On the radio...

Moke will be on the radio, on Wednesday 4th June 7.00 - 10.00pm GMT. That's the time in London, England for you non-UK based Moke afficianados. The show is Ally Lee's Rock Show and Moke will be the featured artist that evening. The radio staion is www.lionheartradio.com - you can access them here.

Rock on...

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Sonic fun...

I've just got me one of these. Such fun, though it's keeping me from working on the website, something I should really be doing.

In light of this, I should draw your attention to the comments feature at the end of this blog, which can be used to submit encouraging, supportive and motivational messages. Go Alex...GO! And if there are enough of these, you'll find me sprinting, Rocky Balboa-style, to the top of the Moke Youtube steps with a special musical treat.

Also, some news...I think there's going to be a Moke special on the radio in the next week. And coz it's on the internet, EVERYONE will be able to listen. I've just been recording idents for the show, something I haven't done in six years. An ident is when you say "Hi, this is Alex from Moke, and you're listening to (insert DJ's name here) on KLCX 108.6...the home of ROCK!"...or something like that. It used to be a task left primarily to John Hogg and myself, and not because Sean and Johnny weren't welcome to do it, but because we would actively seek out the opportunity to do so. Why? Within minutes we'd be reduced to fits of side-splitting laughter, tears rolling down our faces, barely able to breathe, whilst the increasingly frustrated DJ looked on.

I was going to post some outakes from John and myself, but then I stumbled upon a couple of pros. I think they best demonstrate why recording idents can be fun.

Which reminds me, I should call John and get him over to record some right now. And maybe have some wine.

Back soon...

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p.s - for interested parties, Memory Man stuff here!

Celebrity fan No. 2...

We kicked Keanu's arse. How? Well...

Moke were the first band signed to our American record company. Dogstar, Keanu Reeve's band, were the second. The label thought it would be a good idea to send us out on tour together. This made a great deal of sense, particularly seeing as we were both about to release debut albums and The Matrix was doing rather well at the box office.

Being naturally inquisitive souls, we wondered if when backed into a tricky situation, Keanu would put his Matrix style moves into practice. Following a few weeks weaving our way across America, opportunity came a-knocking in a hotel swimming pool one evening.

Now it turns out, when faced with a bit of tasty Saaaaf Laaaaaaaaaaandan action, fancy kung-fu is about as useful as a chocolate teapot. Yes - we did split his head open, but as it was all in the name of fun, nobody thought anymore of it.

Our label, however, were shitting themselves. Apparently, damaging the face of one of Warner Bros' biggest movie stars is NOT a good move. Fortunately, Keanu is a very nice man and the threat of lawsuits quickly subsided. Tell you what though - if our paths cross again, one almighty big can of Whoopass will be opened Reeves, make no mistake about that!

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Celebrity fan No. 1...

Someone's just called me to let me know that they've just seen English novelist, reviewer and columnist Will Self lighting a roll up with a Moke cigarette lighter (soon to be available from our forthcoming, high quality, internet-based retail outlet).

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