CEILIDH

A fancy-dress ceilidh to raise money for students from developing countries to study at the University of Edinburgh.

Why not help us raise some money by popping down to check out a brilliant live band, throw a few Scottish shapes on the dancefloor?  There's even a prize in it for the best costume ...

The evening is hosted by The School of Social and Political Science Fundraising Society of the University of Edinburgh

JUNGLEDUB - Free entry

SUCKA PUNCH! Free entry

VOLUME!

MESSENGER SOUND SYSTEM

"Light as a feather, heavy as lead"

Scotland’s original [and biggest] roots and culture rasta reggae sound system, Messenger has been spreading the word on their own custom built bass-heavy rig since 1987, with a flame burning brighter than ever today

Playing conscious reggae music, militant or mellow, from foundation revival tone to brand new dub plate exclusives - with a cultural MC making things proper on the mic - the Messenger is always one of the best, blissful club events in town, sounds to make you dance an' swing

www.myspace.com/messengersoundsystem

JONATHAN COULTON live

An independent musician with the heart of a geek, Jonathan Coulton is a Yale graduate who left his day-job as a computer programmer to stay home and write songs.  Between 2005 and 2006 he wrote, recorded, and published a new song every week as a free podcast project called “Thing a Week.”  This year-long experiment produced 52 consistently well-written and solidly produced songs, and he soon became an internet sensation.

Jonathan’s songs cover unusual topics not often heard in music and tend to make even the most jaded listeners excited about music again.  Coulton's is the voice of every elementary school kid who could never quite keep his shirt tucked in or shoes tied; every lovelorn mason and mad scientist; every vengeful nerd; every one of us who has ever sat despairingly on the floor, surrounded by parts of an Ikea endtable, weeping over an allen key.

A number of Jonathan’s songs have become full-fledged internet hits: his folk-rock cover of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back” the unrequited love of a mad scientist in “Skullcrusher Mountain,” and "Code Monkey," the anthem of software designers everywhere.  The office zombie song "Re: Your Brains" made the Dr. Demento Funny 25 countdown for 2006.  But beneath the geeky comedy there is real heart. ” I’ve always been a math (sorry, I mean “maths”) and science guy, so I think about robots and fractals all the time.  But on a deeper level, there’s a thread running through my songs about how it feels to be a nerd – this kind of alienation, a sense of not belonging, not being accepted. And it’s not just limited to actual nerds – I think we’re all familiar with that feeling, no matter how popular we were in school,” says Coulton. 

Jonathan Coulton won the 2007 Game Audio Network Guild “Song of the Year” award for his composition “Still Alive,” which was featured in the critically acclaimed game Portal, the Game Developers Choice Awards “Game of the Year” for 2007. All of the songs from the Thing a Week project are now available on CD, either individually or in a packaged box set and his song “Code Monkey” is heard each week on the G4 Television program of the same name.

Coulton releases all his music under a Creative Commons license that allows for legal file sharing and copying, as well as non-commercial derivative works. His worldwide community of fans has rallied around him to generate airplay on hundreds of podcasts, create a library of music videos, and arrange gigs around the United States. When not traveling the globe or using his powers for good, Jonathan Coulton resides in New York City with his wife and child.

www.jonathancoulton.com

UNCOVERED

Pop Up Panda play live before DJs Joel Sharples, David Coleby and Calum Seddon mix up drum'n'bass and dubstep with funky African beats

All proceeds are going towards READ International, and the night will be the launch of the Edinburgh University Clubs and Societies Naked Calendar

YELLOWMAN live

JA Ecosse presents school night reggae!

King of the Dancehall aka Yellowman plays his capital debut at the Bongo Club.  He will be joined live on stage with his band of many years Sagittarius.

Support comes from Rudy Alba + Sir Robigan & Ital Faya

www.djyellowman.com

www.myspace.com/kingyellowman

www.myspace.com/jaecosse

JUNGLEDUB - Free entry

SUCKA PUNCH! Free entry

XPLICIT feat LOGISTICS, NU-TONE, MC ID

Drum'n'bass evolution as the Smash Bang Wallop Album Launch Tour touches down featuring Logistics, NuTone + MC ID

Xplicit’s drum’n’bass events exploded onto the scene in January 2005 where it quickly gained respect from DJ's and clubbers alike.  It has since hosted some of the biggest parties north of the border with the biggest names in drum’n’bass and beyond.

www.myspace.com/club_xplicit

www.clubxplicit.co.uk

IT'S FUNTIME - the quiz night with knobs on

Teams required!  Come one, come all, and set your watches to Funtime; for we shall rendezvous with every species of quizzling, puzzlement and surprise!  An evening of fun and games unsurpassed in their gaiety!

