Daily Echo feature for Oposium!

Ahead of the concert this Saturday, Oposium have been featured in the Daily Echo under the local bands section. Oposium only discovered that the article had gone to print in the Daily Echo after several people told us that we were in the newspaper. Funnily, the feature appeared opposite a Status Quo review! After picking up a back copy this morning from the Daily Echo offices in Poole, here is the article...



Daily Echo, Friday December 19, 2008

Looking ahead to next year, alternative rockers Oposium will be performing on Saturday, January 3.

The trio will be playing St Mary's Longfleet, which is next to Poole Hospital, with support coming from Not About The Heroes, JLR and View 93.

Tickets are £2 in advance.

Oposium are due to release their new 12-track album, Life Under The Sun, early next year, but you can pre-order it through oposium.com

Sarah Cartlidge

Rehab Rumor Denied! Mr Hair was not in rehab...

The rumor that Mr Hair has just come out of rehab is false! Despite being recently snapped looking all the worse for wear, Mr Hair would like to categorically deny all rumors linking him with a stint in rehab. In a statement, Mr Hair's spokesman said;

"All rumors of rehab, or that Mr Hair has suffered sudden hair loss are all completely unfounded. The picture that seems to have been the origin of such a rumor was taken completely out of context and the singer was simply overdressed to compensate for the recent cold weather. Richard is in good health and will be appearing on stage with Oposium this coming weekend. Again, we would like to stress that no rumor linking Mr Hair with rehab is true."



OPOSIUM Press Release
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St Mary's Longfleet - Concert Banner Up for 3rd January!

The Oposium gig banner is up once again! This time outside St Mary's Longfleet ahead of the concert this coming Saturday... So if you're passing, do point it out to fellow people who would otherwise not understand !



Or if you're trying to find the venue on the night, then this should help you! On a serious note, parking for St Mary's is quite difficult but there is a lot of free parking in nearby roads on the opposite side of the main road from the venue (in Garland Road and St Mary's Road especially).


Large Map



See you there!

The Oposium Admin Team

Poole Music Shop - Music Room .com - attending January 3rd Concert!

Poole music shop Music Room (part of the Musicroom.com chain) will be coming down to give out free promotions to the bands and audience who turn up to the Oposium concert this Saturday on January 3rd! Definitely an added bonus for all who turn up - as who knows what they will be giving out to the crowd! We know that the bands will be given free plectrums to throw out, but anything else is possible - so look out for the guys on the night...

The shop in Poole have been giving out flyers for the concert all over the Christmas period.



So ahead of the concert, Oposium and the concert organisers would like to thank Music Room for their support over this!!

Peace always,
The Oposium Admin Team

Merry Christmas Message from Oposium!!

"After all it's only one more sleep til Christmas!!!" ... Not quite, but with Oposium taking Christmas day and Boxing Day off this year, we thought we would just write a short, yet very Merry Christmas Message!

This year has seen a lot of fantastic things happen with Oposium. We've welcomed on-board the genius of Dave Waller (aka Professor StiX), seen Sam Hanson (aka Mr Brain) graduate from Cambridge, finished recording our debut album 'Life Under The Sun', burnt a couple of pianos, started PR and are just 2 weeks away from what will be our biggest concert yet at St Mary's on January 3rd. There are a load more things we could add here, but won't...

but really this Christmas message is one of thanks. To all the people who have put up with us over the last year and allowed us to do the things that we do. We're all hugely grateful and if you're reading this and thinking, yes I've been involved with Oposium - then that means "Thank YOU!". All the people who have come to our gigs and supported us, all the people who have made those gigs, video shoots, bonfires happen - thank you!

So all that remains to be said is, a huge MERRY MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!! Have an amazing couple of days and get ready to do it all again next year! ! !

Peace always, God bless us all (as Tiny Tim would say) and off to the penguins Christmas skating party!! !!

WOOP WOOP

Richard, Sam, Scott and Dave
OPOSIUM

Bebo Profile finally for Oposium!

Just a quick shout to all who use Bebo rather than Myspace or Facebook - Oposium have now got their official Bebo page going. Come, find us and talk to us there!

Our bebo address is;

www.bebo.com/oposium



Peace always,

The Oposium Admin Team

Archbishop 'welcomes' credit crunch

Having been debating the pros and cons of the credit crunch, I found this interesting article published today on AOL about the Archbishop of Canterbury's interview on Radio 4. As I found myself agreeing with this, I thought I would post the article up here for debate!


The credit crunch is a welcome "reality check" for a society that has become driven by unsustainable greed, the Archbishop of Canterbury said.

Rowan Williams also hit out at Gordon Brown's plans to combat recession by boosting spending, likening them to an "addict returning to the drug".

The head of the Church of England's outspoken comments came as he delivered a scathing assessment of "moral" failings in Britain's economy.

Interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he insisted the country had been "going in the wrong direction" for decades by relying on financial speculation to generate wealth quickly rather than "making things".

The UK had backed itself "into a corner", and must now rediscover "patience" and re-think the way it viewed material gain, he said.

Asked whether that meant the global financial crisis wracking the economy had been beneficial, Dr Williams replied: "It is a sort of a reality check, isn't it - which is always good for us.

"A reminder that what I think some people have called fairy gold is just that - that sooner or later you have to ask: 'What are we making or what are we assembling or accumulating wealth for?'."

Dr Williams went on: "I would like to think that in this sort of crisis people would be reflecting more on how you develop a volunteer culture, how you develop a culture of people willing to put their services at the needs of others so that there can be a more active, a more vital civil society."

The archbishop called on the Government to give more of a lead on "how the civil society is created". He expressed concerns over the Prime Minister's "fiscal stimulus" package, which included cutting VAT to get the public spending again.

