Yes my hard rockin amigos! Pipelines are being laid like long, hollow eggs from the LITTLE TROPHY orifice of enthusiasm.

The first ripe nugget to be found in this most stenching of pipelines is a rare festival appearance by the fortuitous foursome.

NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS… ...

but alas, we have some news for you. Those attending the imminent gig at THE WINDMILL will see an even littler version of LITTLE TROPHY than they have ever seen before. It is with a heavy heart that we announce the loss of young EMILY SANDS on guitar. The very prettiest axe swinger since that one out of THE BANGLES.
 
Many of you will now mourn and wail on into the night as we have done, scratching your eyes until tears of blood blind you and sobbing until your lungs ache as if filled with poison.
 
Where she has gone we cannot tell you for we do not know. Perhaps she wandered too far down the overgrown garden at night time and stumbled of the cliff face into the roaring sea. Perhaps LITTLE TROPHY's recent activity in the big city has opened her eyes to the possibilities of life outside our grubby little house. As I say – we do not know and probably will never know. Where ever you are Emily, we miss you, in every sense. We hope that you are safe and happy – we want you to know that we are not.
 
In the kitchen there is a cupboard stacked full to the brim with cans of Petite Pois. Henceforth, It will remain untouched in memory of our Emily.
 
x

MULTI-TASKIN’ MULTI-TASKIN’ - “SPADES AND SHOES?” I HEAR YOU ASKIN’

All of which nonsensical wordplay leads us to a very serious talking point:

Whilst being mindful of LITTLE TROPHY’s Friday night extravaganza at THE BULL AND GATE (Fri 28th Mar – see the “Gigs” page for details) you guys and gals must simultaneously focus your psychic strength on yet another special date for your diaries

The date we speak of is none other than that old friend SATURDAY 5TH OF APRIL.  

On this day the residents of Brighton-Super-Mare will be treated to a live music spectacle featuring the LT gang. Basically, in layman’s terms –

LITTLE TROPHY PLAY AT THE PRINCE ALBERT PUB, BRIGHTON, ON SATURDAY EVENING THE 5TH OF APRIL SOMETIME IN THE EVENING TIME OF THAT DAY (i.e. 5th April)!!!

The guys will be playing with LEONARD AND BUBBA’S DELICIOUS GOO-GOO CLUSTER – a stinking band of incestuous, deep southern fried inbreeds. Expect to squeal like a piggy, expect sister fiddling and virtuoso gargling solos. Expect stained long johns all over the place man!

See LEONARD AND BUBBA’S Myspace page here.

Precise stage times and entry fee are not know at this point in time, I mean, these things take a lot of thinkin’ about mate. Sit patiently grasping your boner (or boobies) and the answers will find their way to your brains soon enough (probably through some kind of Pagan/Wiccan Majik or something like that.)

ALL IS NOT LOST!!!

Injected with a new lust for life following their close encounter with deaths icy touch, the TROPHY gang are ready to rock n’ roll just like they’re ringin’ a bells!!! A NEW DATE FOR YOUR DIARY:

LITTLE TROPHY AT THE BULL & GATE, KENTISH TOWN, FRIDAY 28th MARCH.

The guys will play with FOUNDLINGS and special pal HAYESTACK to whom a debt of gratitude they own.

Get them the gig did he. Learned much have LT from HAYESTACK’s humble and selfless act.

HAYESTACK’s eccentric new wave on a budget, one man + backing track extravaganza will go down well with fans of Cardiacs, XTC and Blur. He’ll also have some pretty visuals courtesy of a mysterious figure behind a slide projector.

Look at HAYESTACK’s MySpace page here. Also playing will be FOUNDLINGS whose Dutch pop, Progressive, Emotronic choonz can be heard here.

We’ll get back to you with more details nearer the time. One thing’s for certain. It’ll be cheaper to get in with a flyer. Print one off here.

LITTLE TROPHY ON BBC RADIO 6!!!

The band’s little song called “POTTY STUMBLE” (written about embarrassing messy incidents) was played on BBC RADIO 6 the other day in the “INTRODUCING” show, hosted by Tom Robinson.

The band were enormously proud and being the kind to put all their eggs in one basket, are presuming that fame and stardom are only just around the corner.

