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You don't see three Scottish acts playing as being a good thing?

Nope - it's My Latest Novel. Last seen in Aberdeen supporting Aberfeldy & King Creosote at the Tunnels a few weeks back.

And the "sold out" notice on the LT website makes it all a bit harder.

Great gig in Stirling last night by Thurston in Dream Aktion Unit & Thurston & Kim in Mirror/Dash - tiny, intimate venue that only held a couple of 100 people at the most. I was right at the front stage middle for both sets like the sad fan-boy SY-obsessive I am. Bad news is that my hearing suffered from Thurston's amazing feeded back during the TDAU set! Pretty noisy free improv with full on jazz saxophone, pedal steel guitar, mad drumming, droning double bass and the aforementioned feedback. Highlight was when Thurston got off stage, lay in the audience with his guitar & crawled through the crowd & then between a guys legs before picking the guy up on his shoulders. Absolutely insane. M/D started off with Thurston on acoustic guitar & Kim on vocals - both heavily processed with loads of echo. Thurston then spent half the set positioning the acoustic guitar on the amp for feedback while kim played electric guitar. Thurston ended up just playing effects while the guitar sat there & even tuned a radio receiver in at one point - bit weird listen to Radio 5Live or similar & have Chris Waddle talk about playing for England in a World Cup while Kim playde on.... Both finished the set hammering away at the cymbals on the drum kit that was sitting there. Awe inspiring stuff. I got some great digital pics & a 1 minute video of M/D on my camera phone - it's 1.3MP with a flash & I was a couple of feet from them so they came out ok. The event was sponsored by The Wire & some footage filmed by them is going up on their website soon. As an added bonus I got to talk briefly to thurston & Kim & got them to sign my event program (which is now framed alongside my signed Kill Your Timid Notion program by Lee Ranaldo) and I also got TDAU bassist to take a pic of myself with Thurston & Kim. Drove home in the pissing rain after the Dread Fool & The Din set & got in at 2am - very tired today but very, very happy!

SONIC YOUTH SPRING 2005 NEWSLETTER SY Touring Europe, Working on New Releases and New Online Store SONIC YOUTH IN EUROPE Sonic Youth are making their way to Europe to start their first of 3 European visits for Spring/Summer 2005. The first tour includes dates in Spain, Turkey, France, and Germany: 5/28 Barcelona, Spain Primavera Festival 5/30 Istanbul, Turkey Venue Maslak 5/31 Ankara, Turkey Saklikent 6/2 Saint Brieuc, France Art Rock Festival (solo gigs) Text of Light, Mirror/Dash and a film by Jim O'Rourke 6/3 Saint Brieuc, France Art Rock Festival 6/4 Nurburgring, Germany Rock Am Ring Festival 6/5 Nurnberg, Germany Rock Im Park Festival Sonic Youth will return to Europe June 24 starting in Eveux, France and continuing through July 7 in Stockholm. Sweden, for more info check out the SY calendar: http://click.myreg.net/r/n_167643352/t_emqc/u_www.sonicyouth.com/calendar/index.html SONIC YOUTH ONLINE STORE The Sonic Youth Store is now available via kungfunation.com. In addition to t-shirts straight from the source, the store now has posters, programs, the vinyl editions of the latest DGC albums, the SYR catalog and other Sonic items sometimes in limited quantities. Look for more items to be added as soon as soon as Kung Fu gets their paws on 'em. http://click.myreg.net/r/n_167643352/t_emqd/u_www.kungfunation.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=72 SOLO GIGS IN EUROPE Right now, Lee is on tour in Europe with Text of Light featuring Lee, Alan Licht, Ulrich Krieger, and Tim Barnes. The group will perform at the Barcelona Primavera festival the same day as Sonic Youth, and in St. Brieuc Steve Shelley will perform w/ Text of Light. May 26 Pordenone, Italy Auditorium Concordia May 27 Bern, Switzerland Tojo of the Reitschule May 28 Barcelona, Spain Primavera Festival June 2 St. Brieuc, France Festival Art Rock Also on May 28 at the Primavera festival, Steve will perform with longtime SY friend and collaborator Christina Rosenvinge. Meanwhile, Kim and Thurston will warm up their chops at the Le Weekend festival in Stirling, Scotland on May 27. The two will perform as Mirror/Dash, and Thurston will play in the Dream/Aktion Unit. UPCOMING SY RELEASES Sonic Youth are putting the finishing touches on their Deluxe Edition re-issue of 1990's "Goo". The 2xCD edition will be released by Universal/Geffen while the 4xLP vinyl edition will be released by SY's own Goofin' imprint via SLR. The Deluxe Edition of "Goo" will include the original LP re-mastered along with remixed/re-mastered 8-track demos, B-sides, rehearsal tracks, studio out-takes and more. A deluxe full-color LP size booklet will be included in the vinyl box set with essays by Byron Coley and Mark Kates. SYR 6 is also being prepared for release. This CD edition of the SYR series is a recording of the benefit concert held at and for The Anthology Film Archives on April, 12 2003. Sonic Youth performed with drummer/percussionist Tim Barnes. Part of the proceeds of this CD will again benefit the Anthology Film Archives. Coming in the Fall: While in Melbourne last June, Lee, Thurston, Steve, and Jim recorded direct to disc at Corduroy studios for what is being released as a limited-edition double vinyl album. Eight hundred copies of the four-track instrumental record are being pressed by Saucerlike records. One hundred of those will be available through sonicyouth.com. SONICYOUTH.COM http://click.myreg.net/r/n_167643352/t_emqe/u_www.sonicyouth.com As always, sonicyouth.com is the place to go for Sonic Youth info.

