The Dragonslayer
Happy St. George's day. I see Billy Bragg is playing a gig tonight with Rachel Unthank for the occassion. Off to see her playing in a couple of weeks and it should be great.
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:: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 ::
Bloggers spreading tentacles
Couple of new blogs of note:
Socialist Cephalopod with all the key info on mammoths, food, squids, hip-hop and the left.
Radical Left with all of the above except the first four.Labels: blogs
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:: Monday, April 21, 2008 ::
Sick Of It All
Sick Of It All
Glasgow King Tuts 20th April 2008
What a refreshing gig. A band who wanted to entertain, who had real respect for their fans and a crowd who were a friendly, boisterous international community. Having seen Sick Of It All a few years ago with 7 Seconds and Slapshot I didn't hesitate to make the trip to Glasgow to catch them live again.
The bouncers were kept busy dealing with the mosh pit but did so with good humour. The moshers were physical but there were no casualties. Interesting that such a seemingly violent event should be so friendly and happy. Very happy with the way the clip came out, so watch it!
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:: Saturday, April 12, 2008 ::
Anti-Scientology Demo
Interesting disguises too. The ubiquitous V but also a horse and a bloke looking like The Question.
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Anti-Scientology Demo
Outside Scientology office in Edinburgh 12th April 2008. Seemed to be organised by mostly young people, sussed about using new technology. Were giving out burned DVD's with stuff on the L.Ron brigade and their crazy antics.
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:: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 ::
The Gutter Twins
The Gutter Twins
Glasgow Òran Mór Monday 8th April 2008
It was with some trepidation that I went to see the new project from Afghan Whigs/Twilight Singers frontman Greg Dulli, The Gutter Twins. The project sees him working with ex-Screaming Trees mumbler Mark Lanegan and when I saw Lanegan joining the Twilight Singers live last year I wasn't too impressed.
This time was better but it was lacking something. The venue was packed but the crowd were very static although enthusiastic. This was largely down to the unfamiliar material being played.
Dulli also took the energy out of the event when one of the first times he talked to the crowd he gave a lecture about why you shouldn't film the gig. I know that it must be annoying to have a camera stuck in your face for the whole performance but grabbing a clip on you phone or your camera is no big deal and doesn't mean that your not paying attention or whatever. From what I saw it was the hardcore fans who were down the front for an hour before the gig started who were doing most of the filming, I think they deserve more respect. Artists lecturing the audience is one of my pet hates, if the audience is talking, drinking or taking pictures then you need to make them pay attention. Tickets for the gig last night were not cheap and the audience deserve better than that.
I only took the one clip and it was so dark that you can't see much.
Things picked up towards the end of the set and the long encore. I didn't recognise any of Lanegan's solo stuff but it went down well with his many fans in the crowd.
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