The Prayerbabies

Final Encore! Pbabes@Lomond this Frydy

Written on January 18, 2012   By   in gigs

Too many folks missed out on tix for our End is NYE gig (which was too much fun!), so to make amends we’re doin one last (awwyeah…*) Melb gig, which would hafta be at the Lo-ie, eh?

Hope 2 c u there froidee 9:30ish, oquidouqui?

xxxe’en

*naw troolyrooly

The End is NYE-ly here & clarified

Written on December 16, 2011   By   in gigs

Malcolm X would be most disappointed as we are totes sell-outs at FitzBowl on NYE – biiiiig ta to all for performing the arcane rituals involved in bringing it about – cupla final clarifications* amid the welter of blether.

– the bowling club is fully licenced, so NO byo booze, sori…

– we will have the BBQs available for you to cook on all night, so bring some ‘second wind’ snags if you will…

& if anyone has to cancel plee-e-ese let us know for a refund; your tix will not go to waste as there’s quite a few who missed out that we just can’t help them otherwise, as we’ve hit capacity…

erm… think that’s all – happy happy, hope 2 c u in a cupla weex & remember pudding poisoning is a silent(night) killer. xxxe’en

* I remember sendin out an email wa-a-a-y back, erroneously suggesting Nick had left the band ( & half a sandwich) when he couldn’t do a gig – amid the caterwauling & laments Nick demanded clarification, which, remorsefully, I duly sent out: ‘Clarification – It’s the milk solids in butter that cause it to brown and burn. Remove them and you’ve got clear, golden oil. To clarify butter, melt it in a small saucepan over very low heat. Let stand, off the heat, until the white milk solids sink to the bottom of the melted butter. Carefully pour off the liquid butter and strain through damp cheesecloth…’ For some reason this did not clarify things. Not even with the cheesecloth & all. This was said to indicate I have no real grasp on what I’m doing in cpyderbase – it’s true – i’m just wobbling on my swiss ball & amusing myself quietly hunting&pecking away in my room – you all know that right? I’m sure you do the same on occasion. That your emails were garnered ostensibly to keep you informed about Pbabes & F&T gigs is undeniable; as is the fact that only about 40% of the list have ever returned to a gig & maybe 20%, more than once in a blue moon… so thanx for not unsubscribing non-gigging readerers, whatever your real reasons (tho when anyone tried, I would generally plead & cajole them back on ‘…but *why-y-y*!?’) & thanx for responding over these 12ish years, to those many who did – you’re a droll bunch. If it’s alright, I may spam you with a few non-gig adventures from this**** ‘n’at***** (five star abbreviation!!) xe

****see attmt1 *****see attmt2

Evie Part IV

Written on December 14, 2011   By   in gigs

It is a with great pleasure that we announce the culmination – THIS SATDYNYT @The PALAIS HEPBURN & then PENNY BLACK BRUNS SUNDY 5-7 – of a task The PRAYERBABIES were honoured to be chosen to fulfill: the realisation of Evie Pt IV.

Having triumphed in a rigorous selection process chaired by the original songwriters, those reminders that the Japanese culture of cuteness has its origins in China, and paragons of Twee Psychoanalytic Gestetner therapy (TPG), Panda & Jung (fnar!), P-babes unveil their efforts this weekend.

Teaser: she didn’t die, but later endured a pioneering, partially-successful face transplant procedure after a tragic accident. Evie went on to become the poster girl for hair-net safety. The kid is in IT and denial.

xxxe’en

Fa la la la la la la la la

Written on December 8, 2011   By   in gigs

….. which translates from the French as “4th musical note the the the the the the the the the” to which I continue PRAYERBABIES @ THE UNION BRUNSWICK IS THIS SATDY 9-11PM – a much more accurate & pertinent translation of the original as we wil be doing all songs in the key of Fa.

xxx e’en

PS if you missed out on NYE tix you can lambast us at the Palais Hepburn Sat 17 or Penny Black Brunswick Sunday 18th. Yikes!

Congress is a Vegetable–PBs@OnionSatnyt

Written on November 25, 2011   By   in gigs

Congress is a Vegetable–PBs@OnionSatnyt

The US Congress has recently declared that pizza is in fact a vegetable. To you cynics who suggest this is merely a tawdry way around healthy-eating standards in schools – that they are dominated by Domino’s & in Senator John McCain’s thrall – the Legislators point to the fact that there are up to three tablespoons of health-giving veggie tomato paste on each pie. I point to the fact that the tomato is NOT a vegetable. It’s a mineral. & one of the world’s richest deposits of them is found Tasmania. Right beside Baconsfield. South of Lettuceston. So I say l get behind this! Shipping chunks of our country overseas is what our economy; nay NATION, is based on – let’s get chunkier – & let them provide The Base*! *Onions*, however, *are* vegetables which our fully-functioning parliament knows *should* be properly spelt *union* & their will be done, as it *is*in Hansard. For more revealing layer-peeling, see you at the UNION Hotel, UNION St BRONSWICK 9 – 11pm THIS SATDY

xxxe’en

* what’s that in Arabic again?

