These live dates in London just up on 'The Dogbones' website:

The Dogbones GIGS!
tHe dOgBOnEs hAve tWO neW dAteS coNFiRmeD -25tH oCt : thE fLY aNd
29th OCt : hOXton bAr aND gRiLL ....

Also, for anyone who hasn't seen it, Nomi of 'The Dogbones' did an e-
mail interview thing for me last week. It goes like this:

-All of 'The Dogbones' are involved in other, better known acts. What
was the incentive to start a new band; and how does it impact on your
other projects?
the incentive was the demise of wendykurk and a mutual desire for
crispin and i to work together... we had no idea how we would work
together or what would happen... it was by happy coincidence that i
ended up in queenadreena. The dogbones has no affect on qa we make
sure of that...although juggling two bands can be tricky it's very do-
able


-The band seem to have a great sense of fun in their live show, with
lyrics that are very cynical of the music business. Are you really
that cynical, or are you just poking a bit of fun?

the lyrics you are referring to are crispins.. they are pokeing fun
but he really is that cynical too...actually i think he's just being
honest in a very tongue in cheek way,,,the man has had 20 years of
third degree industry burns the fact that he can write about that in
a fun way is pretty twisted but admirable...my hat's off to him
anyway...


-How do the songs come together? Do you write together in rehearsal,
or do you all bring individual songs in?

initially we write the songs seperately... i write mine and crispin
writes his we bring them to rehearsal and bambi and vince glue it
all together...rehearsals are so fucking expensive we don't really
have the time to jam songs out together we do arrange most of it
together tho.


-How did the 'double drummer' idea come about? Are you all
massive 'Adam and the Ants' and 'Gary Glitter' fans?

adam ant is cool...but i'm not sure if that was the inspiration ... i
can't remember how we came up with that idea.. it was just always the
intention...we wanted a primal band and having two drumers seemed
like a good way to achieve that kind of sound...


-I know that you were a fan of 'QueenAdreena' before you met Crispin
and joined the band. How does it feel actually being part of a band
that you followed as a fan?

fucking amazing. i can't really express how lucky i feel. the old
wendykurk guitarist and i used to go to as many qa gigs as we
possibly could every time they toured,,,we used to sleep in train
stations afterwards all over the country... i remember the first time
we seen them we were on acid and i remember thinking "i must know
these people"... it's like ...fuck...by what magic did this happen? i
must have been due some good karma. i get the feeling i will never
sleep in another train station for any band ever again.


-I know that there is a new 'QueenAdreena' album in progress. Do you
feel comfortable enough in the band now to contribute to the
songwriting progress?

the words comfortable and queenadreena shouldn't be anywhere near
eachother in a sentance.... i contribute what i feel it appropriate
to...katie and crispin have that pretty much covered...often there is
no call for contribution... i might pipe up in rehearsal about
arrainging live material but mostly i keep my head down follow the
root notes don't fuck with anything and do my job. i think thats the
best way for any QA bass player to approach it.


-How does being a member of 'The Dogbones' differ from being a member
of 'QueenAdreena'?

it's very different...QA is katie and crispins baby, dogbones is mine
and crispins baby...i can do what ever the fuck i like with the
dogbones ...musically, lyrically , artistically etc.. but i wouldn't
dream of trying to fuck with queenadreena. there's a big difference
between playing bass in someone else's band and fronting and playing
guitar in your own band...i'm not saying one is better than the
other...just different, i get alot of my shit out doing both (e.g. i
can hit the bass ALOT harder than i can hit my guitar and there's
less to think/worry about so that can be really fun) ...it's just i'm
freer to express myself in the dogbones. i see myself as a guitarist
first then a bass player...


-I saw your performance in the Welsh language 'Ankst' film 'y lleill'
(and enjoyed it, by the way). Is acting something you want to do
again, or was it a one-off? How much of Nomi was in the films'
character? Also, I'm sure that I spotted Crispin in the crowd in a
gig scene! Was it him, and how did he end up in a Welsh language arts
film?

that was probably a one off... i only did it because it was Em's
film ...the guy that runs a small welsh indie label ANKSTmusic ... he
really looked after wendykurk and shot our videos... i guess he asked
me and other ex members of wendykurk and our friends to be in his
film to make it more 'real' it's a film about a struggling welsh rock
band which is exactly what we were so it wasn;t difficult to
play...also my character has a spliff in practically every
scene...which is pretty much like me. The film is quite spooky for me
to watch as it's all set where i come from with many familiar places
and faces...the 'sex scene' i did was even with my ex boyfriend..one
of the gig scenes was filmed where wendykurk used to play all the
time..(the actual scene of our own downward spiral).and the scenery
makes me miss the welsh mountains i come from.....
crispin was in a gig scene because he came up to wales to visit me
during the filming so he just ended up being filmed in the crowd... i
certainly don't consider myself an actress but thats not to say i
wouldn't do something like that again if it was lo-fi and punky...it
was quite fun.


-I know that you are trying to put 'The Dogbones' album out
independantly. How is that going, and when can we expect to see it
out?

we're not necessarily trying to do it indepentently... we're trying
to explore as many avenues as we can...we still have a few stones to
turn over.... but the material is coming along thick and fast...we
have more than enough for an album already.


-I know that you still enjoy going to gigs (Yay! Devo!). What new
bands have you seen this year that you think are worth recommending?
My favourite new acts this year (apart from 'The Dogbones')
are 'Screaming Tea Party', 'The Victorian English Gentlemens Club'
and 'Dead Kids'. Ever heard any of them?

nothing that was as cool as that devo gig thats for sure. ..i don't
really go to many gigs these days... i went to download last year and
was really depressed by the lack of anything exciting...the only
thing that mildly caught my attention was 'the zico chain' but they
may just be a good live band,,,i havn't heard their recordings
yet...so it put me off going to gigs this year, I don't really like
what seems to be going on out there right now... it seems to be
twangy thin guitar sounds...mockney cheeky chappy public school boy
rinky-dink gypo bulshit... the only band that does it for me at the
moment is 'selfish cunt' (bambi's band)...there's a band with a real
sense of danger no bullshit and totally passionate. I thoroughly
recomend them,



-Do you still keep in touch with the rest of 'Wendykurk'? What are
they up to now?

yeah i still speak to them..love them dearly. the bass player and
drummer have recently started their own two man project 'the
shadowmen' they are great.. not sure if they're giging yet but
check out their myspace www.myspace.com/theshadowmen . The other
guitarist did a band called 'mongolian dethkit' after the kurk (which
i briefly played bass for) then he moved to manchester and did a band
called 'the dethkats' He recently moved to london and currently
lives just down the street from me.. i have no idea what he'll do
next..but it's bound to be fairly bizzarre .


-Choose five words to describe yourself.

dipsy , driven , squirmy, shy, schmoo.



-Describe your ideal evening.

playing a gig...followed by - three good friends a box of marbles and
assorted random objects, a pot of glitter , some cans of spray
paint , a blank wall, an ounce of skunk , a good pinotage , a bag of
freshly picked welsh mushrooms , a pocket full of kittens, a slide
projecter..blank slides...finding things to put in the slides... ,
lots of kyuss a walk up a snowdonian mountain , a dance under the
stars, a cuddle from crispin.


-What's next for 'The Dogbones'?

more gigs.


Thanks, Nomi! You're a star! look forward to seeing you onstage next
Friday in Bolougne.

see you there... we're going to be playing a new set... new songs and
songs from 'to ride a cock horse' ... hope we dont fuck them up too
badly.

(They didn't - I did go, and they played seven new (well, not on any
previous album) songs.