News

I’ll be doing a session with my band for the Vic Galloway show (the show I used to present incidentally!) for BBC Scotland on 17th November 8pm - 10pm GMT. The show is presented by Vic Galloway, and you can listen in online to the 3 songs.

Fancy chatting with me on Tuesday? I’ll be online at Stickam where you can either join in or just watch. The chat takes place midnight GMT, 7pm EST, and 4pm PST. Check back shortly for more details, but put it in your diary for the moment!

A fantastic, and now revamped site Gybo 5, is giving you the opportunity to remix my forthcoming single Guilty Pleasure (out 3rd November remember!). The competition will be judged by myself, and you can not only win a signed copy of the album ‘My DNA’, but also a copy of Ableton Live LE music software.

Please enter by visiting Gybo 5, and the closing date is 9th November. Good luck!

My album My DNA is now available for pre-order from Retard Disco records in the USA! The release is 28th October, and in addition to the 12 tunes it has 3 bonus tracks ‘A Spy in the Workplace’, ‘My Love’s Your Love’ and ‘DNA - McSleazy remix’. Sadly the iTunes release won’t be available until the 4th or 11th Nov, but it is on the way at least.

So order now from here at a very reasonable $10!

Not a sole ‘Manda Rin’ news item here, but thought I should let you know this. One of Bis’ earliest Peel Sessions on Radio 1 will be repeated on Marc Riley’s show on 6 Music this coming week. You can listen online or on Digital Radio. It’s 4 songs that we recorded in 1995 at Maida Vale for John Peel. Marc will play one per night, and I explained what I remembered of the experience to him. When you listen, please remember it was 13 years ago!

I went to London and filmed my parts for the promo video for Guilty Pleasure yesterday. It was with Director Alex De Campi who has done some great stuff so far, including Dresden Doll’s Amanda Palmer’s solo single. What a truly professional lady, and a pleasure to work with.

I loved this treatment as it’s actually very filthy/naughty, which is something I’ve never tried out before! My footage was of my very glossy geisha looking lips, nothing else, lip-syncing to the song (sadly meant I couldn’t eat my breakfast ’til 11.30am!). I also have a winking scene of just my eye, which was very funny as I only had extreme black make-up on one eye! The make-up lady was fantastic, and even had a bag of straws so I could have coffee!

There’s many ‘extras’ scenes which I can’t wait to see (even a Jack Russell, lots of cream cakes and a Japanese schoolgirl make an appearance!). I have been told it’s still PG, so not too filthy for TV or online at least!

The single is out 3rd November digitally, and 7″ on the 10th, so I’ll let you know when the video is ready to be aired!

I got so many hilarious answers for the Guilty Pleasure competition, so thanks very much. The prize was the dress I wore in the DNA video. So, after too many great answers involving things like Peter Pan, iPods in bathrooms, homemade tablet, Whitney Houston, dressing up as dental receptionist etc, I decided to just put everybody in a random draw as I couldn’t decide what answer was best!

So, well done to Jamie Young in Philadelphia, USA. Her guilty pleasure is “eating any food on a stick (top choice being vegetarian corn dogs) while watching MacGyver”.

To celebrate the release of my 2nd single ‘Guilty Pleasure’ (3rd Nov digitally, and 10th Nov 7″) I’m giving away the pretty dress that I wore in the DNA promo video (not the cardy - I’m keeping that!) All you have to do is tell me your very own guilty pleasure, and the best answer wins! Go here and send an email to me with your answer and mailing address. Closing date 20th September. Good luck!

From Dolly Mixture:

Dolly Mixture is extra proud to present a Glasgow-exclusive performance by Berlin’s techno-inspired electro heroes Jeans Team at Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, Glasgow, G2 6PH, on Saturday 4 October 2008 at 7-10pm, with support from edgy Glasgow quartet Findo Gask and electro pop princess Manda Rin.

Tickets cost £9 and are now available from Tickets Scotland (www.tickets-scotland.com/) and Monorail Music. Monorail Music is located at 12 Kings Court, Glasgow, G1 5RB. The opening times are: 11am-7pm Monday to Saturday. Sunday 12noon-7pm. To book your tickets through Monorail, please call 0141 552 9458 or visit www.monorailmusic.com. Tickets also include FREE entry to the after-show party at monthly club night Dolly Mixture at The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, Glasgow, G2 3AU.