May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Saturday, November 10th, should now be retitled “Smuterday”. Lol. At least at the BFI in London, anyway. Through October and November, they are holding a “Comedy Genius” season…included is a day of Great British smut. Eh, eh? You know ya wanna watch it! I would…watch it, that is. Lol. May just have to make a…
All things New Gold Dream in the touring schedule. It’s 1982, and us antipodean types are still being deemed “colonial”. Lovely! Now, where’s my convict’s outfit? ??? Group photo clipping dated Nov 3rd, 1982 – NME Lyceum gig ad – Nov 20th, 1982 – NME “Return from the colonies” clipping date October 30th, 1982…
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I’m putting these two snippets together, as they are both to do with Real To Real Cacophony. One advert from a copy of the NME dated Feb 9th, 1980, with two glowing reviews from David McCullough and Ian Cranna (spelled incorrectly in the ad) – as well as a dedicated (and horribly scathing!) review from…
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I LITERALLY WANT TO CRY! I CANNOT BELIEVE I FOUND THIS AFTER ALL THIS TIME! AND…I COULD HAVE HAD A COPY. FUCK YOU RARE RECORDS FOR GETTING MY COPY LOST IN THE POST (SUPPOSEDLY!) AND THAT PHOTO IN THE SPREAD IS SSOOOOOO A VIRGINIA TURBETT…I WILL PUT MY HOUSE ON IT (I am sssssoooooo asking…
Of course, we have had the visuals for this gig, in a truncated 35 minute set that Virgin Records recorded…but this is the full gig from the night. It would be wonderful if Virgin would release the full visual experience…or even a higher quality audio experience of the full gig than this already quite passible…
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The Lexington is becoming a new favourite venue. Wonderfully intimate, good acoustics. My now two shows seen there, one of them was definitely a highlight of the year. But onto last night’s show of Mr Flür and his supports. First up was Nik Dagger and The Grip. Nik says he’s from Europa, one of the…
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A visual one for this week. Their Friday night appearance on The Tube. It went out live. There’s an audience there. We can call that a gig, not merely a TV appearance. (It’s also where the pic for the “whirliGIG” artwork came from). Enjoy…
One last interview to share from the recent selection of goodies I unearthed.
The first two weeks of November are shaping up to be MAD, exciting and fun! A trip to Glasgow with a secret mission…A MINDS GIG…and now some Bowie themed theatre! Newly added to the list is “From Ibiza To The Norfolk Broads” at The Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead on November 11th. THE DAY AFTER…
Pics of Boy all properly scanned. Just one word required – NOM! 🙂 That one of him leaning on the bench? That is just a new piece of divinity. What a picture! Pictures by Tom Sheehan and Adam Sweeting. Thank you!