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toyahinterviews · 4 months ago

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TOYAH ON TISWAS ATV 26.9.1981

HOST SALLY JAMES: Hello and welcome to Toyah. I'm glad we're going right in close on you (on the camera). Incredible makeup you're wearing TOYAH: Oh yes, it's my cement for today SALLY: You look very different actually in the video earlier, from the new single (“Thunder In The Mountains”) TOYAH: Yes, it's based in the future. I took the ideas from sort of Aztec combined with Boadicea (Boudica). The big hair, doing everything with the bow and arrow and all that rubbish SALLY: How did you get your hair completely to stick out like that? Was it sort of five cans of hair lacquer? TOYAH: I had great big wig. I have my real hair underneath and an enormous wig on the back. It looked like a flying saucer had landed on the head in certain places, and that's how we did it. It was just sprayed solid with lacquer so when I was on the chariot it wouldn't blow off. It was great SALLY: Where you get these ideas from? TOYAH: The chariot idea came from the people who made the video. Kevin Godley and Lol Creme from 10CC who I always make videos with because they're two great guys SALLY: Yeah, it looked amazing. (I was ) just mentioning about your makeup. You've got your own makeup?

TOYAH: The makeup range is the cheapest range on the market. I aimed it purely for teenagers to play with. It's an experiment because I want to bring out things such as stick on tattoos and body paints and things like that. It's purely fun

SALLY: All sort of gold and things?

TOYAH: Oh, yes, but I'm not a designer or anything like that SALLY: It's just an experiment?

TOYAH: It's another branch out

SALLY: A fan of yours - his name is Gary Price - sent in a photo. Can we have a look at this. He's actually had the front of his car -

TOYAH: Oh God, yes! He turned up at Hammersmith Odeon

SALLY: He painted (the bonnet) with you Toyah. I think that's incredible, don't you?

TOYAH: He's mad. He's a great painter, though

SALLY: So talking of a fan like that - it must be quite impossible for you to go out anywhere and not be mobbed, looking the way that you do. It's not as if you can slope around - TOYAH: It's usually parents that mob me. “Oh, you're Toyah arent you? My little daughter wants your autograph” and the daughter is nowhere to be seen. It's wonderful. I really enjoy it

Anyone who's watching who lives on my road - the doorbell is disconnected (blows a raspberry to the camera). That's the main problem, the doorbell where I live. But we disconnect it

SALLY: Do you ever try and disguise yourself so you can slope out and do anything? TOYAH: Yeah, I wear a wig sometimes

SALLY: You do? Does it work? Or do people still find you?

TOYAH: No, they go “oh, you've got a wig on?” and then they get close and “oh, you're Toyah, aren't you?!”

SALLY: It creates even more attention?

TOYAH: Put it this way, it's very flattering. I really don't mind

SALLY: What about visiting other countries? TOYAH: We go away to Europe in November. We'll be back for Christmas with a special mini tour where we end up, on the 23rd of December, doing a charity show for under 16's at Drury Lane theatre

Then on 24th we're doing a live show which is televised nationwide by the Beep (the BBC) on the night (below). So if anyone can't get tickets that hopefully makes up for it SALLY: So you're doing a special show for under 16's. You're doing this earlier in the day, so the under 16's can come?

TOYAH: Yes, it will be around six o'clock

SALLY: That's a good idea

TOYAH: It's to practice the set and everything

SALLY: So many kids -

TOYAH: They don't get in SALLY: They can't go when it's at eight o'clock at night. I know you brought along the personal garment

TOYAH: (puts on a funny accent) Yeah, it was in the video but I don't think you actually see it. It's a sort of studded thing that you wear around your neck. I thought some nice little gremlin might want it SALLY: I'm sure they would. Have you had a chance to think of a question? I know I should have asked you this about an hour ago

TOYAH: Oh, my God! (laughs)

SALLY: Can we quickly rustle up a question TOYAH: What's my middle name?

SALLY: What's Toyah's middle name to win this. Entries to our usual address. Tiswas, ATV Land, Birmingham B1 2JP

Watch the interview HERE

Watch Toyah singing "I'm A Misery" and getting hit with cream pies during the same show HERE

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mickmercer-goth · 2 months ago

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ON THIS DAY ... in 1981 - TOYAH. 21 photos from a 1981 interview at https://mickmercer.substack.com/ - subscribe for free or click 'no thanks' and in you go!

Although she started in Punk (Jubilee/Maneaters) and later found pop success it was her proto-Goth records that resonate the most. With unusually atmospheric, pulsating live shows it was here you saw a lot of the people that became the original Goth audience, attracted by both the music and the lyrical imagery. (If you’ve never tried either “Sheep Farming In Barnet” or “The Blue Meaning” albums I recommend both, especially the recent Cherry Red re-issues.) She also happened to be a great interviewee, always making time, whether for a fanzine or music paper, even when clearly knackered. Never boring, never bored.

