So yaaay, we’re putting on another DIY ‘Falling and Laughing presents…’ style gig. This cover star (again on a white background) is Dr Zoidberg if he was going to bemade from a sheet of paper. If you want to make the box you can find the full thing with arms here . While googling round I also found this terrifying Zoidberg image, but also this knitted cuddly Zoidberg hat that counteracts it.

Poster -

This gig is again upstairs at Island Bar with…

Waldo Jeffers
Hillary & The Democrats
Ben Calvert
Falling & Laughing

Ace. Doors are at 8.30. Hillary and the Democrats are coming down from Liverpool so there’ll be donations (suggested donation is £1 or £2) to cover their travel costs.

Hurrah, so far Falling and Laughing have played two gigs outside of Birmingham - one in London and one in Stourbridge - so we’re looking forward to our trip to Bristol!

It’s on Saturday 3rd October at The Mother’s Ruin on St Nicholas Street

Big Pink Cake are hosting. There’s a facebook event here.

£3.00 in. Think we’re on first, probably sometime soon after half past eight. Also playing are Hi-Life Companion and Phil Wilson. Ace, hopefully he’ll pull out a version of No Place Called Home.

Mother’s Ruin is one of the strangest (in a lovable way) venues I’ve ever been to. The bands play upstairs on the right hand side of the stairs, and the audience stand on the left on a balcony which sort of overlooks the stage. There is a little bit of space to stand in front of the bands, but it involves balancing precariously at the top of the stairs.

I sat at the front last time I went, and here was a picture of Manhatten Love Suicides that was taken from there -

Genuinely looking forward to Moseley Folk Festival this weekend. Lime Chalks are playing on the Bohemian Jukebox stage at 6.45 on Saturday if you’re going and want to see us. Looook - here’s words on the Moseley Folk Festival website to prove that it’s not just a figment of my imagination - like the time I tuned up with a uke and demanded to headline V Festival. Now *that* was embarrasing.

It looks like the best Moseley Folk Festival line up ever - Friday is borderline popfest, with Saint Etienne, The Pastels & Tenniscoats, El Perro Del Mar, Seeland and Rose Elinor Dougall.

The Bohemian Jukebox stage is full of some great bands who have played at BoJo over the last few years too - Hatchlings, Gemma Quarterman, David Leach, Pete Green, Theatre of the Absurd, Superman Revenge Squad, Friends of The Stars, Perrots Folly, Ben Calvert, Mitch & Murray, Cat Green Bike, Richard Burke, James Summerfield and Fox are the ones I’ve heard of and am looking forward, though clicking on some random links from the folk fest website is comming up with other great bands.

Ace!