VENUE MAG 'QUICK WORD' INTERVIEW

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Full interview answers from each of us..

BB >

Where are you right now?
3rd floor broken swivel seat inside The Crystal Maze (aka OLO HQ)

If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?
with my dog in a sushi bar in Tokyo

What’s the first thing you can remember?
dunking a biscuit in a glass of orange squash while sat at a mountain-side cafe in Switzerland.

What are you scared of?
never being able to walk the red carpet

Who is your hero?
I used to have heroes but i don't anymore. If you're always looking up to others you'll never do your own special thing.

What do you most like about yourself?
my dreams are pretty awesome!! so to spend nearly half my life asleep makes the other half bearable

Have you ever stared death in the face?
yes, i guess when i was being born.

What three things would you save if your house was on fire?
three massive tubs containing all my sketch books, idea note books, & cuttings.

If you could instantly remove anyone from the earth, who would you choose?
myself, from the year 2000 through to the year 2007. i'd like those seven years back later on earth when i'm ready for them.

What would your superpower be?
double speed blogging!!

What makes you angry?
Clifton bubble girls

What’s your favourite flavour?
pizza

What’s your least favourite word?
audience-participation

What do you like about your appearance?
nothing. i think if anyone likes ANYTHING about their appearance they are sick in the head and deserve to be shot and skinned by Trinny & Suzanna..or better still Kim & Aggie

If you could bring in one global law, what would it be?
equal pay for women

Which fictional character would you most like to be?
Jaws the shark

What is your most guilty pleasure?
eating leftover chocolates that the punters leave behind in the cinema where i work.

What will you be doing in 10 years’ time?
directing ''The International Gathering Of Champions'' the 3rd and final movie in the OLO Worms trilogy.

Pet hates?
He doesn't like it when you tease him when he's got a pig's ear treat. He'll bite you if you get too close.

What's the nicest thing anyone's ever said about you?
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Favourite film / book / album / TV prog?
This year > album - 'Jewellery' by Micachu / film - 'Synecdoche, New York' / TV prog (moment) - The last few minutes of the Everton Liverpool FA Cup match when ITV decided to go to an ad break just as Everton scored the winner. Classic ITV!

What's mankind's greatest accomplishment?
'Digidesign' by Joker

One place you'd never go back to?
cleaning the toilets in the students union at the University of Hertfordshire (at 5am!)

What’s your favourite toy?
it was subbuteo, i was a bit obsessed with my astro turf.

What’s your greatest regret?
there's soo many! maybe the magazine next week can be my regrets cover to cover? or you could do a special 'regrets' pull-out guide for the new students?

What was your first job?
at my great uncle's record shop 'Tracks'. i was upstairs with the video tapes. i had to send out torture videos to people around the world.

Of what are you proudest?
i once did this really simple drunk drawing of someone doing a high jump and its amazing! i dont know how i did it?

If you had to have a motto, what would it be?
colour in the cartoon.

Favourite thing on toast?
peanut butter with salt and pepper

Have you told the truth?
Hand cupping heart, 100% YES!

LH >

Where are you right now?
In the office with a robot and alcohol wipes for company

If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?
Hooters

What’s the first thing you can remember?
inventing the words 'goyt gigish' for chocolate biscuit

What are you scared of?
staying young

Who is your hero?
Matthew Le Tissier - i model myself on his laconic style.

Have you ever stared death in the face?
I've seen Boonbeans after a solo night out at Mr Wolf's

What three things would you save if your house was on fire?
Wallet, Keys, Phone

If you could instantly remove anyone from the earth, who would you choose?
That woman from the 'sexy' Peugeot car ad. Or Noel Edmonds.

What would your superpower be?
weight loss

What makes you angry?
Britain's got talent.

What’s your favourite flavour?
Rib 'n' Saucy

What’s your least favourite word?
Work

What do you like about your appearance?
Hairy skin.

If you could bring in one global law, what would it be?
Banning the internet.

Which fictional character would you most like to be?
Dangermouse.

What is your most guilty pleasure?
Reduced pastries from the supermarket, they always feel like a bargain, but never taste like one.

What will you be doing in 10 years’ time?
I'll be retired, that's my main ambition.

Pet hates?
Gerbils, hamsters, Guinea Pigs- any of those non-pets that hearts' beat at 400 miles an hour whenever you get near them

What's the nicest thing anyone's ever said about you?
You look tired.

What's mankind's greatest accomplishment?
Managing to survive the credit crunch and swine flu.