#post punk #trad goth #80s goth #deathrock #goth #gothic #goth music #gothic rock #gothic style #old school goth #toyah willcox

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scotianostra · 1 year ago

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Happy Birthday Scottish actor Richard Madden born June 18th 1986 in Elderslie.

Richard was raised by his mother, Pat, a classroom assistant and his father, Richard, who worked for the fire service. He also has two sisters, Cara and Lauren.

His parents were “hippies”, he says, and their house was pretty open, with friends always piling in for big vegetarian meals. Madden spent a lot of time outside, in the woods behind their house. He has several injuries: he shows me where he shot his dad’s old air pistol and blew off part of his finger, then managed to wreck the same finger when he nailed a wooden plank to his skateboard, then crashed it, so apart from the Hippie parents it was much like most of our own days as bairns.

Despite growing up wanting to be an actor, Richard was very shy during his childhood. To overcome this, at age 11, he joined Paisley Arts Centre’s youth theatre program. In 1999 he was given the lead role as Sebastian Simpkins in BBC1’s children’s TV comedy series Barmy Aunt Boomerang, that’s him aged 12 in the first pic with co-star Toyah Wilcox.. By 2000, he’d made his feature film debut in the Iain Banks adaptation, Complicity.

After high school he was accepted to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland and in 2007, he graduated.

Less than two years later, Richard had a recurring role as Dean McKenzie on the 2009 BBC series Hope Springs. Soon after, he landed the role of Ripley in the 2010 movie Chatroom, a film about a group of teenagers who encourage each other’s bad behaviours after meeting online. In the same year, Richard played punk band Theatre of Hate singer Kirk Brandon in Worried About the Boy, a TV film about the life of British singer-songwriter Boy George.

In 2011 Richard landed his breakthrough role as Robb Stark in the HBO fantasy-drama series Game of Thrones. Also in 2011, he played gay paramedic Ashley Greenwick on the short-lived British comedy-drama Sirens. During hiatus from filming Game of Thrones in 2013, Richard was cast to star as Prince Charming in the 2015 Disney film Cinderella.

Richard won his first Screen Actors Guild award in 2014 for the Discovery Channel mini-series, Klondike. He played Bill Haskell, one of two adventurers who travel to Yukon, Canada during the Klondike Gold Rush in the 1890s. He further enhanced his reputation as a good actor when he appeared in the BBC drama Bodyguard in 2018, the following year he played Lieutenant Joseph Blake in the film 2017 and was Elton John’s manager/lover in the biop of the star Rocketman.

In January 2019 Madden won a prestigious Golden Globe for his role as war veteran David Budd in the BBC show Bodyguard. He also appeared in the 2019 war movie 1917.

We last saw Richard in the movie, Eternals, which was okay, but nothing great, he is one of several actors being touted as the next James Bond,

Last year Richard starred in the Amazon Prime series Citadel, I've watcheit and was not really impressed with it,I think he does pull of the American accent well, but I noticed there have been people saying he doesnt, Madden revealed he spoke in the accent for two years straight to prepare for the series. The show has been earmarked for a second series. Richard is set to appear in the feature film Killer Heat next, it is in post production.

In July 2019, Madden received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. When asked about his personal life during a New York Times interview following speculation about his relationships and sexuality, Madden stated: “I just keep my personal life personal.”

Madden was recently named one of ‘Scotland’s Sexiest Men' following a new study that identifies the most attractive features for men, he has competition though, also in the running are Bathgate’s David Tennant and Glasgow’s James McAvoy,

Richard, quizzed on what he would like to do next he sad “I’d like to do something in comedy. It’s nice to not… I mean we go to work every day and we’re like, ‘You’re gonna die today,’” he said, adding that he wanted to “do something fun for a minute.”

#scotland #scottish #history #happy birthday #actor

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orgyupdates · 1 year ago

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orgyofficial: New interview in The Spill Magazine with Jay, in regards to the upcoming tour & all things OrgyMusic

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A CONVERSATION WITH JAY GORDON OF ORGY I recently had an opportunity to chat with Jay Gordon, lead singer and founding member of Orgy about the vinyl releases of Candyass & Vapor Transmission, their co-headlining 2024 North American Tour with Cold, Horizon Theory and I Ya Toyah and some of Gordon’s thoughts on the current state of the industry.

In discussing the re-release of Orgy’s first two influential albums, Candyass & Vapor Transmission on vinyl, Gordon admitted that besides the approval he had no part in the mastering of the albums but added that “…at some point I’m definitely going to remaster my first two records”, which should excite the fanbase. When asked if the sales of these albums could determine future vinyl releases like Punk Statik Paranoia, Gordon doubted its release but didn’t rule out the possibility.

