• Book: 'Failed Intellectual - Selected works 1978 to 2003', available now! The book features Sexton's German stories printed in English for the first time, and includes a spoken word CD of Sexton reading poems and stories.

New paintings - see new art page and Leigh Bowery Paintings.

US Tour May 2004 :Details here! Philadephia, New York, Pittsburgh, Louisville and Lexingon (KY). Solo readings, toy key board and Tasty Ones style full band.

LAST UK PERFORMANCE OF ANY KIND: Sexton would like to announce that the reading in Chatham on Friday 7 May is his last UK Performance. After giving up rock'n'roll. Sexton has decided he no longer wishes to perform at all. He will fulfill US tour obligations in May and that will be the end of his long career of live shows. He will continue to write, record and paint at home, concentrating on projects for his label, RIM Records.

Friday 7 May : An evening of poetry and music with Sexton Ming and Wolf Howard. New Art Centre, Chatham high street, to the left of the Trafalgar Centre, almost opposite Iceland store. map here.

Exhibition: "Portraits of Leigh Bowery by Sexton Ming". Inspired by the recent documentary about the outlandish designer and performer, Sexton has done new work showing Bowery in various contortions. Stuckism International, 3 Charlotte Road, London EC2. Old Street tube. Now ended...pictures here.

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Winter 2004:

Saturday 6 March: Sexton as guest singer with The Deptford Beach Babes, at the Eye, 79-81 Stoke Newington High Street, N16. See www.ellaguru.org.uk for further details.

New Book launch and reading: Friday 6 February at the New Art Centre, Chatham. An evening to launch Sexton's new book 'Failed Intellectual - Selected works 1978 to 2003'. 7-10 pm. Entry is one can of Corned Beef per person to be donated to the Medway Soup Kitchen. The new art centre is in Chatham high street, to the left of the Trafalgar Centre, almost opposite Iceland store. map here.

Photos of Scoltand trip, 8-12 January 2003.

Autumn 2003:

Saturday 1 November: Sexton at the Glass Shrimp at the Buffalo Bar, under the Famous Cock Tavern, at Highbury and Islington station, London N1. 9 pm. Sexton will do 3 little appearances, one to start off the evening and before the two other bands, the first two bands arethe memory band...folky stuff, and florida... a cross between peters and lee and suicide, and finally - the dukes of pouch... fucked up improv". £5/£4 concs. £3 members.

Two new stories: Randos meets the Intellectual Halfwits and The Psychiatrists.

15th - 26th October 2003. Sexton Ming and Ella Guru go into Conceptual Art?! A scandal to Stuckism! They've contributed to David Hurstel's Artists Survival Kits, showing at Hotel Bellville,12 Lower Marsh St, Waterloo, London, SE1 7RJ. Gallery No: 020 7633 0696. Email: roomservice@hotelbellville.org.uk. Opening Times: 11am ­ 6pm Monday ­ Saturday and 1pm - 5pm Sundays. Admission: Free. Travel: Waterloo/Southwark Station. Email us if interested in invite to private view, Wednesday 15 October, 6 -9 pm.

Friday 17 October: Poetry and music night at the Stuckist Gallery, 7-9 pm, 3 Charlotte Road, London EC2, near Old Street

Summer 2003:

Cuba photos and stories.

Wednesday 27 August: Project Dark "Gramaphone De Luxe" album launch party. Sexton does vocals on a couple of songs. At the Foundry, 86 Great Eastern Steret, London EC2, Old Street tube (exit 3), London. Admission FREE. 8 -11 pm. More here

New story:Gasomas: Evil Guy - part 3.

CD release - "A Lifetime of Nervous Gutaches: Rare Recordings 1979-2003". Includes the last Tasty Ones recordings, rare Sexton Ming/Billy Childish tracks from the Ypres era, Damp Banger, The Haunted Reliant, and The Sensational Sexton Ming Band, which included members of Ten Benson. £10 + p&p. See the Shop to place orders with Paypal!

