The Longest Johns - NEW TOUR 2026

The Longest Johns - NEW TOUR 2026

@thelongestjohns.bsky.social

A capella folk band with GSOH. Have shanties, will travel. Bookings email - Beth.morton@caa.com Pieces of Eight - STRICKEN is out NOW! https://www.thelongestjohns.com/

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7 hours ago
A simple comic book-style image of birds flying across a green-yellow gradated sky, with text telling you "43 HOURS REMAIN" and "GET YOUR PLEDGES IN!" as well as a Kickstarter 'ending soon!' badge. Because it is! And why birds? Well, there's 43 hours left, and 43 birds contained within the image! A composite of two images showing different Kickstarter merchandise: A pullover hoodie in black, a pair of t-shirts (one in teal, the other creamish white), and a long-sleeve tee, all bearing parts of the artwork. And then An image showing a CD, a picture-disc vinyl, a regular vinyl, and a cassette, all adorned with the Ends of the Earth artwork which I shall now describe: The vibrant, cartoon imagery depicts an enormous crocodile (or alligator? Not sure!) looming out from behind a tropical-looking island, piled high with precarious, ramshackle buildings. The art is also packed with other creatures, such as a snake, multiple hippos, and a pair of dugongs (also known as the manatee) in the background. The skies above gradate from turquoise to yellow, disappearing behind a fluffy mound of billowing clouds, and are filled with hundreds of white birds. A second composite image showing two more different Kickstarter merchandise rewards The first shows A pair of patches, two enamel pins, a tote bag, a baseball cap, and socks, all decorated with aspects of the main album artwork. The patches show a crocodile and hippo with TLJ and The Longest Johns text, respectively. The enamel pins have the same design. The tote bag shows a hippo and some buildings, as well as 'the longest johns'. The baseball cap has a long crocodile across it, and the socks are tiled with a little cartoon crocodile. and then The full album artwork artwork (The vibrant, cartoon imagery depicts an enormous crocodile (or alligator? Not sure!) looming out from behind a tropical-looking island, piled high with precarious, ramshackle buildings. The art is also packed with other creatures, such as a snake, multiple hippos, and a pair of dugongs (also known as the manatee) in the background. The skies above gradate from turquoise to yellow, disappearing behind a fluffy mound of billowing clouds, and are filled with hundreds of white birds) is shown on an A2 poster (portrait), an A3 art print (landscape, revealing a cheeky hippo off to the left), and on a pair of stickers.

We're just 43 HOURS from the end of our Kickstarter campaign! It ends at noon UTC on Sunday so there's not much time left to back it! There's also stuff like a jigsaw puzzle, tankard, and dice that aren't pictured! Go look!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

#TheLongestJohns #Kickstarter

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1 day ago
A screaming cartoon hippopotamus from the Ends of the Earth album artwork! It's very excitedly yelling about how only THREE(ish) DAYS REMAIN! to back the Kickstarter! A composite of two images showing different Kickstarter merchandise: A pullover hoodie in black, a pair of t-shirts (one in teal, the other creamish white), and a long-sleeve tee, all bearing parts of the artwork. And then An image showing a CD, a picture-disc vinyl, a regular vinyl, and a cassette, all adorned with the Ends of the Earth artwork which I shall now describe: The vibrant, cartoon imagery depicts an enormous crocodile (or alligator? Not sure!) looming out from behind a tropical-looking island, piled high with precarious, ramshackle buildings. The art is also packed with other creatures, such as a snake, multiple hippos, and a pair of dugongs (also known as the manatee) in the background. The skies above gradate from turquoise to yellow, disappearing behind a fluffy mound of billowing clouds, and are filled with hundreds of white birds. A second composite image showing two more different Kickstarter merchandise rewards The first shows A pair of patches, two enamel pins, a tote bag, a baseball cap, and socks, all decorated with aspects of the main album artwork. The patches show a crocodile and hippo with TLJ and The Longest Johns text, respectively. The enamel pins have the same design. The tote bag shows a hippo and some buildings, as well as 'the longest johns'. The baseball cap has a long crocodile across it, and the socks are tiled with a little cartoon crocodile. and then The full album artwork artwork (The vibrant, cartoon imagery depicts an enormous crocodile (or alligator? Not sure!) looming out from behind a tropical-looking island, piled high with precarious, ramshackle buildings. The art is also packed with other creatures, such as a snake, multiple hippos, and a pair of dugongs (also known as the manatee) in the background. The skies above gradate from turquoise to yellow, disappearing behind a fluffy mound of billowing clouds, and are filled with hundreds of white birds) is shown on an A2 poster (portrait), an A3 art print (landscape, revealing a cheeky hippo off to the left), and on a pair of stickers.

