i'm still busy working on my new lp,... honest,... and i hope you'll like my "robottom" song !!!

also..... a big thank you to all who came and gave me a wave at 'manchester pride',.... i must have had over a thousand people take my photo while i was in the parade,.... some even risking the police and jumping over the barriers to get a snap with me !!!!

i'm looking forward to the vale park bandstand concert on saturday afternoon in new bighton ... it should be ace,... and it's free so make a day out of it ,... it starts at 2pm till 6pm and full details are on the yellow poster from 'thrashgig' in my 'top friends'. on www.myspace.com/franksidebottom
and don't forget my ace "oh blimey big band" will be joining me onstage to plkay a bit of punk ronk and some of my superb classics like "space is ace", "oh supermum"... and maybe this one too !

i've added some new photos to mymyspace site,.... and there is new stuff being added to this site all the time.....

best regards
frank sidebottom

i've been busy working on the next animated episode of my wonderful "frank's world" in the secret reema-leema base ,... and it's coming on brill.

hope you enjoyed all my tv stuff on channel m this week,.... highlights of it can be seen on www.channelm.co.uk and i may be becoming a breakfast show regular !!! along with my friends - lab rat- little frank and mad cow. ! that's good.

this weekend i'm at the "manchester pride" march and clips of that will also be on channel m news over the next few days.... that's good too !!!

here's a clip of me at 'kendal calling' from 2 weeks ago.... with a cover of the "ting ting's" - 'that's not my name'.....

the vale park concert is all set for saturday next week (30th aug) where me and my "oh blimey big band" will be taking the banstand along with other ace acts - including 's.s.s' and it's all free ..... 2pm till 6pm... (see the yellow poster in 'my comments' or "thrashgig" in my top friends .... for full details...

.... also ,... there is a new art exhibition in urbis called "manchester cafe",... which is a collection of photos taken in all the ace and great cafe's round manchester like 'the koffee pot" etc,... and it includes a photo of one of my drawing done in there !!!!
you'll find them next to the urbis shop - which now has a new stock in of my t-shirts and dvd's of "frank's world"....

the album is just about finished and due for release in september/october ,... subcsribe to my blog and you'll get a prewview first.....

best regards
frank sidebottom

p.s. ..... here's a bit more 'shakin' it up baby'.........

the new lp is coming on fantastic,.... you'll like "horace away" !!! and " my pattie boyd song" !!!

new testcard stuff is on the way.........

i'll be on the telly on channel m loads this week (espesially thursday,... when you can stay up late on wednesday and watch me doing the overnight tescard till the breakfast show comes on,.... where i'll be showing you 'how to build your own weatherstation' !,...
then have a nap in the day and wake up to see me on 'the city lie social' at 10pm ,. then a repeat of it after midnight ,..... and then i'm back on the tescard through the night again....... that's channel m - sky 203 - virgin media 878 - or free to air 39. or if you missed me last time - cathc up at www.channelm.co.uk

here's me doing 'the ramones' with my "oh blimey big band" at timperley labour club...

then on saturday ,.... i'm the channel m interviewer on the streets of manchester for the canal street carnival from mid-day ,... come along and meet me and be on the telly..... but don't just say "hello mum" ,..... as my mum doesn't watch it channel m (unless sale sharks are on!).

little frank's 4 kittens are doing fine ,.... and are called "john drake 209", "no face", "zm73" and "saltzman" !!!! pics to follow.

best regards
frank sidebottom
www.myspace.co/franksidebottom

p.s. keep your eyes on ebay for that spoon of mine !!!!

p.s. go to the extended entry for some more punk at rebellion.......

thank you to all who came to see me at 'kendal calling' ,.... it really was a ace show ,... and you were all brilliant singing along to everything i sung ,.... you know you did,... you really did !

,.... and thank you to all who listened to me with vicky for 3 hours on sunday on cheshire fm....
if you missed it ,... i think you will be able to hear highlights on www.cheshirefm.com including our duet of "that's not my name".....

meanwhile... it's 'british summertime',... and now that i'm responsable (and 35),.. i'm on my way to blackpool ,... for this weekend's
punk rebellion !!!!,... i'm not sure what time i'm on ,... but as soon as i find out it'll be added to the details on my shows list .

