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A Not-So-Summery 2011…But Here’s A Summary Of July-Sept

4 Jan

When you think of last summer, what do you think of? Rain? Rioting? Well don’t think about that – if your memory fails you, first have a look at our reviews of January to June, and then let’s take a look at what happened in the world of Booshdom from July to September, in Part 3 of our review of 2011...

JULY

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2011 may have been a dreary and somewhat brief summer, but July kicked off with some magic as Dynamo showed off his skills to Noel Fielding, stunning him with a rogue deck of cards right in the palm of his hand!

The comedy world also saw acts big and small peeking out into the non-sunlight as they prepared for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival! It was a busy month for comics, including Rich Fulcher who arranged warm ups left right and centre. As they all profusely scribbled down their work in the build-up to the festival, the musical Booshdom also picked up its pace. Robots In Disguise released their fourth album (funded by their fans!) Happiness vs Sadness. We were eager to listen to it ourselves and bring you a song-by-song evaluation of it.

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IAMX were also in the midst of releasing their new single Bernadette and at the same time brought us two alternative versions of the music video – we would expect nothing less from perfectionist Chris Corner!

This summer was also a lucky time for the Velvet Onion in terms of tracking down some great talent. We attended a Q&A with the cast of How Not To Live Your Life, then Richard Ayoade also answered some of our questions following the release of Submarine. Then there was even more excitement with the release of our chat with the delectable Hot Brew!

Someone who’s also always up for a debate is Steve Coogan, who voiced his opinions on Newsnight this month regarding the recent closure of News Of The World!

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Spring Back In Time: A Look Back At April-June 2011

2 Jan

So far our review of 2011 has covered January to March. Today we bring you the sequel: April to June. Aaaah, Springtime…the time of fresh starts and new beginnings! And it turned out to be a very busy time in the Booshniverse too!

April

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April started with the news of Chris O’Dowd’s appearance in The Crimson Petal and The White, a Victorian drama adaptation miles away from The IT Crowd! It was a fantastic production with a great cast and Chris was excellent in it.

The London Comedy Writers Festival took place this month, with input from TVO favourites Alice Lowe, Jaqueline Wright and Colin Hoult. It was a very busy month for Alice, she starred in  Tap at the Window, appeared with Antony Elvin at Popcorn Comedy, and had the pilot  Alice’s Wunderland broadcast on BBC Radio 4. At the time we were lucky to bag an interview with her which you can read here. We also reviewed Jackal films 2010 calendar project.

Colin Hoult announced the second New Adventures show and Paul Foot was in Australia, tweeting as he went.

TVO enjoyed a bit of a spring clean itself in April with a revamp of the TVO Amazon store, making it even easier to cater for all your comedy needs!

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Luxury To Look Forwards To

2 Jan

If you’re a regular peeler of this here Onion it won’t have escaped your attention that we’re mere weeks away from a very exciting TV happening. Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy hits our screens on 26th January on E4 – this month!

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For those of you who already know for certain that a tangible version of the show just has to grace your shelves you can pre-order the DVD now. It’s released on 19th March for £11.99, and you can pre-order it via The Velvet Onion’s Amazon store. As yet there’s no information about the Blu-ray release or the extras included on the DVD, but given Noel’s track record with Boosh DVD releases, it’s bound to be bursting with added bits & bobs.

Some of you may also have spotted that a series of brilliantly obtuse trailers advertising Luxury Comedy have started appearing on E4. As soon as we can get hold of official links to the trailers we’ll share them with you.

We’re already counting down the days to 26th!

“It’s Behind You!” A Look Back At What Went On In 2011

31 Dec

2011 was The Velvet Onion’s second year in operation, and whaddya know – it turned out to be quite an eventful one! If you’ve joined us more recently, or if you’ve lost a few brain cells over the festive period and can’t remember much before December, here’s Part 1 of our review of 2011 to bring you up to speed on the TVO events of the year:

January

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The year started by looking backwards, with The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year sadly not quite taking retro to its logical conclusion, but reuniting Noel Fielding and Richard Ayoade nonetheless. TVO were also feeling reflective, as we considered our first birthday! We interviewed James Pilkington, the director of early Boosh-starring short Sweet, about his latest feature.

On the live front Paul Foot & Colin Hoult were busy announcing send-offs for their 2010 Edinburgh shows, and Kim Noble was taking his hit show Kim Noble Must Die to New York City.

