Away from the harsh rain we stayed, singing songs, singing along, watching and wondering that wednesday night away. For those of you who couldn’t make it down to The Command House for the brilliant opening of Dave Wise’s new short film, here’s one of two that were shown last night.

To view other short films by Dave Wise follow this link.

Not to go on and on and on, but if you’ve downloaded the Curse Of The Mirror Wicked EP and enjoyed the songs, please consider making a donation to YoungMinds.  These people are doing good work for our fucked up society. Go sign the petition as well!

Thanks to everyone who has donated so far.

xxx

Yesterday the saints reigned all day, and a friend of a fellow fiend turned my head as it poured. What did I spy?

This is a loose link to the band but something i can’t resist thinking will interest and invigorate both band and fans…

This evening Wilton’s theatre in east london presents ‘transitions projects’ Recollections of My Childhood, and other songs by Stravinsky which encapsulate the playfulness, invention and terrors of childhood. Transition projects combine live video and film, animation and interaction to bring these songs to life. Emma Fitzgerald, who is currently working her animating fingers to the bone on the bands next music video, will be supplying the aforementioned animation for this evening.

In other news the theatre is in desperate need of help, the website states:

Wilton’s is semi-derelict. Only 60% of the space is safe, and in use. In its present condition Wilton’s is extremely vulnerable to vandalism and further decay. At the current rate of decay the building will cease to be accessible in the next three years. We only have half a roof, walls are crumbling and floors have fallen in….Your assistance is urgently required, no donation is too small… See below on how you can help… We accept credit cards, cheques, cash and bankers orders. To donate online please click the link below: http://www.justgiving.com/wiltons/donate

If you find a spare minute to check out the website – it really is a beautiful building and would be very sad to see the end of.

www.wiltons.org.uk

Counter Action from Dave Wise on Vimeo.

You’ve all seen the adverts, you’ve all sneered at that fucking screen in utter digust. From the same man who brought you Theatre Royals last ever gig featuring myself, Ollie Burgess and Billy Childish, here is Dave Wise presenting another Dilute To Taste Production – ‘Counter Action’.

If you would like to find out more about terrorist activites in and around The Medway Towns please look to the right side bar of this website where you will find links to our f(r)iends Medway Eyes and Monaxle. For your own safety Lupen Crook advises all budding photographers to snap happy only in the comfort of their home, away from natural light, and to avoid children and any household items that may contain logos, slogans, and corporate identities that are not solely owned by the photographer.

If you’ve got access to Spotify, we’ve got a couple of things for you to check out.  Firstly, a Murderbirds Radio playlist with five songs chosen by each band member.  Secondly, a Murderbirds Fans Radio playlist that you can add tracks to yourself.

At the moment, Murderbirds Radio is a one-off.  Lupen, Bob, Tom & Craig have chosen some songs that they’ve loved over the years.  Not necessarily their definitive five favourite tracks of all time, but nevertheless stuff that they’d like you to hear.

Murderbirds Fans Radio is your chance to respond.  It’s a collaborative Spotify playlist to which you can add tracks, change the playing order, and so on.  You can highlight songs that you’d like to play to the band, or that you think other fans might like.

You can’t see who added what to a Spotify playlist, but you can use the comments on this post to chat about the band’s choices or your own additions to the Fans playlist.  If you can’t use Spotify for any reason, you can still join in with the discussion.

A short disclaimer: the band has no affiliation to Spotify (there aren’t even any band tracks on there… yet).  This is just an experiment – a bit of fun.  Yes, there are adverts and yes, they’re annoying, but that’s how Spotify pays royalties to fellow musicians.

So… get listening, get thinking, get adding your own tracks and get commenting!

• Murderbirds Radio
• Murderbirds Fans Radio

The band’s choices:

• Bob Marley & The Wailers – I Shot The Sheriff
• Led Zeppelin – Gallows Pole
• Roxy Music – Love Is The Drug
• Tom Waits – Gun Street Girl
• The Clash – I Fought The Law
• The Who – My Generation
• Radiohead – Paranoid Android
• Wilco – Poor Places
• The Strokes – Take It Or Leave It
• Holy Fuck – Lovely Allen
• Supertramp – School
• The Mountain Goats – No Children
• Wire – I Am The Fly
• Edwyn Collins – A Girl Like You
• Eminem – Lose Yourself
• Tom Waits – 16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six
• Bert Jansch – Poison
• Radiohead – There There
• Jimi Hendrix Experience – Little Wing
• The Band – Ophelia

… but who chose what?

Outside my Window I hear a tapping… The world Famous Camden Man-hole attracts many a Marilyn!

Enjoy

x

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.

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?