Archive: February, 2009

RIP The Attic/Melt/Unit 3

After several years of being closed, the club I spent a lot of my youth in, is finally being demolished. I have many happy memories of the dark, dingy, poorly run club.

I first attended The Attic when I was  a student at Bucks College, around 1991/1992. It wasn’t my cup of tea then, but when I returned from Uni in Derby I became a regular, spending most Saturday nights there with many of my friends.

I worked in the cloakroom for a while, and in the box office too. I was given my first attempt at putting on a club night there too, Garble, a mixture of indie, metal and hiphop. It only lasted one event before the club closed.

A year or so later it become Melt, complete with a refit of sorts. That lasted a year or 2 before Will turned it in Unit 3. He did a total renevation and made it much less dingy. I helped Will run the lights there for a while, and for a year held Magic there on a monthly basis. We had several after parties there too over the years, which whilst not exactly legal were loads of fun.

Will is getting some photos together from over the years, complete with some taken a few days ago, looking rather messy. Its a sad day, but we all knew it was coming. I will miss the place, even though I haven’t been there in many years.

Beware of FTP Hijacking

After being a victim of this in the past I find this article relevant with some handy tips.

http://blog.cartweaver.com/index.cfm?newsid=56

Evie gets braver

Evie has started to pay more visits to the sofa in the evenings, taking it upon herself to jump up and sit with us for a while. She is still very nervous, and will jump down at the slightest movement, but she is making great progress, and we hope to have her sleeping on our laps within the next year.

Glade Festival 2009 – Venue Announcement

Finally the organisers of the Glade Festival have announced the location of this years festival. You can see the official announcement at their website, where it says its near Winchester… its actually at the Winchester Bowl, a very special venue used by other festivals like Homelands… this was announced at the Ravetalk forums.

I am over the next couple of months I will get some more information about which arenas we (Fushion Sound System) are going to be involved with. I am pretty sure its the same as the last 5 years, but I can’t confirm that just yet.

Waveform presents Tranceformation

Title: Waveform presents Tranceformation
Location: Assembly Rooms, Glastonbury
Description: Another evening of psy-trance
Start Time: 20:00
Date: 2009-03-14

DJs: Galactic Wind, JimJam and Red Earth