Internet Forever

C'EST FINI

2011-07-02T07:42:00.000+01:00

OH HECK YES

2011-04-26T19:21:00.000+01:00

We went and made an album of (and you can quote me on this) high-fidelity technicolor pop music. Now we're working on creating a live show to match.

Oh, we made a video too...

JAMES RUTLEDGE

2010-12-20T20:29:00.000Z

This is James Rutledge, with whom we've been working on the Internet Forever album. The man is a genius. Primarily a remixer, he has worked with people like Dangermouse, Four Tet, Kevin Shields, The Pastels, Bloc Party, DNTEL/Grizzly Bear, Late Of The Pier, My Bloody Valentine, The Kills, Radiohead, Bombay Bicycle Club, MGMT and Telepathe. He's currently taking our rough ideas and turning them into something magical for you to hear in 2011.

Anyway, he's been shortlisted for the Remixer of the Year prize at next year's Music Producers Guild Awards, and he deserves to win.

Photo by Peter James Watkin Ainsworth

PERFECT SOUND FOREVER

2010-11-10T17:48:00.000Z

You'll notice that things have quietened down a bit recently as we mix some tracks we recently recorded, work on new songs, rejig our live set and, y'know, spend time ~~messing about on the internets~~ with our families.

Meanwhile, this 'supergroup' that I'm in, Kannberg 1664, will be reforming to play our third ever show with another set of Pavement classics, this time joined by none other than Chris Alcxxk on Bob Nastanovich duties. It's all happening on the 18th December at the Brixton Windmill, and the night will be finished off with live band Nirvana karaoke!

Facebook event

The band also features Dan of 4 or 5 Magicians, Aaron of Eelecticity & Lust, and Alexei of Johnny Foreigner. Here's a video from our last show:

Speaking of Johnny Foreigner, here's a remix that Chris did a while back for you to listen to and download.

Johnny Foreigner - Feels Like Summer (Internet Forever Remix) by Internet Forever

If you look below, I've added a Share / save button and a You might also like feature, which might prove useful.

TEAM GRIMSHAW

2010-10-26T11:44:00.002+01:00

Hey we're playing a free show at the Hoxton Pony on thursday. The best thing about that? It doesn't clash with X Factor!

CARRY ON UP THE CHARTS

2010-10-18T07:55:00.000+01:00

Thanks to you lot, as of right now we're sitting atop the Hype Machine Twitter Chart. You can help keep us there by tweeting the following text:

listen to Internet FOrever - Cover The Walls (DREAMTRAK DIAMOND SOUND) on @hypem http://awe.sm/5Bxlt

This Saturday we're playing Edinburgh Popfest. We're around for most of the weekend some come party with us. And by party, I mean spend hours in the Camera Obscura and World of Illusions.

And next Thursday we're playing this. It's free.

SOUNDCLOUD

2010-10-13T07:50:00.002+01:00

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW

2010-10-11T07:56:00.000+01:00

Eagle-eyed viewers may have spotted our good friend (and producer of the Cover The Walls 7") Oli 'Dreamtrak' Horton loitering in the background of last night's episode of Antiques Roadshow wearing one of our tshirts. Good work, Oli!Can anyone top this? Get yourself on national TV wearing an Internet Forever tshirt and we'll give you some free stuff.

THE MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER WITH HUW VOLUME 2

2010-10-04T15:45:00.001+01:00

We're very excited to be telling you that we are featured on the new Huw Stephens-curated, Wichita Records-affiliated digital compilation Music Sounds Better With Huw Volume 2, along with some of our favourite bands.

So sayeth Huw...

"Ding Ding. Round Two! This is the second compilation, brought to you with love and care, excitement and love, anger, frustration and joy.
It´s all about the music, obviously. It´s also about the artwork, with an individual piece for every song and a sleeve, all created by the brilliant Casey Raymond.
What an absolute pleasure to bring you round 2 with the ultra-fine Wichita Recordings folk, a label that I´ve long admired.
This time round, there´s more freshness, bands to fall in love with and tracks to cherish.
It’s a way to showcase some incredible new music, of which we are in no short supply of course.
The songs here stand alone but also as a collective of sorts.
In times of shittiness, we need music more than ever.
Compiled by Huw Stephens
In conjunction with Wichita Recordings
Artwork by Casey Raymond
Thanks to all the musicians on Music Sounds Better With Huw Volume 2, and the labels that represent them.
Diolch yn fawr iawn."

Our featured song is a brand-new, never-before-heard (and, we feel, definitive) version of Break Bones. Produced by the musical wizard that is James Rutledge, this is your first chance to hear what our recorded output will sound like henceforth. This is the future.

Listen below and then go buy the whole thing for £5.

FREE SHOW @ HOXTON PONY

2010-10-04T12:53:00.000+01:00

Just a quick post to let you know we're playing a free show at The Hoxton Pony on Thursday 28th October.Also, you've got two more days in which to go out and buy the latest edition of NME, which has our mugs on page 17. Sure to become a collectors' item.

NME RADAR FEATURE

2010-09-30T12:31:00.004+01:00

UPSTAIRS AT THE GARAGE w/ BEAR DRIVER

2010-09-23T13:09:00.000+01:00

We're opening for Bear Driver on Thursday 7th October, upstairs at the Garage in London's Trendy London.

POSTCARDS FROM MANCHESTER / NME

2010-09-17T15:42:00.000+01:00

The NME thinks you should come see us in Manchester this weekend, and who are we to argue?

TONIGHT: The Betsey Trotwood w/ Trouble Books

2010-09-14T12:21:00.000+01:00

We're opening for Trouble Books tonight at their debut UK show at the Betsey Trotwood in London. Get down early because it will sell out!

1992: THE YEAR READING PEAKED

2010-08-03T21:28:00.000+01:00

Over August Bank Holiday weekend, whilst Christopher is playing trombone for Frankie & The Heartstrings at the actual real life Reading, Craig and Laura will be stepping back in time 18 years. Dan from 4 or 5 Magicians explains.

The next in line of my wonderful cover nights will definitely be the most ambitious (if "ambitious cover night" isn't an oxymoron) yet, once again at The Windmill in Brixton.

It will be called 1992: The Year Reading Peaked, and take place on Saturday 28th August. I was thinking of themes for another cover night, and when I overheard my little sister excitedly talking to her friends about attending her first Reading festival, it struck me that it hadn't even occurred to me to attempt to blag a ticket, let alone buy one for £180+ for at least three years now. I figured there must be plenty of other people in my position too, kinda demoralised by the commercialism of the festival these days, and the hefty ticket price. So I decided I would attempt, on the same weekend, to put on my own tribute to the Reading festival, and recreate the best of the bill from the classic year of 1992, remembered chiefly for THAT Nirvana peformance, but also including early performances by bands that would go on to become major players and/or hugely influential in the 90s and beyond, such as PJ Harvey, Smashing Pumpkins, Pavement, Manic Street Preachers, Suede, Beastie Boys... oh and Bjorn Again played as well!

8 or 9 bands will come along and blast out some classics of yesteryear, and some classics of their own, and of course there is the famous free BBQ - we will not charge you £7.50 for a burger here!

Already confirmed are 4 or 5 Magicians as Manic Street Preachers (happy to fulfil NME's labelling of us as "the new Manic Street Preachers" by attempting to be the old Manic Street Preachers for one night only!), Amy Blue as Smashing Pumpkins, and Kannberg 1664 - a supergroup featuring Alexei from Johnny Foreigner, Craig from Internet Forever, Aaron from Eelectricity and Lust, and myself. We'll be performing a 10 song Pavement set of early hits. Other offers and exciting TBCs are out there and will shortly be confirmed!