We've got cool merch!
We've got stretch goals!
We've got under THREE DAYS TO GO!
We've got TELL YOUR FRIENDS!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

#TheLongestJohns #Kickstarter #UKFolkMusic #NewMusic #IndependentArtist

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2 days ago
An edit of an image from How To Train Your Dragon (the 'live action' remake (even though it's still CGI(sorry))) showing three characters flying through the skies, mounted on the backs of dragons. Their faces have been replaced with those of Robbie, JD, and Andy, and then the dragons have all been adorned with a splendid moustache and set of glasses.

We've got SEÁN DAGHER joining us ON STREAM this EVENING!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbhN...
Be there for this one, then get your tour tickets!

#TheLongestJohns #SeánDagher #FolkMusic #Shanties #Livestream

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2 days ago

Yeah you should be able to find it on the show's page :)

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2 days ago
A poster for the upcoming Ends of the Earth tour, showing a list of tour dates over the pale blue and yellow skies, above the tropical, wildlife-strewn island from the album's artwork (there's a giant crocodile, large hippos, an extensive amount of snake, and some structures that are positively tiny in comparison). It also lists the support for the shows: Bog Bodies for Dublin, Aniar for Belfast, and Sean Dagher for everywhere else. The tour dates are as follows: May 2026 Fri 08 - Dublin, Academy Sat 09 - Belfast, The Limelight 2 Mon 11 - Liverpool, O2 Academy Tue 12 - Lancaster, Kanteena Wed 13 - Glasgow, Old Fruit Market Fri 15 - Newcastle, Old Fruit Shop Sat 16 - Manchester, Academy 2 Sun 17 - Leeds, Irish Centre Tue 19 - Oxford, O2 Academy Wed 20 - Cardiff, Tramshed Fri 22 - Exeter, Phoenix Mon 25 - Southampton, the 1865 Tue 26 - Cambridge, Junction Wed 27 - London, O2 Shepherds Bush Empire Thu 28 - Nottingham, Rock City Sat 30 - Bristol, Beacon

Don't go alone to the Ends of the Earth... bring SUPPORT!
In Dublin we have Bog Bodies!
In Belfast we have Aniar!
And for everywhere else it's Sean Dagher!
Go get those tickets - www.thelongestjohns.com/live

#TheLongestJohns #UKTour #UKFolk #FolkMusic #LiveMusic

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3 days ago
An image of a dew-flecked rose on a bold pink background, softened by reduced opacity, overlaid with striking text that says "This Mother's Day, treat YOUR mum to something UNEXPECTED!" then beneath, highlighted with a cool sparkly effect, it says "Gig tickets!" There's two images in this one: the first is a greetings card, closed, next to a bunch of pink tulips. On the outside of the card is very clearly hand-drawn-by-a-child that says "you the best I uv u mommy mothers day happy mothers day" and 'MOM' in big, pink writing cut out from paper. Over the top of this image is the text "Make your mother's day this Mother's Day!" Beneath is a second image showing what's almost certainly the same greetings card now opened, and definitely the same bunch of tulips. Inside the card are two tickets saying "ADMIT ONE". Overlaid is the text "With TICKETS to a Longest Johns show!" A lovely, soft image of a pale blue picture frame on a light blue background with small white flowers. In the picture frame is a lovely, natural (and definitely not just a stock image clumsily photobashed into the frame) picture of two women hugging, one older than the other. Over the top is text saying "Happy birthday, mothers! It's just what you've always wanted: to see The Longest Johns LIVE!" A charming image of a younger woman surprising an older woman (perhaps a daughter and her mother?!) with a box wrapped up in a bow, and a bunch of pink flowers (possibly tulips?!). There is a speech bubble coming from the suspected daughter's mouth saying "thelongestjohns.com/live". Above and below is the text: Happy Mother's Day! let's sing shanties!"

