Translation anyone?
Congratulations Heather- She won the prize for ‘Most Stylish Girl’ in Newcastle Fashion Week… wearing a Skints Penny jumper and looking absolutely beautiful!
Malta times :)
HELP THE SKINTS
Hello tumblr! I imagine if you follow us on here you already know about what an awful weekend we’ve had. Our van was taken outside one of our homes containing all of our equipment.. Naturally we are devastated. 5 years worth of collecting amps and instruments, Marcia’s dresses and shoes, the boy’s suits and of course the van itself has all been harshly taken away and we have nothing. It’ll take a long time to get back on our feet again but if there’s one thing that could make this better, it’s the overwhelming support that you have shown us. Your generosity has given us a little faith that for every scumbag there are 15,000 other people who are kind, generous and thoughful. To top it all off, the Kingston kings Banquet Records got in touch with us as soon as they heard. They have set us up a donation page and arranged a fundraiser which we will be playing on the 20th May. Click the title for details and watch this space. With or without our instruments we are still THE SKINTS and we will not be beaten by this. All gigs are going on as scheduled, see you there, and remember to keep ordering from our Merch Store!
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Here are all the ticket links for our headline tour in October- with support from The Drop!
OCTOBER 2012:
2nd BRISTOL FLEECE - http://tinyurl.com/cvp2qx6
3rd CARDIFF IFOR BACH - http://tinyurl.com/ch4p345
4th NOTTINGHAM MAZE - http://tinyurl.com/84286ez
5th BIRMINGHAM O2 ACADEMY 2 -http://tinyurl.com/crnbjes
6th MANCHESTER ACADEMY 3 - http://tinyurl.com/cr3qxoa
7th GLASGOW KING TUT’S - http://tinyurl.com/ccey2uv
8th NEWCASTLE TRILLIANS - call 0191 232 1619
9th LEEDS COCKPIT - http://tinyurl.com/chhfhh7
10th NORWICH ARTS CENTRE - http://tinyurl.com/c4yx6mp
11th LONDON SCALA - http://tinyurl.com/czto2uj
Check out this video of us playing our cover of Katy B’s ‘On a mission’ in Nottingham supporting You Me At Six! As far as I know the only vid of us playing it live! Anyone else get any footage?
I don’t know how the weather is where you guys are but it’s bloody rainy here! Make a hot chocolate and revisit our Christmas house for some sweet acoustic tunage :)
Can you spot these musical and lyrical references in Part & Parcel? I have put the exact songs on some of the more difficult ones. I’m sure there are many more that I’ve forgotten! Part of what makes Reggae music what it is is the constant sharing and referencing to other musicians, constant hommages and the recycling of melodies, messages and themes to keep the culture and vibe of this fantastic genre alive. How many can you spot??
Lyrically:
- Inner Circle/Jacob Miller - We ‘A’ Rockers
- Against Me? (in Soundboy)
- Mark Ruff Ryder/Mc Vapour - At School
- Buju Banton - Sound Fi Dead
- Sublime - Guess!
- Bob Marley - Trenchtown rock (Side note- since we began this band we have maintained that Bob was singing ‘The Skints done twelve’ in the chorus of this song)
Musically:
- Grease (Film) - We’ll always be together
- Star Wars - Binary Sunset
- Star Wars - Imperial March
- Bizet - Habanera (from Carmen)
And an extra one- Who can spot which famous Gregory Isaacs bassline we took inspiration from for our cover of Katy B’s On a mission?
Don’t know how he’ll feel about me blogging this picture but I think it’s absolutely adorable.. Josh from The Skints avec Cat
Look at this beautiful picture of Marcia by the very talented Maya Bruce. Really love this Maya!
