“Ghastly, puritanical, po-faced, sanctimonious, finger-wagging, Woke-Witchfinder-in-Chief” Toby Young, Twitter

“Sphincter-poppingly angry, totally unamusing and uninsightful, and painfully, excruciatingly right-on. A bitter, politically correct member of the Remain-voting liberal elite. The type of comedy which is not designed to provoke laughter so much as solemn head-nodding and applause at the politically correct sentiment.” James Delingpole, Steve Bannon’s Breitbart News

““I seem to have been radicalised into a one man crusade against Stewart Lee and his fans. This will probably occupy the rest of my life but mark my words the man will die and I will try to be the one that ends his life.” Corbyngrad Mayor @SyedforLondon, Twitter

““Stewart Lee is an archaic left wing relic. The old ‘alternative comedian’ crowd is now the Establishment – Milo Yiannopoulos is more on the zeitgeist. The ‘alt’ comics are that comfortable establishment, with their ‘edgy’ Apollo nights out on the BBC. Don’t agree with all of his views, but at least people like Paul Joseph Watson can be funny about subjects that Lefties like Stewart Lee are shit-scared to go anywhere near.” Brendan McCarthy, writer/artist of Judge Dredd and Mad Max : Fury Road, Twitter

Dear Covidians of Infectoland

I hope you are all well and have not suffered any loss.
Here I wait patiently to reassume my privileged duties, which I promise to perform henceforth with a greater sense of responsibility, having learned and listened under lockdown.

One day we will all be laughing again in some rooms.
I cannot embrace you all.

Your pal

Stew Art Lee

1) LIVE SHOWS UPDATE

All outstanding SNOWFLAKE / TORNADO dates have been or are being rescheduled.
Any updates will be added to the LIVE DATES page of the website as soon as they’re confirmed.

Here is an updated list of those that are confirmed and on-sale, although most are sold out anyway.
There are some new dates too, and there are sure to be some returns due to fear.
The Bristol date this time is The Hippodrome, as the lovely Colston Hall is closed for refurb and rename.

The Hippodrome is an ATG theatre. ATG tickets often end up on dodgy resale websites so please don’t pay over the odds.
We must thwart the criminal touts that the Tory Sajid Javid calls “legitimate entrepreneurs” who only annoy “the chattering middle classes”. I hope the theatres can hang in there.

SOME OF THESE DATES BELOW MAY END UP BEING MOVED AS ALL TOURING ARTISTS OF EVERY GENRE JUGGLE FOR RESCHEDULING SPACE , VENUES FIGHT TO STAY AFLOAT, AND bewildering GVT ADVICE EVOLVES AND CHANGES. DO NOT WORRY. ALL WILL BE WELL. WE WILL MEET AGAIN. DO NOT PANIC ABOUT WHEN YOU GET TO USE YOUR TICKETS.
As God said…

“Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?”

I AM YOUR GOD. YOU ARE MY FOWLS.

November 2020

Wednesday 4th November 2020 – 7pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Wednesday 4th November 2020 – 8.45pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Wednesday 11th November 2020 – 7pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Wednesday 11th November 2020 – 8.45pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Sunday 15th November 2020 – 7pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Sunday 15th November 2020 – 8.45pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Monday 16th November 2020 – 7pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Monday 16th November 2020 – 8.45pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Tuesday 17th November 2020 – 7pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Tuesday 17th November 2020 – 8.45pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Wednesday 18th November 2020 – 7pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Wednesday 18th November 2020 – 8.45pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Thursday 19th November 2020 – 7pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Thursday 19th November 2020 – 8.45pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Sunday 22nd November 2020 – 7pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Sunday 22nd November 2020 – 8.45pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Monday 23rd November 2020 – 7pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Monday 23rd November 2020 – 8.45pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Tuesday 24th November 2020 – 7pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Tuesday 24th November 2020 – 8.45pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Wednesday 25th November 2020 – 7pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Wednesday 25th November 2020 – 8.45pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Thursday 26th November 2020 – 7pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Thursday 26th November 2020 – 8.45pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Bill Murray, Islington, London TICKETS
Sunday 29th November 2020 – 2pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Stand, Glasgow TICKETS
Sunday 29th November 2020 – 4.30pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Stand, Glasgow TICKETS
Sunday 29th November 2020 – 7pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Stand, Glasgow TICKETS
Sunday 29th November 2020 – 9.30pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Stand, Glasgow TICKETS
Monday 30th November 2020 – 2pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Stand, Edinburgh TICKETS
Monday 30th November 2020 – 4.30pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Stand, Edinburgh TICKETS
Monday 30th November 2020 – 7pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Stand, Edinburgh TICKETS
Monday 30th November 2020 – 9.30pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Stand, Edinburgh TICKETS

