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Wednesday, March 10 2010
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 Hello Gang,
It's spring.
It is still freezing at Team Jim Bob Towers but I have seen the sun a couple of times and we have a fantastic array of birds fighting over the nuts or whatever it is Mrs Jim Bob puts in that little net thing hanging from the tree outside our front room window.
Anyway.
What songs should I take out of storage this May?
I'm going to be reading from my novel on the tour and also singing a ton of songs but with so many to choose from – both solo and CARTER USM – I can't decide which ones to perform. I've set up a Facebook Group asking for suggestions. Why not join it here: WHAT SONGS DO YOU WANT JIM BOB TO SING?
I really want to make these shows extra special. You should come along and join in the fun. Tickets are on sale for all tour dates – details here
'STORAGE STORIES'
I've been blown away by what some people have been saying about my novel. I hope they don't mind me sharing some of what they've said. It's nice to not have to always blow my own trumpet.
Dave Gorman said that it's 'Charming, funny, tender and delicate."
He also said, "It's really very, very good."
Andrew Collins described it as "Kurt Vonnegut meets Carter USM."
Eddie Argos said, "I read it straight through in one go and then went back and read it again."
Isy Suttie said "It's fucking brilliant."
And Chris Addison is in the middle of reading it and he says, "I am totally loving the book. Really, really enjoying it."
PRE ORDER YOUR COPY by clicking just up there to the right and I'll sign the book and you'll get it before those bought elsewhere.
That's all for now. Stay sexy.
JIM BOB X
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MESSAGE FROM JIM BOB'S MANAGER MARC |
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Thursday, February 18 2010
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Hello everyone,
I hope you are well and that 2010 has got off to a lovely start for you all.
Look up the top of the page, over there to the right. You can already pre order Jim Bob's debut novel ‘Storage Stories’, which is published on May 6th. I have read it and it’s flippin’ amazing. It’s funny but it’s also very dark and sad and almost had me shed a tear or two. I am tough though so I just pinched myself. Lots of other people in the business they call ‘show’ also think it’s a work of genius (and more of their comments later). I really think this book is going to do very well indeed and this is going to be the year of Storage Stories!
To launch the book Jim Bob is going to start off by touring the UK in May. This will comprise of around 16 or so dates under the show title of ‘Storage Stories/Storage Songs’. These will not be ordinary Jim Bob gigs (as if there is such a thing... but you get my drift). The shows will comprise of hilarious readings from the book, songs performed old and new, as well as some special bonuses. And there will be bubbles of course...
Advance tickets are now on sale Full details here
I really would advise you to book in advance now. I can promise you these really will be fantastic performances, with that little bit extra. And each date deserves to sell out. It was worth noting that both London dates have already sold over half the tickets, and we have sold half the tickets for Cambridge too. I also think that being such small venues Brighton and Glasgow may sell out early.
We will keep you updated on special guests that will be performing before Jim Bob. I am delighted to announce that Isy Suttie (Dobby from Peep Show!) has been added for both London on May 19 and for the Brighton show. Isy is a great comedian with some top songs of her own. I can’t wait to see her!
So what are you waiting for – book a ticket! We have kept prices as low as possible and the highest ticket price we have is £9 with most shows at the £7-£8 mark.
Storage Stories/Storage Songs is going to be amazing. We have also already confirmed performances at two major UK festivals this summer with more to follow soon I hope. More of this to come but don’t miss it on its first run.
More soon,
Marc x
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MAY TOUR UPDATES |
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Wednesday, February 10 2010
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Yo. Tour dates are still being added to Jim Bob's 'Storage Stories, Storage Songs' UK tour. Special guests are also being added. Isy Suttie in London on the 19th and Brighton on the 22nd Andrew Collins in London on the 20th. And The Plimptons in Glasgow on the 16th.
Full details here
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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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