Live in Edinburgh This Week – 21st June 2010
Umm.. nada, absolutely nada this week. Not one single gig I would be likely to go to myself, which is a bit unusual. Still, I am going to Glastonbury for the first time, so this not entirely a bad thing from my perspective. As a good friend of mine pointed out: ‘Giving up your job and then off to Glastonbury – it’s like the end of your adulthood’. And he’s not far wrong.
Oh yes, giving up my job, did I mention that? Well yes, as of Wednesday I will be a full-time Toad. Or ToadPRO as someone called it, not that it will entail being much more professional I wouldn’t have thought. Still, I am hugely fucking excited, not to be giving up my job actually, which I have always enjoyed, but the idea of being able to tackle all this Toad bollocks head on and really do it properly is a really exciting prospect as far as I am concerned. More on this later, though.
Last week I strayed wildly outside the list format for my Monday listings, which caused howls of upset from the cheap seats, and this week will be no different. There are a couple of interesting things happening, notably a Great Junction Street Music Studios showcase at Henry’s Cellar Bar on Saturday 26th. I know nothing at all about the bands involved, but I really think this kind of event is a good idea. If you are looking to get your band off the ground and start finding an audience, club together with your mates, put on a gig, invite all your friends and give it a go.
Alternatively, there’s the Penguins Kill Polar Bears EP launch tour passing through Scotland this week. I may not like the music myself, but these guys are doing a really good job of getting themselves noticed on an entirely DIY basis, and the more of that that happens around here the better. I always admire people who just get on with it, rather than whining about what other people should be doing for them, and this band certainly deserve your support.
Can you call a list comprising one single item a list at all? And it’s not really a gig either. Ah well, to soothe the agitation of those I upset last week, here is my list for this week:
Thursday 24th June 2010: Nick Cave speaks at Canongate Books‘ Irregular night at the Roxy Art House.
To say that Nick Cave is one of my heroes would be something of an understatement, and I am grinding my teeth down to fucking stumps with frustration at the fact that I will be in out of town on Thursday night when he comes to do a reading down at the Roxy. Arse monkeys.
And to make up for the lack of giggage, I have a special present for you all, courtesy of Jon from Virgin of the Birds. He played the Toad New Year’s House Gig this year, and seems to have developed a bit of a taste for Meursault, to the extent that he is one of the first people in weeks to actually bother to spell the band’s name correctly. Anyhow, Jon sent through this rather lovely cover of Crank Resolutions last night, and it’s great, so I thought I would share it.
Virgin of the Birds – Crank Resolutions (Meursault Cover)
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whoop whoop Glastonbury!!!!!
does that mean i have to talk to you?
No Chutters, it means I’ll get plastered and hug you, most probably.
Depending on the three-day festival smell factor of course.
Yes, get all the hugging out of the way on the Friday.
By the Sunday you’ll be wanting to spray each other down with Mr Muscle oven degreaser before you even shake hands.
my muscle’s degreaser……oh dear i’m stopping here
Nick Cave….he’s the guy that got the perfect Pacman score right?
http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/uploaded_images/pacman-789147.jpg
Nah, he’s the guy who does Limbo with Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen.
oh that’s nightmare Meursault timing on Friday. It’s going to need a bit of double speed to get over to see Mumford half a mile away afterwards. and FATM are on at the same time. have a word.
FATM? If that’s Florence and the Machine I do indeed have a word: shit. And frankly you’d be a fool to miss the Meersalts for the Mumfords, but I would say that.
looks like there will be at least two of us at the gig then
FATM? The New Fast Automatic Daffodils?
FATM? The New Fast Automatic Daffodils?
Nah, FATMa Mansions, innit?
FATM the new shite
Crikey, nerdy muso land can be a harsh environment. Just so I don’t get it wrong are Coldplay and good?
If you like Florence and the Indescribable Tedium, mate, you’ll probably like Coldplay, yes.
Actually, with her clothing fetish, is Florence the indie Lady Gaga? And can we therefore dismiss her accordingly?
(Just playing old chap, sorry, but I really do thing Flaps and the Minge are horrible.)
Non taken and if we are playing nerdy, The Domino State are on at The Bimble Inn 11.30pm Friday night. They’re shit too. got the hang of this now.
i actually really like the first 2 coldplay albums
I might too, if I could unclench my indie sphincter long enough to allow it to happen. I just can’t though.
Is Lady Gaga still a fella?
I’m sorry. I do find it hard to keep up.
“Is Lady Gaga still a fella?
I’m sorry. I do find it hard to keep it up.”
Fixed for you, mate.
Precisely
They’re right.
She is not attractive, and I am pretty fucking shallow, so constantly getting your tits out should be good enough for me.