Looks like I’ll be making a return vist to the Nottingham Contemporary (aka The Fag Packet). Running through Febuary to April they are running an exhibition called Star City that appears to be based around 60′s Russian space imagery. Looks interesting to me, so we’ll give it a go. Plus I’ll probably pick up that nice book of pushout cardboard rocket models they had last time.

And in other incoming nottingham space news, Cels are having another Open Dome event on the 22nd, after the last one I’ll be there again. Details are here

I can’t make this tonight as I’ve got to head down to Kent due to a family bereavement, but it should be a great show:

(Text and flier shamelessly pinched from Torturous Promotions).

Torturous Promotions is proud to present the celebration of frostbitten grimness which is Black Metal Massacre III!

Headlining this coming together of misanthropes are Carpathia from Coventry. Their brand of Black Metal comes with a progressive edge along the lines of Norways’ finest Emperor and Enslaved!
Joining us as Special Guests are Cnoc An Tursa all the way from Scotland!
Finishing off the line-up are Plagues’ Fire from Lincoln and heroes of BMM II Adversary from Leicester!

Carpathia – Progressive Black Metal from Coventry!
www.myspace.com/carpathiametal

Cnoc An Tursa – Celtic Black Metal from Falkirk!
www.myspace.com/cnocantursa

Plagues Fire – Black Metal from Lincoln!
www.myspace.com/plaguesfired

Adversary – True Black Metal from Leicester!
www.myspace.com/adversarybm

Friday 8th of January 2010

The Central Inn,
310 Huntingdon Street,
Nottingham,
NG1 3LH.
Tel:- 07826803941

£5 On the door.
Doors at 19.30

Mixed bag this week.

Monday 26th sees Amon Amarth playing The Rescue Rooms with Entombed supporting. Should be a good gig, and excellent to see another band either picking to, or being moved to the Rescue Rooms rather than suffering the Basement. Not quite sure if we’ll be going yet as we’ve see both bands twice this year, but it should be a great show.

Thursday 29th sees Therapy? playing the Rescue Rooms, with support from Ricky Warwick and You Slut! Been years since I’ve seen Therapy?, I can remember them playing pretty high up the bill at Reading at the height of their popularity though.

Friday and Saturday I’ll not be in Nottingham for gigs, as we’ll be at Wembley for the Fleetwod Mac gigs (eclectic music tastes, we have them).

And then back to Rock City on Sunday 1st Nov to see Absu. Supported by Pantheon I, Razor of Occam and Zoroaster. Looking forward to this one. Was a little miffed when Nachmystium were replaced by Pantheon I, but having a had a listen to some bits and pieces it’s not too bad a swap.