It's nearly Mother's Day!
www.thelongestjohns.com/live

#TheLongestJohns #MothersDay #LiveMusic #Gigs #HappyMothersDay

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4 days ago
an incredible piece of image compositing, that shows a clip from the Stretch Goals section of the Ends of the Earth kickstarter page, surrounded by stretching cats! In the top left there's a ginger and white cat stretching out one long paw over the text. In the top right there's a ginger cat bent into a right-angle, stretching out on the ground. Then underlining the piece, there's another ginger cat who's one very lomg boi or gal, doing one long stretch. These have been expertly cut out of their respective images and placed into position to appear seamlessly congruent with the rest of the image. This is a lie, it's a slapdash cut-out job.

Oooooh big stretch!
With just SIX days to the end of the Ends of the Earth Kickstarter, we've added a couple of STRETCH GOALS to the page! Go check 'em out
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

#TheLongestJohns #Kickstarter #Cats #StretchGoals #UKFolkMusic

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4 days ago
An edit of an image from How To Train Your Dragon (the 'live action' remake (even though it's still CGI(sorry))) showing three characters flying through the skies, mounted on the backs of dragons. Their faces have been replaced with those of Robbie, JD, and Andy, and then the dragons have all been adorned with a splendid moustache and set of glasses. A show poster for Sean Dagher performing at The Jam Jar in Bristol on the 10th of March (with support from Kale Deane). At the top, beside his name, is a minimalist logo showing a pair of glasses and his trademark bushy horseshoe-shaped moustache. Sean himself is seen in a purple-toned photo, playing a bouzouki and pointing skyward. Other info on the poster - Doors 7:30pm, £10 entry, all ages (under 14s must be accompanied by an adult)

This Wednesday we're joined on our livestream by the MAJESTIC Sean Dagher! But before that, you can still catch him at The Jam Jar in Bristol! See one, then the other!
youtube.com/live/EbhN5_j...

#TheLongestJohns #SeanDagher #Livestream #LiveMusic #Bristol

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1 week ago
A photo taken inside a fairly cramped structure, where you can see Robbie wearing largely dark clothing giving a manic grin to the camera. Next to him is a wooden crate, and nearby is a barrel. Then in the background you can see Abbie holding a camera, then Florin and Andy also looking like they're discussing secret video filming plans!

Well, with a new album (being Kickstarted, check it out - www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...) comes new videos, like the one this little behind-the-scenes shot is from!

#TheLongestJohns #EndsOfTheEarth #MusivVideo #NewMusic #Kickstarter

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1 week ago
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IMPORTANT REMINDER!
Our Ends of the Earth tour starts in May which means time is running out for you to get tickets!
www.thelongestjohns.com/live

#TheLongestJohns #EndsOfTheEart #UKTour #LiveMusic #FolkMusic

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1 week ago
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Whiskey in the Jar | The Longest Johns Well in some very exciting news… our version of this song features in the movie, Mother's Pride, which releases THIS FRIDAY (6th March 2026). We hope you enjoy this fun little romp, and go check out…

👏Hey look👏 It's our version of Whiskey in the Jar, WHICH you can also catch if you go and see Mother's Pride this Friday (6th of March)! Give it a listen here then go do that!
youtu.be/HpYmD0ZEUhA

#TheLongestJohns #MothersPride #WhiskeyInTheJar #FolkMusic #Movies

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1 week ago
An image cropped from the End of the Earth artwork (once more, by the supremely talented James Stokoe), showing a friendly little hippo guy, covered in barnacles, looking across from the right, one eye visible while the other might be glancing out to the distance where a spindly lighthouse sits atop a rocky island, on the horizon. Sat in the skies, amidst billowing clouds and flocks of birds, is the text "NOT LONG TO GO!"

