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Luxury Returns

2 Feb

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As we begin to round up our Luxury Comedy Takeover week, and put the finishing touches to our behind the scenes documentary, the worst kept secret in all of Booshdom has finally popped out today – Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy is to return next year.

Following ratings success and the majority of critics loving the show’s surreal aesthetic, E4 have ordered a second run for Noel & Nigel Coan’s madcap sketch show.

News outlets have started to pick up on the story, most notably DigitalSpy, who quoted Noel’s hopes to make the second series “more like a Wednesday morning”.  We can’t wait.

Meanwhile you can continue to see the first run of episodes premièring on E4 every Thursday night at 10pm.

Luxury Creativity – Behind The Art

2 Feb

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One of the most notable aspects of Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy is how visually stunning it looks. TVO’s very own art-school Velveteer, Lauren Taylor, has created a mini-guide to some of their artistic inspirations, should any peelers wish to investigate further…

Luxury Comedy is clearly a highly visual affair. Noel and Nigel’s art school background providing a brilliant source for the artistic references weaved into the fabric of the show. Here then, is TVO’s very own mini-guide to a few of the artistic inspirations behind Luxury Comedy, beginning with one of the most obvious references in the show: the pop-art pioneer, Andy Warhol.

Probably most famous for that soup tin, which elbowed his Marilyn Monroe piece into second place in the recognisable images chart, Warhol’s studio – The Factory – was decidedly the most creative place to be in 1960’s America. His visual work was heavily based around consumerism, and how certain branded products are the same regardless of your financial status.

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While screenprinting was his medium of choice, as an ideal way to remove evidence of the artist’s involvement, Warhol also had notable success with photography, drawing, sculpture and film.

Though the vibrancy of some of Warhol’s pieces are not a million miles away from the visual look of Luxury Comedy, prehaps a stronger correlation can be drawn between their respective creative environments. Warhol surrounded himself with a range of artists, musicians, writers, and other creatives. Encouraging a level of collaboration not dissimilar from the many levels of creative practice that have gone into Luxury Comedy – music, animation, comedy, illustration…. the list is almost endless.

If you’re in the far south of the UK and want to know more about the Pop Art pioneer, De La Warr Pavillion in East Sussex is hosting ARTIST ROOMS On Tour with the Art Fund’s exhibition – Warhol Is Here – until 26th Feb. For readers across the Atlantic, there’s the dedicated Andy Warhol Museum in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pensylvania.  (more…)

Luxury Siblings Tease

2 Feb

A week has passed since the premier of  Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy – which means a few things to us: One, our Luxury Takeover is still going strong and as you must have noticed, we’ve still got many treats coming your way! Two, Thursdays mean we can look forward to the second episode in the series tonight on E4 at 10pm! And three, we’re that much closer to being able to release our coverage from when Velveteers went on site!

You can expect our video release to be shortly after the airing of episode three and to keep your buds whetted until then, here’s our third teaser from our time with the talents from Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy!

Luxury Comedy: How Was It For You?

26 Jan

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After months of eager anticipation, Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy has just aired on E4. If you’ve seen it, we’d love to know what you think.

Given that a number of the people behind the show read The Velvet Onion we thought it’d be nice to offer ourselves up as a place where people could leave their comments about the show. So tell us, what did you think? What were your favourite bits? Your favourite characters? Which sketches are still making you giggle now?  Have you Series Linked Luxury Comedy for all eternity?

But what if some of it passed you by? While the majority of our readers are fans it doesn’t mean you’re not allowed to hold a negative opinion, so do tell us what you think. But please keep your comments constructive; remember, even if you don’t like something a lot of hard work and dedication has gone into making it so please respect  that.

To get things going, here’s what a couple of our Velveteers have to say about the show:

Paulyne
If any show deserves the word ‘Luxury’ in the title more than this one then I am yet to find it. It’s such a magnificent treat for your eyes it’ll leave you with an adrenaline crash a few hours later. Noel Fielding and Nigel Coan have taken the word ‘surreal’ – originally given to Boosh as a description – and turned it on its head, and added more colour and more jokes than you can imagine.

Noel exists in a tree house that looks like what I would imagine the world under a rainbow to look like. There are few and far comparisons between Fielding’s former show and I see this as his ‘Unleashed: for all the family’!

