Monthly Archive: September 2009

Links – Make A Donation – See Progress – Download NPF Accounts as MS Excel or PDF (ok for everyone) for Account Ledger or Donor List Details It is that time once again when the NPF kitty is running out and needs filling up with the kind donations of NPF folk! The site costs money to run each year and, due to the size and popularity of the site, needs a powerful web server to keep it running, backup server to protect the site data in the event of hacking/disc failure and uptime monitoring to ensure a good service to visitors. The small amount of monies earned from advertising on the site covers costs such as competition prizes and general administration. Progress and your comments I shall post updates of where we are up to over the coming days until we reach our goal. Click to See Progress or make...

The Big Pink Floyd Survey 2009 – | Part 1 – Age, Gender, Location | Part 2 – Concerts | Part 3 – Favourite Era, Member and Best Musician of Pink Floyd | Part 4: Favourite Songs and Fan Self-Ratings | Part 5: The Albums of Pink Floyd: Rated & Recommendations Introduction The Big Pink Floyd Survey 2009 was conducted in the middle of January 2009 to Early March 2009 to see who the typical Pink Floyd fan is, what they think of Pink Floyd and related solo albums and their opinions/attributes regarding other matters! There were 2,130 surveys submitted and used to formulate the results on the following pages.  Hence this is a pretty accurate representation of the typical Pink Floyd fan. The survey results will be presented over several short articles grouping areas such as Age, Gender and Location of Pink Floyd fans, Album Ratings, Favourite Songs and more.  Make sure you are subscribed to the NPF Newsletter to be...

Links – Ticketmaster | Guy Pratt is doing his My Bass and Other Animals comedy show in Dublin on Saturday 12th September as part of the Bulmers Comedy Festival. Guy has just finished his Australian tour of his Breakfast of Idiots so he should be sufficiently “warmed up”, if not least due to the Australian weather, to put on an excellent show! You can get tickets from the Ticketmaster.  Tickets cost €28 including booking fee. There are currently 108 comedians performing as part of the event. About Guy and The Show Join legendary Bassist Guy Pratt on a hilarious journey from teenage bedroom to stadium, armed only with his Bass Guitar.  ‘My Bass & Other Animals’ tells the story of his fascinating 20 year career as a professional bass player, which started with the Australian band Icehouse. Since then he has gone on to work with some of the world’s...

Links – Bandaged Together | Discuss on Forum Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason is to participate in this years Children in Need charity event. The long-running event, organised by the BBC, is to feature an album recorded at the famous Abbey Road Studios in London.  Called Bandaged Together, it will feature the works of various artists including Bill Wyman, Midge Ure, Nick Mason, Roger Taylor, Bryan Ferry, Beth Rowley, Imelda May, Clare Teal, Hayley Westenra, Cerys Matthews, Hugh Cornwell, Heather Small, Paloma Faith, Cara Dillon, Peter Gabriel, Finbar Fury, and Red Hurley. Watch the making of… It will be released at some point in late October early November.  In addition to the album, there will be a “Making Of” broadcast as part of the Children In Need coverage on the BBC.  Make sure you are subscribed to the NPF Newsletter to remain informed about further developments. Share your opinion on this...