Anyway, in order to cleanse ourselves of the shun of the ILUMINAZIs which control the internets (thanks David Micke), we are instead playing a show with so much awesome piled with so much awesome that there is no room left for ham.  In fact, if the awesome were stacked up like in a game of Tetris, then it would all disappear as the row would be full.  Full of awesome.

You may still be wondering if this is something you want to become part of your life (like a pint of idiot), so to give you a balanced view on whether or not you should do this, here are a list of pros and cons.

Pros:

Friday night baby!

Neon Highwire baby!

Is Tropical & Black Daniel baby!

Close to the tube baby!

They have a bar baby!

Special guests baby!

Cons:

Justin Bieber could technically attend in theory.

Anyway, here are the cold hard facts:

Date: Friday 27th January 2012.

Location: Purple Turtle, 65 Crowndale Road, London, NW1 1TN.

Nearest Tube: Mornington Crescent (Northern Line).

Opening Hours: 20:00 – 04:00.

Price: £4 advance, £5 on the door with a flyer.

Lineup: Is Tropical (DJ), Fugue B2b Bogart, Black Daniel, A Fat White Family, Neon Highwire, Bow Mods, Ozonna, The Mannakings, You Me And The Moon

Moustache Flash was a smash, our thanks to everyone who came down, some photos will be making their way onlines soon thanks to some snapperoo work by the frankly awesome Katharine Collins who is better at arm wrestling than both Jim Dippie & Steven Morgan (scientific proof available), though at time of writing, I’m not sure if a Lukebattle has occurred.

Yeah they are.

Here’s a bonus picture for the road (not of the road).

Check out the fact that Spin Off & Kim Jong Il Looking At Things are now on Spotify.

This picture always makes me laugh:

Some said I was crazy to even consider it a possibility.

To those people I said no.

I will ride a Segway.

In other “news”, due to a chance alignment of “The Moon” and “Uranus”, I somehow managed to convince the incredible Darren Keen to pop by London as part of his 10 month tour as The Show Is The Rainbow on Wednesday September 14^th.

Here’s some liquid* (*not actually liquid) excitement for you:

Video for Don’t Vote filmed in one take for Love Drunk.

Introductory Spotify playlist

Also on the bill are us (natch), the intense live show of Elephant 12 (tipped for big things) and the sassy Hot Beds.

Not just that, also during the night:

TEST YOUR STRENGTH at the El Tablo Arm Wrestlo!

RISK YOUR LIFE at the Top Trump Deathmatch!

CURE INCURABLE DISEASES with finely groomed moustaches!

MUSCLE beach!

Some other stuff’s happened since the last mail too, like an interview video with us going online, a stream of a disasterous live show of ours going on line (not our fault, I promise!), Skope magazine featuring our BATBS video and Steve dancing, but this is far too exciting for any of that to get any more than a paragraph in this mail.

STOP READING AND BUY TICKETS NOW USING THIS INTERNET LINK ON THE INTERNET!  JUST CLICK ON THESE GIANT WORDS TO GO TO THERE! THAT’S HOW THE INTERNET WORKS!

Here it is again, in case you are scan reading this email and there’s a chance you miss it.  “I will not let that happen or my name isn’t Ian Beale.” – Ian Beale.

Wednesday 14th October 2011 (19:30)

Moustache Flash (The Show Is The Rainbow, Neon Highwire, Elephant 12, Hot Beds)

The Workshop at Roadtrip, 243 Old Street, London, EC1V 9EY

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Did you read the part about the gig?  If not, START AGAIN!

Steve.

Yes, this man

The night is called Moustache Flash and is a celebration of facial hair and all things MACHO.

El Tablo Arm Wrestlo!

Top Trump Deathmatch!

Moustaches allocated on arrival to all cold lipped attendees!

Muscle Beach!

It’s going to be a night you’ll tell your grandkids about IN SPACE!

Don’t know Darren Keen?  Read on…

“Hi! My name is DARREN KEEN. I have spent the past 8, almost 9 years touring full time with my band THE SHOW IS THE RAINBOW.

The Show is the Rainbow is a bizzare mix of FUNK / HIP HOP / DANCE / and EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRONIC music, with a MULTIMEDIA presentation and lots of quick witted banter. I have played literally just under 1,000 shows, including 30+ tours of the United States, 9 European tours, and 2 tours of New Zealand.

Pulling influences from Frank Zappa, Beck, Squarepusher, and Captain Beefheart, I have built up a following, and turned what was once sort of a “novelty” act, into a full fledged, DIY, underground movement. People have compared me to a midwestern, musical Andy Kaufman, with the ability to light up any room with my hilarious, original, and confusing behavior.

