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Monday, July 21st, 2008
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I've been busy this evening rearranging my computer room. I've decided that I'd like to do photoshoots in it (this week's bright idea by Shari) - there's one wall that if it was painted white (rather than lilac) and the large wooden cabinet (full of CDs, vinyl & tapes) was moved elsewhere would be ok as a background for photoshoots. This evening I moved my computer desks over the other side a bit, decided to throw out my ancient first ever computer, old scanner and old printer, and put another small table up in the loft... as well as moving three small wooden CD cabinet/shelves into my bedroom. I just need to move the big wooden cabinet now... but I'm not quite sure where that's going to go. Actually I just had an idea... but I'm not sure it will work...
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| Thursday, July 17th, 2008
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I got back home from my trip to New York this morning. My flight landed at 7am. Insanely I'd willingly said I'd go to work a few hours later, so went in at midday. Well, I needed to mail some Black Velvets out... it's easier to do that when I'm at work. The Central Park and Madison Square Garden shows were good. My hotel was about 20min walk from the Great Lawn, although my bad sense of direction leaving the Park on Saturday meant that I walked the wrong way and it ended up taking me about 1 hour and 10 mins to get back to my hotel after the show instead. Ah well, I needed the exercise...
I've put a few non-concert pix up in my blog at http://www.myspace.com/sbvphotography. Nothing too exciting - except the vegan diner pix of course... Vegan diner pix are always exciting.
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| Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
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Black Velvet loves Fred Mascherino. He is without a doubt one of the coolest, nicest men in rock. I'm not just saying that because he's vegan. You can read a new interview with Fred in the next Black Velvet, that is currently off being printed at the printers. Make sure you check out the pic of him holding some vegan speckled eggs, chocolate footballs, chocolate beans and coconut ice fudge. Order issue 57 by going to http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/nextissue.htm
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| Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
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I've just been sent a few pix of me in the photopit at last week's Coventry Ricoh Stadium Bon Jovi show. Here's one of them:
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I just received the CD/DVD package of My Chemical Romance's 'The Black Parade Is Dead!' from Warner Bros Records. I can't wait to watch the Maxwell show and relive October 24th. It's always exciting when you get to watch the video of a show you were at, and with Maxwell's being such a tiny, intimate show it makes it even better. I remember my flight getting to Newark in the afternoon, getting the train to my hotel in Brooklyn, getting the subway and train back to NJ, hoping I'd make it in time, a cab to the venue, standing in the rain under my umbrella, getting my name checked off the list, receiving a wristband, meeting Black Velvet contributor Suzanne, and then finally the doors opening. Now we can watch video footage from the show. You won't see me 'cause I was at the back though...
Too bad Black Velvet 57 went to the printers already and my review of the MCR CD/DVD will have to be kept back for issue 58.
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| Monday, June 30th, 2008
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I got home from London earlier. Caught the last two Bon Jovi shows at Twickenham Stadium on Friday and Saturday. The European tour is now done and dusted and the band will play a few more US shows before they wind up the tour at Madison Square Garden in a fortnight's time.
I've managed to finish the last remaining page of Black Velvet 57 this evening and am just burning the pdfs to disc...
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| Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
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Tonight was Bon Jovi's Coventry Ricoh Arena show. I managed to get another photopass (thanks to their lovely UK press officer offering me another after Southampton) for the first two songs and have just put 21 pix up at http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/bonjoviphotos.htm
Only Bristol, and the two London shows left before the UK tour is over (and then I can get my little UK tour round-up laid out and send Black Velvet 57 off to the printers).
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| Thursday, June 19th, 2008
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4:13 pm - The calm before (and after) the storm
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Since I'm not quite so busy today, I've managed to go through my Mayday Parade photos from a month ago (back when things were hectic and I didn't have time to put any online) and I've now put 15 pix up at http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/maydayparadephotos.htm
Don't forget you can read my review of the Give It A Name Introduces show in issue 57 of Black Velvet.
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| Sunday, June 15th, 2008
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I'm pretty much out of space for everything in issue 57 of Black Velvet. I've just finished the second singles page. I have no more space in the albums section. The concerts section is now complete. I just finished the contents page. I have two pages to proofread. I'm waiting for an ad from an advertiser, which I should be receiving in the next week (hopefully). I have one album review I need to squeeze in. I have the Bon Jovi tour report to write which I won't be able to get completed until after the Twickenham dates at the end of the month. Aside from that, Black Velvet 57 is pretty much completed. So any CDs, zines or anything else that gets sent to BVHQ will have to wait for issue 58.
