Friday just gone marked a successful end to 2xx’s fundraising campaign, which will result in all kinds of sweet online content for ACT artists. MC duties were prosecuted by science-fiction-sex themed hip hop act Trendoid and Alphabet. In keeping with recent custom I joined them onstage for a few feature verses, specifically on the tracks ‘Intergalactic Glory Hole’ and ‘Alien Rectum’.
Photos by Adam Thomas.
Finally editing the second episode of One Pot Punk Rock, recorded last week.
EDIT: 7:20am, 28 August – the episode is now up!
Had a fantastic day recording Pocket Fox, Sebastian Field, The Cashews and Joe Oppenheimer in the back of the car. Thanks to everyone who got involved.
The Seasonally Affected Sessions are these beautiful little acoustic gigs run by Sam King on Sundays in the wintertime. Corroboree Park Scout Hall is a warm and cozy venue that fits a hundred people very comfortably and has a little kitchenette where they sell mulled wine and homemade food.
Seb and Jordan from Cracked Actor played as a duo, and my man Nick Peddle was drumming with his 8-piece Hug-Pop act Pocket Fox. I was doing my song-on-the-spot thing in the intervals.
Basically I get the crowd to yell out 15 words and then I have until the next interval to write a song that has all the words in it. Then I perform it straight away.
This time I had such evocative words as ‘appalling’, schizoid embolism’ and the ever-popular ‘penis’. Luckily Cammy T was there to hold up the lyrics for me and support me in his warm embrace.
I recently tasked the prop master for my b&w short film KITHARA to make a copy of Cesare’s knife from The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari.
And so he did!
To say I’m pleased would be an understatement.
The idea (while not made explicit in KITHARA) is that it’s the same knife – that the films take place in a shared universe. Ultimately, I guess that means they are both figments of Francis’ imagination, a la St. Elsewhere.
More on KITHARA soon.
Cracked Actor performed at Smiths Alternative Bookshop last Thursday. We debuted several freshies, including newly crowned crowd favourite, “Lemon On Your Lover”.
Working on One Pot Punk Rock E02 – should be here in a week.
Lick Nuke 