TIME IS RUNNING OUT!
We're under two weeks to the close of the Kickstarter for our next album, so you haven't long left to back it! Head on through now and have a browse!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

#TheLongestJohns #Kickstarter #NewMusic #FolkMusic #IndependentArtist

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1 week ago
A casual selfie taken outside Studio 1C in Cardiff, for the Radio 4 Saturday Live broadcast, where Andy, Robbie, and JD are lined up with host Adrian Chiles, everyone looking happy to be there!

HUGE thanks once more to Saturday Live on Radio 4 for haivng us in for a bit of a sing and a chat! Love to do it again sometime! And if you liked what you heard and want more, just head to our site!

#TheLongestJohns #Radio4 #AdrianChiles #Shanties

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2 weeks ago
A screenshot of the BBC Radio 4 page for Saturday Live (hosted by Adrian Chiles), showing the details for the upcoming broadcast on Saturday morning (28th February, 9am). It reads as follows: Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Shipwreck Hunting, Sea Shanties, and the Inheritance Tracks of Mike Wozniak. Sea Shanties is outlined in red FOR SOME REASON, HM.

We're a normal amount of excited to head on over to Radio 4 tomorrow morning and have a chat with the one and only Adrian Chiles (there will, of course, be some songs too)! Get your radios tuned in for 9am!

#TheLongestJohns #Radio4 #AdrianChiles #SaturdayLive #Shanties

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2 weeks ago
A tour poster showing upcoming dates for the TLJ Canada tour. It shows the Ends of the Earth cartoon artwork (depicting a tropical island on the back of a giant crocodile, strewn with various other animals such as hippos, snakes, and manatees, and towering rickety structures as signs of habitation). The dates are as follows: July 2026 Fri 03 - Westben Arts Festival, Campbellford, Ontario Sat 04 - Mariposa Folk Festival Sun 05 - Mariposa Folk Festival Wed 08 - Lee's Palace, Toronto Thu 09 - Ottawa BluesFest Fri 10 - Beanfield, Montreal

Tickets are LIVE for our gigs in east Canada! There's six dates
Come see us at
Westben Arts Festival, Campbellford
Mariposa Folk Festival, Orillia (x2)
Lee's Palace, Toronto
Ottawa BluesFest, Ottawa
and Beanfield Theatre, Montreal
www.thelongestjohns.com/live

#TheLongestJohns #Canada #LiveMusic

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2 weeks ago
A stock image of an absurdly beautiful long-haired cat. Its fur is mostly white, with tabby/ginger splotches on its ears (a little on the right, more on the left running down to its eye and cheek). and bright blue eyes, looking straight at the camera/you. One paw is resting casually on a little arch made of wood, and its chin is positioned on top. Also visible in the bottom right is what appears to be a lone back foot, showing some very good toebeans and fluff.

Hello Longest Johns video-enjoyers! Ordinarily we'd have a new video for you today BUT due to a cool little thing next week (and no other reason), we'll have it for you then instead! Enjoy this unrelated stock image of a cat.
Also plz buy tour tickets and back the Kickstarter!