December 2020

Tuesday 1st December 2020 – 2pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Stand, Newcastle TICKETS
Tuesday 1st December 2020 – 4.30pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Stand, Newcastle TICKETS
Tuesday 1st December 2020 – 7pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Stand, Newcastle TICKETS
Tuesday 1st December 2020 – 9.30pm VIRUS TORNADO (Work In Progress) – The Stand, Newcastle TICKETS

February 2021

Monday 1st February 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from March 2020 – Playhouse, Leeds
Tuesday 2nd February 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from March 2020 – Playhouse, Leeds
Wednesday 3rd February 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from March 2020 – Playhouse, Leeds
Friday 5th February 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from July 2020 – Playhouse, Nottingham TICKETS
Saturday 6th February 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from July 2020 – Playhouse, Nottingham TICKETS
Sunday 7th February 2021 – Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from May 2020 – Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton TICKETS
Tuesday 9th February 2021 – 8pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from May 2020 – Town Hall, Cheltenham TICKETS
Thursday 11th February 2021 – 8pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from March 2020 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge TICKETS
Friday 12th February 2021 – 8pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from March 2020 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge TICKETS
Tuesday 23rd February 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from April/May 2020 – Lyric @ The Lowry, Salford Quays TICKETS
Wednesday 24th February 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from April/May 2020 – Lyric @ The Lowry, Salford Quays TICKETS
Thursday 25th February 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from April/May 2020 – Lyric @ The Lowry, Salford Quays TICKETS
Friday 26th February 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from April/May 2020 – Lyric @ The Lowry, Salford Quays TICKETS
Saturday 27th February 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from April/May 2020 – Lyric @ The Lowry, Salford Quays TICKETS

March 2021

Monday 1st March 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from March 2020 – The Marlowe, Canterbury TICKETS
Tuesday 2nd March 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from March 2020 – The Marlowe, Canterbury TICKETS
Friday 5th March 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from May 2020 – Northcott Theatre, Exeter TICKETS
Saturday 6th March 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from May 2020 – Westlands, Yeovil TICKETS
Sunday 7th March 2021 – Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from June 2020 – Hippodrome, Bristol TICKETS
Friday 12th March 2021 – 8pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from June 2020 – Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield TICKETS
Saturday 13th March 2021 – 8pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from June 2020 – Gala Theatre, Durham TICKETS
Sunday 14th March 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from July 2020 – Theatre Royal, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne TICKETS
Monday 15th March 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from March 2020 – Theatre Royal, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne TICKETS
Tuesday 16th March 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado – The Sands Centre, Carlisle TICKETS
Wednesday 17th March 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from March 2020 – King’s Theatre, Glasgow TICKETS
Thursday 18th March 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from March 2020 – King’s Theatre, Glasgow TICKETS
Wednesday 24th March 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from July 2020 – St. David’s Hall, Cardiff TICKETS
Thursday 25th March 2021 – 8pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from July 2020 – De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea TICKETS
Friday 26th March 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from May 2020 – Rose Theatre, Kingston TICKETS

April 2021

Monday 19th April 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from June 2020 – Theatre Royal, Wakefield TICKETS
Tuesday 20th April 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from June 2020 – Storyhouse, Chester TICKETS