The Rt. Rev. Jennifer Husband (a.k.a Nick – the singer of the band) has taken out a huge loan and bought himself a sparkling new electric guitar. Emily was furious and started calling it “The Stink Stick”. She got so upset that she started vomiting into a plastic bag. Munch also did a wee in the drivers boot. No one else cared what anyone had to say on the matter.

FRIDAY GIG CANCELLATION SHOCKER!!!

Mad monks and demented perverts have formed a cabal and cast a malicious incantation on LITTLE TROPHY, striking them down with hideous ailments and horrifying mutations. Sadly this has forced them to cancel their set at the gig at THE ENGINE ROOM this Friday (1st).

This is not the first time that dark forces have conspired to mess things up for the feverish five. All we can do is offer our sincerest apologies to those whom we have let down.

With another band on the bill being struck down by a similar work of evil, the line up now consists of TANKUS THE HENGE and BIRDEATSBABY with a third band soon to step into the breach.

The chromium carousels, tea and turbulence of TANKUS THE HENGE and the dark cabaret of BIRDEATSBABY are delights to rejoice in. Please come along and join the battered and ailing members of LITTLE TROPHY in supporting these  titillating troubadours.

The powers of the underworld may stop LT from playing but they cannot deafen their ears to the glorious sounds that will banish darkness to its grotty enclave.

THE TROPHY play a live performance on FEB 1st – which is a Friday night. This will be at THE ENGINE ROOM in Brighton

.LITTLE TROPHY head up the bill. TANKUS THE HENGE (Street urchin purveyors of bohemian rags, ballads and polkas) will play before that and SEEKER (smooth jazz funk with a huge dash of soul) will open the whole thing.

The doors open at 7:30 and entry costs you 4 quid mate.

LIL T IN CHEAP TICKET SHOCKER!!!

Yes my mutha luvin’ amigos – the brains behind this whole thing have decreed that 20 tickets will be sold for the astonishing price of a single English squid! YES! THAT’S £1 – ONE POUND STERLING – GBP 1 – ETC. ETC.

What must a man do to get one of these? Simple, send an email to nhowiantz@hotmail.co.uk, or send a message through Myspace -  www.myspace.com/littletrophy

GET ‘EM WHILE YOU CAN! – THEY WON’T STICK AROUND FOR LONG AT THIS CRAZY PRICE!!!

"This CD in it's little black cover doesn't add the visual treat of the band themselves, but rest assured the Brighton band look just as delightfully eccentric as their music sounds - a youthful collection of characters out of a Tim Burton movie, fronted by Russell Brand's (better looking) mini-me. 'Potty Stumble' does just that, for the first few bars - it's a whole family of distracted children, lurching first, then running away with a bright and breezy smile of a tune.

The three little songs on this demo pack a lot into each two-and-a-half minutes: 'Slow March And A Half Step' sandwiches nursery-school singsong between miniature thrash-outs. So many changes and contrasts it feels like munching through a box of posh chocolates without looking at the flavour guide. All bite-sized intensity. There isn't a moment of hesitation or uncertainty - they go for it with their heads held high, the hyperactive ska of 'Mischief On The Firestep' slipping right into one of their gliding breezy pop breaks, then back into one of their stomping tantrums. Special mention must be made of the glorious keyboards that shine and soar through the arrangements - lovely analogue (sounding) leads with the guitar, a rare element indeed."

visit the Organ website now!

WILLKOMMEN IN 2008!

Je vous presente la opportunity to come and watch LITTLE TROPHY play live “dans la stage”!!!

The nefarious plotters over at ORGAN, who are now as old pals to the LT gang, are ORGANising (titter! - Ed) a get together at THE METRO on Oxford Street in the decaying centre of stencing London town.

THE DATE WILL BE 17th JANUARY 2008.

THE TROPHY will once again be joining the awesome IMPERIAL LEISURE at this potentially life changing evening of song and dance. How can you pass up on such an opportunity?

But don’t take our word for it –

“Imperial leisure and The Troph together on one bill! Time to break out my finest kilt!” – Geoff Capes, renowned athlete, strong man and award winning breeder of budgerigars.

“Cor! What a line up! I’ll be cracking one off to the mind bending sounds all night man!” – Cap’n Birdseye, fake beard wearing, fish finger purveying botherer of children.