Each sketch is beautifully formed, making you look forward to each and every character’s return in the next episode. It feels like an honour to be able to take a glimpse into the minds of the creators and of course, the creators have minds to envy!  It’s a show takes everything comedy and luxury to new heights.

Mog
Several consistent themes weave through Noel Fielding’s creative output like golden threads; they’re what binds together his stand-up and his art, and what makes it recognisably and uniquely his: It’s daft and yet clever, imaginative and other-worldly, beautiful in both thought and image, and it packs a big comedy punch while offering up lovely little moments of whimsy. All of this is packed into Luxury Comedy.

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Whatever the doubters may say, there are several things that stop the show being a random hotch-potch of empty silliness: Firstly, there’s a delightfully clever logic at work here, much the same as you would find in the Boosh, only more submerged (but it’s there). Secondly, it’s simply stunning to look at; the care and attention that has gone into every detail is astonishing, and sets it apart from the tosh that’s currently cluttering up our screens. And thirdly, and perhaps most importantly, it’s a TV show with heart; it’s been created with love, care and joy – and it shows. At its core sits genuine warmth and human spirit. It’s not a show that’s up itself.

And now it’s over to you, dear Peelers. Let us know what you think about Luxury Comedy in the Comments box below…

Onion Talking: Mike Fielding

26 Jan

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As we approach the long awaited launch of Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy, TVO was keen to talk to one of the main stars of the show with a unique perspective on its production thanks to his titular sibling: Mike Fielding.

Thankfully, Mike was keen to talk to us too – and what follows is a candid and frank insight into a criminally underrated performer who at last, has been given a real chance to shine.  TVO’s editor in chief, Paul ‘Didymus’ Holmes reports…

Naboo The Enigma. That’s what they called him. A mysterious shaman, either in a drug-fuelled trance or listening to Fleetwood Mac. For three television series and two mammoth live tours, Mike Fielding was Naboo, and ultimately, he remained the real enigma throughout. Whereas Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt projected hyper-real versions of themselves into Vince and Howard, Mike was a mystery: the dvd extras revealing the persona of just about everyone else working on the show except him. Sure, we got the odd little wisecrack here and there, but only a few interviews had ever really hinted at the real man underneath the turban.

Meeting Mike again, away from the madness of the Boosh Tours was an experience – not just because our meeting occurred whilst he and his cohorts were knee deep in filming for Luxury Comedy in a North London studio. Here was an instantly likeable man, every bit as charming as his sibling – but in a subtler, more relaxing manner than the star of the show who, quite understandably, was feeling the pressure a lot more when we spoke. Perhaps it helped that Mike is less than three years my elder, so our frame of reference was undoubtedly similar. When he wasn’t needed on set, he was keen to mingle with The Velvet Onion team, ensuring we felt at home, and I’m sure I wasn’t alone in our crew by appreciating him a lot more after that hot weekend in July.

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Catching up not long after his thirtieth birthday, I find Mike in a reflective, but positive mood – open, honest, and as per usual, downright hilarious. We’ve been talking less than thirty seconds and he apologises for not sending his private jet to Manchester to pick me up, only for us to have an impromptu discussion about how it would resemble a hard-boiled, hollowed-out egg, complete with plasma screens and pick ‘n’ mix. With Mike, there’s always pick ‘n’ mix – and it’s clear that he shares his brother’s childlike sense of wonderment with the world – something he pegs on the Boosh itself.

“Before Boosh, I was the shyest person in the world,” he tells me. “I was scared of my own shadow, I wouldn’t talk to anyone that I didn’t know. Boosh has made me who I am now. It’s given me an animated, childish confidence. People say that when you’re thirty, you can’t be stupid like that anymore, but who says? There’s no rules!”

He is quick to agree that the show gave him something of a Peter Pan complex: “I think its important to feel young and stay a bit young. If you get bogged down with the reality of it all, you’d just sit in a hole moaning about bills and cats… …cats? I’ve haven’t got cats, but a lot of old people get cats when they get old. ‘Oh, I’ve got cats, it’s all over for me!’” I suggest, cynically, that you never really grow old, but simply get childish about more boring things – a suggestion that seems to ring true. ““Yeah, it’s important to laugh every day,” he explains. “Not a lot of people do. They get in their office and they go: ‘Oh, I couldn’t possibly let myself go for five minutes and laugh at something.’ I never want to be like that.