For Noel & Julian, however, this was a period of new adventures – and the pair couldn’t have chosen more varied career paths if they tried. Noel’s appearance on Comic Relief’s supporting talent show Let’s Dance was announced, and while Boosh fandom debated exactly what he’d perform, Julian’s acting chops were about to be stretched as he began work on Treasure Island and was announced as the one of the lead roles in Government Inspector at The Young Vic.

February

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February began on a sad note, with the passing of much loved actress Margaret John. Best known for her roles in Gavin & Stacey, Run Fatboy Run and Doctor Who, she was forever immortalised in Booshdom by her apperance as the wicked Nanatoo in the Nanageddon episode of The Mighty Boosh. She was 84.

On a more positive note, IAMX unleashed the first fruits of their latest album, and DeadDogInBlackBag returned to the London stage with a one-off gig, with TVO on hand to document proceedings. And whilst Matt Berry unleashed an x-rated iPhone app, the careers of his TVO cohorts couldn’t be more different – as a whole bevvy of names cropped up on CBBC throughout the month.

In other news this month, Chris Morris became a BAFTA winner, although champions of the passing-fad, the NME, decided Noel Fielding and Never Mind The Buzzcocks didn’t deserve an award this year. The world of mainstream rnb seemed to disagree – in one of the weirdest stories we’ve come across for TVO, cyber-singer T-Pain sang an interpolation of the Boosh track Electroboy for Benny Benassi’s dancefloor hit, ‘Electroman‘. Somehow, it just about worked…

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TVO took the time to speak to the fabulous Colin Hoult as he brought his 2010 Edinburgh Show, Enemy Of The World, to the Soho Theatre for a final hurrah, and we also interviewed Diva Zappa ahead of her exhibition at Maison Bertaux.

But February’s big interview came from Fielding himself – as we celebrated his appearance on Let’s Dance For Comic Relief with a two part interview about the show, and his career past, present and future. As Kate Bush, Noel whizzed around with startling precision to Wuthering Heights, sending fangirls across the land a-flutter – and he made it through to the final the following month..

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The Velvet Onion Calendar 2012

29 Dec

The Velvet Onion are pleased to bring you our exclusive 2012 calendar!

We’ve been working with a number of our friends both in front of the camera and behind it, to bring you twelve great shots to print out and stick up on your wall between January 1st and December 31st.

With a fantastic new design from Velveteer Lauren “Lozzy” Taylor, inspired by the beautiful design work Peeler Kerrie Leisch provided for the site back in 2010, we really hope you like the results – which are available for a free download by clicking on the picture above!

Thank you to everyone involved, and to all of you – our dearest Peelers – for a truly fantastic 2011… here’s to another great year in the realm of the Onion!

Boosh On Your Radio!

24 Dec

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Treat yourself to a trip down memory lane and listen to the Boosh Radio Series, on the radio! BBC Radio 4 Extra is broadcasting the series at 10:30pm on Tuesdays.

Unfortunately we’ve missed the first episode but the second (Jungle) is available on BBC iPlayer until Tuesday 27th December, when the next episode (Jazz) will be on at 10.30pm.

If you’re feeling nostalgic after listening to the radio show, you can read our interview with Noel Fielding about making the radio series.

Dave Brown: The Scribbling Slasher

16 Dec

Not too long ago, in a petite coffee shop that straddles the the suits of Clerkenwell and the hipsters of Hackney, The Velvet Onion were lucky enough to catch Dave Brown in his busy life for a chat – Velveteer Paulyne caught up with him following the release of Scribblings Of A Madcap Shambleton and now we can bring you the first part from our afternoon with the designer.

“I wanted to get across the idea that Noel paints as he writes and writes when he paints. It’s how his mind works, his comedy is very visual.”

Although the book is a collection of Noel Fielding’s artwork, with Brown taking on the entire design of the book I wanted to find out the process of putting it together and working with the artist. Dave explains, “When I was putting the Boosh book together and going through Noel’s mountain of sketchbooks, I realized that there was obviously loads that was Boosh related but there was also loads that wasn’t and more related to his stand up, so it was really a case of ‘With all your paintings and this, we could make an amazing book for you’.”

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Real Life Scribblings Are Back!

15 Dec

If you’ve bought a copy of The Scribblings of a Madcap Shambleton (or even if you haven’t – in which case why ever not?), you’ll be pleased to know that Noel Fielding‘s paintings are once again on display at Gallery Maison Bertaux.

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This impromptu exhibition of Noel’s art presents a welcome opportunity to see his paintings in the flesh, where you can fully appreciate the scale and texture of his work. You can also see some of the artworks which had to be removed from the book for copyright reasons. And all while you drink tea and munch on amazing pastries!

