knock knock who's there BOTTLE ROCKET NOVEMBER oh hello

november is freaking awesome for the following reasons:

1. the clocks have gone back, and while the shitty rain can do one, the early darkness is lovely (controversial?). screw s.a.d., i LIKE night.
2. when november finishes, it's pretty much christmas. you can put up your tree and everything.
3. bottle rocket has not one, but TWO events in its calendar.

let's focus on the latter of these points.

tickets for the premiere of Strange Powers (sunday the 21st november!) are on sale now from the GFT box office, and if yer a fan of stephin merritt and the magnetic fields then p-p-p-p-pick yours up now. the night before, bottle rocket will have its regular shindig at nice n sleazys, and you can bet your bottom dollar that merritt's music will crop up once or thrice or more in anticipation of the following day's cinematic feast. otherwise, it will be business as usual, and by business i mean:

11:30PM START!
3:00AM FINISH!
INDIE-POP!
NEW-WAVE!
ROCK N ROLL!
SOUL!
OTHER STUFF WITH A 'BEAT' AND 'RHYTHM' THAT YOU CAN 'DANCE TO!'
£3 ENTRY (OR FREE IF YR THROUGH THE DOOR BEFORE HALF ELEVEN)!

so come along if you fancy a dance and a drink. need further persuasion? here's mr merrritt on the merits of booze:

"sober, life is a prison. shit-faced, it is a blessing
sober, nobody wants you. shit-faced, they're all undressing.
sober, you're old and ugly. shit-faced, who needs a mirror?
sober, you're a cro-magnon. shit-faced, you're very clever."


requests, as always, belong on the facebook event page which you'll be magically transported to should ye click here.