“I’d come along and jam but I can’t find my bass and my Jag’s in for its MOT.” – Sting of The Police and Sting fame.

It’s likely that a third band will be playing. More details as they come in…

PLEASE SEE THE “GIGS” PAGE FOR DETAILS.

C'EST LA FIN DE LA YEAR 2007

Yes sir, it's the end of yet another porkin' corkin' 365 days for LITTLE TROPHY. The guys have seen highs, lows, a handful of mediums, bloodshed, sounds of joy and tears of laughter (which was all they needed to lift their hearts).

They've travelled all the way to the forgotten regions of the west country only to be turned back by boarder guards, they set a record as the first band of teeny little minstrels to play to an audience of minus one, they've drunk volumes of tea that are quite frankly grotesque and as a result they've stopped more times for a wee than is possible to count on all fingers and toes of the whole band!

"CHEERS THEN!"
 
A massive "cheers then!" goes out to all those who came to the last two "gigs" of the year - your support and encouragement is greatly appreciated. "Cheers then!" also to ORGAN for having us at the Notting Hill Arts Club and for being pretty bloody nice to us in several ways. Don't forget to go on their website (and Myspace) for up-to-the-minute developments in a world choc-a-block with exciting musical curiosities (like the soundtrack to the wildest of your rather unsavoury dreams).

http://www.organart.demon.co.uk/

FINAL GOODBYE!

As a final goodbye to our year of the lord 2007 and the associated turmoil it has brought to so many innocent souls.

It will be at THE FREEBUTT in Brighton on 22nd November and LITTLE TROPHY will be supporting MY FEDERATION.

As above, further details will be beamed to you by our telepathic comms expert nearer the time, via the "gigs" page.
 

HOW LONG IS YOUR ORGAN?

For LITTLE TROPHY the answer is simply “All weekend”. Read on my befuddled friends…

Yes – LITTLE TROPHY have decided that they simply must take part in the ORGAN long weekend of “gigs” and other such wacky entertainment.

This is ORGAN @ RoTa in association with ORGAN zine and the Rough Trade shop.

LITTLE TROPHY have gone to unimaginable lengths to see that they play second on a bill of 3 bands. The headlining slot will be filled by a surprise appearance from IMPERIAL LEISURE (that’s actually a secret so don’t let the bloody cat out).

This all takes place at The Nottinghill Arts Centre and it’s FREE FREE FREE!!!

Doors are at 4:00, the first band (tbc) will start playing their songs at 4:30. LITTLE TROPHY will then tread on the boards at 5:15. IMPERIAL LEISURE will finish of what the other bands have started at about 6:00. ORGAN DJs will be on duty throughout. Sounds grand don’t it? See the “GIGS” page for toute les information mon amis.

nb: I strongly recommend you eat a substantial dinner before attending this event which will undoubtedly be physical draining yet emotionally uplifting. Plenty of carbs and fresh vegetables are the order of the day here. 

 
The second of these two live performances will serve as a final goodbye to our year of the lord 2007 and the associated turmoil it has brought to so many innocent souls. It will be at THE FREEBUTT in Brighton on 22nd November and LITTLE TROPHY will be supporting MY FEDERATION. As above, further details will be beamed to you by our telepathic comms expert nearer the time.
 

FORTHCOMING EXCITEMENT!!! FORTHCOMING EXCITEMENT!!! FORTHCOMING EXCREMENT!!!

LITTLE TROPHY SUPPORT POPULAR WORKSHOP

@ THE PRESSURE POINT, IN BRIGHTON ON SUNDAY 21st OCTOBER.

25 CHEAP TICKETS for this event are safe in our hands.

Please let us know if you would like one reserved and we will get it to you before the gig. The price is £3, a MASSIVE saving of one whole English squid over the normal price of four whole English squids.

JOIN LITTLE TROPHY IN CELEBRATION !!!

In celebration of what? we hear you murmur...

Does the grass not cushion your steps?... and does the air not fill your lungs?!?

