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newsletter news 24th of July 2010 FUNTIME NEWSFLASH :: new addition to the funtime roster :: FUNTIME show next week :: Hello dear friends, A short newsletter to give you some fresh news and remind you of the next funtime show ... 1.NEW ADDITION TO THE FUNTIME RECORDS ROSTER : COUNTERPUNCH (usa)  We're very happy to announce a new member of the family : COUNTERPUNCH. This American punkrock/poppunk band was formed by some ..."sceneveterans" (including ex-members of bands like f.e. Break the Silence) out of love for solid melodic punkrock and poppunk.. All the fine ingredients of a great punkrockband are combined in the best possible way! Vocal harmonies, a sense of melancholy, catchy hooks, pumpin' rhythms and a distinctive pop appeal which gives their songs that slice of singalong madness we all like so much. The european release of the new Counterpunch album 'Heroes and ghosts' is scheduled for October of this year and the band will fly over for a 3 week European tour at the end of October/beginning of November. In the meantime, you can take a listen, become a friend or drop a message at their www.myspace.com/counterpunch  2.NEXT FUNTIME SHOW : Tuesday 22nd of july at JC De Klinker, Aarschot USELESS ID (isr) + FLATCAT + OCTOPUSSY'S all info about this show on the flyer below. Make your reservation and save one euro by sending a mail to steve@jcdeklinker.be or johan@funtimerecords.com. We hope to see you there and make it a punkrocknight to remember!  10th of June 2010 :: 88 Fingers Louie shows on the 2nd of august is cancelled, 88 FINGERS CANCELLED their European tour :: Some really shitty news... sadly enough the 88 FINGERS LOUIE tour is cancelled, which means they won't be playing the show on the 2nd of aug either...here's the bandstatement...: "We are very sad to say that we are canceling our European tour this summer. The dates that we needed to route the initial bookings aren't coming together and while plenty of offers have come in they haven't been compatible with the dates we have. Thanks to everyone who tried making this happen. Hopefully, there will be a next time... Basically the shows we have are great, but the days between just aren't coming together and will kill the tour" We were really looking forward to see 88 Fingers trashing the stage at the Sojo club and we'll do our utter best to make it up with a show of them on some future tour... www.funtimerecords.com www.myspace.com/funtimerecords 26th of May 2010 ::funtime newsflash :: 'the path that we have paved, it's the end of the road...'  PN says goodbye ! "the path that we have paved, it's the end of the road...where noise becomes silence..." It's not easy to capture 18 years in a few lines. 18 years of writing music, recording albums, playing shows, doin' roadtrips all over Europe. 18 years of sharing a small van with a bunch of 'comrades' that share the same feeling, passion and dedication. From the familiar-faces-in-the-crowd of our hometown scene in Leuven/Aarschot to some enthousiast crowds in Spain, Denmark, Swiss.... Everyone out there that meant something for us, is flashin' through my memories... It's easy to become nostalgic or melancholic about this, but that's not the purpose. It was one hell of a ride and it seems like yesterday when 4 local kids teamed up to start jammin' and playing what they considered 'their favourite kind of music'. Hardcore/punk was something real, something 'far away from rockstar bullshit', something they could relate to and still do. A lot has changed musicwise since then, but in the core of all that, the feeling still remained the same... doin' what you like to do, no restrictions and following your heart. That's why we feel grateful towards all of you that made PN what we are today...as a band, as musicians, as persons... THANX for all the great times and we'll end up with something of our own..."This had to be our last goodbye, so gently close the door behind, shut your eyes, let the road decide..." (Last salute to a first commitment) PN and funtime records invite you to the FINAL SALUTE aka GOODBYE SHOW on the 20 th of november at the SOJO club, eenmeilaan 35, 3010 Kessel-Lo. This fine club always meant a lot and is strongly connected to the PN-history. It would be GREAT to see all of you there and have one hell of a last supper together!!! FACTS AND FICTIONS PN started out 18 years ago and became a householdname in the Belgian underground scene, known for their intense live sets. They've played about 900 shows in and outside of Belgium and toured all over Europe (Spain, Uk, Netherlands, Denmark, Swiss, Germany, France...) They rocked out with zillions of bands, took the stage at festivals like Groezrock, Pukkelpop, Rock Herk, Dour festival, Riorock, Hageland Fest, Rockfest, Funtime Fest, Ieperfest, Frederica fest (dk), M-Town fest (nl) and countless others. During all these years, the band worked together with all kind of national and international labels. PN wants to sincerely thank Midas Records, Underhill records (Spain), Life Sentence Records (usa), Stick to The Core Rcs and last but not least Funtime Records for all the support and great times. Besides that a special thanks goes out to the producers we had the honour of working with, especially Dirk Miers (Dé Studio) and Tony De Block (Midas studio) and to our fabulous roadcrew aka funtime family. The complete PN discography includes up to 15 releases. But all this is rather relative, cause what matters MOST is all of YOU PEOPLE that supported us, from the smallest stage to the biggest crowd, from the DIY promotor to the wellknown festival, from the friends-in-bands to the bands-we-look-up-to ... THANK YOU - MERCI - GRACIAS - DANKE - BEDANKT ! ! ! signing off , Jimmy - Jurgen - Bert - Johan - Bram Live at Pukkelpop 2000 (Skatestage) : http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=105036113 UK tour (with Cast-Down) :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTCKks8s2FA  14th