Hello Madheads!

The Madhead is about you, above you, below you and within you. It is all around you, it is you. Inside the Madhead are all your thoughts. The Madhead can hear the music. The Madhead can feel the music. The Madhead must dance. The Madhead must sing. I am the Madhead. You are the Madhead. We are the Madhead.

As Madheads you can Instagram your picture with the tag #Madnessmadhead in the comments and then see them appear on the wall at http://www.mad-head.co.uk/

This is the new website link from the band, where you can also nominate great Madheads to appear in the hall of fame. Be sure to check out the website on Tuesday this week as the newly unveiled “Happy Machine” stands proud and ready to be joined for its ignition, to broadcast much awaited joyous news from Madness directly into your Madhead.

http://youtu.be/YzdFPEL2HJs

So, until Tuesday get your brains around the rest of this week’s news.

Here are the MadHeadlines,

Jonathan Young, Rob Hazelby, Simon Roberts, Paul Williams

 

 

SHOWTIMES

See below for all forthcoming Madness and Madness related gigs and events. If there’s something we’ve missed off or you feel should be added then please let us know.

Madness

June 2014

June 28th, Night in the Park, Den Haagm Netherlands, http://www.nightatthepark.nl/
June 27th Jiwapop Festival, Montcada, Spain
June 29th, Tivoli Utrecht, Netherlands http://tivoli.nl/

July 2014

July 3rd, Vienna Arena, Austria
July 31st – 3rd August, Reggae Sun Festival, Bordeaux, France

August 2014

August 2nd, Suikerrock, Belgium
August 12th Mallorca Rocks
August 13th Ibiza Rocks
August 18th, Kubana Festival, Krasnodar, Vesolovka

November 2014

November 21st – 24th 2014 – Minehead – Earlybird tickets can be ordered here: http://www.bigweekends.com/splash-pages/madness2014.aspx

For tickets also see links via: www.madness.co.uk

 

Suggs Live

May 2014

13th – Harlow Playhouse
14th – Lowestoft Marina Theatre
15th – Eastbourne – Royal Hippodrome
16th – Leamington Royal Spa Centre
17th – Jersey Opera House
19th – Milton Keynes The Stables
20th – Winchester Theatre Royal
21st – Epsom Playhouse
22nd – Kettering Lighthouse Theatre
23rd May at Cardiff College of Music and Drama
27th May at Bury St Edmunds The Apex
29th May at Derry Millennium Forum
30th May at Belfast Ulster Hall

June 2014

1st June, The Garrick, London

 

Suggs Book Reading Appearance

May 24th Hay Festival, Wales

https://www.hayfestival.com/p-8077-suggs.aspx

 

The Magic Brothers

Magic Brother Friday Headline set:
November 14th. The Big One 3. Park Dean, Sandford Dorset.

 

The Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra

May 2014

May 25 Strummer Camp Manchester

June 2014

June 1st, Wychwood Festival
June 29th Glastonbury Festival

July 2014

July 12th Lewisham’s People Day – Free!
July 26th Wickerman Festival

August 2014

(Unconfirmed) August 16th, Newham, Under The Stars – Free!
August 31st, The Big Feastival, Alex James’ Farm, Cotswolds

October 2014

October 2nd, The Jazz Café, Camden Town

More festival dates to follow.

Ska Orchestra web site: www.ltso.mis-online.net

 

The Lee Thompson Ska Band

An appearance at the Boom town festival, Hampshire’s pop up city four day event begins on August 7th into the weekend.

Chinatown district is full of Ska and more bands this year, but we can confirm that this won’t be playing host to the Ska Orchestra

http://www.boomtownfair.co.uk/news/chinatown-district-line-up-released-199

 

The Silencerz (Featuring Lee Thompson)

June 15th – Dublin Castle. 1.30pm £7 on the door.