Granted that the grass is not as lush and plentiful as the grass that our ancestors walked... Granted the air does not taste as fresh and unsullied as it did centuries ago when our Neanderthal cousins ruled the land... But hey man, as Eddie Vedar said -

"I-I'M OOOH O-OH! I'M STILL ALIVE! YEAH-EAH-YEAH! I-I'M OOOH O-OH! I'M STILL ALIVE!"

And so are you so stop whinging and listen up mo fo's...

LITTLE TROPHY SUPPORT POPULAR WORKSHOP @ THE PRESSURE POINT, BRIGHTON ON SUNDAY 21st OCTOBER.

25 CHEAP TICKETS for this event are safe in our hands. Please let us know if you would like one reserved and we will get it to you before the gig. The price is £3, a MASSIVE saving of one whole English squid over the normal price of four whole English squids.

Please send an email from the contact page or via MySpace to reserve your ticket.

L’AUTRE NEWS…

It has been revealed that The Rt. Rev. Jennifer Husband (a.k.a Nick - the singer of the band) has recently changed a single string on his electronical guitar. He was also seen sauntering out of a local guitar boutique clutching a bag of goodies and with a self-satisfied look on his twisted mush. Strange flashing devices have been spotted at the feet of the delusional front man during recent live performances. An incoherent Husband was overheard babbling something about a “whole new era” for LITTLE TROPHY. When quizzed about his increasingly bizarre behaviour Husband insisted “Yeah man! It’s a whole new era for LITTLE TROPHY!” yesterday

It is with this terrifying truth in mind that LITTLE TROPHY have cast a gender altering incantation on their male members. Despite the loss of their little chaps, Nick, Munch and Malc are delighted that time has become their slave. Now, as a band of five teeny tiny feminine bastards, and with control over the space/time continuum, LITTLE TROPHY look forward to two special dates…

LITTLE TROPHY play THE DUBLIN CASTLE and BRIGHTON LIVE.

That is correct! (“and he is most displeased with your apparent lack of progress” - D. Vader, c 1983). PETITE TROPHY have been hunted down and forced by vile necromancers to play a live “gig” at THE DUBLIN CASTLE in Camden, London. Fearing for their very lives, the fidgeting five have had no choice but to do this thing.It probably happens on Thursday 20th September. The line up is:

THE OPERATION
BLACK LIGHT THEATER
THE LANES
LITTLE TROPHY

8:30 is when the guys will be playing. £6/£5 is the damage man.

LIL T will also be playing at THE HOPE on Queens Road in Brighton for the BRIGHTON LIVE festival of live music in Brighton on Queens Road.

This whole thing will take place on Tuesday 25th September. L.T. will be joining (with gushing pride) SHRAG and MEDICINE & DUTY on this day.

Tickets will cost you the astonishing price of ZERO POUNDS!!! Yes my Droogs and brothers! This is a FREE “gig”. No wonga need come out of your wallet/purse save to cross the palm of some busty bar wench in exchange for a goblet of mead or a flagon of ale! THE TROPH play second, at about 9.15

LITTLE TROPHY HEADLINE "ROCK BRIGHTON" WED 5TH SEPTEMBER @ THE PRESSURE POINT.

Also playing will be JERK THE RAT, THE DALSARNS and A MAN DOWN.

For those of you a little light in the pocket there is the opportunity to get in through the doors of the venue for HALF PRICE!

Yes - the normal entry price is £4 - but if you contact us by email or through Myspace you can bag a special advance ticket for only £2!!! (granted that this sum could buy you a hefty clutch of 20 Chomp bars - but for heavens sake do you think that they'll dance and sing for you as LITTLE TROPHY will?! - exactly!) There are only 20 of these special tickets so hurry man.

The doors open at 8:00 - LITTLE TROPHY tread on the boards at 10:30.

Please see the "Gigs" Page for details of this and other gigs in September.

At the request of Sir Dave Bowie (he of the grey legging bulge and dual eye colour) –
the following changes have been made to LITTLE TROPHY’S upcoming PRESSURE POINT gig.

LITTLE TROPHY WILL NOW BE PLAYING FIRST AT 8:40pm

This was unavoidable man. Evil wizards and malevolent warp entities have conspired to mess things up for the furious five. But they don’t really mind at all really, no sir they do not. Turn up early dudes – don’t miss the show – Bowie would be most displeased.

FESTIVAL! FESTIVAL! LIL TROPHY! LIL TROPHY! YAY!

