<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211888613034613112</id><updated>2012-01-28T07:54:33.670Z</updated><category term='New and politics'/><category term='First Gig'/><category term='Beech Road Festival'/><category term='guarded praise'/><category term='Remix'/><category term='Single'/><category term='Writing and Poetry'/><category term='Peacock'/><category term='Chorlton'/><category term='convoluted reviews'/><category term='High Voltage'/><category term='White Rose Movement'/><category term='Band(ism)'/><category term='Xander'/><title type='text'>Band(ism) Blog</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Band(ism)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12765783069942741284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211888613034613112.post-8178277096200418852</id><published>2007-03-15T23:20:00.001Z</published><updated>2007-03-15T23:20:05.986Z</updated><title type='text'>We've Got Badges</title><summary type='text'>It finally had to happen. We now have badges.      So if you want the world to know that you're a  FUCKING COOL ARTIST or proudly display a doodle of Robin Nature-Bold upon your  breast myspace us sharpish (www.myspace.com/bandism).  We've  not got many of them so these badges are exclusive!  Get one before they go  like the proverbial Hot Cake.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/feeds/8178277096200418852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8211888613034613112&amp;postID=8178277096200418852' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default/8178277096200418852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default/8178277096200418852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/2007/03/weve-got-badges.html' title='We&apos;ve Got Badges'/><author><name>Band(ism)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12765783069942741284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211888613034613112.post-3134415805919345298</id><published>2006-11-23T19:11:00.001Z</published><updated>2006-11-23T23:55:59.060Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Remix'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Single'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Xander'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peacock'/><title type='text'>Peacock(ism) Remix(ism)</title><summary type='text'>Hello good people.  As we draw ever closer to the release of the Peacock exciting things are afoot.  Manchester Superstar DJ Xander has given us the full Dancefloor Treatment with a remix so House it'll make you homeless. Check it out at his lovely myspace.www.myspace.com/xanderphushOther remixes are to follow so bate your breath.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/feeds/3134415805919345298/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8211888613034613112&amp;postID=3134415805919345298' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default/3134415805919345298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default/3134415805919345298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/2006/11/peacockism-remixism.html' title='Peacock(ism) Remix(ism)'/><author><name>Band(ism)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12765783069942741284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211888613034613112.post-8413126255647254880</id><published>2006-11-19T20:20:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-11-19T20:24:47.055Z</updated><title type='text'>Historic Reviews</title><summary type='text'>Posterity is a great thing and a thing which strikes on Sunday afternoons when it's raining.  In honour of this I'm going to start adding in past Reviews to this blog. I'm going to put them in quotes and they will be listed for reasons of study so no one can get upset about copyright and infringement and all that jive.  By setting the dates historically hopefully the researchers of the future </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/feeds/8413126255647254880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8211888613034613112&amp;postID=8413126255647254880' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default/8413126255647254880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default/8413126255647254880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/2006/11/historic-reviews.html' title='Historic Reviews'/><author><name>Band(ism)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12765783069942741284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211888613034613112.post-7707269737400813431</id><published>2006-11-15T00:17:00.001Z</published><updated>2006-11-15T00:18:40.410Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='First Gig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Band(ism)'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beech Road Festival'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chorlton'/><title type='text'>1st Ever Band(ism) Gig at Beech Road Festival</title><summary type='text'>1st Ever Band(ism) Gig at Beech Road FestivalOriginally uploaded by bandism. Today has been a day for archiving.  And look.  I have found the earliest Band(ism) relic, a photo of the fledgeling young men on stage at the Beech Road Festival back in 2004.  Feel free to flick our flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bandism/) for more fond reminiscence. Feel free to email us with your photos of our </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/feeds/7707269737400813431/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8211888613034613112&amp;postID=7707269737400813431' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default/7707269737400813431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default/7707269737400813431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/2006/11/1st-ever-bandism-gig-at-beech-road.html' title='1st Ever Band(ism) Gig at Beech Road Festival'/><author><name>Band(ism)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12765783069942741284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211888613034613112.post-2856819762491186438</id><published>2006-11-14T21:11:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-11-14T22:25:06.467Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='convoluted reviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Band(ism)'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guarded praise'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='White Rose Movement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Voltage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peacock'/><title type='text'>High Voltage Review - Translation</title><summary type='text'>High Voltage, a lovely Manchester Club Night / Record Label / Zine gave our single Peacock a review.  While it contained words and I recognised those words as being English, that was where my comprehension ended.  