Ballroom # 50: Free! Lower Deck Fri March 31st

Holyghost

Holy Ghost Fathers present..

Ballroom #50

Friday 31st of March
The Lower Deck Portobello
Doors 9pm
Free CD-r to the first 100

FREE!!
PLEASE COME ON DOWN AND BRING SOME FRIENDS!



Oak
Betamax Format
The Coldspoon Conspiracy

Oak

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Oak are a mostly instrumental rock/metal band based in Dublin. They played the Ballroom back in July with the promise of "rocking our ball(s) off". We're still looking for those balls...

Betamax Format


Early 80's synth soundtrack inspired new wave. It's "October 1981"; it's gone midnight and you're all alone; you hear a menacing synthesizer warble and a spooky, metallic, other-wordly voice from outside; your death-wish curiosity is stimulated and you enter a dark alleyway to investigate; suddenly, there's a loud crash of drums and before you realise it you're being dismembered by a relentless buzz-saw of raging guitar and bass. Welcome to the world of 80s video nasty soundtracks as unearthed and reanimated by the Dublin underground's furious antidote to limp, sequenced, faux-indie frippery. Caustic and corrosive, vibrant and vehement; Betamax Format know the drill.

http://www.betamaxformat.com

The Coldspoon Conspiracy



The Coldspoon Conspiracy are an Irish band who have just recently re-relocated back to Dublin after spending a year living in Melbourne and touring around Australia and New Zealand. The 4 members of The Coldspoon Conspiracy have all performed in other bands, such as Muddled, Jape, The Action Index, Crayonsmith, Lazybug, Old Man Polka, Goodtime John (band), Jeff Martin (band), The Chimps, Falcon Brest, The Microphones, Warlords of Pez, Life After Modelling and The Pat Cannon.

http://www.thecoldspoonconspiracy.com




The Ballroom romance club opens its doors for the 50th time Friday 31st March in the Lower Deck. Started by the Dublin/Sligo band Holy Ghost Fathers back in June 2002 the Ballroom has seen its stage graced by the likes of local heroes such as The Chalets, The Jimmy Cake, Jape, The Killing Spree, Halfset and acts from the UK, American and Australia such as Josh Pearson (Bella Union records) and Part Chimp (Rock Action Records).

Some Ballroom facts:

1/ Some 6,000 CD-r compliations have been distributed by the Ballroom
2/ In total the Ballroom crew have organised 59 gigs
3/ The Ballroom has seen 236 sets from 143 different acts
4/ Two Ballroom tours have been run around Ireland - in 2004 with Boxes and Holy Ghost Fathers and 2005 with Betamax Format and Trails
5/ The 40th Ballroom was run in Melbourne, Australia
6/ The Ballroom has got the thumbs up from Time Out and the NME


The whole shebang to date...