May 2021

Tuesday 4th May 2021 – Snowflake / Tornado – Hall For Cornwall, Truro
Wednesday 5th May 2021 – Snowflake / Tornado – Hall For Cornwall, Truro
Friday 7th May 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from July 2020 – The Forum, Bath TICKETS
Saturday 8th May 2021 – 8pm Snowflake / Tornado – Hippodrome, Birmingham TICKETS
Saturday 15th May 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado – Lighthouse, Poole TICKETS
Sunday 16th May 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from May 2020 – Theatre Royal, Plymouth TICKETS
Tuesday 18th May 2021 – 8pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from July 2020 – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London TICKETS
Wednesday 19th May 2021 – 8pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from July 2020 – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London TICKETS
Thursday 20th May 2021 – 8pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from July 2020 – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London TICKETS
Friday 21st May 2021 – 8pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from July 2020 – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London TICKETS
Saturday 22nd May 2021 – 8pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from July 2020 – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London TICKETS
Sunday 23rd May 2021 – 8pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from July 2020 – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London TICKETS
Tuesday 25th May 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado – Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford TICKETS
Wednesday 26th May 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado – Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford TICKETS
Thursday 27th May 2021 – Snowflake / Tornado – Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
Friday 28th May 2021 – 8pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from June 2020 – Derby Theatre, Derby
Saturday 29th May 2021 – 8pm Snowflake / Tornado – Royal & Derngate, Northampton TICKETS

June 2021

Sunday 6th June 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from June 2020 – Mayflower Theatre, Southampton TICKETS
Thursday 10th June 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from June 2020 – Theatre Royal, Norwich TICKETS
Sunday 13th June 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from May 2020 – Theatre Royal, Plymouth TICKETS
Friday 18th June 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from July 2020 – Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool TICKETS
Saturday 19th June 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from June 2020 – St. George’s Hall, Bradford TICKETS
Sunday 20th June 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado – City Hall, Sheffield TICKETS
Monday 21st June 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from April 2020 – Theatre Royal, York TICKETS
Tuesday 22nd June 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from April 2020 – Theatre Royal, York
Wednesday 23rd June 2021 – 7.30pm Snowflake / Tornado Rescheduled from April 2020 – Theatre Royal, York

SOME WARM UP SHOWS THAT ARE PROBABLY SOLD OUT…

I am doing warm-up shows to rewrite the SNOWFLAKE half of SNOWFLAKE/TORNADO for the final 50 dates of the tour in 2021.
The dates are from Nov this year in smaller venues under covid conditions.
All monies will go to the venues as they get no aid. Here are some. They are probably all sold out as tix were v limited.
There will be more TBA. If they don’t happen they will be rescheduled/refunded, but it will be helpful for the venues to be able to sit on the ticket money anyway.

i) THE STAND – GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, NEWCASTLE TICKETS HERE
ii) THE BILL MURRAY, ISLINGTON, LONDON TICKETS HERE

More info / additional dates on the LIVE PAGE OF THE WEBSITE

2) PODCASTS & INTERNETS I AM ON

i) ROCK’S BACK PAGES LINK

In this week’s episode, we invite cult meta-comedian and out-there-music connoisseur Stewart Lee to discuss the new documentary he’s made with Michael Cumming about Prefects/Nightingales legend Robert Lloyd.
Stewart also pitches in on RBP’s new audio interview, a 1991 conversation ‘twixt the late Andy Gill and everyone’s favourite choirboy-voiced Commie Robert Wyatt.
In addition we consider the week’s featured RBP writer Caitlin Moran, with especial attention to her hair-raising 1994 encounter with Courtney Love. Plus we bid a fond farewell to Kool & the Gang co-founder Ronald “Khalis” Bell and to Simeon Coxe of pioneering ’60s oscillators Silver Apples…
Finally, with intermittent interjections from Mr. Lee, Mark picks highlights from the week’s trove of new additions to the RBP library, including top pieces on Jimi Hendrix, Rodney “Mayor of Sunset Strip” Bingenheimer, Spandau Ballet and inimitable drag superstar RuPaul.
With Stewart’s tastes in mind, Jasper M-B spotlights Wire classics on Laurie Anderson and Japanese free-music extremist Keiji Haino. Many thanks to special guest Stewart Lee.
Find out more about King Rocker at kingrockerfilm.com.
Pieces discussed: Robert Lloyd, Nightingales, The Prefects, The Chameleons, Robert Wyatt audio, Courtney Love, Kylie Minogue, Spice Girls, Silver Apples, Kool & the Gang, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers, Rodney Bingenheimer, Spandau Ballet, Brothers Johnson, Sinéad O’Connor, RuPaul, Keiji Haino and Laurie Anderson.