Moving on, I inquired about hitting the road for a 38 stop co-headlining tour, preparations, and challenges of touring. “Touring is always a good thing, whether it’s the 25th anniversary of Candyass or not. We’re just gonna play a lot of the first record which I’m excited about, but also not that excited about. You know? I want to move forward and play a lot of this newer stuff that we’re doing right now. But it’s cool. It’ll all come.” It is understandable, especially if it’s been in the past for a while. It may be one of those things that shouldn’t necessarily be dug up. Gordon added “It’s fun. Touring is always fun no matter what version of Orgy we’re doing.”

Gordon went on to say “Seeing the fans, knocking the dust off. Just seeing old faces, new faces and getting to play all that stuff for people. We’re gonna play a lot of the new material, too. We’re just gonna have to do it. And (in) a weird way, like where it feels more Candyass-ish than anything.”

Elaborating on the tour line up Gordon said, “It’s a co-headlining thing where it’s Cold one night, Orgy one night, that kind of thing. So, it’s cool. Scooter’s a cool guy. I love those guys. You know, they’re cool people.”

Gordon went on to state that Horizon Theory was brought on by Scooter that they are “some homies of his and he really likes them. They sound pretty good from what I’ve heard.”

When asked about their preparations for the tour Gordon replied, “We’re excited to get out there. I do my usual wind up for tour, you know, like hiking a lot, stuff like that. We’re gonna be ready. I think we’re pretty well rehearsed with a slight difference with a drummer change, but I think that it’s going to be conducive to a great Orgy. I’m more concerned with my kids while I’m gone and things like that. I’m a trooper. I’ll hang in there and handle it.”

When asked if any members of the original lineup were contacted for reunion on this tour, and if not, would he ever be up for it, Gordon was forthcoming in saying “…anything’s possible. I don’t ever say no to stuff. I just say right now. It is what it is. I respect everybody that was in the old band. People grow apart and just do their own things. I’m not closing the door on the opportunity.”

Touching on the state of the music industry, streaming, and the prevalence of singles over full length albums. Gordon explained, “I don’t think anybody really does much of that anymore. I mean, it’s cool when they do. I love seeing people that do full records. But you know what? There are so many directions that I change into or turn into or take. I think you’re going to see just blocks of songs. Just singles is the way go. I do love a band that puts out a good record. It’s just, we don’t really rehearse like that. I stay in the studio, and I make music and then I get people to come in and play on it. It’s always been that way since day one. A lot of contributions happen along the way.”

Despite the proliferation of streaming which seemed more conducive to his creative process and working style, Gordon went on to say, “I don’t know, bands have always had a hard time, and it just doesn’t seem to get any easier for us along the way. But, you know, the fans enjoy it. That’s all that really matters. And you just gotta suck it up and, you know, deal with it. Because honest to God, you know it’s never been about money. I mean, look at Spotify. They pay artists nothing. But Joe Rogan gets a $250 million contract, you know? Yeah, nothing against Joe Rogan, but like, man, it sure would have been nice if they would take some of that money and paid bands with it.”

I made mention to the fact that I am reading a book about the music industry and it’s fascinating to me. Gordon interrupted, “Fascinating until you’re in it and you’re just like, Holy fuck, right?” I continued, “That’s what I mean, it’s fascinating that the fact that it’s, it’s there’s so many…” “Caveats?!?” he exclaimed. “Yeah, caveats and idiosyncrasies and just weirdness that is so unnatural from even from an outsider’s perspective.” I finished. Gordon went on. “It’s quite barbaric in a lot of ways. Right? I mean, I’m not one of those, crybaby artists at all. I’m just saying, you know, artists get fucked over.” I replied, “Do you feel like there’s like the scales of power are shifting more in the artists favor in terms of the negotiations with labels and the industry.”

“I don’t see how, unless I live under a rock, which I don’t think I do. No, I don’t, I don’t see it tipping in the artists favor at all. We just make less and less money and somebody makes a lot of money. I’m optimistic that could happen again at some point, but I don’t see it happening any time soon.” Gordon explained.

Many fans are always in the artists corner regarding getting fair compensation. The vinyl and nu-metal resurgence and more people getting out to live shows ends up putting more money in artists pockets overall. But with the ticket scalping, bots, and more it’s difficult to see that as a fan. From the artist’s perspective, what’s the best way for fans to support a band or an artist these days? “That’s a tough question for me.” Gordon replied. “Merch definitely helps. That perpetuates a lot of, you know, what keeps us floating. We’re going to be coming out with a hell of a lot more of it, I can tell you that much, because that seems to be the only way you can, like, make it happen. That and going to the live shows.”

We’re seeing a wider variety of merchandising, licensing, and partnerships hitting the marketplace. All the best to you and Orgy.

Inquiring about if content from Entropy will be featured on any releases in the future, Gordon responded, “Entropy never really happened. There are songs that have ended up on Toxic and things like that, and then songs that are ending up in, you know, this era. So, in that respect, there’s some of the material around.”

“Thank you very much for having me and I really appreciate you. I just hope everybody comes out to the shows and we have a good, good time. I want this tour to be successful.”

