From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V9 #108 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Sunday, April 23 2006 Volume 09 : Number 108 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [idealcopy] Mozoto [Fergus Kelly ] [idealcopy] Mozoto [Fergus Kelly ] [idealcopy] RE: OT-Morrissey ["Jason Rogers" ] [idealcopy] githead artwork ["Mileta Okiljevic" ] [idealcopy] Camden Crawl ["Keith Knight" ] Re: [idealcopy] Camden Crawl [Andrew Walkingshaw ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:46:40 +0100 (BST) From: Fergus Kelly Subject: [idealcopy] Mozoto Keef said: perhaps the most surprising moments was a cover of Magazines Song From Under The Floorboards, though with it's 'as ugly as sin' line it sounded like something that Moz might have written! ((( Moz's irratibility keeps him alive and kicking, eh ? I'd forgotten he and Devoto had one thing in common from years back: Linder Sterling (recently active with' The Working Class Goes To Paradise' performance at Tate Britain which brought together '3 rock bands and movements derived from the Shakers sect in a simultaneous durational performance exploring the mythic history of Manchester'). Interesting article on her in last moth's Wire. I'm looking forward to the book. Fergus http://www.roomtemperature.org http://www.asullenrelapse.blogspot.com http://flickr.com/photos/55867717@N00/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:47:13 +0100 (BST) From: Fergus Kelly Subject: [idealcopy] Mozoto Keef said: perhaps the most surprising moments was a cover of Magazines Song From Under The Floorboards, though with it's 'as ugly as sin' line it sounded like something that Moz might have written! ((( Moz's irratibility keeps him alive and kicking, eh ? I'd forgotten he and Devoto had one thing in common from years back: Linder Sterling (recently active with' The Working Class Goes To Paradise' performance at Tate Britain which brought together '3 rock bands and movements derived from the Shakers sect in a simultaneous durational performance exploring the mythic history of Manchester'). http://www.thewire.co.uk/web/camera.php Interesting article on her in last moth's Wire. I'm looking forward to the book. Fergus http://www.roomtemperature.org http://www.asullenrelapse.blogspot.com http://flickr.com/photos/55867717@N00/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 15:43:52 +0000 From: "Jason Rogers" Subject: [idealcopy] RE: OT-Morrissey >Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:36:43 +0200 >From: "Mileta Okiljevic" >Subject: [idealcopy] OT-Morrisey > >anyone's opinion of new Morrisey? I heard that he covered Magazine >live? is it album worth of chasing.. I bought Morrissey's Ringleader Of The Tormentors on the day of release and, upon the first few listens, decided that it was a good solid album. Many Morrissey efforts are hit-and-miss, with the good tracks interrupted by horribly boring tracks, but there really aren't any songs on Ringleader that I dislike. For a couple of days, I was really enjoying listening to the new Morrissey album... ...until I found an advance copy of the new album from The Church in a used rack at a local record store. The Church - Uninvited, Like The Clouds is the best new album that I've heard in recent memory and it made me forget all about the Morrissey album. Seriously...since I bought Uninvited, Like The Clouds, I haven't put the Morrissey album in the stereo at all. I'll return to it, as it really is a good listen, but I'm still quite fascinated with the new Church album and have been listening to it almost constantly for two weeks now. For those curious, The Church - Uninvited, Like The Clouds is perfect music for this time of year...the album sounds like it would have been the natural progression after their 1990 album, Gold Afternoon Fix; it's got that same sort of great sunny spring afternoon feel with the dueling guitars and sparseness. But, yeah, I need to listen to the new Morrissey again. Jason ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 00:00:30 +0200 From: "Mileta Okiljevic" Subject: [idealcopy] githead artwork http://www.andersenm.com/ komplete artwork for githead, piano magic..great designer ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 23:34:32 +0100 From: "Keith Knight" Subject: [idealcopy] Camden Crawl Thursday night saw this year's Camden Crawl, another chance to wander up and down Camden High St to see a random selection of 50 bands playing in 12 different venues, getting increasingly pissed and wondering if there's something better on somewhere else. This year's line-up was somewhat less stellar than last year's when I managed to see Art Brut, KaitO, Sons and