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SUBMITTING AN EVENT:

How to submit an event on ERODING EMPIRE:

• You visit our submissions page (link below)
• You enter your information in OUR FORMAT (see example on submissions page)
• You make sure to enter a valid email address (REQUIRED!)
• Your entry will be sent to both ERODING EMPIRE and LONDON PUNK GIGS simultaneously.
• You may be sent a confirmation email if we have not received an event from you before... respond to it to let us know that you are actually of human origin.

Events entered in ERODING EMPIRE format are always listed first & LARGER on www.eroding.org.uk.

Submission form (so easy!) here!

"Wahhhh! I want our gig flyer on eroding!!!"- this cannot be done via our Submissions page. But feel free to email us a jpg and we MAY run it depending on content, available space/memory etc etc.
Nitty gritty specs: We post flyers in 72dpi jpg at 200 pixels width.
Also: include all relevent info from the flyer in TEXT form using our submissions page just in case.

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SELF-RIGHTEOUS EDITORIAL NOTE:

We want to link politics and music, activism and punk rock- but then there's all the corporate plunderers of the punk rock name and the mega-conglomerate venue mafias. London is so very big and if eroding empire listed everything, we could fill 20 websites with endless music industry promo crap & indie bands playing local pubs. At the end of the day, if a band or 'promoter' doesn't take the time to submit to us properly, they probably don't care to have us to help promote their event. This site is about the DIY spirit, not souless industry-led self-promotion and arse-kissing. So don't be surprised if we don't like that Blink 182 gig you are so looking forward to. If you think that we should be listing a gig and we are NOT, then use our submissions page and sort us out.

As stated before, we prefer to focus on events that are D.I.Y. (as in Do It Yourself). That doesn't mean driving out to Homebase to pick up your pre-fab kitchen interior, it means folks organising things themselves, taking control of their own lives, communities, entertainment and culture. DIY is an ethic that transcends stupid little lifestyle or musical categories and permeates a whole range of cool activities.

BANDS- We'd love to only list unsigned, independent bands and gigs... But, OI!! We can't look into the label details of every single band that we list... there's not enough hours in the day. We list things people send us and things that we like. I mean, we're gonna list Motorhead aint we? At the end of the day, we trust you to make your own decisions.

VENUES- We'd also love to see more truly independent alternative venues develop instead of the big creepy over-priced commercial clubs we crawl into just to see a gig. This can be done when people find their own spaces to hold events... squatted buildings, the odd community hall, your parents house while they are partying in Ibiza, whatever. So don't complain about what we list unless you are doing something positive about it!

FESTIVALS- We only list festivals outside of London if they are FREE, of a socio-political nature or of interest to the D.I.Y./punk scene. Bring back the free festies!!

POLITIX- Likewise, we look to a future WITHOUT leaders, so we keep a critical eye to things organised by vanguard groups (like the SWP, Militant etc)- who'd like to replace one set of corrupt, self-serving leaders with new ones.

DISCLAIM- We don't have time to investigate every single listing of every single event, so eroding empire does not endorse any group or listing posted through us. Please let us know if you think we are helping publicise events that are not down with the wonderful free world of radical possibilities we're working on.

PS- Everything is just for informational purposes, right? ie: we take no responsibility for the actions or lack of action of people using this service or providing us with listings. The real conspiracy is one of intimidation.  

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HISTORY
eroding empire was begun at the beginning of the year 2000 by a couple of volunteers who help out at the 56a Infoshop in the Elephant & Castle area of South London.
Being part of a larger network of infoshops, social centres, squats, collectives, friends, punx and the Do It Yourself scenes all over the world, the infoshop has a regular flow of people who are new to London coming through the door and wondering what's going on in the area. Like most infoshops, the 56a is a place where people and groups can publicise their events and display or drop off their flyers, notices, posters and the like for people to read or take away... so we end up with an array of little bits of paper that if put together would represent all the different alternative/ radical events happenning in London.
So we did just that- we compiled all the info into one Free Informatin Newsheet and eroding empire was born. There was already a F.I.N. for London, but it seemed to represent the free festival/Stonehenge scene, and, in the spirit of DIY, we wanted one that represented us (see photo above).

For five years, we pumped out the newsletter... with a print run of about 666 (give or take 66). The winter of 2005 also say TOM embark on other projects and leave eroding in my hands as sole-editor. After about 6 months of this, the printed version was delegated to the dust-bin of history. (see above concerning my decision to discontinue the printed version.) Now most of the compiling and distro of eroding is done online and available via this website or the emailout...

LONG LIVE THE PAPER VERSION!- The paper version of eroding is occasionally printed out for special events and bigger gigs by the good folx at ACTIVE DISTRIBUTION. It is strongly suggested that you get on your cyber-goggles and send all info to the WEBSITE rather than the 56a address (or both) as most of the editing is done ONLINE!

Thanks go to the cool kids at safetycat who help us with the nitty gritty computer stuff and have been kind enuff to give us space up here on the web. A big thanx goes out to all the other people who occasionally help out and/or keep in touch with their listings, info, constant moaning and yapping etc. We are always keen to get more people involved- especially with things like reviewing music, events and zines. It seems like that is one of the week points of eroding- lots and lots of listings but not alot of info or perspective on the bands and groups and events that are listed.

So rev up those typing fingers and send us an email!!!