Thursday, 7 May 2009

Mark Lanegan Band poster by Rhys Cooper (Melbourne 2004)

A great poster for what was a great gig back in '04!
Mark Lanegan & Greg Dulli play The Athenaeum on July 24.

John Cale's tribute to Nico in Italy

A LIFE ALONG THE BORDERLINE: A TRIBUTE TO NICO Domenica 10 maggio | Teatro Comunale
featuring: JOHN CALE and BAND, PETER MURPHY, LISA GERRARD, MERCURY REV, MARK LANEGAN, MARK LINKOUS, SOAP & SKIN
Details here.
Hope someone tapes this.
London performance from last year here.

Girlz With Gunz # 37

Throbbing Gristle @ 'boingboing'

Chris Carter's setup.
I recently found this self-portrait of me and my gear at the Industrial Records studios (Martello St.) in 1980.
The gear is...
(Left side - top down): Boss PH-1 phaser pedal, Simmons ClapTrap, Roland SRE-555 Chorus Echo, Roland SH-7 Synth, Boss DR-55 Dr.Rhythm, Roland CSQ 100 sequencer, Roland CR-78 CompuRhythm.
(Centre - top down): Self-built digital delay, Accesit Noise Gate & Compressor, Roland System 100M (M-191J): incl. Gristleizer, BBD Module, VCO, VCF, ADSR etc., Roland System 100M (M-191J) rack containing self-built modules: incl. VCO, VCF, ADSR etc.. Boss KM-4 mixer, Self-built effects unit (Gristelizer), Boss CE-2 Chorus, Boss BF-2 Flanger, Roland 100M M-181 Keyboard.
(Right side - top down): Auratone 5C speakers, JVC amplifier, TEAC cassette deck, Seck 6-2 audio mixer, Casio M10 keyboard.
From Chris Carter's Flickr page here.

Go here.
Video interview available to download.

"Dangerhorse"

Listen here.

Hard Ticket To Hawaii


Found over at 'Punks Git Cut' here.
So bad!!!

US hate list DJ to sue UK

Full story from the 'BBC' here.
More on Michael Savage/Weiner at 'Salon' here.

James Blackshaw - River of Heaven

Wednesday, 6 May 2009

Once upon a time...

Thank you Vale

L-R Sleazy, Cosey, Chris, Vale & Marian.
From Cris Carter's Flickr site here.



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Please welcome AlaskaRon to the blogosphere

Ice volcano

Recently I have been accused of showing an anti-American bias here @ 'Exile'.
(That would be you Greg!)
So to remedy this situation there are is now a living breathing American who will contribute to this blog whenever time permits.
AlaskaRon is a father, a biologist and an icecarver so I think we could be in for some interesting posts and I for one am looking forward to them!

Hipster grifter foldable

From 'Free Williamsburg' here.

The Streets - He's Behind You, He's Got Swine Flu

Smoking # 4