“People follow the trend, and think they have to act in a certain way when you turn 30. You don’t. It’s ridiculous. Can you imagine me and Noel ever fully growing up? That’s weirder than anything we’ve ever done, I think.” I wonder out loud if the two of them ever discuss insurance or mortgage finance? “You never know,” he says, “I might be the face of Admiral or something one day. That’s when you know your young days are over.” (more…)

A Luxurious Takeover!

23 Jan

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This week sees the launch of Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy, and naturally, TVO wanted to mark this occasion with a bang.

We’ve already given you exclusive preview images of the show, but now we can confirm our Luxury Comedy Takeover is officially underway!

Over the coming days, we’ll be bringing you exclusive interviews with the people behind the show, profiles on familiar faces, a review of tonight’s exclusive press-screening and that all important first episode and much more.

The biggest news of all is the ultimate secret we’ve been keeping since the summer – when The Velvet Onion visited the set of Luxury Comedy for two days armed with a hi-def video camera, a microphone and the best intentions to bring you a unique peek behind the scenes on the show.

Naturally, the main drive of behind-the-scenes features belong to our friend, Joey Page, who has been crafting his own short for the dvd release of the show later this year – and we’ll be bringing you more on that in due time.  For now, though, we have our own exclusive and candid video interviews with Noel, Mike, Tom, Dave, Joey, Kim and Rich for you to savour – and whilst you wait for those to emerge in all their hi-def glory later this week, we’ll be whetting your appetites for the show itself every day until then.

So welcome to the takeover. The age of luxury is about to begin…

Noel Takes Over The Guardian!

21 Jan

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To celebrate the imminent arrival of Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy to E4, The Guardian newspaper has allowed Noel Fielding to take over The Guide.

Rush out and get your own print copy or click on the link to discover Noel’s influences for Luxury Comedy, read his interview with Alice Cooper and feast your eyes on the comic created by Noel about The Adventures of Alice and Noel.

You can also meet all the new Luxury Comedy characters and find out who Loose Tapestries think are the bands to watch this year.

Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy starts on Thursday (26th Jan) at 10pm on E4,

A Cheeky Peek Behind The Scenes

20 Jan

Yesterday we promised you a Velvet Onion picture exclusive, in the form of behind-the-scenes photos from the filming of Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy. Never let it be said that we’re ones to break a promise: here they are!

These images provide a wonderful insight into the series production process, allowing us a privileged peek at the characters in action before the animation was added:

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Ask NME About Luxury Comedy

13 Jan

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Like us, the NME appears to be getting more than a bit excited about the impending launch of Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy.

Fast on the heels of their Christmas interview with Noel and Kasabian, this week’s issue of the magazine includes a feature about Luxury Comedy in which they provide a run-down of the main characters from the show.  This includes:

Noel: An extreme version of himself who sits at a desk in a jungle treehouse in the middle of a forest
Andy Warhol:  Noel’s cleaner, a naive robotic Warhol, played by Tom Meeten
Smooth: A cynical, deadpan anteater and Noel’s butler, played by Mike Fielding
Dolly: A fashionista Nico-type character who gets on Noel’s nerves but is also his best friend (described by Noel as “a bit like Vince”), played by Dolly Wells
The Audience: A strange character who processes mashed potato through his body into shapes, accompanied by narration from Doorag, his sidekick.
The Aliens: Two aliens who travel down to earth in a biscuit tin and play havoc in a suburban English garden.
Lysergic Casserole: A tripped out rock band who are stuck inside their guitar case. Played by Noel and Rich Fulcher, and from what we’ve seen very, very funny
Diamond Back: A country and Western singer from Putney who has a thousand eyes and blue skin.
Fantasy Man: Don Quixote in an electronic world. He’s always getting broken out of his fantasy world into reality
Dondylion: A Cockney spiv lion with a positive outlook on his less than positive situation
New York Cop: He has a knife wound and two bullet holes in his arm that talks to him like a partner

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In the article, Serge (Kasabian) also talks about some of the music on the show. He describes the theme tune as being inspired by Tusk by Fleetwood Mac and sounding, “like a kids’ theme tune…like Rainbow.” Other songs from the series are described by Serge as “a bit like Silver Apples and Suicide with a strange kind of folk vocal” (The Decision), “sort of Beefheartesque” (Swingball Blues) and “a bit like Prince and Barry White” (Strawberry Sunrise).

