Yeah, and I’m disappointed by your bad spelling and grammar.

Shocking.

“its meant to be a showcase of talent. not put on your mates band day”.

I’m certain the booking poilicy was even-handed…not least because Ronut hasn’t got any mates!

But I’m amazed, Kevin, that you have already seen all the acts listed enough times to judge whether they’re any good or not – you must go to a lot of gigs.

I’m just pleased I get to see We Aoreonauts again. One of my favourite oxford acts. Look forward to seeing some bands Ive never heard before as well.

Hello Joe!

“It’s not me! It’s someone pretending to be me pretending to be someone else”

The 21st Century’s broken again, can anybody help?

Im saying nothing!

have just discovered We Aeronauts so seeing them live will be good…same for Phantom Theory.

haha. Im glad somebody agrees with me.

After reading what people had to say about both my comments I had a listen to the bands I hadnt heard before. Was only a couple. But I still stand by my comment that the lineup is pityful. We Aeronouts is the best on it and still that will put me to sleep! Is this the best Oxford has to offer? no. Ive lost all faith in nightshift. If this is what the organiser and nightshift are into I wont even bother picking up the next issue.

Also
Spiral 25 is perhaps the most boring band I think I have ever listened to in my life. But not only did they get the gig, they are way up there!!!!! Anything to do with the fact they chat alot on the forums?? Hence mates…. and which brought me to comment here. Beaver fuel too, etc. Can somebody honestly say that this is good music and what Oxford wants to hear at a showcase?

I picked up the guitar today for the first time in a good 10 years. I got out a hammer and started smacking the fretboard. At the rate im learning ill be on the cover of nightshift next month, and headlining the punt in 2010. I think its time this Ronan guy pulled the cock out his crack

some really good bands on the line-up as always

Phantom Theory
Winchell Riots
Dr Slagglebury
We Aeronauts

some really poors ones tho i do think.. but i wont name them

but its not showing oxford music scene in poor light for sure. its showing the wide variety we have.

Come on, now, if Kevin thinks the lineup is crap, he should say so! The right to criticise doesn’t just flow from Nutshaft to performers, it switches the other way, too.

The only problem I have with Kevin, is that he’s certain that there’s nepotism involved, whereas the reality is that Ronut’s arbitration simply differs from Kevin’s (of course, Kevin doesn’t know who applied, he may have found that these were his pick of the bunch as well…a lot of people don’t realise that in promoting you don’t just pick acts out of the air, you book the best lineup you can from the list of acts who are interested, affordable, available, and not too stupid to use a diary!).

The idea that Spiral & Beaver got booked because Joe & Leigh spend a lot of time on the messageboard is laughable; come on, their wittering is more likely to work against them!

So, there you go. Don’t go to The Punt if you think all the acts are dull. Obviously.

Come to GTI this Saturday instead ; )

“Spiral 25 is perhaps the most boring band I think I have ever listened to in my life. But not only did they get the gig, they are way up there!!!!! Anything to do with the fact they chat alot on the forums?? Hence mates”

Well I am the person with the most posts on the forum, I’m in the boring Spiral 25 and I’m currently in bed with Ronan, we are drinking Argentinian Malbec (14.5%) and listening to Tubeway Army on L. P. then we are going to watch the entire Patrick Troughton series of Doctor Who together. The Doctor’s companions in those series are the best. We’re also drawing Hearts In Pencil on each other.

Hang on… end of side 1.. aaah, that satifying crackle sound then the sound of the arm resting back into place (that’s the record player arm of course). Ronan love, please reach over and turn the record over and pour me another glass of red wine. Red, Red wine. Actually we have UB40’s first album here, best thing they ever did, some of it was recorded in the garden and if you listen carefully you can hear the birds tweeting in the background on the saxophone track.

Or maybe just get our Butler, Leigh from Beaver Fuel to turn the record over and pour the wine. I do love it when he bends over in his nurses outfit. It’s over by the hatstand, Leigh, the one with the Black Hats on it.

Hark! I hear noises down in The Cellar, it must be From Light To Sound working on their latest experiment, there’s been a funny smell like, ozone, wafting up all morning, wonder what they are doing in there, maybe they are converting some new bands to Nightshift cyber standard #118. Guys – I think that one needs more flange. If they need any help they can pick up the phone and Dial F for Frankenstein and Dr. Slaggleberry. They say there are ghosts in the cellar too, but it’s just a phantom theory.

Sometimes they like to shoot guns, they get their pistol kixx out of it.

I am so glad we have Mary to look after the Garden, lots of rabbits out there digging holes, Mary just shoots them and ties their legs together with an Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band to stop them from twitching off the kitchen table and We Aeronauts along with Bethany Weimers and Matt Kilford are out in the sunshine, I can hear the sweet sounds of the accordion drifting over the herb scented fields. Beyond the garden is some arid, dry land where a desert storm is brewing.

Down the road in Winchell there’s a bit of a commotion going on, probably more riots, we don’t come here much, from here we run. Better call the response collective to sort it out.

I am still waiting for my life time acheivement award from Nightshift though. I just need to make a few more posts on the Nightshift forum first.

Sorry but Fred wouldn’t milk the donkey for Ronan’s bath so he’s not allowed to play the punt this year.

Looks like “Kevin” can’t think of a decent Punt linup himself or maybe doesn’t want to give himself away for who he really is!

“He’s Ronan!”
Jamie, what are you saying, that kev is Ronan?

“ive had the same argument over on NS (Ok so i may not have names and shamed certain bands) ”

So what are you saying now? That you agree with kev that the line up is pitiful? Which of kev’s arguments do you share exactly? That you think Spiral 25 are boring but only have the guts to agree with someone else who is being outspoken about it?

“if your in a band your gonna be told your shit fairly often no matter how good you are!”
I have no problem with people giving their opinion about the band I’m in per se but I question some people’s motives for doing so, given the circumstances and the fact that kev decided to ruin a completely unrelated thread on here with more ‘opinions’ about my band, again, doesn’t really bother me and it helps makes kev look a right pillock so fair play to him really.

“i wanna know who you rate”

Yes, at least you managed 5 bands yourself, 2 or 3 of them are actually doing the punt and at least one of them hadn’t even applied. So out of all of this guff about the punt “where are the bands most likelilllllly to be signed…” etc all you can come up with is a couple of bands that didn’t even enter.

I WANTED THE KEYZ ON THE PUNT.

punt that up your ass

i thought it the line up was wicked

whats the fuss about?