Maths / Equations....
I am not condoning any of these crimes. Never will. Merely pointing out some inequalities
Michael Jackson: "legend" = innocent
Gary Glitter: "has-been" = guilty
Pete Townshend: "legend" = innocent
Chris Langham: "who? not so well known" = guilty
Phil Spector: "legend" = oops, mis-trail.
Also, Pete "Kiddie Porn Downloading, Arrogant Twat" Townshend claimed to be downloading and hoarding child pornography for research for a book he was working on. Where is this book? Or project? Surely it can't have been The Who's Wire and Glass... you need to look at naked children now to make a shit album??
Langham claimed to also be downloading the stuff for researching an upcoming character. Nobody else knew about the character. Oh dear. Actually, you didn't write "My Generation," oh dear Chris. Nor do you spin your arm around like a twat pretending to be a windmill, big oops Mr Langham. Jail for him though.
Saturday, 29 September 2007
Grizzly Adams DID have a beard
Things have been a bit slow of late. I had thought of something I wanted to blog about but have promplty forgotten about it.
This week seems to have bounced past in a haze of man-flu, white and dark chocolate cheesecake and new cds. I've still yet to find anywhere that carries the new Rogue Wave album. I might be forced to illegally download it if that's what the stupid people at Brushfire Records seem to want.
Not quite worth the build up I may have been guilty of giving is the new Foo's album Echoes, Patience.. While it's bloody good it's still not as good as The Colour and The Shape. That being said its a lot better and more consistent than any album they've done since. There's more diversity in the sound than before (even more than In Your Honour displayed) and whilst I agree with Dave Grohl's sentiment of not being scared of the piano ballad I think that one is more than enough for the album. Still, compared to a lot of other stuff it stands up pretty well.
However, this week I have got the new albums by Buffalo Tom and Thurston Moore - both superb in their own genre. I was so happy when I read that B.T had got back together and Three Easy Pieces was well worth the wait. Buffalo Tom are one of those bands that came out of the whole college-rock scene but unlike many of their contempories they weren't afraid of wearing their influences proudly - even citing Aerosmith in the linears of their A-Sides compiliation - at a time when every other band was fighting to sound fuzzy and Seattle-like. I don't care, they made great music and this new album shows that they got back together for the only right reason - they still had a lot of great music to write together. Long live Buffalo Tom.
I read somewhere that Biffy Clyro aren't going to be playing Folding Stars at anymore of their live shows. Not something I'm gonna lose sleep other but the principal is a bit moronic. Why write a song and then get all prissy about people wanting to hear it. If you didn't want people to like it, buy it and want to hear it then why write it and why put it on the album. The same goes, dare I say it, for Smells Like Teen Spirit or Nevermind. All those purists who say its weak or commercial.. SoFuckingWhat??? If Kurt hadn't liked it he wouldn't have written it. But you know what? He did. Oops. I love Nirvana, absolutely adore the music they made and while Smells.. isn't my favourite song I'm not gonna criticise someone who says it's theirs. Know why? Because its music. You like it or you don't, there's no need to get prissy about it.
Oh, I also got the last Yeah Yeah Yeahs album at a bargain price and picked up Pavement's Brighten The Corners for £3 - both adding to what has been a superb bumper boost to my CD collection. Oh and Happy Gilmore on DVD for £2. Just tap it in... though, at the moment, I've god Fred Jones Pt 2 by Ben Folds on repeat. Beautiful.
See
This week seems to have bounced past in a haze of man-flu, white and dark chocolate cheesecake and new cds. I've still yet to find anywhere that carries the new Rogue Wave album. I might be forced to illegally download it if that's what the stupid people at Brushfire Records seem to want.
Not quite worth the build up I may have been guilty of giving is the new Foo's album Echoes, Patience.. While it's bloody good it's still not as good as The Colour and The Shape. That being said its a lot better and more consistent than any album they've done since. There's more diversity in the sound than before (even more than In Your Honour displayed) and whilst I agree with Dave Grohl's sentiment of not being scared of the piano ballad I think that one is more than enough for the album. Still, compared to a lot of other stuff it stands up pretty well.
