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From Heaven to York... [Jun. 22nd, 2009|11:09 am]
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Stop me if you've already have seen this photo on the Deathrock LiveJournal, but here it comes again (a bit bigger this time)....

Genesis P-Orridge, on stage at Heaven last night with Throbbing Gristle:



These days it seems TG exist at that strange nexus where The Groove meets The Noise. And the results are rather good, I reckon. More on this will turn up (eventually) in the next edition of Nemesis To Go.

In other gigs-I-have-been-to news, last Friday I was in York where I chanced upon the Screaming Banshee Aircrew playing in a multi-storey car park - for that is what The Duchess turned out to be. I think this venue proves that with a sufficiently generous application of black paint you can make anything look like a night club.

The gig was, I believe, the first time the SBA had played their new stuff in public. While the band is still unequivocally themselves, in some ways what they're doing now is drastically different to their previous incarnation(s). Very dynamic, very physical, stripped-down and ramped-up all at once. Lots of instrument swapping, and when Chris starts laying into the floor toms and Jo gets assertive on the bass 'n' vocals they sound uncannily like....An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump. Now there's a comparison that I suspect will set the cat among the pigeons in certain quarters!

I'd like to see the SBA kick this stuff around in London before too long. I hope they get the London gig they really need at this point - not just a standard-issue Flag Promotions shindig with some 'usual suspects' bands. I was actually quite relieved when their London gig with The Faces Of Sarah & Lupine got pulled (I say 'pulled' because I don't know if it was cancelled outright or merely postponed - the story seems to change depending on who you talk to). If you ask me (and I realise nobody is) that's the kind of gig the SBA should not be playing now. However, I don't know if any of the band's, erm, 'industry partners' have taken this on board yet...

I have to confess I didn't make my pilgrimage to York over the weekend just to see the SBA. I'm at present trying to buy a motor vehicle from a specialist dealer in knackered old wrecks valuable classic cars in Yorkshire, and it's turning into a bit of a lengthy rigmarole. I had hoped to pick up my quality conveyance over the weekend, but this didn't happen. When I phoned up the dealer from my hotel room to check on progress, I was told everything was delayed because - I quote - 'The lad had a bad day in the workshop'. At which point I felt like I was having a bad day in the York Novotel!

That, however, is another saga, which I will relate another time....
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[User Picture]From: [info]ravennaleigh
2009-06-22 07:32 pm (UTC)

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... a bit of a bimmer - having to come back without the car. Hopefully you'll have it by mid September so you can exhibit at the two-day display here - Sunday along Ryde Esplanade is particularly pleasant. If it's a Morris Minor - you can attend the rally at the choo-choo place in early Sept.
[User Picture]From: [info]nemesis_to_go
2009-06-22 09:51 pm (UTC)

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If I ever get my hands on my knackered old wreck valuable classic vehicle, I'll post a cryptic photo competition here to see how many people can identify it.

I'm now told it'll be ready tomorrow. We shall see about that!

[User Picture]From: [info]mister_ed
2009-06-22 11:35 pm (UTC)

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Thanks for the review.. and turning up (even if it may have also been for the car and the Birds) :)

Any resemblance to the Birds is pretty coincidental.. but the tribal drumming is definately one of the cool elements we've taken onboard from Shoreditch excursions..

I think we'd be more like KASMS if I could just squeeze myself into a little black dress.. ;p
[User Picture]From: [info]nemesis_to_go
2009-06-23 04:47 am (UTC)

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By the way, I see the Flag Promotions gig list has this one coming up:

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Fri 28th Aug DEVIANT Doors 8pm

SCREAMING BANSHEE AIRCREW
(www.myspace.com/screamingbansheeaircrew)

£7 Adv www.flagpromotions.com / Ticketweb 08700 600100
(Includes FREE entry to DEVIANT Club)

PURPLE TURTLE 65 Crowndale Road, Camden. London. NW1 1TN
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Is that one for real?
[User Picture]From: [info]mister_ed
2009-06-23 09:15 am (UTC)

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Yes, that date and venue looks right to me.. there will also be other acts on the night.. but I think that's still under negotiation..