Another round of late night bargain bucket fancy dress in effect. It was Potter themed so we opted for this:
Slightly more effort than wearing my grotty old pillowcase, we raided charity shops for anything to help us out. Then, we went to town with paper and card making our custom Gryffindor badges and Sirius' plaque (we played rather fast and loose with time accuracy on this little venture).
Get it? Cause it's like the bit in the books when Snape tries to read it but with Puppet Pal Wizard Swears. Would say I have too much time on my hands but I really don't. I'm working on a new film and of course Quint is still coming along albeit at a far slower pace than I anticipated.
Oh and in case you (and you in particular) were wondering:
That's the School reunion down the pan then, shame I'd bought new robes (for once).
So it's been well over a year since I've had this badboy blog, I can tell because I had to rustle up a last minute Hallows eve costume again (clickety here for last year). Looking at the gear I had I realised I was one white coat away from being every-bodies favourite Assassin with a medical degree. Quick trip into town and a little help from this guy and BAM! Dr McNinja in effect. If you don't have Facebook people aren't that fussed about taking pictures of you so sadly this is the best one I got. A shame I feel as the trousers really tied the outfit together.
Apologies to Christopher Hastings, I do not mean for your creation to be advertising Corona. That's all we need, creator owned characters endorsing products (though AXE COP life insurance ads would be a sight to see).
In terms of how much like a McNinja I felt I could not tell you, but I tell you one thing I really do hate these woods...
P to the S. My friend showed us this and it has to be the best costume I've seen all year.
A great little blog I came across, it reviews local (Essex) bands performances, albums and the like. It's all wrote in an honest and sometimes witty style without mocking or putting anyone down. Recently they reviewed our show so should you want to know what someone else thought of our giglet, check it. You don't? Pfft, check it anyway.
A curious ditty ran by the delightful Ashley Burch from the 'Hello Ms. Burch what is that your interacting with?' webseries. People submit stories ranging from quirky to quite dark based around the blog title. Recently it was updated encouraging other mediums to be submitted as well. With such a diverse range of stories being posted it's caught me off guard numerous times. I submitted a tale. A computer game helped you out? Maybe you should consider sending something.
I have no idea how I came across this, I still have no idea quite what it is. I think it's an art blog by a Spanish doll-maker/sculptor, but I cant be sure. But just look at it, It's so rich in imagination, swimming somewhere between falling asleep and the shadows of fairy tales. While you window shop at this world some music plays providing the perfect soundtrack to the environment. I find it fascinating!
On the 21st of September we (ICHI & The Trigger Fingers) played at one of Icebreakers regular nights at Pat Molloy's. It was our second show and the first to feature Will on the Cajón (you could call it a 'beatbox' if your a fan of awful jokes). We played our usual brand of Jazz Hiphop covers with an original thrown in somewhere. Thanks to everyone that came out/put up with us. I'm heading back to the wicked, wicked, wild wild west tomorrow but I'll be back in the Essex area winter, ready to deliver more of our Bebop Acoustic Rap nonsense. Until then feel free to check out these clips Phil filmed:
Got Your Money
Original by Ol' Dirty Bastard (our version didn't feature Kelis).
Children's Story
As if you need telling! Original by Slick Rick. In his version he doesn't go for the 'Fuck, where are we? Scat singing option'.
Clint Eastwood
Original by Gorillaz & Del The Funky Homosapien.
Ichi Trigger Finger
Original by us. If anyone can give a rats arse about what's coming out my gullet the Lyrics are below the video on youtube.
Hiphop Medley
Our medley contains a Bowed double bass and sections of: Ain't Goin' Out Like That by Cypress Hill, Bring The Noise by Public Enemy, The Muppets Theme Song, The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, What's Golden by Jurassic 5 and The Next Episode by Dr. Dre.
Choice Is Yours (Revisited)
Original by Black Sheep. If there is a finer way to end our set I'll eat my hat (or just end the set with that instead).
In the words of MF DOOM 'that's that'. Feel free to spread the word Tweet You've heard worse.
Ol' Jk's never been too subtle about the whole Grindelwald/Hitler thing so I thought it's about time I drew how it looked in my brain. As the wizarding mayor has been known to contact the muggle mayor in times of danger it makes sense that the worlds would have allied during world War 2 and of course stupid jetpack Hitler would naturally have evil Nazi Wizards on his side (at least that's what me and 3D Neil speculated).