To purchase this week’s NME digitally you can click here.

And now NME needs YOU! Fans are invited to put a question to Noel and he’ll answer a selection of the best ones.  To ask Noel your question visit NME online here. Time to get asking…

A Deeper Dive Into Luxury Comedy

12 Jan

So far we’ve had teasers and trailers, mere snippets of delight. But now we’re starting to glean bit more information about Noel Fielding‘s new TV show Luxury Comedy.

Channel 4 have just released a fascinating interview with Noel in which he talks about his new series and how it compares to The Mighty Boosh. Because you’re so lovely we’re presenting it here in its full, unabridged glory for your reading pleasure:

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Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy isn’t your bog-standard sketch show, is it?
Noel: [Laughs] Not really, no. It’s kind of like a hybrid. We didn’t want to make it just a sketch show, because I find them a bit cold. And because people know me from Boosh and Buzzcocks, I thought it’d be good if I played a sort of version of myself as well. So it’s all centred around a jungle hut where I live, and I’ve got my brother in it, playing my ant-eater butler, and Andy Warhol’s my cleaner, and then there’s a girl who’s just an annoying trendy who lives next door. I just wanted to get that sitcom element in as well, and then have the weird sketches in there, and try and link them all up in some way. So I guess it’s a bit more than a sketch show, but it’s not a full-on sitcom either. And it’s also a mixture of animation and film. It’s all over the shop, really.

How does the writing process work? Did you write it on your own?
I sort of came up with all the initial ideas, the characters and stuff. And then the guy that I wrote the show with, who’s a guy I went to art school with, Nigel Coan, he’s a director and an animator as well, he worked on the animations on the Boosh, so when it came to writing the scripts, we sort of wrote everything together, really. I had ideas for a lot of the characters already, but we wrote it together. And he’s directing it and animating it, and I’m in it, so it’s a joint thing, really. It’s much easier to write with two of you.

Why is that?
When you’re writing on your own, you sort of reach a dead end, and you’ve got to give it some space before you can come back to it and think of another idea. When there’s two of you, someone can just say one thing and it can fire you off in another direction.

Are you guys on the same wavelength? If you go to him and you say ‘My butler should be an ant-eater, and we could have a manta ray who used to work in the music industry,’ does he immediately know what you’re on about?
Yeah. 100 per cent. Because we went to art school together, we’ve known each other for 15 years, and we’ve always had the same sense of humour. We’ve lived together and been best mates for years. Me and Julian (from the Boosh) have got really similar senses of humour, but me and Nige have a really similar sense of humour. It’s really specific, it’s much more surreal and weird. Me and Julian were much more interested in story and plot, whereas this is much more what a show would be like if Salvador Dali had made it. What’s great about working with an animator is that I can say “Can a racing car come out of someone’s fringe and drive over their head?” and he’ll just go “Yeah, I can do that.” It’s really useful. It helps to be able to know really quickly what we are and aren’t able to do. And he thinks visually, so he will often add visual jokes. I’m quite dialogue-heavy. So it works really well. There’s loads of visual stuff, there are a lot of scenes with no dialogue in them at all, and I’m really pleased with them. There’s science fiction slapstick, a cooking show that doesn’t have any talking, there’s a character who’s a freaky Mr Bean, with a shell for a head and an Adidas top on. He’s quite frightening.

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Naboo Speaks

9 Jan

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Naboo the Shaman, otherwise known as Mike Fielding, has spoken to electric banana to share his wisdom with the world!

So if you want to know his favourite quote from The Mighty Boosh or which soup he prefers then head on over to  Electric Banana to satisfy your curiosity!

Remember Mike can be seen soon in Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy which starts on E4 on 26th January.

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!

