10/09/09

On this day in 2001, Hungarian army Major Charles Ingram, cheated his way to winning one million pounds on the British game show: "Who Wants to be a Millionaire". Ingram's elaborate plot involved a series of coded coughs from co-conspirator Tecwen Whittock in the audience. Meanwhile, this evening's series of coded coughs comes from...

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ON (Concert)

Dürer Kert 10th September, 20:00, 2,300ft
Ajtósi Dürer sor 19–21 [map]
Zichy Geza utca, (Trolley 74)

It's Hardcore, American-style punk night tonight with an impressive international line-up of shouty voices from around the world. Headlining is the diminutively named ON, who don't exactly fill a headline but have travelled all the way from Seattle, USA to entertain us. Support is provided amply by Norway's Common Cause, Germany's Patsy O'Hara and Hungary's own Motivation.

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Also worth a gander...

Pál Utcai Fiúk (Concert)
Zöld Pardon [map], 20:00
Perhaps it might be tactful to avoid the obvious cheap acronym quips and simply refer to them as The Paul Street Boys, still a slightly odd choice of names for a band with a female lead singer . "PSB" are Hungaro-indie pop that's been kicking around for years. Sample here.

Riddim Colony (Concert)
A38 terrace, 22:30, 500Ft inc. drink
The prospect of Hungarian Reggae might not fill everyone's hearts with eager anticipation but actually these guys are quite good! The 10 member ensemble make a passable effort at recreating the sounds of Jamaica on the deck of the Danube's favourite former Ukrainian stone-carrier boat. Give them a listen on MySpace here.

Parno Graszt (Concert)
Kobuci kert [map] Óbuda, 20:00, free
Parno Graszt fit the good-time gypsy folk music from a small village in the North East of Hungary onto one stage.

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