While you’re there why not pick up one of the Fielding-approved limited edition canvas prints which are on sale too? Each one is hand-printed on canvas and comes with a certificate of authentication – definitely one for the Christmas list. Maison Bertaux can be found at 28 Greek Street, Soho London.

On the subject of Noel’s scribblings, the book has just been voted number 2 in Kerrang’s Top 5 books of 2011. Congratulations to Noel and to the book’s designer, Dave Brown.

Fielding Talks

7 Dec

This week the media have kindly provided us with two interviews with Noel Fielding – and the promise of a third one next week.

First up is Time Out‘s blog, who came along to watch Noel and Dave Brown painting a giant billboard in London’s Golden Square a couple of weeks ago. Whilst there, they cornered Noel to ask him about his favourite places in London and what he would do if he was mayor. Given his response to that question we say forget Ken and Boris and VOTE NOEL! Take a look at the short interview below:

In the very near future we hope to be able to show you what was taking place near the signing table while this interview was going on…

Secondly, Noel also features in this week’s NME, answering questions to prove that his mind and memory remain intact. Although his recall of his stint earlier this year on Let’s Dance for Comic Relief is faultless, he fails to correctly identify why Jaffa Cakes are classified as cakes rather than biscuits. Essential reading.

There’s also the promise of more Fielding in next week’s NME, the double Christmas issue, in which he “opens the door to his twisted festive madhouse.”  This issue is out on Wednesday 14th December, and we’ll let you know more when it hits the shelves next week.

Scribblings In Oxford: A Visual Review

7 Dec

Last Saturday (3rd December) saw Noel Fielding and Dave Brown take on Oxford in the latest leg of their promotion tour for Noel’s book of art The Madcap Scribblings of a Shambleton.

The event at Waterstones consisted of a live painting to a select group of fans, followed by the obligatory sign-a-thon to the wider wristband-wearing population. Comments about the event on twitter afterwards were full of superlatives and giddy praise for the duo. Sadly however, we couldn’t field our ususal team of intrepid reporters so we’re unable to bring you the film and photo reports that we’ve been able to provide for previous signings.

Fret not though, because we’ve managed to track down some pictures from the day on Newscom – and a big thanks to those of you who emailed yours to us too. So, in the absence of a first-hand report, here’s a visual review of the scribblings that took place last Saturday in Oxford.  Enjoy!

If you’d like to see more of Newscom’s photos of the Oxford signing, and of previous events, click here.

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Luxury Scribblings

4 Dec

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We’ve already told you about the limited edition canvasses of Noel Fielding‘s art, but if there’s still room on your Christmas list how about a Special Edition of The Scribblings of a Madcap Shambleton?

A total of 250 copies of the book will be made available, with the first 100 copies on offer at the special price of £100 (usual price £150).  All orders will be dispatched after the 14th December 2011, and will take 1-3 working days to arrive.

The Special Edition features the following:

• The Scribblings of a Madcap Shambleton book signed by Noel Fielding and Dave Brown, and numbered
• The front and back of the book embossed with Noel’s artwork
• The book in a box covered in bright yellow real linen, to match Noel’s overalls, and lined with a polka-dot pattern which appears in the book
• The box embossed with 3 coloured foils (black, white and red)
• 2 signed prints; one a high-quality photo of Noel (10” x 8”), and the other a screen print of one of his pieces of art which appears in the book
• The screen print is 285mm x 225mm and it is printed on a thick, textured stock with hand-torn edges. It’s embossed with a limited edition stamp

For additional photographs of the book and its content and to order a copy visit Canongate Book’s website here. Happy shopping!

Afrikids At Christmas

1 Dec

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As most of you know by now, Dave Brown is proud to be associated with Afrikids, the charity that works with vulnerable children in Ghana, by empowering local communities.

The Afrikids website has opened it’s Christmas shop and there are some lovely items available including cosmetics, confectionary, cards and wrap, clothing and hampers. Click here to go to the site to access the catalogue and find out where you can buy goods in person.

While you’re there, have a look at the work they do and how they do it.

If you’d like to read more about Dave and Afrikids, you can access the article by clicking here.

Scribblings Competition #6: Time To Win Oxford Wristbands And Books!

30 Nov

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It’s competition time! The Velvet Onion and Canongate Books are delighted to be able to offer 5 lucky peelers the chance to get guaranteed signed copies of Scribblings Of A Madcap Shambleton – in person with Noel Fielding and Dave Brown - this Saturday!

