Lancaster!!!

Early news on  

Bones & The Aft

World Tour

Lancaster ,

The Yorkshire House

with the

Woodcraft Folk!

and

Wilde!

Friday 2nd August

Next up....Sunday June 3oth, 

Leigh Folk Festival

We are on about 4 - ish on the 

Peter Boat Stage...

in case you didnt know its all free, 

Saturday in the town park 

and Sunday on loads of stages
 up along the seafront.

Leigh Folk Festival operates a very

refreshingly liberal view of 'folk' music

(hence  us playing....)

and the festival incorporates all manner of

      

  

                                               traditional and modern acts

and is one of the most wonderful days out

in all England,

and its always sunny 

and in the immortal words

of Dennis Watterman in Minder:

" Eleven pints, ten of beer and one  of whelks..."

Come and say hello:

PS: this is playing two years ago:

note the sunshine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdIV3i9xu9E

More info on the line up etc at:

http://www.leighfolkfestival.com

   

  

  

 So.....off we went to perform at Shaking The Shelf,  

an evening of performances relating to the groundbreaking artist book exhibition 

Press and Release at Brighton's Phoenix Arts...

little did we realise what a magical evening it would be, 

with wondrous performances from among others Iain Paxon; 

a mysterious illustrated story narrated by the artist

accompanied by solo piano, a hand made costume and charmingly 

clunky slides of his drawings...The audience were  led through and around 

the building expertly by compere and organiser Belinda Greenhalgh-

We did two sets......interspersed  by a talk by Jackie Batey of Damp Flat Books and two unforgettable performances by Laboratorio, an erotic bookdance to the death, and more esoteric fare from Carolina Diaz and  a delightfully  enigmatic musical accompaniment.....

We finished off proceedings, in a little intimate room, pink lit and filled by our

hand made set.....

                            

Intimate it was....gloriously intimate; Ian and Biscuit on the finest of forms.....Bently in full becostumed flow....attentive appreciative audience....lovely...one of my favourite gigs ever and Mark Dyball came all the way from London with his lovely neice to see us ...thinks?..must buy that man a pint...

 Here are some pictures of the actual exhibition.... including Liver and Lights No. 30. Thirty People on a specially designed plinth with kneeling cushions....The whole exhibition, designed by Ben Thompson and curated by Karin Mori is a wonder...Ben Thompson, the designer and constructor of all the  displays is a genius...each artist has her or his  setting designed specifically for the work.....

I've seen a lot of Artist Book shows over the years...this is one of, if not the, most inspiring of the lot....No Artist Book show in the future can be made without reference to this one....

If you are interested in Books and you miss this , in future you will have to lie and say you did see it....like the legendary Sex Pistols gig at The Screen on The Green....

Its on til'  June the 9th, so theres still time...

                  The Artist explains the concept behind 'Kathy's Plums' to a bemused visitor

 Bones and The Aft try out a substitute drummer  

(Hannah Trolley...) whilst Biscuit isnt looking

 Bodmans Black Humours.... Sarah's collection thereof...another innovative viewing experience...you can actually play with the  books but not steal them!! Excellent!!

 Hannah tells Biscuit the news that he wont be  needed for the gig......

 The legendary Otto's  wondrous  books on a wondrous plinth

 Andi McGarry's Sun Moon and Stars suspended display

Bones & The Aft....The Model, 

from above...

                            

More Otto's.....I'm a big fan of his work....and Ben Thompson's  

plinth buliding...Hire this man!...Exhibition design of genius.

 Awaiting the return of the audience.....

O, what tender memories fond........

Photographer:  Kathy Round

(Her who says its all the fault

of Britney Spears and Simon Cowell,

but not her of Plums fame....)

We are playing at Brighton's 

prestigious Phoenix Arts 

in a special,

celebratory evening called 

Shaking the Shelf

as part of an amazing exhibition of Artist Books,

 (including quite a few by me)

There are some other really interesting 

performances/ artists playing

as well as Bones & The Aft including the 

amazing Hamilton Yarns

and Jackie Batey of Damp Flat Books fame

tickets are only £5.00 

and you can get them

in advance on this link..

they are limited and might sell out so do it now!!

http://www.phoenixarts.org/index.php

 Album launch Gig at Tulse Hill Tavern

Lovely people running venue,

warm, kind and  friendly...thank you

Lovely audience too,

Thanks for coming and spending 

your hard earned dosh

on us

This is Jerkcurb...

a fantastic, evocative set from

one so young and talented...

he'll go far this boy.....

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