"mr fantastico" the masked magician from the 5th dimension (not timperley) will be on this week's "city life social" on channel m on thursday night at ten,... he is very ace at magic,... i wonder who this masked magician could be ??? he's very very good !!......

..... and talking of masks... there is someone selling one they made of me on ebay ,.. it's quite big,... and i was thinking of buying it,... but i get a bit clostraphobic if i wear one ,.. and anyway ..... it's 20 quid ,... which i haven't got (no thanks to bethnal green working mens club who still owe me money from my concert there last year !)...

anyway if you've been missing me on the telly ..... then here's a classic clip of me with iain lee from my "proper telly show in b/w" (colour repeat !)

more ace stuff on www.myspace.com/franksidebottom

best regards
frank sidebottom

p.s. don't forget that you can see me most nights around 2.30 am on channel m doing the overnight testcard ...... (sky 203 - virgin media 878)

but first,... i've had a ace and bobbins week all rolled into one.........

bobbins,..... as i had a cold from tuesday onwards,.... but unbobbins also because not before i spent a day in liverpool with thrash metal band "s.s.s." ,.... yes-sir-ree ... it was ace ....... dave drove me over there to there studio,... where they are just finishing their new album,.... and as part of it.... the vinyl edition will have a special 7" e.p. with it with me on ..... and it'll be a picture disc too,.... with me on too,.... and there'll be a dvd with me on the extras too ,.... fantastic hey ,.... "thrash,.... with a small moustache !"

i'll be doing a album launch in september at virgin in manchester with them too ,.... and it might just be a duo album launch !!!!!!!! ( i'll keep you posted)

i've just done a very very very long 3 and a half day inteview ,... where the reporter stayed with me for 3 and a half days ,.... which is going to go in a "nude magazine" ..... the 3 and a half days he was with me i did a radio ,... 2 telly shows, ...a day filming me pretending to be luke of "big brother",... 4 bus trips round timperley ,... the "tony wilson experience" and i even got him to play the drums for me in my "oh blimey big band" ,....
he took loads of photo's ,... so it'll be quite good ! (i'll let you know when it's out).


telly this weekend see me on "summer in the park" on channel m (sky 203 - virgin media 878) tonight at 10pm ,.... with repeats tomorrow (sunday) at 2am , 4pm, 10pm and 2am in the early hours of monday ,...... plus i'm doing the overnight testcard at 4am each morning too....

oh yes,.... and still 'luke' ,.. to win....

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i'm playing the kendal calling festival next saturday 2nd aug ,.... and i'm on vicky's radio show on www.cheshirefm.com ont he sunday from 1pm till 4pm.

see my shows list for full details ,.... and read my extended blog by clicking on "latest news" on www.franksworld.co.uk

best regards
frank sidebottom

p.s. here a bit of the telly show i did last december that only went out on bbc scotland i'm only on it a bit ,.... and my mate gerry from channel m is on it too.

p.p.s.

here's the ticket details for my limited space "sunday with sidie" shows from mr. alston

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Tickets are now on sale via the following -

All Tickets are priced 4.95p

Tickets available from : www. ticketline. co. uk

Call - 0871 424 4444 ( Subject To Booking Fee )

OR

Call mr-alston on 0161 652 1217

And In Person from the following retail outlets:

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Ticketline Box Office
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read my extended entry for the date of my first "sunday with sidie"

i'm going to be doing some 'thrash metal' next week,... along with some 'surf punk' ..... keep logging on for full up-to-the-second reports.

meanwhile ,..here's the part two of me going round timperley with some councilors.......

are you all ready for my fantastic "un-royal variety show" this weekend at the bull and gate in kentish town ???? i hope so,... i've been spending all day ,..... well all afternoon,.. well ,.... a bit of time anyway.... getting fully ready for it,... and yes i'll be bringing t-shirts; 3d galsses; dvd's and pocket puzzles with me ,.... and we'll be doing a ace raffle to win a top prize,.... and some bobbins ones aswell.
for full details of times and running order of stars (like iain lee) and tickets go to my 'shows' list on www.myspace.co/franksidebottom

i'm back on doing channel m's "city life social" every thursday and friday night at 10pm (sky 203 - virgin media 878) ,.... and still doing the "overnight testcard" most early hours of the morning from 2.30am. ..... my "proper telly show in b/w" (with repeats in colour,.. and my "weekend whatsit" are on there way,.... honest..... for full details go to www.channelm.co.uk

to see part one of me in timperley with some councilors,... see my last blog on "latest news"

the cat and kittens are doing ace,...... unlike the mad cow !

