Hello Friends,
I’m once again on the road inspiring you people in the remote provinces lest you go out of your minds listening to the evening episodes then the repeats of The Archers on a Sunday and contemplate starting a hideous genocide from the future.

This time, the good folks of Colchester and Ipswich will be benefiting from some saguine entertainment in not one but two splendid shows on Saturday July 3rd:

First up I’ll be doing an acoustic set at approx 5pm in this old ruined church. Naturally an acoustic set is a bit of a challenge for an electronic mistress such as myself, but I have a few ideas up my sleeve which involve doing very stripped down and only slightly electronically enhanced rare Hypnotique tracks. Tea will be drunk solemnly in the pews.

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Then tonight we fly to Ipswich, where I’m playing third fiddle to the colossal John Callaghan at approx 8pm. This will be more a straight-eight electronic Hypnotique set, with a mooted ‘exciting’ duet with Mr Callaghan TBC. It’s also the single launch for a lathe cut acetate single by John with hand knitted sleeves, which sounds incredibly exciting.

Myself and Mr Callaghan were recently waiting for quite a while for Bono from U2 to turn up to our pub gig in Nottingham. I’m happy to report he did turn up and treated us to his mash up of ‘Where The Streets Have No Name / When I’m Cleaning Windows’ – a world exclusive and far better than Glastonbury! Sadly the guys who did the video had a sherbert too many so the footage is a bit too wonky to use (given our usual high production values) so this performance will have to remain in the hearts and minds of the select few but we’re hoping to repeat it again in the future.

All Hail The Gods of Rock n Roll

Last week I sneaked into the Rocktastic Download festival in the home of rock, Castle Donnington (next to East Midlands airport). Despite my reservations about the misogony of ‘rawk’ music, I had a suprisingly toe-tapping hip-hip-hooraying time, getting down with the bandana wearing accountants and their teenage kids. Highlights were the £4Million fee-paying we-bring-our-own-stage ACDC. Also enjoyed: Slash from Guns n Roses with guests doing Axl’s bit including Steve Tyler from Aerosmith and Lemmy from Motorhead, Steel Panthers (sort of cross between Spinal Tap and Kunt & The Gang) and Aerosmith.

But Miss Hypnotique, are you losing your gothic/fey/electro/indie cool by worshipping cock-rock gods? Not at all: what I admired was these guys (practically all guys too) tenancity, professionalism and commitment to living the rock dream – even (in the case of Saxon) when age and credibility were long gone (thankfully, the big hair lived on. It must be something in the water, only rock drummers are allowed to go bald). The big acts placed entertainment at their heart: as frothy and silly as much metal is, great melodies and great performance is at the heart of their values, producing many timeless classics of their era. I can imagine Slash, Steve Tyler, Lemmy et al all hanging and having pool parties (Barrymore style) in LA together. And they are true to their style, their vision and their fans. Or as my mentor Jean-Jacques Perrey says to me: “Have your style and keep your style all your life.”

Despite the different between they and I in geography and style, I believe myself and Mr Tyler are cut from the same cloth: we are determined to entertain at all costs to life, limb and fashion. Whereas Mr T may prefer the company of supermodels and sing about making Love in An Elevator (Or Bonk in a Lift, as the Brits version
tells it) as oppose to songs about ritual voodoo witchcraft in Hackney, I feel we’re on the same page: that’s entertainment. Let me entertain you. Music is my first love, and it will be my last. All hail the rock gods: god gave rock and roll to YOU.

Miss H
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