One place you'd never go back to?
The Works (i think it's called Syndicate now)

What’s your favourite toy?
Space Lego

What’s your greatest regret?
Not learning another language properly, and having to force English through a terrible accent to get my point across.

What was your first job?
Paper-round, listening to Chris Evans' then Mark and Lard.

Favourite thing on toast?
Gentleman's Relish - no-one really actually likes that stuff do they?

DF >

Where are you right now?
In the Kitchen beside the clothes horse In Knowle Park.

If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?
Beside the seafront on a cold and sunny day in Fife

What’s the first thing you can remember?
Chucking my sisters shoe in a canal to see if it would float. My parents testify that it didnt.

What are you scared of?
Goblins

Who is your hero?
Johnny Lynch AKA The Pictish Trail

What do you most like about yourself?
My scabs, they are secret ones that only I can enjoy though.

Have you ever stared death in the face?
No..... well I was on a raft in Wales once and we went into a big wave and I thought I was either blind or dead for a few seconds. Wasnt even close though. The next day I met Matthew Kelly and Gaz Top from How2 so who knows maybe I did die.

What three things would you save if your house was on fire?
walls, roof and floor

If you could instantly remove anyone from the earth, who would you choose?
James Nation, an old school friend who is plotting to have me killed.

What would your superpower be?
Being able to walk backwards whilst talking forwards

What makes you angry?
Not being able to find something I've lost, no matter how trivial it may be.

What’s your favourite flavour?
Satsuma

What’s your least favourite word?
Pewter

What do you like about your appearance?
My nose. It has a small break in it caused by part of a kick drum falling on it whilst messing around in music lessons.

If you could bring in one global law, what would it be?
Coleslaw

Which fictional character would you most like to be?
Paul Daniels

What is your most guilty pleasure?
Goo sweets....anything with gelatine, sugar and colourings.

What will you be doing in 10 years’ time?
Making sandwiches in Southville deli, crying into the tuna mayo

Pet hates?
fussy eaters

What's the nicest thing anyone's ever said about you?
whats that on your face?

Favourite film / book / album / TV prog?
none

What's mankind's greatest accomplishment?
fruit and veg shops

One place you'd never go back to?
World War 2

What’s your favourite toy?
Dental floss

What’s your greatest regret?
My haircut

What was your first job?
I was a toy demonstrator in a skate shop. Suffering from chronic shyness and trying to sell Yo-Yos to angst ridden teenagers was a match made in heaven that soon saw me replaced by a guy with a chin like desperate Dan.

Of what are you proudest?
My niece Millie, who is the funniest person I've ever met.

If you had to have a motto, what would it be?
Dont worry about what other people are doing.

Favourite thing on toast?
Flora, melted mature cheddar cheese and black pepper.

SW >

Where are you right now?
Pineapple Cottage

If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?
on skis on Alps

What’s the first thing you can remember?
accidentally scratching the paint off of my neighbors car door with my bmx handle bars.

What are you scared of?
Family Health Dictionary pages 2 to 147.

What do you most like about yourself?
I can click my fingers as if im playing castanets.

Have you ever stared death in the face?
I nearly got mowed down outside college green by a guy who didnt see the red light. Do be honest i was waring a parker with the hood up, so i wouldn't have seen much. At least i broke his wing mirror with my elbow. Justice.

What three things would you save if your house was on fire?
A pair of Nike Mcfly 2015's I made, My Cat, My Girlfriend (in that order)

If you could instantly remove anyone from the earth, who would you choose?
The hypochondriac in me.

What would your superpower be?
Fresh Breath

What makes you angry?
"Because I said so"

What’s your favourite flavour?
Cool Original

What’s your least favourite word?
'm'dears' as in 'cheers m'deers'.

What do you like about your appearance?
My bum. It never looks big.

Which fictional character would you most like to be?
Arnold Schwarzenegger

What is your most guilty pleasure?
Jurassic Park

What will you be doing in 10 years’ time?
Creating an OLO Worms App.

Pet hates?
Over pronunciation of the letter 'S'. Oh, and Damon Albarn's hissy 'S'.

What's mankind's greatest accomplishment?
Plumbing.

One place you'd never go back to?
Woolworths.

What’s your favourite toy?
Scalextric

What’s your greatest regret?
Not buying that telly when it was in the sale.

What was your first job?
Pot washer at Cafe Rouge.

Of what are you proudest?
My old Scirocco. I sold it last year.

