5:03 AM

Tripping on this.


and this:

"They Deep Fry Everything!"

This was shot in Edingburgh sometime in September.
The Venue was called "Sneaky Pete's."
We played to about 6 people.
And we knew 4 of them.

Before we went on this couple were on the dance floor grinding away like their lives depended on it.
It was stomach-churningly mesmirising.
The woman I am dancing with turned out to be a Heroin addict that couldn't speak English or something.

The next day we played to just under 500 kids at Cabaret Voltaire.(big in the game vol.4) That was pretty fun. They wanted to tear Gauthier apart. He was loving it. Regardless of what he might say - He was loving it.

Here's the Video:

My First Band.

(aka: an insight into the mindset of a 14 year old trying to get laid.)

School days were terrible. Especially boarding school days. There was nothing to do. Only a practise room. So we started a metal band.

'Stabatha and the Minks' (My Idea)
Tobias "Tigerlilly Tinman" - Drums. Lead Vocals
Mark "Passion Possum" Pearson - Synth, Guitar
Anonymous - Guitar, Vocals

We were a Metal Jam Band. We made it all up on the spot.
We honestly thought we were going to be massive.

So anyway I just got an email from an anonymous old friend reminding me of this band. He also attached 2 recordings that we made in the practise room of our boarding school in Surrey. (big in the game. vol.3)

I honestly feel I have to share this with you.

We never did a show outside the school. Our only gig was a school talent show called 'RocSoc.' Basically everyone would cover 'Iris' by Goo Goo Dolls and American Hi-Fi's 'Another Perfect Day.' I'm not kidding. Everyone. And then they would get all the girls. It was a wining formula. We decided to do something different.

This was our setlist:

At Night
Corey Meets Pete
I Get Erection
(Turbonegro Cover. Satyricon Version.)
We actually had to change the lyrics to I get affection
Toxic (Britney Spears. Metal Version)
"for the ladies"

The next RocSoc I was in another band....
Covering American Hi Fi - 'Another Perfect Day'

My first ever band. 'Stabatha and The Minks.'
I'm feeling pretty nostalgic right now. I'll also write out the lyrics so everyone can see what a musical behemoth I am.

'At Night"

cat richards won't leave me alone
she's always hanging by the phone
i wish she would go away and die
leave me alone

at night
they only come out at night

when we go clubbing. yeah they'll be there.
only their fill us with fear
when we go clubbing we'll be prepared
cos we don't want 'em
they only come out

at night
they only come out at night

batman! batman! bat man!
save us from them. don't leave us alone

at night
they only come out at night

save us from them at night.

(i was a douche when i was 14)

O2 Part 2 - A Generic Email from Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys)

(big in the game. vol 2.)
(anybody know the song playing in the background? i've always wondered.)

"Dear Noisemaker,

Thanks for sending your demo! We get so many now that I only reply to the ones I like, and I like yours quite a bit. Unfortunately, we don't have room to add any more artists. We are a much smaller, more underground label than our name might suggest. It's getting harder and harder to survive in an age of corporate chain stores, file sharing and more and more cool music and labels when less and less people can afford to keep up with it all. So we do the best we can.

I hope you keep at it. If you haven't thought of this already, I'd highly recommend trying to save up some money and keep working this stuff yourself. That's how we started. If you do release anything else on CD, vinyl, or whatever, please send a copy. I'd love to hear it.

In the meantime, good luck with your work.

Don't give up,

Jello Biafra"


:(.

Oh Jello. I bet you say that to all the girls....

O2 - Live Artrocker Review.

(big in the game.)
Here's a pretty cool review from Artrocker Magazine. I just got sent it.
So as to make the blog seem less dead, it's going up.

There's more of these around but no one ever shows us. If you've got anything. Photos, Videos, strands of our hair, email us at ochildrentheband@gmail.com

O1|||||||||||

gavin in his dress.

O Children.
direct from Ramshead/Deerhead Manor.

Coming Soon:
Video Casts
Interesting Diversions
Remixes
Unity
Social News

News of the day:
There is nothing going on.
www.myspace.com/ochildren
'dead eye lover' is new.

what else....

yesterday i did a phone interview with pulp magazine, poland(big in the game). he kept asking if i was starting an anti-capitalist movement. i didn't understand what he meant so i just kept repeating

"love...it's all about love."

i don't even know what that means. he also said that the nme was calling us 'neu-goth'. that's the first i've heard of that. i'm indifferent. lustbeat: voodoo romantics does have more of a ring to it, wouldn't you say?

way too organic: recorded on my brand new tascam 38 tape recorder.

i watched the wicker man (the original. not the one with nicholas cage letting the side down...again) for the first time a few days ago. i'm way behind on these kinds of things.