Jane-O

Surely the US will get the fresh honest start it needs right now.

Didn't think it was the pro thing to do by letting off steam with a rant and then calling it an article.

You are right about the subject matter of the Redhead being his future wife. I interviewed him for Comes With A Smile 3 years ago and asked him about his muse. He confirmed that they had since married but he was keen to keep her out of the press so I told him I wouldn't mention this in my article.

Very the best and most easy to to tour and jump around.

Fine work!

xx

Lifted from the enemy:

TOTP's Greatest Moments.
The Jesus Lizard (1992)
Such was Kurt Cobain’s influence, when he made good on a promise to do a split single with grungers Jesus Lizard, TOTP were forced to book the Chicago band. “It was fun" said singer David Yow, “but Nirvana were the only reason we got on the show.”

Cool cryptic header Gareth, Hawaiian flower, and all that..

... :-)

Heard from my mate Michael this morning and as promised, it's a mighty old school set list. I can't *wait* 'til Bristol next week:
Apology for an Accident
All My Love
The Stars
Gratitude Walks
Patriot's Heart
What Godzilla said to God when his name wasn't found in the book of life
Sleeping Beauty
Animal Pen
Gary
Nightwatchman
What Holds The World Together
Royal Cafe
If I Had A Hammer
Home

Another Morning
Windows of the world.

The junction website doesn't work so I've put phone number on the listings page. Cheers.

I saw you at Pie Minister too and mighty good they were.

sob sob sob :-(

London = £39.60 inc booking fee.

Off to Green man now :-)

I had to write the piece in a far more generalised way than would be the case with a DiS-only interview for obvious reasons. Mike wanted to run it here too. End of.

9am Friday for all of them

Two sisters, one Troxy.

Then some shitty B&B.

Sounds pretty heavenly actually.

a tyops a typo :-)

It's easy to miss on the phone Mike but the Mountain is called the Sugar Loaf.

Lovely memories of the first Green Man Festival there. We all slept in dormitories and the only pre-fest publicity was the odd local press article (one of which, written by me) and a bunch of flyers that Jo and Danny paid my teenage son £40 to take round Cardiff, Swansea and Newport. Little acorns eh?

See you in the Rumpus!

Was playing this only a couple of weeks back and it still feels as it did back in '92

xx

to say that one was cancelled yesterday.

Arse.

In Cardiff as part of the Big Weekend outside the civic centre. They're on at 19.05. Young Knives and Ash are playing too plus Natasha Atlas on the Saturday.

http://www.cardiff-festival.com/bigw_e.htm

Oh, The Automatic are the "guests to be announced"

... I reviewed them briefly for last year's Green Man Festival for DiS:

"A little later, sounds of traditional folk melodies with percussive clog dancing drifts from the main stage as DiS rests on the banking, watching clouds and flying ducks as we let the Green Man vibe reset our stress meters. Rachel Unthank and the Winterset are the source."

How cool :-)

That was a truly amazing gig. They gave everything (everything) you could want from dance, electro-, live, rock or just sheer spectacle.

Also, i see in the comments mention of their last two albums; if you haven't discovered the download only, first three in the riverrun series, then make sure you do. "I'm a Big Sister, and I'm a Girl, and I'm a Princess, and this is my Horse" is 30 minutes of post-rave genius. Go get!

DiS gave their 1st 10/10. I want to know where they've taken it now.

http://www.seetickets.com/gat/event.asp?e7Cartist=NICK+CAVE+AND+THE+BAD+SEEDS&e|promoter=372&resultsperpage=20&filler1=gigsandtours

http://www.seetickets.com/gat/event.asp?e%7Cartist=NICK+CAVE+AND+THE+BAD+SEEDS&e|promoter=372&resultsperpage=20&filler1=gigsandtours

"Having so enjoyed marching round with a proud erection stood between his loins, instead of a sordid one night stand Nick Cave had underlined that his pursuits with Grinderman would inform the next Bad Seeds record."

i would have been under the impression that it was a joint discussion thing - but i suppose RCs know best...

... with my copy had Eitzel describe each track. For Decibels... he said "The label chose the single."

Interesting.

I've been feverishly checking daily for this news.

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... or peck?

I love word games :-)

You really don'tknow what that comment means to me! xxxxx

Yup. i liked him very much. twangy and bluesy but not depressive. good tunes

I'm going nuts with trying to plan my Swn diary. Cross referencing and tangling. I'm starting at Chapter tomorrow night if anyone else is too, then heading for the Bay!

Yippee!!!

THE WEDDING PRESENT plus special guests Lucky Soul

Sunday 25th November 2007, The Point, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff Bay

£13 7:30pm

Pretty much agree with this review on the strength of my experience.

While I'm here, I'll add that I was really disappointed with Release The Stars. I'd hoped that seeing it performed live would give it the spontaneous life so lost in the obsurdly overblown arrangements, but with the exception of that one about Paris (that was jaw dropping ethereal magic,) the gig just confirmed my worst thoughts on the album.

Good wordy review Alex.

it'll go on expenses if they can get away with it.

i'm delighted not to be listed as an industry scum Kev :-)

I saw them support PJ Harvey in '93, i think it was. Filthy!

I really laboured over this review to make sure I represented it the best I could - so thanks for the encouragement.

xx

... XXX

tch!

...it was the right way to review this album. My imagination has been lit and I will be buying it, whereas i might not have before.

Go and see The Super Furrys for yourself. It will be a far more enjoyable experience all round than trying to imagine what you missed, armed with only my scant review.

I came to the side for the last three and they sounded brill. So..

A. i could review on just those three
B. i could make something up (as I'm sure counteless reviewers do every day - DiS EXCEPTED OF COURSE!
or C. I could have not caught up with an old mate because I was working.

I chose a happy medium.

You're right: It's almost not worth bothering with. (hehehe..)

at parties or lately, at street markets. pretty cool guy and loads of fun.

I'm seeing him this Sunday in a field at Crickhowell in the Brecon Beacons.

Can't wait!

x

It's a funny tale before it gets violent, then she's just a rowdy cunt. Not cool nor clever, the silly bint.

...

Just last week we were asked if we'd like to cover it and the accreditation paper insisted it was returned to them by 25/6. Not much uptake then.