When the world was black and white

The entries are coming in thick and fast, if you're not sure what I'm on about or fancy watching me squirm in front of camera then watch this:

We want to get as many entries as possible so please use the YouTube sharing tool to get this to all your mates via email. Don't forget we're offering a signed and framed copy to the winner and the chance for you to go to record shops with your mates and say "...see that, I came up with the title, and my name's on it too" We need to go to print mid/late-March so the closing date will be Friday March 16th, coincidently we're playing the Dublin Castle that night and will announce our winner on stage, enter as many times as you like.



...and let's see some more comments on my good friends blog - never a truer word spoken!

Title

On the 27th February The MüVs headline at The Comedy on Leicester Square. This is the flyer you'll need to get in that bit cheaper and let everyone know who you're there to see. Looks like there's going to be a lot of you so feel free to, how shall I put this?..have it!

If you like you can read about when I played here once before...something about Miquita from Popworld and Mork and Mindy springs to mind.

I'm also very proud to say that The MüVs have been nominated as a favourite act for 2006 by Peafish promtions. We need votes to win and thanks every one of you who has done so already, and particularly those of you who are going to again!

You'll find us under 'm' for MüVs Mum, in the artist voting section.

We've also been back in the studio and are getting very close now to releasing EP2, we just need to think of a title. This is where you come in dear reader because we'd like to offer you the chance to decide on what we call our next release. You can enter your title either by leaving us a comment on here (click where it says 'COMMENTS' at the bottom of the post), email, MySpace, text or face to face when you come to see us play. The winner will see their title in print and in the shops and all over the internet, we'll also sign and frame a copy. I know some of you might find it difficult to keep it clean but please at least try, other than that use as much imagination as you like. It might be something that you like saying (personally I like badger and bubble) or something you've felt when you hear The MüVs. Enjoy!

and here's some photos of us in the studio:

Posing

I am of the opinion that there are two types person, the extrovert (he who possesses an assured self confidence, not necessarily justified by any discernible talent or skill, example) and the introvert (Paul Scholes).

There is as yet no better way to decide which category a person belongs to than by pointing a camera in their face. The extrovert may display a coy shyness and protest that he or she takes terrible photos, often using phrases such as "...that bloody camera again!" or "no really, let me take one of you." This however is only a front, secretly they're thinking along the lines of a major modeling contract and conjuring up smiles that not only show off their intelligence and sophistication but also betray an as yet unknown to science sexual prowess.

Of course, all of this thought leading up to the moment of click sometimes results in the subjects' face contorting into something less than they might have hoped for. This is described well in the following example (thank god it was black and white):
Here is another example where the subjects' desire to maintain an air of cool, 'nothing phases me' sophistication has in fact rendered the photo void of any element of enjoyment that was there without him:
The introvert is one who wont even entertain the idea of being caught on film and will go to all lengths to ensure they are not represented in any digital format. Some will simply turn their back:

...whilst others use the more advanced technique of moving their head:

Add a comment, let me know which you are. I am of course an extrovert.

The MüVs recently did some professional posing, these are the ones where 1 or all us aren't let down by our covert egos. The others (and yes there are some where our naturalness shines through!) are here, all courtesy of the talented click of Mr. Dave Phunk.
We also did LBC radio recently, this is us talking about girls instead of music:

Posing isn't easy as I've learnt in recent weeks, it's definitely not something I'd like to do more of. I have a new found respect for professional posers like David Beckham, Peter Andre and my Dad - those to whom ridicule on film is now the norm.

Next gig will be The Comedy in central London, Tuesday 27th Feb - also Kate's birthday so if you're not coming you'd better have a VERY good excuse.