Tuesday 26 August: Sexton at the Klinker, inside the Sussex pub, 107A Culford Rd (Corner Engelfield Rd), London N1. Walking distance from both Dalston and Highbury & Islington. 9:30 pm, £5/£2.50 concs. Other weird and wonderful acts also appearing (and disappearing)

Saturday 16 August: Gilligham Festival. Sexton to read/play acoustic. Gillingham Park,  off Canterbury Street, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5LA. Sexton is on the ACOUSTIC STAGE at 7 pm. festical is free and goes from noon to 10 pm.

24 July - Sexton solo in Jersey (Channel Island, not New Jersey) at Bomp! Thursday 24 July. A very rare treat - Sexton will be resurrecting old Diamond Gussets songs for one time only. Also, Sexton and Ella to show paintings at the Art Gallery Bar in St Helier.

1 August: Sexton reads and plays accoustic (and maybe some toy keyboard) at the Twelve Bar, Denmark Street, London W1. Sexton on firsdt - 8.30 pm. Also appearing: Dexter Bentley, Bib and Rowan and the Crops Failed.

5 July: Sexton reads and plays accoustic (and maybe some toy keyboard) at the Glass Shrimp at the Buffalo Bar, under the Famous Cock Tavern, at Highbury and Islington station, London about 9 pm, details to follow.

29 June: Poetry reading at Camden People's Theatre. 58-60 Hampstead Road London NW1 2PY Warren St / Euston /. 9:15pm £5 (£3 concs). Part of Total Writing London 2003 festival.

Spring 2003:

Exhibition: War On Blair, at Stuckism International, 3 Charlotte Road, London EC2. see www.stuckism.com for more details and some new Ming paintings.

Sexton played solo and read poetry, Tuesday 25 March, at the Klinker, inside the Sussex pub, 107A Culford Rd (Corner Engelfield Rd), London N1. Walking distance from both Dalston and Highbury & Islington. 9:30 pm, £5/£2.50 concs.

New story:Gasomas: Evil Guy - part 1 and 2.

Winter 2003:

Geschichten auf Deutsch: Susie auf See, Gänse im Weltraum, Tieressenz, und Steroid-Mutant.

Book: "Choice Cut FIllets" - poems by Sexton Ming, illustrated by Ella Guru. See Little One or King Kong, or go directly to the shop.

Special message from Sexton regarding the end of his band, The Tasty Ones.

New Billy Childish/Sexton Ming album, "Here come the Fleece Geese" in shops NOW on Damaged Goods, cat Number Damgood 208 LP/CD.

Sexton playing solo at Ryan's. Thurs, 13 March. about 9 pm. Sexton will be doing a few songs in between 2 sets by Nigel Burch and the Flea-Pit orchestra. 181 Stoke Newington Church St, London N16. £3 with flyer.

Poetry reading at the Stuckist International Centre, 3 Charlotte Road London EC2A 3DH (Old Street tube, exit 2, 4 mins walk) Tel: 020 7613 0988. Thursday 20 March, Doors open 7.30pm for 8pm start, admission free. Dan Belton, Wolf Howard, SP Howarth, Bill Lewis, Sexton Ming, and Charles Thomson. Flyer: colour or black and white.

The Last Tasty Ones gig in London - Sunday 16 February, at Ryan's, 181 Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 (73 bus from Angel tube). Also appearing: Nigel Burch, and the Tap Collective. £4/£3. doors 7.30, bands start 8pm. flyer here (or black and white version here)

Tasty Ones supported Billy Childish's Buff Medways 20 December at the Dirty Water club, Tufnell Park.

Sexton performed solo on Boxing Day, 26 December, 2002, at the Klinker, inside the Sussex pub, 107A Culford Rd (Corner Engelfield Rd), London N1. Walking distance from both Dalston and Highbury & Islington. Also appearing: "12 Flying Monkeys who won't copulate properly" (a band) and a film.

Autumn 2002:

Sexton submitted a track to the "Peace not War" compilation CD. Out of 60 submissions only 30 made it; though Ming was not amongst them, it's a good CD to buy - click on the link.

