Sun City Girls News, Economic Forecasts, Future Spells, and the Elimination of the Mayan Calendar

04/16/08

Alan Bishop & Richard Bishop Present:
THE BROTHERS UNCONNECTED
A Tribute to Charles Gocher & Sun City Girls

Most dates will feature an opening 40 minute film of Charles Gocher's video experiments followed by two sets of music. AB and RB will be performing Sun City Girls songs as an acoustic guitar duet. This tour will most likely be the only time this show will be presented as such and is a tribute both to Charles Gocher and selected music from the 27 year legacy of Sun City Girls.


5.18.08 - Seattle, WA - Triple Door
5.19.08 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir
5.21.08 - San Francsico, CA - Slim's
5.23.08 - Phoenix, AZ - Modified
5.25.08 - Los Angeles , CA - Echoplex
5.27.08 - Sacramento, CA - Horse Cow Art Gallery
6.08.08 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
6.10.08 - Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
6.11.08 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room
6.12.08 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
6.13.08 - Iowa City, IA - The Picador
6.14.08 - Chicago, IL - Lakeshore Theater
6.15.08 - Louisville, KY - Pour Haus
6.17.08 - Toronto, ON - St. Vladimir's Institute Theater
6.18.08 - Montreal, QC - La Sala Rosa
6.19.08 - Cambridge, MA - The Brattle Theater
6.20.08 - Portland, ME - SPACE
6.21.08 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
6.22.08 - New York , NY - Knitting Factory
6.24.08 - Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Gallery
6.25.08 - Washington, D.C. - Black Cat
6.26.08 - Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle
6.27.08 - Atlanta, GA - The E.A.R.L.
6.28.08 - Chattanooga, TN - Barking Legs Theater
6.29.08 - Memphis, TN - Odessa
6.30.08 - New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jack's
7.02.08 - Austin, TX - Emo's
7.05.08 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
7.06.08 - San Diego, CA - Bar Pink Elephant
7.09.08 - Santa Cruz, CA - TBA
7.10.08 - TBA
7.11.08 - TBA
7.12.08 - TBA

02/13/08

New CD available in late February:

Sun City Girls
You're Never Alone with a Cigarette: Sun City Girls Singles Volume 1
(ABDT040 CD)

Tour Starts May 2008:

Alan Bishop & Richard Bishop Present:
THE BROTHERS UNCONNECTED
A Tribute to Charles Gocher & Sun City Girls

Most dates will feature an opening 40 minute film of Charles Gocher's video experiments followed by two sets of music. AB and RB will be performing Sun City Girls songs as an acoustic guitar duet. This tour will most likely be the only time this show will be presented as such and is a tribute both to Charles Gocher and selected music from the 27 year legacy of Sun City Girls. West Coast dates begin in May. All other US and Canada dates begin in June. A full list of shows will be presented here as they are confirmed.

08/08/07

New Releases:

Sun City Girls Beginnings Dark LP on Enterruption
Sun Supreme S/T LP on Meds
Sun City Girls Juggernaut CD Reissue on Abduction (Release Date: October 9th)
Sun City Girls Piasa...Devourer of Men CD Reissue on Abduction (Release Date: October 9th)
Sun City Girls Jack's Creek CD Reissue on Abduction (Release Date: November 6th)
Sun City Girls Dulce CD Reissue on Abduction (Release Date: November 6th)

The SCG Mood Bizarre online store is closed until October 1, 2007. No orders will be processed or e-mails returned until we re-open on October 1, 2007. When we return we will be selling limited copies of the 2 LPs listed above along with the October CD reissues. We apologize for the inconvenience.

02/26/07

Our sincerest thanks for the many letters, messages, posts, and tributes all of you have sent to us this past week in support after the passing of Charlie. There were simply too many of them for us to even begin to respond to personally.

We have decided to hold a private memorial in Seattle for close friends only to celebrate his legacy. At a later date, when we can collect our thoughts to properly honor him, we will pay tribute to Charles at a public venue by screening films and displaying some of his drawings and photographs, and possibly perform some of his songs.

