Sunday, 16 November 2014

Pauline Murray - Don't Dictate @ Toff In Town, Melbourne (8th Nov 2014)

I was supposed to be at this gig having won tickets but my pancreas had other plans that night

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Me Against the Music: How Should Fans Behave in the Digital Age?

Nasir al-Mulk Mosque Shiraz Iran

I first heard Tangerine Dream on John Peel's show and saw them play at City Hall in Glasgow in 1975. I seem to recall that it was ok but I do know that this gig put me off the smell of patchouli oil for life.
I did catch them again in London in 1981 and remember being bored out of my skull.
The only reason I am going tonight is for the support act Black Cab who last week finally released their (very) long awaited magnificent fourth album 'Games of the XXI Olympiad' and it has been amazing hearing these songs taking shape live over the the last three to four years.
While there is the added bonus of the Cab's getting their hands on the beast that is the Melbourne Town Hall organ, unfortunately they are only playing for 30 minutes...and then it will be this.
How long will I last?

Record Collectors

Photographer Eilon Paz left Israel in 2008 to try his luck in New York. “It was the worst time to try your luck. It was the beginning of the recession. There were no jobs to be found so I just found myself in record stores spending my money on records and nothing much more than that,” he said.
All that time spent around records gave Paz the idea to do a project on the people who collect them. After meeting African record collector and DJ Frank Gossner in Brooklyn, he became introduced to other collectors around the city and started posting photos and stories about them on his blog, Dust and Grooves. “I thought it was cool to shoot record collectors. I'm a collector myself,” he said. “I had shot musicians in Israel, but it was more of a job than a personal thing. This was my opportunity to express myself...”