ii) LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL STREAM, SEPT 24TH – LINK

Thursday, 24 September 2020
Time: 8:00pm (7:00pm)Doors open: 7:40pm
Entry: £5.00
Venue: Online – Online Event

Join Stewart Lee as he chats with Leicester Comedy Festival founding director Geoff Rowe about his comedy career, his highlights and views on the future of live comedy. Stewart is cited as the 41st best standup comedian ever, and has been gigging up and down the UK since he started performing comedy in the late 1980s.
He is an acclaimed writer, including reviews for The Sunday Times as well as a series of books, and has had his own series of TV show Comedy Vehicle. All profits from this event will go towards supporting Leicester Comedy Festival and the charity Big Difference Company (registered charity 1135167). The interview is pre-recorded lasting around 60 minutes and will not be live. The purchase of a ticket will give you access to this exclusive content for 24 hours from Thursday 24th September 8pm.
Tickets for our Interviews and Q&A events are usually £10. With times being difficult for many of us, we have decided to let you choose which price you pay and tickets are available for £5, £10 or £20. Your purchase supports Big Difference Company, Leicester Comedy Festival, and live comedy.
Thank you for your support.

iii) XTC FAN CONVENTION. LINK
I am doing something on-line in this year’s XTC fan convention, with much bigger XTC fans than me, but you have to be on facebook to find out what and how to access it.
I am not on facebook but here is the link to Swindon Events list.

3) KING ROCKER SHEFFIELD

Our documentary KING ROCKER has been selected for the Sheffield Documentary Festival in Oct/Nov this year.
There is also loads of other great news about it that I can’t share yet.

Everybody worked so hard on this, and mainly for nothing, so I am so glad it appears to be being so well received by those who have seen it.

https://sheffdocfest.com/films/7007

Comedian Stewart Lee and director Michael Cumming (Brass Eye) investigate a missing piece of punk history. Robert Lloyd, best known for fronting cult bands The Prefects and The Nightingales, has survived under the radar for over four decades. Anti-rockumentary King Rocker weaves the story of Birmingham’s undervalued underdog autodidact into that of the city’s forgotten public sculpture of King Kong, eschewing the celebrity interview and archive-raid approach for a free-associating bricolage of Indian food, bewildered chefs, vegetable gardening, prescription medicines, pop stardom and pop art.
Available to watch in the cinema or Sheffield Doc/Fest Selects in the Autumn.

Here’s everything we know at this point;

https://www.firerecords.com/films/king-rocker/
https://www.firerecords.com/films/

4) THESE FERAL LANDS

Mediaeval minimalist Laura Cannell, whom my wife and I have been huge fans of since the Welsh free-jazz harpist Rhodri Davis recommended her work to me in the bar of the ex-Hungarian embassy in East Berlin over a decade ago, is “beyond excited” to announce her new release THESE FERAL LANDS, for which she asked me to write and mumble words for 4 of the 10 tracks.

Laura says…

“I am beyond excited to announce: THESE FERAL LANDS Volume I – Out Friday 13th November 2020. Feat. LAURA CANNELL + STEWART LEE + KATE ELLIS + POLLY WRIGHT + JENNIFER LUCY ALLAN. This is our Personal and Collective Folklore. PRE-ORDER Ltd Ed CD/DL NOW

https://brawlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/these-feral-lands-volume-1

Twitter Tags: @kateelliscello @JenniferLAllan @laurarecorder @BrawlRecords
Instagram: @ghostsofsongs @lauracannellmusic @jenniferlucyallan @kateelliscello
#theseferallands

There are also wristbands / Bookmarks for sale – HERE

TUSK interview – HERE

5) Asian Dub Foundation

I am on the new record by Asian Dub Foundation –
http://asiandubfoundation.com/site/?p=1043