Laura will be appearing as Kurt Cobain in a Nirvana tribute act, while Craig will be reprising his role in the aforementioned Pavement covers 'supergroup' Kannberg 1664.

SUMMER LOLZ

2010-08-02T18:23:00.000+01:00

We put out a 7" through Art Fag.

We put a new song out a Deathbomb Arc compilation, which has since sold out.
<a href="http://deathbombarc.bandcamp.com/track/sleep-when-im-alive-live-when-im-dead">Sleep When I'm Alive / Live When I'm Dead by Deathbomb Arc</a>

Our cassette sold out.

We went viral.

We played our 50th show, at Indietracks.

We're going into the studio in a couple of weeks.

This is our next show:

A LOAD OF OLD SHIRT

2010-03-08T16:49:00.002Z

Order your Internet Forever t-shirts now from HERE!!!

It's Brrillyent.

2010-02-26T21:06:00.003Z

We went on tour. It was really fun. We made loads of new friends. I took some photos.

Click images for flickr pages. Lots more photos from the tour on my flickr stream.

Next:

06 Mar The Rest is Noise, Brixton
10 Mar Bardens Boudoir, LOLston
03 Apr A.L.L.E.Z L.E.S J.E.U.N.E.S Festival in Rouen, France
17 Apr OLD MONEY VI @ The Stags Head, London

DIFF'RENT SHOWS

2010-01-31T02:12:00.003Z

As a kid, I remember watching the TV shows Alf and Diff'rent Strokes, and assuming they were the same show. What I couldn't work out is why Gary Coleman sometimes wore the Alf suit, and sometimes didn't. This is a true story.

Alf

Diff'rent Strokes

This reminds me of an episode of Sesame Street I once saw, in which Big Bird was wearing jeans. I was confused as to whether the man who played Big Bird had just forgot to put on his stripey costume legs or that the jeans denoted casual-Big Bird.

I'd also like to point out that someone by the name of JoseCosta7 posted the best ever comment on the Cover The Walls video on Youtube. Behold:

Beatles called... they want their hairs back...

Gold.

TOUR

2010-01-24T22:01:00.003Z

WE ARE GOING ON A TOUR OF THE UNITED KINGDOM SOON, AND YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHERE AND WHEN WE ARE PLAYING ON OUR MYSPACE.

THIS IS WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IF YOU STAND AND WATCH US PLAY OUR SONGS:

people wanna steal our music i can tell becuz google showed me

2010-01-24T11:27:00.000Z

CALLING ALL MO-HO-BISH-O-PI FANS

2010-01-06T19:39:00.014Z

A few weeks ago I compiled my top albums of the past ten years for the blog. One of the two British albums I included in the list was Vague Us by the band Mo-ho-bish-o-pi.

Vague Us is perhaps the most important album to me of all the ones I chose. It was the album that moved me from listening to Stereophonics and Travis to discovering American bands such as Pavement, Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, and Flaming Lips. It was the first time I'd heard the phrase 'lo-fi'. It suppose it has influenced everything I have listened to since, and every musical project I've been in. It's a gem of an album that I've never tired of listening to in the eight years since I first bought it after seeing them supporting My Vitriol at the Cockpit in Leeds.

My first band was named after an early Mo-ho-bish-o-pi song. At various points we covered four different songs of theirs. I even made a fansite (hosted on Geocities, naturally) and received updates from the band to post as news.

Since I put that list on the blog, a couple of people have revealed that they too are Mo-ho fans. Danny Gee of the band Incredible Weapons suggested that we record a split EP of Mo-ho-bish-o-pi covers. I suggested taking it a step further and putting together a compilation of all the songs on Vague Us, in order. I guess you could call it a tribute album.

Which leads me on to this blog post. Consider this a call to arms for Mo-ho-bish-o-pi fans, wherever they may be. I'd like to compile a cover of each of the fifteen songs on Vague Us:

~~1. Maverick~~ - KUNK
2. Vague Us
~~3. Fista Blista~~ - JOEY DUBYA
~~4. Kids On Cake~~ - MINOANS
~~5. Hear The Air~~ - INTERNET FOREVER & FRIENDS
~~6. Drop Jaw~~ - INCREDIBLE WEAPONS
~~7. Over SeXXXed~~ - DROP THE BALL
~~8. E To C~~ - BARNEY BROWN
~~9. Playboy~~ - CHRISTOPHER ALCXXK
10. Moment To Soon
~~11. Push (Parts 1, 2, and 3)~~ - CAPTAIN POLAROID
~~12. Names (For Nameless Things)~~ - HEARTBEEPS
~~13. All Your Health~~ - VOM VORTON
14. Navel In A Suitcase
~~15. Harpers~~ - STEPHEN LOMAS

If you are interested in covering one of the songs, you can do no better than to email me at internetforeverandever @ gmail . com. And for those of you who have never heard of this band before, regard the promotional video for lead single from the album (but by no means its highlight), Hear The Air.

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[UPDATE: JANUARY 7]

This post is now groundzero for this project, which I'm going to call Faux-ho-bish-o-pi, or Fake Us, or something equally ridiculous. For reference, you can reach here through http://tr.im/mohobishopi. I'll post any updates here until further notice.

If you glance at the tracklisting above, you will now see which songs are taken, and which are yet to be taken. If you are emailing me, it's probably best to suggest a couple of song choices.

For a limited time only, if you click this link, you will be able to download a live bootleg from 2000. (thanks Max!)

And now for some words from the man himself Martin Bimrose, one third of Mo-ho-bish-o-pi: "if you can get enough interest [for your project] I'll see if Mike and Rich want to do a one off show." Make it happen.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2009-12-31T17:39:00.002Z

OMG look, we have a song called Happy New Year. Can every furniture company use it in their sales adverts and make us rich please? Word on the street is that a proper studio version of Happy New Year will be played on Huw Stephens' new year's day show on Radio 1.

Here's to 2010. I hope that we play lots of shows on the same bill as Imp, Stairs To Korea and Mat Riviere.

Goodbye.

FIVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INTERNET

2009-12-24T18:37:00.003Z

This was compiled for our friends over at The Line Of Best Fit to coincide with the release of Cover The Walls, but for various reasons (mostly me not getting my arse in gear/moving house and having no internet) it never appeared.

The idea was simple. We asked friends of the band some questions about the internet. Because we're called Internet Forever. Get it? And also because we love the internet. Here are the five questions we asked:

1. Tell us about your first experience of the internet.

2. What's your favourite internet meme?

3. Ever met someone off the internet? How was it?

4. Longest you've gone without being online since you started using
the internet?

5. Recommend us a website..

And their answers are below...

HUW STEPHENS

1. It was at school. We were taught about it in Technology Class, or as it was a Welsh school, Dosbarth Technoleg. I wasn't that interested in it to be honest. Little did I know we'd all be on it every day in the very near future.

3. I've people by chance that I've spoken to on Twitter or Facebook, listeners to the show and band members, but never met up on purpose. Never met a girl online, met her in Scotland, got married, nothing like that.

4. A week in France earlier this year is probably the longest I've been off the internet. I missed it, but the point of the holiday was to have a break so it was good really. My flat is currently without internet (it's being fixed today) so to not have it at home has been a challenge. I've been writing. The lost art of pen to paper. It's been
weird.

5. Popjustice. It makes me laugh.

OLI HORTON, DREAMTRAK PRODUCER

1. Showing my age, I remember when we got the internet at school - there was one computer that had it, and you had to get permission, and then you could use it for half an hour. I'd just discovered Kraftwerk, so I looked up about them. There were one or two fan sites, and their official site, which actually is pretty much the same now as it was then...

