Dreamscape | The Toyah Willcox Fansite

• Like Punk Never Happened: Smash Hits Archive: October 14-27 1982: Lots of Toyah content in the latest issue uploaded exactly 30 years to the day it was originally published: Toyah back cover pin-up, Songwords: Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard), Singles Review: Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard), Be Proud/Warrior Rock: Full-page advert.

• Brave New World: A brilliant fan made tribute to Toyah’s 1982 video. Filmed in ’82 and completed this year.

• 366 Weird Movies: Capsule: The Tempest (1979): Pop singer Willcox makes for an endearingly sexy Miranda.

• Toyah supports the 2012 Breast Cancer Campaign/Wear it Pink. Visit their website here.

• I Was A Teenage Toyah Fan: One Year On: “A year rolls around – this time in 2011 I was editing and finalising the layout in between going to Toyah gigs whilst posting teaser extracts on this page…”

• The Isle Of Everywhere: Toyah – Thunder In The Mountains: Associated with punk, I never really gave Toyah a chance, even when I heard that she was married to Robert Fripp (one of my guitar idols), but it turns out, she’s more like a dyed-hair loud Kate Bush sort. Good songs, bright hair, and quite an alright voice.

• Toyah’s Vintage Christmas: Clips from last year’s mammoth festive special have recently been uploaded to You Tube by Vintage TV. (Thanks to Paul Lomas)

• The Independent: Stars flock to St Paul’s for Sassoon memorial: Sassoon’s widow, Ronnie Holbrook, was joined by a celebrities from the fashion, film, art and design industries, among them Sir Michael Caine, Zandra Rhodes, John Frieda, Nicky Clarke, singer Toyah Willcox and designer Mary Quant.

The ‘Vintage TV’ September newsletter has been emailed to subscribers, and again Toyah is mentioned in one of their updates.

Three is a magic number: Excitement is in the air as we begin our third year of broadcasting. Our audience continues to grow like our enthusiasm for bringing you the best in classic music television programming. Thanks to you, our viewers, our own independent productions continue to swell, giving the artists and celebrities you care about a chance to talk directly about the vintage music that we love. Toyah Willcox, Janice Long, Mike Hurst, Pat Sharp, Nik Kershaw and many others in the coming months will appear exclusively on Vintage TV, here and even further afield as we premiere internationally. The third time is a charm it seems, and we look forward to discovering more vintage music with you in 2013.

• It’s already been confirmed that Toyah will present a new (possibly 12-part) music series on ‘Vintage TV’, beginning later this year.

A reminder that The Janice Long Review Show is repeated on ‘Vintage TV’ tonight.

The Janice Long Review Show: Vintage TV
Thursday 9th August: 11.00pm
Toyah and Sex Pistols. Broadcaster Paul Sexton returns, alongside producer Trevor Horn and 80s starlet Toyah, to discuss her 1982 gothic release ‘The Changeling’ and Sex Pistols’ ground-breaking ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’.

A selection of screen caps from Sunday night’s The Janice Long Review Show on ‘Vintage TV’. Please click on these to view larger versions. This is repeated again this Thursday.

The Janice Long Review Show: Vintage TV: Thursday 9th August: 11.00pm
Toyah and Sex Pistols. Broadcaster Paul Sexton returns, alongside producer Trevor Horn and 80s starlet Toyah, to discuss her 1982 gothic release ‘The Changeling’ and Sex Pistols’ ground-breaking ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’.

• Toyah guested on The Janice Long Review Show last Sunday (repeated Thursday), along with Trevor Horn and Paul Sexton. View the preview clip for this at You Tube.

• Toyah guests again on The Janice Long Review Show this evening (Vintage TV @ 8.30pm). The programme includes a discussion on Toyah’s 1982 album ‘The Changeling’ by Toyah, Janice, Trevor Horn and Paul Sexton. Let’s hope Janice’s opinion of the album has ‘mellowed’ over the last 30 years :)

• Footage of Toyah performing at a private party in Kings Lynn in June can be viewed in, “the ultimate party band”, Madhen’s ‘June Video Diary (Part One)’ at You Tube.

• Financial Times: The Day The Music Died: A very rare interview with Robert Fripp.

• It’s A Mystery: A Tribute To Toyah: Listen to a preview at iTunes of the cover by Ameritz. Maybe some songs just shouldn’t be covered? (Thanks to Michael)

• Toyah on TV (in Sweden): Toyah’s edition of Celebrity Fantasy Homes airs again on BBC Lifestyle, Friday 10th August at 12.05pm, and on Saturday 11th August at Midnight.

The ‘Vintage TV’ August Newsletter confirms that later this year Toyah will be presenting a new music series on the channel.

Celebrating two years of Vintage TV … It’s going to be a busy summer at Vintage TV HQ!

