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The UM Archive for July, 2009

Treworgey Tree Fayre 1989

Been miserable and disenfranchised and pessimistic today and making it all worse by researching Spiral Tribe on the net. One day in 1992 someone came round our house and asked us if we wanted to go to a free party and alas a combination of canedness, partied-outness and, if I’m honest, actual general gutlessness prevented [...]

Grist Podcasts.

3 cool things.

First off, the marvellous Russell Taysom has made good on a promise and done one of his joyously dark illustrations of me, here seen feasting on the head of Man From Uranus. To me he’s captured Phil rather better than he has me but then it’s hard to judge a likeness of oneself (perhaps indicative [...]

Vile Bodies

 I’ve only seen the Bodies once and I thought they were deeply unlikely and testingly brilliant, so I’m chuffed to be asked to play this, albeit rather aghast at the news that this is their last gig. Also my concert schedule was in danger of becoming indistinguishable from that of someone who doesn’t actually perform [...]

Pete Um Obssession.

Some lady has become obsessed with me.

Powerful indeed.

Was trying to think of something to counteract that last post and I thought of Dan Deacon. I don’t much care for his records but I reckon he’s got to be worth seeing live for sure.

This is an interesting insight into Deacon’s thing too.

Poptones/Careering

 

My man Simon Doling just linked this for my attention. I was trying to write a comment underneath but my thoughts spiralled a bit too far. First off I started thinking about just how cool a clip it was, and what a cool and brave thing Lydon does here, and how it feels like he’s [...]

Replikant

Was mixing my drinks last night, with way more herbal teas than standard. Green tea, peppermint, cammomile. crashed out about 2AM after viewing the enjoyable Royal Tennenbaums with my hand on the volume knob all the way through. I could watch Gene Hackman all day. Awoke sweating after vivid dream just after 4. Dream was [...]