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I really wanted to see Mercury Rev again, because their show two years ago kicked ass, but now I realized that I have to buy also Nick Cave, as Mercury Rev are opening for him… the ticket is 46,65 Euros…
It’s not that I don’t like Nick Cave, I’ve seen him 2 or 3 times back in time and have some of his older albums & of course the Birthday Party stuff, but I’m not quite familiar with his recent releases, and how his shows are these days, so I’m undecided… any advice???
sounds like a serious vitamin shock
:aliensmile:
hope you’ve overcome it without damage!but I agree, it’s a weird sudden change of diet indeed…
kinda shocking indeed! I would have thought they would be the last to ever reunite
(well, second last after the Pixies, actually… )I looked them up on AMG, and the description sounds interesting: the Sunshine Fix
I can imagine that they sound great in a live show, hope to hear how they were on the J & the Fog tour
thanks a lot for bringing the info here, Jayne!
Interpol – Antics
nice album, also their other album "Turn the Bright Lights On" is fine. I think I’ll go & see them live in November.
I didn’t come to a final conclusion, though, if I put them on my list of most favourite acts, but they’re nice in a painless way, and sometimes I need just thathey weego, welcome!
what a great way to intrduce yourself, with bringing us some cool pics
…and naming your son J.
how cool is that!!! hope he likes his name!the last sentence is in German, it means "you’ve never been so awake" and it is a commercial for a caffeinated softdrink…
cool find, I second the pacemaker request!
Quote:I’m in the furniture trade
Got a new job today
But stick the cretin
On the number-three latheWent down the town
To a HM club
The sign had a cross
Through a couple well-dressed
They looked at my coat
They looked at my hair
An Easy Rider coot
Grabbed the edge of my coat
Said: ‘You’re too smart for here’
I said: ‘I’ll see the manager’
…ahhh, I love that song just checked the local live scene again, and there are some fine acts new in the lists of upcoming gigs:
Soulwax Oct 31 Hamburg – Grünspan
or Tuxedomoon Oct 31 Hamburg – Fabrik
Woven Hand Nov 17 Hamburg – Fabrik
Mercury Rev Nov 21 Hamburg – CCH 3
Radio 4 Nov 26 Hamburg – Knust
Interpol Nov 30 Hamburg – Markthallenot sure yet, if I’ll catch them all, but definitely looking forward to Mercury Rev and Woven Hand
whoa, I’ve seen a living legend yesterday, I’ve seen the Fall, yeah, they’re legendary, and they’re completely alive-uh
I mean they’re around since more than 25 years, doing their very own distinctive kind of music, released up to 50 records, and on stage they still sound fresh and contemporary, their sound didn’t age at all. Well, and age also didn’t bother Mark E Smith, their leader & mastermind, to go on and on with his very own generic resentment tirades :aliensmile:
the live Fall these days are new guys, apart from Mark himself of course, more details about it I found in this very informative interview on their official site:
Quote:Ames: How do you like your new lineup? How do they compare to previous ones?
Smith: Well I think this band’s the best one yet.
Ames: Do you think the sound of this lineup is going back to the old sort of…
Smith: We’re not trying to, you know. I don’t ever go back and listen to the old Fall albums. I don’t like listening to stuff I’ve already done, unless I have to if we’re doing an old song in our set.
Ames: Raw, lo-fi rockabilly always seemed to be one of your biggest influences.
Smith: Yeah, yeah, that’s right, Mark.
Ames: How did you find your new band, or they find you?
Smith: I don’t know, through contacts and stuff. I don’t like hiring Fall fans, you know what I mean? Don’t want people coming to me. I prefer if they don’t even really know The Fall.lo-fi rockabilly! indeed! I wouldn’t have ever come up with this, but that description works!
the band’s live performance was absolutely absorbing, repetitive in the best way, soaking everyone in a trance-like state of being, or, as for the many old fans like me, in a state of happiness
😀 …although I missed the very special bass sound of former bass player Steve Hanley, who was really outstanding on the records he played on, but the new bass guy did a good job, too. In general, the sound was extremely tight and very much to the heart of it.well, and of course there was Mark E Smith’s stage performance (although he would deny anything like a "performance" from his side)
… he entered the stage casually, immediately started to shout the mostly unintelligible lyrics in his very personal way, ignoring everyone and everything around him (at least he was good in doing so). he appeared like he found it more interesting to inspect his fingernails than to acknowledge the cheering crowd but that didn’t impress anyone in the front rows where I was, we were just completely happy to see and hear him up there
He had three microphone stands which he used alternating or simultaneously, making a big mess with the wiresOf course there were so many songs they could have played, but they much rather stayed with the newer material, which was completely fine, and made me looking out for more of the newer records now
anyone who ever liked the Fall: if they should play close to your town, make sure not to miss them, they’re amazing!!!! best show of the year for me (so far…)
:D:Dcool you liked the show review, likeaghost, I’m very much into going to gigs these days
the St. Thomas gig on Friday was very nice …nice singer, nice backing band, nice crowd, niceness all the way
and that’s fine, because St. Thomas himself (aka Thomas Hansen, an alt-country singer/songwriter from Norway) has to fight emotional instability and extreme stage fright & and it happened more than once that his gigs ended with him swearing in rage at the audience or suffering from a nervous breakdown on stage… 
that’s how he describes these incidences himself on his website stthomas1976.net:
Quote:i have never performed on a stage without either using medication to calm my nerves, or drinking alcohol, or both.
i am afraid of my audience, yet i need it.
people would say i’m spoiled and arrogant.
when i scream and throw and hit and lose control, i am afraid. i want to hide. i want to say what’s wrong, but i can’t. my whole body shiver, the pulse runs extremely fast.
i am talented, but i make my way to my goals very hard.
i destroy my own career. i scare away my audience.
people read headlines and believe in them.
in norway most people would say that i’m not a nice person. i am one of them most unpopular artists in norway. i am completely honest. i say everything i think. i say it in your face if you do something wrong.
most people don’t like that.well, nothing of this at the gig on Friday. He came with a bass player and a drummer, playing electic guitar himself, and they had a fine and relaxed time on stage, talking and joking a lot between the songs, and also w/ the audience.
Although St. Thomas’ unique voice didn’t came through the band sound as special, as it would have sounded in a solo acoustic gig, but nevertheless the singer and the songs still maintained their distinctiveness & charm.
the crowd knew the songs well & cheered with enthusiasm to everything that happened ob stage, so the entire gig had a very friendly feeling about it.
well, of course I have to thank Robert a lot for his continuous recommendations of great Norwegian acts!
😀…and tonight, I’ll see the heroes of my youth, who are still cool — the Fall
Awwww! so sorry to hear about the mess.
…and of course I’m sure your son didn’t do it in with any bad intentions.
but you should be careful with any removal actions, as they could harm the tree a lot more than the paint itself. maybe painting it over in brown, like sandanista suggested, is the way to go?anyway, I’m sure, the tree has much too much dignity to be impaired by a bit of paint
