IDIOT BLOG
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23/12/07 - NEW IDIOT JOY SONG -
(demo version)
23/11/07 - Section 24, Idiot Joy, Oh Lovely Lie, Stop & Eject - all live at The Maze.
14/07/07 - Idiot Joy confirmed for the Global Village Peace Gathering in Lincoln.We are playing Saturday evening 14th July.
25/05/07 - Idiot Joy will dust off the cob webs and make loud crashing an banging noises at the Maze in Nottingham.
29/12/06 - right.. the end of another year. Happy New Year. Have a goodun.
We are taking a few months off to write some new material. See u soon.
25/12/06 - RIP James Brown - IDIOT JOY hero / influence
17/12/06 - Idiot Joy play at the ASBO in Nottingham.
Thanks to the ASBO crew for a great night.
17/12/06 - Thanks to The Maze, Overvibe and King Claw and all who came down. Ace Night.
Read a review of the gig here.
Clip from the Maze gig below -
15/12/06 - IDIOT JOY play at The Maze with Overvibe, Big Gay Following and Kingclaw.
This is our Friday night Chrimbo gig - hope to see u there.
27/10/06 - IDIOT JOY confirmed to play at the Game City Interactive Entertainment Festival.
It runs from 25th - 29th October (event list).
we are supporting NARCO on Friday 27th at KUDOS, Thurland Street, Nottingham.
For gig info click here. For tickets and online box office click here.
6/9/06 - www.IDIOT JOY.com is 2 years old. Happy Birthday.
??/?/06 - IDIOT JOY track featured on a musicNerve.com podcast. Our track is about half way in.
12/8/06 - IDIOT JOY play at The Maze with Big Gay Following and Delirium Funk.
15-16/7/06 - IDIOT JOY play at the Global Village Peace Gathering, Lincolnshire.
We all have a jolly nice time. PICS
11/7/06 - RIP Syd Barrett - IDIOT JOY hero / influence
11/6/06 - IDIOT JOY play at The Maze as part of the Drop in the Ocean benefit raising money for aid projects. Drop in the Ocean MySpace page. pic
Update : Drop in the Ocean 2006 raised a massive 27,200 quid !! WOW :-)
31/5/06 - A baby boy!! Congrats Harrie and Nick V.. 5th member of Idiot Joy Juniors - Sonny
7/3/06 - RIP Ivor Cutler - Poet, musician, and IDIOT JOY hero / influence.
23/2/06 - NEW!!! IDIOT JOY MySpace page is here !!
21/12/05 - Have a happy Christmas and a top New Year!
18/12/05 - Thank you to Martin Mooch and Becky for a top night at the Golden Fleece..
And for putting up with us at their after party :-) (ps. love Tripod the cat)
17/12/05 - Thank you to Jay and the Loggerheads crew. IDIOT JOY play the launch do. PICS
28/11/05 - IDIOT JOY to play at the Golden Fleece on Sunday 18th December 2005 -
105 Mansfield Road, Nottingham, NG1 3FN. MAP
Apparently it has been refurbished and is really swanky inside!
28/11/05 - Thank you to the Demo crew for a great night...happy 1st birthday!! Some pics here.
1/11/05 - IDIOT JOY have confirmed they will play at "DEMO" at BluePrint,
509-511 Alfreton Road, Radford, Nottingham on Saturday 26th November 2005.
"DEMO" is a a monthly event at Blueprint in Nottingham, with the proceeds going to different charities.
19/10/05 - New MP3 added of our new song "Maximum Satisfaction"... check out the MP3 page.
13/10/05 - I have added some pics of the George Tavern Idiot Joy gig to my Flickr page.
Or view as a slide show!!
26/9/05 - Contrary to posters seen in Nottingham area, Idiot Joy are NOT playing in the Frog and Onion pub, Noel st, Notts.
This is due to a situation beyond our control!
17/9/05 - Funny graphitti in the George Tavern, London.
