Tooting Bizarre continues its regular take-over at The Miller. I am playing the first two nights in 2009, and also made the flyers. Ici!

Holy crap! The music video that I have always wanted to make! Finally: Stonasaurus and Horror Hospital joined in coital bliss!

Stonasaurus - Storm Your Way Back To Health (Horror Hospital Mash-up)

I followed Todger into the studio, and filmed them recording the new record. Here’s day one:

Todger: Cockumentary DAY ONE

Todger’s third album, and their first full-length album with the full-fat electric line-up. Recorded by our good friend Anthony Chapman, I was struggling to come up with the right cover for this. Something humorous but rocking, evil looking but with a wink. After a number of false starts, I woke up one morning with a vision of this. Luckily I have some instantly game friends, and I thank Mr.W and Miss.P for their assistance.

Inspired in no small way by the recent Francis Bacon exhibit, I was excited to try a tryptic of my own and bring some narrative into the design in a way that I’ve not achieved before. Here is the front cover in context:

The back cover is particularly silly and makes a satisfying job of undermining any initial perceived seriousness in the front cover. The satanic halo I’m particularly pleased with…

Completed the album artwork for the new 50ft Panda EP - The Tribunal of Mr Shout. This is their second recording, and we went for a more esoteric, pseudo-mathematical, Illuminati symbolism, mystic conspiracy kinda feeling. I’m very pleased with it, and I’m sure Robert Anton Wilson would like it too…

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I have also updated the 50ft Panda site to match the new artwork. Huh!

Minor facelift and freshen up of the Tooting Bizarre netlabel site, after it was (quite correctly) described as “a little bit Windows XP”… I went for a hand-drawn background, to go with the whole “no-budget”, “do-it-yourself” mood of the site, but kept the clean white look. I just hope we can convince some more fine bands to join our motley crew and slap their music up on the site.

Foolishness of foolishnesses; Stonasaurus recently re-united for the first gig since the Norwich Arts Centre gig (supporting Goldie Lookin’ Chain) way back in… er… 2005… maybe?

Mike Woodman (in his confused ignorance) insisted that we grab the mics for old times’ sake and open a Tooting Bizarre night. It was actually damn fun, and great to have so many friendly faces in the crowd (without which it might have fallen somewhat flatter!). I thank all those who came out to see it muchly - and advise anyone who missed it to download The “Best” Of Stonasaurus (for free, of course, I wouldn’t expect anyone to part with a penny for this nonsense!).

Featuring my little brudda on drums, and two very fine guitarists (both good friends); Olid is a doom band. That’s the very long and the not so short of it. Working on a ‘demo’ at the moment, and playing gigs soon. Check the myspazz for details.