2 posts tagged “gay”

Hello bloggers,

Following our lovely review from channel four last week (which I'm still smiling about...), I can exclusively reveal that we now have some gigs in the diary for 2008.

We tend to go for quality over quantity when it comes to gigs, so catch us while you can...

Up first, its "Thriller Killer" at Charlies nightclub on the 22nd Feb 2008:

They say:
"Its a clubnight for indie kids, gays and gay indie kids, and we are playing a full on, full band live and uptempo set with new tunes - think "homoelectric" but better."

I say:
"Its also rather like a clubnight in Manchester called "Bollox" - isn't Mcr gay village great!!!"

Secondly, we're doing an acoustic set at a night called "While Other Bands Park Vans" at Trof, Fallowfield, Manchester.

Yes, its the heart of the student community and its a lovely, sit down sort of event in one of the smallest rooms going. Expect acoustic guitars, pianos, and poetry. A completely different vibe.

More to follow, but I hope that's wet your whistle for now.

Oh, and by the way, did I mention this review from Channel Four, Its ace! http://www.channel4.com/blogs/page/music?entry=band_of_the_week_this

Ben

Post Pride recovery, and new Doctor Who until 2010!

Right, lets cut to the chase, today, because I've just heard some big news about my favourite television programme, Doctor Who, which I'd like to share with you.

After the fourth series airs in 2008, David Tennant will continue in the role of the Doctor for a Christmas special at the end of 2008. After that, instead of a full series beginning filming, the production team, with Tennant still in the role, will be working on three Doctor Who specials, written by Russell T Davies, to be shown on BBC1 throughout the year of 2009. A fifth full series is scheduled for 2010.

How great is that! New Who confirmed until 2010. Hurrah!

As they say on Outpost Gallifrey* "squee!!!" - don't know what that means but everybody uses it so I thought I'd introduce it too you now. Lets all "Squee" together.

(*Outpost Gallifrey is an ace Dr Who fan website)

Well, ok, you can call me a saddo nobhead if you like for being a sci fi fan, but I really don't care. That's been the highlight of my day today, and in all fairness, that's no surprise after a lovely week off spent doddering round Manchester. Well, I needed a week off, look you, after the activities of the August Bank Holiday weekend, where we rocked the big stage at PRIDE (it was amazing) and proceeded to make a serious indent into the cider stocks of Greater Manchester. The party went on for 48 hours and I had to spend most of Monday in bed. Although, surprisingly, I didn't go to a single club over the weekend and spent most of my time loafing from bar to bar chatting to friends and getting increasingly over excited. So it was a goodun. Roll on next year.

The rest of the week was spent sending out a few CDs. Now I've finally got out biography and photos sorted out, I'm in a position to start pushing "This Morning Call" to appropriate press, DJ's and record labels. Now, this is a serious task that might take some time, but it's all systems go and I'll keep you updated as to how we get on. If anybody has any bright ideas as to who I should be sending CD's too, please let me know. I'm talking about people who are likely to be into what we are doing, so I can't imagine sending it to Goth Rock Records is the best idea!!

But come on, folks, lets have some suggestions.

Can I just do a quick shout out to our good friend Vicki Richardson, long time supporter of the band and DJ on our local station, ALL FM, who came down to watch us at PRIDE, we really appreciated the support, and to all you punters who have so kindly emailed us and messaged us over MySpace to say how much you enjoyed the show. It was rather unexpected and really fantastic to get such a great response. My ego has now inflated to three times its normal size, which, believe me, is big!

Our next gig will be something a little different. We are playing a night called Green Bohemia at the Green Room in Manchester on the 15th September. I'll say now that the set will demonstrate that we can make a good sound without a massive PA, laptops, computers, and loads of stuff. It'll be really interesting experience and I hope you'll be able to join us. More on that in the next entry.

See you all soon,

Ben