30
November 05
[this week index]
Barny
if i were shipwrecked on a desert island and forced to choose between an exclusive diet of either hamburgers or tofu, i would most likely reject such uninspiring fare in favour of the complete back catalogue of 4AD records and something to listen to it on, and if i were further forced to plump for one artist alone it would without a doubt be the oeuvre of kristen hersh (of course including the throwing muses), so this last week, what with 4AD's 25th anniversary celebrations and all, was always going to be a good one. Although described in the guardian as half-cocked (i'm not sure why- perhaps because women feature prominently in the annals of 4AD history!?), and in spite of the oddness of its venues (conway 'village' hall in holborn, scala in king's cross, blackheath), i had fun and so did my close friend evil lynn who i forced to accompany me to kristen h. on tuesday, doing the solo years accompanied by violin and cello, and the red house painters on friday, lone guitar and what a voice! i'm not particularly one for lists, not even of the christmas variety, so i can't give an exact ranking, but i'm sure these rogue domicile decorators'd be in my top ten. my only regret is that i had neither the time nor the funds to get to every 4AD gig this week.
and to cap it all, a gig by another of my favourites, the black tulips, at club bohemia. as in any club the toilet floor is awash with leaking water and fluids of assorted other origins, but here stars and sequins sparkle and shimmer in the depths, twinkling up at you as you tinkle, just as the bar outside is flooded with corsets and cleavages, feathers and fishnets, fabulous freaks and glamorous goths.
watching/listening:
broken flowers
the beat that my heart skipped
mark kozelek
kristen hersh
mojave 3
villette
the twilight singers
earlier posts
29 November 05
A
little Poe and an alarmingly fabulous time...
22
November 05 Geoffrey
and Geoffrey's boyfriend...
21 November 05 Vaginatron,
Test-Icicles and contraction...
2 November 05 'What
kind of high school stereotype are you?'...
26 October 05
Lengthy
ignorance of brief garden appeased...
26 October 05 Jesus.
Forced change is a right fucker...
26 October 05 The
systematic pilfering of my wardrobe items...
26 October 05 Unfortunate
breakage, pure filth and Buffy...
12 October 05 "OI'LL
KICK YER COHNT IN", etcetera...
10 October 05 Repopulated
by a bunch of unpalatable goths...
5 October 05 I
didn't know eyes could bear such sadness...
4 October 05 Nostalgic-optimistic-romantic
tragical-comical-...
27 September 05
Peach
schnapps/morse code machine...
19 September 05
Extra-head
paranoic engine drives fallacy...
14 September 05
Buggery
in oil, magician's box, foreign gent...
12 September 05
Soul-sapping
image capture, DJ Scotch Egg...
1 September 05 'Rhinoceros',
Camber Sands, vain hope...
26 August 05
Valpolicella-quaffing
Satanic Barbie, scones...
22 August 05 Fine
lines, icy bruises, Chris Isaak, absence...
18 August 05 Bruises
of a sick canary hue. And Soft Cell...
14 August 05 Bile,
breakdancing, barely controlled rage...
6 August 05 Moss-moist
eyes, Roman Holiday and ringing...
27 July 05 Begging,
borrowing and stealing. And gowns...
22 July 05 Tris's
"You're Generally Indie" quiz result...
21 July 05 Test-Icicles,
overeducated rightwing baboon...
20 July 05 Buffalo
66, red shoes and a new frock...
12 July 05 Diversions,
hair conditioner, pots of tea and idiots...
1 July 05 Angela
Carter, exotic fruits and pink person-stripes...
29 June 05 Dresden
Dolls, Tori Amos, enticing flatmate...
28 June 05 Welly
welding, ghost trains, vaginas, bitching...
16 June 05 Posh
biscuits; the courting potential of the library...
15 June 05 Martin
Amis, chicklit and money problems...
8 June 05 Rabies
jabs and the History of Western Philosophy...