Sheridan will be down from Hull tonight to see Rome Burns et al at the Man on the Moon. He's staying with us on the boat before heading off to London the next day. He doesn't have internet access right now, but if anyone wants to get in touch with him, if you have his number, give him a call. :-) He'll be in Cambridge from 5-ish (I think).

It seems the relief of pressure, both to get this organised and on the release at work, has eased slightly and given me a chance to think about the masked ball a little. And so some thoughts:

At the moment the title for the event rolling around my head is: The Feast Of Lost Things. Think lace and cobwebs, the decay of the nobility and the path ( Read more... )

Thanks for your thoughts folks; spent the weekend offline and an email from the venue asking if we still were going ahead because they'd had other enquiries finally tipped me to postpone. Will respond to comments later today

[x-posted to jhaelan]

As things stand I have one band provisionally willing to play at the ball, Swarf. Synthpop rather than trad goth but I suspect it should still work. Dress code remains the same, slightly looser perhaps, but the surreality could prove interesting. Enquiries are being made for a second band, but my own contacts and cold-calling haven't provided many ( Read more... )

Recieved an electronic copy of the hire agreement from The Arches today, below; hard-copy has been delayed by Royal Mail :(

( Hire Agreement )

Right, so much to do. First stab at a list, let me know if there's anything I've left out:

Entertainment:

• Bands/DJs: What's the usual way these things work? We shall be approaching the bands (or I will where I know them) but have no idea about things like: what happens with money? merchandise? green room? roadies? supporting vs. headlining? ( Read more... )

Further to the previous post, shall post some thoughts tonight (can't get out early) and take things from there; apologies for not responding to comments sooner but been offline for the past three days

Wondering if some of you fine folk might be up for a wander to a suitable pub early next week to bounce ideas about what needs doing and perhaps who is willing to do it? Some big "to-do's" left on the list: like speaking to bands, organising ticket sales and promotion-related things ( Read more... )

As per previous posts [1, 2], we have confirmation of our booking at the Arches for Friday 27th August, based on the following e-mail:

( Email Body )

Following yesterday's post on suggested venues, I wandered down to The Arches for a poke around and chat to one of the director's. They were in the middle of setting up for an event tonight so there was working going on, but I still came away with a pretty good idea of the place ( Read more... )