#TheLongestJohns #Cat

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2 weeks ago
A tour poster showing upcoming dates for the TLJ Canada tour. It shows the Ends of the Earth cartoon artwork (depicting a tropical island on the back of a giant crocodile, strewn with various other animals such as hippos, snakes, and manatees, and towering rickety structures as signs of habitation). The dates are as follows: July 2026 Fri 03 - Westben Arts Festival, Campbellford, Ontario Sat 04 - Mariposa Folk Festival Sun 05 - Mariposa Folk Festival Wed 08 - Lee's Palace, Toronto Thu 09 - Ottawa BluesFest Fri 10 - Beanfield, Montreal

We're coming to east Canada this July!
There's shows at
Westben Arts Festival, Campbellford
Mariposa Folk Festival
Lee's Palace, Toronto
Ottaway Bluesfest
and Beanfield, Montreal!

Tickets go on sale on Thursday, so make your plans and we'll see you then!

#TheLongestJohns #Canada #Tour #LiveMusic

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2 weeks ago
Festival poster for Ottawa BluesFest, running from July 9th to 19th, showing a wealth of talent performing throughout. There's too many to list here, but we suggest you go check out their site for the full rundown! TLJ are performing on July 9th.

Just announced today, we're coming to Ottawa BluesFest in July! Presale starts tomorrow, so get your plans MADE!
Now you may be noticing a bit of a trend in these locations, so give it, ooh.. about 15 minutes and check back?

#TheLongestJohns #Canada #Ottawa #LiveMusic

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2 weeks ago
A screengrab from the Season 1 opening of the popular Canadian comedy TV show Letterkenny, showing the character Wayne in a checked shirt and jeans, stood next to a dog, in front of a barn, framed in the open doorway. Above him is the text "a couple shanty singers came up the produce stand the other day". This is simply just a reference to Letterkenny as a means to make a connection with our Canadian friends, there is no greater TV-show-related connection here for you to read into.

Hey 🍁Canada🍁! How're you now? Feel like some good TLJ-shaped news? Well this isn't that, BUT we should have something pretty cool for you ooh, say.. tomorrow?

#TheLongestJohns #Canada #EoTE #LiveMusic

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3 weeks ago

Nothing to announce yet...

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3 weeks ago
A festival poster for the Mariposa Folk Festival, taking place from July 3rd to 5th 2026, in Orillia, Ontario. It shows an extensive lineup of artists, including The Longest Johns, but since there's so many to list here I'll just give you a few from the top and advise you to go check out their site for a complete listing. There's - Father John Misty, Sharon Van Ette & The Attachment Theory, St. Paul & the Broken Bons, Steve Earle, Billy Bragg, Ocie Elliott, Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band

More good news! ONTARIO! We'll be heading your way in July to play at MARIPOSA FOLK FESTIVAL! Please treat yourselves to some tickets over at mariposafolk.com

#TheLongestJohns #MariposaFolkFest #LiveMusic #GoodNews #Canada

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3 weeks ago
A poster for the upcoming 'Ends of the Earth' tour from The Longest Johns. It shows Robbie, Andy, and JD arranged against a luscious verdant backdrop of tropical-looking foliage. Robbie is crouched down in a colourful shirt, holding a camera. Andy has a hat on and a dark blue shirt with a picture of feathers on it, and JD is wearing a swanky green suit whilst reclining in an armchair. Behind Robbie is what appears to be some kind of wooden cabinet, with an old timey wireless radio on top. There is also a lamp in the background. The tour dates are as follows: May 2026 Fri 08 - Dublin, Academy Sat 09 - Belfast, The Limelight 2 Mon 11 - Liverpool, O2 Academy Tue 12 - Lancaster, Kanteena Wed 13 - Glasgow, Old Fruit Market Fri 15 - Newcastle, Old Fruit Shop Sat 16 - Manchester, Academy 2 Sun 17 - Leeds, Irish Centre Tue 19 - Oxford, O2 Academy Wed 20 - Cardiff, Tramshed Fri 22 - Exeter, Phoenix Mon 25 - Southampton, the 1865 Tue 26 - Cambridge, Junction Wed 27 - London, O2 Shepherds Bush Empire Thu 28 - Nottingham, Rock City Sat 30 - Bristol, Beacon

Brighten up your dreary February by giving yourself something to look forward to in May! We've still got tickets for our Ends of the Earth UK tour, and we want to see you there!
www.thelongestjohns.com/live

#TheLongestJohns #LiveMusic #UKTour #FolkMusic #IndependentArtist

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3 weeks ago
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We're very happy to announce THE GREAT EMU TOUR, our first australian tour ever!!