2. Lolcats and Fail blog have wasted many hours of my life.. and Loituma deserves a special mention, but only really for the Basshunter remix.

3. Yes - even through myspace, back in the day.. not so easy on facebook. You actually have to meet people IRL first now. It's totally variable - probably about 50% awkward/weird, 25% perfectly nice and 25% eventually became friends. The problem is it's dead easy to make oneself sound interesting and witty when you have hours to write a paragraph or two..

4.I try to avoid the internet whilst on holiday, otherwise it feels like I haven't really gone anywhere..

5. Matrix Synth - totally obsessive blog about everything synth, with about 20-30 posts a day! Better than buying a newspaper.

WILL VAUGHAN, STAIRS TO KOREA

1. Using Alta Vista to try to find out if the rumour was true that Kyuss were reforming to play the Primus gig I had tickets for. This was on the one computer in my school that had the internet. It blew my mind. The Kyuss thing turned out to be a lie though. Bittersweet, all in all.

2. I don't think you can beat "Then Who Was Phone"

3. Yep - a sinister indie lynchpin called Buster Brainlove. My first single's out and we're putting a bunch of stuff out in the next few months... Plus he's not pretended to be a teenager or asked me in text speak if I like swimming and to this day I'm yet to be abducted. Don't believe the scare stories.

4. A matter of days - desperately depressing stuff.

5. theoldbaileyonline.org - You can look up Old Bailey proceedings from the past 330 years. There's countless death sentences for tankard thefts and if you search for "Shoreditch", the first result is a man who had sex with 2 horses. I'd dearly like to say the area's improved but it's all subjective.

PAGAN WANDERER LU

1. It was probably searching for 'godspeed you black emperor!' during my saturday job when I was 16 or so. I was astounded that there was an entire website dedicated to them. Blew my mind. Only took 5 minutes to load too!

2. A few days ago I was introduced to Keyboard Cat and I couldn't breathe for laughing. I also enjoy 'Drinking out of cups' which is Dan Deacon adopting the persona of a really grumpy lizard cussing out the world (link). And this Radiohead 'shreds' thing which also made me nearly die laughing. (link).

3. I've met loads of people on the internet. I once heartwarmingly made a pilgrimage to Luton to meet some girl who'd stolen my heart (she liked godspeed you black emperor - a pattern is emerging) but she turned me down. *writes concept album*

4. Since I started using it regularly I probably went two weeks without when I went to Canada. I didn't miss it a bit. Having an iPhone means I no longer sit down to 'just check my e-mail' and end up losing four hours with nothing tangible to show for it at the end.

5. paganwandererlu.co.uk - I make joke. I must recommend ifyoulikeitsomuhwhydontyougolivethere.com which takes the worst comments from BBC Have Your Say and rips the almighty piss out of them. Look for the post about Danone Actimel.

JOHN BRAINLOVE, BRAINLOVE RECORDS

1. My dad got the internet when I was in my mid teens. Dial-up modem. It was pay per minute like a phone call, so obviously I ran up huge bills. Under the guise of making myself an an art website, I basically used to sneak on there all the time to talk to girls in the Freeserve chat rooms. It was a very dweeby obsession from the start.

2. Actual favourite is "kittens inspired by kittens", and the spin off "cats inspired by kittens inspired by kittens". But then there is 5 year old Olivia's song Two Of The Beatles Have Died, which my old band Tracy Is Hot & The Clap actually helped turn into a meme of sorts I think? And the kid who likes turtles. And the Hitler subtitle stuff.

3. Quite a lot of people I know are 'off the internet'. Some of them are awesome. A few are the cliched 'internet person', lacking in social skills and personal hygiene. But generally, people on the internet are just people like... us. Right? I mean, IRL has it's fair share of weirdos... I have lost my train of thought because I'm listening to the new Sufjan Stevens record for the first time and "Movement IV - Traffic Shock" just came on and has fully blown my entire mind.

4. Got to be a few days at the most. In fact, usually a few hours is too long to be away. When my BlackBerry gets repaired, it'll revert to a few minutes. With no respite. Ever.

5. Sleeveface is pretty awesome. Van Hilliens Rock Photography is awe. Vice Dos and Don'ts - hours of fun. Sweeping The Nation - solid. And my blog could use a few more
followers.... brainlove.co.uk ...

ALEXEI, JOHNNY FOREIGNER

1) abusing poor christians in chatrooms. i was 14, k..

2) picards facepalm jpgs never stop being funny. also, the game.

3) DiS people. weird. not doing it again.

4) um, i have unscheduled breaks of 3 days every now and then when my
idiot neighbour unplugs his modem

5) howtobepunk.com

SCOTT WRIGHT, PINGLEWOOD.COM

1. Does watching Lawnmower Man count? I remember thinking the internet was boring the first time I used it. I was probably setting up a hotmail account. I wanted it to be 3D. Still isn't. Stupid internet.

2. I have a lot of time for keyboard cat. Who can resist stuff like this? When I die I hope keyboard cat plays me off.

3. Lots of people. God, loads. Is that weird? I met my good friend Oliver on a messageboard. He lives on a boat. Me, him and my girlfriend were going to start a DJ tag team called PURE CHARISMA!!!. Probably best we didn't.

4. A day or two. And that was because of grave illness. I wish they'd hurry up and invent an iphone that plugs straight into my eyeballs.

5. ilovehotdogs.net

PETE GOFTON, FRANKIE & THE HEARTSTRINGS

1. GOATSE. I have never been the same since.

2. you can't beat TECHNOVIKING. he's the 21st century superhero. the look he gives the guy- priceless.LOLcats run him close second.

3. Kenickie had quite an online following, and they used to pop up in the real world every now and again. it was always an experience. they still do, from time to time.

4. i've probably never been a day away from the internet since i started using it (mid 90s). sad but true. i was in a club at 2AM the other night, and realised i was checking Twitter and Facebook on iPhone. i can't even remember not having an iPhone, let alone not being online (FAIL).

5. for audio nerds like me, there's a whole host of great stuff. tapeop.com tells you everything you need to know about recording but were afraid to ask.

Steve Albini's site for his studio- electrical.com. he posts on the forum a lot; his answers, about anything from recording, to Poker, to the best place to get your first handjob- are generally informative, funny and withering as his lyrics.

Actor/director/musician/analogue enthusiast Vincent Gallo has a great fansite drowninginbrown.com. the tour of his studio is something to behold.it hasn't been updated in a while, otherwise it would include the news that he was selling his sperm for a mere $50,000 a pop.

BLAINE HARRISON, MYSTERY JETS

1. I might be completely wrong. But i believe the first time I "logged on" (as we used to say back in the day) was to play a multiplayer Doom game. It had just come out i remember my whole extended family gathering round our brand new pentium intel, their minds collectively blown by its deplorable 16 bit graphics. Although it might have been the game with the little blue guys. Worms. No lemmings. thats it.
Lemmings.

2. I can't say i had ever heard of a 'meme' but now i have. Thankyou. Im going to pick the youtube video of the (dutch?) TV gameshow presenter who projectile vomits live on air. Then continues talking to the caller as if spewing was a completely normal daily
occurence, vom still dripping off her nose. Damn period pains!

3. We get some slightly perculiar people on our forum, a few with pretty full on stalker-ish tendencies. My favorite non-stalker forum friend is a guy called jez. He car pools with other fans on his way to our gigs sometimes. He's in his fifties and works as a police constable for the london met. He gave me a lift back to the studio
once in his cop car. He's like commander lassard from police academy.

4. the internet is a state of mind. You can't switch it off. Once your in the club, its for life. its like blue peter.

