Aberystwyth university's dance music society Buzz are celebrating their 4th birthday this week, they've been burning the candle at both ends since freshers began as a means of promoting themselves as much as possible as the genuinely talented DJS they are. Today in the shop we were lucky enough to experience a more chilled out but equally as epic afternoon set before their final freshers blow out tonight, by the sounds of today's warm up they will be going out with a bang. Unfortunately and fortunately I had to to promote the shop at an event / talk up at the uni, so I did miss the bulk of today's sets but what I did hear I got very into. Will certainly be making an appearance at the boys final birthday bash to tonight.
Not all that much more to say, you really need to experience it for yourself, I've been to their nights in the Angel Inn before and they have never failed to deliver a top evening of music and dancing. They're getting a good rep about town, don't miss out!
Get involved:
Event information: BIRTHDAY EVENT INFORMATION, ANGEL INN, TONIGHT.
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Friday, 27 September 2013
Thursday, 26 September 2013
EVENT: THE PAPER CLUB.
Tonight, in the shop, we have The Paper Club, aka, somewhereto_ draw on the walls to music. Myself and a few others spent the last few hours covering the wall in paper (and getting it as flat as possible; not as easy as anticipated, big shout out to all those who can wallpaper effectively.) The evening shall exist as follows, we've made a stage area, complete with lamps drilled into the walls (oh Bazza, you manly man) upon said stage area there shall be live music and upon said paper covered walls audiences are encouraged to draw their responses. All those years of not being allowed to draw upon walls as a child and now we're blowing it wide open!
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Two hours since opening and I must say that this is one of the most interesting events I have ever been involved with, or been to. There's an array of instruments dotted about the place and musicians never far away, we've been through a series of genres but all with a wonderfully creative feel. The walls are quickly being filled with peoples reactions to the music, to their days, to the project, to the people. The most unique type of wall paper that I have ever seen.
The people we have to thank for this evening are: Liz Falton, Nick Troull and Joe Gardom. Inspired by an event from their home town called 'Drink n Draw' and a wonderfully creative evening it has been. Speaking straight from the heart here, there is not enough places (anywhere, not just here in Aberystwyth) that enable people to allow their creativity to run riot. Not long ago I witnessed something that I never knew could ever happen. Two complete strangers met, person A asked person B if he wanted to play guitar to his vocals. Person B agreed, they then proceeded to play together for at least an hour, something went right somewhere because it was genuinely beautiful music, hilariously light hearted and included songs about 'Alison with no legs' but all the same, beautiful and beautifully quaint.
The most communal and inspired jam of the evening included:
- 2 x acoustic guitars
- 1 x bass guitar
- 1 x bongo drum
- 1 x saxophone
- 1 x keyboard
- 1 x harmonica
- & countless voices.
With any luck the drawings will be left up for the next few days. Come in and check them out. Or better, go to their next event. October 13th in the Coopers Arms. Have been talking a lot to the organisers and if we're lucky we'll be sorting monthly or fort nightly Paper Club evenings, I for one, am entirely hopeful of this happening!
- Pictures and videos of the event to follow later on or tomorrow.
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
somewhereto_ check in
Good afternoon from Northgate Street! I have been quiet for a few days again, fear not however, for there hasn't been a secondary apocalypse (thank goodness, I have no idea how I handled the first one quite so calmly and smoothly..) We've merely been horrendously busy and inundated with requests, sign ups and interested parties, as well as our own jobs and social lives, but this is a good thing! Nay! A great thing!!
It is Wednesday afternoon; two days after our opening on Monday which went really, really well if I do say so myself, even better than we'd have hoped for. We were full all day and booked in shed loads of 16 - 25 year olds for the up and coming months. We have a day of Shakespeare coming up, artists, photographers, musical rehearsals, writers meetings, open mic nights. Everything you could ever want in an empty shop at the bottom of Penglais hill here in Aberystwyth.
If I say so myself it's been a real Cinderella story, this shop was a messy disaster when we came in and with two weeks hard graft, late nights and plenty of elbow grease the dream team have made it somewhereto_ be anything really, and she does look good! We didn't work on it this hard for it to be empty until February so we want everyone to get involved and get creative, or sporty, or political, or whatever it is you want to be. Email us at restoreaberystwyth@live.com with your requests, or just a brief outline of your interests and talents for us create some kind of event for you. Or, even better, come in the shop and see us. It's almost guaranteed that there will be someone here all day, every day (that's just how perfect we are here.)
