Ti Jean

Word on the street is: "i'Prais boys're playin' a gig on i'seckun o'May doon it i'Tunnels like, ken?"

So, I'm gathering from that and the Gigs in Aberdeen website, that The Edgar Prais will be playing the Captain gig with Right Hand Left - 2nd of May at the Tunnels. I imagine it'll be somewhere in the region of a five spot on the door.

If anyone would be interested in getting their tickets a little cheaper than advance/on the door, send me a pm and I'll sort something out for you.

The Wrens

The Favours

The Edgar Prais

This Friday at Moshulu. Doors are at 7pm.

Erm' date=' aren't you contradicting yourself there.[/quote']

If I was at all serious in my reply, then I certainly would have been; just as I would be contradicting myself in saying for him not to romanticize things, and then continue with all the elaborate nonsense I wrote afterwards. I was simply taking the piss.

Anyway, on another note: were you not asking a question? - That'll require a question mark then... ho ho.

Edgar Prais.

it needs a teaser campaign because this "shitty local band" was one of the few who had a lasting influence on the scene. great songs never die you know.

and go tell all those kids who are still getting into Nirvana (or any other disbanded group) how pointless their endevour is.

i'll see if the site can be uploaded tonight' date=' i'm still fighting those bloody technical problems.

PS: it is more than a website.[/quote']

We need not romanticize things here, especially all this talk of the band having "...a lasting influence on the scene." Sure enough, the band did break down that elusive myth between 'ordinary people' and 'rockstars': the amount of kids in Aberdeen who were inspired to pick-up a guitar upon the realisation that, on the sixth day, God did not say:

"Let us make rockstars in my image; let them have dominion over all lesser man."

That we do have that to be thankful for - and it is rare for me to walk into a local gig, where the band onstage are not aping the blueprint that Liber8/Alyssa's Wish had made their own years beforehand. But a lasting influence? Steady on, mate.

I hear tell that this "shitty local band" could have done quite well with the right management....!

I heard that they did in fact have management. It was just unfortunate that their most important breaks always came during the festive period, when funnily enough, management was nowhere to be seen... although, rumour has it that children often made claims of seeing a man resembling Alyssa's Wish's managment figure, climbing down chimneys in a red suit.

Edgar Prais. (Great songs never die!)

So can we not just be told what the fuck its all about? it is now the 22nd.......

It is a fansite, for a band that split-up almost two years ago. I think it is a completely pointless endeavour, and I can only justify it as an enthusiastic fan's personal hobby, or project. I fail to understand why it needs to be promoted with a teaser campaign: no one cares, and it has only ended up misleading people into believing it is something more than a website.

I can imagine it is flattering that someone could still care about some shitty local band, especially considering that a considerable time has passed since the band moved on; but I really wish people would leave it all in the past - it is embarrassing. Why not focus on what the members are doing now, that is if they are doing anything music related.

Edgar Prais.

I was thinking At The Drive-In but I think their debut album is better than Vaya.

First, if you are trying to suggest that Acrobatic Tenement is a better collection of songs than those presented on Vaya, you are seriously delusional; I am understanding that it is merely an opinion of yours, but when you suggest a haphazard collection - at best - of unimaginative emo-punk songs, sounding like a run-through of a blueprint already estabilished by a handful of Dischord bands, could compare to the melting-pot of ideas which is Vaya - a band which had truly come into their own - then your opinion seems to me, pretty irrelevant. Secondly, Vaya is an EP, which makes it exempt from this discussion, at least as far as I am aware - I thought this was concerning full-length releases? I could also argue that In/Casino/Out was their most cohesive record, whilst Relationship of Command was a little patchy.

I have to agree with Dylan: Bringing It All Back Home; Highway 61 Revisited; Blonde on Blonde, are all undeniable records, each one surpassing the last - although my personal favourite is Bringing It All Back Home. In that case, however, could we not consider Sonic Youth: EVOL; Sister; Daydream Nation? I am also an avid Bjrk fan, but Vespertine was never a better record than Homogenic; personal opinion I suppose.

Well he generally never played guitar for atdi' date=' wot with there aleady being 2 guitarists. If he did it must have been on acrobatic tenenment when Jim was the only guitarist.[/quote']

Cedric did in fact play guitar; on the Relationship of Command tour, he would play guitar on Rolodex Propaganda, whilst Jim concentrated on keys and percussion. From what I can recall, the guitar used was a stripped down SG - nothing more than one pick-up.

I'm all for abusing festival crowds' date=' but when your making comments about John Peel (especially at Glastonbury) with his family in attendance, you need to think it through. Especially when your slagging off a very well-respected and talented guy, and you're a drunken upstart.

The guy is vastly over rated in my opinion, pity Ryan Adams had to drop out, he knows how to write a tune.[/quote']

First, I would like to say that I mean no offense to anyone who holds John Peel in high regard - I personally find him a respectable enough person, who had a real passion for music; but do you think it takes talent to play records, or to search out more obscure artists? I believe that either of us, should we choose to put in the effort to new music, could do a similar job. John Peel was an establishment to those who held an ear towards the underground, and now through death, has elevated to that almost 'martyr'esque status. I do not see why I, or someone, in this instance Conor Oberst, should refrain from making some insult or negative comment towards him. Out of respect?

True, in this situation, the insults were directed towards a man whose memory was the very reason for the stage Bright Eyes performed on. Let us consider, however, that for the duration of the day, most artists would have made comment about how great the man was, even though these might not have been sincere representations of their feelings; simply a case of people doing what they think is the right thing. I find it more respectable that an artist like, LCD Soundsystem, who I am led to believe felt nothing either way towards John Peel, chose to say nothing. I also think it is refreshing that someone shows nothing but contempt for said respect, that they could get obliterated through drugs and spout absolute vile towards everything close at hand. For me, it seems a little more genuine; and so, you do not agree with his actions, are we not allowed our own idiocy?

Also, in direct response to Ryan: Conor Oberst has been within the music industry for over ten years, with a prolific output of material, as well as having a respected indie-label he was part responsible for; and now, he even has his own label aside from it. This is not the kind of person I would consider to be an upstart. As far as your comments on Ryan Adams are concerned: he may be able to pen some good songs, but he is far less consistent than Conor Oberst; and you may consider that to be a matter of opinion, in which case, it is my own. But then, after your thorough reasoning behind why Ryan Adams is a "cheese-dick", it's apparent that you formed your opinion from the next to nothing you know on Bright Eyes.

He showed nothing but complete contempt for the audience, with angry rants directed towards both them and the festival - he had stepped-up to take Ryan Adams headline slot after he had cancelled his appearance, which led to some form of abuse/heckling from numerous people within the crowd - towards the MakePovertyHistory campaign which was publicised by the festival, and also made several remarks about John Peel, one of which suggested that he was a coke head.

As far as the drunken bum part is concerned, you will find his dependencies lean towards coke these days.