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Better Than You/The Wolf-Mayor of Leeds handmade CD single - only 100 copies!

£2 - Post to UK only/anywhere else get in touch for price.
One of these beautiful objects could be yours for £2. Imagine...
see them all at this place
The truth of the matter surely is that it is very unusual to find proposals for extremely important changes to the law concerning the public service and the Royal prerogative contained in a Private Member's Bill. I understand the noble Lord's exasperation at the Government's failure to introduce a Civil Service Bill. Private Members' Bills are a jolly good way to kick a Government, trying to goad them into action, but the Bill before us does far more than put the Civil Service on a statutory footing. Most people would be mightily surprised if the Government allowed such fundamental change to come about other than by a government Bill, probably by a government Bill following a manifesto commitment.
Past performances

29/6/06 Cardigan Arms, Leeds; 2/7/06 The Primrose, Leeds; 28/7/06 CJ's, Leeds; 1/8/06 The Atrium, Leeds; 13/8/06 The Primrose, Leeds; 5/9/06 The Atrium, Leeds;

4/1/07 Cardigan Arms, Leeds; 9/1/07 The Atrium, Leeds; 6/3/07 The Atrium, Leeds; 23/3/07 Cardigan Arms, Leeds; 25/3/07 Mixing Tin, Leeds; 9/4/07 Mixing Tin, Leeds; 21/4/07 Carpe Diem, Leeds; 1/5/07 Atrium, Leeds; 9/5/07 Rio's, Leeds; 7/6/07 Atrium, Leeds; 17/06/07 Royal Oak, Halifax; 19/09/07 The Victoria, Leeds; 1/12/07 Cardigan Arms, Leeds

6/3/08 Atrium, Leeds; 27/4/08 Trash, Leeds; 17/5/08 Carpe Diem, Leeds

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/07/2006
Band Website: email us at: [email protected]
Band Members: Robert - narration, oration, phones
Mildred - rhythm and shoes
Mike - 82.41 Hz - 587.33 Hz, guitars by Netto, bleepness
Si - the 'low end'
Amy - keys and not the jangly type, the ones you press
anything that emits sound
broken clocks, dead toys, answer machines
the dearly departed bassists: Simon, Lee, Paul we salute you
Influences: Sonic Youth, Liars, Spacemen 3, The Kills, The Stooges, 13th Floor Elevators, Lift to Experience, Yo Lo Tengo, Sofa, Delgados, The Wedding Present, Low, 14 Iced Bears, Big Star, Graham Coxon, Silver Apples, Alistair Sim, Franz Kafka, Forward Russia, Pixies, Earl Brutus, Slint, The Smiths, Dirty Three, Erik Satie, Hawkwind, Paul Eddington, 65daysofstatic, The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Tony Hancock, Raveonettes, Graham Greene, Annie Jump Cannon, the Workhouse, Alec Guiness, Urusei Yatsura, Rene Magritte, Joseph Cotten, Tindersticks, Neils Children, Sir Humphrey Appleby, My Bloody Valentine, Buzzcocks, Joan Greewood, Love, Galaxie 500, Pavement, the Cure, Cramps, Fall, Bloc Party, Ride, Kaito, Ikara Colt, surf, 60s garage and psych, psychobilly, shoegazing, new wave and trash. Cats, jaffa cakes, public transport. Dynamics! Noise. Quiet. Clicks, whirrs. Look and Learn. Typewriters. Cows.
Sounds Like: a rusting tricycle in the middle of a mini-roundabout

Songs to download areHere , here and here .
Better sound quality than myspace allows!

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Civil+Service
Record Label: Tiny Cat Recordings

My Blog

Grain Division - 17th May

It went like this: Better than You, Wolfmayor, My Pirate Image, the Coachman, Gedge, Moth, Recovery. There was a man dancing excessively. Most distressing.  
Posted by on Sun, 18 May 2008 11:39:00 GMT

Trash

   
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:43:00 GMT

Invisible Friends

Hello, there has been activity at www.myspace.com/invisiblefriends an new/resurrected off-shoot of the civil service. Go investigate the wonders that await. Very good for insomnia.
Posted by on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:48:00 GMT

Blog of no importance

Crikey, there’s not been a blog since September. For no reason save lethargy and indolence. There have been changes in personal in the time between posts, Si is the new VP in char...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:47:00 GMT

International Talk Like A Pirate Day 19th September

Ahoy thar' me hearties. We be playin' an acoustic gig at ye Victoria Hotel, Great George Street, Leeds (behind the town hall) next Wednesday, it bein' International Talk Like A Pirate Day. It be free ...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:31:00 GMT

More songs in the magic box

More new songs are here on myspace, designed to appeal to the key demographic areas of goths and the under fives. Two new tunes - Recovery and the Coachman. www.myspace.com/thecivilservice Featuring: ...
Posted by on Sun, 20 May 2007 05:12:00 GMT

Horses

Neigh. Horses are cool and many feature on the coachman, soon to be unleashed plus Recovery which is sounding lovely. Mixing time approacheth...
Posted by on Tue, 15 May 2007 03:16:00 GMT

cats.....

Well as is customary yesterdays performance comprised the following numbers: the wolf-mayor of leeds, taupe, district, my pirate image, the coachman, better than you, recovery curse microsoft for the ...
Posted by on Wed, 02 May 2007 10:47:00 GMT

CDs to buy!

Dear all,   the civil service is pleased to announce the release of a two track cd featuring 'Better Than You' and 'the Wolf-Mayor of Leeds'.   Available in handmade numbered sta...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:53:00 GMT

mix, stir, fold

Mixing of the exciting aural bulletin 'Better Than You/The Wolf-Mayor of Leeds' continues. Ink stained disc enclosures are sighing in their shoebox waiting for their shiny buddies to be delivered to t...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:58:00 GMT