I have released 4 full length albums, and plenty of ep’s and singles, on a variety of record labels from all over the world, including TSK!TSK! (London, UK), RETARD DISCO (Los Angeles, CA), YOSADA (Boise, ID), and I have future releases planned for both the FLYING NUN (NZ) and DUAL PLOVER (OZ). My most recent full length “Tickled Pink”, was released on 12″ vinyl on my own label, IT ARE GOOD RECORDS, which has luckily found distribution through the forward thinking electronic label ILLEGAL ART (home of Girl Talk, Steinski, and Junk Culture).

Right now I am in the middle of a YEAR LONG HONEYMOON TOUR, which will take me and my wife all around the world 3 times! It has been amazing so far, and we look forward to our upcoming dates in Europe, New Zealand, and Australia.

Through my 9 years of touring, I have played a variety of shows and venues, and I love it all, from the dingiest basement to the largest
outdoor camping festivals. I have been lucky enough to tour with acts like Man Man, Neil Hamburger, Deerhoof, The Faint, Girl Talk, Dan Deacon, Mae Shi, Cursive, and F in Math. I have been invited to play so many great shows, including Bergenfest in Bergen, Norway (twice!), Camp A Low Hum in New Zealand (twice), and countless appearances at CMJ and SXSW in the USA.
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100% CONFIRMED EUROPEAN TOUR DATES!! LOT’S MORE TO BE CONFIRMED SOON!!!

Sat. Sept 3 Bergen, Norway @ Garage

Tue. Sept 6 Aalborg, Denmark @ 1000Fryd

Wed. Sept 7 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Kifak

Thu. Sept 8 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ OCCII w/ Rainbow Arabia

Sat. Sept 10 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ W139 (Bring Yr Own Beamer Festival)

Mon. Sept 12 Gent, Begium @ Cafe Video

Tue. Sept 13 Metz, France @ La Rubis

Wed. Sept 14 London, United Kingdom @ Roadtrip

Sat. Sept 17 Tilburg, Netherlands @ Kafee ‘t Bultenbeentje (INCUBATE FESTIVAL)

Tue. Sept 20 Madrid, Spain @ La Felpa II

Thu. Sept 29 Winterthur, Switzerland @ Kraftfeld

Fri. Sept 30 Eindhoven, Netherlands @ TAC (Pageturner)

Sat. Oct 1 Nijmegen, Netherlands Swing Sting @ De Onderbroek

Sun. Oct 2 Kassel, Germany @ Club A.R.M.

Alas, these things happen, and we’d just like to say sorry to all those in attendance, we always want to give everything to our live shows, so we’re as disappointed as yourselves when we’re not able to, but to add to the facepalm… It was all recorded!  Who knows if it’ll even make it to air, but if you fancy yourself a bit of car crash TV, then turn off your Jeremy Kyle and click on this link!

Last email I sent was February 18th, here’s what’s happened since then, in order of magnitude:

• NEW SINGLE SPIN OFF RELEASED!  It’s an epic, no doubt, it’s the sort of song that makes the entire cast of the Gossip Girl et al spontaneously combust in a purple flame of eroticism whilst the ghost of L. Ron Hubbard performs an impromptu cover of Scatman but without using any vowels.
• Bear At The Bus Stop soundtracking the ace iPhone game Rollover Rover.  I’d buy it right now if I were you, or are you the sort of short sighted, petty parasite that voted no to the alternative vote system in some sort of misguided Lib Dem revenge?
• Novelty Music Scene remix of Neon Blink opening track on Electro House Essentials Volume 07 compilation.
• Hail! Perestroika remix of Neon Blink on Sunset 2 Sunrise Volume 09.
• Remix of the Glass Diamond track “Boys And Girls Come Out To Play” makes people want to reconstruct Clitheroe at a 300:1 ratio out of reconstituted used 3D glasses from raunchy cinemas.
• Gig mentioned at the bottom of the email being filmed and streamed live online, come along as it’s on a Saturday daytime and you need us in your life.
• Luke being interviewed on Banana Peel radio.

I Love Music Filmed Show (Neon Highwire, The Fuse, History Of The Trade)

Cafe 1001, 1 Dray Walk, 91 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL

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Blah blah blah give a sh*t,

Steve.

http://www.neonhighwire.com

http://www.myspace.com/neonhighwire

http://www.facebook.com/neonhighwire

http://twitter.com/neonhighwire

http://last.fm/music/neon+highwire