Not Many Experts

Returning to school at the tail end of (another) disappointing summer has its fair share of negative connotations for me. Constant, niggling illnesses that somehow always manage to skilfully balance themselves somewhere unpleasant but not quite serious enough to stay off school. The inevitable Mondays spent being ridiculed for the “unavoidable” hedonistic activities of the weekend. Waiting for a lift in the cold, wet mornings, wondering just how it is possible that everybody in the whole flunking country seems to be able to adhere loyally to Greenwich Meantime like some sacred British institution, with the singular exception of the one person who’s ignorance of such a phenomenon of time keeping has the result of you getting exceptionally and unbelievably wet.

Such a time might verge on unbearable if it were not for the fact that, at the same time as such invaluable knowledge as the origins of the Liverpool Overhead Railway is being imbibed by your flaccid brain, the frankly insane people over at Liverpool’s Chibuku Shake Shake are putting together their twisted heads and combining them to conjur up line ups of the finest calibre. All this, of course, only provides me with more moments to engage in the “unavoidable” hedonistic activities of weekends. And so the cycle continues.

Chibuku posters are no stranger to famous and talented names, but the demi gods who curate these line ups announced today what is, in my opinion, their strongest line up to date:

Chibuku Shake Shake
Saturday 17th October
The Masque / Seel Street / Liverpool

Theatre
Special guest TBA
Fake Blood

Ink
Chibuku present Heartbeat
Aeroplane (dj set)
Wandy
Phil Cooper
Luke Carr

Loft
Chibuku present Dubpolice
Caspa & Rusko
Joker
SixAM

General & Ticket information
Chibuku info / 0151 706 8045 / www.chibuku.com
Tickets available from
www.chibuku.com/shop
www.ticketline.co.uk / 0161 8321 111
www.ticketweb.co.uk
www.skiddle.com

Need I say any more, really? I am quite aware that lazy journos over-use that phrase religiously, but, on this occasion, I think it may just be true. The poster says it all. Fake Blood is fast making 2009 his year, and Aeroplane’s DJ set is quite possibly the best I have ever seen. Add a touch of top quality dubstep and… well; hello hedonism!

Calvin Harris – Ready For The Weekend (Fake Blood Remix)

Fake Blood – I Think I Like It (Removed by request)

Fake Blood – Mars (Hervé Remix)

Sébastien Tellier – Kilometer (Aeroplane Italo ‘84 Remix)

May I also mention that if you live in the California area, head over to this post to win free tickets to see Wolfgang Gartner!

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