Make sure to come say hi if we come near you, we'll have plenty of music and dancing ready for you.

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3 weeks ago
A crop of the Ends of the Earth stylish cartoon album artwork (thanks again James Stokoe!). It shows a hippopotamus in the water, facing away, mouth open as if roaring or, in this context, perhaps shouting suggestions towards the island which is in fact a GIANT CROCODILE (or alligator, I do not know), recognisable mainly by its large eye gazing sleepily back outward. In the middle also are two question marks and an exclamation point, to illustrate that this is a request for feedback!

As the Kickstarter keeps ticking along, a question for you: what (realistic) stretch goals would you like to see? We've a couple ideas bouncing around, but we're open to other suggestions of fun rewards for pushing the total higher
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

#TheLongestJohns #KKickstarter

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3 weeks ago
A photo of a sign on a merch desk at Incider Festival, saying "one t-shirt is the equivalent to 11,000 streams on Spotify. Band merchandise is the most direct way of supporting an artist." A crop of the Ends of the Earth album artwork, showing a red boat with a big, horizontal white stripe around it, docked up at a fairly rustic-looking port.

Saw this sign on the merch desk at Incider Festival (thanks again for having us!), and thought we'd share it on! It's good to know how important your support is, and how much it means to artists ❤️

#TheLongestJohns #SupportArtists #IndependentMusic

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1 month ago
Shouting hippo is back! The excitable, open-mouthed cartoon hippo, roaring into the void, has some information from the Kickstarter in its open mouth! It says "£52,645 pledged of the £50,000 goal. 924 backers. 29 days to go." Above its head is a green Kickstarter banner saying 'Just funded'. Once again I have to give time to say just how good the artwork is for this album, the detail is incredible and the personality on the expressions of each of the animals is so good.

You've done it! Guess that means you're getting an album and cool merch.. and we'll see if we can come up with some fun stretch goals! Thank you so much for the support, do keep checking in, and please keep telling your friends ❤️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

#TheLongestJohns #NewAlbum

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COME AND SEE US AT OUR SHOWS THEY'RE VERY COOL AND YOU WILL HAVE A FUN TIME
www.thelongestjohns.com/live

#TheLongestJohns #Gigs #LiveMusic #Tour #FolkMusic

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Streaming John Malkovich | The Longest Johns Singing Stream The Ends of the Earth kickstarter is well underway, the UK tour in May is on sale, and many more tours will be being announced and going on sale real soon! Come join us as we sing you lots of songs,…

It's almost time for the singing stream! Come on by the Youtube in an hour to hear songs, chat, and whatever else usually happens: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HYO...

#TheLongestJohns #Youtube #FolkMusic #Livestream #LiveMusic

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1 month ago
Don't worry I'll do this one legibly. A photoshopped thumbnail image of the artwork for the film Being John Malkovich, which would ordinarily show a crowd of people all holding up pictures of the actor John Malkovich's face in front of their own. Except here, they're (mostly) all holding up Andy's face instead, apart from two who are holding up Robbie and JD's faces, respectively. At the bottom is the text 'Streaming John Malkovich', because we decided a while back that we'd title streams after popular films except replace a word in them with the word 'stream'. It's not particularly clever, but it makes us laugh. Sorry for the inscrutable main post.

Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich! Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HYO...

#Malkovich #Malkovich #Malkovich #Malkovich #Malkovich

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1 month ago
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Touhou Project Animation | Kogasa hammer and anvil song YouTube video by Richviper995

here is a paper cutout animation i made
youtu.be/YKEs5GlJogw?...
#touhou #touhouproject #kogasa #papercutout #animation
the song used is hammer and anvil by @thelongestjohns.bsky.social

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