ACCESS DENIED, the new album from Asian Dub Foundation! Out 18-9-2020.
Asian Dub Foundation  release their new album “Access Denied” for X-Ray Productions , with collaborations featuring incendiary Palestinian shamstep warriors 47 soul, radical UK comedian Stewart Lee, and climate activist supreme Greta Thunberg.
The album showcases ADF in full spectrum mode from the tough Jungle Punk sound of “Stealing The Future” and “Mindlock” through to the orchestral meditations of “Realignment” and the reggae lament of the title track.
Unbowed and undeterred Asian Dub Foundation continue their sonic opposition to the powers that be and “Access Denied” kicks harder and higher than ever.

Asian Dub Foundation have put ‘Comin’ Over Here’ – on which I appear – on youtube, here

6) I arrogantly recommend…

ELECTRIC MUSIC by WOLFHOUNDS with sleeve notes by me –

https://thewolfhounds.bandcamp.com/album/electric-music

FOR SAKE OF JOY by THE SEEN. Stew is the guest reader of prose by the percussionist John Stevens

THE SEEN – FOR SAKE OF JOY | confront-recordings

Isolation, an experimental music album assembled by Mark Jenkins during lockdown to raise money for Age UK, which includes actual people from Tangerine Dream and Neuronium and me, in STOKE NEWINGTON ISOLATION UNIT. https://www.cd-services.com/product_info.aspx?id=17272&qry=&key=&genre=148&pi=0

The Trees. I have done sleeve-notes for the reissue of the complete back catalogue of superb 70s folk rock band THE TREES. https://www.firerecords.com/shop/

BOOKS.

The Comedian Phil Kay has written some new books.
Phil Kay is great. Here is a link. https://philkay.online

100 STORIES TO SAY THANK-YOU, NHS benefit book edited by Adam Kay, featuring a story by me Dear NHS by Various | Waterstones

BEN MOOR’S NEW BOOK. Performance Artist and writer Ben Moor says,

“In lieu of the theatrical performances of Who Here’s Lost? I have printed the text of the piece for to be read at leisure.
This would have been on sale after the show to people who missed half the jokes (I tend to go fast) and so they can try and work out just what it was they’d been watching. The book version also includes a selection of pieces I wrote in each of the last four decades” CLICK THIS LINK

PODCASTS DADDI-0!

(Podcasts are like radio shows but are on the internet and you can hear them at any time.
I have just found out about them.)

These Weird Isles – LISTEN HERE

Pope Longergan Plimpin’ & Lompin’ – LISTEN HERE

Ian McPherson’s Hardly A Fit Subject For Levity – LISTEN HERE

The Internet

Erwin Saunders – This is one of those internet finds that one worries about sharing, and hesitates to recommend, a precious bloom that might wither on exposure to light.

There are 17 episodes which, oddly, have been numbered 1 – 17 in reverse order, so you need to start with 17 and work backwards.
Watch the 1st two without distraction, looking for the tiny points if light, ideally on a TV screen where you can see the backgrounds properly, and you will be hooked.
There is only one mis-step in the whole 2 hrs +, where “Erwin” obviously couldn’t resist using some footage he had shot some years ago, which is tonally slightly out of kilter with the rest of this brilliant labour of love.
I know that subscribers to this newsletter will treat Erwin Saunders’ work with the care and respect it deserves.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIptHpq0tre-Mnu2V1VOoww

NEW FILMS

Honeyland (Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov)
Days of The Bagnold Summer (Simon Bird)

