Dreamscape | The Toyah Willcox Fansite

I must confess, I haven’t looked at Dreamscape’s stats for a good while. Just been too busy with other things.

I was pleasantly surprised when I checked the stats at Stat Counter tonight (just 20 minutes ago to be precise) – In these times of Facebook, social media and everything else but the kitchen sink, this site is still very busy and continues to receive 100’s of unique visitors each and every day. Even on the quietest day of the last couple of months, which was Sunday 14th September, there was still 190 unique visitors.

In the last day alone there have been visits to Dreamscape from: UK, USA, Australia, France, Ireland, Germany, Turkey, Netherlands, Spain, Kenya, Sweden, Italy, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Finland. Russian Federation, Singapore, Poland and Latvia.

Interest in Toyah is truly global – View a larger version of the stats graphic here.

It’s day six of toyahwillcox.com’s countdown to the Intergalactic tour and today things have went all Sugar and Spice. Click below to open door six.

Phil Spalding’s Official Website has recently been updated with more content, including his memories of working on Warrior Rock and Love Is The Law. Read by clicking below.

More photos from Toyah’s Acoustic, Up Close & Personal UK Tour. These are from Friday night’s sold out concert at Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham. Click below to view these, and more, at Dreamscape’s Gallery. Browse all of our Acoustic, Up Close & Personal news… (Thanks again to Angus | Photos © Angus Turner)

The tour countdown continues, today it’s a look at one of the most legendary points of Toyah’s career (for me anyway): The 1980 ATV documentary TOYAH. Open door five by clicking below…

• ToyahTV: More webisodes have been uploaded over the last week: Soundchecks, birthdays, cake, Toyah vinyl and much more – View them all at The Official Toyah Vimeo page…

• Cinema Sojourns: God Stave The Queen: One of the few films to emerge from Britain’s punk rock movement of the mid-seventies that succinctly expressed the anger and anarchic spirit of the times, Jubilee (1978) – Continue reading…

• Open Culture: Derek Jarman’s Jubilee: “It’s the Best Film about Punk” (1978): Derek Jarman was too old and too accomplished to be a punk. By 1977, the openly gay filmmaker and artist was already 36 and had an impressive CV – Continue reading…

• Vintage TV: It’s Personal: Keeping it up close and personal for us this month is another fabulous four on My Vintage. You can relax as Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s Holly Johnson (19th October, 5.00pm) singles out the songs that speak to him, and tells us why, in his show debut. Also on our eclectic guest list is singer Shirlie Kemp (5th October, 5.00pm), of 80s duo Pepsi and Shirlie, punk princess Toyah Willcox with her legendary guitarist husband Robert Fripp of King Crimson fame (13th October, 10.30pm), and the beehived chanteuse Mari Wilson (20th October, 10.30pm) – Visit the website here…

• Bent: BAMcinématek To Screen Complete Retrospective of Derek Jarman’s Films!: Get ready Brooklyn: BAMcinématek has announced they will be presenting the most comprehensive NYC Derek Jarman retrospective in nearly two decades. “Queer Pagan Punk: The Films of Derek Jarman” will screen October 30-November 11, featuring all of his feature films – Continue reading…

• Ultimate Classic Rock: 35 Years Ago: The Who’s ‘Quadrophenia’ Film Adaptation Becomes a Cult Classic – Continue reading…

• Fred Perry: Quadrophenia: A Way of Life (Inside the Making of Britain’s Greatest Youth Film): It’s 35 years since Quadrophenia, the iconic Mod cult film, hit the world’s cinema screens – Continue reading…

• British Council: Derek Jarman retrospective: This took place at the Fakel Cinema in Russia, between 15th and 25th September – Further info here…

Day Four of the official countdown to Toyah’s Songs From The Intergalactic Ranch House UK Tour. The sheet music that was available for a selection of Toyah’s early 80s singles has been added to the new toyahwillcox.com archive. Open door four by clicking below…

The classic 1980 episode of Minder, “All Mod Cons”, starring Toyah as Kate alongside Dennis Waterman and George Cole airs again a few times on ITV4 later this month.

Minder: ITV4: Thursday 16th October: 6pm
Minder: ITV4: Friday 17th October: 2.10am/11.55am
All Mod Cons. Arthur decides to sell Terry’s flat without his permission. Meanwhile, Terry gets a job minding at a local club and ends up getting into more trouble than he had planned for when he realises the club’s manager is on the fiddle. Starring: George Cole, Dennis Waterman, Toyah Willcox, Simon Cadell, James Ottaway, and Tony Osaba. (Series 2, Episode 8, 1980). Also showing on ITV4 HD and ITV4 +1.