However, this week I have got the new albums by Buffalo Tom and Thurston Moore - both superb in their own genre. I was so happy when I read that B.T had got back together and Three Easy Pieces was well worth the wait. Buffalo Tom are one of those bands that came out of the whole college-rock scene but unlike many of their contempories they weren't afraid of wearing their influences proudly - even citing Aerosmith in the linears of their A-Sides compiliation - at a time when every other band was fighting to sound fuzzy and Seattle-like. I don't care, they made great music and this new album shows that they got back together for the only right reason - they still had a lot of great music to write together. Long live Buffalo Tom.
I read somewhere that Biffy Clyro aren't going to be playing Folding Stars at anymore of their live shows. Not something I'm gonna lose sleep other but the principal is a bit moronic. Why write a song and then get all prissy about people wanting to hear it. If you didn't want people to like it, buy it and want to hear it then why write it and why put it on the album. The same goes, dare I say it, for Smells Like Teen Spirit or Nevermind. All those purists who say its weak or commercial.. SoFuckingWhat??? If Kurt hadn't liked it he wouldn't have written it. But you know what? He did. Oops. I love Nirvana, absolutely adore the music they made and while Smells.. isn't my favourite song I'm not gonna criticise someone who says it's theirs. Know why? Because its music. You like it or you don't, there's no need to get prissy about it.
Oh, I also got the last Yeah Yeah Yeahs album at a bargain price and picked up Pavement's Brighten The Corners for £3 - both adding to what has been a superb bumper boost to my CD collection. Oh and Happy Gilmore on DVD for £2. Just tap it in... though, at the moment, I've god Fred Jones Pt 2 by Ben Folds on repeat. Beautiful.
See
Wednesday, 19 September 2007
Hulk SMASH
Oh the unfairness of it all.
Last year I got turned on to a new-ish band called Rogue Wave and quickly purchased their two albums - and they were on SubPop: bonus. Then news reaches me that they have signed to Brushfire records and have a new one due soon. I got so excited I posted about it recently and even stuck up a video.
Today I was looking something unrelated up and found that the new Rogue Wave album was released this week. Only according to my normal online shops for cd's - play and hmv - it doesn't even exist. No listing at all, not even in the up-coming releases. Yet they have listings for the soon to be released Band of Horses. Weird. Only amazon had a listing and they wanted £15 and two-three weeks for delivery. What?! So, I check the band site and myspace pages and the labels site - all of which state that the album dropped on the 18th. Apparently it's available on i-tunes too. Wait... no, it's not. It's only available on the U.S i-tunes. Same story for the Eddie Vedder solo record which, a quick search reveals has a later UK release to the the U.S... perhaps this is the case with the Rogue Wave album. But.. why??? It makes no sense. And why don't the sites give this information or are they just assuming nobody in the U.K buys Rogue Wave albums. Pretty fucking stupid approach if you ask me.
In other news I attended half a gig last night. I saw the first band and then watched Scott do his breakcore/dance/laptop-electro experiment infront of a room full of hardcore bands and scene kids and left. Instead I went home seeking inspiration and watched my DVD of A Film about Jimi Hendrix. Suitably inspired I spent a joyous hour playing my guitar through headphones and fuzzy distortion - though I didn't use my teeth at any point - and have spent the morning listening to the three ..Experience albums while working. Oh, and getting frustrated over the whole Rogue Wave thing...
Last year I got turned on to a new-ish band called Rogue Wave and quickly purchased their two albums - and they were on SubPop: bonus. Then news reaches me that they have signed to Brushfire records and have a new one due soon. I got so excited I posted about it recently and even stuck up a video.
Today I was looking something unrelated up and found that the new Rogue Wave album was released this week. Only according to my normal online shops for cd's - play and hmv - it doesn't even exist. No listing at all, not even in the up-coming releases. Yet they have listings for the soon to be released Band of Horses. Weird. Only amazon had a listing and they wanted £15 and two-three weeks for delivery. What?! So, I check the band site and myspace pages and the labels site - all of which state that the album dropped on the 18th. Apparently it's available on i-tunes too. Wait... no, it's not. It's only available on the U.S i-tunes. Same story for the Eddie Vedder solo record which, a quick search reveals has a later UK release to the the U.S... perhaps this is the case with the Rogue Wave album. But.. why??? It makes no sense. And why don't the sites give this information or are they just assuming nobody in the U.K buys Rogue Wave albums. Pretty fucking stupid approach if you ask me.
