http://kamakura.co.uk/index.php Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:01:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Hastings Bike Festival (Sunday 20th July) was small and friendly event held at the Boat Club. We played under sunny skies along with a saxophone trio, a guitar and drum duo, a solo guitarist, and a comedian. The audience were great! As gigs go it was a goody. Thanks, Bernie. http://kamakura.co.uk/index.php/2008/07/23/a-goody/ We're playing The Hastings Cycling Festival on the 20th July. It takes place 'somewhere near the fishing huts ....' Scant information, I know. We're on at 7.30 - 8.30pm, so come along and say hi! http://kamakura.co.uk/index.php/2008/07/02/hastings-cycling-festival/ Yep, it's nearly spring, the daffodils are flowering and the band is busy rehearsing. There's a lot of news, but at the moment it's kinda hush-hush: so I can't say more. Even if I could I probably wouldn't as it's been my frequent observation that talking about a 'thing' often buggers ... http://kamakura.co.uk/index.php/2008/02/28/spring-ahoy/ Mick - bless his cotton socks - has bought himself a keyboard. It's a Roland something or other with 76 shiny keys. This means I get to have my clapped out old E-15 at home again. Now I need to re-plumb my studio, and I'll have another album of fresh ... http://kamakura.co.uk/index.php/2007/10/03/news-yes-indeed/ on 26th July we're playing Poor Boys Cafe, Queens Road, Hastings, East Sussex. Come along, and say hello! Nick & Mick http://kamakura.co.uk/index.php/2007/07/13/poor-boys-gig/ On Saturday the 5th of May Kamakura played at the Poor Boys Cafe in Hastings. They went on at 9.00pm. to rapturous indifference and performed a two hour set of original songs to the awe-struck man in the corner. As the gig progressed, the place filled up (a few more ... http://kamakura.co.uk/index.php/2007/05/11/gig-at-the-poor-boys-cafe-in-hastings/ I like rehearsing, I enjoy rehearsing, but if we don't start gigging more often I'm gonna ... well, explode. We need an agent. Now, if not yesterday. Nick, the antsy. http://kamakura.co.uk/index.php/2007/05/03/endless-rehearsing-tedium/ Thursday 5th April saw us playing at the Poor Boys Cafe in Hastings. It was packed, which was great, the only slight downside is that you can't get more than forty people in the place. It was an intimate gig. :) A very dear friend who we hadn't seen in years, ... http://kamakura.co.uk/index.php/2007/04/10/gig-at-the-poor-boys-cafe/ Feeling like death warmed up (strep throat - penicillin etc ) we turned up, set up, and played two 45 minute sets. We went down really well, have been re-booked, and got another venue wanting us too. The best thing was watching a total stranger singing along with the chorus to ... http://kamakura.co.uk/index.php/2007/02/26/last-nights-gig-at-the-smugglers/ We've put spam protection in place. Now if you want to comment, there's a simple maths problem, and you type the solution in a box! Neat. huh? It should deal with other computers, but not those wicked folk who earn a living, cutting and pasting reams of dubious pron sites, ... http://kamakura.co.uk/index.php/2007/02/19/spam-protection/