Great photos from last night’s Acoustic, Up Close & Personal concert at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill in Surrey. Click below to view these, and more, at Dreamscape’s Gallery. Browse all of our Acoustic, Up Close & Personal news… (Thanks to Angus | Photos © Angus Turner)

It’s the third day of toyahwillcox.com’s countdown to Toyah’s Intergalactic tour and it’s a retrotastic goodie today: A flashback to Tales Of The Unexpected: Blue Marigold, which also launches an ACTING section at the Official Website which will feature pages on roles from Toyah’s acting career to date. Open door three by clicking below.

The countdown to the start of Toyah’s new tour, Songs From The Intergalactic Ranch House, continues today at toyahwillcox.com. There’s the launch of a new archive section… Remember Toyah make-up from 1982? Open door two by clicking below. (Thanks to andy)

Toyah’s October blog is available at The Official Toyah Willcox Website. Click below to read.

17 days until the Autumn Intergalactic Ranch House Tour kicks off. The countdown is now live: In a land of broken dreams only tears are free…

The countdown to the start of Toyah’s new tour, Songs From The Intergalactic Ranch House, commences today at toyahwillcox.com…

Vivienne Westwood, Stephen Jones, Toyah Willcox and i-D’s very own Princess Julia (taking a bubble bath) are all part of new film, Soul Boys of the Western World, aka Spandau Ballet The Movie. George Hencken’s film focuses on New Romantic culture that played out in its most fantastic fashion at Steve Strange’s Blitz Club. Check out the teaser clip here. The European screening premiere will be live at London’s Royal Albert Hall on 30 September and the film goes on general release from 3 October.

• Continue reading at i-d-vice.com.

Jubilee, The Tempest and Glitterbug are all showing at BAM, (Brooklyn Academy of Music), New York, as part of BAMcinématek: Following a retrospective at the BFI this spring, BAMcinématek presents the work of iconoclastic British filmmaker and crusading gay rights activist Derek Jarman, who not only redefined queer cinema, but reimagined moviemaking as a means for limitless personal expression. Marrying sound and image in radical new ways, his poetic, passionate, and visually ravishing films are visionary works of art that, 20 years after his death, are still being unraveled – Click below for further info.

I have been coming to Evesham Dental Health Team (EDHT) for at least ten years. The team is friendly and helpful, and more importantly local and available. I am horrified at the prices that London charge for treatment and I disagree that you have to pay a premium just for being in London. Also I know people that have to book six months ahead and for me that would be a nightmare.

I think it is really important to have good teeth. I don’t think people realise how often your teeth are looked at. I realised during photo shoots that my teeth no longer translated the way I felt about them. I had lost a lot of enamel from natural wear and tear, as well as through a very healthy lifestyle of lots of fruit and vegetables – which I found ironic as you wouldn’t expect that to happen. As a result of this loss of enamel, my teeth felt very rough and I hated food sticking to them.

• Continue reading at EDHT.

My Vintage with The Fripps airs again next month on Vintage TV. A great hour of chat and classic music choices from Robert and Toyah. Here’s the full Fripp Playlist from My Vintage:

Salisbury Hill – Peter Gabriel, Rapture – Blondie, Heroes – David Bowie, Fashion – David Bowie, Imagine – John Lennon, Bridge Over Troubled Waters – Simon & Garfunkel, Angels – Robbie Williams, I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston.

My Vintage: Vintage TV: Monday 13th October: 10.30pm
Toyah and Robert. New! Husband and wife team, punk princess Toyah and guitarist and record producer Robert Fripp, invite My Vintage viewers into their home for their top record picks.

Great photos of Toyah onstage at The Birdwell Venue, Barnsley, on the penultimate date of the 2014 Crimson Queen/Greatest Hits…Live! UK Tour on Friday night. Click below to view larger versions of these at Dreamscape Gallery.  (Thanks to Jill | Photos © Jill Perlstrom)

Things are hotting up for Toyah’s Songs From The Intergalactic Ranch House Tour… Over the last few days Toyah tweeted: “The minx is sounding sensational. It is going to b the best set in decades. Real suprises. Real Power“, and “War machines, fascist regimes / Laser beams, futurist dreams #‎IntergalacticRanchHouseTour‬ Sneak Preview coming 01.10.14 to ‪#‎ToyahTV“, along with a great photo at Instagram. Click below for details on all the dates. (Photo © Official Toyah)

• New ToyahTV webisodes have also been uploaded – Including one for Andy Doble’s birthday – Happy Birthday Andy!!

A variety of previously unseen photos of Toyah, from well-known photo sessions, have been appearing in various places online recently. Here’s a glimpse of four via low resolution thumbnails. (Thanks to Mark for photo four)