#Jay Gordon #Interviews #OrgyMusic #OrgyOfficial #Facebook #FB #The Spill Magazine #Other Websites

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jamieroxxartist · 4 months ago

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www.PopRoxxRadio.com (Episode #1452) Derek Anthony Williams of Jan Doyle Band & Night Shift Goth events & Promotions | #Goth, #Electro & #IndustrialDance (Goth, Dark Synth, Industrial Dance from the U.K.)

Video: https://youtu.be/MUGnDw03tDM Audio: https://rss.com/podcasts/poproxxradio/1913923

*edit: Hey Folks we had some sort of problem with the Video side of this interview downloading, but we wanted to post it also on YouTube here for those fans who do not listen to our audio shows on Spotify, Pandora etc. So here it is in Video Format.

Pop Art Painter Jamie Roxx (www.JamieRoxx.us) welcomes Derek Anthony Williams (Jan Doyle Band) | (Goth, Dark Synth, Industrial, Dance from the U.K.) to the Show!

● LT: linktr.ee/jandoyleband ● FB: @jandoyleband ● YT: @jandoyleband

● Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/04kyloLbt9mKVTzIEUdpwT

"a dark electro goth industrial new wave new romantic band from the UK that's mostly just The Futurist (Derek Anthony Williams) and whoever can be recruited at any one time. Taking influences from all manner of areas like Bowie, Siouxsie, Toyah, Sisters of Mercy and all that jazz.

We also put on gigs as Night Shift Goth Events. Which has a website: https://jointhenightshift.uk

We like to promote other bands so do a video show with interviews. Please watch them we talk to some amazing people.

We're also really great live (so people say) so come to our shows. Obviously. It'll be something you'll never forget. " ~ Jan Doyle Band

👉 Derek Anthony Williams - Shoutout Links:

● YT: A Mere Kat - https://www.youtube.com/@AMereKat ● BC: HOLY Braille - https://holybraille.bandcamp.com ● YT: IAmImperfect - https://www.youtube.com/@IAmImperfect ● LT: Byronic Sex & Exile - https://linktr.ee/byronicsexandexile ● BC: Lilac Underworld - https://lilacunderworld.bandcamp.com ● FB: Siren's SPELL (Stardust Siren) - https://www.facebook.com/1Arielundine ● FB: Sirens Cave - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088889724290 ● WEB: Meganoke - https://meganoke.com ● WEB: The Wattingers - https://thewattingers.uk ● LT: Brenvela - https://linktr.ee/brenvela_music ● WEB: Gary Robert and Community - https://garyrobertandcommunity.com ● WEB: Chris Cyanide - https://chriscyanide.com ● FB: The Flesh Junkies - https://www.facebook.com/thefleshjunkies

● Media Inquiries: Jan Doyle Band

👉 Pop Roxx Radio Upcoming Episodes, Possible Guest Bookings & Show Archives, Here: https://poproxxradio.com

👉 Current Available Jamie Roxx Pop Art Paintings Here: https://www.ebay.JamieRoxx.us

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krispyweiss · 1 year ago

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Robert Fripp Joins Only Fans

- “You’ll have to pay to see my bloody bollocks,” guitarist says

Robert Fripp has joined Only Fans.

The King Crimson leader took the decision after years of watching his wife, Toyah Willcox, traipse around in skimpy outfits that leave little to the imagination during the couple’s farcical “Sunday Lunch” videos.

“I don’t understand why Toyah keeps giving it away,” Fripp told Sound Bites in an exclusive interview after he posted a suggestive promotional video with only a guitar to protect his modesty.

“You’ll have to pay to see my bloody bollocks,” he said. “They’re three of a perfect pair.”

Fripp said he’ll do anything - from putting a lark’s tongue in aspic to frolicking with ladies of the road - for the right price.

4/1/24

#Youtube #robert fripp #king crimson #toyah willcox

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culttvblog · 16 days ago

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Shoestring: Find the Lady

Absolutely delighted to be writing about this episode of Shoestring, because in many ways it's going to result in a blog post different from any I've ever done before. The reason for that is (and you will see this given as a criticism of the episode, although not really by me) is that Eddie Shoestring (Trevor Eve), the private ear, is essentially crowded out of the show by a guest cast of so many big names that even I'm obliged not to criticise. This is of course a reversal of my usual policy, where I'm annoyed by familiar faces appearing, because these are all great characters or actors, and so the plot rather tends to fade into the background next to them.

The plot is essentially about a man who has been kicked out of a band by the manager. Both he and the manager were sleeping with the same woman, and he's now convinced that the manager has killed their mutual girlfriend. The lead singer of the band asks Eddie Shoestring to get involved and find out what has actually happened to stop this rumbling on, but Eddie finds out that something else completely has been going on. Since this is a show involving a band this post has a soundtrack, which is going to have to come early so here it is:

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The singer in the band, called Toola, is played by our first star, Toyah Willcox. As it happens she was born in Birmingham, so is of course going to be gifted and one of the nicest and kindest people you could ever wish to meet, and I'm not even biased. As well as her music she's also done loads of film and TV, although the work the classic TV audience may be most familiar with is appearances in Tales of the Unexpected, Second City Firsts, the 1979 Quatermass series, Minder, and an appearance with Kenny Everett. As I say, this episode isn't quite the problem I have with wondering who familiar faces are, these are big stars who are definitely themselves fully present, and to my surprise I love it. Toyah has a presence which is undeniable and there's no point pretending.