The TVO Boosh Crawl

30 Oct

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Thinking back to the journey that The Mighty Boosh have taken, it really is astounding to think about where it all started. Up until the radio series, Noel & Julian took their fantastical minds and words around London, piecing together what was to be their first Edinburgh show, winning the hearts of many fans. This all came to an end 10 years ago when the radio series followed onto a Pilot for BBC3 and well, of course we all know the rest.

With Londontown being the birthplace of the Boosh, here is a summary of the journey that the boys took and we encourage you to take your own tour around these now momentous places. Use our links (even on the photos) to get you around, enjoy and for anyone that takes the TVO Crawl – send us your pictures doing the classic Pete Sweet pose with you and your friends at each place!

It all began, not in London, but in High Wycombe when Noel Fielding on a night out with Uni friends (including Dave Brown and Nigel Coen) went to the Hell Fire Comedy Club at the Wycombe Swan theatre. This culminated in the first meeting of Noel & Julian Barratt and so began Noel’s persistence of telling Julian of his own stand-up.
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The Boosh: Ten Years On

26 Oct
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What were you doing exactly 10 years ago? Too long ago to remember? Well, if you were tuned into Radio 4 you may very well have been experiencing The Mighty Boosh’s first foray into broadcast media.

This month marks the tenth anniversary of The Boosh - the first radio series from what became known as The Mighty Boosh. Written and performed by Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding and Rich Fulcher, and also featuring Richard Ayoade and Lee Mack, the award-winning show was produced by Danny Wallace and first broadcast on BBC London Live on October 16th 2001, later transferring to BBC Radio 4 and BBC 7.

It consisted of six fantasy adventure-based episodes: Stolen, Jungle, Jazz, Mutants, Tundra and Hitcher. Whilst there are areas of overlap between the radio series and series 1 of the TV show, there’s plenty to distinguish it and make it worthy of every Boosh fan’s attention.

To mark this auspicious occasion we’ll be running a series of posts in honour of the Radio Series. And to kick things off here’s a round-up of our favourite moments. We’d love to know yours too….

Mog
Like many people, my introduction to the Boosh  radio series came via the TV show. In a way I wish I’d been able to experience the radio series without already knowing what the world of Boosh looked like. The soundscape creates incredible images in your head, but it’s impossible to see it differently to how the TV series presented it. I’d love to know what this sound-generated world would have looked like without having seen it on TV. (more…)

Booshy Comedy Carpet Evidence!

22 Oct

Earlier this week, we told you about the Blackpool Comedy Carpet which is full of quotes and catchphrases from various comedy acts and television shows… including The Mighty Boosh.

We then issued a challenge to find as many quotes as possible from the show… and you responded!

Peeler Lisa Christie brought back some Booshy evidence from her recent trip to Blackpool where she managed to find two Boosh quotations, the soup crimp and Vince Noir’s snake song from the episode Mutants. Moreover, she got photographic evidence of both Noel Fielding‘s and Julian Barratt‘s names on the carpet. Take a look at her amazing photos below! (more…)

Zoo Zoo

4 Oct

Original Images © Pogo / The Mighty Boosh

Cut and paste dance guru Pogo has created a Mighty Boosh mashup.

The Australian musician has been causing a stir on the internet for some time now with his electronic tracks based around nonsensical samples from film and television.  The DJ, whose real name is Nick Bertke, even landed himself a 12-month contract with Walt Disney Studios to make his mash-ups professionally, leading him to new career highs and sell out sets around the world.

Already a firm favourite on the stereos of TVO Towers (especially ‘Alice‘, ‘Bangarang‘ and ‘Scrumdiddlyumptious‘!), his latest concoction features our very own comedy kings, The Mighty Boosh - as samples from the three series are laid over a laid back electronic beat.

You can hear it for yourself below, and check out Pogo’s other work – included lots of downloadable tracks – at his official website over yonder.

Album “News”?

4 Aug

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Several news outlets are reporting that the Boosh Album is finished, due to a new reiteration of the facts by Julian Barratt this week.

As we told you last month, Barratt is filling in for Jarvis Cocker on his Sunday Service show this weekend, giving us a sneaky peek at his eclectic record colllection.

Julian has been plugging the show on fellow 6 Music broadcast, The Jon Holmes Show, which also featured a sit-in presenter – Matt Everett.  During the interview [which you can listen to here], Julian reiterated the current status of the Boosh Album, which is that it is finished, and waiting for a suitable release platform.