The duo will be hosting a live painting event and signing in Waterstones in Oxford, from 12noon onwards.  Five of our readers will be given a pair of wristbands for the event for them and a friend, and one free signed copy of the book too!  All you have to do is reply to this post with a comment below, answering the following question:

WHAT ARE THE FULL NAMES (FIRST NAME AND SURNAME) OF THE TWO MINSTRELS THAT ACCOMPANIED NOEL AND DAVE AT THE SOHO SIGNING?

THE COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED AND THE FIVE LUCKY WINNERS WHO ANSWERED FIRST WITH ANTONY ELVIN AND WILL SUMMERS WERE:

1. Georgie

2. Hollie Keenan

3. Casey

4. Emma Stevenson

5. Patti

Congratulations! Can you please send your full name and contact details to submit@thevelvetonion.com

You will be given the wristbands and books on Saturday by Canongate’s promotional team. Winners MUST be able to provide their own transport to the event, and be 100% certain they can make it. For all the legal T&Cs, see below.

This competition offers guaranteed entry to the Waterstones Oxford event featuring Noel Fielding & Dave Brown on Saturday 3rd December 2011. Each prize consists of 2x wristbands for the event and 1x signed copy of ‘Scribblings Of A Madcap Shambleton’. These will be given to the winners by the promotional team from Canongate who will be present on Saturday. This competition is being run entirely by The Velvet Onion, with prizes organised and distributed by Canongate Books Ltd. One entry per person. Any entrants found making multiple entries from the same IP address will be disqualified, and banned from entering further competitions run by The Velvet Onion. Furthermore, any winning entrants who fail to turn up to the event without giving The Velvet Onion prior warning of at least 24 hours notice [12noon Friday] will be banned from entering further competitions run by The Velvet Onion. Due to the nature of our website software, comments may appear to have been posted before others when first entered, but our system logs the exact time a comment was made enabling us to truly determine the winners. If you firmly disagree with our results, email submit@thevelvetonion.com and we can provide evidence to support our decision. The Velvet Onion will not accept entries as replies to our Facebook/Twitter pages, messages on our forum or emailed to any account. No personal information required, and your emails will not be passed on to a third party beyond Canongate Books Ltd. There is no monetary value to this competition and no cash alternative will be offered. The Velvet Onion and Canongate Books Ltd reserve the right to withdraw this competition if any overriding issues arise.

December in the Booshniverse

30 Nov
December is looking good for everyone in need of some entertainment in these dark winter times. Scratch your comedy itch, see a feature film or download some music – there’s something for everyone.
The various Booshniverse acts will be keeping themselves busy over the coming month so let us remind you of what December holds in store!

Out now

Rich Fulcher, Stuart Lee,  Kevin Eldon and  Julia Davis are all involved in the family feature film Arthur Christmas. This flurry of Booshniverse artists voice some of the characters in the film. You can read more about this 3D animated film and see the trailer here.

Mongrels actress Lucy Montgomery is a part of the musical Company which is showing at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Company runs from November 30th to January 7th 2012 and tells the story about a single man facing his 35th birthday and who seemingly has it all… but the question is – is he really happy? Click here if you want to know more about this musical.

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December 1st

The first of December fittingly brings us Joey Page‘s first solo theatre show at the Etcetera Theatre in London! After a successful appearance on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, the young comedian will take the stage together with his comedic partner Sam Ashurst. Page will dazzle the audience with his show titled Sparklehorse Superbrain. This is one show you simply cannot miss so grab your tickets now!

December 3rd

Colin Hoult will be hosting an evening of comedy at the Arcola Theatre in Dalston. On stage, you will find superb comedians such as Adam Riches, Henning Wehn, Miles Jupp, Pat Cagull and Cariad Lloyd. More information about this show and ticket links can be found at our earlier post.

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Sneaky Scribblings

29 Nov

Last Saturday as you would well know, TVO took a trip to Golden Square in Soho to capture a day of painting, signing, singing and dancing for the promotion of Scribblings Of A Madcap Shambleton.

To tease you until we can bring you the full summary of the day in video-form, have a look at a snippet below which includes the glorious Minstrels, Antony Elvin and Will Summers (The Tudor Unit) who provided the musical entertainment throughout the day!

Enjoy and also remember that you Oxford peelers should keep returning for our competition to win wristbands for Noel Fielding and Dave Brown‘s next event!

