tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42814121153818923372024-03-14T05:29:58.377-07:00The InsiderWalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-22632415173534695322010-03-03T12:02:00.000-08:002010-03-03T12:06:40.714-08:002010 goes live.For any of you still following this blog, holding out for tidbits of information and not either onto the Facebook page or any of our other hirterto untried promotional channels.Here is the Insider 2010 websiteYou will notice that we are running a new blog in that so this will be the last transmission under the insiderweekend banner.See you there.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-76852935740320757042010-02-01T10:15:00.000-08:002010-02-01T10:40:10.054-08:00Insider 2010A decision has been taken by the board of Backwoods Productions - the Insider 2010 is on. The big brains at Inshriach House, Ord Ban Restaurant and the Old Bridge Inn are whirring away to put together something really special, and this time we have 6 months to play with. 18th to 20th June, £70 weekend ticket, including camping. Capacity 600.Line up TBC. Tickets will be on sale within the week. Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-9762042621258211642009-10-30T02:50:00.000-07:002009-10-30T02:52:41.822-07:002010.How about we do it all again.....18th - 20th June 2010.Watch this space.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-14437627012065714962009-09-14T23:42:00.000-07:002009-09-14T23:43:37.014-07:00Mitchell MuseumHeres another one, Mitchell Museum, that just turned up on Youtube.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-1146772868058132922009-07-17T18:44:00.000-07:002009-07-17T19:03:08.558-07:00BombskareThanks to Tom, Shan and Conrad, and to Bombskare.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-41813606619798153922009-07-16T10:28:00.000-07:002009-07-17T18:48:47.910-07:00A lovely Insider Film.Here is a short film of the Insider made by Adrianna Requina and Lars. We think it's rather beautiful.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-2333183017445797182009-07-08T10:00:00.000-07:002009-07-08T10:01:25.865-07:00Something to remember us by.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-86022535200372166962009-07-05T12:59:00.001-07:002009-07-06T11:26:39.034-07:00And a couple of pictures.For the rest of them have a look at the Insider Flickr page, feel free to add any more to that or to the Friends of Inshriach facebook Group or email them to me, we are going to try to make a film about it so if any of you have good clips we could use we would be very grateful.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-601786885196339172009-07-05T03:36:00.000-07:002009-07-06T11:26:22.093-07:00THANK YOU ALL!It has taken a week to get my head round what just happened and to scribble anything at all about the Insider. Something extraordinary just happened that is pure testimony to the people who saw the potential and put a shoulder behind us. I still wake up in the morning wondering which musicians are going to strike up next.Highlights, for me. Paul from Red kite yurts sorting out that brilliant Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-82739447014803620412009-06-26T04:07:00.000-07:002009-06-26T04:16:21.902-07:00The Daily Line-Up! Friday Banana SessionsJohn Langan Woodenbox Heads on Sticks Mitchell Museum Findo Gask Saturday Sorren Mclean Reaz Over the Wall Robin Lewis Adams Black Hand Gang Storm of '83 Ross ClarkWashington IrvingBombskare SundayMike & Solveig Will Cookson Rags & Feathers Claes Cem The Injuns present Dead Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-3149810466795672722009-06-25T18:59:00.000-07:002009-06-26T00:48:53.472-07:00Its today.What just happened? For the last week there have been amazing people about and now everything you could want is built, brilliant menus are up, the stage and PA are in, the trees are lit, there are yurts up and most surprisingly, this is how the bar turned out. Thank you so much to everybody involved in this.Very late notice here but we have just announced that Sunday will have a theme. Tweed and Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-83057890126633344572009-06-23T18:03:00.001-07:002009-06-24T01:17:48.878-07:00Sunset.It's been a scorcher today and the weather forecast for the weekend is for more of the same, we only had to sacrifice one chef to the gods of the weather to be putting the whisky barrels out to this sunset.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-652524028399446082009-06-22T14:27:00.000-07:002009-06-22T16:23:52.415-07:00The tent has landed.By the time we got back from Balvenie this enormous and very beautiful marquee was taking up the whole lawn.Thanks to Moray Firth Radio for plugging us all day after we gave a slightly hung over interview first thing this morning. The Banana Sessions played a pre Insider gig in Cafe Mambos last night and are now staying at Inshriach to help us out in the run up.Four days and counting.