But the actor whose presence everyone comments on in this episode is Christopher Biggins as the dodgy band manager. He is perhaps best known to the cult TV community for his early roles in Porridge, Upstairs Downstairs, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lands, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, and I Claudius. However it is apparent from his Wikipedia page that by the 1980s he was being asked in interviews whether he regretted being type cast as a bubbly character on children's television, and since Shoestring his career has ended up in the utter dead end of pantomime; here he is (with John Inman) in the sort of role in which he is best known in Britain:

Yes, I know, they've cast an actor now best known as a pantomime dame as a sort of gangster manager who is supposed to have killed a woman he was sleeping with. Now, I do realise that when he was in Shoestring he probably hadn't been a pantomime dame yet, but the association since then means that his casting in the role now makes this association hilarious. I'm not going to lie, it's worth watching this episode to watch Christopher Biggins, who is only ever really Widow Twankey, acting butch and threatening people. I honestly don't think he ever had the weight necessary for the role, and was certainly miscast, but he is so badly miscast that it's entertaining.

To be fair, I always think it's a sign an actor's career is on the skids if they do pantomime (and in fact since then he's been reduced to Big Brother), but in his early days he did some fantastically varied work. He was in a couple of sex comedies, The Sex Thief and Eskimo Nell. I have seen Eskimo Nell and have no recollection of him in it, so will have to rewatch it. In even more varied work he was in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Derek Jarman's The Tempest, so had a wild and varied career at one time. His most recent work has tended to revolve around being a 'celebrity', although I would strongly recommend seeing him in Psychoville, where he is absolutely perfect.

'Mole', the man who got kicked out of the band and is convinced Christopher Biggins has committed murder, is played to perfection by the tragic Gary Holton. He was a musician and actor, probably best known for his role in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, and sadly died at the age of 33 in 1985 after his own struggles with addiction. I see that his work on Auf Wuedersehem Pet was incomplete and the producers kept him in the show by editing dialogue already recorded and using body doubles so that he continued to appear in the second series after his death. Unfortunately the Mole character dies of an overdose in this episode, in his flat about the tattooist.

As if this wasn't enough, we have Mick Jagger's brother Chris, and national treasure, mother to the Oxo family, Linda Bellingham, in an uncharacteristic slight role in a bathing suit. Again, in yet another sad story for the cast of this episode, while she was on ads as the mother of the happiest family in the country, she was in an abusive marriage and felt she couldn't do anything about it because of the effect this might have on her reputation as the Oxo mum.

You will readily understand that the array of talent rather overshadows everything else, but honestly in this case I don't dislike it. The episode is also unusual in that rather than its usual Bristol setting it takes place in nearby Weston-super-Mare. There's another Birmingham connection because it is the seaside place in England which is closest to Birmingham and so we call it Birmingham-on-Sea. In fact there was a time when shopkeepers used to keep in sterilised milk (which they called 'Birmingham milk') just for visiting Brummies because the locals didn't drink it and you have to wonder what's wrong with them.

Anyway, the slightly seedy seaside setting of pier, tattooist and the seasonal workers, is a wonderful setting for a Shoestring. I really like this as a setting for Shoestring, it's subtly different to the sort of city cases he normally gets around Bristol and you honestly can't beat the seaside as a setting for quiet desperation.

As I said at the top of this lengthy post there are two common criticisms of this episode made on the internet, one is that Shoestring himself is rather crowded out of the episode by the talent in the cast, and the other is that the ending can feel a bit rushed. I'm not sure I agree with them. My own real criticism would be that Christopher Biggins is wildly miscast as baddie, although as you know by now, this act of miscasting is so bad that it's brillian and honestly it's worth watching this show to watch Biggins being big and bad.

And that's it. A different episode of Shoestring which has uncharacteristically made me focus on the guest cast and not mind! It is striking that so many of them have had some sort of tragedy in their life (in fact Biggins appearing on Celebrity Come Dine with Me is a relative high)

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tellurian-in-aristasia · 1 year ago

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In the mid 1990s, Miss Martindale was riding high and appearing on several different TV shows, not just the infamous BBC late night broadcast. As far as I am aware, only the the late night documentary and the Toyah Wilcox interview have been archived from this era. But perhaps one day some of the others will pop up. This particular entry, from the Wildfire News mailer, mentions that she was on Pyjama Party on March 9th 1996, which appears to be a late night talkshow/variety show. March 11th 1996 would see Miss Martindale on the U.K. Living channel, but it's unclear which show. Perhaps this was the Toyah Wilcox interview. Later in 1996, an Aristasian piece apparently would appear on Takeover TV.