By the way, this past Friday the 13th wasn't such a great one, was it? Aside from Traci Michaelz of Peppermint Creeps (ex-Heart Throb Mob and many others) passing away (read the blog at http://www.myspace.com/revlonred for a bit more info), it was also the day Bandcamp announced they were splitting up. RIP Traci, and RIP Bandcamp.
current music: Alkaline Trio - Agony & Irony
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| Thursday, June 12th, 2008
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Yesterday was Bon Jovi's first Lost Highway Tour show on UK soil. Southampton was the lucky city and I was there to capture some of the action. Check out a few of my live photos up at http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/bonjoviphotos.htm
The band now go to Amsterdam, Brussels and Scandinavia before returning to the UK for the remainder of the UK shows. If you haven't got a ticket, try and lay your hands on one for either Glasgow, Manchester, Coventry, Bristol or either of the London Twickenham shows - and I'll see ya there.
PS. All the photographers had to wear these scary green St Mary's/Photographer bibs. I dread to think how horrific I looked. They weren't even velvet...
PPS. Another pic with a little UK tour round-up will be in issue 57 of Black Velvet.
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| Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
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I'm home from Germany (again). I've got a pile of work waiting to be done, as always, although I need to open my mail first. Just been checking emails and happy to discover that one of the bands in the current Black Velvet has a vegan in the band that we didn't know about! Yes, Iain of Kids In Glass Houses is vegan! How awesome. I think so anyway. Check out his peta2 interview at: http://www.peta2.com/OUTTHERE/o_kigh.asp?c=peta2_enews
I'm slightly disappointed that Black Velvet contributor Rachel didn't find out about his veganness while interviewing Aled and Philip for the current Black Velvet. Of course she did find out lots of other good stuff (which you can read if you have issue 56).
I need to lay out the final 2 interviews that will win pride of place in issue 57, type up a couple of EP reviews I wrote while at the airport/on the plane, and heaps more.
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| Sunday, June 1st, 2008
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So after getting back from my second German trip yesterday (and the awesomeness which was the Bon Jovi show in Stuttgart), it was no rest for the wicked and I had to get up early today to go to Birmingham to interview Cute Is What We Aim For. I interviewed Shaant, who was also awesome (yes, a word I use too much but it's true), who told me loads of interesting things (such as how it stressed him out when a certain photographer for another mag recently tried to get the band to defecate over some CDs they were there to review... They really didn't want to do that but the photographer was adamant...). You can read the full interview in Black Velvet 57 (order your copy now from http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/nextissue.htm!)
Here's a pic of Shaant checking out Black Velvet:
I've put 12 b&w photos from the show up at http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/ciwwafphotos.htm - not the best but I'll blame the Academy 2's lighting!
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| Sunday, May 25th, 2008
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I'm home from Germany. I caught the first two shows of Bon Jovi's European tour over there - Gelsenkirchen (on May 22nd) and Munich (May 24th). I've written reviews for the official JBJ fan club website. You can find them on the news page at http://www.backstagejbj.com
Stumbled across a vegan deli & restaurant by accident when we had a little walk around Munich on the 23rd. I was quite excited when suddenly Saf was in front of me and naturally had to go in and buy something.
I have so much Black Velvet work to start plowing through now. I think I'm gonna start laying out Jadine's Wednesday 13 interview first.
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| Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
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So I got back home at about 2.40pm on Monday. Less than two hours later I was driving to Birmingham with Laura ready for the Give It A Name Introduces show. I'd arranged for Laura to interview The Color Fred. Originally I was going to interview Four Year Strong at the same time, but then when my trip to the US came up I decided to do a phone interview instead incase of any flight delays (you know how they go). Thankfully my flight wasn't delayed, and I got back home only 15mins later than planned. So I decided I'd go with Laura to her interview... I was scheduled to take pix, so figured it would be good to be there and get them done at the same time rather than getting a train up an hour later. Had a bit of a rush to get ready, but it was all good, and it was great to see Fred again.
Took photos of Four Year Strong, Meg & Dia, The Color Fred and Mayday Parade. I've only just had chance to put a couple of Four Year Strong and The Color Fred online. I have to get ready for my next travelling expedition now... so check the pix out and I'll speak to you next time I'm in the UK.
http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/fouryearstrongphotos.htm
http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/thecolorfredphotos.htm
PS. I only just discovered that Black Velvet's now on sale in Zavvi in Exeter and Glasgow. If you're near either, go buy it.
current music: Mayday Parade - A Lesson In Romantics
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| Sunday, May 18th, 2008
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1:17 am - The Adventures of Shari Black Velvet, Part 579
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How is everyone doing in Engerland? How is everyone doing in the rest of the world?
