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 long and the short of it. Working on a ‘demo’ at the moment, and playing gigs soon. Check the myspazz for details.

Bunch of shows with the new line-up; including a costumed Halloween show and a gig with the charming Astrohenge.

Thumpermonkey, now Thumpermonkey Rises!, are playing a secret show with the new line-up ahead of our triumphant relaunch at the Tooting Bizarre night in July.

Tooting Bizarre have a new night at The Miller, a fine venue. I have booked the first two nights, and also made the flyers. Ecce!

In November, the device made another EP. It is bass and piano, and it is available for free download. Here is the artwork.

Tasty new Doghouse T-shirt design, with a private-eye casing-the-joint, lighting Ms. Bacall’s cigarette with a wink, kinda box-of-matches design.

I have cut together five clips of Tooting Bizarre bands live in the studio with Anthony Chapman in High Wycombe. My favourite is 50ft Panda, which you can watch here:

The rest are available to watch on Youtube:

THE DOGHOUSE RILEY BAND: Cheapies | Refrigerator Lover
TODGER: Technological Arm
TOOTING BIZARRE: Old Kent Road