London Fixed-gear and Single-speed SJS Cycles

Right, Felicity and I are opening a club... it's every Saturday and the opening night is THIS Saturday.

Details here:
http://www.rpmnight.co.uk/

Venue:
The Black Heart
3 Greenland Place
Camden
NW1 0AP





Follow us here:
http://twitter.com/rpmnight/

Friend us here:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=129467167827

Find us here:
http://www.ourblackheart.com/

I seriously hope that if any of you are free, not going to the BFF and stuff that you come down. It's going to be a blast.

It won't be a late one... we're still waiting for the late licence. So if you're in the area do swing by.

is there any kind of bike parking?

david ' velocio ' palumbo

That music list looks pretty fecking awesome, i'll definitely try to come along.

Bike parking: At the moment there's a lamp post 10m from the entrance and in permanent view of the bouncer, plus it's visible from upstairs.

What I am looking into is to purchase some old scaffolding and to create an 'A' frame of scaffolding right opposite the entrance for about 20 bikes. The only issue is I have to dismantle it each week or at least move it out of the way to allow vehicles to get down the road the rest of the time.

So limited parking right now, but I'm definitely conscious of that fact I want ample good parking.

Great music.
When does it stay open till?

This sounds awesome. Can't make it this Saturday or next but will be there soon fo sho.

Your ideas are intriuging to me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

(I have joined your facebook group)

Oh yes, that looks like my cuppa tea. Expect a visit soonest. (not this week, since I am outta town)

BTW, remember when you were called Velocity Boy, was that supposed to be readable as Velo City Boy as well, or is that a happy happen chance? My brother pointed it out to me t'other day and I wondered if I'd been dumb...

On the first night, 12:30. But we're opening earlier as a result.

The venue is brand new and is in the process of getting the late licence sorted, so until that's done we can only stay late occasionally. We're going to focus on Halloween and the run-up to Christmas with the few late licences we can get hold of, but until the venue get a permanent late licence every late night is an application on it's own. It's a bummer... but it's also Catch 22, because unless we operate and help the venue demonstrate the demand and good behaviour they don't have a strong case for needing a late licence.

i <3 Tom Waits!

great music DK, out this weekend but i'll be there for a few sessions for sure, i do a lot of club photography so happily take some shots for your website if you add another yellow star next to my name...

This looks great. I'm away this weekend but assuming you make it to number 2 i'll be all over it!

You lost me at Girls Aloud!!

(will definately come down soon tho)

This sounds awesome.

Will we be seeing your Pacemaker in action, David?

I'm liking the playlist alot Velocio, I'll try and make it this Saturday if not the next.

sounds good to me, will be coming along at some point!

Any Spotify playlist on the horizon? Just a thought.

Man you got taste!!

Perfect plan! ... going to this gig in Kentish Town

http://www.gangoffour.co.uk/

I will come along right after, I will tell people and it might be interesting if you have some flyers to give around in the door as an after party or so...

Yay! Do come down. Send me requests if there's anything in particular that you want to hear. I'm well excited. Tom Waits is amazing, and he'll always get played early doors.

We're hoping to sort out the bike locking situation soon. Seeing as they'll be no need to lug vinyl around (PACEMAKER wooot) we'll be riding too, no nasty night buses nuh-uh.


Come and see us xx

Btw, great pic!

Big masters: Iggy Pop & Tom Waits ' Coffee & Cigarretes' Dir. Jim Jamursch.

Strong intro...who can give more with one image?

Thanks. There'll be Jarmusch films being projected at some point, among others.

Click Me

Holy shit. How drunk?

We've got a second one as a reserve... effectively one each, so yeah.

Damn good idea. And as the playlists from the night will be recorded on the Pacemaker I don't see why we can't generate a Spotify playlist and throw it out to the world.