(Under a new name, The Daley fronted Lee Thompson band line up)

 

Near Jazz Experience

May 27th – NEAR JAZZ EXPERIENCE + Support + Guest DJ 
Indo 133 Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1DT *Free* – 8.30 – 11pm

 

Deaf School

August

9th, The Islington, North London
10th, Rebellion Festival, Blackpool

For details of future gigs keep an eye on http://deafschoolmusic.com for more information.

 

Clangeratti

June 19th. Dublin Castle – Clive Langer’s new band featuring members of Deaf School.

 

 

BUY IT

If money’s currently burning a hole in your pocket then perhaps we can help with your dilemma.

Gorgeous George – Girl’s Night Out Single

Out on May 26th. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Girls-Night-Out-Gorgeous-George/dp/B00K8I9PYG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1399747064&sr=8-2&keywords=gorgeous+george+girls+night+out on Beer Belly Records.

 

LTSO, Bangarang, Featuring Dawn Penn & Sharon Shannon

Single release download date moved to May 26th. iTunes and Amazon links are now active.

itunes  http://tinyurl.com/p2bquak

Amazon http://tinyurl.com/pwg6du2

Check out the Bangarang-Anim-ad here…

 

Suggs “That Close”  – Audio Book

It’s available as a download, and also as a plastic cased CD set. So you physical collectors could do well at add it to you collections, and you modern gizmo ipad types or mp3 player on the go users etc can get it fairly instantly.

What’s brilliant about the audio edition is, it’s the closest version yet to the Live Suggs solo show being released. Suggs himself reads the text over seven hours and is as hilarious as he is in his one man show.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/That-Close-Unabridged/dp/B00G7GTHRI

New Official Crunch Merchandise

Crunch! Magic Carpet Record Polo shirts. £17.99 large only (More sizes soon)

Crunch! Beanie hats one size £ 8.99 limited stock + £3 p&p on shirt – beanie free!

To get yours, send a message to the official band facebook page to order:

https://www.facebook.com/crunchbandofficial

 

 

MIS FEATURE – SUGGS & CRIMINALS CRAZY PURPLE PRINCE COVER

“Let’s Go Crazy. Let’s Go Nuts”
Suggs has covered a Prince song from his seminal album Purple Rain (Soundtrack). The song is called
Let’s Go Crazy. Which is appropriate for our Mad Man don’t you think. So is the style it’s in, electronic dub reggae.
It sounds very much like a more modern mix take of a song from Three pyramids club now.
It’s the brainchild of members of the band Fun Loving Criminals. Who go under the name Radio Riddler.
Brian Fast Leiser and Frank Benbini from Fun Lovin’ Criminals are lovers of Reggae/Dub music. They began their musical journey by remixing many artists in a unique Reggae/Dub style. Moving onto a 5 track EP covering Marvin Gaye. In June they will be releasing Purple Reggae as their debut album 5 years in the making.
Radio Riddler – Let’s Go Crazy (First track in this album sampler video)
http://youtu.be/Nemhd2xCMTk
Purple Reggae is a Reggae/Dub cover album of Prince’s Purple Rain soundtrack in its entirety. The release is scheduled for last week of June, 2014 (23rd) to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the release of Purple Rain. On Mita Records. We will bring you the order link when we have it for that track. The album also features Hollie Cook, Sinead Oconor, Beverly Knight and more guests, including the title track sung this time by Ali Campbell.
“Have a Purple Banana!”
Let’s go crazy was a number one single for Prince in the US. Reaching Number 7 in the uk from the soundtrack album of the prince film Purple Rain which was a 1984 showcase of shoulder pads, cool heel boots, and motorbikes for Prince to pose around with. We don’t yet know if Suggs will be adopting such a look should this version be chosen as a single again.
Bring back the, we want the, Purple Prince!
Jonathan Young (with thanks to Sarah Shaw)

 

SIGN OF THE TIMES

A collection of articles that have caught our eye over the course of the past week or so.