5. letmegooglethatforyou.com so completely shit in a completely brilliant way.

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Hey Internet Forever blog reader! Why not answer our five questions on the comments of this blog post yeah?

15 ALBUMS

2009-12-21T09:15:00.002Z

HRTBPS' TOP 15

01 :: ARCADE FIRE Funeral
02 :: THE STROKES Is This It
03 :: THE UNICORNS Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone
04 :: TIMES NEW VIKING Rip It Off
05 :: MO-HO-BISH-O-PI Vague Us
06 :: ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Merriweather Post Pavilion
07 :: SILVER JEWS Tanglewood Numbers
08 :: SUFJAN STEVENS Illinois
09 :: YEAH YEAH YEAHS Fever To Tell
10 :: INTERPOL Turn On The Bright Lights
11 :: WHY? Elephant Eyelash
12 :: MODEST MOUSE Good News For People Who Love Bad News
13 :: OF MONTREAL Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
14 :: ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI In Case We Die
15 :: MCLUSKY Do Dallas

I posted these in my LOLjournal, but I'm posting them here too. If you're still struggling for Christmas presents, consider buying that record I'm holding.

NAUGHTY NOUGHTIES

2009-12-09T15:35:00.003Z

Following on from Laura's review of the decade, I would like to present to you my TOP VILLAINS 2000-2009.

OSAMA BIN LADEN
The defining bad guy of the decade. Virtually unknown to all except diehard fanboiz at the start of the century, this beardy man came to symbolise TEH EVILZ more than anyone else on the planet. And he didn't even have to lift a finger. I liken Osama to Cyril Sneer from The Raccoons, in that no matter how much of a bad guy he is, he will always be slightly undermined by having a comical good guy offspring.

BUSH / BLIAR
...which leads nicely onto these two likely lads. Barry and Paul Chuckle couldn't have ballsed up the response to 9/11 more than these two. Extra marks for Blair's conversion to Catholicism.

DR HAROLD SHIPMAN
"The greatest serial murderer the world has ever known", apparently. At least 218 victims were identified, though many more are suspected. This guy was so hardcore, he managed to add one more victim (himself) to the list after being imprisoned.

SIMON COWELL
...while Nasty Nigel Lythgoe blazed a trail for TV talent show bad guys, Simon Cowell surely made the job his own. Now the 4th richest man in the world (worth an estimated $600 billion), he's probably the only reason I watch X Factor and Britain's Got Talent, apart from the other reasons.

GARY GLITTER
Keeping the paedo-joke industry healthy since the death of MJ, what a decade it's been for Paul Gadd.

RICHARD HILLMAN
One of soap's best bad buys of all time. Married to Gail Platt, he murdered three people on Coronation Street, and also attempted to kill Audrey Roberts, Emily Bishop and the entire Platt family. A complete fucking mentalist who was watched by 19.4 million people at his peak.

ROBERT MUGABE
Seriously, what is it with bad guys and those little moustaches?

MICHAEL CARROLL
How not to spend £10 million. This guy won the lottery in 2002, aged 19. He had an electronic tag on at the time, for drugs offenses. The press nicknamed him Lotto Lout, but I prefer the name he gave himself, Chavvy McChavChav. I fucking love this guy.

AMANDA KNOX
It remains to be seen whether she will be remembered as a true bad guy. I mostly included this for the benefit of our manager Mike.

Feel free to add your own favourite villains from the past decade. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

THE 19 NOUGHTIES

2009-12-06T21:51:00.009Z

I was trying to think of my top 10 albums, books, films or TV shows of the '00s but I kept failing. I realised that this was because I've spent most of the '00s thinking about the '90s. My favourite things this decade have pretty much been Nirvana, Point Horror books, trying to understand the psyche of the Columbine killers and The X-Files. I figure that in the '10s I'm gonna get upto speed on the '00s. These are the things I hear were big that I'm gonna check out:

The Da Vinci Code

I heard this book was a pretty big deal and that it's about Christians and conspiracies or something. Sounds pretty good to me because I love both Jesus and being suspicious.

Protesting against stuff

I'm gonna join the Stop The War coalition and frickin stop these wars, man. DOWN WITH BLIAR AND BUSH!

The Wire

At ATP in 2009 I was totally alienated by all my friends quoting this 24/7. They kept shouting “FIVE OH!” and I wanted them to shut up. I'm gonna get into this in a big way. It sounds cool cuz it's about bad cops and drug gangs, I think? Edgy.

Lord of The Rings

I tried to watch this once when I was in my first year of uni but I was a bit stoned so I couldn't really understand what was going on. Elves? Forests? Magic and stuff too, right? Sounds pretty wack but I'll give it a go.

iPhones

There's apparently these phones out that you can listen to music on and go on the internet and take pictures with. Sounds pretty good doesn't it? Will def check them out.

Black Presidents

I think Barack Obama has good policies and is really cute so in the '10s I'm gonna give him my full support.

Watching weirdos/animals doing weird stuff on YouTube.com

Never really got wind of all this stuff like Keyboard Cat and Star Wars Boy and all that until last week. Sounds like it could be quite a laugh so I'll definitely be going on YouTube.com more in the '10s.

Chavs

I don't believe that these are really that '00s. I was definitely a chav in the '90s cuz when I was 13 I wore a Kappa tracksuit, gold hoop earrings and used to bunk off school to smoke B&H and get fingered. I'm gonna bring this back in the '10s. Particularly in 2014 cuz that's when I'll turn 30. Fuck.

Twilight

My friend told me this is about emo teenage vampires falling in love and there's werewolves too? Not sure why I haven't read or seen Twilight yet because it sounds right up my street. Might save this for 2019 so I have something to look forward to.

IF <3 JF

2009-11-28T12:50:00.001Z

Internet Forever and Johnny Foreigner cover Owls from laura_wolf on Vimeo.

Internet Forever GO MAD with Johnny Foreigner from laura_wolf on Vimeo.

BUY OUR SINGLE FROM ITUNES!!!!

ABOUT THAT VIDEO WE WENT AND MADE...

2009-11-16T20:31:00.003Z

It's here, innit:

Y'all should embed it in your blogs, and post it on Twitter and Facebook and Friendster and Friends Reunited and shit.

We're off on tour next week. If you live in Brum, Brizzle, Southampton, Reading, Guildford, Stoke or London - see you soon!!!!!

help!

2009-11-01T18:00:00.006Z

When we go on tour with Johnny Foreigner at the end of this month I am going to write a tour diary for Platform Magazine. It's gonna be a tour diary with a difference because, as well as documenting all the rad times we have, I am going to try and visit places of supernatural or extraterrestrial significance in each town!!! Craig's gonna take photos and I'm gonna interview people and check out all the spooky stuff.

These are our dates:

21 Nov - Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham (not with Jofo)
23 Nov - Louisiana, Bristol
24 Nov - Joiners, Southampton
25 Nov - Sub89, Reading
26 Nov - Boiler Room, Guildford
27 Nov - Sugarmill, Stoke

If you know of any cool shit I should check out in these places then let me know!

OUR MONTH IN (A) LIST(S)

2009-10-31T10:38:00.002Z

Photo courtesy of Lewis Chaplin.

A handy list!

- We went to a house full of crystals and had our photo taken by Lewis Chaplin and got asked some questions about the internet for Platform Magazine. Read it here.

- Someone said something awesome about our band name that made us LOL.

- We played Swn Festival with lots of lovely bands and we had fun. Drowned In Sound, amongst others, had lots of words to say about the whole thing.

- Luke Slater said some nice things about us on Drowned In Sound.

- We found out which radio stations like us.

- We partied with Teengirl Fantasy and TEETH!!!.

