Where did the idea of rebel bingo come from?
We used to run parties in a disused church hall... the after party was always in the basement, you know one of those basements where it's a bit under the pavement and you can see and hear people on the street. The old grannies had a bingo wheel down there and we started fucking around with it in the early hours of the morning with all these crazy people, like Luki and Anita and Ryan and Charlie. Soon people started to treat that as the main party and call it the underground rebel bingo club. because it was underground, because we somewhere we shouldn't be, because we were playing a new form of bingo, and because it is a secret club.
Who comes up with the prizes?
We are given stuff by a website. I don't know whey they give it to us... but we keep getting cheekier and seeing how far we can push our luck. The best prizes are things that you would never expect, like an umbrella that lights up in the dark, or a machine that shoots air across the room so it feels like a ghost is touching you... but we have given away motorbikes before, we get them all from www.iwantoneofthose.com - i think the people who run it just like being involved. They are nice guys and they give us free shit!
If i haven't been, what can i expect?
You can expect loud music, laughing and drawing on people's faces... and a lot of dancing, and the prospect of waking up with a bingover. A bingover is like a hangover but with the addition of pen on your face.
I want people to start using this word more! BINGOVER.
Have you had any trouble with the law?
We are always one step ahead of the law. I don't want to talk about it. Maybe.
You and Freddie are apparently long term friends. When the door shuts at the end of the night do you secretly hate each other?
We have known each other since we were in play school, less than a mile from the Macbeth, but we are very different people. We have the exact opposite views on everything and we are very sensitive... it is true that we have had some really aggressive fights, but they are usually over things like... well, types of bingo pens or whether you should put the prize of Patrick the Polar Bear before or after a horsey hopper, so we usually end up laughing. We laugh more than we fight. But we laugh a LOT.
It’s been a crazy year for you guys. Apart from the Macbeth obviously, what have been the highlights of 2009?
We have been offered to play venues in Los Angeles and New York to put rebel Bingo in. We all saved up and me and Luki and Anita all went to LA together to look at them... we hit up strip bars, Tattoo parlours, beach houses in Malibu, parties in the Hollywood Hills - it was rad... we will be going back for sure as we forgot to do any rebel bingo. Watch out LA. Watch out world.
To win free tickets to Underground Rebel Bingo at a secret location (see blog title for clue) then just answer the easy question below:
What is a bingover?
a) A robot that can identify suicidal intent in pets and livestock
b) A gun-holster used by cowboys to represent the size of their nuts
c) A specialist type of hangover that is defined by the addition of pen drawings on your back, face and inner thigh
d) A sexual position involving 8 or more people
Answers to Ben.starr@themacbeth.co.uk
Good luck!!
