Rat Tribe

This week we discuss a wealth of topics from ping pong anime to billie holiday plus more in the world of film, music, gaming and pop culture.
We go through the movies of my mind and the strange news topics of the week as usual and the song for this week and the picture here is donated by Marty Wensley-Greaves and the song is called “monster” thanks Marty!

Link in the comments!

Episode 9: Modern art, granny love, to Olivia and more!
This week we discuss the art, music, film, gaming and tv we’ve been consuming this week!
Big thanks to Cory foster for donating news stories and don’t forget you can send news stories you find funny or weird, you can also send your music in if you’re a musician and we’ll play it on the show!
The music this week is by himself and the song is called “Royal Crud”
🎧

Episode 8 is now available through the comments!
We talk the Cecil hotel, decentraland and the supernatural spoO0oOoky!
Also thanks to Tim Jackson for the music provided!

Episode 7: The Rat Tribe goes to therapy.
We talk about the multi media we have been consuming and delve into our personal demons!?!?!!?!

Link to the episode in the comments!

Massive thanks to LowCall for their song “window” which is in this episode go check em out!

New podcast episode is now up! Link in the comments!

Episode 6: Frankenstein, N***s, Art and furries?

We’re back with another episode from the depths of lockdown in which we discuss what media we’ve been consuming this week.

Join us as we delve into the music, film and games we’ve been checking out followed by the movies of my mind and the strange news of the week.

The featured musician this week is Richard Blenkinsop and the excellent song is “Way of the world”
Be sure to add it to your playlist on Spotify!
Link in the comments!

Richard is also a business owner which deals with help when it comes to writing songs so if you need to polish off that song you’re struggling with or if you need a full tune writing he’s your man and the company is called “The Song Service”
We hope to have Richard on the podcast when we can meet up again to go through it in full detail. Until then here’s a link to the company page.

https://www.facebook.com/thesongservice/

If you want to get in contact with us to send us music, weird news, strange films or if you just want to tell us about what you’ve been up to in your creative projects, even if you just want to reach out and tell us a daft story about what you’ve been up to during lockdown feel free to fire a message over to our page or to our individual pages and we’ll be happy to add it to the show.

Stay safe and thanks for listening!

No podcast today unfortunately! Bit of bother with my piglet being unruly, we’ll be back next week!
Photography courtesy of

LOCAL PROJECT HIGHLIGHT
SUMMATION.
We spoke with Derren about his project, here’s what he had to say:
Summation originally was a way for me to use my gig photography in a much more abstract way.
The Summation pieces literally are every single photograph taken at an event, shown together in one complete abstract piece. A bit like a data dump of information.
The project has since developed into my interest in abstract experiment music. So whereas the photography is densely packed visual imagery, my music explores similar themes and ideas. Recently, I've been using/developing a visual language that supports my music, and I'm now trying utilise Instagram to feed back to my Bandcamp page, and vice versa. I have also collaborated with electronic music producers such as naut.
I'm working on an Etsy shop to that will sell prints of my work. Likewise I'll use the merchandise feature of Bandcamp to do the same. So everything feeds back on itself.
Check out Derren’s work on his page and swipe for more!
Are you part of an artistic project? We want to hear from you!

LOCAL ARTIST SPOTLIGHT -
LOSER PUPPY

We had the pleasure of playing Loser Puppy on our latest podcast, their song “just wait” is an absolute cracker so make sure you check them out on Spotify, here’s a bit about the band:

Loser Puppy is a project founded by ‘That Sam Guy’ based in Lancashire that are currently the only true audible embodiment of the manifesto on ‘How To Be Almost Straight’.

Loser Puppy use a high energy performance of hyper-ridiculous lensing to provide an incubator for all philosophies sought to be attained through the Manifesto.

Whilst Loser Puppy acknowledge that their performances may embody many of the elements and characteristics of a music gig and that anybody is welcome to attend their performances and enjoy themselves as they please. Loser Puppy emphasise the true intention of the evening is to conjure an as accurate as humanly possible performance of the Manifesto.