- We got our first review for Cover The Walls - a 9/10 on This is Fake DIY!

- We found out our 7" will be sold in Tokyo!

- We played at Shunt, which was way fun, and met this handsome chap.

- We're on Radio 2 tonight!

- You can still pre-order our single from Rough Trade!

- Heads up Leicester and Sheffield, we're heading your way soon.

Johnny Foreigner tour

2009-10-20T19:37:00.004+01:00

We're going on tour for the first time, with the lovely Johnny Foreigner peoples!

We're not playing in York or Edinburgh this time around, but we'll be headed North as soon as we can, yo.

Before then, however, is this:

WHERE THERE'S MUX THERE'S BRASS

2009-10-13T07:59:00.004+01:00

internetforever.muxtape.com

Remember muxtape? A year or two ago it was the site where people could upload mixtapes to share with the world. Then things went a bit wrong legally and it got taken down. A few months ago I heard that they were relaunching as a resource for bands.

A couple of days ago I managed to get an invite and have made Internet Forever's online presence that little bit bigger. What I love about Muxtape is it's ease of use - it has just the right amount of customiseabilty (is that a word? It's 8:15 and I should be getting my lessons ready for the day) without going overboard on the mental fonts and stupid glittery graphics (I'm looking at you, Myspace). Also, there are no ads. If Myspace represents what was wrong with Web 1.0, then Muxtape represents all that is right with Web 2.0. I even kind of like the Pitchfork-esque characteristic of there being no feedback involved. There is no space for people post comments, heck there's not even a play count on the mp3 player. It's as if to say "This is who we are. This is what we do. There you go".

To kick it all off for us on Muxtape, I've added some exclusives (!!!!!!!!!!) - there's a new press photo we did a few weeks back (I'll post some more full size ones online soon), a never-before-heard-on-the-internet remix of our single, and some yet-to-be-anounced tour dates with Johnny Foreigner. Let me know what you think. After you've had a look, click next and it'll take you to a random band on Muxtape. There are some real gems on there.

I'd also like to point out that you'll be able to hear us played on Jon Hillcock's show for NME Radio this Saturday between 7-9pm.

I'm hoping we can phase out Myspace eventually and have the blog running alongside Muxtape.

http://internetforever.muxtape.com

Your thoughts purrrrrlease.

CONTACT

2009-10-11T19:41:00.006+01:00

FYI, here is how you can contact us:

BAND
internetforeverandever@gmail.com
MANAGEMENT / BOOKINGS / PRINT PRESS
mike@flatcapmusic.com
ONLINE PRESS
john@brainloverecords.com
RADIO
olli@obscenestrategies.co.uk

PRE-ORDER OUR SINGLE!

2009-10-08T15:29:00.004+01:00

Pre-order our single from Rough Trade:

http://tr.im/ifpreorder

Tell your friends!

OMGSH I CAN HEAR A TAPE ALARM GOING OFF

2009-10-05T21:43:00.004+01:00

That' s what Tape Alarm 001 looks like. (Though what you can't see is the PINK CASSETTE...!!). If you pre-ordered it you should get your copy by the end of the week! RADITUDE. Despite what I said earlier on twitter, you can still buy them online til Monday (I got confused, soz). After that you can only buy them at Internet Forever shows. Sweeeeet.

BOY BEAR HYBRID FOUND IN KOREA

2009-09-28T11:54:00.001+01:00

Stairs To Korea (who is our best mate evah) is releasing this single today! You can buy it on itunes! Watch the video cos it's awesome and you can LOL at me dancing. YAY.

OH HAI

2009-09-16T21:50:00.002+01:00

OH HAI HUW STEPHENS LISTENERS. We're all over yr internets. Nice to meet you.

Best wishes,

Internet Forever
x

[UPDATE] Just to clear things up about the session, all three of us were playing on the live songs, but only Laura and Chris (Alcxxk) were interviewed because I (Craig / heartbeeps) couldn't get down to London in time after work. The interview and the live session were recorded on different days, y'see. The magic of radio has been shattered.

What are you doing this Friday?

2009-09-13T19:53:00.003+01:00

Because John Brainlove is having some friends over...

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Brainlove Club returns from a festival season break with an awesome lineup of new bands, at Whitechapel's George Tavern.

INTERNET FOREVER http://www.myspace.com/internetforever
Laura Wolf, HRTBPS and Alcxxk play their Pitchfork-tipped fuzzy lo-fi pop songs in advance of their debut 7", out October 5th.

STAIRS TO KOREA http://www.myspace.com/stairstokorea
Stairs To Korea is Will Vaughan, a frighteningly talented half-Icelandic multi-instrumentalist who crafts skewed pop music using an array of effects, synthesisers and a dinky white guitar. Debut single out September 28th on Brainlove.

THE ONE http://www.myspace.com/theonemusik
New electro-disco-funk dance pop music project from Joe Ryan (as seen drumming in Heartbreak and Thee Fair Ohs) & friends.

IMP http://www.myspace.com/impfinitejoy
The show will be opened by IMP, Craig HRTBPS' favourite band from oop North. Hand picked, they were. From hundreds of thousands of possible opening bands. Awe!

£5 / 8pm

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This is going to be so much fun. We're playing with my two favourite bands: Stairs to Korea and IMP. We're also excited to see The One, featuring friend of the band Joe Ryan of Pitchfork-darlings Thee Fair Ohs.

Add yourself to the Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121367134475

TAPE ALARM

2009-09-10T15:43:00.004+01:00

~~You can pre-order our tape which will be released on Tape Alarm on October 12th by clicking below (I hope).~~

Tracklisting as follows:

SIDE A:
1. Cover the Walls (Live Dreamtrak Session)
2. Walk of Life (Live Dreamtrak Session)
3. Break Bones
4. 3D
5. Pages of Books
6. Bewitched (Live)

SIDE B:
7. Instrumental
8. Gemini Song
9. Break Bones (Live)
10. 3D (Live)
11. Pages of Books (Live)
12. Broken Keyboard

HOw SWN is now?

2009-09-01T22:21:00.003+01:00

As reported on Drowned In Sound, Neu Magazine and elsewhere, we've been confirmed for the SWN Festival in Cardiff.

We're playing at The Gate on the Saturday, which is being curated by Los Campesinos!. Tickets are here.

Britney Spears. Online poker. Lindsay Lohan sex tape. David Beckham. Pornography. Get rich quick schemes. eBay bargains. Michael Jackson. Free money. Manchester United. Tom Cruise. Gay, Tyson. Tyson, Mike. Viagra. Milfs. The X Factor. The war in Iraq. Barack Obama, lady gaga is a man, lady gaga penis.

Calvin And The Shitpunks

2009-08-29T23:13:00.002+01:00

IF Happening from shrinkwrapped on Vimeo.

We got a crush on you

2009-08-06T22:43:00.004+01:00

Look at that flyer up there. We're going to be appearing as Beat Happening. Here is a treat for you if you can't wait until Saturday.

Bewitched (Beat Happening cover jam)

Check myspace.com/ourbandcouldbbqyourlife for full details of the weekend.

Today and tomorrow, we are recording some new tunes with Brett Shaw who used to be in the band South. He is very good.

Lack of self awareness.

2009-08-05T22:26:00.002+01:00

We shot this promo for 4Play on Channel 4..

CROWDSCENES

2009-08-02T16:30:00.004+01:00

I am doing a project called CROWDSCENES whereby I take a photo of the people watching us during our first song. Here are some recent ones.

More stuff going on at HRTBPS.COM.