#wildfire club #aristasia #miss martindale #aristasia in the news #children of the void

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qupritsuvwix · 5 years ago

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toyahinterviews · 5 months ago

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TOYAH ON BBC BREAKFAST TIME WITH SMIKE SMITH SEPTEMBER 1983

MIKE SMITH: Toyah's got a new single coming out this week (“Rebel Run”) and an album and a tour and all these things. Number one single at the moment is (Culture Club) “Karma Chameleon” -

TOYAH: (surprised) It's still number one?

MIKE: Yeah, but you're the chameleon. I mean, you just keep changing all these different jobs and things that you do

TOYAH: I think it's important to keep changing. I think once you get set in your way, especially within the entertainment business, people tend to forget you

It's not only that, when I wake up in the morning and I look in the mirror … hey, ugh, enough of that one. I change it. I like to wake up and shock myself

MIKE: What was this steamy scene with Sir Lawrence Olivier? (in the film “The Ebony Tower”)

TOYAH: (annoyed) There's no steamy scenes. I mean, John Fowles', “The Ebony Tower” the book is very steamy. In fact, when I read the book, I really didn't want to be involved with the film

But the script is very different, and it's all about mind games between four different people. And there's nothing much to see, as far as The Sun's concerned, or any of those tabloids. It's actually going to be a very beautiful, very artistic film

MIKE: But there were stories going around that you were doing a nude scene with Sir Lawrence -

TOYAH: There's hundreds of stories going around. Let the stories happen. I'm afraid people will be very disappointed if that's all they're going to watch the film for. I like to think they're going to see some really good acting, because it was an excellent cast

MIKE: You're 25 now - you've achieved so much in the past ten years -

TOYAH: (laughs) 25!

MIKE: Why are you laughing at that?

TOYAH: (laughs) I feel 16!

MIKE: (laughs) But you started in Birmingham all those years ago. Did you set out to be a punk?

TOYAH: Oh, gosh, no! When I was a teenager I was madly in love with anything to do with science fiction, and suddenly this picture evolved called “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”. I saw pictures of Little Nell and Tim Curry. I remember it's the most beautiful thing I ever saw

That encouraged me to dye my hair, much for my mother's dismay. I turned up at home one day with my head shaved at the back - it was long in front, and one side was pink and the other side was blue

I'd say this was about two years before punk happened because I remember two years later - and many colors later - I was still at school and I going to see the Sex Pistols play at a club called Bogart's in Birmingham

I suddenly walked into this club, and I was among hundreds of people that had the same emotions as me and looked similar to me, even though we were all very individualistic. I suddenly felt at home. This was the big movement called punk

MIKE: From little punks great actresses do grow, eh?

TOYAH: Sometimes

MIKE: Something like that. I don't know whether we'll get another chance to talk to you before nine o'clock, because time is tramping on Thank you for coming in this morning and for being a part of the show. You've been sitting here bouncing up and down, like a Jack In The Box (a toy)

TOYAH: I'll go cycling when I get back (home) MIKE: You just can't keep still, can you?

TOYAH: I find it very difficult

MIKE: Right, you keep bouncing away

Watch the interview HERE

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no-disco · 4 years ago

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Sounds, 27th June 1981. Photos by Virginia Turbett

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photos and article taked from sacreddm.net on the wayback machine

Five months ago the prospect of doing an interview shut inside an airless, sterile studio would have made Depeche Mode run all the way home to Basildon. But then five months, as Wowington Woy would say, is a long time in the wacky world of wock and woll. One look at Vince Clarke sitting confidently behind the mixing desk and shorts-sporting Martin Gore’s welcoming smile and I knew things would be hunky dory.

Dan “The Man” Miller quickly ordered Martin back in front of the mike to contribute his part to the now characteristic Mode quasi-barbershop harmonics on a new track which might be the new single, or possibly the start of the (gasp) album.

“I just can’t get enough, I just can’t get enough,” sung Mart.

But he had, and stopped for a cuppa and a chat.

Les Moders, as I’ve hinted, are now 100% more confident, talkative, witty and brighter than all other known brands of washing powder. (Shurely shome mishtake?) Vince set his synth onto random programming to break the icky atmosphere and we commenced. How appropriate! With one record set straight – ie Depeche Mode aren’t shy, incommunicative, fragile young things at all, here’s the official mode of pronunciation: Depech-ay, if you please. “It’s probably grammatically wrong,” said Vince. “But we like it that way.” [1]

Okay. Depecheeee Mode are laying down lotsa new tracks, having come to a halt after mucho gigging around London following the surprise success of “Dreaming Of Me” and even bigger surprise of “New Life”. Up until now Andy and Martin have had day jobs so the touring principle is only now an ongoing viability. Offers of the calibre of Classix and Toyah had been pouring in, but Vince reckoned it wasn’t the best thing for them to do at the time. Martin considered that the Classix tour may have tied them irrevocably to the futuromanticism tag which they’ve steadfastly been trying (unsuccessfully) to avoid.

