OOTB 416 – Colin Milne, A Unique Experience

OOTB Presents…

I’m a bit behind this week, so this will be a quick OOTB email.

Firstly, and most importantly, it’s Colin Milne playing the featured act slot this week at OOTB 416 (on Tuesday 22 March). He promises me all his songs have been fully researched, and if you have heard Colin’s songs that should be enough to raise an eyebrow! Not only does Colin make his own musical instruments (and very well too), but i think this is the first time he’s played a half hour set, it’s definitely his first OOTB featured act set. Don’t miss this anyway, it will definitely be unique. It’s free, and it’s at the Montague Bar on St Leonards Street, starting at 8pm (7:30pm for open mic performers to sign up).

And for those of you who missed Atomic Pigeon last week (and i hope you’ve got your excuse notes ready, you missed a good one!) you can hear one of their songs again at some point in the near future as one of our Featured mp3s (starting sooooon, i promise), tell everyone you know who likes free mp3s…

Thursday 24th March sees the first OOTB AGM in nearly two years! It’s at the Montague Bar on Thursday at 7pm. That’s 7pm promptly, as we need to be finished before 9pm and we have a lot to get through. The main event will be the re-election of the OOTB committee, as well as various operational things, so if you’re interested in the running of OOTB or you want to get involved, then we’ll see you on Thursday at 7pm.

Finally, I’ll just mention a gig i’ve been asked to include, on Sunday 27th March at Whistle Binkies. Supermarionation (http://www.supermarionation.co.uk) will be live and on stage at about 9:30pm for a good 45 minutes. And it’s free.

Also, on Sunday 27th March, you can hear Conscious Route (who are very good, and very lively) performing live at Red Dog Music in the Grassmarket, also free, and it’s at 3pm on Sunday.

Then the following Sunday (3 April), i’m hosting another OOTB open couch session at Red Dog Music, at 3pm, so just turn up with your banjos, mandolins, trumpets, and what have you, and we’ll all have a good old fashioned jam session. and that’s a week on Sunday.

That’s it for now, i’ll be back next week with (probably) some feedback from the OOTB AGM, (hopefully) the first in our series of featured mp3s, and (definitely) some more choice gigs you could be going to. See you all on Tuesday!

Calum Carlyle
Out of the Bedroom