In other news I attended half a gig last night. I saw the first band and then watched Scott do his breakcore/dance/laptop-electro experiment infront of a room full of hardcore bands and scene kids and left. Instead I went home seeking inspiration and watched my DVD of A Film about Jimi Hendrix. Suitably inspired I spent a joyous hour playing my guitar through headphones and fuzzy distortion - though I didn't use my teeth at any point - and have spent the morning listening to the three ..Experience albums while working. Oh, and getting frustrated over the whole Rogue Wave thing...
Friday, 14 September 2007
I can hear Pink Floyd through the floorboards
A quick one. Following up on my list of annoying adverts. This one is perfect:
Nothing to do with chocolate. Everything to do with being the best advert in the world.
Nothing to do with chocolate. Everything to do with being the best advert in the world.
"There are some who call me... Tim" or Running To Stand Still
Ah bless Monty Python.. always a good way to alleviate a lousy day at the office.
Work in itself wasn't horrendous. To be fair I didn't spend all day at my desk pouring over the lack of news to write about. Instead I spent the majority of my day taking photos of the days events. It was one of those corporate fun day things along the lines of "I'm a Celebrity.." so lots of shots of gunge, gross out events, people eating pigs testicles and hydrated scorpions. 189 photos taken to be exact.
I think what's really getting me down at work is my lack of time off. I've taken about 7 or 8 days of my annual leave but only as single days. I haven't enjoyed a whole week of yet this year. To make it worse that damned Vodafone advert played just before I left for work this morning. The one where the guy keeps trying to meet his girlfriend but everytime he walks in the door he finds himself back at the office. The idea being that work steals all the time for those important moments. I thnk they're right.
This feeling has also timed itself with my desire to push the Orchestra forward and fast. I'm thinking I should take a week off work and get my fellow orchestrators to do the same and spend the week writing and recording. There's enough tunes and ideas now for an e.p at least and I don't want to be sat at my Mac much longer while work continues to steal the best moments from me without my permission.
In other news I ate too much at the BBQ work put on today. I feel I abused it by visiting for burgers twice.
Ah yes, some call me.... Tim:
Work in itself wasn't horrendous. To be fair I didn't spend all day at my desk pouring over the lack of news to write about. Instead I spent the majority of my day taking photos of the days events. It was one of those corporate fun day things along the lines of "I'm a Celebrity.." so lots of shots of gunge, gross out events, people eating pigs testicles and hydrated scorpions. 189 photos taken to be exact.
I think what's really getting me down at work is my lack of time off. I've taken about 7 or 8 days of my annual leave but only as single days. I haven't enjoyed a whole week of yet this year. To make it worse that damned Vodafone advert played just before I left for work this morning. The one where the guy keeps trying to meet his girlfriend but everytime he walks in the door he finds himself back at the office. The idea being that work steals all the time for those important moments. I thnk they're right.
This feeling has also timed itself with my desire to push the Orchestra forward and fast. I'm thinking I should take a week off work and get my fellow orchestrators to do the same and spend the week writing and recording. There's enough tunes and ideas now for an e.p at least and I don't want to be sat at my Mac much longer while work continues to steal the best moments from me without my permission.
In other news I ate too much at the BBQ work put on today. I feel I abused it by visiting for burgers twice.
Ah yes, some call me.... Tim:
Thursday, 13 September 2007
(Dr) Who Really Cares, Moz?
Bleurgh. Surely I cannot be the only one who detests Dr Who? It's a stupid, ridiculous programme that somehow keeps getting made and keeps getting praised. Some smug looking timelord, cheap BBC "can barely see the strings" style effects, 'aliens' that look like nothing more than actors in cheap suits and some of the worst script writing since Elderado. How is this allowed to happen??!!
