harley Staples Cancer Trust is such a great charity offering respite to families *Happy Harley's Holiday homes* and organising entertainment days in and out of the hospital *Happy Harley Days*.

After that, you had to play the 100 Club in London which is quite a famous club!!! Any comment on that?

Yeah its a legendary venue, so many great bands have played there. It was a great night, there were 5 acts on all together and it was packed in there. Apart from my keyboard stand collapsing on stage :-/ it all went swimmingly. The sound was great.

For the moment, you're at the backing vocals with Tom Lewitt, but do you think that one day, you'll have the lead vocal on, at least, one song? Or even a duet with Tom Nurse?

Ha Ha Jesus dont let Tom N see this one! I would like to sing a duet with Tom, Kylie and Jason maybe?? Dolly and Kenny??

What kind of reaction(s) did you get from the fans?

The Screening are a bit of a lads lads band so I did wonder what people might think to a girl being in the band. So far though I've had a positive reaction :)

Would you like to be part of the writing?

I'm not the best song writer to be honest the songs would all end up sounding like nursary rhymes.

ok, randoms questions now,

Do you have a favorite song in your ipod that you should be ashame to have?

Like a guilty pleasure,My husband sorted out my i phone and put a load of music on it. I'm still discovering new tracks myself on it. He has very different taste in music to me. I recently got into Fleetwood Mac after discovering them on my phone!

What was the first ever gig you went to?

Take That- I was totally in love

What was the 1st ever cd or vinyl you bought (with your own money)?

I have a terrible memory.....
I can remember listening to Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers and a NOW (19 or something) they were the first vinyl
first CD probably Take That- I was totally in love

Do you have a message for The fans of the band?

fans are the making of bands. The Screening has a great following. Im starting to recognise faces and learn names now :)

Do you have a message for the guys?

see you later x

Little Night Terrors - Live HD

Little Night Terrors

Little Night Terrors are 

Andrew Stone
Nicholas Eversfield
James Stone

This band of 3 young lads from Leicester have been formed in early 2010. They describe their music as Skeleton Blues, I would describe it as a good rock with a bit of pop sound (and in "Japan", you can also hear a bit of electro but shhhhh), their name use to be quite popular in the city and I crossed the fingers for them that this small popularity will cross over the midlands and even the channel (at least for me!!! :p).

How do I know them? Well, first they're from Leicester so of course,it was said that I would discovered them one day! :) But to be honest I don't know how I came to finally have a listen to their sound!! I saw their name several time on some flyers when I was in Leicester (which is quite often now) and they shared the stage with some of my mates at differents gigs. More recently, they played the Glastonblaby 2011, tomorrow they will play at the Soundhouse for the Leicester Fringe Festival, then at the Strawberry Fields Festival (where I will sadly miss them..) and they will celebrate the launch of their EP "Fangs" at the Firebug in September the 22nd! If you can go and see them, RUN!!!

The Ep is available since TODAY here, you can choose between the download or purchase the cd but be careful, there is only 200copies available!!! :)

You can "follow" them on their Facebook page, Offcial website, myspace  and Twitter.

You can have a free Download of Japan on their official wesite too!! :)

The High Heeled Guide to Spiritual Living

The young Author Alice Grist has seen her new book The High Heeled Guide To Spiritual Living released on July the 29th. 

The High Heeled Guide to Spiritual Living is a passionate and funny account of how to bring the deliciously soulful into modern life. In a world overrun by rampant egos, consumerism and celebrity Alice Grist demonstrates how you can spiritualize your sanity and revamp your life, all with a side dish of feisty feminine panache! She discloses fabulous spiritual secrets with warmth and buckets of love, revealing how to easily manifest a multitude of mysteries into your reality. A definitive guide for anyone who desires a fabulously spiritual life.

You can buy a signed copy on Alice's Ebay page.

But you can also buy a copy on o-books.com page where you can also buy the 1st book of Alice. BUT also on Amazon. 

And if you have a kindle the book is avalaible on that too!! 

You have NO excuse to not buy this book!!!!