OUR BAND COULD BBQ YOUR LIFE

2009-08-02T15:46:00.003+01:00

The weekend is based around highly regarded journalist Michael Azzerad's critically acclaimed biography of the American undeground scene from 1981 to 1991, 'Our Band Could Be Your Life'. 13 of the best bands in the UK have been assembled to perform split sets between their own material and one of the 13 bands each profiled in the in the book.

Tickets can be bought in advance from http://www.wegottickets.com and are priced as follows :

SATURDAY DAY TICKET : £6 : http://www.wegottickets.com/event/54037

SUNDAY DAY TICKET : £5.50 : http://www.wegottickets.com/event/54038

WEEKEND TICKET : £10 : http://www.wegottickets.com/event/54040

Doors are at 5pm on both days, with a FREE BBQ commencing at 5:30pm on both days including burgers, sausages, chicken, and vegetarian alternatives, as well as pasta and bean salads, and curly fries!

Saturday bands run from 5:00pm until 11:30pm, with the best indie-rock disco in town commencing afterwards until 2:00am.

On Sunday bands run from 5:00pm to 10:45pm.

http://www.myspace.com/ourbandcouldbbqyourlife

Tonight Matthew, we are...

2009-07-26T23:49:00.001+01:00

Got Milk?

2009-07-26T12:34:00.003+01:00

A video from our first ever show, filmed by WOWBROW (aka Simon from TEETH!!!) and uploaded to Youtube by Andrew of Club Milk.

Some dates for your calendar

2009-07-23T08:34:00.003+01:00

While we (ie. me and our manager Mike) are struggling to get to grips with the Internet Forever Google Calendar, here are some dates for yours.

September 23rd - Our Huw Stephens session will go out on BBC Radio 1.
September 28th - Our single will be released.

What we have been doing recently...

2009-07-15T18:56:00.004+01:00

We played in a park.

by Trent Maynard

We had a party.

photos.viceland.com/albums/230

We're recording again at the weekend.

One Night In Farris

2009-07-07T12:11:00.003+01:00

THE HORRORS (DJ) / CARIBOU (DJ) BRNLV (DJ) / SJ ESAU (LIVE) / INTERNET FOREVER (LIVE)

Facebook event // Buy tickets // Twitter guestlist giveaway

MS Paint Challenge

2009-06-29T12:01:00.003+01:00

Hello folks. We're setting you an MS Paint Challenge. What you need to do is download a copy of the image over there to the right >>>>>>>>

Then, open it up in MS Paint, and customize it to your hearts desire. Next, email it to us at internetforeverandever @ gmail.com and we'll post our favourites. Below is my effort.

SMALL TOWN AMERICA SUMMER BBQ

2009-06-29T10:44:00.002+01:00

We've been lucky enough to see a whole bunch of bands ploughing super exciting musical furrows recently, throwing together noise and pop and punk rock in totally unique and personal ways. It makes us very excited indeedy, so we decided to put a bunch of them on together and throw in a proper 4th of July BBQ. Hope you like!

CHAPS
Female-larynixed hc of the sorta old-school kick-ass variety.

COLD PUMAS
Motorised kraut punk rock grooves; think Ex Models, !!!, repetition-repetition-repetition.

GUM TAKES TOOH
Lightning bolts of neon drum 'n' noise; they claim to always be ready to ruin a party.

INCREDIBLE WEAPONS
Super duper power pop tunes, played this time as rawkous gtr/drum two piece jams.

INTERNET FOREVER
A Times New Viking-savvy take on the classic teenage riot power of Beat Happening.

THE PATIO SET
Muscular GUITAR ROCK MUSIC of the finest order that begs to be given the Albini-treatment.

+ more
5pm - late // 4th July // Brixton Windmill
£5/door
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108136702663
http://www.last.fm/event/962078

ONLY THEIR MOTHER CAN TELL THEM APART

2009-06-27T17:09:00.002+01:00

Out of nothing but sheer boredom I just perused the artists deemed to be 'similar' to Internet Forever on last fm. I've decided to list them here for you to "hmm" or "lol" at in the same way I just did. I think mostly what we have in common with these artists is bad self-production. Or a shared American label (Art Fag). When all 511 listeners we have on last fm hear our stuff properly produced they are going to hate us, aren't they? LOL.

SUPER SIMILARITY:

Pens

Times New Viking

VERY HIGH SIMILARITY:

Dum Dum Girls

Vivian Girls

HIGH SIMILARITY:

Graffiti Island

Paisley

Women

Zola Jesus

Henry's Dress

caUSE co-MOTION!

arch m

Wavves

NODZZZ

plaaydoh

Titus Andronicus

Crocodiles

Lovvers

OUR BAND COULD BBQ YOUR LIFE

2009-06-26T12:06:00.006+01:00

When I was 20 I carried Our Band Could Be Your Life around under my arm like it was the fucking Koran. I even made it a batik jacket and got people to wash their hands before touching it. Then some fucker housemate stole it and I never saw it again. So I'm well pleased, to say the least, to be playing this show. Let's do this is memory of my copy!

We're gonna be Beat Happening which is awesome. Though I must admit I wish we got to be Minor Threat or Black Flag cos I can do Ian and Henry impressions better than I can do Calvin ones. But LOOK HOW STRONG THIS LINE-UP IS! Cancel all your other plans. In my head I'm already there, hanging out with my boys in Ice, Sea, Dead People and drinking sangria.

BRIXTON WINDMILL

Saturday 8th August :

Winnebago Deal as BLACK FLAG
Secret Special Guests as SONIC YOUTH
4 or 5 Magicians as THE REPLACEMENTS
Favours For Sailors (TBC) as DINOSAUR JR
Wonderswan as MUDHONEY
Internet Forever as BEAT HAPPENING
Sunset Cinema Club as MINUTEMEN
Dan Ormsby as PAUL WESTERBERG

Saturday Doors 5pm. Bands 5:20pm to 11:30pm. Late night alternative disco after 'til late!

Sunday 9th August :

The Xcerts as HUSKER DU
4 or 5 Magicians as FUGAZI and RITES OF SPRING
Ice Sea Dead People as MINOR THREAT
Who Owns Death TV (TBC) as BIG BLACK
The Jelas as MISSION OF BURMA
Amy Blue as BUTTHOLE SURFERS

Sunday Doors 5:30pm. Bands 6:20pm to 10:45pm.

Saturday tickets £6.50 advance, Sunday tickets £5 advance, weekend tickets £10 advance. Available at wegottickets.com (but not yet!).

Free BBQ on both days at 5:45pm!

BUY MY EP!

2009-06-23T19:33:00.003+01:00

Hiya! Team Strike Force have released my solo EP. You can buy it here! It looks a bit like the picture below and is packaged in a sweet quality paper cover and handstamped and all that. SPECIAL! And it's only three quid!

Internet Forever IN THE STUDIO

2009-06-23T17:59:00.001+01:00

More videos soon. You're in for a treat.

IIIIIIII WANNA KILL TONIIIIIIIIGHT

2009-06-21T23:52:00.001+01:00

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/51958

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PARTYNICE PRESENTS

2009-06-20T11:53:00.000+01:00

http://partynicemag.blogspot.com/2009/06/partynice-presents.html

Total eclipse of the fart

2009-06-08T16:20:00.001+01:00

John Brainlove made this here video of some live performances and an interview and things. Thanks JB!

Internet Forever Forever from Brainlove on Vimeo.

We spent all weekend recording with Oli Horton at Dreamtrak. 'SOLID GOLD SMASH HIT RECORDS', so says he. Watch out for a live video of us in the studio doing two songs, including a very special cover.

Our interview with The Line Of Best Fit is now up here.

