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cool, I didn’t know what Luisa’s brother is doing. I just remember that J, Watt and George went to his house near Berlin when the Fog was on tour in 2000:
Quote:then it’s a drive out to the ‘burbs for philip’s pad and the party.we’re the first ones there and guess what the tabel’s full of? chow! damn, the shovelling never ends. I borrow a ramrod to get more in the gullet. seriously, it’s been a fucking force-feed since we’ve hit the continent. got to regain control. I can’t understand it really cuz mostly I’m too nervous to eat a bunch on tour. anyway, a sack of ‘paprika’ potato chips later and a bunch of gerkins later, a dj is blasting a load of 70s funk from some setup. it’s loud. it’s nothing compared to when philip takes command of it a blasts the wipers at hyper-volume. I’m sitting in the room where it’s emanating and I’m blasted against the wall on a little bench. wow, is it loud. he’s jamming many kinds of music now, really loud – a lot of them are mp3 files from a powerbook. never seen party music this way. the modern age. the folks here are friendly and we have a nice time. thank you philip and romi. I don’t really talk to many people, the music is so loud, I’m mainly into trying to absorb that. all of other team is in another room talking on couches but I’m a little too shy for that. it gets after two and we pile in the van and head back to our hotel in berlin. bye hermsdorf. it’s almost an hour to drive back and everyone’s snoring like champs and looking like flytraps w/the mouths hanging open and the heads tilted back. pretty funny. only a slight number of moves are required to change the body positions and the konking resumes in the ho rooms. guten nacht.
taken from Watt’s tour diary
hey Rich, like I said some days ago, give Interpol‘s album "Antics" one try, its melancholic beauty is quite plain, and you can decide immediately if you like them or not.
also an easy decision is it with the Thermals, you either like them or not. it’s power pop-punk full of energy, without any aggression. Best you start with the album "More Parts per Million"
Further Blonde Redhead went into my all times greatest list within seconds last year. they’re more quiet but very melodic and I still can’t get enough of all the hauntingly beautiful tunes. I serioesly recommend them. Best you start with the album "Misery is a Butterfly"
As a countermove I’ll give NIN’s new album a serious try (I never really had them on my radar screen before). thanks for the recommendation
sidenote: in my town we have a club night every two weeks, called Revolver Club, and the organizers cherish Indie pop songs of past and present, and it’s very inspriring to have good music in high volume around you the entire night
the playlist of one recent Revolver Club night goes like that:
glacier : the highest heights
radio 4 : how the stars got crossed
radio dept. : this past week
six by seven : i.o.u.
the electric soft parade : empty at the end
futureheads : decent days and nights
mccarthy : keep an open mind or else
house of love : christine
thirteen senses : thru the glass
cinerama : mr. kiss kiss bang bang
clearlake : almost the same
arcade fire : neighborhood *2
death in vegas : scorpio rising
rocko schamoni : gegen den staat
ze malibu kids : shelly fabares
catatonia : you’ve got a lot to answer for
embrace : ashes
boo radleys : wake up boo!
vermont : bullfight in bogna
ryan adams : so alive 0.30 uhr
motorhomes : the man
sterne : big in berlin
tocotronic : aber hier leben, nein danke
deus : suds and soda
the ark : calleth you cometh i
razorlight : stumble and fall
charlatans : jesus hairdo
soundtrack of our lives : sister surround
strokes : last nite
fuzztones : strychnine
dinosaur jr : just like heaven
figurines : bright
kante : zombi
kettcar : stockhausen, bill gates und ich
the veils : the tide that left and never came back
ash : girl from mars
interpol : c’mere
the bravery : unconditional
brilliant corners : meet me on tuesday
morrissey : you’re the one for me fatty
the killers : mr. brightside
doves : black and white town
postal service : we will become silhouettes
pulp : disco 2000 1.55 uhr
bloc party : helicopter
hot hot heat : more for show
housemartins : me and the farmer
mando diao : sheepdog
thee headcoatees : have love will travel
concretes : seems fine
belle and sebastian : jonathan david
eggstone : my trumpets
the hives : hate to say i told you so
go team : junior kickstart
wiseguys : start the commotion
paris : streetlights
moneybrother : they’re building walls around us
franz ferdinand : this fire
inspiral carpets : bitches brew
elefant : misfit
chesterfields : ask johnny dee
suede : can’t get enough
kasabian : club foot
primal scream : loaded
röyksopp : poor leno 3.05 uhr
placebo : the bitter end
feeder : pushing the senses
ride : leave them all behind
trail of dead : worlds apart
radio dept. : where the damage isn’t already done
weezer : buddy holly
pixies : holiday song
motorcycle boy : big rock candy mountain
maximo park : the coast is always changing
the dears : the death of all the romance
the divine comedy : gin soaked boy
radiohead : just
afghan whigs : tonight
gang of four : damaged goods
yeah yeah yeahs : y control (faint rmx)
stone roses : made of stone
new order : krafty
timid tiger : miss murray (rmx)
spoon : the way we get by
kent : vinternoll
the smiths : you just heaven’t earned it yet baby
bart davenport : the saviours
jens lekman : you are the light
sfa : golden retriever
supergrass : richard III
kaiser chiefs : i predict a riot
pedro the lion : never leave a job half-done
nada surf : hyperspace
kings of leon : bucket
mighty mighty : throaway
blur : parklife 4.45 uhr
stereophonics : dakota
elastica : never here
keane : this is the last time
johnny boy : you are the generation…
snow patrol : spitting games
the thermals : how we know
superpunk : ich bin kein ignorant, ich bin kein idiot
the beatles : i’m the walrus
high numbers : zoot suit
the stands : outside your door
helen love : joey ramoney
bloc party : banquet
tears for fears : shout (45" mix)
air : sexy boy
le tigre : deceptacon (dfa rmx)
depeche mode : personal jesus
elo : secret massages
bright eyes : take it easy
girlfrendo : first kiss feelings vs everyday sensations
my bloody valentine : never say goodbye
david bowie : helden
thanks a big lot for typing out the interview, rambleon!!