Spread the word, and the love! Find us here: https://www.facebook.com/swtorestoreaber
Our first booking is this evening! The universities 'Lets Get Physical' physical theatre society are coming in to do their freshers demonstration. This DOES mean copious amounts of moving around and risk assessing on our part.. But it also means, we've got an exciting evening of theatre for you to come witness. Demo starts at 7pm. Come in to watch, get involved, or just scope out the space for things you could do, negatives most certainly out weigh the positives.
Don't be a stranger.
It is Wednesday afternoon; two days after our opening on Monday which went really, really well if I do say so myself, even better than we'd have hoped for. We were full all day and booked in shed loads of 16 - 25 year olds for the up and coming months. We have a day of Shakespeare coming up, artists, photographers, musical rehearsals, writers meetings, open mic nights. Everything you could ever want in an empty shop at the bottom of Penglais hill here in Aberystwyth.
If I say so myself it's been a real Cinderella story, this shop was a messy disaster when we came in and with two weeks hard graft, late nights and plenty of elbow grease the dream team have made it somewhereto_ be anything really, and she does look good! We didn't work on it this hard for it to be empty until February so we want everyone to get involved and get creative, or sporty, or political, or whatever it is you want to be. Email us at restoreaberystwyth@live.com with your requests, or just a brief outline of your interests and talents for us create some kind of event for you. Or, even better, come in the shop and see us. It's almost guaranteed that there will be someone here all day, every day (that's just how perfect we are here.)
Spread the word, and the love! Find us here: https://www.facebook.com/swtorestoreaber
Our first booking is this evening! The universities 'Lets Get Physical' physical theatre society are coming in to do their freshers demonstration. This DOES mean copious amounts of moving around and risk assessing on our part.. But it also means, we've got an exciting evening of theatre for you to come witness. Demo starts at 7pm. Come in to watch, get involved, or just scope out the space for things you could do, negatives most certainly out weigh the positives.
Don't be a stranger.
Sunday, 22 September 2013
somewhereto_ give Shakespeare a new home
IT'S SUNDAY NIGHT OF FRESHERS WEEK AND GUESS WHERE WE ARE, yokos! No really, we're in the shop, as ever. Scrubbing, cleaning, building, organising and all the rest of it! We open tomorrow, tomorrow! It's here!
This past week has marked the time where I've had to give into the weather and stop wearing flip flops. I love flip flops and I was doing such a great job of sticking it to the man and continuing to wear them even in the bad weather. But now, it's officially boot weather so as a means of making me feel better I've have been walking around town and around the shop in my loudest boots. - somewhereto_ seem important.
Barrie is injured and his finger keeps reopening, he's blasting through our first aid kit like it's nobodies business. How inconsiderate. I joke. We hope it fixes soon Bazza!
The bookings for this week are a plentiful and although we don't officially have an event until Thursday evening we urge one and all to come in any day this week to come and sign up to volunteer or to pitch a creative idea for us, or if you just need somewhereto_ hang out we've made a right little hide out here, it's yellow, so very yellow, have I ever mentioned that somewhereto_'s signature colour is yellow? Thus we've had to paint / titivate the shop with mainly yellow, did I mention that? I hate to say it. I REALLY hate to say it but I genuinely do like the yellow now. There's EVEN yellow bunting. We're scrubbing and cleaning the floor and tidy tidy tidying ready for tomorrow.
Staging is coming in tomorrow and we are making our little performance space, that, dare I say it, is our last job to do before we're completely ready. I'd show you pictures today but I'll save it for the grand unveiling.
somewhereto_ open a shop for business. I thank you!
Our little makeshift family are off to have a take away and put the finishing touches to Gemma and Kyles flat, where they have been for a week now and as they're settled in it's time to bring the boys round, that's right Shakespeare (Billy) and Ted are moving into their new home this evening, which means, two out of three of the dream team house holds will have kitty's rather than just Barrie and Claire having a million in theirs, bitter sweet goodbyes!
