Initial Itch AUGUST 2nd
Initial Itch July 2010
Initial Itch RETURNS!
at the 13th Note CAFE!
on monday 5th July 2010 from eight pm until we are forcibly EJECTED from the VENUE
(which will probably be around about HALF ELEVEN)
the door damage is a MERE one pound for people who are unwaged like students and a SLIGHTY HIGHER BUT STILL VERY AFFORDABLE two pounds for people who earn money
This month occupying the stage alongside RESIDENT MUSICIAN Beaches of the Proud will be
‘The Shutdown’, an award-winning SHORT FILM by Adam Stafford
the MICRO-FICTION of Sadie Ryan
more FILM/TEXT from Kirsty Neary
another MIGHTY MONOLOGUE courtesy of Bill Fech
Graeme Smith bringing us a POETRY PAMPHLET PREVIEW of the soon to be published ‘Low Expectations in High Fidelity’
some SUPER SHORT STORIES by Michael O’Neill and Ken Davidson
a few fine SEEDS OF THOUGHT from Tawona Sithole
and FLATRATE CHIEF COMPTROLLER Steve Redman
as ever if you have any interest in performing on our stage just fire off an e-mail to INITIALITCH[AT]FLATRATESTATE[DOT]COM
there is a Facebook event HERE if you want to register your intent to attend with the GODS OF THE INTERNET but we do not demand it
Things past, things to come, things to listen to.
A big thanks again to everybody who made it down to June’s Initial Itch last week. Hope you enjoyed the evening. We’d love to hear what you thought – leave your feedback below in the comments section or email initialitch[at]flatratestate[dot]com
If you loved their set as much as I did, you can hear some more tunes from excellent house band Keep Calm Carrion at their myspace page here. House band for next month are the amazing Beaches of the Proud, who will be giving us a lesson in brilliant and blissful electronica that’s not to be missed. Monday 5th July in the basement of the 13th Note from 8pm sharp.
In other news, I recently appeared tooting the flatrate horn on The Skinny Radio Hour, chatting to host Gareth K Vile about NTS’ recent Allotment, among other things. You can listen back to the show here.
Stay tuned.
Rob.
Initial Itch Mon June 7th
13th Note, Glasgow
7.30-10.30
£1/£2
This month, joining compere Rob Jones and RESIDENT BAND ‘Keep Calm Carrion’ [seek them out! www.myspace.com/keepcalmcarrion ]will be the likes of
STAND UP COMEDIANS Eddie Cassidy and Adam Struth
the prolific Kirsty Neary with a new FILM/PERFORMANCE project
[For more from Ms Neary head to these sites:
www.myspace.com/kirsty.neary
www.wildwolfpublishing.com/neary.aspx
the first contains general bloginess and short storying, while the second has info on her debut novel 'The Stately Pantheon']
Bill Fech and a MARVELLOUS MONOLOGUE
Flatrate’s CHIEF LIFEGUARD Steve Redman
David Graham Scott with DOCUMENTARY ‘The Dirty Digger’
and Rona Topaz, Gordon McInnes and Maryanne Hartness reading a BIT O’ POETRY
Last Monday’s Itch
I’d like to extend a big thanks on behalf of everyone at flatrate to all the folk who came down to the 13th Note last night for Initial Itch’s election special. It was an eventful evening indeed, with some great debate and comment – I wish we’d had more time and thanks again for making it the engaged evening it was. There’s a wee review up on the skinny blog here if you’re interested.
Congratulations to Anas Sarwar, who, suprise suprise, has now been duly elected as our representative in parliament. Again, a specific thanks to all the candidiates who came down: you’re all welcome to get back up on our stage anytime you like, just drop us a line. Anas has promised to come back and answer more questions now he’s in power, which is nice of him. I’ll save proper commentary on the political implications of thursday’s national result to the experts, but, if you’re asking, my inklings at the moment are that a) we’re a fucked but that might be a good thing, and b) it’s always a good time to take to the streets.
In other news, if you’re a Sarah Kane fan, you’d do well to check this out. STaG are staging Kane’s contraversial Cleansed this week in the GUU, and I’m always up for some violence and nihilism. Don’t know about you.
The website is still under construction: Expect more details and fun things on the proper pages soon. Also, we have a couple of other projects we’re brewing up at the moment, so stay tuned to flatratestate.com for more news.
much love
Initial Itch LIVE May 2010
POLITICS and BURLESQUE at our ELECTION SPECIAL. Expect unusual shenanigans and a chance to grill local representatives from the following POLITICAL PARTIES.
THE SCOTTISH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
THE SCOTTISH LABOUR PARTY
THE SCOTTISH SOCIALIST PARTY
THE SCOTTISH GREEN PARTY
THE PIRATE PARTY
We are still working to confirm the attendance of the other main parties.
Also this month House band THE EX-MEN
Comedy and UKULELE from JOE WATERFIELD
SHORT STORY wonderment from ANDREW DRENNAN
A special live reading of THE INFRAREALIST MANIFESTO by ROBERTO BOLANO (Read by STEVE)
FILM and MUSIC from post rock demi god BEACHES OF THE PROUD
And VERY SPECIAL GUESTS!
Monday 3rd May
13th Note Cafe
50 – 60 King Street
Glasgow
7pm onwards
Be THERE or be politically UNAWARE
RSVP on Facebook here.
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