This, of course, has been the exact position of the Boosh Album for many months – indeed, Noel Fielding confirmed this to us in our interview in February, and Dave Brown had said words to that effect in December.  This hasn’t stopped both NME Magazine and 6 Music News running with Julian’s reiteration as if it’s exclusive news, of course!

Now, as we are asked about the album frequently, we figured it’d be a good idea to reiterate the current stance once more… and remind ourselves exactly what our regular readers will already be aware of…

♦ The album was almost completed by April 2010, as confirmed at the Apple Store Q&A, attended by, and reported on, by The Velvet Onion.  At this event, Noel and Julian explained how they can write a song in an afternoon whereas a scene for the show could take weeks to craft. Julian explained: “When I’m writing songs – I’m in heaven.”

Already at this point, they were unsure how to release them: as an album, as a series of ep’s or something grander. Typically Booshy suggestions were as a virus, or a serenading hairbrush!

♦ Dave Brown told us back in December that the release was planned for the Autumn, but had slipped into 2011 as the boys wanted to get it exactly how they wanted.  He had recently heard the latest mix, describing it as incredible and promised that: “When that comes out, it’s going to blow everyone’s head off.”

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♦ In February, Noel Fielding told us a lot more about the album, confirming it was completely finished, but they were trying to find a release date.  As he put it. “The problem is, if you’re not doing anything, if you’re not performing together or doing things as the Boosh, and you just bring an album out cold, it’s quite hard to promote it and stuff.  It’d be better if it came out on the back of something else we were doing like a film or another show or something.  Then people would be more excited.  We’re not sure, but if that doesn’t happen soon I think we’ll just stick it out and do another one soon.”

He also explained how they enjoyed visiting Electric Ladyland, and there was a heavy focus on improvisation: “We came up with an idea for a weird zombie band called The Mummy Ball and performed some of the stuff live in the studio, and it was really frightening!  Julian had tights over his face and a dress on, and looked absolutely terrifying.  We thought that’d be a good way to do it, and really different for the Boosh.”

♦ Oddly enough, the NME themselves were told all about the album’s status by Rich Fulcher back in May, and Rich reiterated this to XFM recently too.

So there you have it: the album is ready, and will come out in its own sweet mystical time.  As soon as there’s any more news, we’ll be among the first to let you know, so keep on peeling!

 

Don’t forget you can catch Julian’s 6 Music show, Julian Barratt’s Sunday Service, this Sunday, August 7th between 4pm and 6pm.  iPlayer links will be up on TVO as soon as possible.

Luxury Update

9 Jul
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As most of you know by now, Noel Fielding is very busy working on his new show Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy, but he has had time to tweet a few morsels about guests for the show.

So far there have been mentions of Dave Brown, Rich Fulcher, Richard Ayoade, Kim Noble, Paul Foot and Tom Meeten.

A recent tweet by Noel describes the show in his own unique style:

“Noel Fielding’s luxury comedy” its out in Jan on E4. the most fantastical, psychedelic show ever made. like an aurora borealis sandwich.

Sounds like it’s going to be well worth watching. You can follow Noel yourself on Twitter here.

Keep Peeling as we hope to bring you much more on this soon!

Naboolio On The Decks

16 Apr

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DJ Shaman Mike Fielding will be spinning some tunes at the Soundhouse in Bolton on Sunday 29th May.

‘Boosh Holiday Sunday’ kicks off at 10pm. Tickets are £10 and can be purchased here.

Don’t forget to let us know if you go – two of the TVO crew live nearby so may be on hand… if you see em, make yourselves known!

Shelter And The Shaman

30 Mar

Homelessness charity Shelter is launching a campaign featuring Mike Fielding and comedian Sean Lock to highlight the risks posed by rogue private sector landlords.  Green Wing and The Office actors, Oliver Chris and Sally Bretton, also appear in the campaign film.

It’s part of wider campaign to lobby the government about landlords taking advantage of the boom in renting without providing safe housing. Mike plays a cameo of an evicted tenant – look out for him at 03:50:

To read more about Shelter’s new campaign and to sign their petition against rogue landlords, visit the Shelter facebook page.

 

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