If you had to have a motto, what would it be?
I try to keep an open mind, but not so open my brains fall out.

Favourite thing on toast?
Fried egg, salt, chilli powder strong cheddar and ketchup.

THE OLO TOUR DIARY IS OVER

..Long live the King! BB is the king of Twitter. He'll still be doing his 'Tour Diary' (which you can read HERE) but the other Worms have insisted that they don't want their dirty laundry aired in public. BB jumped the gun. He is sorry.

TOUR DIARY TWITTER


If you really want to you can keep up to date with what we're doing by following our TOUR DIARY (ha! this is such a 'band' thing to do). We'll be hijacking Heinz Junkins' Twitter from now til 1st Sept. This could be a BIG mistake. Meet you in/on CYBER soon!?

GREEEEN MAAAAAN!!


I'm all packed and ready! It was a struggle. I have enough food and booze for 4 days i think, let's see how long it lasts.

We are DJing in the 'Far Out' tent inbetween the Fence acts on Sunday (1.45 - 4pm) if you want a laugh.

See you in few days. Bye bye! James x

BOON'S BEAN BAG - NO.5 - 20/08/09

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B-TEAM BRISTOL GIG TICKETS

ON SALE NOW! At The Bristol Ticket shop. Book HERE.

FENCE REPORT B-TEAM TOUR

Fence Records have posted the 'B-Team' tour in their news section. I get called a Guru? CLICK HERE to visit the website, read more about the tour & buy tickets.

R.I.P PIERRE

Soo sad. Hope Pierre is happy in cat heaven with Peanut, Popcorn, Pickle, Tarzan, & Bossy.

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* The xx 'xx' - crying while thinking about $$$, its soo wrong.
> WOW! the new Primark is massive! i cant even afford Primark clothes though. an old man farted REALLY loudly in there which made me feel sick.
> i love the smell of sport shops! i'm really enjoying them again (after many years away).
> Frank Black sung 'Boxcar' on my headphones just as i turned my head to see a car headed towards me with 'Box' printed on the front. come to think of it, the last time something like that happened it was the Pixies again! it was.."Then God is 7!"
> had ANOTHER meeting at the bank, they dont even bother trying anymore. He looked at me like i was scum.
> just had a TENSE Indiana Jones moment where i HAD to strike the last match in the box or i wouldnt be able to heat the hob & not have lunch...I DID IT! chopping veg & listening to Radio1,no wonder Jo Whiley's getting the sack,she's talking about Myspace!? Its '09 Jo! get with it.
> peeeed off i cant go see Gang Gang Dance tonight as i have too much to sort/no money. BUT will see them at Green Man. booom!
> mixing my RUM & COKE into plastic bottles. this could take all night.
> @MrMinimax nah, i like my rum n coke. reminds me of being a child. i used to drink it at xmas when my uncle came back from barbados.
> painting the OLO shop sign & laptop cover to hid the 'Toshiba' logo for the tour.
> BIG FAT MARKER PEN colouring in.
> BB10 - Hmmm..who do i hate more..Lisa, David or Bea?
> waiting for the laptop to work out all the track BMP's. going through my lists stressing. need to practice my lyrical flow now..HA!
> turning in for the night. gonna get my last good nights sleep for 4/5 days. up very early to start cooking my festival pizzas.

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> @PopularRebecca that sounds like this land, the ENG-LAND. BLOODY ENGLAND!
> arrrgh! the tent we're djing in is bigger than i thought! little bit nervous about pressing simple buttons now.i'm not even gonna be mixing!
> YES!! A-TEAM
> wow! what a night!..@ colston hall!?? Joker, JME, Ghetto & others!
> writing a shopping list for ASDA PRICE, like the good old days. BIG BOOZE SHOP tonight! dont steal my mini shampoo idea!!
> MASSIVE SHOP!! if i spend any money at all at Green Man i'll be v dissapointed. saw a really funny drunk fat man in asda trying to reach for a bottle of tizer, his joggers kept falling down exposing his arse.
> a fox outside my house tried to steal my crate of stella!!
* Wild Beasts spotify mixes
> i aim to be out of my front door by 8.30am tomorrow..and I DONT HAVE WORK! CRAZY! putting posters up, going to charity shops & Primark!