some interesting info in there, also for non-guitar players."rambleon" wrote:for maximum authenticity, read this interview very slowly.
"rambleon" wrote:i had a brief phase of heavy drinking durin the mid-1990s, but that was about it. and i could still play during that time. if i could still stand, i could still play. the guitar is pretty easy to play in any state!I remember we had a thread about it a while back, J & straight edge.
that clears everything up now, and I think it’s true: that was about it.yeah, Lou Barlow will be on tour in Europe in May, here are some dates I found:
German tour dates:
THU May 12, 2005, München, Zerwirk
SAT May 14, 2005, Berlin, Tacheles/ Café Zapata
SUN May 15, 2005, Hamburg, Weltbühne
SUN May 22, 2005, Köln, Gebäude 9UK tour dates:
SUN 29/05/2005 19:30 Carling Academy Islington London
TUE 31/05/2005 19:30 Manchester University ManchesterI also just heard that he’ll play in Barcelona/Spain in the first week of May, so I’m sure there are more European tour dates
thanks guys, great to see you back here, K7!
Rich, if my summer plans become more concrete, I’ll definitely let you know, thanks!
🙂
…my sister lives in Brooklyn and now they’ve got a house on their own, so it’s easy for them to have guests, and she invited me very insistently. Also my dad wants me to come with him to his buffalo farm in Saskatchewan, Canada, and although both places are not really close, I’d combine it when I cross the pond. the plans are still very vague, no date, not even sure about the month, but I’ll know more, when summer comes closercool, that was very persuasive
so I went straight away to a ticketselling site, only to see that the Hellacopters show here is already completely sold out
a ticket which I didn’t buy, yet: the Hellacopters play on June 1 in a club right outside my door. I’m still totally unsure if I should go or not
due to all the computer mess I had, I totally missed the fact, that Watt and his Secondman played here in my city on Wednesday
good news!
it’s already up on the Hurricane site and the Southside site:
Dinosaur Jr at the Hurricane Festival
Dinosaur Jr at the Southside Festivalthe festival timetables are not finished, yet.
they took the German band bio from another German site http://www.laut.de — here’s a translation: German Bio…Uncoolness(?)
…well, actually, that’s what I was kinda "afraid of": the Hurricane Festival is only about 80 km away from my city and there is an ok train connection, so I could go, at least with a day ticket for the actual night
but I h-a-a-a-a-a-t-e festivals
… have to sleep that over! I really prefer a normal concert in a normal hall, so London is still my favorable Dino event oh man, just when I thought my computer was fine again, it broke down with a new syndrome
Have it fixed now, hope it lasts for a while.
My calculation is: I saved 1000 Euros, because I didn’t have to buy a new computer and spent only 300 Euros on repairs, so I have 700 left for Dino in London … and more Dino gigs… hm, and other holiday plans, like …NYC and/or Canada in summer …oh well! somehow there’s always more on the wishlist, than there’s fresh money in… but one is for sure, that the computer has to be nice now!
yeah, I like the FC name but it’s gender neutral, so it’s that many people tend to think I’m a guy. but hey, that’s the pic for: to clear that up
🙂"Coma Girl" wrote:… hope that mod gig you went to awhile back wasn’t too scary
ah, yeah, that mod night… I was wearing a skirt, turtleneck pullover and boots, all in black (no surprise) to sorta represent the existentialism fraction of that era, and it fitted quite well in there. I was promising myself to become more perfect in making that kind of dramatic black eye make up for the next time
The music they played was a perfect mix of extremely obscure Northern soul songs, which was ok one night long, although it’s not exactly my kind of music.
the next mod club night is on May 15th, and it’s in that same venue right after the show of a certain Lou Barlow, and I will be so there!!!!
