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About Me

We are at 289 Kilburn High Road, in between The Tricycle and The Luminaire in the richest cultural 50 metres in London. Born on 2nd September 2005, The Good Ship is an unusual vessel. It is more of a music venue than anything but on Friday and Saturday nights it turns into a nightclub and during the week when the bands finish its a late bar til 2am. We put on all sorts of other stuff though including top drawer stand up comedy for a stupidly cheap price every Monday, burlesque, film nights, local designer fashion sales, art exhibitions. In fact we will put on anything that we like the sound of, give us your suggestions. Oh, and we try and sell stuff that other music venues do not, so a nice selection of wines and real ale in tap and bottle. We have a 100 cd juke box which I must get round to chaniging more often but it has great stuff on it like Tom Vek, Stevie Wonder, The Specials, Interpol and a load of Nuggets and Rough Trade compilations.We like all sorts of music so play all sorts too. Expect to hear bands of an indie/punk/funk/electro/antifolk/profolk well almost anything goes really as long as it is good. On Friday we are more usually more dance oriented so house, funk etc will be on the menu. Saturday is usually a bit more versatile; a bit dancey/ a bit indie. We'll never play that ridiculous modern rnb/garage stuff.If you do not know Kilburn then get along, it is fast becoming one of London's better night time locations. The excellent Luminaire a couple of doors away also hosts some outstanding bands and the area is full of pubs putting on all sorts of stuff. The Westbury has some outstanding DJ line ups, Osteria Del Ponte does the best pizzas you may taste at mucho cheapness price, The Cock puts on great variety, Powers Acoustic Room does what it says on the sign and The North London Tavern has all sorts of good stuff too.Opening hours: Sun - Thurs till 2am Fri - Sat till 4am. Usually at weekends it is free entry before the bands start and a fiver after. Check in what's on.BANDS...do us a favour eh and pop us a message rather than just adding us. We like a chat so if you wanna play then get in touch. We will not bite. We treat bands and promoters well and try not to have hire charges for bands to play like most venues in London. Andrew from The Special Needs (RIP) gives us a nice namecheck on www.nme.com/news/the-needs/21831

My Interests

Music

I'd like to meet:

Drinkers with a friendly demeanour.

Music:

Interpol, MBV, The Byrds, Gang Starr, De La Soul, Talking Heads, KaitO, Echo and the Bunnymen, Franz Ferdinand, PJ Harvey, Futureheads, Inner City, Kinks, Lush, Marvin Gaye, Polyphonic Spree, Pixies, Rory Gallagher, Pulp, Rapture, Smiths, Rufus Wainwright, Soul II Soul, Spiritualized, Strokes, Pogues, Talking Heads, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, David Bowie, Buzzcocks, De La Soul, Charlotte Hatherley, Cornershop, Maximo Park, Concretes, Sonics and one or a million others. NOT facking Razorlight, Kaiser Chiefs and any indie boys wearing hats bands.

Movies:

Considering showing classic movies with expert narration beforehand. Let's have your thoughts....Sound good?

Books:

Books are great. Read them. Come along to our monthly book club too. Get in touch for details.

Heroes:

The bar staff past and present; John, Ellie, Greg, Ed, Aileen, Niall, Bjort, Neil, Anne, James, Julie, Zoe, KT, Katrina, Naomi, Annie, Niamh, Freya, Mikee, Serena, Helen, Ryan, Jamie, Erin, Hana, MARJUN, LOVELY KATE, Jessica, Grahame, Julie. The regulars: Carolyn, Henrik, Carlia, Jim, Maurice, Judy, Tom, Jacqui, Stuart, Hannah, Slum...to be continued Also RIP to Chett, a Kilburn legend and with us for too short a time.

My Blog

What's occurring in June????

WHAT'S ON IN JUNE Seeing as it is summer we thought it would be fun to have some music all dayers so most Saturdays and Sundays in June and July (and probably August) will feature over 6 hours of live...
Posted by The Good Ship on Thu, 31 May 2007 05:39:00 PST

May at The Good Ship

WHAT'S ON IN MAY There is a mammoth amount of events in May and for the summer we have planned music all dayers on Saturdays and Sundays. No comedy or films this month but t...
Posted by The Good Ship on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:42:00 PST

events for April 2007

WHAT'S ON IN APRIL We will have as much of the World Cup cricket as we can along with Champions League where we can fit it all in around the music. There is a plethora of events in April, if you...
Posted by The Good Ship on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:14:00 PST

The Good Ship in March

WHAT'S ON IN MARCH Blimey, is it Spring already? We have a couple of proper stand out nights this month; the 8th when we have 3 great indie bands + stand up comedy and the 14th when ...
Posted by The Good Ship on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:50:00 PST

February 2007, what's on...

WHAT'S ON IN FEBRUARY Happy February. From this month we will be getting funkier on a Friday with bands and DJs in a funk, soul, beats and the like vibe. Saturday will remain a nigh...
Posted by The Good Ship on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:46:00 PST

event change this month for Thursday 25th Jan

Fundraiser for two new plays "London Tongue" and "London Falls" by Ed Hime that will play at The Old Red Lion Theatre 24/4 to 19/5. Live bands are Stuffy/The Fuses, The Official Secrets Act, Sandra an...
Posted by The Good Ship on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:26:00 PST

The Good Ship What's On for January

Monday 1st January Open from 8pm, no event. Tuesday 2nd January Open from 630pm, no event. Wednesday 3rd January BOOK CLUB The Good Ship book club have their very inform...
Posted by The Good Ship on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:28:00 PST

December at The Good Ship

WHAT'S ON IN DECEMBER This month's something new is a beer tasting from some boutique American breweries on the 12th December. We have live music of some kind on 20 days this month.&n...
Posted by The Good Ship on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:54:00 PST

November at The Good Ship

In keeping with our avowed aim of putting on different things we have 3 new nights this month, a burlesque show, free comedy, tons of bands and bucketloads of fun. We are open until 2am during t...
Posted by The Good Ship on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:35:00 PST

events for October

Sunday 1st October FASHION AND LIVE MUSICWhatsmineisyours.com present the Indoor Sunday Market when we will give up the whole bar to designers and vintage clothes merchants selling a wide range of af...
Posted by The Good Ship on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:37:00 PST