Miscellaneous - 10th Birthday

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published: 21 / 9 / 2008

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JONNY ANSTEAD, STARS OF AVIATION (2 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 2001 and 2006. The Stars of Aviation have played the Pennyblackmusic Bands Night) Stars of Aviation would like to wish Pennyblackmusic a very happy tenth birthday and to thank you for your support and friendship to us over that time. We'll always remember that lovely Pennyblackmusic show at the Spitz. Many happy returns! DAVID ARMES, LAST HARBOUR (2 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 2002 and 2008.) Happy Birthday Pennyblack. It's been a pleasure to be associated with such a great magazine. Thank you for having us. We hope we behaved ourselves - Last Harbourx BETH ARZY AND BOBBY WRATTEN, TREMBLING BLUE STARS (2 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 2000 and 2006.) A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer in your pants. Happy Birthday, PB ! MARK BAKER, WORKHOUSE (Pennyblackmusic Interview, 2002. The Workhouse have played the Pennyblackmusic Bands Night.) Happy 10th birthday to Pennyblackmusic from the Workhouse. Thanks for all your support and encouragement over the years. FELIX BECHTOLSHEIMER, HEY NEGRITA (3 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 2005, 2006 and 2008. Hey Negrita have played the Pennyblackmusic Bands Night.) Happy Birthday Penny Black. Thank you for everything you've done for us over the past 4 years. Not only have you supported us from our very first release but your interviews and reviews have always been the most interesting and well researched. Here's to the next 10 years ! DOM BERRY, OWNER OF SEA RECORDS (Sea Music and its bands have been the subject of various interviews and articles on Pennyblackmusic between 2005 and 2008.) In a time when John Peel is sorely missed and the weekly music press has turned into a glossy gossip column, it's good that you guys are around to fly the flag for real independent music. PAM BERRY, EX-BLACK TAMBOURINE AND THE CASTAWAY STONES, NOW THE (2 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 2002 and 2007). Happy birthday, Pennyblack! Wishing you all much celebratory cake inhalation and a frosty bev for every year you've been around, with hopes that I'll be wishing you the same thing in another decade. AKIS BOYATZIS, SIGMATROPIC (Pennyblackmusic Interview, 2007.) These ten years, Pennyblackmusic offered excellent music coverage to all of us. Our wishes for an even better future! MARK BRADFORD, RAY (Pennyblackmusic Interview, 2007.) Many congratulations Pennyblackmusic from all of Ray on reaching the big 1 0 ! Thanks for the support and all the best for next 10! NATHANIEL CRAMP, OWNER AND PROMOTER OF SONIC CATHEDRAL RECORDS AND CLUB NIGHTS (Sonic Cathedral and its bands have been the subject of various interviews and articles at Pennyblackmusic between 2006 and 2008.) Congratulations Pennyblackmusic on reaching double figures and thanks for some excellent reviews of Sonic Cathedral nights and records along the way. Oh, and for starting a war on Christmas day (private joke). Here's to another decade at least! JEREMY DEVINE, OWNER OF TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LTD (Temporary Residence and its bands have been the subject of various interviews and articles at Pennyblackmusic between 2001 and 2008.) Pennyblackmusic was one of the first international supporters of Temporary Residence Ltd. (along with Rocketgirl, Ptolemaic Terrascope and the defunct Chunky Records). Here's hoping they're still with us when the world ends. Salut! TRIS DICKIN, FORMER MANAGER OF THE SPITZ, EX GLITTERHOUSE RECORDS AND NOW WITH SARTORIAL RECORDS AND SKU EVENTS (Hosted several Pennyblackmusic Bands Night at the Spitz.) Very many happy returns and many, many thanks for the millions of record and gig reviews over the years for The Spitz, Glitterhouse and Sartorial. May your excellent taste last another 10! NATASHA ENGLAND, SOLO ARTIST (Pennyblackmusic Interview, 2008.) Wishing you all everything that is good now and in the future. Have a wonderful 10th Anniversary Celebration. Your dedication and hard work has all been worth it. Looking forward to the next 10 years and beyond. Keep the passion and let the love and the music flow.All my love. ROBERT FISHER, WILLARD GRANT CONSPIRACY (6 Pennyblackmusic Interviews between 1999 and 2008.) Pennyblackmusic is a place where music is considered a valuable resource to aid in the process of living; Can I live there ? WAYNE GOODERHAM, EX-BAPTISTE AND NOW KELMAN (5 Pennyblackmusic Interviews between 2000 and 2008.) Congratulations on your 10th Birthday and sincere thanks for all the support you've given us over the years - without which I can honestly say we wouldn't be where we are today. But