Music and Bands, Records and Record Playing, Nice friendly people, Art and Films, Jumble Sales and Knitting Machines
anyone who likes the idea of The Cuckoo's Nest, or would like to have more information about Cuckoo's Nest things
if anyone would like to do some special jobs for us, we are always looking for helpers but sometimes I am not good at keeping in touch, I don't hate you, I am just useless
Well first things first, bands who have done nice gigs for us:
22nd Jan 2005:The House Party with lots of help from Pucci: Tramp Attack, Pat and Nipsy (Little Kicks), 747s, Arctic Monkeys, The Morphines @ Our House
14th May 2005: The Paddingtons, Dustin's Bar Mitzvah, Vanlustbader, The Fuckwits, The Patty Winters Show @ Newcastle Uni Global
17th July 2005: Yeti, Tramp Attack, Zombina and The Skeletones, The Silhouettes @ The Cluny
9th October 2005: The Rogers Sisters, Film School, The Metro Sect @ The Other Rooms
23rd October 2005: The Research, Parisman, A Woman of No Importance @ The Other Rooms
10th December 2005: Zombina and The Skeletones, 586, Ryan is Fun @ The Cluny
22nd January 2006: The Cuckoo's Nest WinterFest with: Vincent Vincent and The Villains, The Victorian English Gentlemens Club, Twisted Charm, O Fracas, The Holloways, The Patty Winters Show, A Woman of No Importance, High Plane Drifters, Idiot Savant @ The Other Rooms
12th February 2006: The Research, The Chalets, The Lodger @ The Other Rooms
2nd April 2006: The Maccabees, Eastern Lane, Levy @ The Other Rooms
23rd April 2006: Spinto Band, Jody Wildgoose, A Woman of No Importance @ The Other Rooms
2nd May 2006: The Tuesday Club with The Lodger, The Romance, Billy Crystal's Water Pistol @ The Red Rooms
13th June 2006: The Tuesday Club with Theoretical Girl and Pale Man Made @ The Red Rooms
11th July 2006: The Tuesday Club with The Patty Winters Show and Spraydog @ The Other Rooms
8th August 2006: The Tuesday Club with 586, Odd Shaped Head, The Nymphets @ The Other Rooms
12th September 2006: The Tuesday Club with Pete and The Pirates, Chris Chinchilla, The Amateur Dramatics @ The Other Rooms
10th October 2006: The Tuesday Club with The Holloways, The Sugars, Wild Beasts, Me and Maja @ The Other Rooms
22nd October 2006: The Cuckoo's Nest with Reverend and The Makers + South Street @ The Other Rooms
24th October 2006: The Tuesday Club (co-presented with Sounds Out Non-Existant) with Schwervon!, Toby Goodshank, Lisa Li-Lund, + Beth Jeans Houghton
12th December 2006: The Last Ever Tuesday Club with Zombina and The Skeletones and The Bubble Project @The Other Rooms
11th February 2007: The Maccabees + GoodBooks + New Vinyls @ The Other Rooms
13th February 2007: Monkey Swallows The Universe, Persil, Jennie and The Bets @ The Head of Steam
30th April 2007: Electrelane, Laura Groves, Nachmi @ The Cumberland Arms
5th May 2007: The Cuckoo Festival #2! with: The Sugars, Fury of The Headteachers, Das Wanderlust, The Acutes, The Patty Winters Show, Wrist!, and Them Amazing Babies @ The Cluny
8th May 2007: Saturday Looks Good To Me, The Wooden Spoons, Chris Bathgate @ The Cumberland Arms
16th June 2007: Envelopes, Monkey Swallows The Universe, Rory McVicar @ The Cumberland Arms
18th September 2007 (with Pranceydog & PFF): Future of The Left, This Ain't Vegas, Copy Haho @ The Head of Steam
17th December 2007: The Research, The Lodger, Wrist! @ The Cumberland Arms
4th Aug 2007 - present: Caster Sugar Discotheque
5th January 2008: Caster Sugar Extravaganza with Agaskodo Teliverek and Toddla T @ Star and Shadow Cinema
12th May 2008: Envelopes + Sportsday Megaphone + Dog Years @ The Cumberland Arms
25th May 2008: The Lodger + Goldenman @ The Cumberland Arms
lots more coming up!
we like playing: allsorts new and silly. But MAINLY what they call 'ART ROCK' and 'INDIE POP' such as: Love is All. Ultrasound. Belle and Sebastian. 586. The Victorian English Gentlemens Club. The Violets. Negative for Francis. Spinto Band. Umlaut. Envelopes. The Patty Winters Show. The Old House. Semifinalists. Fury of the Headteachers. The Breeders. Twisted Charm. The Yell. The Ricketts. Zombina. Noisettes. White Stripes. Cause Co-motion. TigerForce. The Research. The Chalets. The Wedding Present. Be Your Own Pet. Pat and Nipsy. Tramp Attack. Johnny Cash. The Rogers Sisters. Art Brut. Wrist! Special Needs. Pete and The Pirates. Man or Astroman?. Le Tigre. Blur. O Fracas. Sons and Daughters. Pulp. Suede's first album. Das Wanderlust. Eddie Cochran. Theoretical Girl. Bugsy Malone or Grease soundtrack. Peter Bjorn & John. Adam and The Ants. The Maccabees. The Fall. LOTS MORE!!!! If it's exciting or fun, we like it.
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