Only a day later, on Saturday 13th, we move to Pardubice to take part in Zimní Studnice Fest. This time we will load the van with full backline in order to produce our well-known destructive sound wall. Accompanied by 6 other bands, we will rock the stage in L-klub. We play at 20:30.

You are warmly invited!

Hand of destiny looks like this:

DESIGN CONCERT

The earlier one is on Friday 11.12. 2009. Together with The Fakes, The Prostitutes will play as a very special guest of design SUPERMARKET in a building formerly known as the department store Perla, Perlová street no. 5. It is a corner of Perlová and Jungmannovo náměstí. Here is the map and here is a Facebook event. The concert starts at 21.00 and the entry should be free.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT

The second gig is a bit secret and will be on Monday 14.12. 2009. Right after Umakart concert at Kino Oko we’ll move to 2. patro but we are not allowed to tell what it is and where is it, you should know or find out for yourself. From approximately 20:00 there will be a theatrical play of Pixy, a famous comic book by Max Andersson. And around 22:00 we will start our very special, Christmas concert with piano, acoustic guitars, bass and drums. We’ll play couple of semi-unplugged versions of our songs plus our country favs in the coolest place in Prague these days. Entrance free again. A must-go.

The very last concert together with Šmity will be next week in U-Klub Olomouc, 9/12/2009. Come to salute him. As a guests we proudly present Genius Mess Poets and DJ squad The Fakes (DJ Sin vs. Destroyer set). The evening will be powered by our deer friend Jagermeister.

We would like to announce that the new member of The Prostitutes who is going to take bass duties on a regular basis is Adam Piaf Vopička, lead singer and guitarist of Prague’s indie-outfit Fake Tapes. You’ve had already a chance to see him playing with us on many concerts during this year when Šmity was touring with Black Lips. Adam, welcome on board and we wish you to maintain your young blood in a companion of mature prostitutes.

On Saturday the 7th of November at 7:30 p.m. Chapeau Rouge, a popular venue located close to Old Town Square, will play host to an evening of feminine mayhem with artistic talent to boot. The whole club will be transformed by the eclectic talents of female musical artists including DJs Ladida, Wwera and Babe LN with special presenter actress Lenka Vychodilová and bands DVA- together with 2M (Hrubá&Lisá) and Rubiano plus interesting and supportive male artists as well including The Prostitutes, DJ Airto or Jakub “Joshua” Johánek and Petr Míkovec in Dub. A collection of unique dresses and accessories will be presented by fashion designer Anouk de Poulain, author Petra Soukupová will read from her new book and a collection of paintings by artist Lucie Blaževská will be placed throughout the club. All of the proceeds will go to female rape victims in the Congo.

Re-published from prague-stay.com

]]> http://blog.theprostitutes.org/2009/11/02/shevening-7112009-chapeau-rouge/feed/ 0 Stevie LFO shevening_export http://blog.theprostitutes.org/2009/10/20/the-prostitutes-in-bucharest/ http://blog.theprostitutes.org/2009/10/20/the-prostitutes-in-bucharest/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:37:25 +0000 adriantdb http://blog.theprostitutes.org/?p=1154 ]]> After landing in Bucharest we were picked up at the airport and taken to the Czech Centre next to the Embassy. The drive in from the airport is impressive as  we proceeded  down the large boulevards into the centre of the Paris of the East. Bucharest’s architecture is Eclectic (lots of different styles). But as we talked to the driver he pointed out that the drive into the city was the nicest part of the city. The rest of it was very eastern block . We didn’t have the time to go and see it though although we had been met at the airport by three  shabby looking young gentlemen who were insistent on helping us with our luggage and were obviously from the poorer side of town (Bengali in platforms).

We arrived at the club at around six and were impressed. The Silver Church is a spectacular club well designed , good sound system and a pleasure to be in. It has been open for just over a year and the owners have made it into the second best club in Bucharest.  The manager Jiji, a well known actor and organiser of various underground events was very welcoming.

The  sound engineer in the club was well prepared.  All the items in the back line that we had asked for were  there. Not like the night before when we had had to cancel a gig in the Jam club in Opava because they  didn’t have any equipment at all  in the club even if they knew we were going to play there for over a month and in the end handed over the cash without us even playing and then had to explain to a number of angry fans why we were leaving.

Most of the guys that were playing that evening were in the club.  We met Stefan from  Les Elephants Bizzares (original name Les Femmes Bizarres, when the boys thought the name would attract girls but in one drunken night changed to Les Elephants Bizarre because if you take the insides out of your trouser pockets open your  zip and pull out…. well elephant bizarre emerges, which in a drunken state is obviously the best way of attracting les femmes bizzares

We also sat around chatting to  the drummer Bogdan a cool relaxed guy from The MOOod and Gopo/Oliver the vocalist a very intense young man worried about the future, worried about the music scene, having a bad time with his girlfriend … the perfect combination for a vocalist. I don’t like comparisons so check them out for yourself. They are great live and have an intensity and  stage presence which a lot of  young bands are looking for ……. but are not desperate enough to find.

The MOOod came on stage and rocked the shop. After the MOOod followed AB4 who are also probably sort of a Romanian Lavagance  (oops I made a comparison) They also went down really well when they had finished is was about one thirty in the morning and  we were really tired  so our show was probably not the best. Anyway I  google-translated the  MOOod’s blog entry from Romanian to English so you don’t get a false impression:

“Funk Rock Hotel 6, which dom’ne concert that bands, many girls! I would like to thank the ladies attending the concert that I remembered why I love Adidas from Korn. Saturday in Silver Church (bathrooms there and draw a Gopo! It’s a must!) I had the best concert so far, what was rock’n'roll! Sound insightful, Mircea I showed it can play solo from Mighty Man with eyes closed, destroyed Gopo microphone stand, I’ve knocked down and Horia cinelele has shown us once again why his nickname should be Voyoshel. For me, the series has been an attraction The Prostitutes. Up to listen, I was not synth’s fan but these guys have convinced me! Dark parts, a random voice Joe Strummer / Johnny Cash, an unbelievably good drummer (forget that it can be rock and metronome), very good guitarist, synth dubious hard bass line and a simple and very groovy. I can say that I became a prostitute after I saw, and, I invite you to prostitutes and you. That said, see you at the next concert! Spread The MOOod!”

Lots of smoke, extreme heat, perfect people and magic atmosphere. Typical Favál.

Tom Cerny was capable to capture all this on his camera. Below is a selection from his large photo set. Will you find yourself in the crowd? Thanks a lot, Tom!

all photos by

© 2009   Cer.t – cerny tomas – cer.t@seznam.cz

See you there!

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V reakci na četné dotazy oznamujeme, že  The Prostitutes vystoupí na letošním Trutnově v neděli 23. srpna ve 12:20.

Těšíme se na vás.

As Smity was still occupied with sound-engineering at Planet, Adam Piaf (Fake Tapes) played the bass with us for the first time. And it was simply great, thank you Adam. Another premiere took place on stage when we played together the Elephant song at the very end of the set.

Honestly I didn’t expect that many visitors. Some incredible 12.000 people visited the festival during the whole weekend. Thumbs up