My middle aged punk friends and former Shed of the year song mongers PUNKS NOT DAD are proud to offer for your viewing pleasure the long awaited follow up to IN ME SHED…

CAN’T GET IT UP! From our forthcoming ‘Retail Therapy’ EP

Welcome to CAN’T GET IT UP – the latest cut price video from PUNKS NOT DAD, carefully constructed according to the flat pack instruction manual and starring LISA ROGERS and everyone’s favourite mid life musical miseries PUNKS NOT DAD. From the same team who knocked up IN ME SHED one Saturday afternoon this latest classic took almost twice as long to film, with a 15% budget increase that is clearly visible on the screen (we had to buy a bedside table). (Does anyone want to buy a bedside table, slightly used?)

I think they got the better deal out of it, and thanks to Johnny Cardigan for wearing a I love sheds Tshirt in the great video

I hope this storms the charts!

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With the excellent Shed Calendar 2011 featuring shed week dates (more on chance to win a copy soon) this fell into my shed inbox.

Friends of readersheds and former “Shed of the year hit punk single for shed week mungers” Punks Not Dad are trying to flog a Dadvent to fund their next single and have made a video, I bite the PR hype as there was a shed at the start.

Ageing Punks Spread ‘Dadvent’ joy

Welsh Legends PUNKS NOT DAD have taken the unusual step of making and selling advent calendars to fund their latest CD Release.

“We made a few last year as a joke and we were overwhelmed by people asking for one,”’ explains lead singer Sid Life Crisis “So this year we’ve made a load more. We called them Dadvent Calendars, because it’s about time Dads had something to look forward to in the run up to Christmas to take their minds off shopping, Man Flu, the in-laws and carol singers. Behind every window is a picture of something that appeals to Dads. Obviously we can’t tell you what, cos that would spoil the surprise. All the money will help to get our next CD out as we are completely skint. “

The front features pictures of the band, along with stills from the bands recent video shoot, starring BBC Wales presenter Lisa Rogers. The video will be released in January along with the new ‘Retail Therapy’ EP- if we sell enough calendars.

The calendars are available from the bands website at www.punksnotdad.com and in local shops such as Spillers or Roaths Milkwood gallery and Halcyon Days for the derisory price of just £3.99

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Our old mates Punks not dad are in the Times in the run up to shedweek but you can’t read it online if you don’t pay as it’s behind the Mr Murdochs new ShedWall

They’ve got proper jobs and kids, and sing about sheds rather than smashing the system. Mary Bowers meets the forty and fiftysomething dads who are keeping the spirit of punk alive

In the dressing room before the big gig, Dan Nichols asks for a piece of paper to write
down his lyrics: his memory is not what it used to be.

“Reading the paper,” Nichols, 46, says slowly, his tongue hanging out of his mouth in
concentration. He runs a leather-clad hand through his gel-spiked hair.

“Sorting out me jam jars,” offers Chris Walker, 42, fixing the badges on his
homemade T-shirt.

“Potting me tomatoes?” asks Mike Mole, 48, fastening the safety pins that hold
together his “iconic” cardigan. That line apparently comes later.

The song, entitled , Nichols explains, is dedicated to the one place that dads go to
find refuge from their children. In walks Steve Jones, 42, clutching his drumsticks in
fingerless leather gloves. He looks over Nichols’s shoulder. “Having a cup of tea,” he
suggests.

Fifteen minutes later they have fixed their outfits and, clad in studded leather and
red slogans, Nichols, Walker, Mole and Jones assume their alter egos: Sid Life Crisis,
Joe Strimmer, Johnny Cardigan, and Adrian Viles. Together they are Punks Not Dad.
Punks Not Dad rarely rehearse. They write their lyrics over e-mail and record demos
at home. After their kids have gone to bed, they vent the things that make them
angry: no one understands their man flu; Tesco has run out of Wagon Wheels;they’re covered in spilt baby food.

anyway here is their anthem to sheds and last years Song for Shed Week like Song for Europe but with more sheds.

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Lasts years official song for Shed Week is now an official Song for the guardians Down with the kids column, this is what Sid Life Crisis says

“just to let you know that ‘in me shed’ has been made official campaign song for a campaign to give under 18s the vote in the Guardian Family Section today. Chris Cleave’s reasoning appears to be that that way the kids can rule the country whilst we retire to our sheds and remove ourselves from the whole shebang.”

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Last years Punk band of Shed Week 2009 have got a new viral video out.

MAN FLU!!! Important Government Public Information Film about Man Flu, presented by the Ministry for Dad’s Health and Punks Not Dad. For more info please go to www.punksnotdad.co.uk

also If you are a band who has a song about sheds that you think can top IN ME SHED then please contact me so I can jump on your “band”wagon.

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Official punk band of Shed Week 2009 Punks not dad have a gig next week in Cardiff… nice to see that they have not forgotten their roots after the success of In Me and shed last year..

I not around which is a shame as they owe me a few pints, anyway if you are in Cardiff next saturday – go along, they are a great live band.

SATURDAY 21st NOVEMBER
at TOMMYS BAR
Howard Gardens Art School
UWIC 7.30pm
£5 (£4 concs), £10 with free CD.

Featuring those middle aged masters of anarchy
PUNKS NOT DAD
(www.punksnotdad.co.uk)
plus those masters of teenage anarchy
INCONSIDERATE PARKING
plus that master of about DJing anarchy
DJ LIAM SKA
plus that master of compering anarchy
STEVE FISHER
plus those masters of audience anarchy
YOU!

entering pub quizzes!
singing karaoke!
dancing and dressing as dads!
building and writing on another bedside table!
WIN GREAT PRIZES!
INCLUDING AN EXCLUSIVE DADVENT CALENDER*
DON’T FORGET! TELL YOUR FRIENDS! DON’T GET LOST!

Every penny raised goes to Manflu research so no excuses for not giving generously

* if we can be bothered its just an idea we are pondering in our sheds at the mo.

View Howard Gardens Campus in a larger map

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Everyone’s favorite middle aged punk band Punks not dad with a shed leaning and of course the blokes who come up with the shed anthem & official song for shed week, that is “In Me Shed” may have hit the 14000000000000 (Fourteen thousand) views mark on youtube by the time you read this, if not then why not view the video in full not just the bit about Lisa Rogers.

You can also read an interview with the band which took place after their dadstock gig

They will be appearing with the The Sex Pistols Experience at Cardiff Barfly next Friday.

last plug you can Still buy the single IN me Shed from various online shops as a MP3 download, amazon and Apple’s Itunes

If you are a band/musician that’s into sheds then contact me and I will feature your Youtube clip on Shed.TV

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