MADNESS SITCOM PILOT CLIPS SHOWN AND TALKED ABOUT ON BBC 2 50th PROGRAMMING
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0441vfk
(iPlayer will be at this link after broadcast)
When? BBC 2, Sunday night, 9pm. As part of its 50th birthday celebrations, BBC Two is allowing all-areas access to their precious comedy vaults. This programme pulls from the shelf some rare and unseen comedy moments from some of the greatest names in comedy.
There are pilots which have never been broadcast before, including Stephen Fry’s first appearance as the quizmaster in QI and a sitcom from the band Madness, as well as rare comedy treats from Spike Milligan, Pete and Dud, Rik Mayall and Billy Connolly, and Sacha Baron Cohen’s first incarnation of Borat, an Albanian called Christo.
Packed with archive treasure illustrating how groundbreaking and innovative BBC Two has been for British comedy, insightful analysis is provided by the guest interviews which boast some of the biggest names in television

Sir Peter Blake unveils new artwork at Royal Albert Hall – (Suggs included)
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/one-direction-beyonce-and-russell-brand-join-the-beatles-in-peter-blakes-updated-sgt-pepper-mural-at-royal-albert-hall-9302456.html
Emmeline Pankhurst, Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela, Sir Edward Elgar, Benny Hill, Diana, Princess of Wales, J.K. Rowling and the Dalai Lama are among the 400 luminaries who feature in Appearing at the Royal Albert Hall, a new work by Sir Peter, 82, in which the artist returns to the “crowd” theme of his famous 1967 Beatles cover.
Figures from entertainment, sport, science and the arts, all of whom have spoken or performed at the Knightsbridge hall since its 1871 opening, battle for attention in the 10ft triptych, which will be displayed in the venue’s foyer.

A life full of musical Madness for Suggs
http://www.harlowstar.co.uk/Whats-On-Leisure/Whats-On-latest/A-life-full-of-musical-Madness-for-Suggs-20140501092531.htm
A few detours into the depths of his 1970s childhood spent rambling in Wales and the streets of Soho before his music career – in one of the greatest ska bands of all time – took off and you’ve got enough anecdotes for a rather rollicking evening

LIVE AND INTENSIFIED

The Black Nose, Black Looks and The Black Horse

“The sax man is back in my home town at the Black Horse in Barnet. There is a stage that was earlier assembled by the Basingstoke Boys (well done lads!) so you can see the band even if you’re near the back. The sound quality is not that great; however as I’m right near the front is doesn’t affect my gig experience,” begins Daren West, who will later surprisingly find himself up on that very recently erected stage.

It’s the day after the brilliant 2 hour gig at The Hop Poles for The Lee Thompson Band, that we reviewed so enthusiastically two issues back. Weirdly this pub now no longer exists! How’s that for show stopping! We don’t know at this point why The Hop Poles has closed, so we could make a joke here that is was just so brilliant a gig that no band could ever follow Lee in that venue, so they closed it down. A closed pub is a sad thing though really, so we respectfully doff a cap to the venue now it’s doors are for some reason permanently shut. It is true it can be hard following a triumphant gig though, and this next day in The Black Horse, Barnet, though very good, doesn’t measure up to the night before, by about some quarter, and is marred with a few minor problems with the stage, mainly that is was being put up late, then had extra people on it, falling off it, or having to leave it all too early.

As I sit enjoying a beer in the afternoon and I’m joined by Sharon and Lynn, we cant really work out where any stage or band would be in this pub at this point. I then head out back to see where the toilets are in this establishment, I find Lee unloading his truck of the PA system and risers (sort of small stage bits). “Hi Jon, I’m just doing some Roadie work” Lee quips, and so I join him and Daley unloading all the equipment. Though it’s 5-ish at most in the afternoon, it seems the soundcheck time is going south. The Landlord would rather keep tables busy for food orders and so setting up the stage isn’t possible yet. This is a free gig tonight so it’s for the fun and the beer money cut at most, rather than to paying punters. So it’s “get what your given” and it doesn’t need to be anything more really for the punter. We head off to a quieter spot as the pub is getting noisy and a laddish crowd is filling it out. In another local Barnet bolt hole we enjoy a peaceful beer and Lee plays us a few tracks from his phone enthusiastically as we sit in the beer garden. Most notable of which is the sound desk version of “No, No, No” as The Ska Orchestra played it triumphantly at the Bath gig, complete with it’s full on crowd singing. Lee grins hearing back how good the track sounds. Tonight it wont go the same way for him.

