Biting Tongues Live Gallery # 4

The above are portrait studies from Agent Nick King’s stash of photos, which can be located at his Facebook account. Taken during the recent Biting Tongues performance as part of Factory Night at Plan K in Brussels.

Biting Tongues Live Gallery # 3

The above are landscape studies from Nick King’s stash of photos, which can be located at his Facebook account. Taken during the recent Biting Tongues performance as part of Factory Night at Plan K in Brussels.

Biting Tongues Live Gallery # 2

The above were received from David Clarkson of Triclops. Taken during the recent Biting Tongues performance as part of Factory Night at Plan K in Brussels.

Biting Tongues Live Gallery # 1

The above showed up on the Biting Tongues MySpace page, courtesy of Nat M. The curious will also find a link has been posted to a slideshow of images by Fabienne Cresens. Taken during the recent Biting Tongues performance as part of Factory Night at Plan K in Brussels.

Biting Tongues: Live Footage from Plan K

It looks as though there were a lot of cameras at Plan K’s recent Factory Night. As a consequence, I am still in the process of sorting through all the onstage pictures of Biting Tongues that have been sent to me over the past week – sincere thanks to everyone who has been kind enough to pass them on. A gallery of selected performance stills will be posted on this blog before the New Year.

In the meantime, the above clip of Biting Tongues performing ‘Aair Care’ has recently turned up on YouTube: for more details on the evening, you can read an All Gigs review here or an enthusiastic firsthand account on the Don’t Get Out Much! blog here. From all the reports and comments coming in, it was evidently a night to remember.

Renée Glynne Is Ready for Her Close Up

Over the holiday period Resonance FM will be broadcasting the two-part interview I recorded last month with Renée Glynne for the station’s regular film slot, Imreadyformycloseup.

This fascinating conversation is scheduled to go out in two parts at 4:00 pm (UK time) on December 28th and 29th. This will be followed by a double helping on December 30th at 10:00pm when both parts will be broadcast together. Offering a perfect respite from the more cloying joys of the Xmas holidays, Renée’s stories will take you back to a time when giants walked the soundstages, and when even the least of them was still bigger than the creatures we’ve grown accustomed to today.

Pictured above: poster art for Fire Maidens from Outer Space – so I exaggerated about the giants a little. Enjoy.

Mutually Assured Destruction for Christmas

Back in the dark days of the Cold War they really knew how to keep children entertained – or scared stupid as we tend to describe the condition today. Forget about Transformers and toxic hamsters, what every boy and girl needs in order to understand their place in the world is a field guide to ICBMs, ground-to-air delivery systems and anti-personnel rockets. Huge thanks are due to the publishers of the Hippo Guide to Missiles and Rockets, and to Gair Dunlop at the University of Dundee for posting this festive treat in its entirety on Flickr. Peace on Earth is overrated at the best of times – so lock and load. And remember: if it’s not scaring you, then it’s probably not doing that much for your enemy either.