So, Mitch Benn apeared on Merlin tonight. Only a brief walk-on, but enough to make me very happy.

Because, technically, that means I can now claim - via Proud Of The BBC - a Bacon Number of 4.

You may touch me.

update: Apparently the Oracle Of Bacon gives Mitch a Bacon number of 2 for appearing in "Live At Jongleurs" (click "more options" and ( Read more... )

Mitch Benn's Proud Of The BBC is out today!

Nice little review here, which poses the question: Novelty song, or Protest song? Hadn't occurred to me before, but the Dylan-esque use of cards certainly resonates with the latter.

You can download it from Amazon. Or iTunes. Or Play.com. Or Musicishere.com. And probably others.

YYZ may have beaten us. Or at least one of us. I'm making a fair approximation of most of it but Di is struggling to play the bass part, which in fairness is probably the hardest part of the track ( Read more... )

The video for Mitch Benn's Proud of the BBC is now up on youtube!

( Here's the story behind the song. )

I did indeed go to London and take part in the video shoot. I'm now home and knackered ( Read more... )

Mitch Benn is doing a video shoot today (Sun 3rd) for his next single Proud Of The BBC, and has extended an open invitation to people who wish to be in it ( Read more... )

Just back from seeing Mitch Benn and the Distractions. Fourth time I've seen him, second time with the full band. Got there a bit late owing to leaving my wallet in my work trousers and having to double back, and therefore missed a couple of numbers at the beginning. Doubly frustrating since I'd dragged my friend Dave along to the show, who isn't ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday lonecatTo celebrate this event, we met up in Camden for a meal at Wagamama, followed by an evening at a comedy club next door, headlined by Mitch Benn ( Read more... )