we won't hold this against you… Always a genuine pleasure to deal with anyone at Pennyblack. Thanks for everything. Best wishes. CHRISTIAN GOVONI, LA NUIT AMERICAINE (2 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 2001 and 2002.) I've realized it doesn't matter where you have reached at the end, but who has walked with you along the way. I couldn't ask for a better companion on my journey in music. Thank you, Pennyblack, and my best wishes for your next 10 years. MIKE GRIFFIN, WOBBLIES AND CO-OWNER OF CAPTIVE RING RECORDS (2 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 2000 and 2003.) Happy tenth anniversary to Pennyblackmusic. Here's ten empty glasses offered for a few more decades. PAUL HAIG, EX-JOSEF K, NOW SOLO ARTIST AND OWNER OF RHYTHM OF LIFE RECORDS (Pennyblackmusic Interview, 2006. The bands on the Rhythm of Life label have also been the subject of various interviews and articles between 2006 and 2008.) Happy 10th anniversary Pennyblackmusic - from Paul Haig and the ROL label in Edinburgh ! SCOTT HAMILTON, OWNER OF SMALL STONE RECORDS (Small Stone and its bands have been the subject of various articles between 2002 and 2008.) It's hard to believe it's been 10 years since Small Stone was a fledgling record label and Pennyblack was just a pipe and a dream. Well you know what they say about people like us, that are in the music business for the love of the music: We just don't know when to quit. Thanks for all the love. DAVE HARDING, RICHMOND FONTAINE AND HARDING (5 Pennyblackmusic Interviews between 2002 and 2008.) Congratulations to you and Pennyblackmusic. It is always a pleasure to talk with you and to hear your insightful comments and questions. Thanks for supporting Richmond Fontaine for all these years. CHRIS HEALEY, ARCO (2 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 2000 and 2004.) Happy birthday, Pennyblack, from some fellow ten-year-olds ! Thanks (as both musicians and music fans) for being a constant in the battle to give under the radar music a chance to be heard. Come round for cake and sweets sometime... love from arco. NEIL HENDERSON AND KIRSA WILKENSCHILDT, COPENHAGEN (2 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 2001 and 2005.) Happy 10th Birthday Penny Black. We remember you when you were in nappies!!!!! Thanks for your support over the years and here's to the next 10 years. Be good. Copenhagen KERIS HOWARD, EX-BRIGHTER AND HARPER LEE (3 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 2001, 2003 and 2006.) Happy Anniversary Pennyblackmusic. Thanks for all your support over the last ten years and for your continued dedication to providing both bands and fans such a fantastic platform for sharing their love of music. Here's to the next 10. TOBY INGALLS, MAGIC 12 (3 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 1999, 2000 and 2002.) I am so impressed that Pennyblack is 10 years old and that you have expanded your dream into other things like promotion, music nights and radio. You have a lot to be proud of. Keep on keepin' on! WILLIAM JONES, FRIENDS (3 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 2003, 2004 and 2007. Friends have played the Pennyblackmusic Bands Night.) Penny Black has been a great support to us and many other labels and bands over the last ten years. Through reviews, interviews, gigs and sales from their former shop they've helped us to reach thousands of people who would never have known us otherwise. It has become a kind of indie life-support system and we really appreciate all the work that's gone into it. Happy birthday and don't stop now ! JIM KAVANAGH, OWNER OF EGG RECORDS AND EDITOR OF 'SIMPLY THRILLED' FANZINE (Pennyblackmusic Interview, 2006. The bands on Egg Records have also been the subject of various articles between 2006 and 2008.)) Happy birthday ! 1998 ? Was that the dot com boom? I can’t quite remember. Well done for creating and maintaining Pennyblackmusic. I know how much fun it can be, although for me it was 20 years ago in the world of typewriters, Pritt Stick, Letraset, photocopies and scissors. PAULA KELLEY AND AARON TAP, PAULA KELLEY ORCHESTRA (2 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 1999 and 2002.) Happy B'day, Pennyblack ! Thank you for being a friend. JOHN KERTLAND, OWNER OF CAROLINE TRUE RECORDS (The bands on Caroline True Recordshave also been the subject of various interviews and articles between 2006 and 2008.) That all at Penny Black celebrate the 10th anniversary in style, and rich thanks from CTR fom being true advocates of the Independent ethos! ELLEN MARY MCGEE, EX-SAINT JOAN AND NOW SOLO ARTIST (3 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 2002, 2004 and 2005. Saint Joan played the Pennyblackmusic Bands Night three times.) Happy tenth anniversary to Pennyblackmusic. Thank you for the support you have always given to Saint Joan, who have since disbanded. It was always a lot of fun playing your live events. JOE MCKECHNIE, BENNY PROFANE (Pennyblackmusic Interview, 2006.) 