James Chance & Les Contortions |
Last night I saw James Chance at the Barfly.
He was old and his tux was bad; his band were French and subordinate; and he frequently had to reach for a hankerchief to wipe the drool off of his face.
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Posted by Amin on Wed, 02 May 2007 08:55:00 PST |
Raylene - Rest In Pieces |
On the 15th of March, onstage at Fopp, I snapped the neck of my beloved Raylene (SG). She was like no other guitar I have ever known. This is a great loss, and I truly believe that it is the end of a ...
Posted by Amin on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 03:56:00 PST |
Les Georges' Action Verbs |
My debut as Music Editor & Writer for internet rag Stimulus Respond is official.
The theme of the issue is Stories.
The music press is full of them.
I thought that it might be interesting to fol...
Posted by Amin on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:16:00 PST |
Trans Am |
..This week I saw Trans Am play at Dingwalls. It had been some three years since I saw them tear up the Spitz in their Guantanamo Garb - a night that I frequently cited as the best gig I had ever seen...
Posted by Amin on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:48:00 PST |
Mathematicians of the Flesh |
..In Georg Buchner's drama "Danton's Death", Danton asks 'How long are we mathematicians of the flesh in our hunt for the ever elusive X to continue to write our equations with the bleeding fragments ...
Posted by Amin on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:57:00 PST |
The Weakerthans |
Just arrived home, sweat-drenched from a sardine-tin L.A.2.When they played 'confessions of a futon-revolutionary' i went ape.Everyone was singing along and we even got old Samsonite to play 'gifts' f...
Posted by Amin on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 04:12:00 PST |