The big news is that It's Funtime has moved to a Saturday night!  It's now starting at 7 o'clock, and then after 10pm the fun and games carry on upstairs with Funsize Funtime til late, with free entry to the brilliant Mumbo Jumbo club [11pm - 3am], downstairs in the main room.

Dare you look upon the Robot-Men?  Have you the brawny arm for the Tower of Strength, or the nimblest fingers to Make and Do?  Will your eardrums solve the Tortured Tune or your eyeballs recognise the Filleted Film?  Have you the disposition of iron it takes to fish the Pond of Prizes?  These and many more puzzlements await, as we cordially invite you to an evening of wonders unsurpassed.  A splendid time is guaranteed for all!

Ladies and gentlemen are invited to submit a ‘nom de jou’ for their federation of acquaintances, and once this team name is officially registered here, it cannot be adopted by other parties, no matter what nature of blandishments offered

REGISTER YOUR TEAM ONLINE AT  www.its-funtime.com

STAY IN TOUCH WITH US BY JOINING OUR FACEBOOK GROUP  www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=113602122952

TAKE A LOOK AT PHOTOS FROM PAST FUNTIME EVENTS www.flickr.com/groups/funtime-club/pool/

Novice funsters are hereby notified that this evening of puzzlements involves several appearances of Robot-Men, which may cause palpitations of distress to those with weak nerves

email: wilson@its-funtime.com

MUMBO JUMBO

AVOID

JUNGLEDUB - Free entry

FAST & LOOSE vs MADE

SUCKA PUNCH! Free entry

The MACRAZY VAUDEVILLE ORCHESTRA live

Born in the heart of darkest Ayrshire, Aly Macrae was brought up singing and playing with the world famous band the Macrazies.  Lured by the promise of working late nights and long periods of unemployment he put pen to paper in earnest, writing songs ... about whatever took his fancy: favourite jumpers, evil teddy-bears, charity shops and beer.

Experience these songs and more with Aly and his Vaudeville Orchestra as they journey through his debut album ‘popstardombeckons’

www.myspace.com/alymacrae

FOUR CORNERS

BIG N BASHY

A mighty mix of reggae, grime, dubstep + jungle with  Beast + Faze, David George, Deburgh + Oly

Big N Bashy is one the hottest nights to hit Edinburgh’s Saturday night club scene in recent years + has already gained a steady + loyal following amongst Edinburgh’s clubbers for its up-to-the-minute, bass-heavy sounds.

Bored of the usual one genre per night ethos of most nights, the Big N Bashy team plays the finest reggae, grime, dubstep and jungle through a monster combination of The Bongo Club's in house sound system and an extra six subs care of the well respected dub reggae sounds of the Messenger Sound System.  With this great combo of musical styles and a killer sound system Big N Bashy delivers the biggest beats and bashiest basslines, while The Messenger ensures the good vibrations all night long!

www.myspace.com/bignbashydub

Also available is a fortnightly online Big N Bashy radio show, hosted by the residents, going on air at 3pm. Tune in by heading to www.breaksfm.com

THE GUEST HOUSE

The REAL MAN CALENDAR Launch

Stuart MacKinnon, Inversneckian and "the man who kens his wood" helps show off some of his mates tools - [they're in the scud] - as we host a launch event for The Real Man Calendar

Every penny raised from the sale of the calendar is going to MIA - Mission In Action.  They're an Australian  family wanting to make a difference to people who are in some form of crisis with poverty, hunger or disease

The charity is wholeheartedly dedicated to the children in their care at Nakuru Baby Orphanage in Kenya.  They endeavour to raise the children in a loving, safe family environment offering them education and opportunities to become productive future members of their community

www.missioninaction.com.au

www.therealmancalendar.co.uk    [website goes live on launch date]

JUNGLEDUB - Free entry

CLOWNING AROUND

To celebrate the 10th birthday of Clowndoctors, tonight we're Clowning Around - a comedy benefit with Phil Kay, Miles Jupp and JoJo Sutherland

Edinburgh based Hearts & Minds promotes the quality of life of people in hospitals and hospice care via the performing arts.  Since launching in 1999, the charity’s Clowndoctors have reached a participative audience of 80,000 children and their families in 16 locations across Scotland

www.heartsminds.org.uk

SUCKA PUNCH! Free entry

CONFUSION IS SEX

Gamma Ray Dali presents Confusion Is Sex, "where the weird is normal"