The Prime Minister's spokesman later played down the Archbishop's comments, insisting Mr Brown was intent upon "doing whatever we can" to help people through the economic troubles.

Peace,
Richard (Mr Hair)

Wareham Music Festival - Oposium Website Feature

The Wareham Music Festival website now features Oposium as one of the bands on the rumour list for next summer 2009.

For more information, do check out the Wareham Music Festival website...
>> Wareham Music Festival .org.uk



There is also a pre-festival fundraising event featuring The Committee Band at Purbeck School. Details are;

The Committee Band
The famous 10 piece band with caller
St Valentine's Day at the Purbeck School
Saturday 14th February 2009
7.30pm till 11pm
Tickets £6 available from Farwells in North Street, Wareham.


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In other news, the Oposium marketing team would like to point out the deliberate mistake on the last batch of flyers to go out for the concert at St Mary's Longfleet. The actual date for the concert is of course 3rd January 2009, NOT as the flyers state 2008! Thanks to all who spotted this and let us know!



>> Buy Oposium Concert Tickets for 3rd January 2009

OPOSIUM post Advent Song on Myspace!

Heyup!

In true Christmassy spirit (and of course jumping on the band wagon that so many other bands have done!); Oposium have uploaded a song for Advent to their Myspace. The song is an acoustic number and was recorded during sessions for Life Under The Sun - but now seems a good time to put it up!

>> Go to the OPOSIUM Myspace page



So an early MERRY CHRISTMAS !!

Richard, Sam, Scott and Dave

OPOSIUM

St Mary's Longfleet - Venue Profile

As many of you will have seen, our next concert will be on January 3rd 2009 at St Mary's Longfleet church. Supporting Oposium will be indie punk band Not About The Heroes and acoustic acts JLR and View 93. As we always do, we'll be converting the church for the evening with fantastic arrangements of lights, projections and backdrops. St Mary's also have two installed cameras trained and the stage so we'll be looking forward to using them and projecting onto two of three screens with live pictures from the stage.

And that's before we even start on the music... - We've got some big ideas for this concert, although you'll have to come to find out!



Flyers have been printed and hopefully you'll see either one like the flyer above, or one of our distinctive posters up and around Poole. If you don't, you can download it here.

>> Download St Mary's Longfleet Concert Flyer

For any of you who want to find out a bit more about the church, then according to the St Mary's website http://www.smlpoole.org.uk

We [St Mary's Longfleet] are an Evangelical/Charismatic Anglican Church in Poole on the South Coast. In recent years we have experienced much encouraging growth, especially in our children’s and Youth work.

Together, we are aiming to become the kind of Church described in the Bible – a Church with relevant teaching (have a look at our Sermon Series and other courses), vibrant worship, honest friendships, committed prayer, and compassionate care of those in need. In short, we seek to look upwards to meet with God and grow in faith, inwards to support and encourage each other in small groups, and outwards to serve and make a difference in our local community and beyond.

So whether you’re someone who’s just starting to ask questions about purpose in life and God, or a committed Christian who wants to sink the roots of your faith even deeper, we trust that you can find a place of belonging here.

Tickets are £2 in advance, £3 on the door and are on sale now from the Oposium boxoffice http://boxoffice.oposium.com

OPOSIUM Profile: Mr Hair

Name: Richard "Mr Hair" McLester

Born: 30/04/1985

Joined Oposium: March 2005

Height: 185cm

Weight: 56kg

Shoe Size: 8

Favorite Food: Cheesy Crumpets

Favorite Sport: Table Tennis

If you could play another instrument, what would it be? : Soprano Saxophone

If you could be an animal: Definitely a penguin.

Someone you aspire to: Lenny Kravitz

If you had two test tubes, a rubber dingy and four ounces of salt, what would you build? : Something out of this world, so ingenius it would shock the world's top guild of inventors. It would inspire generations, fund future solar expeditions and result in world peace. That's what it would do anyway ...

Bournemouth Daily Echo Battle of the Bands - VOTE for OPOSIUM!

Voting has now begun in the Bournemouth Daily Echo Battle of the Bands! Please go and vote for Oposium - we've uploaded our track 'Fallen' which is also on our myspace page. So if you like it please go and vote!

Oposium are number 1265, so you can either call 0901 151 1265 , text BANDS 1265 to 80360, email battleofthebands@bournemouthecho.co.uk with just the words "OPOSIUM: Fallen"

Alternatively, you can go to the Bournemouth Daily Echo Battle of the Bands page and vote there;

>> Bournemouth Daily Echo Battle of the Bands



Thanks!!
OPOSIUM

Thanks to everyone for a great gig on Saturday!

All of Oposium would like to thank everyone who came and supported our gig last Saturday - we had an amazing time!! So thanks to the bands; Not About The Heroes, JLR and The Wheat Beans for playing some wicked music. Also a HUGE thank you to everyone who helped make the gig happen... So in no particular order; huge thank you to ....

Andy Hancock (for an awesome smoke machine and making things happen technically), Peter Sykes and Dan Harwood (for providing the lighting), Julie Sykes (for the photography), the bad ass media crew Bex Sykes, Tim Hancock and Andrew Walters (also our star all round roadie!!), Elliot and Sarah (for gaffa tape hilarity, awesome hair and filming), Jonathan Martin (for total support and the venue), Pete Foxley (for giving up his Friday evening to set the system up), Penny Sills (for making sure it happened and putting up with our poor organisation!) and Simon and Rob Fish for all the amazing work they do with Routes To Roots.

For all the photos of the gig, follow this link to our flickr account;

29th November 2008 Concert Photos



And we'll leave you with this caption competition;



Peace Always,

Richard, Sam, Scott and Dave
OPOSIUM