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Dead baby turtles are ace - just as long as no one starts on monkeys (especialy when they're dressed as humans).

ha ha, common ground! sorry if I came across as getting at you or a bit harsh in places. I think at heart we all want the same thing which is eclectic, interesting music in town rather than the safe, bland tours that seem to be well attended. I do accept this isn't always the venues or the staff at these venue's blame. You are right about a balance of understanding. I think constructive criticism & comments to the people concerned is the way to get what everyone wants - which means less bands like Maiden Scotland, The Complete Stone Roses and MacFloyd!!

No, but I was cool enough to have been there when they played as support to Godspeed You Black Emporer at the Lemon Tree. Does that make me super cool not to even bother seeing them next month?

It was myself that was commenting on Moshulu's lack of variety. I'm fully aware of costs & logistics involved in getting bands up. However, you simply seem to be saying "here's what's on - just be f*cking grateful, eh?" which I find a little scary - surely Ross (& The Lemon Tree for that matter) are open to suggestion from their customers & take criticism or comments on board accordingly? You seem to view watching a band live as simply an act of commerce which I find a little surprising. And I don't think I should necessarily be happy about the "eclectic" mix we have - why should I be happy that 80s novelty trash like Europe or Vanilla Ice are here rather than, say, SUNN o))) or Four Tet or Anthony & The Johnsons? Don't get me wrong - i'm not calling for financial lunacy on the part of venues. I am, however, looking for variety & enlightment when I view a band. Putting on a band is surely for the punters & not for the accountants? I'm not slagging Moshulu or anyone else off here, I just feel blind acceptance isn't an option - and I'm sure that Ross feels the same. One last thing, I've sort of been waiting for someone to jump to "poor" Ross's defence in a sycophantic or matey manner - looks like I wasn't disappointed there......

http://www.leweekendfestival.com/ Got my ticket as soon as it was announced.

Finally.... I've been waiting for the "Goo" reissue for ages - finally get my hands on the "Goo Demos". And, even better, I'm going to see them on Friday in Stirling (well, Thurston & Kim anyway...)

He's a B*stard, eh? I would love to go but.... work commitments, etc has sort of ruled it out.

Tomfoolery and shenanigans.

Conclusive proof that most people are ignorant, tasteless cunts. Still, at least people bought enough copies of The Crazy Frog to keep them off number one.

Considering they could have had the record company lawers sue the arse off the guy then I think they weren't too bothered.

Is that with free postage though? play.com has it for 10.99 with free postage.

I'm guessing the same. Get in there quick if you want it......

Now, I'm not a fan of people purchasing CDs in supermarkets & especially in a Wal-Mart owned company but...... the new Foo Fighters double CD for 5.97?????? Including postage????? What's that all about? http://www.asda-entertainment.co.uk/mall/productpage.cfm/asdaentertainment/6591640 Incidently, you may want to hold off before ordering as there's a version with a DVD available as well.

oh, the 2nd - I should really read threads all the way through. I am tempted though.....