But of the bands who secured deals following the “Some Bizzare” LP, Depeche have fared the best: their simple, uncomplicated synthi-pop tunes are terribly hard to dislike, after all.

“We had a sad day on Tuesday, though,” said David Gahan, crest suddenly fallen, “we expected “New Life” to go up a bit more. I think we all thought it wasn’t gonna do much at first, but inside… You can’t tell.”

Funny, ’cos “New Life” is definitely even more instant than the debut… Vince: “It’s really up isn’t it.”

David: “We learned a lot from “Dreaming”, came in here and just did a better job on the next one.”

And that riveting little synth riff is still locked in my head, reminding me of God-knows-what. Just an old r&b riff, said Vince. No, it’s a good job they do have insistent hooks – David reckoned people have beaucoup de trouble remembering the name:

“I bet they get to the shop and forget the name. They go on, hum the tune and say oh, can’t remember the name, I’ll have that Duran Duran one instead!”

Andy Fletcher suggested Dep Mod as an abbreviation in fine Orch Man tradition. An imaginary lightbulb above Vince’s head suddenly fired him with a cracking good idea.

“When your photographer comes,” he smirked, “can we have a picture taken in the back of Dan’s Renault? Just like Spandau Ballet? Only there’ll be five of us in the back, and we’ll all be squashed up like this…” (David imitates dead sardine)

OK, wrench those tongues out of yer cheeks, boys. Mutemobile, indeed? It is true that they did well in the US Disco charts and have great appeal for Europe too… deals are currently being set up with several different majors to get Mode released in France, Germany et al. Many doubted the ability of Mute and Miller to break the Modes, but for an indie they’ve broken the required barriers.

David: “We would much rather have had points than big advances, and we’ve got that with Daniel – he’s proved he can get us what we want, there’s nothing he can’t do – that we haven’t found out yet!”

Andy: “Indies are at their height, they never used to get in the charts before.”

David: “And radio stations are more likely to play indies.”

Vince: “They have to pay less royalties!”

David: “Radio One have been very good to us – 3 plays a day on this one. They said they’d stick with it, give it lots of airplay.”

So from the insecure, nervous and unsure start, things have actually turned out as they’d hoped?

Vince: “It has really. You learn things very quickly. With Mute we know everything that’s going on, we’re in contact with distributors, pluggers and promotion people every day.”

Andy: “What we don’t know is what a major is like. We’re quite happy with our set up, but we don’t know if the distribution could be better.”

Aah, but Rough Trade gets you into those little shops that the hordes of independent buyers frequent, you lucky boys.

Andy then proceeded to go off at a tangent (this is not unusual), musing about how the band’s audiences had changed, become much younger. No-one else agreed.

David: “We get a varied audience, you can’t say that at all!”

Vince: “In clubs an’ that, the audience is already there, they haven’t come to see us.”

David: “Don’t be silly! You can’t say everywhere we play has a fixed audience!”

Andy: “You’re getting worse than Martin now… Martin hasn’t said one thing yet!” Martin woke up. “I’m saving it up, it’s all going to come out in a minute, I’m just waiting for the right question.”

We launched into a discussion about clubs, people not dressing up as much as they used to and the sight of Midge Ure sending lace-clad young girls into the water and into a frenzy at Crystal Pal last week.

This caused much amusement.

Andy: “That’s what Martin does!”

Martin: “You’re asking for it, Fletch…”

To avert a full-scale war, I mentioned my liking for the “Rio” mix of “Shout!”, B-Side of their first ever 12”. They love the rhythm, but the song? David loves it, Vince hates it, Martin says so-so. Humph. It’s the first dancefloor oriented thing they’ve done tho’, eh?

Andy: “Apart from the things we did when we were Light Of The World…” Silence… laughter!

They all paused to watch Daniel frowning in the control room, doubtless searching for that stray note out of tune. A conspiracy brewed. “What was that thing we wanted in Jaws about Daniel?” they whispered. “Nooooo – don’t put it in, he’d know it was us… if you say it, Andy, you’re the one – we all tried to stop you!” [2]

Andy turned to me with a probing question. “Who told you about the folk group and church hall thing?” (Referring to a gossip item about their acoustic past). “We practised in a church hall, that’s all.” [3]

And they’re recording in a deconsecrated church now! [4]

David: “Yeah, we just love churches.”

Martin: “You wait till you hear our new single – it’s a gospel song.”

David: “It’s called “Have You Got The Sunshine Smile”.”

Andy sung the words, gesticulating his finger at his smiling lips in Sunday School teacher style.

David: “On the picture bag, there’s Andy’s face, and when you press his nose, a finger comes out and there’s Martin inside showing the actions. Martin doing the Mode!”