Whilst Loser Puppy repeatedly stress that the point of their performances is whole heartedly to represent that Manifesto. Loser Puppy acknowledges that they have no money, so areavaailable to bookings for:

- Birthdays
- Baptism’s
- Functions
- Bar Mitzvah’s
- Weddings
- Brit milah’s
- Quinceanera’s
- Sweet 16’s
- Political Rally’s
- Bum Fights
- Orgy’s

Unfortunately Loser Puppy must state that due to past bad experiences they regrettably no longer play Anniversary’s.

We are certainly looking forward to filming these guys in the live room when we can safely do so.

Let us know what you thought of the tune in the comments, link to the podcast in our bio!

NEW PODCAST EPISODE!
Episode 5.

We discuss Elon musks hair and his billions amongst a wealth of topics, click the link in the comments to check it out!

Also a massive thanks to Loser Puppy for their tune “just wait” which is in the episode, give em a like!

A new design on the store, t shirts, badges, bath matts, all sorts of stuff!
Click the link in the bio to find out store, every penny we make goes into making the show and growing it so thank you!
Designs courtesy of David Caffrey

The Napier in Blackburn are selling merch while all this COVID is going on, check out their stuff which includes Wilde's Leatherwork from Geoff Wilde

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Check Jonny Lindsey’s new etsy store!

Art by Jonny Lindsey! Insta: Accy_Bob_Ross 🥸 by AccyBobRoss You searched for: AccyBobRoss! Discover the unique items that AccyBobRoss creates. At Etsy, we pride ourselves on our global community of sellers. Each Etsy seller helps contribute to a global marketplace of creative goods. By supporting AccyBobRoss, you’re supporting a small business, and, in tur...

Here’s Jamie (the working man) George’s playlist this week, link in the comments!

Big shout out to local artists
Disstraxx
Zimber
And
Loser Puppy
That I’ve been enjoying, great work guys and gals!

Here we have David Caffrey’s playlist of the week, find it in the comments!

Fancy some new or old/new music listen to?

We’ve started putting weekly playlists up of stuff we’re hooked on at the moment.

Aftab Latif has been listening to these to name a few but you can find the full playlist in the comments!

Let us know what you think in the comments and what should we be listening to instead?

The Real King Of Tigers.
Here is a new design on our store courtesy of David Caffrey
More over Joe Exotic this lads equipped with a fish!
If you want to see the new designs we have on our store simply click the link in our bio and select “merch”
Thanks for looking and remember each sale we make contributes to the running of our show so thank you to anyone that looks and anyone that buys it means a lot to us and allows us to keep doing what we love which is supporting local musicians and bands any way we can!

CORY FOSTER
Fluoxetine 20MG *SONG REVIEW*
By Aftab Latif of Rat Tribe.
Admittedly I don't actively listen to any music without a beat. With my smooth-brained approach to music, if it doesn't have a pulse it doesn't get my time (no aural necrophilia here!). But as with everything there is a time and a place for everything. Fluoxetine 20MG is the song you put on when you've just broken up with your partner, when you scroll through your Facebook feed and gape at all the people you knew in high school posting photos of happy marriages, backpacking holidays and gurgling rugrats whilst you still feel like that hapless school kid who doesn't really know what he wants to make of his life. Sure it's a sad song, but there's a certain sense of catharsis that comes with knowing you're not alone in the world, that there are more people out there who feel just as crap as you do. It's a song you can put on when times get better and you remember how far you've come and how much you've grown. Times are tough for all of us right now, and whilst Cory may spread a little of the gloom he's harbouring in his soul, it helps us all remember that a problem shared is a problem halved.
Musically the song is very stripped back and raw. It's a bloke and his guitar. This adds to the haunting feeling of isolation and pain all packaged in a melody that is simple yet remarkably moving. The song holds up a mirror to some feelings we might not even know we have within us, but I certainly think it's one worth exploring.
Check out corys music in the link below.
Artwork by

Our new merch store is now live!

