LONDON 12 Bar Club
Joe solo. With Paul Vickers and The Leg, Steve White, Jarmean?

LONDON 12 Bar Club
Joe solo at 8 30. With Ashley Reaks, Mary Epworth and The Stage Sages.

VIDEO
The band are filming a video for Here Come The Popes Part 3 in London on Sunday 16th. Although they haven’t found a new drummer yet (they’ve been concentrating on the new recordings). So if you want to guest on drums in the vid get in touch with them.

SINGLE
Here Come The Popes Part 3 will be backed with Dentist To The Stars which is also currently on the band’s MySpace playlist. Expected release date is June or July on Blang. 7” vinyl and download.

ALBUM
The band are still slowly working on the 4th album when they get the chance. They hope to finish it in April and release it in September.

SOLO GIG
Joe plays solo at Blang at the 12 Bar Club this Wednesday 12th along with Ashley Reaks, Mary Epworth and the Jubilee Band and The Stage Sages.

LONDON 12 Bar Club Antifolk Fest
Joe solo at 11 40. With TV Personalities, The Sways, Stuart James, Simon Breed, etc etc.

LONDON 12 Bar Club
Joe solo at 8 15. With Thomas Truax, The Star Fighter Pilot and Sensation Smith.

LINE-UP CHANGES
Buzfuz have parted company with drummer Martin Parker and will soon be looking for a new sticksperson. In addition Kate is taking a sabbatical until September while she finishes the rest of her course, although she’s still recording in the studio.

ALBUM
4th album A Likely Story is slowly being worked on at One Cat in Brixton. Ian Button has been in to guest on drums. The first 4 mixes are at the MySpace page.

SINGLE
Here Come The Popes Part 3 is next single. It needs a remix. A video is being discussed with a film director in Manchester.

GIGS
Joe has two solo gigs coming up at the 12 Bar Club. At Blang supporting Thomas Truax on Feb 13th and at the Antifolk Fest on Feb 16th with The TV Personalities and lots more. See Gigs. He’ll be joined by a mystery guest musician.

AND FINALLY
Tom Robinson played Here Come The Popes Parts 2 and 3 on BBC Radio 6 a few weeks ago, describing it as ‘something a bit special’.

Sgt Buzfuz are mentioned in this month’s Mojo (with Radiohead on cover) in a review of an album by Lupen Crook, who they are compared to.

LONDON 12 Bar Club
With Being 747, Ashley Reaks, Hillfields.

JOE’S BROTHER’S BOOK.
My brother Brendan has written a book to tie in with the 150th anniversary of Sheffield FC, the world’s oldest football club who formed in 1857. It was published in October by Sports Books. It’s a fascinating and irreverent look at how football evolved in Victorian times in England’s public schools and Sheffield’s factories. It’s a perfect Xmas present for that football loving relative (and indeed anyone interested in rugby, cricket and Aussie rules too). Every page packed with a potential quiz question. Some of it’s amazing. (Eg, the factory where our Dad worked (and me and Brendan too in summer holidays) had a team which reached the quarter finals of the FA Cup, going out to West Brom). You can get it from Amazon, The Book Depository.com, etc.
“From Sheffield With Love” by Brendan Murphy
Published by Sports Books paperback, RRP £8.99
There’s a Yorkshire Post feature/interview with Brendan here.

GIG CRAPNESS
Something In The Water (me, Polly and Tom Alder’s other band) played a crap gig at The George Tavern this week. No soundcheck, soundman not there ‘till 9, one feeble monitor which we couldn’t hear the vocals in. So we couldn’t hear ourselves singing and apparently neither could anyone else. In hindsight we should’ve just walked off after the first song but we gamely struggled on with the engineer’s tweakings making no difference.
Then tonight I’ve cancelled my solo gig for Filthy Pedro’s night in Archway. I’ve got a sore throat. Which I’m trying to protect for recording vocals on Monday.

GIG AUSPICIOUSNESS
Still, the next Blang on Wednesday Dec 12th should be a cracker with Being 747 and their From Amoeba To Zebra show and the return of Ashley Reaks, the last time he played I laughed continuously for 30 minutes. See Blang site.

RECORDINGS
We’re still slowly recording a new LP on weekends/days off. I’m in on Monday to record vocals and hopefully my voice’ll be better. I’ve had a cold at some point at least during the recording of every single Buzfuz album to date. We’re still planning to release Popes Part 3 as a single and we’re talking to Sam Alder (Tom’s brother) about making a video for it. More news next year.

Keep well
Joe

LONDON 12 Bar Club
With Fighting Cocks, Paul Vickers and The Leg.

LONDON Purple Turtle, Mornington Crescent.

LONDON 12 Bar Club
With Subterraneans, Kinkajou, Nadege.

Goodbye and thank you to Cormac O’Hara who has updated these pages since we started the Buzsite. He’s finally had enough and is a busy chicken so from now on the band are going to be updating the pages. Thanks for all your help Cormac.

‘What’s new?’ I fondly imagine thousands of you screaming. We’ve been in the studio. We’ve done 8 songs in 4 days at One Cat, home to our ex-cellist/bassist Jon. The music’s more or less done. I’ve got to go in and sing next, which I’m supposed to be starting on Saturday. Except I’ve caught a bloody cold so we’ll see. We’ll be recording more songs over the next few months. There should be a new LP next year and a single, probably ‘Here Come The Popes (Part 3)’. Maybe on purple papal vinyl…

Oh, and we’re playing at Blang next week which is going to be a great night. Subterraneans headline and there’s Kinkajou and Nadege, all great stuff.
Stay de-tuned
Joe