Join us at Film City, Glasgow on Friday 28 October for the Black Bottle Halloween party club night with sounds by DJs Harri (Sub Club), Dave Congreve (RGC/Leftroom/Soma) and James McArdle (Construct). We’ve wangled a free ticket deal with the organisers for all Radio Magnetic listeners.

All you need to do to take advantage of this offer is like Black Bottle on Facebook, go to Film City (the old Govan Town Hall in Glasgow) and tell the people on the door you’re with Radio Magnetic. We’ll sort you out.

You’ll also get a free Black Bottle whisky cocktail on arrival. If you haven’t had that particular whisky before, try it. It’s from Islay and is our favourite blend, and we really like whisky. We really like house music too which is why we’re looking forward to some serious sets by all three acts on the bill. To get you in the party mood, check out these tracks and mixes.

Dave Congreve Live @ The Bomb May ’99. by Dave Congreve

DJ Harri ‘The Pleasure Principle Mix’ Feb 2011 by Pleasure Principle

http://soundcloud.com/dave-congreve
http://www.myspace.com/subclubharri
http://soundcloud.com/pleasure-principle/dj-harri-the-pleasure
http://www.mixcloud.com/CONSTRUCT/james-mcardle-construct-the-burgundy-house-los-angeles-220411/
http://www.facebook.com/blackbottlewhisky

Support Abi Wingate on her return to Edinburgh as she’s cycled from Thailand to Edinburgh over the past six months, raising money for the Scottish Mental Health Association (SAMH) alongside awareness of issues around suicide prevention.

Long time friend of Radio Magnetic, Abi Wingate has made an epic journey from her home in Chang Mai, Thailand returning to Edinburgh, travelling some 15,000 kms on her bike.

She’s returning to Edinburgh this Saturday where you can join her as she cycles through Dunbar at 10am, then Haddington at 11am and the Dalriada pub in Portobello at 1pm. If you’d like to show your support you can help Abi as she’s been fundraising for the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) so is looking for volunteers to help reach her £20,000 target.

Her story is inspirational.  After realising she was suffering from depression and following the death of a friend to suicide, Abi was inspired to cycle from Thailand to Scotland, raising awareness of mental health issues and suicide prevention. Her project has been 100% self-funded, so if you feel so inclined, showing your support of her mammoth mission will no doubt be hugely appreciated not least by Abi who’s been on the road, mostly sleeping in a tent for half a year!

Not only has Abi been powering herself home she’s also been blogging, tweeting and recording her journey using Flickr, and audioBoo. You can listen to one of her more recent audioBoo’s recorded in Austria.

If you’re able to help out or want to join her on the last leg of the journey, please contact brendawingate@hotmail.com.

justgiving.com/cycleinstead
cycleinstead.com
facebook.com/cycleinstead
twitter.com/cycleinstead
audioboo.fm/cycleinstead
flickr.com/cycleinstead

Abi Wingate is cycling from her home in Thailand back to Edinburgh, Scotland where she was brought up. She’s over a month into her epic journey, to raise awareness about suicide prevention and raise much needed funds for the Scottish Association for Mental  Health, SAMH.

Abi previously fronted shows for Radio Magnetic over the past decade and she returns with AudioBoo, her audio diary from China where access to Twitter and Facebook is not possible. In this episode, Day 37 she’s in China, en route to Shangri La and she’s just woken up on an outdoor basket ball court in a school…

Justgiving.com/cycleinstead

Facebook.com/CycleInstead

AudioBoo.fm/CycleInstead

Twitter.com/CycleInstead

Flickr.com/photos/cycleinstead/

She’s set herself an admirable £20,000 fundraising target for the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) and, only a couple of weeks into the challenge, is already 8% on target.

Visit Abi’s blog to find out how she’s getting on. Throughout the journey Abi, and her travelling companion Jaye, will be posting blogs, tweeting updates, sharing photos and recording audio and video clips.

Here’s the first audio recordings that Abi sent us from her travels. We’ll keep you updated with news on her progress as it happens.