I never liked it as a kid either, grew up without any real knowledge or interest in it except to know what it was and that first Knock-Knock joke everybody learns. I've even tried to 'get it' too - my little brother is a big fan and so it's always on at my Dad's house yet still... leaves me looking for somewhere to sleep or a decent storyline. Don't get me wrong: I have nothing against the sci-fi thing. I still think Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is an amazing piece of work and I still keep up to date with latest Discworld stories. But seriously, Dr Who is a complete pile of it.
Some opinions and tastes do change. I'm almost scared to admit it but lately I've started to appreciate Morrissey. Not as a person, I still think he's a tosser, but his music. I never used to see the attraction of the Smiths. I used to think that it was some stunning music that was great until old misery Moz started moaning over the top. So what changed? I haven't suddenly started to long for the 80's, don't worry. No. I was ambushed. When I got my new car I suddenly found myself driving with a cassette player instead of a cd player and not owning an cassettes (I've had a CD player in my car for the last 7 years). In a similar twist Dan found himself in a car with a CD player and a shite load of cassette comps that he didn't need and passes a couple on to me which I'm still wearing down through lack of making my own.
Armed with these tapes I drove down to Brighton for the wedding and there was one song that I really liked and rewound to listen to and turned up when it'd come around. Not knowing what it was I repeated one of the lines from it - "take people from Pittsburgh, Pensylvania but spare me" - to Dan in the hope that he'd inform me of some new and obscure artist. No, it was a track called On The Streets I Ran from the miserable bastards latest opus Ringleader of the Tormentors - a cd Ryan had offered to give me for free as he'd been gifted it somehow and had no interest. Needless to say I took him up on the offer and, annoyingly, liked it.
Dan sideswipped me again recently with a new compilation he made me. He put another Morrissey song on there - This World Is Full of Crashing Bores - that I again really liked then he gifted me the Morrissey album You Are The Quarry which again, I enjoyed. Damn it. I still think he's a tosser as a person though.
I never liked it as a kid either, grew up without any real knowledge or interest in it except to know what it was and that first Knock-Knock joke everybody learns. I've even tried to 'get it' too - my little brother is a big fan and so it's always on at my Dad's house yet still... leaves me looking for somewhere to sleep or a decent storyline. Don't get me wrong: I have nothing against the sci-fi thing. I still think Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is an amazing piece of work and I still keep up to date with latest Discworld stories. But seriously, Dr Who is a complete pile of it.
Some opinions and tastes do change. I'm almost scared to admit it but lately I've started to appreciate Morrissey. Not as a person, I still think he's a tosser, but his music. I never used to see the attraction of the Smiths. I used to think that it was some stunning music that was great until old misery Moz started moaning over the top. So what changed? I haven't suddenly started to long for the 80's, don't worry. No. I was ambushed. When I got my new car I suddenly found myself driving with a cassette player instead of a cd player and not owning an cassettes (I've had a CD player in my car for the last 7 years). In a similar twist Dan found himself in a car with a CD player and a shite load of cassette comps that he didn't need and passes a couple on to me which I'm still wearing down through lack of making my own.
Armed with these tapes I drove down to Brighton for the wedding and there was one song that I really liked and rewound to listen to and turned up when it'd come around. Not knowing what it was I repeated one of the lines from it - "take people from Pittsburgh, Pensylvania but spare me" - to Dan in the hope that he'd inform me of some new and obscure artist. No, it was a track called On The Streets I Ran from the miserable bastards latest opus Ringleader of the Tormentors - a cd Ryan had offered to give me for free as he'd been gifted it somehow and had no interest. Needless to say I took him up on the offer and, annoyingly, liked it.
Dan sideswipped me again recently with a new compilation he made me. He put another Morrissey song on there - This World Is Full of Crashing Bores - that I again really liked then he gifted me the Morrissey album You Are The Quarry which again, I enjoyed. Damn it. I still think he's a tosser as a person though.
Wednesday, 12 September 2007
Gizmo - The Search Begins
Ok, today I found something I strongly desire for the music maker in me.
