On Friday night two of my dreams will be coming true: I will be both Hermione Granger and a Zombie.
The Yorker gives you the rundown of what's Hot and what's Not in Freshers' Fortnight.
From fabulous to frightening; frivolous praise and scorn for what’s hot (picnics) and what’s not (exams).
Here’s what’s hot and what’s not for Battle of the Bands 2009.
Nothing like a bit of root-vegetable based anger to get you rocking.
Recognise this senseless, ungrammatical sentence from somewhere…? Yes, it’s that chalked graffiti on a wall down Retreat Lane. But what came first, the band name or the wall scrawl? All very intriguing.
Legendary, York-based symbols are always going to be a winner. Let’s hope the band is as cute and fluffy as their name suggests too.
We can only presume that this band is going to rock so much that they blow a fuse in the new YUSU bar. It should only cost a few grand to get it fixed.
This suggests music of a new electro/classical genre. Like Myleene Klass, but funkier.
Although this is very apt for those who are not too keen on the current weather conditions, it’s far too reminiscent of another little band that comes from Sheffield.
A big fat monster who leaves his indelible mark? Not our idea of a good time.
Too. Much. Punctuation. It makes us want to add extreme and unnecessary intonation when saying the name, which is a lot of effort.
If you are unfortunate enough to witness a fight, you at least want to see a good dose of fisticuffs. So how much of an anti-climax would it be simply seeing a man getting slapped? We can only equate the same feeling to the title of this band.
Using your own band name as an ego-boost? Not so much.
So there’s the low-down of the Battle of the Bands names 2009. However, even us bloggers know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, so if you fancy finding out what the bands are like for yourselves, heats start tonight in Goodricke at 8pm. Tickets available from Your:Shop or YUSU online shop.
At the risk of sounding like a complete anorak, I've gotta say that Ah Good The Sea is definitely the best. Supposedly that graffiti has been there for almost thirty years:
http://waslost.thecoffeespoon.net/2008/02/ah-good-the-sea/
How bizarre. Always wondered what it meant. Someone told me it was a play in the 70's. Who keeps retouching the graffiti?!
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