you know where to come – bangsaidthegun.com of course!

Pimp up my BANGmobile!!!

here are some pictures from JO BELL’s point of view… nice work Jo!

Martin Galton discusses love and hate…

John Osborne shows a touch of class..

Dan Cockrill starts to shake…

Dan Simpson explains the poetry of science…

Fatima blows us away in the Golden Gun open mic…

The Gunslingers go wild…
Jo Bell is top class!!!

John Osborne was brilliant.
Jo Bell was brilliant.
Dan Simpson was brilliant.
Sophie Cameron was brilliant.
Rob Auton was brilliant.
Martin Galton was brilliant.
Dan Cockrill was brilliant.
Raw Meat Stew was brilliant.
The audience was brilliant.
Naomi Woolnough was brilliant.
So brilliant she won the golden gun.

BANG was brilliant!!!
See Naomi perform next week with Mark Grist and Harry Baker.

play the FRED FOUNDATION charity gig…

and raise lots of money in the process… well done us!!
But more importantly, well done them!!!
THE FRED FOUNDATION – HELPING CHILDREN WITH AUTISM REACH THEIR POTENTIAL.

Please ROAR…Help save the tiger… http://www.eia-international.org

on the set of Oliver Twist. Not really, I’m actually on the set of a new poetry / film IMAGINE A TIGER to be shown at the SCREEN ON THE GREEN on MONDAY 29TH NOVEMBER. Other people also appearing on the night – JOHN HEGELY, TONY HUSBAND, CHARLIE DARK, POLAR BEAR, LIZ BENTLEY, SEAN TAYLOR, HADAR MANOR, HOWLS. All the proceeds go to charity….

The WORLD FAMOUS RAW MEAT STEW OPEN MIC is back… and this week you have two, YES TWO, opportunities to win the GOLDEN GUN award. Everybody wants one of these little babies, so come on, sign up and join in to win this prestigious award and your own featured spot at the next BANG SAID THE GUN.

When is it happening? Click on date for details…

WEDNESDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER – BULL AND GATE, KENTISH TOWN

THURSDAY 23RD SEPETEMBER – ROEBUCK, BOROUGH

BANG SAID THE GUN urges Florida pastor to drop plan to burn “An Anthology of the Nation’s Favourite Poems” on the lead up to National Poetry Day.
The members of BANG SAID THE GUN believe the protest would be a ‘recruitment bonanza for bad poetry lovers.’ BANG has looked at ways to stop the burning, and the Poetry Society has warned lovers of spoken word to be careful.

Reporting from the ROEBUCK — BANG SAID THE GUN will be joined on Thursday 16th September by the growing chorus of top Poets calling on a Florida pastor to abandon his plans to stage a BAD POETRY BURNING on the lead up to National POETRY day.

“This is a recruitment bonanza for BAD POETRY,” Cockrill said in an interview broadcast on BBC Breakfast.”

“You could have serious violence in places like the Poetry Cafe or Poetry Library. This could increase the recruitment of individuals who would be willing to read themselves to death in European Universities,” said Cockrill who called the protest a stunt.

Cockrill added his voice to other top poets including Attila The Stockbroker, Martin Galton, Rob Auton and Pete The Temp, all of whom have derided the proposed burning organized by Pastor Terry Jones, of the Dove World Outreach Center, a church with about 50 members.

In numerous appearances, Jones has said he is praying on whether to go through with the protest, which has already sparked counter-demonstrations in the Poetry World.

“I hope he listens to those better angels and understands that this is a destructive act that he’s engaging in,” Cockrill said on BBC Breakfast.

BANG has stepped up its campaign to prevent the burning and they are clear on what needs to be done. Come along to BANG SAID THE GUN this Thursday where we will blow the roof off rather than burn bad poetry books.

PASTOR TERRY JONES
Hates Bad Poetry – Loves Harley Davidsons

WE SHOOK

WE APPLAUDED

WE SMOKED OURSELVES OUT

WE CHOSE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE – (LOVE WON NATURALLY)

JOHN PLAYED US OUT

SILVER AND GOLD GNOMES WERE DISHED OUT

AND EVERYONE LEFT VERY VERY VERY HAPPY!!!

THANKS GUNSLINGERS, WE SALUTE YOU ALL!!!
(all photos by WASI DANIJU)