At the moment I'm in the rest of the world. I'm actually Georgia. I haven't been to Georgia since 1994 when I saw Bon Jovi at the Fabulous Fox. But anyway... while in the surroundings of Atlanta I met up with Ely Dye of City Sleeps, a band so amazing that their amazingness amazes me. I have done a new face to face interview with Ely which will be in the next issue of Black Velvet (YOU HAVE TO READ IT). I got some awesome, awesome photos to go with it and Ely even played me some of the new City Sleeps material that not too many people have heard. It is truly amazing. I just hope we don't have to wait too long for it to be put onto a record label disc and released for the whole world to hear. If you have listened to 'Not An Angel', it is 100 times better - even though that album is fantastic as it is.
I'm actually sat in my hotel room with my Asus eee typing up the interview right now. I figured I'd get some work done instead of painting Atlanta red, because life is so crazy busy right now. The day I get back to England I have a show the same evening. (*waves to jetlag*) A couple of days later I fly off on yet more travels. No rest for the wicked... Only on a cramped up plane.
Check City Sleeps out at http://www.myspace.com/citysleeps and tell them Black Velvet says hi.
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| Monday, May 12th, 2008
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I've just done a phone interview with Dan O'Connor of Four Year Strong. If you didn't get to see them at Give It A Name this weekend make sure you catch them at one of the Give It A Name Introduces shows. I'm going to start transcribing the interview now... You'll be able to find it in issue 57 of Black Velvet.
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| Friday, May 2nd, 2008
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I got my Broadway Calls interview transcribed last night - although still need to finish making it into an article. This evening I went to Kill Hannah's free Kerrang! Radio show at Birmingham Barfly. Thankfully my panic that the gig had actually been yesterday and I got the date wrong wasn't true, and we got to see a nice show by Kill Hannah in the small upstairs room at the Barfly/Sanctuary (with no support band).
A few pix are at http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/killhannahphotos.htm
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| Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
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I just got off the phone from interviewing Ty from Broadway Calls. You can check BC out at http://www.myspace.com/broadwaycalls. They're on Adeline Records and will be in the UK soon to play Give It A Name and then a tour with All Time Low and Cobra Starship.
My interview will be in issue 57. Not out for a while (since issue 56 only just hit the streets), but I figured I'd get the interview done now while life wasn't so hectic (because part of May and most of June are gonna be crazy, lol).
I'm on a mission to get the interview all transcribed tonight.
PS. I'm stoked to hear that Matthew of Madina Lake is now vegetarian. How awesome. This makes me super-happy.
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| Saturday, April 26th, 2008
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Went to see Mindless Self Indulgence/Templeton Pek this evening at Birmingham Academy. Before going there I took the new Black Velvet to MSB Recording Studios in Bromsgrove and Dales News, the newsagents by the Academy. If you're by either make sure you go in and get one!
Some photos of Mindless Self Indulgence are now up at http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/msiphotos.htm
PS. I'm currently amused by Story Of The Year calling John Feldmann 'John Bon Feldy' in the thanks list of new album 'The Black Swan'.
current music: Story Of The Year - The Black Swan
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| Friday, April 25th, 2008
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| Thursday, April 24th, 2008
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Black Velvet 56 is out now and includes:
- Interviews with The Audition, Jimmy Eat World, Simple Plan, Flyleaf, Goldfinger, City Sleeps, New Years Day, The Get Go, Kids In Glass Houses & Brigade (the latter includes a report on the band's videoshoot for new single 'Pilot').
- Heaps of concert reviews including 30 Seconds To Mars, Paramore, the Kerrang! Relentless Tour featuring Coheed & Cambria/Madina Lake, Fightstar, Circa Survive & the Good To Go Tour featuring MxPx/Punchline/The Get Go, The Audition/You Me At Six/Just Surrender, Sum 41, The Matches, Not Advised & Jimmy Eat World
- Tons of album, single and demo reviews from the likes of Goldfinger, Sick City, Them Terribles, The Playing Favorites, Four Year Strong, Dr Zhivegas, Flyleaf, Bambix, The Audition, Nonpoint, Plastic Toys, The Condors, New Found Glory, Crash Romeo, Kill Hannah, F451, Four Year Strong, The Crash Moderns, Anti-Flag and many, many more
- Column by Tommy Gleeson of Slaves To Gravity
- Rockin' America - column by Black Velvet's east coast USA correspondant Suzanne T.
