Bah – our good fortunes couldn’t last. In a curious turn of events, Fly53 have been forced to move out from their premises that also doubled as our seedy Soho studio. As such, we are now sans-studio and therefore cannot currently do the show unless we find a new home for our setup.

So: if any people out there can offer two rambling buffoons space for a small studio setup (and we mean TINY – broom cupboard size) with access to some ADSL for live streaming, then please do get in touch: trick@rhythm-incursions.com

It may be that Fly53 find new premises in London and still have space for our ramshackle rig. Otherwise, we need your help dear listeners!

We also want to take this opportunity to thank Troy and the team at Fly53 who have been amazing. They put up with our mess in the corner of their stockroom. They threw a swanky party for us. They even got us interviewed by Vice Style section! All power to them; we love the team, we love the clothes and if they get a new spot, we’ll happily return to our roles as errant resident broadcasters.

In the meantime, we need a new home. Can you help? If so, drop us a line!

Friends, after much hinting and veiled tweets, we can now confirm that we will be returning to the digital airwaves on August 31st at 7pm sharp. You can listen live via Ustream (we’ll get a box up on the right to tune in easily), but we’ll also be podcasting it and posting it up on Mixcloud so you can embed it on your own site and generally spread it around.

The following press release has also gone out to key people (*cough* anyone we know *ahem*):

PRESS RELEASE: MR TRICK AND WRONGTOM

- Presenters found living in squalor after Resonance termination
- Rescued by Guardian journalist & Fly53 clothing
- New weekly show starting 31st August @ 7pm
- Listen live and more info at www.mrtrickandwrongtom.com

It would seem that by design or by oversight the Mr Trick & Wrongtom Show has been summarily dropped from the Resonance FM schedule. Sadly, the first we learned of this was when someone forwarded us a newsletter they’d received from the show replacing us; nobody from the station has contacted us and hence we’re still none the wiser as to whether this is some kind of mistake on the station’s part, or a case of “we thought we’d rest you – did nobody tell you??”.

Either way, this means that the show we’d prepared for tonight will not now happen.

Personally, I’m gutted; having missed the final two shows of the year in December through illness, and then having to cancel last week’s show because we were snowed in, I was beyond excited to be getting back on air tonight. We love doing this show and particularly hearing from all our listeners – even when they’re telling us to shut up and move on, or stop playing Meshuggah. Again. Having gained a somewhat sturdy following that reached as far as Portland Oregon (yes Jen – that means you!), we felt we were onto something.

For now though, we would only ask one thing of you: if you would like to see us back on-air, please do drop Ed Baxter, the station manager for Resonance FM, a polite email enquiring why the show is no longer on-air. Please don’t get abusive; that won’t help us – quite the opposite. We just feel this should be positive: if you want the show back, let ‘em know and maybe they’ll reconsider the situation. You can email Ed on ed@resonancefm.com

Alternatively, if you’re a radio station looking for two presenters… drop us a line!

here’s to the future – er, preferably one where we are still on air somewhere

all the best

Mr Trick

Well, we aren’t going to lie: after the rather damp squib of a close to 2009 with me off sick for the last two shows of the year, we were all pumped up and ready for our EXPLOSIVE* return to the airwaves tonight.

And then it snowed.

A lot.

And, true to British form, the world ground to a halt.

So sadly tonight’s show is cancelled, much to our frustration. Back in the Days Of Yore™, in the event of a power outage, a band would spontaneously jam in the dark, determined to entertain the fans. Well, with the lights going out on our show this evening Tom has stepped forward with his own busking skills for your delectation… if by “busking” we mean “rare, unreleased remix with an uncannily coincidental title given the snowy weather”.

This is actually (according to Tom) his first reggae production as Stoneleigh Mountain Rockers, dating back to about 2005. While the vocal version saw the light of day, this one did not. So, re-light your pipe, pinch up your twills and sit down to enjoy a fine slice of our Wrongest one in action…

Click here to download Jay Bharadia – Snowy Day (Wrongtom SMR Dub)

We will be back next week on pain of death with our first show of 2010. Until then, Tom will be out back making a snowman effigy of Kid Creole and I shall be using this as an excuse to drink brandy and muse on my Hendrix bootleg collection. See you on the other side people!

*note by “explosive” we mean “reasonably energetic”

We’re therefore sorry to inform you that tonight’s Christmas special has been canceled, however Trick’s on the case making sure they air one of our previous yuletide podcasts from yesteryear so tune in at 10pm GMT and you will be visited by the ghosts of Trick & Tom past.