10 years old and still in short trousers ? EWAN MCKENZIE, CO-OWNER OF PLATFORM RECORDS (Platform Records and its bands have been the subject of various interviews and articles at Pennyblackmusic in 2008.) Congratulations to all involved with Pennyblackmusic for your 10th anniversary ! It's a wonderful achievment to have lasted this long, but with such a skilled team of writers invloved who show such passion and dedication for music, I'm not surprised. It's been a pleasure for us to be involved. Long may you flourish ! DON MCVINNIE, CO-OWNER OF SOMA RECORDS (Soma Records and its bands have been the subject of various articles at Pennyblackmusic between 2006 and 2008.) Happy Birthday Pennyblackmusic. It’s been a super decade working with you. Here’s to the next 10 years! STEVE MASON, PALACE FIRES (Pennyblackmusic Interview, 2006.) Excellent achievement getting to ten years. Proverbial "nice one son." Thanks for writing about Palace Fires so early on. It made a new band feel a bit taller. RICHARD NEUBERG, VIAROSA (2 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 2005 and 2008. Viarosa have played the Pennyblackmusic Bands Night two times.) Thank you so much for all of your support over the years, Penny Black. And thank you for listening so closely and for offering such valuable insights into the music. Long live Pennyblack! SARAH NIXEY, EX-BLACK BOX RECORDER AND NOW SOLO ARTIST (2 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 2003 and 2007.) Dear Pennyblackmusic, A very happy birthday from the bottom of my dark heart. I raise a glass of champagne to you and wish you 100 more years at least. Kiss. ELOISE AND LAURENT ORSEAU, CO-OWNERS OF THE HINAH LABEL (Pennyblackmusic Interview, 2001. The bands on the hinah label have also been the subject of various interviews and articles between 2001 and 2008.)) Over the last decade, Pennyblackmusic has been preciously supportive of our newborn microlabel, helping us distribute our cds and publishing articles and interviews of the label's bands. Many thanks again and happy birthday! ERIC OSTERMEIER, CO-OWNER OF THE WORDS ON MUSIC LABEL (Pennyblackmusic Interview, 2002. The bands on the Words on Music label have also been the subject of various interviews and articles between 2001 and 2008.)) Thank you, Pennyblackmusic, for 10 years of unparalleled coverage of and riveting interviews with some of the most intriguing artists on both sides of the Atlantic. Happy birthday, and many more, from Minneapolis." THIERRY PACHE, PREDOMINANT LUNATICS (Pennyblackmusic Interview, 2005.) Predominant Lunatics wish Pennyblackmusic all the best for the anniversary! Ten years of excellence indeed ! Thanks for everything and keep up the spirit of good music for the next 100 years ! RICHARD PREECE, LOVEJOY (2 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 2003 and 2006.) Congratulations on your 10th Birthday! - Can it really be that long? All the best for the future and very many thanks for the support you have given me over the years. Have a great celebration! SEAN PRICE, AIRPORT GIRL AND OWNER OF THE FORTUNA POP ! LABEL (4 Pennyblackmusic Interviews between 2002 and 2007. The bands on the Fortuna Pop ! label have also been the subject of various interviews and articles between 2001 and 2008.)) Some magazines write about music so they can hang out with dickhead rockstars and tie up sponsorship deals with converse. Some magazines actually give a shit. Despite the fact I've been continually confused about it's name for the last 10 years, Pennyblackmusic falls firmly in the latter category. How else do you explain the fact that its editor answers his e-mails in the same wee small hours of the night I send them ? Happy Birthday. JACK RABID, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER OF 'THE BIG TAKEOVER', EX-EVEN WORSE AND NOW SPRINGHOUSE AND LAST BURNING EMBERS (2 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 1999 and 2003) Pennyblackmusic is such a fun, valuable resource for music info and awesome interviews that I have forgotten that it didn't always exist. (Thanks for taking up so much of my free time, buggers!) Full congratulations on the fabulous dedication and superb content for a solid decade! And happy fricken birthday!!! SIMON RAYMONDE, EX-COCTEAU TWINS AND NOW OWNER OF BELLA UNION RECORDS (Pennyblackmusic Interview, 2003. The bands on Bella Union Records have also been the subject of various interviews and articles between 2001 and 2008.)) Happy Birthday to my friends at Pennyblackmusic. You have been supporters of the label a long, long time and we have always enjoyed working with you, on shows and for the magazine. We know how much effort goes into these labours of love, and the world is definitely a better