"It's the taking _art that counts"

The idea of us starting all this 0282-related balderdash was:

A - To have a good piss about,

B - to act as a conduit to help expose the multifarious talents of local folk and their creative pals thus creating a peer-support network for such outlets,

C - to manufacture a shop window of sorts to offer an opportunity for various record labels, publishers, promoters, commercially minded twats etc etc, to offer local folks some possibility of exposing their work to a wider audience thus affording the evasive possibility of one day (God forbid) said artists actually receiving some element of recognition and financial recompense for whatever it is they do,

D - to have a good piss about.

Whether the answer be any or all, We're putting this event together where we're gonna be giving art away and in a nutshell we're looking for donations from our creative pals such as your good selves. 

It doesn't have to be an exclusive work - A simple copy of anything you've created previously that you feel happy with us including would be more than amazing.

So far folks have pledged photographs, paintings, screen prints, mix tapes, and CDRs containing musical production. 

This is absolutely NOT about devaluing people's work by giving it away - It's about trying to help create an awareness of the vast amount of incredible stuff that is out there, and to try and increase accessibility and attempt to help demystify preconceptions around the old adages of what art is and how it can enrich lives by giving folks an opportunity to own.

While the conditions of our event prevent us from paying cash-money for any donations, what we can offer is an item from our paltry back-catalogue in exchange should you be remotely interested. 

The event is due to take place in May so we're looking for responses ASAP please.

Feel free to refuse input and call us a set of cheeky gets. It won't be the first time..

And if that wasn't enough to get you all dizzy with excitement, our latest night is this Saturday over at the amazing 3WM in that there Todmorden. Call it anti-digging. Call it an appreciation of the less esoteric tunes out there, regardless of how ace they are. Call it whatever a want. We call it 'Lazy Gets'.... 

14.2.80

A lover's lament on Valentine's, 34 years ago today. Another from the upcoming 0282 tome collecting Mr Pascoe's previously published work, along with a few exclusives....

Copy & Pasted

Well it's nearly that time of year already folks, where whether we like it or not, romance is shoved right down our throats (ooh Matron, Fnarr, Fnarr, etc etc). A time-served occasion affording star-crossed Lovers the opportunity to splurge their hard-earned spondoolix on more heart-shaped trinkets and what-not just as their bank balances begin their post-Yuletide recovery, while ostracisng all manner of singletons because they aren't able to properly celebrate another cynical sales opportunity by greetings card peddlers the world over. Of which we now count ourselves.

Not that we here at 0282 are totally against any form of public or private displays of passion. Or tenderness. Or affection. Or indeed anything along those lines. So let us provide you with these here vessels on which to accompany any amourous activity you may find yourself involved in this Valentine's Day, whether alone with that special someone, with a group of open-minded individuals fuelled by boxed wine, or perhaps an onanistic adventure of your own making. Whatever tickles your fancy, it's fair to say that one thing we can all agree on is the sort of sounds that will get our collective motors running. That's right - Limited edition greetings cards featuring paintings of Bananarama and such crafted by the fair hands of esteemed illustrator Stephen West. Enjoy...

22.12.79

We've had a good do this year. Hope you have and all.
More to come in 2015 including a collection of poems by Donald 'Partially-Sighted' Pascoe compiled from his work during the late 1970s / early 1980s.
It includes this festive doozy...

No. 1 Single..

Hard to believe it's almost 'that' time of year already.
Well it's a good 5 week off yet but the proliferation of baubles and that every time you venture into town has an intoxicating effect.

With Sir Bob, Captain Bono et al chucking their Zucchero-esque caps into the ring to challenge the festive ubiquity of Emperor Cowell and his pie-eyed minions, encouraging apathetic relatives throughout the land to concede that they don't know their grandchildren, nieces, nephews, sons, daughters and such anywhere near as much as they should, and they are directed by the notion that the charts are the solution that will free them of their avuncular / paternal / falsified notions that they care.