By the time the Stage is finally set up in The Black Horse it’s way past 9 o’clock. We are joined by Hazel and Maria, Mr Happy, Stuart Wright, Braxton, and a few more fans there for the music, the rest of the pub packed out with Daley’s mates, family, locals and a young contingent of Saturday night drinkers tanking up. Daley grabs the crowds attention addressing the locals. Before his dad appears in fez, dust covered suit and a joke black nose that read “Madness” across it, a prop from an old video. A few songs in and Lee takes off his fez doing a magic trick. Chucking a toy rabbit into the crowd that was sat up there on his head, his feisty and nutty modes coming to the full during most of the start of this gig, very entertaining too. Maria who is seeing one of Lee’s pub rock style bands for the first time up close like this, says to me “Is this a dream?” reminding us all of the joy of the smaller gig where you are so close to the action. Sing-a-long-ability is again high for a lot of songs too, while father and son banter back and forth between tunes.

A good 14 or so songs go pretty solidly and tightly by the band. I point out to Braxton to listen to the end drum rolls added so well to give Lola a twist. This is a restless and drinking audience though, rather than paying music fans. The songs are lapped up well, and peak maybe with Swan Lake skanking the room out.

Wake Up and Make Love,
Hey Bulldog, Itching in My Heart,
Fu Man Chu,
Mother & Child Reunion,
Sunny Afternoon,
In My Life, The Prince,
No Lights,
Lola,
Stuck In The Middle With You,
Wonderful One,
Swan Lake, Clever Trevor

…

Though a requested trumpet solo, is shied away from by the young trumpet player on his second gig at one point and it’s the smallest sign of a tired band maybe playing this late in the night for a second night running, it’s not quite gelling as well, attempting the massive set list again is perhaps a stretch in this setting beyond the call of duty. Then Lee and Daley request, Hiki, the female black singer who sang a couple of tunes with them at The Hop Poles to join them on the stage. She isn’t there though. I don’t know if they band knew she wasn’t here tonight, and were making a joke of this or not to be honest as there was then about 2 minutes confusion as Lee requested other ladies to join the stage instead, offering this to various ladies who all declined.

Until Darren takes over this story again…

“What does affect my gig experience Is when there is call from both Daley & Lee for a backing singer for the Dawn Penn classic No, No, No. Started by one of my mates egging me on stage with cries of “Westy, Westy” together with Daley beckoning me to the stage, I find myself between messrs Thompson and Thompson. By my own admission I can’t sing but I love karaoke. Make of that what you will.”

Lee looks nonplussed though that a bloke is getting up on stage, rather than some requested approximation of a sexy black chick, to join the recent like of Hiki, Sumudu or Rhoda, as Daley lends a hand up to his mate.

“The band start playing the tune and I come in with my opening lines “No no no, You don’t love me As I know now…Coz you left me, Baby, And I got no place to go now”. At least those are the official lyrics – not knowing all the words I sing something similar, the crowd appear possibly receptive. Daley sings his part, Lee plays his sax solo part, I sing when I think the “No No No” bit is approaching and I think I’ve got away with it. Or have I?

While Daren is “singing” to the crowd, the antics going on behind his back are somewhat a cross between Eric Morcambe dealing with Andre Preview… Faked Smiles giving way to mouthed grimaces’ … added with a little touch of Jack Nicholson from the Shinning, with the weapon of choice being a cucumber percussion shaker that Lee tries to indecently insert into his unwelcome stage partner.

