Itโs going to be all strawberries and cheese baps in pith helmets swinging in trouserland bedlam, with chap-hop shenanigans galore at the Barge on Honeystreet when Brightonโs whimsical rapper Professor Elemental arrives at the legendary mooring, campsite, and crop circle centre of the world, on Friday 2nd August; expect unpretentious hip hop, expect silly costumes, expect nonsensical rhymesโฆ.
Ah, we love that bobby-dazzler, whoโs colourful suits alone are worth the ticket price. But alongside his crazy capers arrives a new one on me, the chic Madam Misfit, who could only be described as the dame of UK comedy hip hop, a mesh of retrospective gamer, burlesque beauty and jazz queen of any hullabaloo. If chap hop is a thing, so too must there be, erm, flap hop, is it, maybe, I dunno?!
The pair are joined by Calneโs heavy comical heathens, The Real Cheesemakers. Obsessed with Swindonโs magic roundabout, tortoises and skulls of doom, theyโre a man down so will be scattering acoustic vibes into their loud and proud chants. Look, the comic poster is inciting enough to make Jack Kirby quiver; need I waffle on, darlings?ย
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Iโve been waffling on the subject of comical music of recent, reviewing release from Monkey Bizzle, Death of Guitar Pop, Mr B, and Scott Lavene, but hereโs an evening not to be missed for your dancing shoes and funny bone alike.
Professor Elemental
Lord of whimsy himself, Brightonโs steampunk chap-hop artist Professor Elemental, whoโs been in a friendly feud with the very same Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer, goes head-to-head with Calneโs nonsensical Real Cheesemakers, and the ref will be Chippenhamโs own legend and Edinburgh Festival favourite Wil Hodgson in a night not to be missed or dissed.
The Real Cheesemakers
One randomly selected lyric of Professor Elemental might whet your appetite, โthis oneโs for the crusty festivals and shows, where a fan tries to hug me and I get a dreadlock up my nose,โ and honey, heโs got rhymes you havenโt heard yet. Expect hilarity at the Old Town Tavern on 16th October, demand trousers, horses and dinosaurs, tickets are eight quid, a brown one on the door. Facebook yo bad self, tell ’em you want in.
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