Category Archives: GDFAF

(Birmingham bands are in bold) GDFAF #1 Man In Fridge – Overplay GDFAF #2 The Tates The Bleak – Overplay – MySpace GDFAF #3 Distophia – MySpace Polysics – MySpace GDFAF #4 A Day Called Desire – Purevolume – MySpace … Continue reading →

This is a first draft of the introduction page for the Going Deaf For A Fortnight zine. A bit of background, then, to put the rest of this zine into some kind of context, just so you know where I’m … Continue reading →

This is a rough draft for the back cover blurb for the Going Deaf For A Fortnight zine. For two weeks in November 2005 Pete Ashton set himself a challenge – to go to a randomly selected live music event … Continue reading →

GDFAF #14, the last in this series of sequential gig going, was at the Actress and Bishop in Birmingham’s Jewelry Quarter. This was my first visit and it’s quite a nice little venue. Above what appears to be a standard … Continue reading →

GDFAF #13 was at the Flapper and Firkin for the same new local bands evening as last Thursday. There are at least three tiers of bands on the small gigs circuit. First are the bands on national tours who probably … Continue reading →

GDFAF #12 was at the Barfly again on what can only be described as an arsingly cold night. I mention this because most venues tend to be somewhat on the warm side and I’ve noticed a few American acts commenting … Continue reading →

GDFAF #11 was back to Bar Academy where I feel like I’m spending rather a lot of time this fortnight even though this is only the third visit. Read into that what you will. It’s kinda interesting going to the … Continue reading →