Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Berlin Bitchford


Hey there I'm off to Berlin soon. I'm taking with me my trusty sidekick Sticklebrick and his horn.

I wonder what i'll get up to out there? I don't speak the language which means that's the end of me ear wigging on the bus.

But what i know i will be doing is sitting Karl Marx's lap.

Monday, July 17, 2006

Babs Bitchford

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

ATP and the Malt Rock


Well, Babs went off merrily to ATP after have a peek at Bessy Bitchford's new piglet. There she went to the Wig Wam Dwelling of Chief Pony and became one of the ATP sqaws, this was after an incredilbe seascape train and bus jouney and a trip to budgens too.

So the fun began for Babs with Dead Meadow, just magical rock. I have never rocked out at that time in the afternoon since my latch key days.

The evening swept by, i especailly enjoyed The Brian Jones Town Massacre with Stinks. We spotted one billiowy shirt and one jump suit, so it was not all bad fashion wise, please visit Fashion Stinks for more comments on that.

Onto Saturday and my was that wind blowing! After mastering the chalet shower and a breakfast of donuts and strong tea, i went on my merry way to the beach, which was just litterally mind and body blowing!!

I could not actually stand still as i was being blown in what i can only imagine nuclear testing sites to resemble. Camber Sands is ghostly, disused and lonely fairgorund rides calling out to be ridden, is quite spine chilling (or was that the wind?)

I wasn't really capable of listenting to The Boredems so stayed on the beach.

Of course much of my time was spent watching R Kelly "In the closet". An epic journey into the murky and confusing world of R Kelly's mind. His permenent bemused face is etched on my mind, as well as the that slowmo image of the midget jumping out of the kitchen cupboard!

Saturday evening started with face paints and Campari. Babs became Little Brook and joined the rest of the sqaws, namely Mountain Girl, Running Water and Forest Fawn.

Saturday evening ended after taking in Broken Social Scene and Sleater Kinney with a nice cup of Ovaltine made for me by Stinks - she knows how to make a good cuppa. As Stinks and I heard shouts of "Where's the Party??" We settled with our Malted Hot Milky Drink and talked of Murder Mysterious - who says we don't know how to rock out? This bliss was scuppered when Blue Skies roused us with lager - ah! what a weekend!

Monday, May 08, 2006

Babs Bitchford's ATP Countdown

Hey Listeners!

Babs Bitchford is off to Camber Sands soon to go and see some crazy rockers.
I'm looking forward to camping in a chalet, i've never slept in one and like Stinks i'm hoping for a 21st Century Hi De Hi experience. Stinks has a distant relation who is Welsh so we might be in for some Ruth Maddoxesq fun and games!

Mountain Girl is coming in to my studio soon to talk about her tribe's expectations of thier ATP trip. Confused? Well tune in in late May!

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

A dance band from Halifax?

Over a mighty meal of fish and chips the subject of a dance band from Halifax arose. Is that an oxymoran? Dance band and Halifax?

I was given the following clues:

Had an album with a green sperm on it (or was it just a tadpole)
Sang a song that ended up being a B-side called unchained monologue (not be confused with unchained meody/unfinished sympathy/bittersweet symphony....

Any guesses? Apparently the singer could be confused with Sarah Cracknell?

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

The Bitchford Ramble is back!

Hey Bitchford Ramblers!

Babs is back rambling. I've been on an urban ramble, what would Freddie Laker say? Luckily he wasn't involved in this one, which was kindly provided by "Walk Walk Walk: an archeology of the familiar and the forgotten"

The first one was on a cold February night. Stinks and I fortified with Jeigarmiseter (a sort of sugary eastern european drink, that i'm not sure one is meant to drink prior to walking), went on our merry way with a band of other ramblers (i'll have to get the correct collective noun for that), around Bethnal Green.

I think the the aim was to take note of things one wouldn't necessarily want to look at usually.

My two favourites were thus: The shop sign for the motorcycle mechanics "Banjaxed Motorcycles". What's so special abopu that you ask? Well in my house banjaxed is used a synonm of exhausted. my mother is often seen thrown on the sofa with the vacumn cleaner lying at her feet, declaring "I'm Banjaxed". Therefore i would not take my motor to be fixed at Banjaxed Motorcycles. I'm sure they are a very reputable firm, but when words are given certain connotations, you....

Oh and the second thing was the discovery of a fightclub near Spitalfields Farm, where someone will wee on you for about a pound!

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Hey Stinks I'm over here now!