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Monday 20th December – The first Annual Southsea Christmas Covers Party

Saturday, December 18th, 2010. Published in Albert Road, Local Events, Music & Bands by

Some of the finest bands in Portsmouth come together to copy a concept from Nottingham – The Annual Christmas Covers Party!

The premise is simple, cram as many bands onto a stage and ask each of them to play three cover songs (not necessarily Christmas songs!). The suggestion is that they should make the original song sound plenty different, change it’s context, or just be damn memorable and funny.

It’s all about bands not taking… themselves too seriously, having a right laugh, and raising as much ca$h as we can for The Rowan’s Hospice.

Entry will be £4. You’ll get more than enough action than you should for that…

Tom Hussey will also be running a carbooty charity bargain basement, expect T-shirts, records and CD’s – all to raise ca$h for our charity Rowans Hospice.

Confirmed so far:

The epic sound that is ATTACK! VIPERS! Portsmouth’s finest hardcore, off the map act, packing all the girth other bands won’t come close to. Back wheels ‘n all. Not in the know? Don’t bother then…
http://www.attackvipers.co.uk

Southsea’s perennial underachievers AEROPLANE ATTACK aim to set the record straight by playing real songs. Not theirs. Some songs might have actual words too! F**K.
www.aeroplaneattack.com

BIG SQUIRREL are the original two piece. Garage rock in the key of experience. These silver surfers don’t need to rehearse, they just know.
http://www.myspace.com/bigsquirrel

WATASHI CALCUTECS are not Japanese calculators, they are a 4 piece with only 3 people – fact. A class of mental calculators known as Calcutecs perform cryptography in a sealed-off portion of their brains, the results of which they are unable to access from their normal waking consciousness.
http://www.myspace.com/watashicalcutecs

THE MARVELLOUS MECHANICAL BAND step into the breach to play their own brand of prog, jazz beefheart infused shenanigans. Bring your winding up keys… mechanical innit.

SMALL COWBOYS are the first act onstage. They’re virgins, but not like that. I’d like them to sound like the cerebral mix of RL Burnside and disco, but it won’t happen. Will it?

Bands will receive complimentary food noms courtesy of @Fox Chef who is returning to the previous high standard of food the fat fox is famed for. Thanks!

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The 2nd Strong Island Ale – Dry Dock No. 1

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012. Published in Features, Food & Drink, Strong Island by

As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.

We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.

To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.






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The Isle Of Wight Randonnee 2012 – Team Strong Island

Monday, May 7th, 2012. Published in Bikes & Cycling, Features by

Just over a year ago, a group of Strong Islanders were sat on the Isle of Wight ferry on our way to the yearly Randonnee cycling event; 60 miles around the island spread across 5 checkpoints. Whilst on the crossing we couldn’t help but admire various enthusiasts and their custom team jerseys. Fast forward a year and it is my great pleasure to unveil the Strong Island cycling jersey. Made as a one off for the event, the jersey is our way of representing this city and all the values that come with it. Thanks to the combined designing efforts of Chris Ballingall and Tristan Savage, we were able to produce this clean, retro looking jersey that 11 of Southsea’s finest could wear to conquer the island’s endless hills. Well done chaps.

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