Over the coming weeks our designer David Caffrey will be designing new shirts, stickers, mugs, hoodies, you name it!

Here’s a little something about what to expect:

*The Rat Tribe movement presents a challenge to traditions of fine art by including a warped view of imagery from popular and mass culture, such as advertising, comic books and mundane mass-produced objects. One of its aims is to use images of popular (as opposed to elitist) culture in art, emphasising the banal or kitschy elements of any culture, most often through the use of irony.*

We more than appreciate your support and if you have any questions please feel free to ask.

You can find a link to the store in the comments and in our bio.

Happy shopping!

EPISODE 4: The Bedroom Chronicles

Here’s a picture of me a couple weeks into lockdown, the ageing process has rapidly increased.

Photography by David Caffrey

In this episode we talk about the music, films and games that have filled our week during this our 3rd? 4th? Lockdown?

Who knows anymore.

Expect our movies of my mind segment and weird news stories too.

We also touch on local artists that have been putting music out during lockdown.

A big shoutout to Disstraxx for their song “slow motion car crash” which you can find here:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3V9bR7wM2yA3IYYSHqbjUk?si=WMzXZD5CQtOhip8oMtG4Bg

If you want your music on our show be sure to contact us on Instagram or Facebook and we’ll be happy to play a track.

Thank you for listening and see you next week!

Find a link to the episode in the comments below!

We’re back in lockdown so we took to Skype to have a little chat!

Episode 3 in the comments “Back to the bedroom”

Ooeerr missus! So lockdown is upon us again tier 4 has been rolled out and we’ve retreated to our bedrooms, join us in our thoughts and in the media we’ve been consuming. We’ve been reduced to Neanderthal technology again which is upsetting as we were close to getting it right but that’ll be for another day and another time. Stick with us!

Great work by Disstraxx give em a listen!

Pieces / Slow Motion Car Crash, by Disstraxx 2 track album

We’re taking a couple of weeks off to gather new ideas for the podcast and for YouTube in general.

We’re hoping to create a subversive, comedy variety show that sheds light on underground art and casts shade on the wacky world above.

Expect guests, comedy skits, live performances amongst a whole array of other ideas bashing around our brains.

In the meantime here’s a naughty pig. 🐽

No brainer, get it signed!

Petition: Seek Europe-wide Visa-free work permit for Touring professionals and Artists We would like the UK Govt to negotiate a free cultural work permit that gives us visa free travel throughout the 27 EU states for music touring professionals, bands, musicians, artists, TV and sports celebrities that tour the EU to perform shows and events & Carnet exception for touring equipment.

It was a pleasure to chat with Jonny Lindsey / accy_bob_ross on Sunday.
The podcast will be available Wednesday as well as a lovely interview from Granny Devito.
Jonny is an artist, poet and actor and you can find his work in the tags above.
We commissioned Jonny for a painting which we’ve now hung on our wall of local artists and we’re looking forward to meeting more artists and getting more artwork up there.
We’re finally getting everything sounding and looking how we want but we have some teething issues so bare with us.
We have some massive plans on the horizon but next week we will be having a Christmas break so keep tuned in for updates!

It was a little bit too much of a pleasure to have or on our show today. We had a wonderful time and the podcast will be ready to listen to on Wednesday.
Jonathon Lindsey is an Accrington based artist and poet. He is best known for his art under the name Accy Bob Ross, he started painting in lockdown and gained a bit of a following for screaming at kids as they walk past his house & for his abstract style. He is also a poet who has had some poems released in various anthology books as well as printed and posted around Manchester. Although he has been mistaken for a shaved yeti, he ensures you he is just a malnourished walking manatee.
Jonny Lindsey accy_bob_ross