BOYZ OUT THE HOOD

The last days in the Sherwood Hood studio. We have moved out now.

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THE SUMMER COLLECTION

Below are a few new tops made by us. These were very much spur-of-the-moment paint & pen jobs. We'll make making proper printed t-shirts later in the year.

NEW NAMES

VENN PRIZES

Thanks to those of you that came and saw us at The Venn Festival, sorry to those of you who couldn't get in. We were pretty shocked to see the room packed out and the queue outside. A few sound problems aside it went ok we thought. We'll post up some photos and maybe a video soon.

As a way of saying thank you we'll give out a few prizes if anyone wants them?

The 1st person to leave a comment in the comments box (to this blog) wins..
* The 1st ever OLO T-shirt (cut up & painted by famous fashion designer Heinz Junkins!)

The 2nd person to leave a comment in the comments box (to this blog) wins..
* A load of crappy paintings (done for the new visuals that we had at Venn)

The 3rd person to leave a comment in the comments box (to this blog) wins..
* The DVD of visuals that we projected at Venn.

If no one leaves a comment the prizes will be thrown into the River Avon (and filmed of course).

VENN DAY!

8.15pm
Arnolfini Dark Room, Bristol

OLO RADIO - DF19 - XRAY SPECS - 3/6/08

Bathers beware X-Ray specs won't protect you from the glare.

Get it HERE

DEJA VU BRISTOL ZOO

Warning!!
Click HERE to watch a little video about the *yawn* Bristol sound. We wouldn't know, we only like music from the 60s, music from the other side, music is boring!

MOVING ON

As of next week we are homeless. Last time up on the roof..

We've spent the last 6 happy months shacked up at our base Sherwood Hood, but now it's time to move on..mainly due to the fact Lionheart is cracking up and can't handle the pressure of running the pub. Where next hobo?

VENN PROGRAMME

VENN ADVERTS

OLO RADIO - OT07 - UNDER THE INFLUENCE (Part 3) - 2/6/08

This is the 3rd and final 'Under The Influence' podcast. Part 1 can be heard HERE. Part 2 can be heard HERE.

Get Part 3 HERE.

SJ ESAU VIDEO SHOOT

A couple of weeks back Boonbeans & Seaweed spent a day filming a new video ('I Threw A Wobbly') for our friend SJ Esau.

CLICK HERE to see the rest of this set of photos over on BEANSNAPS.

THE MAGIC OF THE CUP

The English football season is now over (luckly for Lionheart..he's a Southampton fan which makes this video even worse than it already is). This is us commentating on the FA Cup Final..

SEX AND THE CITY

Filmed in Bristol, 18th & 19th May.
Starring.. King Creosote & Pictish Trail
Co-starring.. Romanhead, Rozi Plain, J.Burns & 2 OLO's..

KING CREOSOTE & PICTISH TRAIL - LIVE (18th May)

The Bristol Fence Collective joined the King & Prince for a couple of top nights out on the town after their gig..






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VENN-UE INTERVIEW

We've been featured in this week's Venue Magazine as part of the build up to the Venn Festival..

999 DAYS TO VENN

Do we look worried?


Well we are!

SEEDS

..are starting to grow..

FA CUP FINAL SESSION

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WHACKED BY PILLOW

New stuff is coming along nicely.

TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS

Turn off your mind, relax and blah blah blah..

FRUIT vs FUDGE

Either way it's bye bye to the Lucazade sponsor we've had for the past year.


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BARNYARD SNAKES

CAVEMAN

Boonbeans took part in the Southville Arts Trail last week. Read about it and see all the paintings and photos HERE & HERE.

R.I.P SAFETYWORD

Probably our favourite Bristol band Safetyword split up at the weekend. We're really upset about it. We loved them zany boys! Read Boonbeans' take on the split over HERE.

LIGHTEN UP THE MOOD WITH A HAIRCUT

Here we are fairly recently going through some new songs, one of which is called 'The Barber Shop'..





Boonbeans has started another photo blog (for his personal pics..not that kind!!) where you might occasionally see a worm or two. CLICK HERE to visit BEANSNAPS!

SWEET DREAMS

Now this IS news!! Suzi from Bristol band You & The Atom Bomb had a dream about us last night. She posted it on a forum..

"I had a dream last night i was onstage performing with olo worms, and i was worried that my skirt was too short so kept having to stand with my back against the back wall of the stage, but the gig went well, particularly when i pretended with james that his chip that he was eating was a guero by making a noise like a guero with a yoyo. weird. it was in a large seated hall and we were all standing around 2 tables pushed together covered in synths, but crispy seaweed was annoyed cos i kept changing the sound on his synth! but the yoyo saved the day and put me back in his good books!"

- Suzi (You & The Atom Bomb)

OLO RADIO - OT06 - UNDER THE INFLUENCE (Part 2) - 14/5/08

This is number 2 in a series of 3 'Under The Influence' podcasts. Part 1 can be heard HERE. Part 3 coming soon!

Get No.2 HERE.

VENN COUNTDOWN

Less than a month now til Venn Festival! The full line up and stage times have been announced now, here's how it looks for us..

ARNOLFINI DARK STUDIO (1pm-9pm)

Pausal (1.15PM)
BOP (2.15PM)
Fungus Moth (3.15PM)
John Fairhurst (4.15PM)
Corey Orbinson (5.15PM)
Koen Holtkamp (6.15PM)
Simon Whetham (7.17PM)
OLO Worms (8.15PM)

For some weird reason we are on last..isn't that called headlining!? Aaargh! We aren't too familar with the others that are on this bill but we're really pleased we don't clash with our faves (Why?, Fuck Buttons, Afrikan Boy, Skeletons.., Matmos, Munch Munch).

Get your tickets to come see us play HERE.

OLO RADIO - G41 - VENN FESTIVAL - VENN 08 - 12/5/08

Our next guest mix comes from VENN FESTIVAL!
Website

"Here is a mere sonic sliver of the 60 + artists playing Venn, Bristol's festival of musical overlap, from 5th > 8th June this year. Hit http://www.vennfestival.com/ for more info...one is too many, a hundred not enough"
- Venn

Get it HERE.

RIDE WIT ME

Later today the artist formally known as Boonbeans will be painting random stuff in the dark in an old garage on top of a BMW. Beat that! I was asked to do this by Conway & Young, the owners of the shop/house 254 Coronation Road (Bristol). They will be opening their shop/house up for the Southville Arts Trail. I start the mess at 1pm. Drop by and shine a light.

VENN POSTER NO.1

More info on the festival to come soon.

THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY

Peoples been shootin' their mouths off! We handle ourselves. No qualms.

The Good
A letter in last week's Venue magazine..

The Bad
A comment left on the Drowned In Sound forum (don't ask what i was doing on that). Below is how i imagine Zapsta lives his life (slagging off bands from the top of his indie castle)..


The Ugly
A podcast about Fence Records (we get played about half way through). A strange one this. Mr Toad starts off by saying he doesn't like us then by the end sounds like he's our biggest fan?? I Think he's confused himself. Listen to the whole podcast by going over to his blog.

Listen to an edited audio clip of him drunkenly rambling on about us ..

OLO RADIO ADVERT 5 (Starring Steve Mason & Les Bell)

Below is the new OLO Radio advert starring Steve Mason (Black Affair) & Les Bell (Old Jock Radio).

It was filmed at The Fence Collective's 2008 Homegame Festival in Scotland. The music in the background is The Pictish Trail playing live. The chat at the end is taken from the Old Jock Radio show (3/4/08) .



Do make sure you do check out and tune into OLD JOCK RADIO, it's one of the reasons we started our radio station up.