Friday, March 9th. The Black Box is my new favorite venue because of their truly eclectic programming. This Friday at 1:15 PM, Jigsaw Theater is putting on a lunchtime double bill. The first showcases the maddening bureaucracy one must suffer in order to renew your driver’s license; the second features a protagonist who’s a funeral gatecrasher. You could spend your lunch hour queuing up for a sandwich at Centra or you could mosey on down to the Black Box, have some fair trade coffee, and enjoy what the website describes as “a comic double bill from the warped mind of American satirist Chris Durang.”
Sunday, March 11th. According to a friend of Chris Murray (see photo above) at Hallion, Electric Eel Shock are “visually fucking amazing.” I don’t really know what Chris’s friend meant by that but if that sound’s intriguing to you, check them out. They’re at Auntie Annies at 9pm.
If that isn’t your cup of tea or if you aren’t down for shelling out six quid for amazing visuals, you could go to the John Hewitt where they have just started a Bluegrass night. I’ve never been to this, nor do I have third-hand information about it but I love bluegrass so this is where I’d spend my Sunday night. You be the judge.
Now, I could write more. I could fill up space about the Metallica Tribute band, playing at the Spring and Airbrake on Friday, but I am sick of writing about tribute bands. If you want to spend ten pounds to watch some people rehash Metallica’s greatest hits, go for it, but I’d much rather write about local bands who are playing their own stuff.
So now, the desperate plea. If you are a local musician or artist or actor and you have an upcoming gig, exhibition, or performance, write to me and let me know about it. If you know of anything cool going on in Belfast, write to me and let me know about it. There is so much more to Belfast than tribute bands and a touring show of Cats and I would love to write about it but I can’t do that if I can’t find it.
Don’t forget to book your tickets now for the Belfast Film Festival and don’t forget to write me (and I know I sound pathetic here, I sound like a kid at summer camp, but that’s all part of a desperate plea) and let me know about all these hidden Northern Irish gems that I know exist.
I can attest to an E.E.S show being a fun time.
Posted by: wcbhoy | March 08, 2007 at 04:31 PM
I like eclectic music and art... as far as I know, anyway. I know I can't be there to check out the events, but you got a pretty good post about that stuff, I think.
The visuals thing sounds pretty interesting, though I tend to make some pretty amazing visuals myself. They're over on my deviantart page...
http://judastrainwreck.deviantart.com
(There's only a few right now, but I'm slowly adding to it...)
By the way, what exactly IS the difference between Quid and Pounds and Shillings and Pence and whatever other European currencies there are? I've honestly never known.
Something that might add some extra value to your "events going on in Belfast/Northern Ireland" posts might be some audio. If you know of some events interesting to you, why not go to some of them and record some segments, then put those into LTA or even your own podcast release? What do you think of that idea?
Posted by: Judas Trainwreck | March 08, 2007 at 09:03 PM
We'd like to have local music in future shows - something we'll be exploring!
Posted by: Jett Loe | March 09, 2007 at 04:15 AM
Electric Eel Shock are amazing.
Out and out fun, like Gojira trampling Tokyo while wearing massive fucking clown shoes.
I know it's a bit late, but everyone should try and get down to this, to get down to this!
Posted by: only the ronster | March 11, 2007 at 03:49 PM
There's a touring show of Cats in Belfast! Man, and I'm stuck down here in Dublin.
Posted by: Simon McGarr | March 11, 2007 at 09:05 PM
Don't worry Simon...am sure if you wait a wee while you'll get Cats as well. Lucky you.
Posted by: Jett Loe | March 12, 2007 at 01:54 PM