Unfortunately we won't be playing this Saturday at Cable Street Studios, but Trash Kit and Bloody Knees still are, so if you were planning to go, we would strongly recommend you still do.

We have a few more shows lined up. We're supporting Munch Munch on 1st August at Catch in London, and we'll be appearing as Beat Happening at Brixton Windmill for OUR BAND COULD BBQ YOU LIFE on 8th August. We're also supporting Crocodiles (!!!!!) on their UK debut show at the Old Blue Last on 12th July. Keep an eye on our myspace page for more details.

How's that for a news round-up?

PARTYNICE MAGAZINE

2009-06-01T14:17:00.001+01:00

HTTP://PARTYNICEMAG.BLOGSPOT.COM

Because I obviously spend far too little time on the internet as it is, I've gone and started an online art and culture magazine called PARTYNICE. It's named after a suburb of the Polish city of Wroclaw, and is pretty much modelled on the like of Vice, Fecal Face, Platform, and a million other similar ventures.

I'm looking for contributors, and figured if you're writing on livejournal, you may as well be writing for PARTYNICE too. If you're a writer, I'm looking for articles of around 200-300 words on anything from politics to travel, music, TV, film, sports, food, art, sex, comedy... opinion pieces, reviews, fiction, general musings, an introduction to a subject you're passionate about but not many other people may be aware of. I'm also looking for photographers, artists, illustrators, poets, filmmakers and any other creative people to feature on there.

Interested? Email partynicemag @ gmail.com

The Bums of Brixton

2009-05-31T10:48:00.002+01:00

We played, for various reasons (ie Laura falling off her fixed gear bike and injuring her arm), an unplugged set yesterday at Brainlove Festival. Here is a choice cut. Enjoy.

Internet Forever @ BRNLV FSTVL from Brainlove on Vimeo.

They'll be BBQing 'round the block

2009-05-27T10:43:00.004+01:00

Just a quick post to remind you that we're playing Brainlove Festival this Saturday at the Brixton Windmill. Tickets are £10 on the door, but you can also pre-order them for £8. Things kick off around 2pm.

If you do come, expect something completely different (and perhaps never-to-be-repeated) from us. That's all I'm saying.

See you down the front for the free BBQ.

Photograph by Dan Strange.

Home Improvment

2009-05-14T19:18:00.001+01:00

My improv band, Braindead Collective, just got a myspace. It is kraut-y and improvised and I'm pretty proud of it all. I play trombone with loops and other people play other stuffs.

IT SOUNDS NOTHING LIKE INTERNET FOREVER BTW xxxxxxxxxxxx

(christopher)

Internet Forever Mixtape 1

2009-05-09T15:35:00.001+01:00

I made a mixtape of some bands I like. I called it NU-FI. You should go seek out these bands on myspace and buy their records and attend shows. Tracklisting below.

1. Best Coast - In My Room
2. Ye Olde Maids - Dreamscaper
3. Imp - Cryptic and Fictitious
4. Dead Gaze - A Simple Man
5. TEETH!!! - This Time
6. Fungi Girls - Crystal Roads
7. Crocodiles - I Wanna Kill

DOWNLOAD mp3

Fear of a Wack Planet

2009-05-09T12:41:00.000+01:00

You may be aware that we're playing this year's Brainlove Festival. We're also featured on the new Brainlove compilation Fear of a Wack Planet. If you browse the tracklisting below, you'll notice that we each have a solo song on there too (Lake Wobegon = Chris).It'll be available for five English pounds at BRNLVFST and thereafter from us.

Mat Riviere - FYH
Napoleon IIIrd - Your God
Stairs To Korea - Boy Bear It In Mind
Internet Forever - Break Bones
A Scholar and A Physician - Stand Tall
Penny Broadhurst & The Maffickers - Comenzó (Live)
Kippi Kaninus - Sygyt With Me
Thee Oracle - A/I/M/Y
Pagan Wanderer Lu - Nintendo Folk
Ratface - Fruit An Veg
Trademark - At Loch Shiel
fideL vilLLeneuve - 2 Of The Beatles Have Died
Ace Bushy Striptease - Post Hummus
Lake Wobegon - Halo
We Aeronauts - The House On Ash Tree Lane
Bear Driver - NoTimeToSpeak
Planet Earth - 4 23
Sparky Deathcap - Winter City
Keyboard Choir - Tachikoma
Kid Carpet - Go Get Yourself a Hammer
Laura Wolf - Love Was Dead
gwEm - Don't Give A Shit
Braindead Collective - Untitled #1
Heartbeeps - Glacial Valleys
MRBLKRSHRRRR - Jackie Collins
Jam On Bread - Wikipedia Says I'm Dying

There is also lots more interesting news that I'm super excited about, but for now I can't / won't / shan't tell you.

Must. Stop. Blogging. Now. And. Go. Outside.

They're all volunteers...

2009-05-08T20:00:00.000+01:00

..and they'll be in Pagan Wanderer Lu's band if they want to.

Dreamtrak session version of song from 'Fight My Battles For Me'

The Band;
Pagan Wanderer Lu - keyboards
John Brainlove - guitar
Chris Alcxxk - trombone
Will / Stairs to Korea - trumpet
Oli Horton - synth bass
Laura Wolf - drums

A Lorra Lorra Wolf

2009-05-06T18:12:00.001+01:00

According to our Live Traffic Feed, our humble blog is now getting regular visitors from all over the world.

So, dear visitor, in the words of Cilla Black, what's yr name and where do you come from?

Also, what would you like to see included on this here blog?

And as a way to recompense you for filling in our customer survey, we shall point you in the direction of two recent interviews we did, one with Sweeping The Nation (here) and one with Proper Songs (here).

Rocking the fuck scout

2009-05-05T19:30:00.000+01:00

Photos by Gawain Godwin

mixing on macs to the max

2009-05-03T14:23:00.000+01:00

yesterday i turned up at laura's in london's famously middleclass stoke newington expecting to be recording future hit and "live favourite" Centre Of Yr Universe but then it turned out that we were just having a go at making our old recordings of 3D and Break Bones sound nicer so i was like WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WHY AM I HERE? and sulked a bit. but then it turned out that hrtbps didn't know what "eq" was so i ended up doing most of it. and guess what? THEY SOUND SIGNIFICANTLY NICER! but still slightly uncomfortably fuzzy and out of tune, because that's what our market research suggests that You, The Kids are looking for in your Pop Musics nowadays. put a noise gate on the "drums", added a few low notes and a handclap at the end. bishbashbosh. Shoved a bit of extra "piano" on Break Bones. jobsagoodun. acquired an image for the cover of the 7". is pretty!

and yeah! everyone come to the brainlove "festival" on 30th may! cos it basically is Internet Forever Fest 2000:

A Scholar & A Physician - one of these fellas will be recording us in his lovely studio sometime soon
Ace Bushy Striptease - one of these fellas covered us
Braindead Improv - I'm in this band
Christopher Alcxxck - I am this band (new song up on my myspace yesterday btw)
The Duloks
Gaggle
gwEm
Heartbeeps - Heartbeeps is this band
Internet Forever - We are this band
Jam On Bread - I've just formed a band called Slow Loris with this fella and dun covered him
Keyboard Choir
Kid Carpet
Laura Wolf - Laura is this band
Mat Riviere
Napoleon IIIrd - I played trombone with him last year. Maybe i will this year too! that'd be nice. someone make this happen.
Pagan Wanderer Lu - We've already posted twice that we were in this fella's band for a session.
Stairs To Korea - I'm in a band with this fella. We're called 5hitl3r
The Middle Ones (vid) - One of these fellas is in Slow Loris too
Thee Oracle - I'm in this band. maybe laura too
We Aeronauts

So we're ..somehow.. involved with 65% of the lineup. kinda. and the other 35% percent are gold anyway. I haven't seen Gaggle or gwEm, but look forward to both. NICE.