And they chorused: “Have you got the sunshine HA-HA-HA HEE HEE.” I think this is what we in the trade call a joke…

On entering studiospace, I’d noticed Darryl, Fan Club President and original Silicon Teen, scribbling away replies to D Mode fan mail. Are they getting lots?

David: “Not really. We were just trying to impress you! We were s’posed to have this Postman come in just after you with a great big sack!”

Andy: “Yeah, binfuls of used biros, hard skin on our fingers where we’ve been writing so much!”

Well, I saw at least ten letters.

David: “A lot of them are really young. This 13 year old boy wrote us a story using words from the singles and sent us some badge designs.”

Vince: “We’re pop! Ultra pop!”

Andy: “People write to us from up North but they haven’t seen us. We want to branch out from London, but first we must rehearse new material, we’ve been doing the same set for 4 months. The live show should be better, more danceable.”

Daniel looked quizzical again. The boys told him to stop listening in.

Andy: “He’s a great man. Look – the ultimate picture of Daniel Miller, father of electronic music…”

Vince: “Grandfather, more like.”

Daniel the scolding father retorted, “I can hear you.”

A man from ITV arrived to discus Dep Mod’s appearance on a 20th Century Box prog on the Essex music scene, past and present. Depeche are to be filmed live at Croc’s in Rayleigh, and filmed au naturel around Basildon, all to be shown sometime in August.

“You can film my usual Saturday morning routine,” joked David. “Have a sauna, go to a brothel, then a commando course… Nah, it’ll be Andy waking up at 5am, having ’is toast and going down the newsagents for his paper round. Boys next door!” He concluded, sensibly: “It doesn’t matter if we’re sitting on the loo – a minute on tele is better than a thousand radio plays.”

Andy came over all pensive again, wondering why so many of their interviews spent more time talking about Daniel than the band.

“There’s nothing really that people can say about us is there? All other bands go on about political things, we don’t talk about our views.”

Dave: “We don’t have political views, I don’t think.”

Andy: “There’s always an extrovert member of a band with strong views.” [5]

Vince: “We don’t stand for anything united do we?”

Andy: “We haven’t got a person who’s domineering.”

David: “That’s good!”

Andy: “On the other hand, that’s why our interviews are very empty, ’cause usually the loudmouth of a band goes on about what the Labour party are doing or something.”

Martin: “Sexism always comes up too, especially with HM bands.”

David: “They always talk about sex.”

Vince: “It’s all that macho stuff.”

Macho. Dep Mod certainly aren’t Macho. Now they were in a more reflective mood, I asked what their immediate hopes for the future were.

Chorus: “Ultimate success!”

David: “We’re happy as it is, we’d just like some money.”

Vince: “We want to change our sound, get some new stuff together, get a good live show.”

Vince: “We don’t want to get like Kraftwerk, we don’t want to use tapes any more. We’ve got a rhythm unit with a TV screen that plays Space Invaders as well!” [6]

Andy: “We want to give the show more of an aura.”

David: “Down the Bridgehouse?!”

Now there’s a thought… anything else?

David: “Yes, Andy would love to have a cult following, be underground. We have gigs in here when Vince is getting down on the mixer, and Andy sings! Things get on top of you in the studio – you have to do something to let it all go, so we come in here and scream and shout.”

The lads played me a tape of impromptu raw electro-punk with Crass-style vocals by Andy, featuring a cover version of “Simple Simon Says”, ��You’re Gonna Lose That Girl” and a sensitive rendition of a popular school hymn. There’s that religious influence again… But they need this relief valve from the precise orderliness required to produce their brand of neatly-packed pop songs – operating, generating new life for our pop kids.

A lot of people know the name Depeche Mode now. Now you know who they are, what they are. Like their boss, they’re all heart – boys next door who turn into Ultra Popsters at the flick of a switch. Mode: strictly not avant-garde.

#depeche mode #dave gahan #martin gore #andy fletcher #vince clarke #s&s era #s&s photoshoot #sounds magazine #by virginia turbett #dm interview #b&w #white shirt #leather pants

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scotianostra · 2 years ago

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Happy Birthday Scottish actor Richard Madden born June 18th 1986 in Elderslie.

Richard was raised by his mother, Pat, a classroom assistant and his father, Richard, who worked for the fire service. He also has two sisters, Cara and Lauren.

After high school he was accepted to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland and in 2007, he graduated.

In January 2019 Madden won a prestigious Golden Globe for his role as war veteran David Budd in the BBC show Bodyguard. He also appeared in the 2019 war movie 1917.

We last saw Richard in the movie, Eternals, which was okay, but nothing great, he is one of several actors being touted as the next James Bond,

James is currently in the Amazon Prime series Citadel, I've watched the first three episodes and am not really impressed with it,I think he does pull of the American accent well, but I noticed there have been people saying he doesn't pull it off, Madden revealed he spoke in the accent for two years straight to prepare for the series. The show has been earmarked for a second series. Richard is set to appear in the feature film Killer Heat next.

#scotland #scottish #actor #television #cinema #happy birhtday

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