2010-08-28

poster

we just made a poster for the launch of our new single at manchester's landmark band on the wall venue. we're very happy with it, so we thought we'd share it with you.


it's going to be a great night, and as always with the hobopop collective shows, we're working on a great roster of special guests to help us in our noise-making. we can already confirm that k. c. mckanzie will be opening up the evening's festivities, and that once again we will be joined by all but full-time hobopoper james steel of the brute chorus, who has performed with us so many times before. all the more fitting this time since he wrote the new single himself. he'll also be DJing between the bands.

we'd like to make a point of thanking the lovely folks at contact, too, who hosted the recording and launch of the last album so graciously, and have agreed to co-promote this one with the band on the wall folks.

we've opted for a small capacity arrangement at band on the wall, because these shows work so well when they're intimate and comfortable, so it's worth getting your tickets well in advance if you'd like to come. they're available already from the website and on 0161 834 1786, and it won't be long before we start really shouting about them, so now's your chance to get in quick.

we're recording on monday - doubtless we'll tweet or blog about that while it's going on.

http://www.kirstymcgee.com

http://www.facebook.com/kirstymcgeemusic

http://kirstymcgee.bandcamp.com

http://www.hobopop.com

2010-08-26

video request

we are recording a new single. it's a song called 'wife' and it's by the brute chorus, who we love very dearly. they will be recording one of our songs, too, to release at the same time.

we'll also be shooting a video - nothing fancy, of course, but we need some volunteers to be in it. without wanting to say too much, we're looking for women of all types to come and be filmed in front of a blank wall, spinning slowly on a chair or something like that. we'll set everything up, all we need is for you to show up and let us film you.

here's a page from mat's notebook, to give you a rough idea:




















the provisional date for shooting is saturday, september 25th, 2010, during the daytime. this will be at a central manchester location and we would need you for no longer than 30mn to 1 hour. i bet there'll be tea, too.

if you'd like to take part and you can make it on that day (anytime from around 10am to 4pm) then please drop an email to info@hobopop.com with your name and things so we can keep you up to date  on exactly when and where we need you to be. there are no criteria (except that you need to be a woman, over 18), we don't need to see a picture of you or anything like that - we're just looking for people to take part.

if you really want to be involved in this but you don't live near manchester or you can't make that date please get in touch anyway, and if we have enough enquiries from outside our area we'll try and think of something to do about it.

http://www.kirstymcgee.com

http://www.facebook.com/kirstymcgeemusic

http://kirstymcgee.bandcamp.com

http://www.hobopop.com

2010-08-15

video blog #5 - prison

here is the last of the current crop of video blogs from our european tour this summer. we've actually been back a few days already but we're now feeling good about being up to date. well done us.

here you'll find excitement surrounding some of the great jazz musicians who have visited the german town of burghausen, an alp, some rowing, bavarian costume, a goat, and behind the scenes footage of the 'sweet prison tales' show we did in the veenhuizen prison/museum on august 07th with otto groote and linde nijland. also an interview with kirsty about what being in prison is really like.

we've enjoyed doing this. now that we're back we'll go back to blogging the usual way, but next time we go on tour we'll try and take this up again. sorry about that.



http://www.kirstymcgee.com

http://www.facebook.com/kirstymcgeemusic

http://kirstymcgee.bandcamp.com

http://www.hobopop.com

2010-08-14

video blog #4 - bavaria, including how to make soup and crash a car

we are way behind with this now, as well as out of order. the footage from the 3rd video blog comes from about a week after this, but we're doing our best so please be nice to us.

here is a selection of highlights from our trip through bavaria, which included a visit to a perfect bamboo forest, the chance to get into a kitchen for the first time in weeks and a show at one of the best inner city festivals we've ever played. they really have festivals nailed on the continent. more like this please.



the final eurohobo video blog will follow shortly, with footage from our dutch adventures, during which we went to prison for a bit.

http://www.kirstymcgee.com

http://www.facebook.com/kirstymcgeemusic

http://kirstymcgee.bandcamp.com

http://www.hobopop.com

2010-08-07

video blog #3 - veenhuizen, veenhuizen, veenhuizen (paradise).

this is footage from today. the sound is awful. sorry.


because we got so excited about seeing where we will be playing tomorrow (it really is wonderful) we made this little blog up even though there is plenty of footage from the last week that we haven't made into a video blog yet. we will do it soon, promise, and we will have to live with being out of order. worse things happen at sea all the time.

we are back in holland, as you will see, and this means two things:

1. our car is now packed to the rafters with the best peanut butter you can get anywhere in the world, and
2. we have resumed our search for an old-fashioned dutch style metal bread bin. if anyone knows where we can get one of these beautiful things please let us know. it's very important.