Jeffrey's got a pretty special band together for this UK tour in August. I'm on the bill for the York gig too.

Vibrant photo collage poster with strange faces and handwritten information. Astral Social Club, Anxiolytics and Herb Diamanté playing at Awen33 on Saturday 9 May at 7pm.

Astral Social Club playing at Awen33 in Bangor on 9th May on a bill with my old pal Herb Diamanté and the mighty Anxiolytics. Nice Godbert collage poster too.

Misremembered. It's the runout on Voice of America.

Also, doesn't the runout groove on Red Mecca read something like "Where is the third mantra?".

If Rough Trade had put out "He loved him madly" as a one-sided 12" in 1980 no-one would have batted an eyelid.

Dunno. As someone who came upon things like Miles and Sun Ra thru their names being dropped in interviews with post-punk RT types that makes sense.

First Futurist Bags jam in an age tonight, the 3 of us in our Keighley nest. We have some unruly throbbing acid to lay on the 1in12 a week on Saturday.

Hey, weren't you Mr Popul Vuh too Dave? 😜

(our name spelt wrong on the poster too = cute)

Poster with close-up photograph of a synthesizer for the 1in12 event on 18 April, presented by RinDIY Electronic, with Gilank (playing 7:30-8pm), Futurist Bags (playing 8:15-8:45), Limewave (playing 9-9:30) and Yorkshire Modular Society (playing 9:45-10:30). Tickets are £8 in advance or £10 on the door.

Futurist Bags (me and Adam from Vibracathedral, plus our pal Paul Conrad) are playing a fundraiser at and for Bradford's mighty 1in12 Club weekend after next, 18 April. Been too long since we played out.

He's from The Socialist Republic of Sheffield, where men call each other "love", of course he's a sweetheart.

You stopping in Mirfield? If so, I'd def recommend The Flower Pot over The Navigation.

Dreamt I lost my Polly Shang Kuan Band t-shirt.

Living in Mirfield, I curse the ale trail and all who sail on it. Seems hellish, good luck!

Got a lot of Radio 1 airplay at the time for such a strange record.

Fatal Microbes - Violence Grows YouTube video by WallakAt

You're a tough crowd! Have you tried Fatal Microbes? Violence Grows is a total wonky classic (b side gets punkier too) youtu.be/8G_qf1M8LQQ?...

(someone else mentioned Poison Girls ofc)

Honey Bane - You Can Be You (FULL EP) YouTube video by Agz_Skitvarld_77not666

youtu.be/D9bLnq7Lm68?...

Dirt - Objekt Refuse Reject Abuse YouTube video by HisIroIsGone

Just seen this. Those early Slits Peel sessions are punk af, not that much like they sounded on Cut. Crass Records might sort ya out tho
youtu.be/dehcKjAXMnQ?...

Really excited to hit The South and be hanging with my old pal Julian this coming weekend.

Wasn't Fish's first solo LP called something like Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors? Can't be bothered to check, but it always made me smile

A favourite is Slits doing I Heard It Through The Grapevine. I love how they ride roughshod over the song, getting the lyrics wrong, and kinda reinventing it as they go along. Made me also realise what a solid gold gift of a song it is, and that I've hardly ever heard a terrible version.

Ha! It is mental who's on that record. Tiny Williams, Bernie Worrell etc etc. I remember it's pretty rubbish, but haven't heard in 35 years.

There's some filler on that record, but it's the best PiL band - Jim Walker on drums! Annafuckinlisa!!!

Colour Out Of Space Presents… Astral Social Club, Sharon Gal, The Piss Superstition, The Polly Shang Kuan Band, Russell Walker, Stone Cornelius & Feghoots In anticipation of the return of Brighton’s infamous experimental music festival Colour Out Of Space in April COOS present a matinee show featuring some performers who have appeared previously at COOS...

The Rose Hill gig info
therosehill.co.uk/event/colour...

Hundred Years Gallery gig info
hundredyearsgallery.co.uk/music-astral...

Poster for gig at 100 years gallery in London on 28 March, featuring Astral Social Club, The Piss Superstition, Sparrow & Shipsey and Mutare. 7:30 start, £10 cash entry.

Poster for gig at The Rosehill in Brighton on 29 March, featuring Astral Social Club, The Piss Superstition, Sharon Gal, Feghoots, The Polly Shang Kuan Band, Russell Walker and Stone Cornelius. 2pm til 9pm, £10 entry.

Dubbing up a small run of c30s to distribute at London and Brighton gigs in a few weeks. One 7min track each by TPS and ASC, then a glorious 15mins of strangeness by Julian and I together.

ANOTHER MESS IN A DIFFERENT KITCHEN, by A-MESS 8 track album

Ok, Bandcamp Friday is looming. I have no new wares to plug, but my old pal Stewart Keith (nee Walden) has just quietly started a new thing and in the main it's really sweet hypnotic electronics (he'll still surprise you with a ramshackle song now and again). the-a-mess.bandcamp.com/album/anothe...

Missed this when it went out, just watched now. So many ideas and examples, super& useful, loved it!

That just reminded me that I got a new one in 1985. Cost around 100 quid then.