While I am flattered that our work has been reviewed in the style of Finnegans Wake and I'm thankful for the lack of Kubrick references, I wanted to know what the reviewer was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/feeds/2856819762491186438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8211888613034613112&amp;postID=2856819762491186438' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default/2856819762491186438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default/2856819762491186438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/2006/11/high-voltage-review-translation.html' title='High Voltage Review - Translation'/><author><name>Band(ism)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12765783069942741284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211888613034613112.post-8796709259380209708</id><published>2006-10-27T20:36:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-11-14T22:27:16.899Z</updated><title type='text'>This Monday Free Fun to all ITC goers!</title><summary type='text'>Dear Bandista'sRE: In The City...Yes, we gave in in the end and we are NOW happily playing In The City on a funday Monday 30th Oct with the mighty Generalissimos, The Maple State, Kni9hts and Beck's favorite myspace band The Delicate Hammers and according to the Blowout website we shall be gracing the stage at 9.30pm...Other news:We have sterilised our myspace page as it was looking like the back</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/feeds/8796709259380209708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8211888613034613112&amp;postID=8796709259380209708' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default/8796709259380209708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default/8796709259380209708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/2006/10/this-monday-free-fun-to-all-itc-goers.html' title='This Monday Free Fun to all ITC goers!'/><author><name>Band(ism)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12765783069942741284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211888613034613112.post-6397620385005169713</id><published>2006-10-27T19:41:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-11-14T22:29:33.354Z</updated><title type='text'>Band(ism) debut single set for 27th Nov '06</title><summary type='text'>'Peacock' &amp; b-side 'Margate (Acoustic)'Part 1:Monday 27th November 2006Download (itunes &amp; hmv)  &amp; CDPart 2:Monday 22nd January 2007Limited Edition 7" Off-White Vinyl(including an artwork print by Len Horsey)On Guy Lovelady's Little Bird a new karmic sauce labelBand(ism) are a Manchester based pop-punk-folk, theatrical audio art project with edgy edges. They've been classed as "more surreal than </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/feeds/6397620385005169713/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8211888613034613112&amp;postID=6397620385005169713' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default/6397620385005169713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default/6397620385005169713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/2006/10/bandism-debut-single-set-for-27th-nov.html' title='Band(ism) debut single set for 27th Nov &apos;06'/><author><name>Band(ism)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12765783069942741284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211888613034613112.post-8823549034370809772</id><published>2006-10-18T20:43:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-11-14T21:43:43.062Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New and politics'/><title type='text'>I've been told I've got a big nose...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Bandista'sIt's been an eventful year for us, so far, fending off unwanted adoration and unconducive record deals and creating new members from ex-lovers ribs and bits of plasticine! I now find myself with the tattoo of 'Entertainment Won't Save You!' on the inside of my eyelid - to round it off.With new songs aplenty - we're about to release our first single through the exceptional and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/feeds/8823549034370809772/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8211888613034613112&amp;postID=8823549034370809772' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default/8823549034370809772'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default/8823549034370809772'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/2006/10/ive-been-told-ive-got-big-nose.html' title='I&apos;ve been told I&apos;ve got a big nose...'/><author><name>Band(ism)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12765783069942741284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211888613034613112.post-357930057291001651</id><published>2006-09-17T20:43:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-11-14T21:50:16.100Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Writing and Poetry'/><title type='text'>Dear Dr. Goose!</title><summary type='text'>Re: 'Time Is A Medium That We Exist Within...'I hope all is chipperello! I'm sorry to hear that your 'Conceptextual-Machine' has broken and that your deadline for 'The Someone Collective' is now imminent. I was originally hoping to elaborate upon a new plethora of performances in this letter, one being at the Tate Modern later this year, this shall have to wait until our next correspondence. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/feeds/357930057291001651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8211888613034613112&amp;postID=357930057291001651' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default/357930057291001651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default/357930057291001651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/2006/09/dear-dr-goose.html' title='Dear Dr. Goose!'/><author><name>Band(ism)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12765783069942741284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211888613034613112.post-5022911005710648794</id><published>2006-05-02T20:24:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-11-19T20:35:42.995Z</updated><title type='text'>Indirect  (Student Direct) May 2006 by Thom Gibbs</title><summary type='text'>"... What strikes me at this point is how interchangeable these band members are.  Faded jeans, tight shirts, suit jackets, complicated fringes.  I'm sure this has got a lot to do with my choice of venues but the people on stage are overwhelmingly white and male.  The music being produced is reasonably different, band from band, but most fits very snugly into the mainstream.  That's no crime in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/feeds/5022911005710648794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8211888613034613112&amp;postID=5022911005710648794' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default/5022911005710648794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8211888613034613112/posts/default/5022911005710648794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bandism.blogspot.com/2006/05/indirect-student-direct-may-2006-by.html' title='Indirect  (Student Direct) May 2006 by Thom Gibbs'/><author><name>Band(ism)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12765783069942741284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
