From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V3 #16 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Tuesday, January 25 2000 Volume 03 : Number 016 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RFH - the recording [Wireviews ] MOMA trip [paul.rabjohn@ssab.com] Re: idealcopy-digest V3 #15 [Howard Spencer ] please post [Comerandy@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 01:43:31 -0800 (PST) From: Wireviews Subject: RFH - the recording Hello all, Some good news for everyone that might also remove the need for you all to smuggle DATs and Minidiscs into Royal Festival Hall: Wire are intending to record the gig and Wire Merchandising will make the results available in due course. Of course, this is also great news for all you people who cannot attend the gig. Details regarding Wire Merchandising itself will be available soon. Best, Craig/Wireviews. ===== >>> Craig Grannell / Wireviews >>> Visit Wireviews at: http://welcome.to/wireviews http://www.snub.dircon.co.uk/wirehome.html >>> wireviews@yahoo.com >>> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:36:20 +0100 From: paul.rabjohn@ssab.com Subject: MOMA trip well i must say i had a great time. i looked at the MOMA website and the show seemed OK , but it was the idea of going to the private view where the artists were dj'ing that was the thing i really fancied. i guessed this could be a rare chance to actually see the guys in a small place and maybe go have a chat. saturday started well when the tickets weren't (as promised) in the post ; so i was neither sure b&g would play or sure i'd get in. on that basis i headed out , not too sure what i'd find...... anyway , bluffing our way in was no problem (i took my girlfriend too , following endless comments about dome etc over the years i thought it might be interesting for her....) , we started out in the show itself which was quite good. the b&g exhibit is like a six foot tall aluminium cabinet with an orange alarm bell visible thru a window. i think the idea is that it senses you approaching and the bell rings subliminally. there were 5 other installations , mostly bigger scale than this , all involving electronic noise in some form. one of the other artists is the swedish guy (whose name escapes me) who graham collaborated with on ocsid. as a show i'd say worth a look , but not one to bust a gut for. so we went out of the show and graham was hanging around in the foyer , we sidled over and started chatting ; he seemed in a very good mood and confirmed he was going to do a dj set as well as bruce. talking of which , bruce then came over too. they both were happy to talk and seemed to be looking forward to the rfh night. but it sounded like their solo bits aren't too sorted out yet ; graham said he had no idea at all what michael clark would be doing! i got them both to sign my cd's of 154 and yclept and then headed down to the basement cafe where the djing was happening. it was a really nice setting , you could sit at tables with your food & drink and enjoy the dj's. bruce was first up , he did about 20 minutes of bi yo yo type stuff played quite quietly in the backgriound , very low key. graham played next , together with a very swedish looking guy (mr ocsid?) , he started with some he said omala type tracks and then started mashing them up with some noise ; great stuff. after graham's departure his "partner" carried on , playing some more typical dj material. we were just pondering our next move when who should enter the cafe but colin. now i wasn't suspecting this at all so i couldn't let the opportunity pass and i introduced myself , i think he'd mis-timed his arrival and bruce and graham were already long gone. my 154 got signed (of course , too good an opportunity to miss , bear with me) so i was well pleased i'd bought that along. he seemed quite happy with life , one thing he was saying is that the immersion video idea is on hold for the time being. seemed like time to go so we had another quick look at the show , bumped into colin with malka (and son) and said hello. picked up some of the cd's and left. the cd has 6 audio tracks and some multimedia bits. one track each by bruce (alarum) and graham (ticks) , both short tracks of treated noise. as are the other 4 tracks on the cd ; this ain't one for you steps fans. only £3 though so hardly a rip-off. if you go thru wireviews to the MOMA site it gives mail order details. well , what can i say. i had a great time and went and asked people for autographs for the first time since i was about 16. what a nerd. great fun though. but i think that was the night to go and the exhibition alone is nothing to get over-excited about. go if you're local but i'd leave it at that. it was so good to have a chat with the guys , something i'd wanted to do for years. i took some photos so i'll get them posted up on the site for general consumption (if craig likes 'em i guess) p ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:44:04 +0000 From: Howard Spencer Subject: Re: idealcopy-digest V3 #15 MOMA: I thought the exhibition was pretty disappointing - though probably not seen at its best on a preview night with Oxford's, er, artistic community wandering around en masse. I'd like to see Bruce and Graham's piece again before I say too much. First impression was ... eh? The live set they did, however, was superb, IMO. A shame about the surroundings (a sort of organic vegetarian cafe with green plastic seats) and the lack of punters by the time they started the sonic assault. This was probably not helped by a smoking ban, meaning said artistic community had to go outside to have a gitane - Graham, incidentally, sparked up regardless. On to the music - it was basically live mixes, from what I could see, with Bruce triggering samples and Graham adding other effects to basic tracks recorded on an Apple laptop. Best moment was a cover of `I've got you under my skin',(Graham singing in his best cabaret drawl) with the lyrics altered to 'I've got it under my skin' - made it sound like it was about scabies. It was just fantasic, and I'm not making this up, honestly! It was also loud - very loud - but would have been quite danceable in the right circumstances - indeed two of the barstaff could be seen shaking their arses in the kitchen. The DJ who preceeded and followed them had a Eartha Kitt fetish, which made for an interesting contrast. Given the po-faced nature of much experimental music (anyone see Ikeda/Soviet France last Tuesday at the Queen Elizabeth Hall - bunch of arse!) it it worth noting that B and G seemed to be thoroughly enjoying themselves. Graham in particular was looking very ebullient - doing a bit of impromptu lip-syncing to `I've got you..' (I wonder if he's ever considered doing drag?). I asked him if he was going to do anything with this piece - i.e. release it - he didn't think so. It was too loud for a long conversation, but that's three members of Wire I've managed to speak to. Whey hey - only Gotobed to go - better start mugging on organic farming for some conversational openers. Anyway, it was a great night and I got to buy them both a beer. Where were the rest of you? Howard ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:51:02 EST From: Comerandy@aol.com Subject: please post Please post / forward to interested parties: NYC Area: Collaborators wanted: bassist and drummer to join serious project with 2 (1 M / 1 F) writer/vocalist/guitarists. interests: wire, colin newman, desperate bicycles, felt, mbv, chills, go-betweens please e-mail or call andy at: Comerandy@aol.com 718.302.5389 thank you ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V3 #16 ******************************