Great venue, will try and make it down!

i take it you came out with eyes ;)

I have the same ironfist design as you have David, but mine's a hoodie :P

the londonfgss christmas card !!

i'll take 10

It's in Camden, so I'm afraid I'm out

Good luck though

Tasty mix of goodies:

Sonic Youth * Asobi Seksu * Cramps * Stereolab * The Who * Deerhunter * C86 * Sleater Kinney * NWA * Pet Shop Boys * My Bloody Valentine * Ride * PIL * Fleet Foxes * The Smiths * Nina Simone * The Stooges * Grace Jones * Serge Gainsbourg * Animal Collective * Cornelius * Cibo Matto * New Order * Beck * The Velvet Underground * Pixies * Cocteau Twins * The Divine Comedy * Autolux * Sly and the Family Stone * Yeah Yeah Yeahs * Felt * Magnetic Fields * LCD Soundsystem * PJ Harvey * Deerhoof * Flaming Lips * Beastie Boys * Hidden Cameras * France Gall * Duran Duran * Phoenix * Boredoms * Jesus and Mary Chain * Pulp * Girls Aloud * April March * B-52s * Joy Division * Le Tigre * Talk Talk * Blondie * Babes in Toyland * Bikini Kill * David Bowie * Au Revoir Simone * Japan * Tindersticks * Explosions in the Sky * Suede * The Vaselines * The Slits * St Etienne * Curve * Halcali * Bauhaus * Jon Spencer Blues Explosion * Ting Tings * The Decemberists * Throwing Muses * Beach Boys * Ladytron * Prefab Sprout * Devotchka * Adam and the Ants * Janet Jackson * Tom Waits * Esquivel * Razorcuts * Pipas * Datarock * Lykke Li * The La’s * Hot Chip * Stereo Total * Siouxsie and the Banshees * Prince * Heavenly * Camera Obscura * Vivian Girls * Lush * The Kills * Dizzee Rascal * Neko Case * Electrelane * Belle and Sebastian * Roxy Music * Happy Mondays * Jane’s Addiction * Animals that Swim * Ballboy * Swervedriver * Eat * Smashing Pumpkins * CSS * The Sugarcubes * Public Enemy * Francoise Hardy * Ry Cooder * Slowdive * Talking Heads * Psychedelic Furs * Vanessa Paradis * The Beta Band * Kings of Leon * Weezer * The Cure * Xiu Xiu * Depeche Mode * The Monkees * Goldfrapp * Breeders * M.I.A * Luscious Jackson * The Jam * Kenickie * Julian Cope * Led Zeppelin * Kylie Minogue * Aretha Franklin * Flowered Up * Eels * The Cardigans * Kate Bush * Basement Jaxx * Audio Active * OMD * Donna Summer

+1!

Some of you designer guys throw together a quick mock-up?

No Ramones or Clash? No ska?

No Creme Eggs?

will RPM be DJ'ing?

We couldn't fit everything on the flyer. Sure, there'll be Ramones/Clash. Ska's not my thing (unless we're talking the Specials) but VB might play some.

Yeah, we'll be handing out Creme Eggs.

Cream eggs and Kylie Minogue, i'll be in heaven!

Fixed.

This was a good night despite being a little bit sparse. It is a shame more people didn't come along. Anyway. Was good to see Mack and Cynthia, Matt, Matt and LPG all getting down on the dancefloor. Oh, and a young lady in a serprisingly revealing dress.

lpg dancing
a sight to behold no doubt !!

Yes, it was a lot of fun. Thanks for coming. I guess it will be a little 'sparse' until more people know about it, but that's all the more room for dancing while you can. I hope more of you can make it down in the future, and if you have requests they are much more likely to get played if you send them in beforehand (@rpmnight -Twitter, or post on here). I had so many people with pressuring requests while I was DJing, and it was quite annoying when you are trying to get a rhythm.

Anyways, it was great to see you all. xx

Sparse was a critisisem of all those on the forum that didn't turn up rather than yourselves. It was a good night and more people should go.

Mack was fucking funny. Ping Pong requested about 10 times, both before and after it was played. I think I got a bit irate... just "fuck off!". LMAO. But seriously, it was funny, and also great fun.

Really looking forward to #2. And now that there's no Shop 14 or BFF party conflicting I hope to see more of you slackers down there. The venue is ace, beer selection wonderful, and I hope we're doing a decent thing of spinning good records.

'Ping Pong', Stereolab?

Strange request

I hope you used 100% vinyl and not CD's?

We didn't use a single CD. You'd be proud... perhaps.

And Stereolab is great, but French Disko went down better than Ping Pong.

Good man!

Ping Pong is a lovely little song but very obscure to be asked if you could play it - especially on more than one occasion.

Did you play this?


Always gets the chicks on the floor

I'm not sure Ping Pong is obscure, it's probably one of the 2 obvious and over-played Stereolab songs.

Now, were I to try Harmonium I'd say you have a point.

i will make this at some point and throw some shapes on that dance floor in my spd's.