For the last week or so my Dad and I have been having discussions about guitarists after he gave me a run down of his top 5 or so (I think High Fidelity caused everyone to have Top 5's). His list featured the likes of David Gilmour, Nils Lofgren (which surprised me as I wasn't expecting my Dad to even know the name), Mark Knopfler, Clapton and afew others I forget and, after my prompting of the name, Mr Hendrix. All fine guitarists - though I don't stand much for Clapton - especially Lofgren and Knopfler who I feel is somewhat overlooked. We all know my affection for Hendrix borders on the distrubing.
Being of the current experimental and explorative bent that I am with guitars I've been thinking of a list of my own, those who are innovative with it. Those few players who make you pay attention to a song and think "how the feck did he get it to sound like that?!" So my list also features Mr Gilmour for his playing was one of the first to make me realise guitars didn't have to sound like they did for Bryan Adams when I heard Dark Side of The Moon at 13. Tom Morrello is also in there is are Messrs Moore and Ronaldo. Obviously.
Anywho, this has been a matter of frequent conversation between us. Today is my Dad's birthday and I sprung for an Indian to celebrate. On the way into town to collect it the conversation again drifts to guitar playing thanks to some God-awful song on the radio. I go back to explaining what I'm listening for in guitars these days and start talking about my own experimentation with Prepared Guitars and using a screw driver to form a third bridge guitar. Not playing the instrument but having seen a lot of shows etc in his time my Dad isn't too bad on his knowledge and nods his head and mentions that he remembers seeing 10cc - of "I'm Not In Love" fame - and the guitarist inventing something to give a good sound. He said it was something they invented called the Gizmo. Intrigued and full of Korma I check it out online whilst multi-tasking in Second Life. He was right.
Unable to afford an orchestra for their early albums they invented this device that would make the guitar sound like a string section. The Gizmo strapped onto the bridge of the guitar. and the right hand would press Gizmo keys to "bow" the strings, and the left could wander the fretboard. They also discovered it could be used for other noises including brass, percussion, and weird sound effects. I'm gonna have to rummage my Dads cd's for an example or find my copy of Led Zep's In Through The Out Door which features it.
This device sounds amazing and like I could have a whole lot of fun with it, problem is the company that made it went bankrupt so its not exactly something that crops up on e-bay like the Thermin I'm after. But look at this. I'm now determined to hunt one of these puppies down. Will certainly find a home in the BrokenOrchestra.
I've also been informed that I have to check out this thing called Lastfm.com? any ideas anyone? Today I found an amazing blog whilst surfing at the office which is just a brilliant source of information and downloads of indie (in the true sense of the word not Kaiser Chiefs) style music that I'd never heard of and will find more details about to share. I only went back as far as the early August dates and must've found 30 downloads that I adore. It's gonna be a fun month for my credit card bill if I start seeking the albums too.
Ah, here we go. Check it out here. I came across it whilst looking for a live Sonic Youth song - another affection bordering on disturbing. Well worth a look for genuine lovers of music. Nothing on a major label gets a review or much of a mention. Real music for real music fans. Seriously, check it out. I know I'll be headed back there tomorrow for more.
For the last week or so my Dad and I have been having discussions about guitarists after he gave me a run down of his top 5 or so (I think High Fidelity caused everyone to have Top 5's). His list featured the likes of David Gilmour, Nils Lofgren (which surprised me as I wasn't expecting my Dad to even know the name), Mark Knopfler, Clapton and afew others I forget and, after my prompting of the name, Mr Hendrix. All fine guitarists - though I don't stand much for Clapton - especially Lofgren and Knopfler who I feel is somewhat overlooked. We all know my affection for Hendrix borders on the distrubing.
Being of the current experimental and explorative bent that I am with guitars I've been thinking of a list of my own, those who are innovative with it. Those few players who make you pay attention to a song and think "how the feck did he get it to sound like that?!" So my list also features Mr Gilmour for his playing was one of the first to make me realise guitars didn't have to sound like they did for Bryan Adams when I heard Dark Side of The Moon at 13. Tom Morrello is also in there is are Messrs Moore and Ronaldo. Obviously.