New photos from the day are also available to see on our new Flickr page PLUS keep peeling to see another exclusive interview with the other half of the makers of Scribblings!

Scribblings Competition #6: Get Your Oxford Wristbands!

28 Nov

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As many of you have already spotted, Oxford is the next destination to receive a visit from Noel Fielding and Dave Brown as part of the of their mission to get the UK scribbling.

Noel and Dave will be appearing at Waterstones Broad Street on Saturday 3rd December to celebrate the release of Scribblings Of A Madcap Shambleton. They’ll be painting a canvas on the first floor from 12noon, followed by a signing in the shop from 2pm. 300 wristbands will be available for the signing, with the first 50 wristbands given access to the painting session. Wristbands will be handed out from the store at 9am on Saturday.

…or you can win one!

Because those people at Canongate Books are so lovely, they’ve paired with us again to give you the chance to win wristbands for this Saturday’s event in Oxford. We are offering 5 readers guaranteed access for them and a friend to the signing on 3rd December, and one signed copy of the book!

At 7pm on Wednesday evening (November 30th), we will post a question on the site – and the first 5 people to respond in a comment with the correct answer will win – so get your fingers hovering over your keyboards at 7pm on Wednesday to be in with a chance to win!!

If you are a winner you will be notified as soon as possible and we will need a valid email address, which you can send to submit@thevelvetonion.com

In the meantime, you can order a copy of the book from The Velvet Onion Amazon Store now for just £9.00! (RRP £19.99).

Due to legal reasons, we regret to announce that our competitions will only be open to UK residents. Naturally, if the book is released outside the UK at a later date, we will endeavour to offer prizes to other territories if possible.

A Golden Afternoon In Soho

28 Nov

A chilly autumnal afternoon in a historic square in London’s Soho. A giant billboard, a row of easels and paints, Tudor minstrels, a breakdancing techno-hedgehog, and a shambleton in a yellow boiler suit. Plus the obligatory enthusiastic collection of black and neon madcap fans. It must be another Scribblings event!

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This weekend witnessed the fourth signing/painting event to mark the launch of Noel Fielding’s art book The Scribblings of A Madcap Shambleton, following similar events in Oxford Street, Edinburgh and Manchester.

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The magnificent Tudor Units provided medieval musical accompaniment to Noel Fielding’s live billboard painting. The painting session offered a great opportunity to see Noel’s creativity in action, as he alternated between hurling pots of paint across the vast canvas, standing back to ponder what should come next, then diving straight back in to daub colour upon colour upon colour.

This was accompanied by what can best be described as improvised stand-up as Noel chatted to the assembled crowd, bantered with the demonstrative front row and guided us through the primary-coloured world he was creating in paint.

Noel was ably assisted throughout all of this by Dave Brown, who also treated the crowd to an impressively energetic breakdancing interlude (resulting in a grazed forehead).

Afterwards books were signed, gifts shared, photos taken, hugs given and received and songs sung. We danced to woodwind solos to stay warm. It’s a testament to how entertaining the afternoon was that people only noticed the cold as darkness fell and the last of the queue reached the signing table. As ever, Noel and Dave were touchingly appreciative of the fans who had come, thanking everyone for waiting in the cold all afternoon (as they themselves shivered in their boiler suits!).

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As everyone  hurried off to thaw out, clutching their signed goodies and precious photos – and with grins stretched across their faces, it was clear no one had minded the cold one bit.

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This is just a small selection of the photos that we took; more are available on our Flickr page – where we will be hosting photographs from events we’ve covered past and present, and where YOU lovely folk can submit your own photographs too! Just click on the image below to check them out…

Keep a look out for our film of the Soho painting event and more new photos – coming very soon!

Scribblings Competition #5 Now: Win Soho Wristbands And Books!

23 Nov

© Canongate Books Ltd.

It’s competition time!  The Velvet Onion and Canongate Books are proud to be able to offer 5 lucky peelers the chance to get guaranteed signed copies of Scribblings Of A Madcap Shambleton – in person with Noel Fielding and Dave Brown - this Saturday!

The duo will be hosting a live painting event in Golden Square in Soho, London, from 1pm onwards.  Five of our readers will be given a pair of wristbands for the event for them and a friend, and one free signed copy of the book too!  All you have to do is reply to this post with a comment below, answering the following question:

WHICH OF NOEL’S PAINTINGS DID HE SAY HE WOULD BE NAMED AFTER IF HE WAS A PUB, IN PART 2 OF OUR RECENT INTERVIEW WITH HIM?