The End is NYE-r

Written on November 18, 2011   By   in gigs

*Huzzah!* *Pbabes Vs F&T New Years Eve odyssey at the fabulous * *& fully-licensed*

*- Fitzroy Bowls Club** *-*

We take over at *7pm*, so as hoped, there will be an early fambuly-friendly start right then with 2 lanes of barefootbowls & 2 gas BBQs to facilitate your various proteins & salads & a P-babies set at – oo… 8ish?

From then on it’ll get a li’l – how shall I say – organic… Rest assured tho; there’ll be plenny o’ Contrary’n’Western + beaucoups befezzed Grounge avec two sets apiece & a midnight melee

Whoopsie! Capacity is 200 max & we’ve got less than 100 left…

Tix are $20+booknfee (kids under 12 free) but *PRESALE ONLY*

via this magic link: http://www.trybooking.com/17146 then you print out your very own commemorative ticket

so git in soonly for that (centre) justified feelin!

xxxe’en

***578 Brunswick St Fitzroy North

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& for those *still* reading (bless) watch out for ill-advised Prayeraoke @the aftaparty!

from7pm

Written on November 15, 2011   By   in gigs

The Prayerbabies will be appearing at a benefit gig for the Greens ‘Greenstock’ at Yah Yah’s, 99 Smith Street, Fitzroy, Sunday 20 November from 7pm.

Tickets are $15 for three bands – that’s $5 per band! Amazing value!

Details attached. Hope to see you down there.

The Location of the end is NYE

Written on November 2, 2011   By   in gigs

Update! We have Fitzroy Bowling Club for NYE. That has a capacity of about 200. We have to fill it up tho. If you would like a pre-sale ticket let me know. $20 ($10 concession) kids free! Please send somethin to your mates to encourage them to come along to the show and book early. We hope it will sell out. Send me the details of what tickets you want and I’ll let you know where to send the $$$.

Thanks gang. Love yez all.

*THE END IS NYE* It’s only 60-odd shopping days til Christmas (when you won’t be able to shop for a whole day! Cept at the Heathen’s, blessem), then suddenly it’s New Years Eve! This is a special NYE for me as I’m goin orf travelling for the year in Feb & won’t be back til the Mayans say it’s all over.* So. It could also be the end of Prayerbabies & Fire&Theft, but not before a special long last combined gig on Dec 31. We usually manage to get a priddy lucrative gig to see us thru the lean January which is in turn, usually b-o-o-o-or-ing & lonesome as gigs go. Like last years cruise-ship-run-aground-on-a-golf-course – great money, but $ inversely proportionate to fun; why is that?

Upshot is, we wanna be with our friends this time: the bands are in, centralish venue TBA. We’ll hafta have a door price (see aforementioned leanness) but we hope to have a family-friendly early start & go on to an independent-idiotic hour .

– mark it in – we’d love 2 c u one last tym…

– tix will b $20 or $10 if you’re broker than us.

– so we get a feel for numbers rsvpasapok?

xxx e’en

* * *tho i’ve never read a direct translation from the original Mayanaise

The End is NYE

Written on October 27, 2011   By   in gigs

It’s only 60-odd shopping days til Christmas (when you won’t be able to shop for a whole day! Cept at the Heathen’s, blessem), then suddenly it’s New Years Eve! This is a special NYE for me as I’m goin orf travelling for the year in Feb & won’t be back til the Mayans say it’s all over.* So. It could also be the end of Prayerbabies & Fire&Theft, but not before a special long last combined gig on Dec 31. We usually manage to get a priddy lucrative gig to see us thru the lean January which is in turn, usually b-o-o-o-or-ing & lonesome as gigs go. Like last years cruise-ship-run-aground-on-a-golf-course – great money, but $ inversely proportionate to fun; why is that?

Upshot is, we wanna be with our friends this time: the bands are in, centralish venue TBA. We’ll hafta have a door price (see aforementioned leanness) but we hope to have a family-friendly early start & go on to an independent-idiotic hour .

– mark it in – we’d love 2 c u one last tym…

– tix will b $20 or $10 if you’re broker than us.

– so we get a feel for numbers rsvpasapok?

xxx e’en

* * *tho i’ve never read a direct translation from the original Mayanaise