Following the success of our amazing 2 Bears track give away a couple of weeks ago, I’m very excited to be offering another totally exclusive track today, in the lead up to our launch event on Thursday 27th.

Al Tourettes, who’ll also be playing at the launch, has created a truly hypnotic and infectious track based around my, ‘You have a 1990s face’ tic.…

It’s not only visual artists who’ve been busy creating work for Touretteshero. The 2 Bears have made an amazing track for us using a selection of my vocal tics. In the run-up to tomorrow’s screening of my appearance on Planet Word with Stephen Fry, we’re giving this track away absolutely free!…

This new tic is causing some alarm. Though I don’t need any, I keep shouting, “Help” in a high-pitched voice. Fortunately my friends and family are fairly good at telling the difference between the tic and a real emergency.

Help!

But it does make Leftwing Idiot a bit nervous when we’re out and about, especially when he’s holding on to me, helping me walk.…

Leftwing Idiot isn’t a fan of my new ‘Ipswich’ tic. He’s not a fan of the place either. I’ve never been there so I can’t comment.

Ipswich

I’ve described before how tics sometimes come out to a particular tune. The last few days have been full of ticced songs that arrive out of the blue. Here’s a selection of lyrics from the latest batch:

To the Blackadder theme:

“You’re Blackpool, you’re Blackpool, your good times have now gone.”…

Leftwing Idiot’s had his bathroom re-done, and as a result it’s emptier and more echoey than it was before.

Every time I use it now I tic:

“Help, I’m stuck down a well.”

I’m Stuck Down A Well!

Most of my tics sound identical each time I say them but my, “Biscuit” tic is proving an exception, with two very different pronunciations.

Biscuit Vs Bis-cuit

The first is the whole word spoken quickly, with the emphasis on the first syllable.…

This evening Screechy met Squawky when I recorded Desert Island Tics with Screechy Badman, a radio show host who broadcasts on The Source FM.

We chatted about the effect of different music and sounds on my tics and I chose eight tracks to be cast away with.…

A while ago I wrote about going to Acton to do some recording with Alex Newman. We had a conversation that was led by my tics. This resulted in some strange and unpredictable stories. Leftwing Idiot has edited this audio and today I uploaded it to SoundCloud.…

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been singing my, “I’m a baby” song. The full lyrics are:

“I’m a baby,
You’re a baby,
Poke a baby,
Bank a baby.”

This has been amusing many of my friends, particularly Leftwing Idiot who sings along.…