Dear peeps
Hope you're all bursting at the seams from cripsy duck, dim sum and merriment. We're revelling in our Chinese heritage and wish you a happy and prosperous 2009... but before we cross that line we want to take you on a journey back through our top 8 dates of 2008.
Carrying our P.Rev banner, we only worked the last six months of the year, but here are some of the best moments we managed to squeeze in...
June, 26 * Nearly dying listening to Does It Offend You, Yeah? Hadouken! and Black Ghosts at Rock Ness, then scoring Fake Blood off Theo and Simon from Amber's MySpace crush the Black Ghosts.
Black Ghosts & Purple Revolver
* Discovering Calvin Harris says 'Oooh!' in real life after talking him onside for a scary party publicity stunt to coincide with his next release... Any sponsors or friendly fires interested in this project should hit us up...
Purple Revolver & Calvin Harris sandwich
July, 7 * Talking noodles with Bobbly Steeles aka RZA and hearing from him that QT enjoyed our Death Proof party and Liverpool bar-hopping session before later enjoying a Wu rollie with him backstage at The Picket. Best 2008 show in Liverpool wethinks.
Sept, 3 * Hercules & Love Affair show at the Thekla, Bristol... cosmicfunkdisco rocked the love boat. Small crowd but huge vibes from our top music group to emerge last year. Our favourite disco-funk show of the year yo. We also caught them at Becks Fusion Manchester and Creamfields.
Purple Rev & Hercules & Love Affair rhythm section
(Guy, Andy R, Morgan)
Aug, 16 * Emptying the keg at Nerd Fest, Detroit Comics, Michigan and coming close runner-up in the shortest shorts contest to local pro-wrestler D-Ray... Grrr!
* 08-08-08... The madness that was our Eternal Eightfalls party in NYC with Princess Superstar and Felix Cartal. We arrived only to be told the original venue Studio B had been shut down by the authorities six days before the show.
Favourite moment... fearing for our lives as the Polish club boss and his bouncer with his arm in a sling invited us upstairs in the deserted club to count our cash deposit return. Very Goodfellas. Big thanks to Guy Licata for hooking us up with the alternate venue and all the people who showed up and showed love.
Aug, 23 * Backstage at Creamfields... watching Andy Butler getting mobbed by random music media types including Young, Black and Gifted. When he strolled past us had a chat and told Amber: 'I got your e-mail' bout the invite to our NYC gig. Swoon... Also running out of Terratag tees for Ashton Kutcher look-a-like Herve, giving Theo (Fake Blood) the shirt off my back.
Nov, 13 * Hadouken! and DJ TigerStyle Stripes Go Faster disco at Carling Academy. Blagging the lads into the Magnet for free post-gig by telling the guy on the door they were Muse. Ha ha they weren't very impressed, wanted to go for Radiohead.
Hadouken! on the decks (pic: Dave Evans)
Looking forward to what we've got going on in 2009...
The Bluecoat vintage, music clothes swap fair...
Sound City music festival.. B.O.B. unsigned show, Surrealism...
Everton Tigers... top of the BBL, we bring the funk to England's best professional basketball team. Come check them out Friday nights at Greenbank Sports Academy www.everton-tigers.com
Street teaming... do you want to get into gigs free and be at the forefront on the industry's hottest murketing force? We have many opportunities coming up soon... All American Rejects, Elbow, General Fiasco, Hollywood Undead, V.V.Brown, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Skint & Demoralised, Filthy Dukes, Gay Blades among others.
So Happy Chinese New Year from Purple Revolver... Boom!
Best wishes
Amber and Andy
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