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-4409558761852257112009-06-22T14:24:00.001-07:002009-06-22T14:26:43.301-07:00Balvenie.Balvenie distillery have kindly donated 20 lovely oak whisky barrels to use as fire butts. They had some spares.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-90223687774248637562009-06-21T10:57:00.001-07:002009-06-24T16:30:50.828-07:00Civil EngineeringWith the help of everybody we could find the DJ booth has made its journey to the woods.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-80038870821979201442009-06-20T03:30:00.000-07:002009-06-22T16:25:31.017-07:00The Stockade.Today we are building this medieval looking enclosure for the food, connecting up water to the fields and working out how to move the stage and DJ booth into the woods.The weather forecast is looking good for the weekend.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-38058940841192852722009-06-19T02:09:00.000-07:002009-06-19T04:33:29.353-07:00Thanks guys. Talk about pulling together. Henry Ryder has pulled out some serious after hours stops on the website and artwork, Captain Bob and Miranda have come up for a fortnight to build and paint things, Ronnie Dunn lent us the ingredients for an outdoor kitchen, The Mountain Cafe in Aviemore lent us barbeques and tables, Jack and Hammie rocked up to help put up the bar, Zander at 123send has provided Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-15862597591056081732009-06-17T02:37:00.000-07:002009-06-18T10:09:17.205-07:00Oops.The Ord Ban food bar is this medieval looking stockade by the lawn. The wind got up last night and the marquee that went over it is no longer quite as designed. Anyone round Aviemore got a 30 x 10 ft tent we can use?The morning's Strathy runs with this piece all about us and we expect something up on STV very shortly.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-88873550234839223952009-06-16T15:15:00.000-07:002009-06-18T10:09:48.996-07:00Ord Ban Presents.We are building a catering area extraordinaire, spit roasts, barbeques with local beef and venison, trout, scallops, curry, stews and cakes. That's what happens when you organise a festival with a lot foodies.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-84090041258588861662009-06-15T06:42:00.000-07:002009-06-15T11:10:42.918-07:00Scrounge.A small donation to the Alvie Estate benevolent fund and we have what looks like a pile of firewood but which, through the magic of carpentry and glue, is going to become the catering area.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-34342208813954962162009-06-15T06:31:00.000-07:002009-06-18T10:10:45.714-07:00Captain Bakewell.It's been a busy weekend, the upshot of which is that building standards now need to have a look at this, the main component of the Tall, Small and Bakewell arena featuring Heads on Sticks. It's all made from donated and salvaged materials. Once everyone gets back from Rockness and hoses off the lager and mud we need to build the catering area so it's off on the scrounge for more materials. We Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-73052574376508436012009-06-11T16:44:00.000-07:002009-06-12T03:48:22.739-07:00The OFFICIAL Insider music video.Insider Weekend 26th-29th June from Ali Macca on Vimeo.Produced by Ali McWalter and starring Merv Adams, we give you the official Insider video.Also big thanks to Henry for the amazing posters you are about to see round Aviemore.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-80107287043560435072009-06-11T05:58:00.000-07:002009-06-18T10:11:27.381-07:00Lau.We re very excited to announce that Lau are going to headline the Insider on Sunday night. That gives us a line up something along the lines of the John Langan band followed by Charlie McKerron and Friends, chased down by Lau then DJs in the woods. Outstanding.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-41359143507447303402009-06-10T05:48:00.000-07:002009-06-10T06:12:08.728-07:00The Danes.Word is in from Copenhagen that the brilliant and beautiful Claes Cem has booked his flight. Claes toured with the Injuns last October and played the Ord Ban first birthday party, we are very excited to have all of them back.It's been a race these last few weeks and we would like to say a big thank you to some of the people who have moved so fast to get behind us. Moray Firth Live have broken theWalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281412115381892337.post-72658000564147721172009-06-10T04:32:00.000-07:002009-06-10T05:00:01.162-07:00Meet Glen.Glen from Moray Security is here to make sure everyone behaves and they don't light fires where they aren't meant to. Glen is bigger than anyone we have ever met and we are extremely glad to have him on our side.Glen wont let you in if your name's not down.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0