17/9/05 - IDIOT JOY + Popgang + The Rollison Affair + DJs Monkey & Drive
The George Tavern, 363 Commercial Road, Stepney, London. E1 0LA
Idiot Joy on stage at 9:30pm. Admission free. Download FLIER (A5 print size). pics
22/8/05 - RIP - Dr. Robert Moog. full details from BBC
4/8/05 - Tash has put some photos of the Nottingham Music Fest on his photo Blog site..check it here.....Big thanks to Tash for the pics and Anthony for the PA / booking.
30/7/05 - IDIOT JOY confirmed to play the Nottingham Music festival (on the Arboretum - 30th July 2005), also playing are Grain and Old Basford.
18/6/05 - IDIOT JOY will play at - Moo (Sat 18th June)
18/5/05 - *bug fixes* - links page now scrolls. Pictures can be seen without scrolling.
13/5/05 - History page updated, thanks Justin :->, also we've added more pics.
2/5/05 - IDIOT JOY, Old Basford, The Stoatz play at Moog Bar (our local!!)
30/4/05 - "Rory Fest" in Sherwood Forest (Rory's birthday), bands included -
IDIOT JOY , Urban Space Lab, Old Basford, Trickster, Wholesome Fish, The Shod Collective, Stone Soul Picnic .
8/4/05 - www.IDIOTJOY.com is six months old - thanks to everyone who has visited thus far.
2/4/05 - IDIOT JOY to play in Hackney, London. Resist G8 benefit. Squat party! FLIER Pic Pic
28/3/05 - IDIOT JOY will play at "The Moog" with Old Basford.. Pic
13/3/05 - pics of Shakedown event and Frog and Onion gig added here
13/3/05 - pics of the Shakedown event by Alan Tash Lodge here and here
12/3/05 - IDIOT JOY will appear at "Shakedown"
4/2/05 - big thanks to Adrian Towell for filming the Back-Up video at Sola.
4/2/05 - watch IDIOT JOY video of "back up" live from Sola festival.
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4/2/05 - please join me in welcoming Dave Bamford as percussionist and brand new 5th member of IDIOT JOY.
4/2/05 - IDIOT JOY to play at the Frog and Onion pub, Noel Street, Forest Fields, Nottingham on friday 4th February 2005. FLIER Admission is free.
Thanks to Dave the landlord at the Frog & Onion pub and Martin for the sound engineering.
22/12/04 - IDIOT JOY would like to wish everyone a momentous and splendid Christmas, and top new year!
16/12/04 - congratulations to Ian and Tracey on the birth of their son Austin at 5:04am - 8lbs 10
2/12/04 - IDIOT JOY adverts appear in "The Getaway 2 : Black Monday" video game for Playstation 2 - pic
21/11/04 - IDIOT JOY would like to sincerely thank each and every person who braved the Blue Prints 3rd birthday party on Sunday 21st November - pic
Your gumption and fortitude must be commended.
4/11/04 - RIP L.P.V.
26/10/04 - RIP John Peel - a huge influence on us all - he'll be sadly missed -full details from BBC
25/10/04 - a big thank you to OLD BASFORD for lettin us use their amps for the last three gigs... cheers boys.. and to Debbie for the awesome fried breakfast on Sunday morning.
23/10/04 -IDIOT JOY / OLD BASFORD , Moog bar Nottingham.
22/10/04 - IDIOT JOY / OLD BASFORD , BAR NONE in Hockley, Nottingham.
17/10/04 - Thanks to everyone at "Beyond ESF" for the rockin gig at Middlesex Uni - pic
30/08/04 - Indy - much loved dog of Jusitn passed away peacefully at the Sola festival. RIP - tribute pics here
30/08/04 - IDIOT JOY play The Sola Festival. Thanks to the Sola crew - great festival - pics here
26/08/04 - Ian and Tracey get married - Idiot Joy play a couple of songs to celebrate! - pic.
Here's a pic of the lovely Tracey in her monkey suit.
8/7/04 - IDIOT JOY play The Nags Head pub in Nottingham - pic
23/12/03 - IDIOT JOY play at Squeeks Christmas party - Bar None - pic
6/9/03 - IDIOT JOY reform for Sola festival - pic
