TELAFONICA

so mr maps is on our case again. which is highly complimentary indeed. they are planning to come to sydney again to launch a new work in early october. at this stage, they're thinking october 8 or 9. they've asked us if we'd like to play with them. i definitely would. in case anyone needs convincing, i've added a clip below of them playing live. let me know if we'd like to and i can let them know. if anyone other than bec or i, who shall be in port macquarie next week, is looking for something to do next thursday night - might i suggest the excelsior in surry hills, where they'll be doing the original gig they asked us to do (which we're not, obviously, doing) alongside underlapper and a few others.

no one is safe. this one took a bit of work to find - there's lots of artists with rebecca in their name, but not too many songs called rebecca. this one is not technically just 'rebecca', it's 'här kommer rebecca', which is swedish, but it's the only thing i could find, and also turns out to be pretty great in that so-bad-it's-great way....

sorry, eliza. this is the only one i could find for you....

thought this might lighten up an otherwise fairly heavy week on the cherry front... future name-themed videos to no doubt follow.

"Good mornin' Good mornin' We've danced the whole night through. Good mornin' Good mornin' to you!" This was definitely a Telafonica record for a so-late-it's-early bed time. It was after 3.30am that I crawled into bed and Cherry and Blake had even further to go. It is well known that Telafonica loves the cosy grandeur of the Red Rattler and that we love hanging out with Clan Analogue so it was going to be a success whichever path the evening took. There was a moment when I was sitting in a deep red arm chair and I looked over to see the royals, Andy and Rachel Rantzen (forgive me Rachel if you didn't take Andy's name), surrounded by their courtiers and it felt incredibly grand to be at such a gathering. It's always great for me to see Andy and Rachel, Ant and Maja, Mel, Nick, Andrew from Loopsnake...It really was a big night that I don't know how I can fit it all in here! O.K. Here are Bec's highlights: * Receiving a very cool Lun...

no doubt bec's review of the red rattler show last night will be posted soon (no chance of me having another go after the uproar following the last!). however, i received an e-mail today from a guy named ty who is organising a show at the excelsior on friday july 16. he was at the red rattler last night and said he was really impressed with our set and was wondering if we would be interested in playing the show (the other band at this stage is named svelt, who i haven't heard of but will google them very shortly). do we have enough yay-sayers to accept the offer? eliza, you back by then?

sam lee is currently making a film for us for cover. she's got some progress things up on her new blog over here - some quick trial animations and some character studies. below is one of the images of the main character (the girl) with a paper crane that also features. it's pretty great and i can't wait to see the finished thing. (and bec - take a close look at the crane's tail.)

would telafonica be interested in playing a show in support of mr maps at the excelsior on thursday, july 8? underlapper is also on the bill, as is a band i've not heard of before called the understudy. mr maps are releasing a new single and are touring in support of it (they're from brisbane). i reviewed mr maps' double ep release last year on cyclic defrost ( read it over here ). as you could probably tell from my review, i'd be pretty keen to play with them. bec, you mightn't quite remember, but the ep was one of the things i've reviewed that you liked quite a bit as well.