THE WEST COUNTRY IS ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC!

Never be so foolish as to forget that THE TROPHY will be headlining the “SOUNDSTORM” stage at SOUND MUSIC FESTIVAL in Wimbourne, Dorset.

As usual, please see the “Gigs” page for tout les details mon amis.

Also go to SOUND FESTIVAL’S website to book tickets and get more information about what it all about and stuff and when it is and also where it is and how to get there and who else is playin’ like and all the kind of info you might need and such. www.soundfestival.org.uk

...almost two times the pleasure and certainly a lot more fun!
(Unfortunately it also means a lot more “donkey work” e.g. moving around cumbersome drum kits and amplifiers - not to mention the expense of new guitar strings, a new drum stick and most likely new underpants for the more overzealous of the performers. But hey man – who am I to complain – at least I still have my health and a modicum of self-respect. With that in mind…

Under Pressure..

So said the late Frederick Mercury, moustachioed megastar, legendary purveyor of countless a belting rock anthem.

SOUND OFF LIKE YA GOT A PAIR!!!

A familiar command to those of us unlucky enough to remember our time in “Nam”.

It is with the terrifying echo of chattering AK47s and exploding “Willie Pete’s” that Little Trophy travel down to the blissful meadows of the west of England.

SOUND FESTIVAL in Dorset will be welcoming Little Trophy as Headliners on their Soundstorm stage on Saturday 21st July. The festival happens in the beautiful grounds of Kingston Lacy House, Wimborne, Dorset. The gates open at 10:00am and the whole thing winds up at 11:00 in the pm. Little Trophy tread on the boards at 9:00pm. They are destined to play for a full 45 minutes

The festival benefits from the presence of a bar and a hot food which will be open all day serving drinks and hot food respectively. Rejoice in the fact that none shall go hungry and that all will have the opportunity to don “The Beer Goggles” on this most special of occasions. Go to SOUND FESTIVAL’S website at www.soundfestival.org.uk

In Other News… You need no further news you greedy toads

Being a cavelier kind of a bunch, Little Trophy have recklessly decided to play two “gigs” in one “weekend”!!!

The first will be on Fri 1st June at The Greenhouse Effect in Hove with Pog and ASBO Derek. The second will be at The Engine Room on Sun 3rd June with Silicone Vultures and The Phil Collins Three.

When quizzed about this daredevil move, Young Emily on guitars was heard to comment - “Ahh fuck it – might as well.” - thus cementing Little Trophy’s reputation as one of the harder bands in the south east.

Find out tout les details on the “Gigs” page or on Little Trophy’s Myspace: www.myspace.com/littletrophy

…in honour of a dear friend who is soon to return to his glistening homelands. He will bring with him a lightness of heart and a lust for life that has been sorely missed in his absence.

My Lords and Ladies – pray silence for an original work by Mr. J. L. Howiantz:

Q: Why did the wizard go up the hill?

A: Because he had a tummy ache

circa 1986

"All right, let's bite the bullet here right at the start: Little Trophy are very influenced by those Cardiacs. This only gets in the way if you actually know Cardiacs' back catalogue pretty well (and quite justly feel they are the finest band on the face of the planet). Tonight, seeing as nobody in the room aside from us Organ crew and the band themselves have even heard of Cardiacs (let alone digested any of their incomparable and now very hard to find albums) Little Trophy are proving a revelatory experience.

So said Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, Mr Frank Sinatra. (although he was by no means the first artist to perform OR record the pop standard which was written in 1954 by Bart Howard).

For this reason and this reason only, Little Trophy have found it truly irresistable to travel up to stenching London town to play a selection of “pop standards” in a live “gig” style experience at THE FLY venue on New Oxford Street. Dark forces have toiled night and day to ensure that this event happens on the mystical evening of Sunday Evening, 13th May.

Hearts Underfire are the band who are headlining this whole thing. The Smears will also be singing their songs too. Little Trophy play in between these two “acts” that I‘ve already just mentioned earlier on.

To get tickets for the night you can go to THE FLY’S website, find this “gig” on the listings and click “Buy Tickets”. Here’s a link man…

http://www.barflyclub.com/theflylondon/whatson/listings/full.aspx

You can also call the ticket line on: 0870 907 0999.

