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JIM BOB NOVEL – TOUR AND TV SHOW |
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Tuesday, January 19 2010
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 Jim Bob’s first novel STORAGE STORIES is published by TEN FORTY BOOKS on May 6th
DON’T PANIC
You can already pre order the book from various online bookshops, but if you wait till the beginning of February and pre order direct from us at
tenfortybooks.com your copy of the book will be signed by Jim Bob and should reach you slightly before books ordered from elsewhere (On or just before May 6th)
‘STORAGE STORIES – STORAGE SONGS’
To coincide with the book there’ll be a UK tour, where Jim Bob will read from the novel and perform songs from his back catalogue: both Carter USM and solo. He also promises a slide show and bubble machines – like a cross between the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures and a foam party at Ibiza’s Manumission.
The tour dates are not all confirmed yet but many are confirmed and tickets are on sale now. More dates will be added very shortly. Check the gigs page for details
Also, look out for book signing events, press hooplah and hopefully a load of TV and radio appearances nearer the book’s publication date.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BOOK
Where do old pop stars go to die?
They go to work in self-storage, where they meet interesting people and make new friends. Friends who look like French movie star Juliette Binoche and others who look like weirdly bearded paedophiles and perform horrific surgery procedures on themselves. They meet interesting people like Michael Stipe – not the rock singer from Athens Georgia, just a coincidence – and other assorted bubblewrap fetishists, wooden statues that come to life at night to play arcade games and a homicidal computer named HAL.
Storage Stories is a darkly comic rollercoaster ride full of thrills, spills and warm sick on the back of the neck. A fictional autobiographical novel and collection of short stories told in words and pictures that, if nothing else, finally solves the mystery of what happened to all the missing boybands.
Storage Stories is published by Ten Forty Books on May 6th
(ISBN: 978-0-9564049-0-9)
JIM BOB ON TV
On January 23rd on BBC4 at 9.45pm, Jim Bob performs ‘Angelstrike!’ with a 23- piece orchestra. Filmed as part of 9 Lessons and Carols for Godless People at HMV Hammersmith Apollo – a non-religious Christmas celebration of comedy, science and music at the Hammersmith Apollo last December.
(It's also repeated at 02:50 on Sunday 24th January)
TEAM JIM BOB X
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Jim Bob on TV this January/ Tour dates soon |
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Wednesday, January 13 2010
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Jim Bob's December performance of Angelstrike! in a white suit with an orchestra at the Hammersmith Apollo will be broadcast as part of 'Nerdstock: 9 Lessons and Carols for Godless People' on Saturday 23rd January at 9.45pm on BBC4.
Also, we are currently putting together dates for a Jim Bob May tour and will announce them in about a week.
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It's Chriiiiiiisssstttmmmaaaaaasss! |
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Wednesday, December 23 2009
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It was a spectacular end to the year for me. Not long after performing with a 23 piece choir I got to sing with a 27 piece orchestra (forgive me if either of these numbers are slightly inaccurate but it's around those amounts). And then my finished novel arrived. Next year is set up to be exciting, with lots of live shows planned around the publishing of the book. Thanks for all the support in 2009. Have a very happy Christmas. Jim Bob x
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JIM BOB JOINS MASSIVE ALL STAR CAST THIS WEEKEND |
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Wednesday, December 16 2009
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Jim Bob has just been added to the bill for Robin Ince’s Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People at HMV Hammersmith Apollo on Sunday 20 December. You can find out more HERE and also buy tickets.
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TEAM JIM BOB'S 2009 CULTURAL LISTS |
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Wednesday, December 9 2009
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It's that time of year. Take a look at what Team JB enjoyed this year.
over on the blog page
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Jim Bob on the radio |
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Sunday, November 8 2009
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On Thursday 12th November Jim will be on BBC 6 Music's Roundtable show with Steve Lamacq. Reviewing records with Brett Anderson and Steve Levine. more info
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Last revised: 8/11/09
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