Some lovely words about our last show from Never Enough Notes online HERE.

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.

A drum

A drum

A drum

Another drum

The bass

The bass

The bass

Fucking neighbours.

Wrote another poem for y’all, that one took even less time than the last.  NEW PB!

Been seeing all the ruckus about Moustache Flash and wondering “But is this for me? I need to know more about El Crazilibre aka Darren Keen”.  WELL WANT NO MORE, MY FRIEND, FOR HERE IS AN INTERVIEW I DID WITH DARREN!  More hot links than spiked drinks.

I’m good to you people, TOO good you could almost say, but you don’t cos you loves it rough.  Much like Brian Clough, but unlike Hilary Duff.

Before before there was before

And before that we’re not so sure

When folk talked about days of yore

And we didn’t know about Al Gore

Mother mother, gentle mother

Art thou so different from the other

A light so bright you run to cover

More wrong than Die Hard without Danny Glover

That is my poem about Climate chango written over the course of the last twenty six seconds.  That’s deep man, deep till it hurts.

In more jovial news, you can win tickets for our upcoming show with The Show Is The Rainbow which I’ve been banging on about so much lately that I’m starting to get sick of my own voice, but if you aren’t there then you are LITERALLY DEAD TO ME LITERALLY (yes, that is a threat on the lives of the majority of the world’s population*).

So let me help you live.

1. CLICK ON ANY FUCKING WORD IN THIS SENTENCE AS IT’S ONE BIG LINKY LINK LINKERSON.

2. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO WIN TICKETS TO THE SHOW ON POPULAR MUSIC AND MOUSTACHE WEBSITE NEVER ENOUGH NOTES.

3. BUY TICKETS ANYWAY COS YOU PROBABLY WON’T WIN, YOU UNFORTUNATE TROLL.

*In case some psycho reads this, I am not really going to kill everyone or anyone UNLESS IT’S WITH KINDNESS, THEN I WILL BLUDGEON THEIR FACE IN WITH IT.

Want a video? Here, have one in your face. Buy tickets now, you utter twat! Hmm, my freestyle skills are to be desired.

Yeah they are.

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

Check out this news story on the upcoming The Show Is The Rainbow show at Roadtrip with us.  Buy tickets here.  Facebook in your face here.

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 it couldn’t be done.

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

Tickets; Facebook; Last.fm

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

Steve.

Wednesday September 14th sees a 2011 exclusive UK show from hip-hop / electro / punk manchild The Show Is The Rainbow at The Workshop at Roadtrip.

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.

1. Like.  Jim’s remix is THE BALLS.

2. Tonight’s gig at Roadtrip was fun.

3. Steve was interviewed by BBC News yesterday as part of Conspiracy For Good.

4. Come to this event Monday night where  Steve will be reading from his personal diary from 1997, the peak of his adolescent, hormonal years.