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fyr

Fifty Years of Ridicule - Not Former Yugoslavian Republic

About Me

FYR is a Teesside based DIY collective which was started in November 2004 and is named after the Le Tigre song, as it seemed a good idea at the time.
We put on various events at various venues in Teesside which involve music, dancing, art, face paints, films, fanzines, board games, colouring in corners, cheap admission, cakes, bingo, literature, and fairy lights.
We are NOT cool.

My Interests

mixtapes, cake stalls, club night replica, dancing, diy culture, djing, fanzines, fashion, feminism, getting on stage, inspirational women, le tigre, literature, middlesbrough, art, music, performance art, riot grrl, the georgian theatre, the dickens inn, the polite station, dr browns, sound it out records, the purple onion, knitting, messing about, making badges, fairy lights, animals, cheap admission.

I'd like to meet:

The top two cake entries were:
1st prize

2nd prize

Bloomin marvellous!
************************* Bands, writers, artists, djs, and other collectives....if you have a band who want to play, stuff you want to read, art you want to show, or bands you think we should put on, then message us on here.
If you want to dj at Club Night Replica (the 2nd Wednesday of every month at The Purple Onion, Middlesbrough) then email Dean at [email protected] with a list of ten songs you would like to make people shake themselves to.

Music:

All sorts, but bands and performers we've put on so far include:
Bearsuit, Kid Commando, Melt Banana, Help She Can't Swim, Misty's Big Adventure, The Retro Spankees, Death Sentence Panda, The Warm, Gay Against You, Red Pen Letter, Flamingo 50 and The Seven Inches, Pale Man Made, The Chemistry Experiment, Penny Broadhurst, Zapped by a Million Volts, Hooker, The High Plane Drifters, The Bubble Project, The Hot Quiche Conspiracy, DARTZ!, The Velterelles, Mono-Tone, The 15 Minute Society, Kraig, The Oxfam Glamour Models, Shrug, Das Wanderlust, Rachel Ingrams, Burnout in the Capital, No School Reunion, The Prestidgitators, Alectronic, Son of Otis, Pellethead, Idiot Savant, Killer Heels, Poindexter, Plankton Seagreens and proteins from the sea, Japan for Sega, Boys or Ballet, Balor Knights, The Mutiny, Persil, Billy Crystal's Water Pistol, False Dog, Skelephone, A Woman of No Importance, Theoretical Girl, Patty Winters Show, Them Amazing Babies, ....
AND NEXT UP... The 586, The Chapman Family, The Girl from Headquarters.....

My Blog

FYR = dormice - Latest news

We are taking a break. We will be back. Don't miss us too much xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Posted by fyr on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 11:23:00 PST

In Memoriam...Club Night Replica

Club Night Replica June 2005 August 2006 Club Night Replica was born on 29th June 2005, the first night featuring eight sets from volunteer DJ's, and live sets from perhaps two of the most inapp...
Posted by fyr on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:31:00 PST

Replica's first birthday party - are you dancing?

Hosted By: fyr teessideWhen: 09 Aug 2006 21:00Where: The Purple OnionCorporation RoadMiddlesbrough, TS1UKDescription:fyr teesside Click Here To View Event...
Posted by fyr on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:51:00 PST

Review of July Replica

 On the beat with Rob Nichols Jul 14 2006By Evening Gazette  It was that Club Replica time of the month again in the depths of Middlesbrough's Purple Onion Cellar Bar - a town centre refuge ...
Posted by fyr on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 02:08:00 PST

Club night Replica is 1! - DRESS DARK!

Wednesday 9th August 9pm till late The Purple Onion Middlesbrough   Known for face-painted clubbers making their own artwork to decorate the Purple Onion's walls, and having dance-offs to&n...
Posted by fyr on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:20:00 PST

July's Replica setlist

Thank you to the Patty Winters Show and Them Amazing Babies and the djs who played: Rich & MarkThe Go! Team - The Power Is OnKaito - A.S.A. To AccuracyArt Brut - 18,000 LiraDo Me Bad Things - Time...
Posted by fyr on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:18:00 PST

June Replica setlist - what a corker....

Firstly.....Next ReplicaThe Patty Winters Show  Them Amazing Babies on July 12thandReplica's 1st birthday on Wed 9th August586 are playing with The Chapman Family, and to be peverse, in the heig...
Posted by fyr on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 11:19:00 PST

This Wednesday (4th) - get Theoretical

 Hello, it is Replica time again. This week, Theoretical Girl is performing and she is very good. The djs line up looks like this: Stuart Adams ??????????? (Replacement to be announced soon) O...
Posted by fyr on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 03:18:00 PST

Review of The Warm, A Woman of No Importance + Alsatian ..

Up here
Posted by fyr on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 08:18:00 PST

The warm, A woman of No Importance and Alsatian 31ST MAY!

Hello everybody, Next wednesday, the 31st of May, at Dr. Browns there is a gig featuring THE WARM (proper good synth pop), A Woman of No Importance (loverly jingle jangle pop) and Alsatian (a pun...
Posted by fyr on Thu, 25 May 2006 03:50:00 PST