#1 - Holy Ghost Fathers, Settler, The Evangelists - June 21st 2002
#2 - The Coldspoon Conspiracy, Steerage, Holy Ghost Fathers, Yakuza - 26th July 2002
#3 - Large Mound, Neo Super Vital, Blind Eye View, Richer Than Astronauts - August 2002
#4 - The Warlords of Pez, The Evangelists, Der Spinztahz, The Chimps - 27th September 2002
#5 - Estel, Herv, Jimmy Behan, An Hermetic Collective October
#6 - Holy Ghost Fathers, Omelette, Playground Psychotic, Aurel 1st of November 2002
#7- Deputy Fuzz, Capratone, Delorentos, Nervous Pennies November 15th 2002
#8 - Boa Morte, Settler, Dinah Brand, Mumblin Deaf Ro 13th of December 2002
#9 - The Chalets, Rollers/Sparkers, Gregor 57 19th of January 2003
#10 Stoat, Boxes, Morello, Kevin Doherty (lofine) Friday 31st of January
#11 The Dudley Corporation, The Tycho Brahe, Derrick Devine Friday Feb 14th 2003
#12 Papercop, Herv, The Last Sound, Formika Friday February 28th 2003
#13 Adrian Crowley, El Diablo, Slow River School, Michael Knight March 13th 2003
#14 Holy Ghost Fathers, 66e, Delorentos, Aurel March 18th 2003
#15 Steerage, Halfset, Maersk, Mr. Creosote April 25th 2003
#16 - Drat, Deputy Fuzz, Keith Moss, Robert Blake May 9th 2003
#17 Boxes, Tracer AMC, The Wormholes, Pudget Sound
#18 NPB, Giveamanakick, Richer Than Astronauts, Obsolete 18th July 2003
#19 1st Birthday Ballroom The Sugar Club August 3rd 2003 - Settler, Mumblin' Deaf Ro, Dinah Brand, Holy Ghost Fathers, Papercop, Steerage, Boxes, Drat, Stoat, Herv, Formika, The Last Sound.
#20 Hummingbird, Random, A Spaghetti Western, Holt 19th September 2003
#21 Daemian Frost, The Man and the Machine, Holy Ghost Fathers, Duke Special Friday 31st of October 2003
#22 Registered Nurse (Australia), United Bible Studies, Tilted Tumbler, Hermie in Tweed Friday 28th of November 2003
#23 Thumped @ the Ballroom - xxKnifedxx, The Dudley Corporation, The Tycho Brahe Friday Dec 16th 2003
#24 The Coldspoon Conspiracy, The Waiting Room, Giveamanakick, Rest Friday January 2004
#25 Neosupervital, 66e, House of Mexico, Herm 20th of Feb 2004
#26 Large Mound, Carnival, Velvetron, Northstation Tuesday 16th of March 2004
#27 Andrew McCubbin and the Hope Addicts, Ollie Cole, Jeff Martin, Jesse & Layla Friday April 2nd 2004
#28 NPB, Holy Ghost Fathers, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Robert Blake April 30th 2004
#29 Halfset, Lackluster, Karl Him, LMD64 May 28th 2004
#30 Medea, Rulers of the Planet, Sylvan, Groom June 25th 2004
#31 2nd Birthday Ballroom - Cat on Form, The Jimmy Cake, Nina Hynes, Ten Past Seven, Rest, The Dudley Corporation, Large Mound, Holy Ghost Fathers, 66e, Medea, Northstation, Fairlights, The Man and the Machine. August 6th 2004
#32 Ellison 9, Stanley Super 800, Herm, Paul Woodward October 1st 2004
#33 Yakuza, The Killing Spree, Betamax Format, Kader Fire October 29th 2004
#34 Paper Cop, Thread Pulls, Martha Washington, Trails November 26th 2004
#35 Random, Factro, Mr. Creosote, Crayonsmith (in Toners of Baggot St) Friday 17th Dec 2004
#36 Stoat, Delorentos, Paul O'Reilly, My Brother Woody January 21st 2005
#37 Piney Gir, Dry County, Crumb, Michael Knight, David Creevey
#38 Boxes, House of Mexico, The Immediate. Aurel April 1st 2005
#39 The Immortal Lee County Killers, The High Plane Drifters, Holy Ghost Fathers, Medea April 28th 2005
#40 Registered Nurse, Andrew McCubbin and the Hope Addicts, The Cold Spoon Conspiracy, The Blue Poles (Melbourne) April 29th 2005
#41 (Retards), E+S=B, Moloch in Tyrol, The Clap May 27th 2005
#42 The Maladies, Leya, Long Lost Brother, Dark Room Notes June 24th 2005
#43 Oak, Sylvan, Fairlights, Principles of Shotgun cloning July 2005
#44 Betamax Format, Trails, Queen Kong August 19th 2005
#45 Jape, Groom, Pat Clafferty and the Shells, Panda Kopanda September 30th 2005
#46 Part Chimp, Boxes, Lafaro, Inches October 21st 2005
#47 Josh Pearson, United Bible Studies, Patrick Freyne and his Bad Intentions, The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock November 24th 2005
#48 Neosupervital, Miriam Ingram, Alias Glee, The Butterfly Explosion December 16th 2005
#49 Paper Cut Out, Large Mound, Kidd Blunt, January 21st 2006
#49&1/2 The Dudley Corporation, Love Story in Blood Red, The Lamps, Red Sirus February 24th 2006

Ballroom Tour 2004 featuring Boxes and Holy Ghost Fathers
Ballroom Tour 2005 featuring Betamax Format and Trails

Holyghost

FREE! FREE! FREE!

Amz

Blimey, I feel old. Was at the first ten, but since haven't gotten to go to any.

Hopefully that shall be rectified.

Holyghost

Yep 4 years old in June!

memaeve

Will certainly try to make it to this one - it has been ages!
xm

Holyghost

The memories

Holyghost

This Friday - remember: FREE!

memaeve

Hooray for this! I love free things. Especially good ones like this.
xm

Holyghost

Come down early. Have some spare Ballroom CD-rs from over the years to give out...

Holyghost

Thanks to everyone for coming down. This was crazily packed - at least 250 peeps. Next up BOR 51 - Factro, Envelope and the Ruby Taillights

memaeve

Excellent. A very welcome return from Envelope.
xm