It goes without saying how much our previous projects (a badly photocopied social history of Burnley's failed commercial ventures // a photographic record of the time-travelling exploits of a 1970s footballer // several barrels of an entire porter available exclusively at an East Lancs Micro-Brewery) illustrate all too well how we posess a natural instinct for today's consumers and what 'the kids' want, so we figured if anyone could attempt to loosen the stranglehold these various commercial factions have on popular music, it is we. So here's what we've done;

Though completely and totally unrelated to that mop-topped fab four who still continue to sell tons of records, our pals Lipton & Jarvis have adapted a moniker of 'The Beatless' (check the speeling) in homage to classic Yuletide gift misunderstandings, with particular reference to my elderly Aunt who presented my 9 year old self with an off-white robotic 6" plastic monstrosity bubble-backed onto a 'Space Wars' card that one can only assume her cataract-ridden vision regarded said 'gift' as a Palitoy StormTrooper or something. Our relationship never recovered.
Based on extensive research into the most enjoyed contemporary pastimes and public interests in order to give this product maximum popular appeal, our musical chums have recorded a cat walking on a piano, a great deal of tapping, and what sounds like a spaceship or something and mixed it all together. And called it 'No. 1 Single'.

If all those commercial aspects weren't quite enough to assure us the coveted Yuletide top-spot, as football is still very popular with the youth of today, and in keeping with our Number One theme, our good friend Don Pascoe was recorded reading out the names of several of his favourite Burnley FC goalkeepers who all wore The Clarets Number One shirt during the latter part of the 20th century, taking in sporting luminaries who are still widely revered to this day such as Paul Crichton and Tony Woodworth. Unfortunately the tape recorder broke and he appears to be talking backwards but still..
Leaving nothing to chance and keen to make this release as commercially viable as possible we have released it solely on the most accessible format these days - The cassette single.
It retails at £1.99 so give us a shout if you want one.

Accompanying track '25/26' is a short instrumental interpretation of the melancholic feelings that prevail when you find yourself alone as Christmas Day sneaks off for another year and you're sat there with a full belly and empty pockets at midnight waiting for 'Mutiny on the Buses' to commence on BBC2.

Waiting for the Dots...

Nostalgia eh?.
Endearing enduring rose-tinted recall that files away the rough edges of distant memories.
Ours include:
- Winning Darth Vader with Peter Noble in a playtime game of 'Topsies'.
- Watching Andy Ruffell perform mighty horse kicks right next to our classroom.
- Beating St Johns 5-2 thanks in part to a hat-trick from a curly-haired left-winger.
- Sneaking down the park at dinner and trying to 'buck' (ie break) the rocking horse.
- Sitting cross-legged counting down the dots waiting impatiently for 'The Boy from Space'.

All these were drawn from our time at Barden so that's what we've called our ale, natch.
Brewed to perfection by our good friends at Moonstone Brewery, it's currently on sale at the ever-wonderful Ministry of Ale in that there Burnley. It's a flipping winner.

Accompanying our latest release is a fine Porter-fuelled nostalgia-laden library music fest containing several of those 'Schools TV' themes we fondly remember. FIND IT HERE...

Nostalgia eh?. It's not what it used to be - That's for sure...

Another piece...

Last minute reminder about our do 'Jigsaw' over at the marvellous THREE WISE MONKEYS in Tod tomorrow night. Full respect to Gig and the crew there for the incredible amount of support they give to local creative folks, enabling many tip-top events to flourish.

Tomorrow, you can expect more of the same from the, ahem, "critically acclaimed" 0282 Disc Jockeys whose platters that matter will be accompanied by our pal Richard Walker's AMAZING 'White Rabbit Psychedelic Lightshow', a visual treat that would grace any venue.

Fun starts at nine though you'd do well to get down early and sample the delicious cuisine and magic selection of ales. Come and say hello; We'll be the ones stood behind the turntables, Dad-dancing and supping stout...