best regards
frank sidebottom

sorry i've not blogged for a week but i have been hand rearing 4 little kittens,... while the mum has been having a operation as it got run over,...... any way .... all are fine .. ace!.

i have been doing a bit of showbiz aswell,... as all who met me at 'summer in the park' at platt fields over the weekend will know,...... and also the whole thing was filmed for channel m ,.... and will be on soon,.... details to follow.....

i hope you enjoyed me on iain lee's virgin radio show,.... and max's magic circles,.... and there is more radio to follow,... including vicky's ace cheshire fm show on 3rd august.... see myspace for full details.

also i'm back on the "city life social" this week again,.... 10pm thursday and friday on channel m (sky 203 or virgin media 878) with late night repeats thur/fri/and saturday.

also ,.... plans for the mosaic of me that was up in manchester on afflecks ,... looks like it could be heading for a resting place in timperley..... i've been talking to some local councillors about it ,.... and it could be on.... !!!!

...... and here's me talking to some more local councillors...

don't forget my big london unroyal variety show on saturday night at the bull and gate in kentish town, i've even got my mate iain lee to join me onstage !!! plus the royal jugs...,
for a full rundown of who's on.... see paul guided missiles 'comment' - on my 'comments' on mymyspace.... www.myspace.com/franksidebottom

best regards
frank sidebottom

well what a ace weekend i've had ,.... it was top ...!!!! (apart from the shopping for my mum ! ) ,... i was one of the 'float' judges along with the lord mayor and councillors for the altrincham festival parade. (that's good !) ,..... yes ther were 42 floats and some ace brass bands too,...and i was incharge of "most coulouful" and "most original".
....... 'hms seaside' and ' the wheatcheif' won.... in that order ,... and got the trpphies in timperley on the grange field which is where the parade ends up. ... (next year i'm in it).
wetdude took laods of photos (including 3d ones) ,.... so they will pop up this week.

i was on channel m's "city life social " this week ,...... with my mad cow ,.... and .....
............. i advise you to watch it .........

i'm on iain lee's virgin radio show on tuesdfay night at 10pm ,... and you can now listen to that on the telly too....... ace hey !
i'm also recoding a "max's magic circles" radio show this week ,... listening details will follow......

i'm on the " citi life social " on channel m this thursday at 10pm (sky 203) and doing the "overnight testcard" every night at 2.30am on channel m in the morning.

don'y forget that i'll be hiosting the main stage at "summer in the park" in manchester this coming weekend ,..... and tickets are now on sale for my london "unroyal variety peformance" at the bull and gate for tyhe 19th.

....... the house of commons will this week be discussing where the "frank sidebottom" mosaic from afflecks palace will be situated in timperley ..... more details to follow.

best regards
frank sidebottom

more details on www.myspace.com/franksidebottom

p.p.s. there are some ace mouse mats i've done ,... which you can buy off mr. alston on ebay.

my mad cow puppet will be making a return this week,... when he does his first bit of telly ever.... (his last apperance was onstage in leeds in the '90's) ,..... but let me warn you in advance.............. he's mad !!!!!!!!! and i mean stark raving bonkers mad !!!!!!!

anyway...... since he got the mad cow desease,.... i've tried not to use him too much,... but as i am running out of material,.... i'm having to scrape the barrel a bit !!!! but if you tune into channel m's "city life social" (sky 203) at 10pm on thursday,... i'll try and do a faily semi-proffesional job. (there are at least 3 repeats of this show - see my 'shows' ).

right ..... here's me and my "oh blimey big band" doing "je'tame wild thing in timperley" and "space is ace" at the labour club last week.



don't forget i'm judge (with the lord mayor of altrincham) for this saturday's "altrincham festival ,... i'll be following the floats all the way to the playing feilds in timperley (nest the the labour club - the grange) where we'll decide who gets this years trophy ,....... brides now being taken !!!!! ..... only joking !!! (not really !) .... it's worth going for the fun fair alone ,... (see "my home movies" dvd.)