BOON'S BEAN BAG - NO.4 - 19/08/09

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170809

> cooking dinner for brunch.
> spent nearly all day staring at my itunes. SQUARE EYES. My brother's round soon and we're gonna mess about with our new midi controller.
* Rozi Plain 'Inside Over Here'
* Fever Ray 'Fever Ray'
> this toy is exciting!! 'mixing' Raekwon's 'ice cream' & R D Burman's 'Aaja Piya..' - surprizely sounding good. i could used to this DJing game.
> BB10 - Bea!! ??? she's a physco! Bea is driving me insane!! I'm laughing with Rod & Marcus.

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> WORST PRACTICE EVER! must. carry. on. must. fight. gremlins. and. bad. vibes.
> only eaten cornflakes soo far today. cheese rolls now. i am SOO BASIC!
> wanna get OLO TV streaming live on this.
> BUBBLE BUBBLE BUBBLE BATH!
> Just dropped a plate on my foot and it's bleeding. the first thing i thought of was Twitter, ha!...oh god.
> just added 'Do The Right Thing', 'Moon', 'Harold And Maude', & 'Pink Flamingos' to my dvd rental list.

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> AMAZING DREAM, AMAZING DREAM!!! wanna go back.
> FOOT (and yes its back!) BALL!
> millions n millions of jobs need ticking off my list.
> SORTING MUSIC. gonna take ages. deleting / adding playlists. Getting stuff together for Green Man.
* Happy Mondays 'Pills, Thrills & Bellyaches' / Wu-Tang Clan 'The W' / Talking Heads 'Speaking In Tongues'
> BB10 - Freddie's tips for 'picking up girls' made my skin crawl. his eviction was fun, like a good ol style eviction from past BB glory days. LOVED seeing John McCrirrick on BB again. i think he's the funniest man in the world! seriously. i'd like to marry him.
> had to empty old tissues and wrappers from my tent. i hav'nt cleaned it since Green Man last year.
> Im pissing every 30mins cos of the vast amount of water i'm drinking to flush my body before the 2 weeks of drinking thats coming up. LOGIC!
> I wish i was retired so i could work on my 'Albums of the Decade' list that has to be done by Dec 1st (my imposed deadline).
> wooooah steady Sparky!
> oh look! my Brother is on twitter.

TWITTER STATS

CAT MAN

THE BREAKFAST CLUB

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PHOTOS FROM THE PAST (Part 1)

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> gonna pick up some sushi on the way to work. not sure what new films are out today? i like working fridays, v slightly more interesting.
> joined in on a game of 'pop goes the weasel' at the cinema today.
> I HATE Patrick Wolf! have u seen that video of him attacking a woman in Germany?
> back from band session, tour set list(s) in place. a recall for a 'Bare Foot' song maybe?
> brain/head aches. its pounding.
> i seem to be in demand tonight. its the same combo again.
> NO. DRINK. TIL...*da da da daaaa* GREENMAN!! NOOOOOO! NO! DRINK! DRINK! TIL GREEEEEN MAAAAAAN!!
> BB10 - Rodrigo meeting the Queen has gotta be one of the best things ever!! Bea!? what's she on about? she's mental! (thurs show).
> websites are getting in early on their albums of the decade. makes me think of my list. will work on it over the coming weeks/months.

CORPSE LYRICS

HONEY

HUSBAND'S HEAD MOUNTED ON THE WALL

TO WEAR OR WHAT NOT TO WEAR?

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TOUR CHECK LIST

ANNUAL TENT CLEAN

OUTSIDE MY WINDOW

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* Blur 'Blur' - the only Blur album i own.
> the OLO album is taking shape in my head, i can see some of the running order and flow. looking forward to recording our song 'MINT'.
> yes!! i found my BRIGHT YELLOW mac! (for green man).
* Pavement 'Crooken Rain Crooken Rain'
* GZA 'Liquid Swords' - not heard this in ages. used to have it on mini disc, remember mini discs!??
> its weird seeing someone sticking an image i did on a video on youtube.
* Major Lazer 'Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do'
* The Beatles 'Rubber Soul'
> ARRRRGHH!! I HATE MYSPACE! it wont let me update listings. i wish someone would re-invent it or just shut it down.
> found a blonde fringe that i'm gonna wear on tour.
* Kanye West 'Collage Dropout'
* Aaliyah 'Aaliyah'

OLO WORMS 'CURVES' LIVE (@ Toybox Studios)

'Curves' live @ Toybox Studios..

TOYBOX STUDIOS OLO LIVE SESSION VIDEO

Playing the 4 new songs live @ Toybox Studios..

