The Ear

 So  its nearly upon us....

 the costumes have been stitched, 

the books have been glued 

and the screens painted.

....the launch of Liver & Lights No 49.

The Ear:Bones & The Aft

 May 4th  Tulse Hill Tavern, 150 Norwood Rd, SE24

 8 pm support from Jerkcurb 

 Be lovely to see you all there...

Looking back through my cupboards I came across some drawings from previous Liver and Lights 

publications...This one from is from The Yellow Moon In Brockwell Park...(No 37?)

This is Fat Shazzer, From the Billyman..

L&L No. 9...1989 -so long ago!!

Various..photographed at the Camberwell House Gallery Exhibition  a few years ago. From left to right they are: 100 books (No.23), Cuthbert 

-The Border Saint (No.15. 1990) and Hank's magic bottle from No 8 (The One True G'Love...Soake Opera...1988)

My shed...an unpublished drawing from 2002

                     Bromley South..L&L no 45 
   (I think...I lose count....)...a current live favourite

Finally....a reminder that Liver & Lights No 49:

 The Ear, bones & the aft's long awaited debut album will be launched with trumpets and great vivollity on May 4th at aforesaid venue with magical support from the internationally talented next big thing

JERKCURB

below is a link to the soundcloud file 

of the first track on the new, 

indeed, the first, bones & the aft album,

the 159 from Streatham Hill etc:

https://soundcloud.com/bones-and-the-aft/

brixton-the-159-from-streatham

also,

advance notice of the 

soon  coming

Launch Party Gig

with special guest, the former Dik Oooze

now solo

Jerkcurb

Lorna Milburn, the photographer whose fantastic image we used for the disc image on our album just posted some corking words of praise about us on her blog:

http://lornamilburnphotography01.wordpress.com/

The Ear: Liver & Lights No 49

 

Here it is the number one, the first  born, hot off the press Liver & Lights No 49, THE EAR, bones & the aft's debut album, hand-made in an initial edition of only 200 and containing the following oft heard, seldom heard and never heard tracks:

    

1. Brixton

2. Bromley South

3. Kings X

4. Penge

5. Stale Biscuits

6.The People

7.Mendwing Bird

8.The Son

9. Skellington Bones

10. Hank

and a whole book with all the lyrics and 

some  illusttrations and explanations

and some rubber stampings 

and a new and updated highly perusable Family Tree.

If you want to order one

before the official Launch Party on May 4th,

there are some left  but not many and

they are £10.00 plus £2.00 postage:

payable by Paypal to: hanksoake @gmail.com

or cheque  payable to: 

Liver & Lights

at

229 Railton Rd,

London

SE24 0LX

Freedom Bookshop Whitechapel

Bones & The Aft  

(well, me and Ian as Lord Biscuit is unavoidably detained overeas ) are doing a benefit gig for the recently Firebombed Freedom Bookshop in Whitechapel at The Horse Hospital, Collonade, London WC2, this Friday starting 7pm.

Also performing are: Steve Bereford, Capital K, and some others....also Nervous Stephen and Zeel as dj's and there'll be a bookstall selling stuff to raise funds for the shop and you are requested to bring unwanted books records zines etc to donate to the sale.....see you all there! Love JB xxx

https://www.facebook.com/events/274596786005307/

We are playing a special benefit concert (Me and Ian only as Biscuit is in Dubai..) for the recently firebombed Freedom Bookshop at The Horse Hospital, Collonade WC2 (Near the  British Museum.. )  Starts 7 pm - other confirmed acts include Steve Berseford and Capitol K plus Nervous Stephen and  Zeel as  Djs...there'll be a bookstall too obviously...