DOORS: 8:00 LITTLE TROPHY PLAY AT: 9:00

A dastardly trick question if I ever heard one. Clearly designed to catch a person off guard and make a mockery of them in front of their peers. Money as we all know comes in many colours, not just “green” as the song suggests. Add to this the possibility of “red” being the metaphorical colour of money and you’ve opened up a minefield of pretentious debate which is quite frankly a waste of all our time.

The next time someone tries this one on you, I recommend you turn and walk away with a little smirk on your face. Later on you should plan some sort of practical joke on the person to take them down a peg or two. Perhaps pick some of the stitching out of their clothes, hide small bits of raw meat in the seams and then sew the hole back up again. Watch how their smuggery turns to despair over the following days and weeks as they become plagued by clouds of flies and their hair crawls with festering maggots.

Massed apologies to the people that were let down by the cancellation of the gig at the rhythm factory last Tuesday. This cancellation was the result of a malfunction at the factory in which a rogue minim escaped from its 4/4 bar and began terrorising the little crotchets and quavers in the crèche. Little Trophy were called in like some kind of “Ghostbusters” of the musical world. They strapped on their nuclear powered instruments and bombarded the rampaging note with a composition so aggressive and rhythmically complex that the minim fled back to the safety of its 4/4 bar, and so the day was saved. Of course this left the factory in no fit state for a live gig experience and so all the bands were ordered to go home to their respective houses or flats.

Please now be mindful of yet another opportunity to see five teeny weeny little shitbags trying to play a song on the stage at The Albert in Brighton. That’s on Thursday the 19th April . See the gigs page please………..

Who could argue with that? This is why I suggest that you visit the following internet page and add yourself as a FAN of Little Trophy.

www.studentbands.co.uk

To even consider not doing this would be to provoke malicious gossip about the size of your chap, your “handyness” in a brawl and your ability to open jars of pickled onions for a peckish lady.

A small plastic bell on a string (as used to decorate Xmas trees and so forth) will make an ideal “cowbell” style device for moles and other rodents of a similar size.

The collective noun for a group of moles is “a business”.

A skin head once said this to me late one night at a young persons “party” as he dug into a gigantic bowl full of mashed potato – probably flavoured with mustard or spring onion. I also remember that he was particularly talented in the field of “heavy metal” guitar playing – a real shred-master.

Little Trophy have been belly laughing about a few things recently. This is because if you don’t laugh you may every well weep – we all know that – just try to take things with a pinch of salt pal.

Don’t forget Little Trophy’s “gig” at The Rhythm Factory on Tuesday 13th March – s’gonna be a stonker. Check out the Gigs page for real-life details you mo fo shi.

Little Trophy specifically wanted to thank the radical dancing boys who quite clearly had worn their very best dancing socks that night. Silly Malcom Rees (the drummer of the band) was overheard yesterday saying “Oww! I really want to thank those radical dancing boys! They’d clearly worn their best dancing socks tonight!”

Little Trophy will be gathering up their instruments and amplifiers and taking them to the live stage at The Engine Room on Sunday 18th February. This suggest the possibility of an actual live “rock n’ roll” style “gig”.

Also attempting a similar move on exactly the same evening will be The Phil Collins Three (costume grind from the seaside), Down I Go (jazz metal with a portion of dinosaurs) and An Emergency (punk as an artform from exeter).

This line up could very well tear the top part of your head right actually off of your head and totally muddle up whatever is actually inside your head and then violently screw the top part back on again leaving you gibbering and stupid like some kind of Frankenstien’s monster – dopey eyed and with bolts all sticking out!

This starts at 7 O’clock and costs you £5 to get in.

Over 16s with ID my friends.

Hmmm – I suppose there’s always summer to look forward to. Yeah – and summer’s great if you live by the sea, and in case you don’t know – Little Trophy TOTALLY live by the sea!

For those of you that don’t live by the sea – UN-LLLLLLLLUCKY SON! You could always move here – it’s not that big a deal really is it? Is it

Cheese joke

Q. Knock knock!
A. Who’s there?
Q. It’s me - How does a diligent cheese monger handle sharp implements (e.g. cheese knifes and so forth.)
A. Caerphilly

Stereophonic reproductions of the Little Trophy experience!