Daughters and Secret Machines, a good night out in anyone's book. Secret headliners this year were Supergrass, for whom I hold no interest and The Futureheads who I got rather bored by last year the second time I saw them. So, a chance to check out some bands on spec. First up, Howling Bells, of whom good things have allegedly been reported. Well, not on this showing. A four piece with an appealing female singer, the first song holds the interest but the next two sends us to the itinerary and we head off to catch the end of The Aliens, who are a Beta Band spin-off. On arrival they are playing some sort of cod C&W track which is awful, but the next song hits a VU groove and is much more appealing. The next song is called Robot Man and is again pretty dreadful, with the singer embarrassingly throwing himself into it as though it was worthwhile - which it isn't as it mainly consists of him repeating 'I'm the Robot Man' over and over. But the next song, Ionas (Look for Space) is much more interesting, hitting an early Floyd groove at some length. So, a somewhat puzzling set but one which makes the band worth keeping an eye on. Next, it's 65 Days of Static if only because the name is promising. They're a post-rock Mogwai-like outfit from Sheffield who play instrumentals at significant loudness and speed. And they are fab tonight, hitting a spot I didn't know I wanted itched. Like The Mars Volta without the silliness. They will go far. We meet up with others in the party who have been to see The Delilahs and are raving about them. Unfortunately we're in a venue with Paolo Nutini who starts up some dull Turin Brakes type acoustic dullness. Romeo from The Magic Numbers is in the corner which figures. So we escape and head to Lock 17 where we want to see Forward Russia! later. Unfortunately we get there for about half an hour of Sway's set of dull grime which puts us in a bad mood, which Forward Russia! do nothing to alleviate as they churn out by-the-numbers indie thrash. No song stands out in my by now alcohol fuddled brain and after about seven songs one is relieved to receive a text saying that there is room for The Slits at the tiny Oh! Bar, so we hightail it down for the last 20 minutes. And they're great, a mix of old (Ari Up and someone sat down at the back) and new (possibly offspring), loads of energy on stage, intermixing vocalists and that great melange of rock and reggae which still sounds freshly minted. Catch them if you can. So, a less successful night than last year but that's the Crawl for you. Turn a different corner and we never would have met, as the poet sang. Another the Keith ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 00:00:32 +0100 From: Andrew Walkingshaw Subject: Re: [idealcopy] Camden Crawl On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 11:34:32PM +0100, Keith Knight wrote: > Next, it's 65 Days of Static if only because the name is promising. > They're a post-rock Mogwai-like outfit from Sheffield who play > instrumentals at significant loudness and speed. And they are fab > tonight, hitting a spot I didn't know I wanted itched. Like The Mars > Volta without the silliness. They will go far. They've got two records out, both on Monotreme. I've heard their debut, "The Fall of Math", which is pretty decent. Squarepusher drums with postrock over the top, essentially; it's a bit forced at times, but when it works ("Retreat! Retreat!") it's really good. Their second is meant to be better, and they crashed at a mate of mine's when they played Cambridge, so they can't be bad... Andrew - -- http://www.lexical.org.uk/ | http://covertmusic.com/ | work: adw27@cam.ac.uk "with your feet in the air and your head on the ground" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:20:39 +0100 From: "Keith Knight" Subject: RE: [idealcopy] Camden Crawl "The Fall of Math"? See, it's happened again. 'Maths' is on its way out I tell you. Another the Keith - -----Original Message----- From: owner-idealcopy@smoe.org [mailto:owner-idealcopy@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Walkingshaw They've got two records out, both on Monotreme. I've heard their debut, "The Fall of Math", which is pretty decent. Squarepusher drums with postrock over the top, essentially; it's a bit forced at times, but when it works ("Retreat! Retreat!") it's really good. Their second is meant to be better, and they crashed at a mate of mine's when they played Cambridge, so they can't be bad... Andrew - -- http://www.lexical.org.uk/ | http://covertmusic.com/ | work: adw27@cam.ac.uk "with your feet in the air and your head on the ground" ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V9 #108 *******************************