BRNLV LVS FSTNG

2009-04-29T20:34:00.000+01:00

We are playing this. We are all also playing solo sets. How exciting!

DENTALDAMBUSTERS

2009-04-26T20:30:00.000+01:00

Pagan Wanderer Lu interviewed a bunch of musicians. For some reason he wanted to interview me too. LOL!! Here are the answers that have been put up so far! He also asked good people like Mat Riviere. And that Jezza Warmsley fella! WE FUCKED ALL NIGHT IN MY BRO'S OLD BEDROOM!

A few weeks ago me and Chris and Will and John and Oli went to Dreamtrak and became Pagan Wanderer Lu's band for 2 videos. Here's one of them! OMG SO EXCITING! I'm the one in the stupid hat. I made it at work. I'm playing synth. And shakey egg. AT THE SAME TIME! It's clear to me why PWL asked me to be in that interview now.

I wanna have sax, near a beach

2009-04-18T01:28:00.001+01:00

WE GOT PAPPED! (The good kind).

WE HAZ SHOWS

2009-04-15T12:17:00.000+01:00

facebook event

NO-FI on yr HI-FI

2009-04-15T11:55:00.000+01:00

We got played on Radio 1 by Huw Stephens, which was equally awesome and surreal, y'know? My brother was at work and happened to turn the radio on just as our song was on and freaked out a bit. If you missed it, you should be able to find it on iplayer or some such gizmo. Let's hope we can bring more no-fi to your hi-fi soon, eh?

RICK WITTER RHYMES WITH TWITTER

2009-03-30T19:31:00.000+01:00

We are playing this show on Saturday! You should totally come. My mum's coming. And also my dad. Having both of these people in attendance is like a double quality mark.

This weekend I met Danny from Incredible Weapons and I was really star struck.

AT OUR WIT'S END

2009-03-23T21:57:00.000Z

If you go here you can listen to the 'blogcast' we did for Smalltown America. It features music from us and Imp and Incredible Weapons and The Cardboard Band and Milk Breath. Sorry for not being funnier.

Old Blue Last

2009-03-10T07:01:00.001Z

How much <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 is in this photo?

All photos by Claire Titley.

Cover yr balls

2009-03-08T01:06:00.000Z

<3

Isohorny

2009-03-05T17:50:00.000Z

Back in 2007, before I'd even met Laura or Chris and formed Stock, Aitken & Waterman 2.0, they were in a band together called Plurals. They recorded a song for a Pagan Wanderer Lu-curated compilation about Giant Isopods. That compilation has just seen the light of day, and is really quite special. You can read more about it, and download all the tracks, over at PWL's blog.

In other Internet Forever-related news, we had two really great shows this week at Upset The Rhythm and White Heat. We're playing the Brainlove room at Club NME next Friday 13th. Do come along. I'd post a flyer for you but John Brainlove won't make one as he doesn't believe in IRL promotion. Viva the Internet and all that.

Oh, and if you are reading this, and I know for a fact that some people do cos I added a widget to tell me such things, then say hello in the comments.

SARGASM

2009-03-01T12:41:00.000Z

I just counted the number of e-mail correspondences between me, heartbeeps and Chris since Friday and the number totalled 82. The majority of emails are from them, with me copied in. If anyone can take these dudes out for some sunshine or a run around the park I'd appreciate it.

Why did the lobster blush?

2009-02-27T23:23:00.000Z

another showww

2009-02-26T17:51:00.000Z

tickets | facebook | last.fm | DiScuss

Something about jism

2009-02-25T22:14:00.001Z

tickets | facebook | last.fm | DiScuss

funtimes

2009-02-25T22:00:00.000Z

BRISTOLIANS' FAVE HAIRCUT

2009-02-23T23:09:00.001Z

LETHAL BRIZZLE

2009-02-23T00:08:00.000Z

Christopher has become obsessed with the idea of us doing a Dire Straits cover. Him and heartbeeps have been practicing at any available opportunity. Personally I'm not convinced it's a good idea. He even told the taxi driver in Bristol that we sound like them. HALP ME PLS.

Today we played at the Croft in Bristol and the show was fun though line checking is STRESSFUL and I nearly cried. After I made friends with a guy who had just got out of prison for armed robbery and a drug dealer. They tried on my glasses and gave me some of their cider. Then they told me if I ever go back to Bristol that I should go find them in their hostel and that they had my back because I was "proper decent".

PUNplugged

2009-02-20T01:00:00.000Z

INTERNET FOREVER Unplugged! from heartbeeps on Vimeo.

Lepanto season

2009-02-18T00:04:00.000Z

We did an interview with The Lepanto League. Read it here.

It's just like watching Brizzle

2009-02-17T23:08:00.001Z

I lovvvvvve Brizzle.

SURPRISE SURPRISE

2009-02-17T21:48:00.001Z

KITTENS!!!

2009-02-17T14:50:00.000Z

1st gig

2009-02-15T22:39:00.000Z

we played our first gig on Friday. i thought it was fucking awesome, but i was a bit drunk and got over excited and broke laura's drum sticks but that was ok cos craig has drum sticks too despite not playing drums on any songs lol random lol
we played
3D
cover the walls with you
centre of yr universe (is this actually called this or am i wrong?)
break bones
pages of books

it was a really good night. tother bands were great, especially Trash Kit, who are vaguely comparable to afrirampo or suchlike. awesome tribally drums and complexymessy guitar. ooh looking at their myspace they have Private Trousers in their top friends. they're great. i saw them play with stairs to korea a few weeks back. he's great too. the opinions expressed in this post reflect only those of christopher and not necessarily the other guys. dunno what they think of these bands. they probably like them though, or would, or something.

we're recording this week! exciting! and nerve wracking! we've got to balance sounding "proper" with sounding like what's made a few people interested in us in the first place with keeping it simple with justifying getting a producer to help us instead of just banging it out ourselves with being a three piece with having been a two piece and suchlike. it'll be great anyway. yes.

Tour Diary Day 1

2009-02-13T12:08:00.000Z

Woke up and had a shower. Showers are so funny in England. Sometimes, if I get up late, there is hardly any hot water left after my housemates have used it all. I then had a breakfast of toast with jam (strawberry) and a cup of tea (Earl Grey). I is said that in England many people drink Earl Grey tea. It tasted good. Afterwards I logged into Skype but nobody was online.

Until next time!

STIRRING FURNACE

2009-02-07T00:29:00.000Z

I never thought of Internet Forever as a slogan but since some blogger suggested that it is I have become convinced of it. We should change our name to 'Internet... Forever!' because everyone understands the permanence of the world wide web and the importance of ellipses. Other things that are permanent include: regrettable tattoos, some marker pens, and also death. I can't think of examples of ellipses in use so please tell me some.

We are playing some shows in the coming months and you should come too! (if you don't come it'll be well boring):

13th Feb - Club Milk @ secret location w/Chaps, Drunk Granny, Trash Kit, London
22nd Feb - SRSLY? LOL all dayer @ tbc, Bristol
1st March - UTR @ Old Blue Last w/ Future Islands, Hands On Heads, London
3rd March - White Heat @ Madame Jojo's w/ Shooting Spires, London
13th March - Club NME (Brainlove room) @ Koko, London
4th April - RoTa @ Notting Hill Arts Club, London
10th April - Something Good @ tbc, Norwich
17th April - Brainlove Vs White Heat @ Lexington, London
18th April - Other Sounds @ tbc, Manchester