The Trophies are nearly ready with their new record which has the songs “Slow March And Half Mast” and “Potty Stumble” on it. As soon as it’s all done we might just start selling them and all stuff like that. If you keep your blood-shot little eyes peeled you could be the first to own one of these astounding works of modern ………….. (insert your own word here please.)

Treading (on) the boards.

Playing like gigs can be very much like injecting narcotics into your eyeball – painful, but ultimately very satisfying. This is why Little Trophy have decided to play a certain amount of “gigs” throughout 2007. Go to the gigs page to find out toute les details mon amis.

Disclaimer: The previous passage of words included a tasteless joke – it was a cheap attempt at “on the edge” humour. I wanna make it clear that Little Trophy in NO WAY condone the injecting of hard drugs into the eyeballs – or any other part of your stenching bodies for that matter. Hey kids! Wise up! – DON’T DO DRUGS! D’you think Geoff Capes ever “Blazes up” or “Chases the dragon” or “Digs” or “Smokes one off”? NO – exactly – and look how hard that big old fucker is – Yeah - DOUBLE HARD.

Geoff Capes fact: Capes is a well-known athlete and strong man. However, did you know that in recent years he has become an award winning breeder of Budgerigars. This is a pure truth – google it man.

Did you miss Little Trophy’s gig?

Little Trophy are charged with an exciting mission – to go boldly where no band of tiny little bastards have gone before. They will be taking their own special brand of X-mas joy to a recently discovered colony inhabiting a mysterious island just off the south coast of England. This astonishing new territory, dubbed “The Isle Of Wight” was revealed when a dense patch of fog that had been hanging around for years just upped and went like a fart in the wind.

Always ready to step into the role of “Ambassadors for pint sized rock n’ roll”, the band have accepted this offer. Through the medium of music we will take the first steps to forging a long and fruitful relationship with our long lost cousins. We will report back in the New Year. Expect to hear tales of high seas, gargantuan creatures of the deep and the mysterious customs of - “The Islanders”!!!

The “Gigs” page is but a mouse click away – go there to see all the details of this Isle Of Wight gig.

Bring us a giggy pudding!

In true festive spirit Little Trophy just can’t resist kick starting their yuletide season with an exciting “gig” at The Betsy Trotwood in Farringdon, London.

Ah London Town! – One can almost smell Bob Cratchet trudging home through the snow to a cold, quiet house – Tiny Tim nowhere to be seen. Just like old Ebenezer – you can change all this! If we search hard for the good will deep inside of us all, we can change future for the better – much like Dr Sam Beckett from Quantum Leap – although we wouldn’t have to rely on the guidance of Al and “Ziggy”, oh no, we can rely on each others support – and that’s what X-mas is all about!

I suggest a good start to you new regime of “support for thy fellow man” is to go down to The Betsy Trotwood on Wed 13th Dec and just start watching Little Trophy play their gig – perhaps even saying words of encouragement, quite loudly and after every song.

See the Gigs page for more details.

“You spin me right round baby right round – like a record baby.”

A record that could be very much like the one Little Trophy have just done. After spending an enlightening few days participating in a “cosmic studio experience” the fumbling five have ended up with two new “tracks” – a couple of belters by all accounts – a real brace of beauties!

With the final mixing of the songs just days away the band are said to be really excited and can hardly wait to hear the finished product.
“I’m really excited! I can’t wait to hear the finished product!” – said Charley yesterday, whilst tinkling around on a little keyboard.

More news will be here on the front page when the record is all ready to go.

Amusing, light hearted cat-up-a-tree news item.

A little cat who was stuck up a tree yesterday was surprised to see a chortling Nick (of Little Trophy) lobbing stones up in its direction! After dodging a few poorly aimed shots the kitty took one full on in the whiskers and tumbled from the branch! Of course – being a cat it landed safely on its feet and started towards the cowardly singer, hissing and baring its teeth. Onlookers jeered and mocked the idiotic front man as he ran off into the distance, his trousers falling down around his ankles and his legs scratched to ribbons by the vengeful feline.

Only hope can keep me together……….

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FILMING - TV - GREAT TIMES……..

