Cormcolash
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Pixies. Won't be rushing to see them again
Yeah, their gig in Trinity a few years back was really good, last night was okay but like meh
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Pixies. Won't be rushing to see them again
On friday we went to see Ben Elton in the Olympia. It wasn't all good but it was good enough.
All weekend I was working The Dunshaughlin Harvest Festival. I had the "2nd stage" for original bands. I had a very stressfull run up to this.I had 4 bands booked. 3 of them cancelled. They all had their reasons and fair enough. I ended up with 2 bands, The Middle Ages stepped up. We played on Saturday and I hear it was good. I had a band called IF play on Sunday and they were great, reggae/ska vibes. They went down a treat and in the sun at a packed park I couldn't think of a better band. I had a cool little stage set up and the sound was great. Knackered now bu'
Pere Ubu in the Grand Social. It was wedged, too hot and full of annoying people but the band were great. I initially couldn't see the drummer's head because where I was standing he was behind David Thomas but then I saw the hand movements I knew it was Chris Cutler, one of my very favorite drummers, so that was a cool surprise. He could have been a bit louder but whatever. If he wasn't there I'd probably have left early because the place was agitating me.
No chatting or arguing for me. Have you argued with him?Cutler. What a legend. Did you talk to him after? Great man for arguing.
Great to see him drumming with Pere Ubu. Would love to see that. He's got that brisk drum manner that's perfect for them.
Bah, really wanted to go to that.Horse at the Hut.
Electricals first. Solid hefty rock.
Native next. Hm2 crust. Always worth catching.
Grief eater next. First time catching them. So good. Ears were ringing after.
Horse were last. Not seen em in a good few years. Solid noise rock. Good to see them make a rare trip up here.
Bah, really wanted to go to that.
No chatting or arguing for me. Have you argued with him?
I'd love that. And what gig were they playing? I have the new Henry Cow biography in my to-read stash, but I have a history of the Balkans to get through first.Well, I was talking to Tim Hodgkinson and he sort of butted in. Hodgkinson's personality is extremely mild and pleasant, and we'd been having a chat about Peter Greenaway, and I said something like, "there's no audience for interesting stuff like that anymore. Cinema isn't made for adults anymore." Or something to that effect. It was at that point that Cutler's ram-like head butted in in his sharp, nasally London accent to tell me I "was up a tree." "You're up a tree, mate." He then went on to use Katherine Bigelow's Detroit, which I haven't seen, as the flagship example for his point. "It's like you're really there," he emphatically espoused with characteristic intensity with some gentle, encouraging, almost massaging sounds emitting from Hodgkinson's soothing lips. Anyway minutes later he said, "all the talented people were going into TV" which contradicted his original point, and the tone of our conversation became more agreeable as we concurred about the brilliance of the new Twin Peaks, and he waved me off pleasantly as he went into some restaurant and I went off to some crappy craft beer bar.
Going to see him on Thursday in London. Not enamored with the new album. Too long and too many songs about his wife and kid imo.Bill Callahan in Vicar Street. Tremendous gig. Band were superb. Great set. New songs sound more engaging live than on record.
I'd love that. And what gig were they playing? I have the new Henry Cow biography in my to-read stash, but I have a history of the Balkans to get through first.
Those two boys play with Yumi Hara as The Watts. They tour Japan every November/December doing the Canterbury songbook and niche workshops. It used to be just Hara and Cutler but last year, Hodgkinson joined.
Good recent interview here with Cutler with characteristic directness and cutting through the bull.
Henry Cow - An Interview With Chris Cutler
...Henry Cow embraced capital C culture with both hands and tried to integrate its fringes into a new mainstream. We didn’t just want to speak to our peers or our own generation. We were inclusive and directed our music at anyone prepared to listen...www.echoesanddust.com
He clearly is not interested in endorsing the new book on Henry Cow.
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