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an imitation of live
Rehearsals this month in the Green Street factory for the modified toy orchestra’s upcoming dates, now including a London gig, in celebration of the survival of 6music thanks to a campaign against the proposed cuts by the BBC Trust. We’re running the complete Plastic Planet set in sequence (warts, rogue bleeps and all) to test the resilience […]
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Plastic Planet
Having burned all his wooden-top puppets for warmth, the lonely Gepetto look-a-like scoured the car-boots for stuff that the chill’un had foolishly discarded. Many years of gathering, soldering and a-splicing later, the modified toys were ready to impart their message to a careless world… This time…..it’s serious. Here are the links to the Birmingham Town […]
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Toys and the Town Hall
After much speculation, a date for the diaries; The Modified Toy Orchestra will revisit Birmingham Town Hall on Wednesday 8th September 2010. This will be the official launch opportunity for the second album, Plastic Planet *. More UK gigs will follow throughout the Autumn at venues yet to be confirmed. Watching the mto triumph at […]
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Come on Barbie, let’s go Party!
ModifiedToyOrchestra_Vivid_Birmingham_Dec09-11, originally uploaded by Birmingham Live!.
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longest night
Band stalwarts Dazz and Loz had warned me that there’s no such thing as a trouble-free mto gig and true to form the Toy Orchestra’s first proper Brum show in 2 years was not without its drama. At the sound check there was no whiff of Brian; his back had gone into spasm the previous […]
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for those about to rock
A pre-Christmas double whammy from der Rose and friends: This coming weekend sees The Modified Toy Orchestra line up for Capsule’s 10th Birthday Closing Party. It promises to be a special night. Further UK gigs for the mto are planned for the spring, starting with Newcastle Life Science Centre in March. Following saturday’s shenanigans, the following night […]
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a shred of talent
I gave up school trumpet lessons… and within a week (with help from Tommy Vance’s Friday Rock Show) fell in love with a certain kind of musicality – that is, one that was based on a shred of talent. Meanwhile my best buddy and neighbour Andy Lee, dressed in his Harrington and two-tone trousers, was […]
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mto at the ikon
Ten gifts for Jonathan Watkins, in celebration of his ten years’ tenure as director of the Ikon Gallery. The Toy Orchestra provide gift number 9, a rendition of A Grand Occasion. At barely 3 mins it is a brief offering, but generates excited response. Because of the short notice of the gig, I bring along […]
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I’m in the Band
You know when you’ve made it, when, whilst checking flight-cases into the Oversized Baggage desk at BHX, there’s a whisper behind you. “They’re a band,” a guy tells his girlfriend. And you know what? For once we are. The exotic range of hair & beard gives the game away. Touring ‘Voodoo City’ with Stan’s Cafe […]
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