ELECTRO / WHITE TRASH / GLAM TECHNO PARTY

DRESS UP! - ANIMAL FARM / PIN-UP - Dress-up to receive discounted entry

Main Room
DJ DOLBY ANOL
01:00-03:00

Signed to hip German label Tigerbass while gaining widespread praise back home, electro princes Dolby Anol  "somewhere between super gay pop and odd hard electro”  The Skinny

Dolby Anol are slightly different, they use just their laptops - along with a few external mixers - to create and perform. “To produce music we use Ableton, various VST synths and hardware synths.  Usually we will sit down build a track together from scratch, we'll argue over almost everything until a compromise is found and the sound of it is always something neither of us could have come up with alone.  More recently, when I've been away on tour with Dananananaykroyd, we've been zipping up Ableton files and emailing them to each other, which feels a little odd but is kind of exciting when you open your email and have what Graham has been working on at home.  We'll send tracks back and forth like that and then finish them together when we meet up.”  The Skinny

They have remixed The Gossip, The Futureheads, Errors, AC Slater, Chromeo and The Teenagers

KAMIKAZE GIRLS
01:30-03:00 [Live Pole-dancing]
"These 3 Twirling Temptresses ... Jessica Rabbit meets Shakespeares pole-dancing nymphs ... will dance the night away on a David Lynch Red Room setup on stage to the DJ's beat's ... they are mesmerising ... they took the dark-art of old-cabaret and mixed it up with smoking pole-dancing ... you can't take your eyes of them ... they are magical queens of the pole"

Burlesque Act
MOCHA DELUXE Live at 00:00 [midnight ]
[5 minute show]
"an acrobatic dancing beauty"

Compere:  The Freaky Brides

Warm-up  DJ ... POPSCURE  23:00-00:00

Upstairs
Special Guests Plus...
JESUS H FOXX [20 min set] Live at 23:30
"both modest and wrong"  List magazine"

THE YOUNG SPOOKS [20 min set] Live at 23:10
"aggression of The Fall mixed with jarring energy of The Birthday Party"

Upstairs DJ'S PLAY
Rockabilly / Avant Garde / Indie / Country

DECOR & ART INSTALLATIONS BY THE RED DESERT

GET DOWN EARLY AS NOT TO MISS THE ACTS !

"I adore her ... I'd love to have worked with her ... she'll be bigger than Marilyn - oh but which one? Monroe or Manson? Both!   ...  She's destined to be a 21st century icon, she'll be in the Louvre, the Smithsonian, and right up there on millions of teenage walls"  Who's that talking 'bout the divine Ms Gamma Ray Dali?  None other than deceased weirdy-wig and top paint splasher Andy Warhol!   Via a ouija board.

www.myspace.com/confusionissexclub

MOISHE'S BAGEL live

HEADSPIN with JON CARTER

The original four-deck mix of beats, funk, hiphop, house + more, with live percussion with special guest JON CARTER

Jon Carter rose to prominence as the resident DJ at the legendary Heavenly Social before forming the Monkey Mafia who had a succession of monster dancehall-influenced singles and whose debut album united the critics in praise.  Jon went on to play worldwide as tour DJ for The Prodigy as well as resident DJ at Bugged Out, Shine in Belfast and The Boutique in Brighton.  Under the moniker of Junior Cartier, he released the track 'Women beat Their Men'.  This year he has been playing festivals all over the summer and is now bringing the raw energy of his volatile 3 deck and keyboard set to The Bongo Club.

Alongside our esteemed guest, the superb resident DJ team doing the hip-funk-house-electro-disco-hop-thing on 4 decks.  Expect the finest funk, hiphop, house + electro beats, teased + tweaked with panache by your favourite funky disco jocks Colin Millar / Allan Dunbar / Steve Austin / Dava & Bongo Dave, plus visual projections by Foundlight.

Bringing the club to a frenzy with their up-front selection of funky party tunes moving into filthy electronic numbers designed to destroy the dancefloor, no-one can rock the Headspin crowd quite like the residents can - prepare to be blown away.

www.myspace.com/clubheadspin

www.myspace.com/joncarterofficial

SUGAR MINOTT live

With a recording career spanning 21 years, the prolific Jamaican singer, producer and sound system operator serves up original Black Roots reggae and dancehall alongside Tony Tuff

www.sugarminott.com

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