Tim Smithies & His Amazing Stuff

Gigify

Redtooth were again providing the event production and on screen visuals for some local football end of season dinners in May. The main one from a production point of view was Sheffield United at Bramall Lane. In order to meet the time challenges, there was a game on that afternoon with around 300 guests in the same room and an hour or so for changeover. Plus we had another event on at Rotherham United on the same...

The Fabulous Forum

The Anything Goes Orchestra played a nice little gig the other week. It was as the headline act for the final exposed magazine in session live this season. The in session live gigs are a cool evening of free acoustic based music, sometimes stripped down versions of bigger bands, sometimes solo acts but usually a great mix and the forum has one of the best in house sound systems in town for acoustic music too! The...

Chapel Gallery

The Chapel Gallery in Hawes has been open for a while now… Anne has done a great job in getting to know and work with loads of local and Yorkshire based artists and fill the place with all kinds of wonderful. Recently we upgraded the coffee machine and added a nice sofa or two for lots of places to chill out with a latte whilst taking in the artwork, Another change recently has been the redesign of the chapel...

Movies. Many Many Movies.

So it’s been 2013 for a while now (34 days to be exact at the time of writing!) and I’ve been trying to catch a movie most days and also searching out things that are a little weirder too! Some of the world cinema highlights this January were… Slick French thriller called ‘Tell No one’ Polish action movie with a great prison break called ‘Sep’ – The...

Howlett Black Dog Reso!

It’s been a long time since I started playing resonator ukulele. I’ve played regular uke (and even a banjo uke a the beginning… sorry) for 25 years or so but seriously for the last ten I guess.. I got a resonator guitar back about 11 yeras ago and loved it. It’s a brass bodied Vintage AMG1 and has a lovely tone to it. Since then it’s become serious… UAS (Ukulele Acquisition...

Kelham Island

Had a great time on the only sunny day I can remember recently! Both The Anything Goes Orchestra and Dead Mans Uke played at the ‘Down by the Riverside’ festival at Kelham Island Industrial Museum in Sheffield the other Saturday. Nice weather, great music and top beer – what a winner. I took this pic with my iPhone using the new panorama feature in...

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Redtooth

Redtooth is the largest supplier of pub quizzes in the world as well as operating the largest live poker tournament too. Tim is the Creative Director of the company and usually hangs out and causes trouble at the office…

Anything Goes Orchestra

The Anything Goes Orchestra are a Ukulele based band playing classic jazz, swing, pop and punk songs for your enjoyment - nothing is sacred. From the humble little ukuleles to the double bass, washboard, kazoo and children’s drum kit - the small instruments combine and layer to create a big band sound suitable for all kinds of events.