“The front of the stage as now a tiny bit cramped and Lee purposefully, playfully leans and nudges into me knowing that Daley is standing right next to me. The result? Daley is forced to step off the stage followed by the microphone stand. Lee says in my earshot “Now f*** off!”. “Sorry…”, I reply and look to step off the stage. Lee immediately responds “You’re going nowhere”.

Pulled back onto the stage, while all of this could be joked off maybe as a bad job for the band, and does it really matter, after all it’s a free gig and you are all being entertained etc as watchers. Daren’s timing finds him returning to the singing “No No No” lyrics, at the point in the song where the band try and achieve “the drop”. The quietening of the playing that masterfully coaxes the audiences all into singing the trumpet part of the song back at the band. Just as this is starting it fails totally as it’s loudly sung over, and Lee starts giving signs to drummer “Smiler” to wind it up differently and give up, as he reaches more genuine annoyance, and then turns aghast at what then happens loudly at the end…

“I stay put and there’s time for another “No No No” from me and I also add in a spontaneous rap-style verse, something along the lines of “For the people, we’re the people, the Barnet people, Saurday night in the Black Horse people”. At the songs end I step off stage to a decent back-slapping well done type of welcome back to the crowd and it all seemed very surreal.”

“But I shouldn’t be reviewing a gig about myself, so I’ve added a few comments from others…

“Well done, Daren. Quality mate” – Sean, Basingstoke “Superb mate mate – you’re better than Daley” – hardcore ska DM-booted gent who I certainly wasn’t going to argue with. (apologies to Daley though!!) “You nailed that last night mate!” – John Hunt, Barnet

Indeed the cheers and celebration in the room for this performance from the audience that knows Daren, was like that of a crowd member who’s just run on the pitch and scored a goal during a league football match.

“Bring on the next Madness-based gig and let’s hope for everyone’s sake it’s left to the pro’s!” Daren concludes.

This isn’t the end of the gig though, slightly distractedly it does continue for a few more numbers. Firstly “Soon You’ll be Gone” puts some punch back into the band and acts as a proper tight tune. But then the venue owner requires them to finish their set early dropping some great numbers from last nights set, including some Madness and the delightful McCartney Monkberry in the process, it’s a disappointing end to proceedings, this is then followed by Daley insisting on inviting up another female singer promised “a go” for singing for The Nancy Sinatra track, which turns it into an equally shoddy mumbled affair, Thommo decides the show is over anyway now it’s end section somewhat lost to Karaoke mishaps. The best walking he wants his boots to do at this point is to hit the road home, living just a couple of Freedom Streets away after all. A shame as his version of this Boots track with Daley the night before had been so much more fitting and powerful a cover having some real edge. Where as tonight it’s limping to the finish of this gig. Are you ready boots? Start walkin’! Gone.

Freedom Street,
No, No, No, Soon You’ll Be Gone, Bangarang,
Hello Josephine, These Boots Are Made For Walking

Shortly after this gig the band name changed to The Silencerz featuring Lee Thompson for the band’s next direction. Pictured for their forthcoming Dublin Castle gig in June, as a hit man figure with a muffled ended gun ready to take out a target or two.

Warning audience members who get too near the stage will be shot. The Silencerz take no prisoners. Their Boots are made for walking. Their guns for shooting!

Jonathan Young / Daren West & Friends.

 

 

SPECIALIZED PREVIEW NEW MADNESS COVERS

As we are getting nearer to June and the Mad Not Cancer album is nearing completion you can now hear some teasers of many tracks to appear on the album here…

House of Fun – Cartoon Violence http://youtu.be/ZmYi21VMxsA

Album Teaser 1 http://youtu.be/VZaxNtIl3yo

Album Teaser 2 http://youtu.be/0z3A6Mrc-H4

…

Meet The Artists!