- All the usuals such as 'Me Me Me & My Rock CV' (this issue featuring Scott Bartlett of Scream Promotions), zine and book reviews & Supersonic Future Superstars (featuring Exit Avenue, White Clouds And Gunfire and Rebel Territory).
- Cool ads from Crimson Casket, Crystal Productions, The Condors, Rattlesnake, Beat Photography, Rex Recording Studio, Millionaire Misfit & Rebel Territory
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| Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
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| Monday, April 21st, 2008
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Had quite a busy weekend this weekend. After going to the animal rights march in Oxford on Saturday (which meant getting up at 5.30am and getting back home just after 7pm), yesterday I went up to Nottingham to see Simple Plan. I've just put a few photos up at http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/simpleplanphotos.htm. Met Simple Plan's press officer at Atlantic for the first time which was cool.
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| Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
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From bonjovi.com:
Bon Jovi has confirmed that their long-running, highly successful Lost Highway World Tour will finally come to an end with a pair of explosive shows at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on July 14th and 15th. Joining Bon Jovi will be opening act All American Rejects, who have previously warmed up the stage on two Lost Highway World Tour dates, including Bon Jovi’s 10-night run and grand opening of the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ in November 2007. With two shows to accommodate overwhelming fan demand, these performances mark the final milestone in the superstar band’s Lost Highway World Tour.
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| Thursday, April 10th, 2008
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2:43 pm - Halos Photos
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| Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
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I'm home from LA. The flight from LA to Frankfurt was one of the best flights I've had in a long time. It was less than half full, so while I should have been sat next to a Bert McCracken lookalike, I ended up moving seats and going to lie out across a row of 5 seats all on my own (well, I only took up 3 of the 5 seats). I actually fell asleep at one point and had two dreams. That said, I'm feeling a little jetlagged and not looking forward to work tomorrow. I've just been going through some photos from one of our days in Orange County. I met up with a couple of pals on the day of the second Bon Jovi show and we went to Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach. Check the photos in my blog at http://www.myspace.com/sbvphotography
Here's the pic of Fred of The Color Fred from Bamboozle (taken by Jett) with Black Velvet 54:
current mood: exhausted
current music: City Sleeps - Not An Angel
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| Monday, April 7th, 2008
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1:14 am - Greetings from California
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I guess it's time for a little post from the US. I flew to LA on April 3rd. April 4th and 5th I went to see Bon Jovi at the Honda Center in Anaheim. I've written reviews for the official Bon Jovi fan club, http://www.backstagejbj.com. They're up on the news page. If you're a member you can read them. If you're not, you can't.
Today was Bamboozle Left. My pal Jett picked me up from Anaheim and we went to the Verizon Wireless Ampitheater in Irvine for the second day of Bamboozle Left. We watched lots of great bands, including Goldfinger, My Chemical Romance, Billy Talent, Blaqk Audio, Anti-Flag and The Color Fred. Bumped into John Feldmann while over by some of the food stalls and went to say hi to Fred of The Color Fred at the peta2 booth. All in all, had a great time, topped off with Gerard singing 'Livin' On A Prayer' during the My Chem set.
Have just arrived in Hollywood now, eaten vegan pizza and am in much need of sleep.
Off to the Roxy tomorrow night for the Brian Ewing art show featuring Finch, The Secret Handshake and Halos.
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| Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
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Big thanks to Big Cheese for their review of Black Velvet 55 in their new issue. The 4/5 review mentions that Black Velvet 55 'offers up some great interviews', has 'plenty of gig reviews' and ends stating that it's a 'great 'zine that just keeps giving'.
Cue big smile from me. Thanks fellas.
current music: Four Year Strong - Rise Or Die Trying
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| Monday, March 31st, 2008
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Lenny the lamb from Hillfields Animal Sanctuary is just too inspiring.
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| Sunday, March 30th, 2008
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| Thursday, March 20th, 2008
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| Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
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I just got off the phone from interviewing John Feldmann of Goldfinger. It was awesome to speak to him again. Seems like only yesterday (even though it was last Summer) that I interviewed John for the Vegan Society mag. So we talked all about the new Goldfinger album ('Hello Destiny' - which will be out on April 21st in the UK and April 22nd in the US) and other good stuff. I mentioned to him that 'Get Up' off the new album would be good for their myspace player... so if you see it appear, it was via a nudge from me! I totally want to put that song on my http://www.myspace.com/sbvphotography page, it's a great song with great lyrics.