NEW MUSIC

The Nightingales – Four Against Fate

Rich Hopkins & Luminarios – Live At El Lokal

The Dream Syndicate – Universe Inside

Wild Billy Childish – Kings Of The Medway Delta

Garcia Peoples – Nublu NYC 2019

Windy & Carl – Allegiance & Conviction

The Frees – Live From The End Of The Earth

Alan Wilkinson & Douglas Benford – Appointed Views

The Heartwood Institute – Tomorrow’s People

John Edwards – Just Another Day At Home

Adam Bohman & Douglas Benford – Ad Hoc & Words

Laura Cannell – The Earth With Her Crowns

Jack Sharp – Good Times Older

The Frees – Live To Air

The Frees – Lips That Bite

Fixed Horizon – Jungle

Jon Free – Spiralling

Richard Skelton – Border Ballads

Howe Gelb – Cocoon

The Primevals – Second Nature

Richard Youngs – Vistas

Darren Hayman – Home Time

Richard Youngs – Four Verses

V/A – Seito In The Beginning Woman Was The Sun

Lucinda Williams – Good Souls & Better Angels

Bob Dylan – Rough & Rowdy Ways

Billy Sedlmayr – Mean What You Say

Shirley Collins – Heart’s Ease

Alasdair Roberts – The Songs of My Boyhood

Boris – No

Slum of Legs – Slum Of Legs

Tobin Sprout – Empty Horses

Thurston Moore – By The Fire

Rhodri Davies – Telyn Rawn

Idles – Ultra Mono

Guided by Voices – Mirrored Aztec

The Cravats – Hoorahland

Alison Cotton – Only Darkness Now

Rachel Aggs – Visitations 0202

Richard Dawson – Republic of Geordieland

REISSUED OLD MUSIC

Tim Buckley – Live At The Electric (1968)

John Lee Hooker – Black Night Is Falling (1977)

The Heads – Reverberations Vol 1 (2005)

Barnabus – Beginning To Unwind (1971)

Miracle Legion – 4.20 Live At The Boot (2017)

V/A – Brown Acid The Tenth Trip (1969-74)

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Live At Woodstock (1969)

John Lee Hooker – Documenting The Sensation (1948-52)

Albert Ayler – New Grass (1969)

Guided by Voices – Doses of Nonchalance (1995)

The Fall – Tech College, St Helens Merseyside (1981)

Linda Hoyle – Pieces of Me (1971)

Day Of Phoenix – Mind Funeral (1971)

L7 – Smell The Magic – SubPop (1991)

The Fall – Imperial Wax Solvent special edition (2008)

BONUS FEATURE:

HERE IS A LIST OF ALL THE OLD FILMS I HAVE WATCHED SINCE LOCKDOWN

Django Kill (Guilio Questi, 1967)

Fracture (Gregory Hoblitt, 2007)

Swallows and Amazons (Philippa Lowthorpe, 2016)

Milford Graves – Full Mantis (Jake Meginsky, 2018)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk, 3 Sided Dream (Adam Kahan, 2014)

Play Misty For Me (Clint Eastwood, 1971)

‘Round Midnight (Bertrand Tavernier, 1986)

Roman Holiday (William Wylder, 1953)

Bird (Clint Eastwood, 1988) *

Lacombe Lucienne (Louis Malle, 1974)

Duel (Steven Spielberg, 1971)

Deep Rising (Stephen Sommers, 1998)

Contagion (Steven Soderbergh, 2011)

Duck, You Sucker! (157m extended)(Sergio Leone, 1971 )

The Others (Alejandro Amenábar, 2001) *

The Return Of Ringo (Ducco Tessario, 1965)

The Guest (Adam Wingard, 2015)

Deadpool (Tim Miller, 2016)

Lemmy (Greg Oliver, 2010)

A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence (R Andersson, 2014)

The Big Lebowski (Coen Brothers, 1998)

Ocean’s Eleven (Steven Soderbergh, 2002)

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Coen Brothers, 2018)

The Tempest (Julie Taymor, 2010) *

My Name Is Pecos (Maurio Lucidi, 1967)

The Hangover (Todd Phillips, 2009)

The Return of Martin Guerre (Daniel Vigne, 1982)

The Fog (John Carpenter, 1980)

Cannonball!(Paul Bartell, 1976)

Three Identical Strangers (Tim Wardle, 2018)

Rain Man (Barry Levinson, 1988)

Up On Poppy Hill (Goro Miyazaki, 2011)

Anaconda (Luis Llosa, 1997)

Snakes on A Plane (David R Ellis, 2006)

Misery (Rob Reiner, 1990)

Man, Pride & Vengeance (Luigi Bazzoni, 1967)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)

Edith Walks (Andrew Kotting, 2017)

Jean De Florette (Claude Berri, 1986)