Anywho, this has been a matter of frequent conversation between us. Today is my Dad's birthday and I sprung for an Indian to celebrate. On the way into town to collect it the conversation again drifts to guitar playing thanks to some God-awful song on the radio. I go back to explaining what I'm listening for in guitars these days and start talking about my own experimentation with Prepared Guitars and using a screw driver to form a third bridge guitar. Not playing the instrument but having seen a lot of shows etc in his time my Dad isn't too bad on his knowledge and nods his head and mentions that he remembers seeing 10cc - of "I'm Not In Love" fame - and the guitarist inventing something to give a good sound. He said it was something they invented called the Gizmo. Intrigued and full of Korma I check it out online whilst multi-tasking in Second Life. He was right.
Unable to afford an orchestra for their early albums they invented this device that would make the guitar sound like a string section. The Gizmo strapped onto the bridge of the guitar. and the right hand would press Gizmo keys to "bow" the strings, and the left could wander the fretboard. They also discovered it could be used for other noises including brass, percussion, and weird sound effects. I'm gonna have to rummage my Dads cd's for an example or find my copy of Led Zep's In Through The Out Door which features it.
This device sounds amazing and like I could have a whole lot of fun with it, problem is the company that made it went bankrupt so its not exactly something that crops up on e-bay like the Thermin I'm after. But look at this. I'm now determined to hunt one of these puppies down. Will certainly find a home in the BrokenOrchestra.
I've also been informed that I have to check out this thing called Lastfm.com? any ideas anyone? Today I found an amazing blog whilst surfing at the office which is just a brilliant source of information and downloads of indie (in the true sense of the word not Kaiser Chiefs) style music that I'd never heard of and will find more details about to share. I only went back as far as the early August dates and must've found 30 downloads that I adore. It's gonna be a fun month for my credit card bill if I start seeking the albums too.
Ah, here we go. Check it out here. I came across it whilst looking for a live Sonic Youth song - another affection bordering on disturbing. Well worth a look for genuine lovers of music. Nothing on a major label gets a review or much of a mention. Real music for real music fans. Seriously, check it out. I know I'll be headed back there tomorrow for more.
Sunday, 9 September 2007
Haunted Antiquities
The best thing about Antiques Roadshow is not watching people pretend to be shocked when the value of their antique is revealed, nor is it watching the way they hide their disappointment when it's obviously less than their greedy little hearts had hoped. No. The best thing is watching the people in line behind the person having their antique examined. They know they're not gonna make it onto camera - the only reason they'd come really - so they make the most of their time. They over react, they act aloof and they act really really interested and yet everyone of them comes across as a nosey bugger.
I don't watch the show that much. At all, really. I caught the last ten minutes of it this evening while chowing down on my non-Sunday-Roast-pizza. It's from my short viewing that I gathered such insight. I'm so perceptive / overly cynical.
My 'excitement builds' in yesterdays blog is not simply for the new Foo's album. Oh no. Two of my new favourite bands have new albums due soon: Rogue Wave and Band of Horses. Both recent discoveries for me and both superb at their craft. Band of Horses have been blogging about their upcoming ablum for a while and always said it was going to be a spoken word album. Yawn. So when the bulleting came round about a new song being available to d/l for free I didn't get excited but checked it out anyway. Amazing. Spoken word my arse. It's called Is There A Ghost and is already topping my most played list on i-tunes and I cannot wait for the album.
In other news of great bands BrokenOrchestra had the first of what will hopefully be many three-man musical Sundays today. A lot of fun and a good start, I feel.
Still, back to the day job tomorrow. Let's all enjoy some Rogue Wave.
I don't watch the show that much. At all, really. I caught the last ten minutes of it this evening while chowing down on my non-Sunday-Roast-pizza. It's from my short viewing that I gathered such insight. I'm so perceptive / overly cynical.
My 'excitement builds' in yesterdays blog is not simply for the new Foo's album. Oh no. Two of my new favourite bands have new albums due soon: Rogue Wave and Band of Horses. Both recent discoveries for me and both superb at their craft. Band of Horses have been blogging about their upcoming ablum for a while and always said it was going to be a spoken word album. Yawn. So when the bulleting came round about a new song being available to d/l for free I didn't get excited but checked it out anyway. Amazing. Spoken word my arse. It's called Is There A Ghost and is already topping my most played list on i-tunes and I cannot wait for the album.