I bid thee goodnight, what from locking myself out of my flat the other evening I have not yet caught up on sleep. Being the spinster of the group I live alone, thus if I forget my keys. I'm well and truly marooned. Part of me wanted to make a bean bag fort in the shop for the evening but I did not. I sofa hopped, living the high life. - check in again tomorrow after / during the opening.
Excite!
This past week has marked the time where I've had to give into the weather and stop wearing flip flops. I love flip flops and I was doing such a great job of sticking it to the man and continuing to wear them even in the bad weather. But now, it's officially boot weather so as a means of making me feel better I've have been walking around town and around the shop in my loudest boots. - somewhereto_ seem important.
Barrie is injured and his finger keeps reopening, he's blasting through our first aid kit like it's nobodies business. How inconsiderate. I joke. We hope it fixes soon Bazza!
The bookings for this week are a plentiful and although we don't officially have an event until Thursday evening we urge one and all to come in any day this week to come and sign up to volunteer or to pitch a creative idea for us, or if you just need somewhereto_ hang out we've made a right little hide out here, it's yellow, so very yellow, have I ever mentioned that somewhereto_'s signature colour is yellow? Thus we've had to paint / titivate the shop with mainly yellow, did I mention that? I hate to say it. I REALLY hate to say it but I genuinely do like the yellow now. There's EVEN yellow bunting. We're scrubbing and cleaning the floor and tidy tidy tidying ready for tomorrow.
Staging is coming in tomorrow and we are making our little performance space, that, dare I say it, is our last job to do before we're completely ready. I'd show you pictures today but I'll save it for the grand unveiling.
somewhereto_ open a shop for business. I thank you!
Our little makeshift family are off to have a take away and put the finishing touches to Gemma and Kyles flat, where they have been for a week now and as they're settled in it's time to bring the boys round, that's right Shakespeare (Billy) and Ted are moving into their new home this evening, which means, two out of three of the dream team house holds will have kitty's rather than just Barrie and Claire having a million in theirs, bitter sweet goodbyes!
I bid thee goodnight, what from locking myself out of my flat the other evening I have not yet caught up on sleep. Being the spinster of the group I live alone, thus if I forget my keys. I'm well and truly marooned. Part of me wanted to make a bean bag fort in the shop for the evening but I did not. I sofa hopped, living the high life. - check in again tomorrow after / during the opening.
Excite!
somewhereto_ question the sex of a tshirt
It's the weekend here in Aber, well it's the weekend everywhere but especially here. I sit at the front of an almost completed shop upon a desk looking entirely like a receptionist sorting things out, we have T minus one day until the boss man returns from his holidays to assess our work and we're hoping that he is entirely pleased with the last two weeks work we have so lovingly done. There were many an argument over whether or not we needed a curtain to make two obvious divides in the shop, due to not being allowed to paint I was put in charge finding said curtain, thus I have found neither a curtain or not curtain to put in the centre of the shop. It's see through, it almost looks like I've provided somewhereto_ enter the moulin rouge, however it was my mere attempt to keep the shop open and welcoming and hey as the single one of the bunch I've got to do my part to keep the romance alive!
The boys have gone stencil crazy; so far they have stencilled, 16 times and I fear that there is more to be done, they've been let loose and they've got the creative buzz. They. Just. Won't. Stop. The last few days have seen me become obsessed with cleaning, I have white spirited the countertops so many times, to then just disinfect them to make them TIDY and CLEAN and SHINY.
We've requested some somewhereto_ merch so we can advertise the shop properly around town etc. it hasn't arrived yet but we DID find one tshirt in the many piles of pens, badges, post it's and the rest and I must say, Barrie and Kyle did a frankly superb job of modelling it. Get a load of these hunks..
The boys have gone stencil crazy; so far they have stencilled, 16 times and I fear that there is more to be done, they've been let loose and they've got the creative buzz. They. Just. Won't. Stop. The last few days have seen me become obsessed with cleaning, I have white spirited the countertops so many times, to then just disinfect them to make them TIDY and CLEAN and SHINY.
We've requested some somewhereto_ merch so we can advertise the shop properly around town etc. it hasn't arrived yet but we DID find one tshirt in the many piles of pens, badges, post it's and the rest and I must say, Barrie and Kyle did a frankly superb job of modelling it. Get a load of these hunks..
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