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"blackness"

"blackness
is black
so black
so very black
so very very black
it's blackness
like my heart
is black
filled with blackness
which is black
so black
so very black
so very very black
if i was french
i would be noir
which sounds cool
but is not
because of my blackness
so very very very black"

I showed up in '96 to see Stereolab & these guys blew me away.

you are right, but do yrself a favour and check them out.
"italian flag" is a cllassic. ( if you like stereolab,sonic youth,the fall,pil,repetition and bombastic production)

He has also grown his hair big and spangly again, and is avaialable for hire as a giant version of Alex Harvey, and will perform his coffee table routine for the price of a can or irn bru.

£3.70 including postage on eBay got me this unobtainable collectors item. I'm prepared to sell it on in exchange for any of the Funky Mongoose material, especially the uber-rare 'Mice With Lice In My Rice..Nice'.

-- Red Nagget (sertro...), March 5th, 2006. (later)

It's a sign!

Needless to say Geordie Mick is positively raging in indignation!

Geordie Mick's Ming Mang Mong Mark Two had apparently recruited ex-Voon leader MJ Hibbett for the battle of the Landsdowne gig and were planning on renaming themselves Ming Mang Mong Mark Hibbett.

Sadly, MJ couldn't make the gig due to a meeting with his publishers, but gave the North Easterly one a pep talk saying he thought that the previous line-up of Ming Mang Mong were better than the Beatles or even Wings.

Meanwhile, Ming Mang Mong Minus One, realising that they were ultimately doomed without their leader Geordie Mick (or "Guru Mong" as he now insists the members of the band call him) woo-ed him back with a £50 phone card and a packet of Lemon Puffs. Analysts have predicted that it is now only a matter of time before the band start calling themselves Ming Mang Mongoose.

Geordie Mick was so pleased with the proceedings that he is considering an ill advised attempt at an upbeat version of Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music".

It's 5.20pm (GMT) and the last notes of the new "Metal Machine Mongoose" album being recorded live have just died away. Local music journalist David "Dave" Davies was there whilst it was being recorded and had this to say:

"Who would have thought that music this innovative, this crucial, this insanely and intrinsically beautiful, yet ugly too (but in a good, non-ironic way) could be conceived, played and recorded within the space of sixty minutes?"

He continued:

"Guru Mong (née Geordie Mick) is at a creative apex, he's burning white hot, white as his beloved £1.99 cider and this cover of Lou Reeds unlistenable classic proves it. I'm overwhelmed with admiration and love for him and his beautiful art. He's a genius. Mong Mang Ming had better watch out."

So - there you have it, music has been reborn.

Roll on next saturday !

instead, theres a new ming mang moog tribute band, who will appear at a forthcoming pineapster communion. The australian yeah yeah nohs will headline.

This is the best day of my looooooiiiiiiiiiiiiife !!!

Psychedelic Mongoose has been put hold in favour of Medieval Mongoose. This "back to basics" album will include tracks such as: "My love gave me a codpiece", "sacks of spuds and curly kale" (a "downdating" of the Blockhead classic), "With cheeks as rosy as apples, I'd like to get in cider" and "The parsnip song"

Instrumentation is rumoured to rely heavily on lutes and recorders, but will not feature bagpipes. "I'm saving them for the 'Krankie Mongoose'" album said Geordie Mick, speaking earlier today from an Elizabethan dunghill.

"Ming Mang Mong's pounding, pulsating, power-pop opener boded well for their set - although it is the first time I have seen a bass guitarist stop playing, look bemused, down a pint of white cider, and scratch his head before launching into a blistering solo.
Their second song was possibly the highlight of a tight and refreshingly vocal-centred performance. "Theme from Ming Mang Mong" was three-and-a-half minutes of mid-tempo, sing-along bliss. Geordie Mick got the crowd to sing along to this toe tapping classic - surely if it were realsed as a single a top 10 summer hit awaits?

The refreshing emphasis on vocal hooks belied some seriously heavy guitar 'mingmongmangling' and made them a band to look out for in the future."

Can anyone suggest alternative entertainment in Leicester for tonight? I'm an eccentric millionaire so money is no object. I was thinking about havng a Geordie Mick themed evening and have bought myself four crates of 2 litre bottles of white cider. Will this be enough for one evening do you think?

If anyone else on this thread would like to join me later that would be a brucie-bonus. I will be wearing a kilt, flippers and frogmans top with a string of raw sausages for a scarf (it's cold out after all)

The 'Mickster' is currently trembling away in hiding, although there are some reports of a sighting in the chamapagne bar, quaffing away on a last bottle of champagne. (It gives you fizzy knees by all accounts!)