Our Second Birthday! September marks our 2nd birthday, and boy do we have a lot to celebrate! It has been a prolific year for us in terms of our very own productions, with the conception and broadcasting of several new series, including The Janice Long Review Show, My Vintage, and  Pat Sharp’s Top Ten @ Ten. As we speak, even more new content is getting ready for production – in our third year, look out for Pat Sharp’s Time Warp, Mike Hurst’s Moments in Music, and a new series fronted by Toyah Willcox… Watch this space!

NB: Toyah has also confirmed this in her latest blog: “It looks like being a 12 part series“.

Following last Sunday night’s programme, Toyah makes a second appearance on The Janice Long Review Show tomorrow night (repeated Thursday) on ‘Vintage TV’.

The Janice Long Review Show: Vintage TV:
Sun 5th August: 8.30pm/Thu 9th August: 11.00pm
Toyah and Sex Pistols. Broadcaster Paul Sexton returns, alongside producer Trevor Horn and 80s starlet Toyah, to discuss her 1982 gothic release ‘The Changeling’ and Sex Pistols’ ground-breaking ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’.

The Janice Long Review Show: Vintage TV:
Sun 29th July: 8.30pm/Thu 2nd August: 11.00pm
Earth, Wind and Fire and Seal. Prolific producer Trevor Horn, punk princess Toyah Willcox and music journalist Paul Sexton head to Boogie Wonderland to chat disco classic ‘I Am’ and UK No 1 ‘Seal II’, home to hit ‘Kiss From A Rose’.

Toyah is pictured in Vintage TV’s July Newsletter. She will guest on a future edition of The Janice Long Review Show.

Here at Vintage TV HQ things are hotting up – even if summer’s not arrived outside!

The Janice Long Review Show makes a stellar debut
After a star-studded debut on the 24th June, BBC Radio 2 DJ, Janice Long, will continue to welcome a list of legends to her panel show throughout July. Every Sunday night at 8.30pm join guests including punk princess Toyah Willcox, Grammy-winning producer Trevor Horn, and singer-songwriter Katie Melua as they discuss classic albums of the 20th century.

BBC Radio 2 DJ, Janice Long, welcomes a stellar guest list to review classic albums and hot new releases, nodding to masterful musicianship, recounting first experiences of musical milestones and entertaining with frank but friendly debates about what we all know and love: music. Filmed at Soho’s intimate Tin Pan Alley …

Toyah tweeted today that herself and Trevor Horn are reviewing ‘The Changeling’ for a forthcoming edition of The Janice Long Review Show which will air on ‘Vintage TV’. “Scary but fun“, Toyah said and also included this photo of a well worn vinyl copy of the album.

NB: The first edition, featuring Holly Johnson, airs on Sunday 24th June at 8.30pm: The Janice Long Review Show: Put four music lovers into one room and you’re sure to capture something special: stories of childhoods spent in record shops, first gigs in tiny venues and meeting idols. Not to mention when there are close connections to the albums at hand.

Toyah guested on My Vintage on Vintage TV earlier this month, choosing 12 songs of significance.

Click on each of the songs below to read in detail what Toyah said about each of her song choices. The final two soon!

Love Is The Drug – Roxy Music
The Jean Genie – David Bowie
The Killing Moon – Echo & The Bunnymen
Tiny Dancer – Elton John
The Passenger – Iggy Pop
All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
Running Up That Hill – Kate Bush
Walk On The Wild Side – Lou Reed
Stay – Shakespears Sister
Mad World – Tears For Fears
Even Better Than The Real Thing – U2
The Lovecats – The Cure

A post from ‘Vintage TV’ Facebook yesterday: ATTENTION one and all. There are only 4 days left to enter our competition to win a pair of tickets to one of Toyah’s 6 April tour dates. Don’t miss out. Go here.

The full 12-song soundtrack to Toyah’s My Vintage. The programme is currently airing on ‘Vintage TV’.

Click on each of the songs below to read in detail what Toyah said about each of her song choices. More soon!

Love Is The Drug – Roxy Music
The Jean Genie – David Bowie
The Killing Moon – Echo & The Bunnymen
Tiny Dancer – Elton John
The Passenger – Iggy Pop
All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
Running Up That Hill – Kate Bush
Walk On The Wild Side – Lou Reed
Stay – Shakespears Sister
Mad World – Tears For Fears
Even Better Than The Real Thing – U2
The Lovecats – The Cure

Toyah’s first six song choices from My Vintage… View full transcripts of what she said about each by clicking on the song links above.

Toyah guested on Vintage TV’s My Vintage on Tuesday 13th March in a 90 minute special.

Toyah was a rebellious child, but the arrival of rock ‘n roll reinvented her life and gave her grounding. Here she shares with us her most-loved songs: those that brought her back to where she is today.

Toyah chose an eclectic selection of her favourite songs (see above for the full list) and recalled why they had become so.