THE COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED AND THE FIVE LUCKY WINNERS WHO ANSWERED FIRST WITH FLOPPY HUMP ARE:
1. Charlotte Perkins
2. Sophie Leaver
3. Hannah Conway
4. Holly Keanan
5.Holly Speirs

Congratulations! Can you please send your full name and contact details to submit@thevelvetonion.com

You will be given the wristbands and books on Saturday by Canongate’s promotional team. Winners MUST be able to provide their own transport to the event, and be 100% certain they can make it. For all the legal T&Cs, see below.

This competition offers guaranteed entry to the  Golden Square London event featuring Noel Fielding & Dave Brown on Saturday 26th November 2011. Each prize consists of 2x wristbands for the event and 1x signed copy of ‘Scribblings Of A Madcap Shambleton’. These will be given to the winners by the promotional team from Canongate who will be present on Saturday. This competition is being run entirely by The Velvet Onion, with prizes organised and distributed by Canongate Books Ltd. One entry per person. Any entrants found making multiple entries from the same IP address will be disqualified, and banned from entering further competitions run by The Velvet Onion. Furthermore, any winning entrants who fail to turn up to the event without giving The Velvet Onion prior warning of at least 24 hours notice [12noon Friday] will be banned from entering further competitions run by The Velvet Onion. Due to the nature of our website software, comments may appear to have been posted before others when first entered, but our system logs the exact time a comment was made enabling us to truly determine the winners. If you firmly disagree with our results, email submit@thevelvetonion.com and we can provide evidence to support our decision. The Velvet Onion will not accept entries as replies to our Facebook/Twitter pages, messages on our forum or emailed to any account. No personal information required, and your emails will not be passed on to a third party beyond Canongate Books Ltd. There is no monetary value to this competition and no cash alternative will be offered. The Velvet Onion and Canongate Books Ltd reserve the right to withdraw this competition if any overriding issues arise.

Fielding On Film x 3

22 Nov

More visual goodies from the Canongate Books team have just made their way online! This time we get to see Noel Fielding preparing for his 2010 art show at Gallery Maison Bertaux, Bryan ferry versus The Jellyfox.

The three videos serve to promote Noel’s book The Scribblings of a Madcap Shambleton, and they provide delightful little nuggets of the Madcap Shambleton in action.

In the first video, titled Noel’s Art Studio, the viewer is invited into the studio where the art magic happens. In addition to the traditional Fielding craziness, we’re treated to small news tidbits, such as how the Bryan Ferry installation came about. Moreover, Noel tells an great story about how Ferry wanted to buy one of the paintings of himself but it had already been sold. When Fielding then offered to paint a new one for him, Bryan hilariously asked if he needed to pose for it.

The next video shows the art show at Gallery Maison Bertaux being hung and the opening night of the exhibition. Sharp-eyed peelers will spot many familiar faces in the video (including Dave Brown, of course), as the likes of Matt Berry, Rich Fulcher, Paul Foot, Julian Barratt, Mike Fielding, Nigel Coan, Vic Reeves and many many more pop up here and there.

Bryan Ferry (Dave Brown) and The Jelly Fox (Noel Fielding) can be seen playing a badminton match in the third and final video. In the middle of Greek Street, the two characters from Fielding’s paintings battle it out, surrounded by a cheering crowd. An ordinary Saturday night in Soho really!

Scribblings Competition #5: Get Your Soho Wristbands!

21 Nov

© Canongate Books Ltd.

To celebrate the release of Scribblings Of A Madcap Shambleton, those lovely folk at Canongate Books have paired with us again to give you the chance to win wristbands for Noel Fielding & Dave Brown’s next painting event, taking place in Golden Square in Soho, London, this Saturday!

We are offering 5 readers guaranteed access for them and a friend to the signing this Saturday 26th November, and one signed copy of the book!

At 7pm on Wednesday evening (November 23rd), we will post a question on the site – and the first 5 people to respond in a comment with the correct answer will win – so get your fingers hovering over your keyboards at 7pm on Wednesday to be in with a chance to win!!

If you are a winner you will be notified as soon as possible and we will need a valid email address, which you can send to submit@thevelvetonion.com

In the meantime, you can order a copy of the book from The Velvet Onion Amazon Store now for just £11.55! (RRP £19.99)

Due to legal reasons, we regret to announce that our competitions will only be open to UK residents. Naturally, if the book is released outside the UK at a later date, we will endeavour to offer prizes to other territories if possible.
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