The interview with John will be the last interview that gets in issue 56 of Black Velvet - which will be out at the end of April/beginning of May. I'm gonna go and start transcribing it in a few minutes.
So make sure you get the next Black Velvet - AND 'Hello Destiny'.
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| Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
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| Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
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5:45 pm - Def Leppard's Collen is a cool 'un.
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| Saturday, March 8th, 2008
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| Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
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Went to see Sum 41 at Birmingham Academy tonight, supported by Reuben and Sound And Fury. I've just put 24 Sum 41 photos up at http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/sum41photos.htm - they get 24 photos (rather than 12 or 15, or even 18) because they had awesome lighting. Best lighting I've had for a gig (at the Academy) in forever. If only every band had Sum 41's lighting, I would be a happy camper. I took almost twice the amount of pix that I usually do and I didn't frown or mumble under my breath once.
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| Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
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| Thursday, February 21st, 2008
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Remember when I did my week of volunteer work at the Vegan Society last August and I did a phone interview with John Feldmann of Goldfinger for The Vegan magazine? It had to be edited down a little due to space constraints. A couple of days ago I asked Roz @ The Vegan Society if it would be ok if I put up the unedited full length question and answer version onto the Black Velvet website - so a few more people can read it. She replied saying yes, so I've just put it up at http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/goldfinger.htm
Go read!
We talk about the environment, Kevin KJonaas, winning awards, Lostprophets, 'poo-poo and pee-pee' and lots more!
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| Monday, February 11th, 2008
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| Saturday, February 9th, 2008
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3:02 am - If I was a cheerleader I'd cheer 'T - I - R - E - D' except I wouldn't have the energy to cheer it
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| Friday, February 8th, 2008
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In my bid for the busiest week of the year so far in Black Velvet Land (although that's not saying much since I didn't go to a single gig in January), last night I went to the Kerrang! Relentless show at Birmingham Academy featuring Coheed & Cambria, Madina Lake, Fightstar and Circa Survive. I've just put a few small pix of the awesome Madina Lake up at http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/madinalakephotos.htm
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| Thursday, February 7th, 2008
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I just got an awesome book called 'Striking At The Roots: A Practical Guide To Animal Activism' by Mark Hawthorne, published by O Books (you can find it at http://www.o-books.com/product_info.php?cPath=110&products_id=477 - priced at £9.99/$19.95). The book features chapters such as leafleting, tabling, writing letters/articles, protests, animal sanctuaries, rescue centres, shelters, the global reach of multimedia and more. I haven't read it yet as it's only just arrived but I've had a flick through and it looks awesome. There's a lot of advice from PETA and I am even quoted on page 46 in the section 'Animal Writes: Letters, Opinion Pieces & Articles'. This section is largely about magazines such as Vegan Voice, Herbivore and VegNews (shame Lifescape wasn't included) that are vegan based mags although I say "Black Velvet is first and foremost a rock music magazine. However, as I believe in animal rights, I have included a couple of animal rights-based interviews over the years and a lot of the the time try to mention if a musician is vegetarian, vegan or a supporter of animal rights.'
There are lots of links, tips and it's great reading material if you care about animals and think you want to do something - rather than nothing - no matter how small. Every little bit counts.
I totally recommend that everyone get hold of the book and have a read. I'm going to take my own advice and start properly reading it now!
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| Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
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| Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
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| Saturday, January 26th, 2008
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6:07 pm - Black Velvet 55 Is Out Now
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Issue 55 includes
Interviews with Madina Lake, Motion City Soundtrack, Mindless Self Indulgence, Fightstar, Say Anything, My American Heart, You Me At Six, TheSTART, June, Holy Ghost Revival & a Q&A with Ortega
Heaps of concert reviews including My Chemical Romance, Alice Cooper, Taste Of Chaos featuring The Used, Rise Against, Aiden, Gallows and The Blackout, Bowling For Soup's Get Happy Tour, Sugarcult's 'Christmas In California', Elliot Minor, Neurosonic, You Me At Six, Pitchshifter, Hellogoodbye/Say Anything, Funeral For A Friend and Steriogram
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Rockin' America - column by Black Velvet's east coast USA correspondant Suzanne T.
Black Velvet's newest section - 'Me, Me, Me & My Rock CV'. You get to tell us what you do and why you do it. This issue featuring Luisa Mirabilio of Waterfront Records
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