In other news of great bands BrokenOrchestra had the first of what will hopefully be many three-man musical Sundays today. A lot of fun and a good start, I feel.
Still, back to the day job tomorrow. Let's all enjoy some Rogue Wave.
Saturday, 8 September 2007
Saturday, 1 September 2007
Ears a ringing
It's Saturday, mid afternoon. I can't hear properly. Still.
Why? Because Sonic Youth are amazing. They played the London Roundhouse last night and performed Daydream Nation in its entirity. And I stood front row infront of Thurston Moore and the speaker stacks. Possibly not the best place to stand for after effects but at the time - amazing.
Getting there, however, wasn't quite so amazing. Imagine the scene: 2 O'Clock Friday, just getting into London on the train - you know how it it, it slows to a near crawl for the last 4 stops - when Dan suddenly looks shocked, searches through his pockets and realises he's left the tickets in his car. In Ashford. So, off at London Bridge. Wait for a train that suddenly dissappears off of the departures board. Run across to another platform for a train a few minutes later only to see it come up as delayed just as the original train to Ashford arrives and promplty leaves the platform we were on moments ago. Argh! Back to Ashford, all the while trying to think of something other than murdering Dan. Then I have to sprint back to the car which is parked in the overflow Eurostar carpark - not exactly close by - as Dan is having genuine troubles with his knee. Then sprint back and get a relatively fast train that gets us into London by ten to six. Tube it across town to find Camden closed up. Oh well, as Dan said - at least we didn't blow all our money in record shops. Instead it all got saved for the merch stand and my belting new Sonic Youth shirt.
Also, the support band CarSick Cars were spot on. Check em out here, I thoroughly enjoyed their set - just as much innovation and experimentation as SY and the other glorious band BrokenOrchestra.
On the subject of BrokenOrchestra, things are going from great to fantastic. Yesterdays concert proved that we've been heading on the right route sonically (every pun intended). We've got a new song ready to record and another itching to burst out of my head into the ears of anyone who'll listen along with a rather delicate little thing I'm currently fine tuning. We're now on the look out for someone to pound the skins for us. Gotta crack on if we're gonna make it to the Roundhouse.
For those who still don't see what all the SY fuss is all about:
Why? Because Sonic Youth are amazing. They played the London Roundhouse last night and performed Daydream Nation in its entirity. And I stood front row infront of Thurston Moore and the speaker stacks. Possibly not the best place to stand for after effects but at the time - amazing.
Getting there, however, wasn't quite so amazing. Imagine the scene: 2 O'Clock Friday, just getting into London on the train - you know how it it, it slows to a near crawl for the last 4 stops - when Dan suddenly looks shocked, searches through his pockets and realises he's left the tickets in his car. In Ashford. So, off at London Bridge. Wait for a train that suddenly dissappears off of the departures board. Run across to another platform for a train a few minutes later only to see it come up as delayed just as the original train to Ashford arrives and promplty leaves the platform we were on moments ago. Argh! Back to Ashford, all the while trying to think of something other than murdering Dan. Then I have to sprint back to the car which is parked in the overflow Eurostar carpark - not exactly close by - as Dan is having genuine troubles with his knee. Then sprint back and get a relatively fast train that gets us into London by ten to six. Tube it across town to find Camden closed up. Oh well, as Dan said - at least we didn't blow all our money in record shops. Instead it all got saved for the merch stand and my belting new Sonic Youth shirt.
Also, the support band CarSick Cars were spot on. Check em out here, I thoroughly enjoyed their set - just as much innovation and experimentation as SY and the other glorious band BrokenOrchestra.
On the subject of BrokenOrchestra, things are going from great to fantastic. Yesterdays concert proved that we've been heading on the right route sonically (every pun intended). We've got a new song ready to record and another itching to burst out of my head into the ears of anyone who'll listen along with a rather delicate little thing I'm currently fine tuning. We're now on the look out for someone to pound the skins for us. Gotta crack on if we're gonna make it to the Roundhouse.
For those who still don't see what all the SY fuss is all about:
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