Manon des Sources (Claude Berri, 1986)

The Edge (Lee Tamahori, 1997)

Cinema Paradiso (Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988)

Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)

Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)

The Theory of Everything (James Marsh, 2014)

Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2016)

The Imitation Game (Morten Tyldum, 2014)

The Queen (Stephen Frears, 2006)

Papillon (Franklin J Schaffner, 1973)

Telstar : The Joe Meek Story (Nick Moran, 2008)

Ant Man & The Wasp (Peyton Reed, 2018)

Two Years At Sea (Ben Rivers, 2011)

Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945)

Have A Good Funeral My Friend, Sartana Will Pay (G Carnimeo, 1970)

Light The Fuse, Sartana Is Coming (Guiliano Carnimeo, 1970)

First Blood (Ted Kotcheff, 1982)

Falling Down (Joel Schumacher, 1993) *

Companeros (Sergio Corbucci, 1970)

The Specialists (Sergio Corbucci, 1969)

What We Do In The Shadows (J Clement, T Waititi, 2014)

The Mercenary (Sergio Corbucci, 1968)

You Only Live Twice (Lewis Gilbert, 1967) *

Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance (Mark Nevildene, 2011) *

Attack The Block (Joe Cornish, 2011)

The Cat People (Val Lewton, 1942)

Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)

Comedian (Christian Charles, 2002)

The Power of Grayskull (Randall Lobb, 2017)

Iron Man 3 (Shane Black, 2013)

Paranormal Activity (Oren Peli, 2007)

The Boy (William Brent Bell, 2016)

Age Of Innocence (Martin Scorsese, 1993)

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (Stephen Herrick, 1989)

Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (Pete Hewett, 1991)

Who Saw Her Die? (Aldo Lado, 1972)

Monty Python Conquers America (Will Yapp, 2008)

Before The Flying Circus (Ian Macnaughton, 2000)

The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963)

Spy (again) (Paul Fieg, 2015)

Midnight Run (again) (Martin Brest, 1988)
Burn After Reading (Coen Brothers, 2008)

IN OUR COVID ERA LAMENTATIONS…

Adam Schlesinger (Fountain of Wayne) (1967)
John Prine (outlaw country singer) (1946)
Henry Grimes (jazz bassist) (1935)
Hal Wilner (arranger) (1957)
Tim Brooke-Taylor (Goodie) (1940)
Lee Konitz (jazz saxophonist) (1927)
Matthew Seligman (Soft Boy) (1955)
Millie Small (ska singer) (1946)
Florian Schneider (Kraftwerk robot) (1947)
Bill Rieflin (drummer for hire) (1960)
Hugh McKenna (Tear Gas pianist) (1949)
Steve Weber (Holy Modal Rounder) (1942)
Astrid Kirchherr (photographer) (1938)
Danny Ray Thompson (Sun Ra saxophonist) (1947)
Aubrey Burl (archaeologist) (1926)
Phil May (Pretty Thing) (1944)
The Clacton Fin Whale (circa 2000)
Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (artist) (1930)
Doll Tor stone circle (3300 BC)
Kay Carroll (The Fall) (1948)
Bob the Cat (73 bus) (2006)
Alex Taylor (Shop Assistant, in 2005, and no-one knew)
Simon H Fell (jazz bassist) (1959)
Carl Reiner (director) (1922)
Ennio Morricone (architect of sonic dreams) (1928)
Keith Tippett (jazz pianist) (1947)
Jimmy Cobb (jazz drummer) (1929)
Barbara Smoker (Humanist) (1923)
The Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
Tony Elliot (Time Out) (1942)
Judy Dyble (folk singer) (1949)
Peter Green (blues guitarist) (1946)
Emitt Rhodes (power pop auteur) (1950)
Annie Ross (jazz bohemian) (1930)
Joe Ruby (Scooby-Doo) (1933)
Craig Weatherhill (folklorist) (1950)
Don Weller (jazz saxophonist) (1940)
Simeon Coxe (Silver Apple) (1938)
Diana Rigg (Avenger) (1938)
Toots Hibbert (reggae got soul) (1942)
Dele Fadele (carry bag man) (1962)