Yep – still coming…

We are very chuffed to announce that the super group THE MAZE will be appearing on Specialized 3-Mad Not Cancer! The guys will be performing “Michael Caine”

The band for this recording is made up of members of Nottingham ska bands Jimmy The Squirrel & The Breadchasers and features the much travelled Justin Dodsworth (Bad Manners, Specials, Selecter, Lee Perry, Desmond Dekker ) on Vox organ. Liam O Kane is doing vocals with Gaz Peacham on it (He used to be on Songs of Praise with Thora Hird when he was a kid!)

www.specializedproject.co.uk
www.facebook.com/specialized3madnotcancer

We can also give a mention to The Inflatables who appeared with our MIS show at last years House of Fun Weekender. They can heard covering Believe Me In The above teaser video – Another band who appeared on the previous 30th anniversary album covering One Better Day before now.

Paul Willo

 

 

I REMEMBER WAY BACK WHEN

This week, MIS co-editor Rob Hazelby, goes back 5 years to issue 523, and the week of Sunday 10th May to Saturday 16th May 2009, and then back 10 years to issue 261 and the week of Sunday 9th May to Saturday 15th May 2004.

5 years ago…

Issue 523 – Sunday 10th May to Saturday 16th May 2009

While we got ever closer to the MIS’ own milestone, which would see it celebrate ten years of age, this month was actually a real landmark one for the band.

By our reckoning it was 30 years this month since “Madness” were first listed on the line-up to a gig, as on May 3rd 1979 Madness were billed at the legendary Hope and Anchor pub. If our memory (and research!) was correct, the name of the band was actually decided at the previous gig the band performed, but this was the first time they were actually billed to perform as “Madness”.

The band had a lot to answer for – a string of hit singles and albums, many of our readers first gig was to see Madness, and we know of a number of marriages that have taken place between people who got together through a mutual love of the band.

Granted, there was much to celebrate for the band who had notched up 30 years, but they showed no signs of stopping. With a new single out on Monday, an album out the week after, and a slew of live performances over the coming months, we had much, much more to look forward to.

2009 was proving to be a very exciting one for the band and us fans.

On to the articles, and Jon Young got things underway with one of the first reviews of the new Dust Devil single, which was starting to land on the door mats of Madness fans across the globe.

Jon was keen that more people should know about the release, and was asking you, the fellow Madness fan, to go out there and help promote the single.

Next, we went over to the California Chronicle, who were marking 30 years of Madness with a look at One Step Beyond and the recent Liberty of Norton Folgate. Featuring a selection of detailed quotes from the band themselves, this was well worth a read.

Moving on, and we have further album news, as for those people who couldn’t afford to fork out £40 for the Folgate box set, the standard edition of the album would be released a week Monday. Weighing in at £8.95 for a single disc, the release could be pre-ordered directly from the online Madshop.

Elsewhere we reported that the May 6th edition of the trade industry paper publication Music Week, featured Madness extensively over 8 pages, including the back cover advert. Read widely in the music industry it was a respected journal publication that had been around since the 70’s, especially in business circles, but was also available in larger UK newsagents in the journal section as opposed to where you would find the usual Music Magazines.

Highlights included extensive interviews and commentary from Dave Robinson, Suggs and also the current management and current director of power amp on the band from an industry perspective. A time line of the gigs and events confirmed so far for 2009 is listed, including confirmation that the follow up single to Dust Devil is to be confirmed still but potentially planned for August. There were 30 words on 30 years in Madness from other members of the band and 10 rules for surviving in the music business by Chas Smash.

We brought this issue to a close with MIS Birthday Bingo, celebrating a decade of the MIS. With the 10th birthday of the MIS coming in two issues time we began the lead-up to the event with a unique game and some unique prizes.

Issue 260 – Sunday 2nd May to Saturday 8th May 2004

10 years ago…

Following a number of issues where we were scrabbling around for Madness related news, we were pleased to report that this issue was back to the ‘chunky’ size you would expect from us.

With the European Football Championship just around the corner we reported on how The Farm’s World War 1 inspired track “All Together Now” had been re-written to cash in on the event. What did this have to do with Madness? Well, at the time when the original version of the song was written our very own Suggs was managing the group, so whilst looking back on it, the Madness link (and hence, our reason for including it in the issue) was possibly a little flimsy, it ‘was’ there.