TOYBOX STUDIOS OLO LIVE SESSION

We were asked to spend the evening at Bristol's Toybox Studios on Monday (10th August) to record some live tracks that may end up on their website and then given to us to do whatever we want with them. It was our first time in a studio, it was fun! It's strange place.

We recorded 4 new songs..'Neutral Zones', 'Curves', 'Back From England' & 'The Barber Shop'. 'Back From England' is very new! We only came up with it the day before. None of the songs are 100% finished.

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PICTISH PRAISE

OLO TV TITLES ('09 Part 2)


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> BB10 - ha! Bea to Freddie - "DON'T 'DUDE' ME!" bout time told him to stop with the 'dudes'(monday's show). Bea u traitor! putting Freddie down in front of David & Lisa (monday's show). What's Bea doing now!?
> spotify adverts can make u HATE a person before even hearing their music. examples..Frank Musik & Amy McDonald. dont do adverts!
> lunch! then i'm gonna sit down and try and answer a load of questions for an interview we've been asked to do for a magazine.
* TV On The Radio 'Dear Science'
> just finished answering some questions for interview for a magazine. hardest Q to answer - "What do you like about your appearance?"
> just sliced my neck, blood everywhere! someone has been using my razor!! ergh! was it you @jamesnation ?
* Micachu 'Jewellery' - 2nd or 3rd best album of 2009? hmmm...?
> raah! got an 'artist' backstage Green Man ticket. no more ducking and diving under security guards punches. although i think i'll keep it real and hang out with the peasants in the mud.
> my mum's just invited me to her 'dessert island discs' party!
* Gravenhurst's spotify mix
> not drinking now til next thurs where i will then be getting soooo drunk that i will make mess in a tent.
> what's this??
> BB10 - Freddie's meltdown! wooooh. "you absolutely DID!" hahahaha! sounded soo weird.(Tues show) Marcus sulking bout his photo is 1 of my hightlights this series.dont u know u look ridiculous ALL THE TIME Marcus! esp now in yr sulk.
> feeling a bit......MEH!
* listening to discussion on life after death on the radio.
> i just gave 1 of my doodles the title 'shore mares' then googled it and i was the 1st find.

PHOTOS FROM THE PAST (No.2)

PHOTOS FROM THE PAST (No.1)

NEW FEATURE!

Taking over from the old BLAST FROM THE PAST. These will be photos before i went all digital.

THE COCKNBULLKID EP

The cocknbullkid EP is OUT NOW! I did the artwork for it and drew the cover under her guidance. I've blogged about it before.

Below is the final 'Querelle' EP cover..

cocknbullkid wrote on her myspace..

"So the US EP is finally upon us! It's out THIS TUESDAY THE 4TH OF AUGUST AND YOU CAN ORDER IT HERE. People outside the US can also order it. Some of you have been asking why it's called Querelle. It's named after one of my favourite films by Jean Genet, google it. I should also say thank you to James Hankins for the artwork. I'm really quite proud of it. I hope you enjoy it and are ready for the new wave of songs. The album is pretty much done now but I'm still writing all the time. I have to or I may implode.

BRB

p.s
there might be a secret show announced soon. Where I may be doing some of the new stuff. Keep . Peeled. XXX"


Its weird seeing someone sticking an image i did on a video on youtube.

Here she is on Jools Holland..


THE BEAN BURNER (July Part 3 / August Part 1)

Music featured..

Wild Beasts, The Gaslamp Killer, Zomby, The Gorlkeepers, Bullion, Clipse, Amanda Blank, Half Man Half Biscuit, Why?, Kode9, Cocknbullkid, The xx, Bradford Cox, Sly & Robbie, Hyperdub, Cornershop, Mary Anne Hobbs, Blue Daisy, Slow Club, F*** Buttons, Major Lazer, La Bionda, The Flaming Lips, At The Drive-In, Freeze Puppy, Gold Panda, Simian Mobile Disco, James Yorkston, Invada Records, Sly & The Family Stone, Arctic Monkeys, & Pavement.

Other things featured..

Booze Britian, Where The Wild Things Are, Squirrels, The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, Space Ghost, Chickens & Rabbits, Swamp Thing, Mexico '86, 'Wonky' blog, The Holy Mountain, Tokyo at night, NME future list, Monster Shark, Student Confidential, The Inbetweeners, & A Japanese Game Show.

Hot Highlight!..

The xx - 'Basic Space'..



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TEXTS (August Part 1)

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BALLOON DAY

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Thanks to G.Jones for some of the photos.

NEED TO WORK

SHORE MARES

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