This Week's Spotting of Tom Tom Club

[iRene]

"It’s 11am, but there’s already a small disco going on in the kitchen. The Tom Tom Club is blasting out from behind a Giacometti ...." in Damien Hirst's house.

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/ ... 040058.ece

[Chris]

"It’s 11am, but there’s already a small disco going on in the kitchen. The Tom Tom Club is blasting out from behind a Giacometti ...." in Damien Hirst's house.

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/ ... 040058.ece

Thanks for that, Irene. Very cool ideed.

[cyberyukon]

Fark.com, one of the coolest sites on the planet, gave a special nod to Tina recently:

http://www.blender.com/fark/

(Scroll down to Saturday, Nov. 22)

Happy B-Day, Tina!!!!!

[iRene]

There's a nice article about the band here- http://www.westport-news.com/ci_11253685

"Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth continuously prove that there's more to the Talking Heads than lead singer David Byrne. Frantz, the drummer, and his wife, Weymouth, the bassist, are a married couple living on the Fairfield-Westport line and they brought just as much to the table -- if not more -- than Byrne."

[Mr.DRC]

and they brought just as much to the table-- if not more -- than Byrne.

David certainly has a lot to live up to when he visits next year.I lost count of the times at THAT BREAKFAST
I implored, "Chris,Tina.It's not an all-you-can-eat Breakfast Buffet.We are Civilised in England-we have
Waiter Service..."

"The words envelopeand pushing the spring immediately to mind."
Oscar WildWildLife


Have a Great,Great Xmas Folks. Yes,Yes Y'all !

Don

[francey]

If you want to spot Tom Tom Club in the next three days, your best chances are in Fairfield, CT.
The band plays the Fairfield Theatre Company tonight, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

Only a handful of tickets (seats) are left for sale - so if you can make it to beautiful Fairfield, go spot Chris and Tina and Mystic and Mr. Ginseng and Bruce and Victoria and Fuzz (and his magnificent Caravan of Thieves who will open for Tom Tom Club) at this cozy theatre:

http://tickets.fairfieldtheatre.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=871&c=40&pg=

[iRene]

Don't think this has been posted yet-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkC1RZMMs4o

Thought that was Becky from Corrie on the right there for a mo.

[mdrmartin]

Thought that was Becky from Corrie on the right there for a mo

See what you mean.
Well found Irene, I'd never seen that before .

[iRene]

Another "Genius of Love" video -well, you can't have too many. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE1tsiaU5iM

"Maceo!"

[iRene]

Wordy Rappinghood on the Beeb's One Show tonight, introducing a feature about punning shop signs. My fave on a florist's- "Floral & Hardy".

[Youdo]

I just watched that. Reminds me of a hairdresses called Talking Heads! where I once lived.

[francey]

Just spotted a mini-documentairy (3 minutes or so) on "Wordy Rappinghood". Filmed, recently, at the Clubhouse with Chris and Tina explaining the original of the songs and the words. Item was made for the Dutch TV show Top 2000 A Go Go, a series of programs about the Top 2000 singles of all times.

The program will be available on-line 24 hours after initial broadcast, so that's tomorrow, the 31rd. I'll post the link.

[francey]

http://player.omroep.nl/?aflID=10467026&silverlight=true

Tom Tom Club item starts at 35:30

Trying to download and edit down to just the ttc part...

[Mr.DRC]

Er, Chris-Tina...

Orltho we 've snow at the mo, oi'm 'oping to stage a summer festival in me bak gardin. Pensil me in,
won't ya ?

(And if that Bard of The Netherlands would post his splendid interview links here before bookface, The
Others would know wtf I'm on about !)

Don

[iRene]

That piece about Wordy Rappinghood is on youtube now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsGFH_Q7KMs

[mdrmartin]

Thanks Rene, I hadn't seen that before -
That's worth watching over and over...........
I love the concert footage -

[iRene]

Oh no, now you will know I watch The One Show dammit- Wordy Rappinghood Thurs night.

[Youdo]

Celebrity Marstermind tonight,Terry Christian was answering questions about Manchester music scene 1977 to 2010 and was asked who produced the Happy Mondays album Yes Please? He got it right

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008pc8h

[Buglet]

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/01/tom-tom-clubs-genius-of-love-a-hip-hop-staple-turns-30.html

Vanity Fair article on Genius of Love.

[josecardozo]

I've seen some rumors of Tom Tom Club appearing on the Coachella festival in April, anyone knows anything about it? Something like a West Coast US tour around that time?