place because of you. Here's to the next anniversary. LUC REVERTER, LUCKY R, MELMAC AND CO-OWNER OF THE RONDA LABEL (2 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 2002 and 2004. The bands on the Ronda label have also been the subject of various articles between 2002 and 2006.)) Bon anniversaire chers amis! Champagne for everybody! Thank you 1000 times for your help, support and for sharing the same passion with all of us! Peace. LuckyR + Anaconda = Melmac = Ronda SIMON RIVERS, BITTER SPRINGS (2 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 2003 and 2007. The Bitter Springs have played the Pennyblackmusic Bands Night three times.) penny black kept the springs afloat in hard times many thanks to all of you for the support and that while the NME waits outside prison gates to act like tabloid trash on an exclusive unnecessary dash the good people at penny black remember it's all about the music . bread and butter in the gutter happy birthday to you love Simon and the bitter springs STEVE ROBINSON, EX-HEADLIGHTS AND NOW SOLO ARTIST (Pennyblackmusic Interview, 2008.) A classy music-lovers' site run by classy, music lovers, Penny Black Music is a bit of a treasure, and I'm proud to have been featured on its pages. Wish there was more like them. Anniversary greetings ! MARK ROGERS, CO-OWNER OF LOOSE MUSIC (Loose Music and its bands have been the subject of various interviews and articles on Pennyblackmusic between 2000 and 2008.) Happy 10th, Pennyblackmusic. MIKE TARGETT, HEIST (2 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 2001 and 2004. Heist have played the Pennyblackmusic Bands Night.) Happy Birthday Pennyblack, unlike any other. Champions of the underground and still alive and kicking where others sank without trace. Here's to the next ten years -- your country needs you (still). JIMMY TASSOS, HEAD OF MATINEE RECORDS (2 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 2000 and 2003. The bands on Matinee Records have also been the subject of various interviews and articles between 2000 and 2008.)) Dear Pennyblack - Congratulations on a great ten years and best wishes for the next ten (or so)! We really appreciate your solid support of the label and our bands over the years. DAVID THOMAS, PERE UBU (4 Pennyblackmusic Interviews between 2004 and 2006.) Congratulations to Pennyblackmusic on making it to 10 years. The best way to judge music writers is the quality of their interviews. The interviews I've had with them have been un-ordinary. And, believe me, that can be like an oasis! ANDY THOMPSON, IDIOT SON (Pennyblackmusic Interview, 2004. Idiot Son have played the played the Pennyblackmusic Bands Night three times.) Without the grand folk of Pennyblackmusic we would, in all probability, sink without a trace. Thank you for being our champion. And, indeed, championing all of us underachievers. You are the difference. We'll raise a glass and then another. Happy,happy birthday. Love the idiot son. NIGEL TURNER, OWNER OF PICKLED EGG RECORDS (Pennyblackmusic Interview, 2005. The bands on the Pickled Egg label have also been the subject of various articles between 2002 and 2008.)) Pickled Egg thanks Pennyblackmusic for its continued support over the past ten years (we were born in the same year!), and wishes it every success for the future. WILLY VLAUTIN, RICHMOND FONTAINE AND AUTHOR OF 'THE MOTEL LIFE' AND 'NORTHLINE' (4 Pennyblackmusic Interviews between 2002 and 2007.) Pennyblackmusic, congratulations on ten years ! Thanks for helping out Richmond Fontaine. We really appreciate it ! PETE WEISS, PRODUCER, EX-PETE WEISS AND THE ROCK BAND, NOW THE WEISSTRONAUTS AND SOOL (3 Pennyblackmusic Interviews, 1999, 2002 and 2007.) Happy Birthday, Pennyblackmusic! It's been great to get to know you, read you, speak with you, and learn from you over the past decade. Thanks for all the love and support. May your teens and twenties be just as illustrious! Hugs all around ! BRIAN WHITNEY, C0-OWNER OF TARNISHED RECORDS (The bands on Tarnished Records have been the subject of various interviews between 2005 and 2008.) I appreciate all if the support you have given to our small roster of artists, and how well you keep your ear to the street on the artists you choose to cover. In an abundance of publications competing to win the popularity contest, there are aren't nearly enough like yours who are truly willing to take risks on the music you review and artists you interview. MARKUS WILHELMS, OWNER OF THE AUFGELADEN UND BEREIT LABEL (Pennyblackmusic Interview, 2006. The bands on the Aufgeladen und Bereit label have also been the subject of various articles between 2006 and 2008.) Aufgeladen and Bereit is very thankful for real "independent" journalism!!! It`s good to know that you are around. Best wishes for the next 10 years!!! The Pennyblackmusic birthday card was designed by Olga Sladeckova.