As many of you have suspected, Sun City Girls will no longer exist as a performing entity. Nor will any new recording projects be created utilizing the name Sun City Girls. There are many unreleased recordings and videos that will surface when time permits to release them.

-- Alan and Richard Bishop

02/20/07

With deep regret, we must announce that Charles Gocher passed away yesterday in Seattle due to a long battle with cancer at the age of 54. He is survived by the two of us who adopted him as a brother 25 years ago and his many friends around the world. He will be missed more than most could ever know. Our thanks to everyone for their support and encouragement during the past three, very difficult years. Many of you were not aware that Charles was ill and that’s because he wanted it that way. Details of a memorial in his honor will be announced soon.

---Alan and Richard Bishop

11/23/06: New Abduction Title Available!

Mic Mulligan & S. Future Original Space Neighbors CD

10/02/2006: New Sun City Girls LP released

The Sun City Girls “Piano Bar” LP has just been released and is available here.

09/30/2006: Sun City Girls Live in the UK

Sun City Girls have been added to the lineup of Thurston Moore’s Nightmare Before Christmas-- an All Tomorrows Parties Festival in the UK December 8-10, 2006. The Festival venue is located at Butlin’s Holiday Centre, Minehead, Somerset UK. The Festival is already sold out. Click link above for more info.

6/28/2006: New Sun City Girls Releases Available Now

There are two new Sun City Girls releases. Visit the Mood Bazaar to grab 'em; click the links below for more information about the releases.

A NEW Sun City Girls Release is coming later this year on the RI BE XIBALBA Label. You can get the information here: RI BE XIBALBA

6/6/2006: New Abduction Releases Available Now

Two new releases from Abduction:

2/12/2006: New Sun City Girls Releases

2/12/2006: Three New Abduction Releases Available Now

Click the links for more information, and of course pay a visit to the Mood Bazaar to purchase.

ABDT034 Porest - Tourrorists! CD
ABDT035 Sun City Girls - Static from the Outside Set CD (Carnival Folklore Resurrection Vol. 14)
ABDT036 Uncle Jim - Superstars of Greenwich Meantime CD

2/12/2006: The New Official Sir Richard Bishop Web Site

Sir Richard Bishop has launched his very own official web site, complete with news, tour info, discography, links, and much more. (Note: at the end of February, that link will become www.sirichardbishop.com.)

12/10/2005: New Sun City Girls Fan Site at MySpace.com

The MySpace Sun City Girls web page that was launched in August of 2005 has been approved by SCG but was NOT created nor is it maintained by SCG. The site does not answer SCG emails. The only way to contact SCG by email is through this site (via the Dear Uncle Tampa page).


9/14/2005: New Abduction Titles (updated 12/10)

The following NEW titles are available (or not) now. Check the Mood Bazaar for details!

ABDT032 Alvarius B - Blood Operatives of the Barium Sunset LP
ABDT031 Neung Phak - "Fucking USA" 7" single
ABDT033 Sea Donkeys - Volume 1 LP (sold out!)


Sun City Girls VHS Videos

If you ever wondered what a Sun City Girls TV show would be like, these 6 videos will serve that purpose. All ranging from 45 minutes to an hour and spanning 20 years of collective footage, these "shows" are jam-packed with live excerpts, skits, rants, collage film pieces with unreleased SCG music, cut-up Girls music videos, Gocher Prophecy, Uncle Jim Freak-outs, RB Guitar Solos, Jazz Classics puppet cameos, odd characters, special guest appearances and too many other ideas to mention here. These are ALL Completely FUCKED-UP! You will NOT be disappointed as each one is highly entertaining.

These 6 videos will ONLY be available through this web site and then they will magically disappear! Think of them as the video accomplice to the Cloaven cassette audio tapes of the 1980s. And...of course, there are MORE to come! Buy them while they last!