We have 5 winners for Graham Coxon’s gig this evening, that’s Thursday 12 November 2009, at Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall.  If you managed to click away to his wikipedia page entry or smarter still his very own website, then you should know that he has produced seven solo albums.

The lucky winners, each to receive a pair of tickets, are Gillian Kyle, Jennifer McGlone, Thomas Eklund, Mark Porciani and Nicola Bate. Well done to you all. We’ll email gig details to you shortly. Enjoy yourselves!

Tickets are still available from the venue directly or you can try:

gigsinscotland.com

More info on the gig and Graham Coxon below.

grahamcoxon.co.uk
thequeenshall.net

We’ve been offered 5 pairs of tickets for the Queens Hall gig in Edinburgh, this Thursday 12 November.

Lets hope he doesn’t sample any Edinburgh seafood in advance of his Queens Hall performance though,  as that was this the reason Blur arrived late to their in summer headline slot at T in the Park!

www.myspace.com/gcoxon
www.grahamcoxon.co.uk

Tickets are £16.50 in advance plus booking fee and available from gigsinscotland.com or by phone on: 08444 999 990.

Competition

For your chance to win, please leave your details including your name, email address and mobile number and answer the following question:

How many solo studio albums has Coxon released?

a) 3
b) 5
c) 7

Post your answer in the comments box below. Five winners will be picked at random at midday on Thursday 12 November.

Our favourite autonomous robotic band, Cybraphon, has been nominated for a BAFTA (here’s a link to a downloadable PDF of all this year’s nominees) in the interactive category of the BAFTA Scotland awards.

If you didn’t get a chance to see the interactive mechanical band in a box during its residency at the InSpace Gallery during the Edinburgh festival then you’ll have to satisfy yourself with online coverage as its currently resting, although there are plans for a trip to Glasgow in Spring 2010.

The brainchild of Edinburgh-based artist collective FOUND (Ziggy Campbell, Simon Kirby and Tommy Perman) we’re delighted to see that it is still receiving the recognition it rightfully deserves.

For more on Cybraphon, check out cybraphon.com

The Wee Chill in the Glass House, Queens Park Glasgow has enjoyed top quality guests, local and international artists to treat your feet on the dancefloor and this time round will be no exception. With the likes of Prins Thomas, Ralph Lawson and the 20:20 Soundsystem it’s going to be brilliant so don’t miss out!

Check out the link for more details..

PRICE – £22 + BF
Ticket Scotland, Rub A Dub and Macsorleys.
www.theweechill.com

The second episode of the Smirnoff U.R. The Night podcast was recorded live at London’s Matter in the O2 as part of the Smirnoff Experience that has taken in cities across the world including Moscow, Shanghai, Paris and New York.

Smirnoff: U.R. The Night, part of the Smirnoff Experience™, a Global series of original nightlife events provided  the chance to co-create their own even. With a mission to keep good times fresh and original, The Smirnoff Co. asked people to be part of the night by submitting original ideas and voting on different aspects of the event – including the warm-up boat party, music on the night via the DJ’s playlist and original cocktails – in exchange for going to the gig.

Featured here is Chris Tennant from Pet Shop Boys talking about performing to an audience of a couple of thousand people at Matter and how Smirnoff helped create a great party by asking people what they wanted and how they wanted to participate.

Smirnoff should be enjoyed responsibly.  For more information please visit DrinkAware.co.uk.

You must be over 18 to join the Smirnoff group on Facebook®.

The first episode of the Smirnoff U.R. The Night podcast was recorded live at London’s Matter in the O2  as part of the Smirnoff Experience that has taken in cities across the world including Moscow, Shanghai, Paris and New York.

Smirnoff: U.R. The Night, part of the Smirnoff Experience™, a Global series of original nightlife events provided people the chance to co-create their own even. With a mission to keep good times fresh and original, The Smirnoff Co. asked people to be part of the night by submitting original ideas and voting on different aspects of the event – including the warm-up boat party, music on the night via the DJ’s play-list and original cocktails – in exchange for going to the gig.

Smirnoff should be enjoyed responsibly. For more information please visit DrinkAware.co.uk.

You must be over 18 to join the Smirnoff group on Facebook.