girl in hat doing kid dynamite covers

check this shit out

it is the greatest, whatever your favourite Kid Dynamite song is, she's almost certainly covered it. I came to mock, I stayed to cum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiHsCJG85RU

The worst thing about the marriage was the lies

"If the spirit moves ya, let me groove ya" Marvin Gaye

"We don't talk business at the table" Sunny Corleone

"Surely he was the son of God" Roman Centurion

The summer is nearly over, the carnival is leaving town and a cold east wind is blowing across the dunes. I truly wish that The Athens Polytechnic Band had something more to offer than this Necros video, but we don't. We promised you shows, we promised you recordings, we pretty much promised you a rose garden and yet here we stand, empty handed, unshaven, with someone else's lipstick on our collar...

...However, if hollow and meaningless words are your sort of thing I can exclusively reveal that AP will be playing at Grrrnd Zero in Lyon with the mighty No Age on the 22nd of October (with more European dates [perhaps] to be confirmed). Also, the start of that fated month beginning with 'O' will see the release of our debut 7" on Lost London Records. We're planning a show/launch party for it so make sure you get down to that and get ripped off by a cunning Entry+Vinyl offer. More to come.

Anyway, we're off to Offset for the coke and indie-bitches. In a while crocodiles!

Things

There's a new out-of-sync camera video of us doing 'Cameron Youth' (the single?) up on youtube, posted by some mysterious stranger who brings Athens Polytechnic to the children of the world and asks nothing in return. CHECK-IT-OUT-HERE-WHY-DON'T-YOU?

Also, here are some links to bands we played with the other night and some crazy mixed bill show who actually turned out to be really good. Merely select your preference, ecstasy pills or a night fiddling about with electronics in the shed, and enjoy. Unless of course you don't trust us.

Holiday Plans 2010

Yeah! The recording is done, ten tunes (including a Kraftwerk cover) of some seriously non-heinous punk rock and roll will be on its way to you as soon as Ski emerges from the spliff bunker with the masters (we left the last lot in a taxi somewhere in Greenwich Villiage).

We're also taking a little hiatus now to allow everyone a well deserved holiday. Ben is off to Devon as he's a firm believer in putting his money back into the economy at times like these. Tommy has a wedding to attend at one of Silvio Berlusconi's Villas in Tuscany and hopes to fit in a little cycling if he can. Zak is going back to Chester to try and make his peace with his estranged childhood sweetheart before the alcoholism finally shuts down her internal organs one by one. I am planning a little sojourn in rural Limosin, as true AP fans will know the French countryside is my biggest inspiration as a lyricist. And while I'm not sure of the exact dates I think Crocks is planning a bit of sex tourism in a failed west African state.

Until the next time a popular band pulls out at the last minute, adios!

tape name updates:

13 Pint Programme to Destroy America, Taste of Lewisham, Athens Polytechnic 4 - Wall St. 0, Momma Said No Hippy Shit, Flawed but Fabulous, Raoul Moat, Repeater (ad nauseam), A Retrospective, The Dance of Life, ALways Outnumbered Never Outfoxed...

if you like us, you wont after you hear this...

This may seem like a bullshit plug for our gig with them* (and maybe it is) but you well-bad-need to check The Electric Red Drive. They're playing a bunch of shows all over our fair city flogging their new EP and judging from the track (click the link) it's gonna be a belter.

*AP will be humbling supporting The Electric Red Drive at the Kings Cross Social Club on Saturday July 17th.

newz

Gig friday at 12 Bar, Denmark Street, London, We're on at 8.45. Our friends aren't coming so we can put YOU on the guestlist.

We're recording with our main man Ski on the tenth of july. We're hoping to get a good few tunes down and actually release it. Provisional title options inlcude 'Your Place Or Ours?', 'You Should Be Having A Blast!', 'Dookie', 'The Tape of Punk To Come', 'Live at the Catford Conservative Club', 'Kiss-tory: 90s Club Anthems', 'In Conversation With...' , 'Boston Beatdown Can Suck on This!' (more to come)...

You remember that interview we did with loud and quiet? (smooth), well those crazy cats at the L&Q HQ (smoother) have asked us to play the second stage they're hosting at Offset Festival this year. And we hope you agree that sounds well fun! THIS LINK WILL DIRECT YOU TO A WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN BUY A TICKET FOR THIS FESTIVAL AND SEE US PLAY THERE LIVE (smoothest).

over and out.