Hi Angie, Hope you’re well and enjoying the summer, though I expect you have summer weather pretty much most of the time!  

Just to let you know that the cult rock posters exhibition has now come to an end for this year, but it was a complete success as was the launch party. I’ve attached the website link which has a couple of photos from the evening. As you will see, the colourful guests included Patti Palladin, Gaye Advert & TV Smith, Susan Carrington & Andrew Czezowski (The Roxy Club) amongst others. A good time was had by all!

It was a fabulous sunny evening and the party was held in the gallery courtyard accompanied by a suitably nostalgic soundtrack as compiled by Alwyn. A London gallery has already confirmed a space for next year’s exhibition to fall in line with the UK book launch and then the US book launch will take place a short while after, so hopefully there will be a NY exhibition as well. So there are even more posters to be unveiled!

By the way, you were on TV last Sunday evening and looked fabulous; it was a repeat programme about the late John Bindon. I knew him from Fulham, which is where we were both from. As you know, a complex character but definitely entertaining! I also watched ‘The Filth and The Fury’ the other night. Ah, those halcyon days of the punk rocker!  

Anyway, I just wanted to say Hi and hope everything is fine and dandy with you and your family.  

Love, Michelle x  

Jude and the SUBTERRANEANS

SUBTERRANEANS UPDATE

"Late at night, when sleep does not befriend my nervousness, I try to harmonise the vacant hours with music and verse..."
The last time we played live was July 2002. I remember it well, it was the hottest day ever, and the gig was in King's Cross, so there was zero oxygen. Prior to that, I made a brief appearance at Norwich Assembly Hall in April 2000, but the last full shows were in May 1997. So, it could be said that we've been away for a while. But the wait is officially over, and we're in it up to our necks. Tickets for the Brighton gig (19th October) went on sale at 9am this morning (Monday 1st August). Just go to www.ticketweb.co.uk and enter a search for Subterraneans. The London show on 21st September is a flyer rather than a ticket affair, you can download and print out as many flyers as you want from our website. All you need is a 'puter, a printer, an internet, and an Adobe Acrobat or other some such
software than can open PDF documents.

Currently in the pipeline are more London shows for October and November, including, as previously mentioned, an acoustic appearance at the 291 Gallery in Shoreditch (or is it Bethnal Green?). Details remain sketchy at present, but we've said yes. A few bigger (and therefore better) gigs are being discussed for early next year.

The compilation album, VOLUME: THE BEST OF SUBTERRANEANS 1992-2004, is now scheduled for release in November (on the Electric Label, of course). We are currently trying to find a manufacturer who will produce the CD using 100% recycled material, as frankly that is what we are doing by releasing it in the first place.

You're probably tired of hearing it by now, but the new album, SOUL MASS TRANSIT, is out on 19th September, on the Electric Label; UK distribution is through Rhythm of Life, North America is through Darla, and Europe is through the German label Alison Records. Australia, Japan, South America, and pretty much everywhere else above the ground, will find the album available as an import from Shellshock. The only place the album will not be available is Israel, as the Israeli government sponsors piracy and keeps all the munny.
They've been doing it for years; my uncle bought a really naff pirate cassette of our first album in Tel Aviv many years ago, and I'm still miffed about that. And he didn't buy it from some guy on a street corner with a suitcase either, he bought it in bloody Tower Records.
We don't make records just so a bunch of sanctioned crooks can buy helicopter gunships and commit organised crime in the name of civil service, so if you're in Israel and you would like a copy of the album, please don't buy it in your local stores, either steal it or better still buy it online. On second thoughts, steal it even if you've no wish to listen to it... More soon. Jude
www.subterraneans.co.uk

Events --  New York

Hi Angela: I have no idea where you're located. But I did want to invite you to attend the press party launching my new book, "ALIEN ROCK: THE ROCK 'N' ROLL EXTRATERRESTRIAL CONNECTION" (VH1 and Pocket Books). The party will be held on Tuesday, August 2 at 1 P.M. at the Mars 2112 Restaurant in the Paramount Building, 1633 Broadway at 51st Street. Please confirm if you can attend. If not just let me have your
mailing address and I'll get you a review copy of "ALIEN ROCK."

Best wishes,

Michael Luckman
(212) 995-0384
e-mail: nebula2002@aol.com