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The UM Archive for May, 2012

Maria & the Mirrors

Surely this is the sort of record that should make a young crowd in a dark room completely lose their shit? You could build a set around such a shit-loser, even. I like the way it’s quite simple, but transcendent, as pop music should be, maybe. I’d be tempted to use a cooking metaphor except [...]

Like a shot of pure gold

It was suggested to me, about a month ago, that I might like to accompany my girlfriend and her ex along to a talk by this lady. It was all a bit terribly terribly/Cambridge Uni/Radio 4/boomerish for my degraded intellectual appetites but a couple of things she said I thought were quite interesting. She was [...]

Radioactive Sparrow

One day I will write about Pence Eleven, perhaps thee great Lost Group, but not today because it’s a very long story and I haven’t got time. It was through the weird influence of PE that I got to know of Radioactive Sparrow, also perhaps thee great Lost Group. I will never write about [...]

Here is a diagram of how easy it is to upload pix in Wordpress.

I am a moron using an old & broken thing but still.

Yeah, the Night & A Day thing at the Church.

Hot Chip w/ Pete Um The Junction, Cambridge, June 11th

Very nice to be asked. The gods amuse themselves by making me choose between this and R Stevie Moore at The Portland, which is Bad Timing, but then I have done that once so there you are. trying to pluck up courage to ask for cider on the rider. Serious.

White Fence

Been trying to make my mind up about the Fence. Bit battle reenactment in places for me to really jump off but you’d have to say it’s awfully well put together. Just thought I’d see what Phil & Simon says

Was looking for Long White Curtain or something else off the Family Perfumes.

Past, Present, Future Lunch Time

Think I forgot to post this before. Somewhat after the event then, but better late than never, I’m posting it NOW.
Pete UM @ PAST PRESENT FUTURE SPACE-TIME Sept 2011 by StrawberryShorts
See also, The Doozer!
The Doozer @ PAST PRESENT FUTURE SPACE-TIME Sept… by StrawberryShorts
More band interviews from the excellent Simon Mullen man with the movie camera [...]