“ Bring out the snakes and the good vibrators... ”
My two fingers are raised to codex and all their mystery, so I have decided to experiment with stop motion.
Here is a still from the work in progress, I will post the results soon.
Tom x X x
As impatient as I am, rather than wait until I’m in the clear, I will tempt fate and say . . . ‘worms and words’ is near complete. Its been a fucking mission – a constant state of confusion, and I still don’t no whether or not it is worth the paper it will be eventually printed on. Right now its getting proof read by Hg. Meanwhile I’ve locked myself away and with black ink, tippex, and black n white acrylic, have been tending to some illustrations. None are ready just yet, so here’s some of the paintings that I guess are the last to have been completed at The Unawarehouse . . . RIPiss
A recent interview with Mr Crook appeared in the Kent-based magazine The Gig Guide:
“I’m just following an age old tradition that is trying my best to observe, experience and then communicate feelings and thoughts and hopefully do so in such a way that is original and interesting. Most importantly I need to satisfy my own sick little traditions, my imagination, its fantasies and all those fruits that appear forbidden.”
Read the full interview here.
The original lyric sheet for Kick Up The Leaves, basking in brief sunshine at the Unawarehouse yesterday.
You can watch the video and download the song (FREE) here.
An interesting review of The Lost Belongings on SoundsXP.com:
“Lupen Crook is an odd one… part Pete Doherty, part Percy Bysshe Shelley, spitting out his words in Estuary English in songs that are part-skiffle, part-ballad, part-cabaret (‘Lest We Connect The Crooked Family’) or dabbling in folkatronica (‘Scare Crows’)… The effect is individual, resolutely uncommercial and a psychologist’s dream.”
Read the full review here.
Quick video animation update from emma, for more info visit http://www.emmafitzgerald.co.uk/
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ps the bottom picture makes me shudder..in a good way
Crook gives his ailing laryngitic voice a try after weeks of rest…
…and the King of Rhythm responds…
… enjoy!
Craig xo
Old Books CD, t-shirts, poster & puzzle pieces now available
The website Shop page has received some attention over the weekend and in addition to The Lost Belongings EP you can now order the following items:
The Lost Belongings download is now available from the iTunes Store (UK, European Union & USA). It’s also still available from Amazon (UK) and RawRip.
For anyone who expressed an interest in the limited edition Kill Cats and Butterfly jewellery, this hasn’t been forgotten. We hope to have some news soon.
If you use Twitter, you can now follow @murderbirds for news of website blog post updates.
Gratuitous random picture
Continuing the week’s theme of furry love and pictures that you can never un-see, here’s a shot of Tom and The Mrs sharing a tender moment in the Unawarehouse before the recent Eagle gig.
This is completely unrelated to anything, but I read this somewhere and my supercilious brow lowered…
On Aug 7th at 34 mins & 56 secs past 12 the time & date will read
12:34:56 07/08/09
It won’t happen for another 1000 years…
Cool eh?