of May 2010 :: funtime newsflash :: LOST DEPARTMENT is dead :: Hello Dear friends, May 2010 is gonna be a month to remember, be it in a rather negative way, cause after the break up of Exit On The left, a second Funtime band has decided to call it a day. Brussels based LOST DEPARMENT decided to put the band to rest. You can read all about the 'why?', 'who?' and so on in the bandstatement below and you can catch them live one very last time on this year's FUNTIME FESTIVAL on the 2nd of october in de Klinker in Aarschot... Bandstatement : "This End. And so, as a band, we finally decided to lay it to rest... It's been almost 10 years we've been working on this band. We've had ups and downs, members coming, members going, two demos, an EP and a full album released on Funtime Records, tons of shows, cool hangouts, seen faces, been places. Some highlights of which were without a doubt, our DIY tours in England, Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia, the recording of our full length, the cooperation with Franky DSVD and the concert we got to play with Channel Zero in AB. It has been a tough decision, the band's decision, and also one we don't take lightly. We've pondered every possible scenario, but in the end we decided it'd be for the best to call it a day. The reasons are manyfold: the musical direction, people making new and different plans, the many blanks in our show schedule lately. We live to play our music before a live audience. If that too goes away, the biggest part of it all goes missing. The sum of it all, led us to this outcome. We would like to thank everyone who's ever had anything to do with the band, who's supported us in any way, who booked us shows, who came to watch, who shared the stage with us, listened to our cd's, and learnt our lyrics by heart. It means a lot to us. As for how things will fold... We'll be calling it quits after the summer: so if you want to book us for a final concert, get in touch. The same goes for cd's and shirts: we've still got some left. The last and conclusive date on our roster is Funtime Fest October 2nd. We'll be doing this show with one or more guest vocalists, since Wouter will be already abroad by then. Also, we'll definately be doing a farewell show at the end of this summer in our HQ: JK Paddestoel, Groot-Bijgaardenl. Let's make that one legendary. We'll keep you informed." Thanks for it all.
4th of May 2010 :: Funtime newsflash :: EXIT ON THE LEFT pulls the plug... :: That's right, some really bad news this time, Exit On The Left is no longer... no better way to announce this than with their very own words, so here we go with a statement from the band... Hey Friends and Fans, To some of you this might come as a surprise but after 3 great years of being Exit On The Left we decided to call our quits. We've always been a band with members who listen to a variety of genres, this being one of our pluspoints has now become our downfall as well. As you know we were planning on writing a new album but during the working process it just became clearer to us we were drifting further and further apart music wise. This meant comprimising but also losing passion ...and music without passion just ain't the same. We decided to split the band up and remain friends. Over the years we've had the pleasure of meeting alot of cool people that helped us out especially Johan @ Funtime, all the people @ Jh De Choke and JC de Klinker for giving us the opportunity to play our first shows. We'll never forget how much the belgium scene has helped us out and obviously couldn't have gotten there without the help of our friends in Campus, Homer, The Rocket, Break Of Day, Five Days Off (Rip), Sparkle Of Hope (Rip), Midway Home!, Versa, Makeshift Hearts, Second Base, Billy The Kill, When Hope Escapes, Destine, Grey Like Masquerade, Face The Fax, the Octopussy's,... and all the ones we forgot to mention. Over the passed months too much has changed We're moving foreward in different ways And I just can't take it anymore For all the fighting I've grown too old And so here we go again I'm not the same kid I was back then And I had it with this war There's still other things to adore And this is going down. We'll be playing our farewell show at Funtimefest on the 2nd of October this show will also feature Ted on Bass as we will be playing the old, new and inbetween stuff. IF YOU WANT TO HEAR YOUR FAVORITE EOTL SONG ONE LAST TIME, YOU CAN! Just send your top 3 eotl songs to eotlbookings@gmail.com. Eotl splitting up doesn't mean the end of our musical careers though. Jonas will be starting a new band and you will also be able to see Bo, Ed and Tom who are working on a new band called "ARIZONA". We hope to see you all at Funtimefest and party one last time! We'll miss you! - Bo, Ed, Jonas, Ted & Tom  1st of May 2010 :: Funtime newsflash :: we welcome a new band on the roster ::  If one had to imagine a world that is slowly collapsing with a sky coloured grey, horizons torn apart by seas of flames and hordes of people and animals running to that last safe place on earth...the perfect soundtrack to that would be the music of MUSTH. A young band from the Aarschot/Leuven/Brussels area that blends the apocalytic postcore sound of Cult of Luna and Isis with a perfect sense for melody. Dark and intense, but in the meantime melancholic and hopeful. A sound that can be heard on their debut full length album that will see the light of day in september with a release on funtime records. No surprise we're very happy to announce this collaboration! The yet still untitled album was recorded and engineered by Jens Wouters and produced by Jimmy Turbo (Iza, The Bear that Wasn't, Anton Walgrave, Homer, Sixtoys...) and mastering was done by Uwe Teichert. More information about the concrete release date and according release party will follow very soon! In the meantime, you can surf to www.myspace.com/musthcore to catch some new anthems!  distribution |
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