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[taimatsu]

Tell me, O Livejournal, how you find out about live performances by music artists you like. How do you make sure not to miss things?

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[abi]

Local bands: Oxford is blessed with the twin gods of Nightshift and Daily Info. I don't know what Reading has that is similar.

"Bigger" bands: I am on lots of scummy ticket agencies' mailing lists, using a different email address from my normal one, and I sort through the mailouts for stuff I might be interested in.

There is absolutely no substitute for being on the band/artist's own email list if they have one. Very few don't, these days.

[phlebas.livejournal.com]

Blah Blah is usefully similar, assuming it's still around. I wouldn't be certain where to pick one up since the demise of Fopp.

[taimatsu]

Yes, I know of Blah Blah and the Josaka website.

Blah Blah can be found in the Dolche Vita cafe on Whiteknights Campus, when it comes out. But I currently don't know when it comes out, so...

(I imagine it might be the sort of thing Cafe Iguana would keep on their leaflets table too, or at RISC somewhere.)

[taimatsu]

I'm currently struggling with Mesh's horrible horrible website and am coming to the conclusion they don't have a list of any sort.

Reading has Josaka, which I guess isn't bad, and I think something called BlaH blaH or similar.

[addedentry.livejournal.com]

I wait for invisiblechoir to recommend gigs.

Otherwise, I'm playing with adding my gigs not only to last.fm but also Upcoming (http://upcoming.yahoo.com/). It lists only two (!) events in Reading, though, one of which is the Reading Festival...