HEY FLICKERS!
Man, it's been a long year, hasn't it? Feels like we've been through five fundamental paradigm shifts already and it's barely February. I mean… who could ever have believed it? Who could genuinely have ever thought it was possible. Sure, the signs were all there, the world has been edging that way for a while, but we never REALLY thought it would actually happen. Freddos are now a freakin quid each?! It's just wrong.
They say the first true death is the inability to change. If you're not moving forwards, if you're not growing and evolving, then you're stagnating and dying. And that's generally a bad thing.
You've probably noticed that the Flicknife Blog isn't updating as much as it used to. And while I'm sure you see this as a good thing, we're not as convinced. SO! With that said, we're evolving. Changing. Trying something new and probably not totally ill advised.
I'll still be here, flicking you off when it's required. We will return, wherever we have any interesting bits of information that we think you'll enjoy. There will also be some new content coming your way. Our Illustrious Leader Frenchy will be taking up his quill once in a while, to set the world to rights in an ongoing series, currently dubbed "Frenchy Rants", the first of which will be with you sooner than you might think! The Football Rants will also have a new home within the blog.
Then, in this new style, 'moving forward' Flicknife Blog, I'll be posting a few reviews, usually television and movie related content, because if there's one thing the internet needs more of, it's people talking about movies, right?
Right!
Anyhoo… From everyone here at The Flicknife Kru, we'd like to thank you all for reading the blog for as long as you have: we've had up to 30K reads on some blogs and many over 15K, so we're grateful. We hope you find this new beginning as interesting and readable as you have the content we've released so far.
Hey, remember when I said Frenchy would be doing some ranting?
Remember when I said it would be with you sooner than you might think?
Now is that time!
Let the Rant commence!
This one will be short and sweet. The new year finds us all in a very different world than the one we were in just a few weeks ago: the world with Trumpet as leader of the USA is in serious danger. The man is a complete moron, hopping from one subject to the next without the slightest bit of understanding and /or knowledge of what he is talking about. He signed new deals with Mexico and Canada, saying the previous ones were terrible and who had allowed that to happen. Well, Don the Con, you did, in 2018, you signed these bad, bad deals! And now, he wants to wipe a whole race off the face of the earth and replace what was home to 2 million people with holiday resorts!! The depth of his stupidity is hard to fathom for anyone who has an ounce of empathy and those who know that 2+2=4. But, fear not for we are galloping to your rescue on our righteous chargers to give you a couple of minutes of peace and distraction from Don the Gibbon!
We have been busy but not particularly on the release front: we have spent the past few weeks exploiting our back catalogue, shifting stock and all that good stuff.
We did release NEOVENATOR's first album 'Songs From The End of the Pier' (SHARPD24002) and to say it was well received by the press is an understatement. We had three reviews within five days of release and an additional two a bit later. For those of you interested, you can read them all below:
Steampunk Explorer
Lost In The Manor
Thoughts Words Action
Facebook
Louder Than War
For those who want just a quick résumé of the reviews, here are a few quotes:
"Olde English Peculiar they may be, or Steampunk Psych if you prefer, but fans of the Stranglers, Damned, Cardiacs, etc. are well advised to check them out, as there is so much to take to your heart"- Louder Than War
"The dynamic rhythm with driving passages and calculated drops makes for a compelling and addictive listen" - LostInTheManor
"Plenty of steam. Bags of punk. It's the end of the pier as we know it. And I feel fine" - Steampunk Music and Entertainment
You can also listen to 'Launch Day' here: https://youtu.be/Hyb49OGfJyo
There is only a handful of their CD left so if you want one of these masterpieces, click here
For those of you who want to see the band live before buying their album, you can catch them at:
| Saturday 22nd February | The Surrey Steampunk Convivial – The Station, Stoneleigh KT17 2JA |
| Sunday 16th March | The Dublin Castle, Parkway, Camden NW1 7AN (support to Ramones tribute band) |
| Sunday 23rd March | The Hope & Anchor, Upper Street, N1 1RL (support to power pop legends The Vapors) |
| Sunday 6th April | The Fiddlers Elbow, NW5 3HS (support to Slow Faction, Noir Mates) |
| Friday 25th April | The Willoughby Arms, KT2 6LN (Tony the keyboard chap's 60thbirthday gig – all welcome) |
| Saturday 6th August | Eastbourne Steampunk Festival, Wish Tower Slopes, BN21 4BY |
Elsewhere, we have added albums and songs to our Bandcamp site where you can get CDs for as little as £4.00 and releases that are not available in our store or anywhere else flickniferecords.bandcamp.com
Finally, we still have a few copies of Hung Like Hanratty CD '50 Shades Of Sh#t' that is selling for ridiculous amounts on eBay but is still available from our store for a measly £6.00 and likewise for Yur Mum 'Road Rage' CD at only a fiver! Don't get ripped off, go Flickers!
So, there we have it, folks. The first of a new wave of Flicknife Blogs. I hope you enjoyed what we have for you here, and even if you don't agree, I hope we can discuss and debate everything that is said here and in our future blogs in the calm, friendly manner that is so common in all internet discourse!
Until next time, and the dawn of a new age.
Catch you on the flipside!
Taheg, and the Flicknife Kru.