Tasty Ones reviewed in Mojo magazine - more here.

Sexton appeared on the Dexter Bentley Hello Goodbye show on Resonance FM 104.4 or online , 12 noon to 1 pm on Saturday 9 November. Sexton played only one of his favourite records and read a couple of poems from soon to be released "Choice cut fillets" book.

Sexton sang with the Deptford Beach Babes - 25 Cotober 2002. details on Ella Guru's site.

New paintings! The Ming has been busy

Stuck in Australia! paintings by Ella Guru and Sexton Ming are showing at An International Stuckist Show, "STUCK DOWN SOUTH", @ FAD Gallery, 14 Corrs Lane, Chinatown, Melbourne. opening: oct 18, 7:30pm 18th oct - 4 nov. There is also a new Stuckist Centre opening the same day , at The Office, 1st floor, 273 -277 Queensberry st, South Carlton. Email Regan Zero for more details.

Summer 2002:

Sexton read poetry, Sunday 1 SEPTEMBER (NOT MARCH) 2002. Filthy McNastys Whiskey Cafe, 68 Amwell Street, Islington, EC1, 5 pm. Free entry. In a rare spoken word performance Sexton joined forces with a variety of acts, each doing roughly a 10 minute slot. Ring 07808 773 573 for more information. check back with us after 26 August for more details. (1.08.02)

Listen to Sexton Ming and Ella Guru interviews on Glassshrimp radion show, Resonance 104.4 FM (click for link), July 2002. MP3s: (warning: not great quality):

• Sexton reading Andy Warthog and his factory (read along here) and
• "The Ming is in your town" from his first album.
• Sexton talks about the Tasty Ones, jungeWelt stories, his work with Billy Childish and Damp Banger.
• Ella Guru talks about the new Stuckist International Centre, collaborative painting, Quentin Crisp and beehive wigs.

New story: Pete: the great survivor

BREED's birthmarks BONANZA. Friday 26 July 2002, Twelve Bar Club, behind Denmark Street, London W1. Come along and celebrate Simon's birthday with: Chris Twigg (solo), PAUL the girl (solo), Tasty Ones, Simon Breed, and Jazzy Jon to compere. not sure yet about door price - definitely a reduction for flyers (coming soon) - early start and late finish

Photos and Ella's diary from our adventures in Transylvania and beyond. (August 2002)

New story: Suzy at Sea.

Picture: Sexton onstage with the Ulcers, Boston Arms, July 2002 (by Rattail)

Conny Loesch, publisher of Sexton's stories in jungeWelt, had such a successful reading in Berlin we thought we'd print the story here:

"Jorg... went completely over the top. I wasn't bad either, like really acting all the dialogues and screaming and shouting at the right places. But Jorg was incredible, he was rapping and singing all the songs e.g. in Andy Warthog. He particularly loved Andy Warthog and had fits of laughter. It was so bad, he had to stop reading, I thought he'd choke.. His colleague in the office said, when he read it the first time, he thought he'd had to call a doctor. And I thought they were exaggerating. But then it happened again on stage. I found that so funny, that I was crying. So it was me crying and Jorg choking, panting, screaming on stage. Huge success. Half of the audience left, the other half loved it... Jorg is a real fan now, he's determined to do it again. Hamburg will be next..."

Tasty Ones supporedt Ten Benson: Wednesday 19 June 2002- Camden Underworld, London NW1, under the World's End Pub, near the tube station. TASTY ONES ON FIRST at 8 pm.

"One up the bum, no harm done!" Read about Sexton's involvement with Transistor Six in Splendidzine.com

Spring 2002:

UBERWENSCH ICA GIG CANCELLED. Pippa Brooks, the other half the Uberwensch duet, has just given birth to twins and will be unable to perform on Sunday. There is no news on Sexton's pregnancy, now in its sixth year...you can still catch him, belly and all, at events listed below.

Sexton to sing with Joe Whitney and the Tropcs of Cancer, Friday 31 May, Fusilier and Firkin, Camden NW1 - flyer here. (May 2002)