i'm on iain lee's virgin radio show next tuesday night (8th june) from 10pm till 11pm ,..
and the great news is .... that mr. lee has agreed to join me live onstage for my "unroyal varietey show" at the bull and gate in kentish town on 19th july along with the 'royal jugs' who are ace and played at craggy island with me earlier in the year ,.. and also my "oh blimey big band" (plus other suprise acts to be added) ... for tickets go to www.wegotickets.com/event/32606

details of the festival in moss side on 12th &13th july will follow in the next blog - so why not subscribe ......

best regards
frank sidebottom

also visit my www.myspace.com/franksidebottom site and read my 'shows' list for all the latest concert - telly - and radio dates and info.

p.s. ther are new photo's added to albums "my photo's" - "new york 2007" and "magical timperley tour".

p.p.s. want to buy a spoon puppet ??? well get ready big time !!!!!! i've just got a paypal account !!!! so exspect to see some of my things turning up on ebay (and some of my mum's too)

a great big ace "thank you" to all who came on this weekends "magical timperley tour" and nightime concert,.... a wonderful time was had by all,... including me ..... "thank you" !

it's been a busy few days for me,..... starting last thursday when me and bonehead were on channel m "city life social" having a ace and exciting 'minic motorway' race and i'll be on this week's programme again with gerry at 10pm thursday 26th on channel m (sky 203 -virgin media 878).....

then i stayed up all night to make my model of timperley to be on friday morning's breakfast show , which i did with lab rat,... clancey the clown,... captain scarlet and more...,..... then the moment that was finished .....

.... i was off with a channel 4 film crew to wigan where my 'thespian skills' came out as i acted at being like from big brother..... (i think i got him off to a tee.... he is a hard personality to play,.... and a million miles from myself,... and my life... but i pulled it off !!!!!) ..... see clip below

after filming ,.... it was off to reherse with my "oh blimey big band" for sunday night's concert...... and here is me with my "oh blimey big band" at timperley labour club 22nd june.

on saturday,.... i was at "the tony wilson experience" in manchester,.... which was also broadcast on thye big screen in cethedral gardens,... and was covered by channel m news over the weekend ,.... with me interviewing people in the streets of manchester....

saturday night,.... i was booked to do a private birthday doo for doug at the cinnamen club in bowden ,......... and then sunday was 4 fantastic magical timperley tour bus trips ,..... plus the concert at night.....

i had areporter with me for all four days,... who took loads of pics and is writing the whole experience up for a big spread in 'nude' magazine.... i'll let you know when its out,.... and he's going to let me have some of the behind the scenes photos....

wetdude was also on the bus tour ,... taking a load of new 3d photo's which will be on www.franksworld.co.uk soon ...... there's loads of clips and photos etc popping up on youtube allready ,...... thank you to all of you who post these,..... and i'll get my stuff loaded this week,..... along with loads more.....

meanwhile,.... to be going on with....

here's me on channel m breakfast show 20th june,...

and here's me in billy's chippy during my "magical timperley tour" .....

best regardes
frank sidebottom

www.franksworld.co.uk

p.s. my ace "testcard" mousemats should be on ebay from mr. alston anytime now.

p.p.s here's me doing some ace speciall effects on my channel m "proper telly shoe in b/w" while stella and the dogs do their ace stuff.

p.p.p.s. the winning number of the little frank "magical timperley tour" body was pink ticket 242.
(get intouch)

it's been a busy 5 days for me.... with loads of telly ,... concerts and brilliant stuff.....

it was a ace day yesterday with the "magical timperley tour" and the night time concert......... full report to follow in my blog shortly.....
(why not subscribe ..... ????????????)

anyway here's mr off "big brother's little brother" on channel 4 yesterday ...

thanks to all who came on the tour and the concert ....
........ you wrer ace.

best regards
frank sidebottom
www.franksworld.co.uk

p.s. mousemats should be on ebay from mr. alston at anytime

i'm off to have a chat with irine walsh in a mo .... but first...

don't forget.... i'm on channel 4 tomorrow at 2.10pm on "big brothers little brother" doing a bit of acting !!!!!!! (yes ...... acting !!!!)

here's a bit of channel m from yesterday....

,..... and it's just gone 2pm now ,..... so i'm getting my keyboard,.... and heading off to catherdral gardens in manchester (on the tram) to do "the tony wilson experience" at 4pm. ...... see you there ........ blog later.....

best regards
frank sidebottom

www.franksworld.co.uk

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