This is on Sunday 8th October. Headlining will be They Came From The Stars I Saw Them and also playing will beThe Guillotines. DJ Cherrystones is doing lots of DJing on the actual night aswell. 6 / 5 pounds is the price to pay but…….. Half price tickets for this whole event are available! Please send an email from the Contact page if you want to reserve one.

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FINALLY……

A big “Ahhhh, Bless!” for Malc from everyone please. He had to go into hospital the poor bleeder! He went and got a great big wooden stake stuck in his eye he did! He’s OK now – a nice lady’s been making him soup and giving him cuddles. Get well soon Malc.

Christian Slater (i.e. See you later)

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Little Trophy have arranged it so that they can play at one of the gigs. They are FREE gigs. FREE………….

They’ll play at The Pressure Point on Wednesday 27th of September.

8:30 – they’ll be on stage.
Emily’s got shiny new things.

Nick isn’t happy.

(There is a) NEW SONG ON MYSPACE!

Well OK – it’s not that new. Let me explain.

Little Trophy have been left alone in the house for a few weeks now. They were ok - they all know how to turn the telly on and Charley manages to keep them amused with the odd piano recital. They didn’t go hungry either – the place is now littered with empty cans of petit pois - it stinks – absolutely stinks!

Despite managing the basics of survival the feckless five have not one literary bone between them, that’s why I’m only telling you about the new song on Myspace now - not one of them has the power to put pen to paper. As soon as I got through the bloody door – “Yap! Yap! Yap! Our new song! Blah! Blah! Yap! Yap!” – like a pack of yapping little puppies they were – I feel like a kennel keeper.

So here I am to tell you about it. It’s called “Mischief On The Firestep” and it was recorded for a compilation by Buzz Buzz? Bang! (http://www.myspace.com/buzzbuzzbang) and now it’s on Little Trophy’s Myspace for the world to listen to. EVERYONE should say thank you to Hayestack coz he recorded the song in his wooden hut out in the sticks. “Thank you Hayestack” Have a look at his Myspaces too - http://www.myspace.com/nichaye and http://www.myspace.com/nikgillow

Little Trophy might be doing some more recording soon – I’ll make sure they tidy up first.

Yours,

Ken “Kenny” Kendal (The Kennel Keeper)

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Yes – I can confirm that a song has been recorded by Little Trophy in the past few weeks. “Mischief On The Firestep” was recorded especially for release on a forthcoming compilation from Buzz Buzz? Bang! who have been very lovely over the last few months – Please see their ace Myspace at www.myspace.com/buzzbuzzbang.

Little Trophy owe a debt of gratitude to Hayestack (www.myspace.com/nichaye) for his dedication, good humour and recording skills in the recording of “Mischief On The Firestep”. Thanks Hayestack.

Keep your eyes on this – The News Page – and on Buzz Buzz Bang’s Myspace for more details. Bye man.

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Just a quick one here -

To say a massive thank you to all those that made it to see Little Trophy at The Prince Albert on Friday. We felt the earth move man! We were truly grateful for the number of people - men AND women of varying ages - who seemed to just turn up and stand there, watching intently (and cheering and shouting and stuff too!)

Little Trophy at On The Rocks, Shoreditch. 6/6/06!!

Our favourite mini minstrels will be attempting to rock 7 shades of sock out of The Parlour at On the Rocks in Shoreditch (full address on GIGS page). The Cherry Bombers, Blah, Blah, Blah and Geffen3 will also playing to a potential crowd of malevolent virgin sacrificers and shrouded worshipers of the dark lord. Remember to bring your best inverted crucifix and goatskin leggings.

It costs £4 or £3 with a flyer. Get there by 8.30 to see Little Trophy playing a set of musical numbers entirely inspired by the shadow prince of the underworld.

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: To get to The Pressure Point and watch Little Trophy play a gig.
(This was the chicken’s final wish before he died of avian flu.)

LITTLE TROPHY WILL PLAY LIVE ON THE STAGE ON 17th MAY AT: “THE NIGHT BEFORE THE GREAT ESCAPE”

Do what you want really! Just do it quietly – I didn’t sleep very well last night and now someone’s poured the sugar and the salt into the same bowl.

guess who’s gonna have to separate them again – grain by grain by grain by grain.............