The next article in this issue was certainly one for either obsessive Madness collectors, or those who collected arcade games and/or fruit machines, as news reached us (courtesy of subscriber “CamdenMad”) detailing the sale of a MayGay Madness fruit machine on Ebay. At the time of reporting the price was a very, very reasonable £150. However, with the item located in deepest darkest Stirling, it would be a massive trek or hefty courier fee for the majority of would be fans.

Moving on, and we reported on the exciting news revealing that the one and only Suggs was the favourite to win the role of Camden Town’s Music Tsar.

Suggs was the frontrunner in a list of nominated candidates which included Chas Smash, Danny Goffey of Supergrass and Blur guitarist Graham Coxon.

The position had been suggested by the late Henry Conlon, landlord at the Dublin Castle in Parkway, Camden Town, to promote and secure the future for live music, venues and artists in the area. Mr Conlon wanted Camden Council to form a live music think-tank headed by the music tsar.

Suggs was said to be “thrilled” about the idea, according to Mr Conlon, who was set to discuss the post that week with culture minister Estelle Morris and Feargal Sharkey, former singer with The Undertones and now hired as a government advisor.

Elsewhere in this edition we issued a plea from Jermaine of Tour Madness, who contacted us to report that work on the publication had stopped for the simple reason that the supply of information had run out, and he needed your help to continue.

The chapters that needed to be updated ran from February 1984 (‘Keep Moving’-tour) to Summer 1995 (Suggs promoting I’m Only Sleeping) and it was also fan-reports from Nutty Boys-gigs (1990-1995) that he was after.

Rob Hazelby

 

 

TWEETS OF A DOVE & THAT FACEBOOK

Recent nutty posting from Twitter, Facebook and other online sources.

Mark Bedford (@ I_Be_MarkB)

May 1st (asked how many bass guitars he has)

“I have four good ones that are used for various jobs. Two of them are really old and only used for recording now”

 

Suggs (@ SuggsMcPherson)

May 7th

“Just come down from attic, In process of trying to compile 3 cd set of favourite tracks, difficult. 45s/cassettes”

April 27th

“Decide to make some small adjustments one man show.”

 

Chris Foreman (@CBoyForeman)

“Nobody nicks my scooter….CB http://1drv.ms/1jsY11v”

 

Barso and Woody on Facebook.

Remembering Elvis Costello singing Tomorrow’s Just Another Day on The Rise and Fall Tour.

Woody – “Fond memories of that day.”

Mike – “Declan’s finest moment ha ha! – must say he did a grand job! hats off to the man!”

 

 

TIME…

We end this week with the thrilling news that Suggs has recorded his appearance of BBC2 comedy panel show QI.

The recording was for QI Series L, the show’s 12th series. (Suggs is surely just warming up for Series M!) Suggs joined host Stephen Fry, Alan Davies, Jimmy Carr and Claudia O’Doherty on May 7th to record for the BBC2 show.

We will have more on this when it’s due to air. If broadcast in the same order as recording it’s likely Suggs will appear on the 2nd or 3rd episode, with the likelihood of broadcast being September time.

Next, and we’ve been thrilled to hear that Swanny over at the official Crunch page, has been going through Thommo’s loft unearthing rarities and more for the page. Items include the handwritten lyrics to It’s Ok I’m A Policeman Lyrics which have been put up for everyone to see.

Check out https://www.facebook.com/crunchbandofficial

And finally, Brendan Phipps of Madness tribute One Step Behind has been in touch to tell us that the band are 21 years old this week, and that a Facebook group has been set up to commemorate this landmark.

https://www.facebook.com/#!/OSBTribute

Until next week, take care,

Jon Young, Rob Hazelby, Simon Roberts, Paul Williams

(With thanks to Daren West and Sarah Shaw)