I imagine poor Dumbledore is thinking a mix of 'Oh dear I'm gonna have to waste my best friend' juxtaposed with ' Damn he did always did look good in black.'
Uploaded this bit separate so you folks and folkesses can take a better look at his him. I based his outfit on the British UK uniform (down to the shoelace pattern, because I'm sad like that).
So from head to toe, left to right:
Half Moon goggles, Order of Merlin First Class, 12 vials of Dragon Blood, Pouch of Rations and the like, Medi-pack (primarily containing Phoenix tears), some handy potions, his old wand and some sherbet lemons for comfort.
Made with Pen and watercolours. Let us know if ya wanna use 'em, I probably wont have a problem with it.
Sketch of Kasablanca. My character in a writing experiment developed by two friends and I. The idea is this: In a world similar to ours circa 1880ish we each create a character that we have complete control over. The story will start with all of them for whatever reason entering the same bar in Whitechapel. Then as a result of their own motivations and circumstances start travelling together. The challenge is to see if a decent narrative can evolve out of this way of writing. It's a very early idea that may not come to light (we're not sure what medium it will be in).
Anyhoo, Kasablanca was a captain of a sky ship who was left for dead, while her partner has been sentenced to a hanging on the other side of the sea. Fuelled by revenge and love she begins her plan by heading to London with the hope of stealing a boat from the Thames.
I decided to base her appearance on 60's icons, going for the curvy, natural sense of beauty as this suits her character. Prizes for guessing who in particular.
Did it wiv a pen! Obviously she's an original character and I own the copyright blahblahblah, if you wanna use the picture (or any of mine) for something just give me a nod, I'll probably say yes and I can put a link to it here.
I am subscribed to Anti records on youtube. As a result of this I came across news of your new album Life Fantastic. I came very close to stealing it off the internet. But I listened to a few tracks and I thought ‘No, be honourable’. I decided I would buy the album for real, I could hold it and feed it and raise it as my own. Spend some time with it, sit down read the lyrics, carry it around with me, look at the pictures that kind of scenario. I don’t really like ordering CD’s off the internet so I went into the only record store in my town, a HMV.
What a sorry state of affairs it is in there these days. I had to wade through Family Guy shirts and House boxsets just to get to the CD’s which seem to be kept out of sight as if their ashamed of them. Pfft, I’ll be lucky to find it in here I thought. Unless I want to 2 for £10 on Oasis albums I’m not really spoilt for choice. I pressed on regardless and to my surprise I found it. Hidden behind a black bit of plastic with your band name there it was. 15 pounds!? I nearly ran out screaming, I was struggling to breath and when the initial shock wore off I was offended. Ridiculous price for a CD, albeit we have a weighty sleeve but still there is only 11 tracks on this bastard. But like drunk sex with a fat girl I figured, I’ve come this far might as well press on. I paid the man, who tried to scupper more shillings off me by offering me some wastegash reward card. I left waiting for the sense of doing something right to come me but it never did. I paid 15quid for something I was just going to rip onto my itunes anyway. Thing is, I doubt its yours or Anti Records fault it cost this much. But perhaps bands and labels should be more aware of how much their products are being sold for. I’m just one example, I persevered because of a sense of honour brought on from watching too many Shaw Brothers Kung Fu films. What if a person of a weaker disposition was in the same situation, sure some skittles and Oasis albums would get sold but Life Fantastic wouldn’t be clutched in their grubby little paws.
Worst part in all of this is it’s a fucking great album. The production, Instrumentation, The Lyrics it’s all solid. Sure like a decent meal I like some bits more than others, but none of it lets down. I’m happy to have it in my collection. Any other MAN MAN record I come across is a sure and safe buy. Seeing you live is a must. I recommend it, the artworks great too.
My friend/cohort/business partner and occasional pet lamb is uploading a chapter of his novel every week starting next. The chapters are gonna be fairly short and you can yell at him if it's crap.
Armed with a Double Bass, Piano & some dubious vocals ICHI & The Trigger Fingers deliver Hip-Hop classics with a Jazz twist. You've heard worse.
Formed in Colchester they will be getting a giglet or two over the winter season when I return.
Consisting of ICHI from the IchiTriggerFinger media powerhouse and Joe EP from the Jazz/Fusion outfit Liatris Quartet. Their aim: to simply deliver a good show to the audience but to quote one of their covers “It takes the bastard ol’ dirty to move your crowd”.
