From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V11 #127 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Monday, September 7 2009 Volume 11 : Number 127 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [idealcopy] Robyn Hitchcock I am The Fy @ QEH PESTIVAL ["John G" Subject: [idealcopy] Robyn Hitchcock I am The Fy @ QEH PESTIVAL A Plethora of Musical/Comedic luminaries got together at the QEH On sept 6th for an evening of songs about insects http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wazQ74fRzEw Q:What's the 'Pestival'? "A festival celebrating insects in art, and the art of being an insect. Architecture, art, comedy, film, music, sound, technology and life. Pestival is a rare creature: an international, inter-disciplinary, community-led festival. Over a long weekend, Pestival celebrates how insects shape our world and how humans shape the world of insects, in both science and the arts. Eighty per cent of creatures on earth are insects, the 'pests' without whom humans wouldn't survive. On 3rd September Pestival is launched at London Zoo in a symposium "How insect are we?" Then between 4-6 September Pestival swarms on the entire Southbank Centre site and puts insects on the cultural map - before it's too late." The description of the gig as released by the Queen Elizabeth Hall: 'Robyn Hitchcock and his friends play a selection of insect related songs with added sound effects, including clicks, rubbings and hisses. Plus the premiere of Mandible Raga, a devouring instrumental, and the Abdomen Suite, a mating drone. Songs include 'Madonna Of The Wasps', 'Insect Mother', 'Antwoman', 'Red Locust Frenzy' and a cover of Wire's classic 'I Am The Fly'.' Not sure what happened but the 'Mandible Raga' and 'Abdomen Suite' were not played during the show. Robyn Hitchcock and His Friends Queen Elizabeth Hall London - UK September 4th 2009 *Name of lead vocalist between brackets* 01 - Agony Of Pleasure (Robyn Hitchcock) 02 - Dragonfly Me (Robyn Hitchcock) 03 - Insect Mother (Robyn Hitchcock) 04 - Red Locust Frenzy (Robyn Hitchcock) 05 - Human Fly (Green Gartside) 06 - Where Fat Lies Ant Follow (Green Gartside) 07 - Wood Beez - Pray Like Aretha Franklin (Green Gartside) 08 - Cousin Caterpillar (Mike Heron) 09 - A Very Cellular Song (Mike Heron) 10 - Poems (John Hegley) 11 - Amoebe (John Hegley) 12 - Woman (Alessi's Ark) 13 - Snail's Lament (Alessi's Ark) 14 - Madonna Of The Wasps (Robyn Hitchcock) 15 - Dead Bees (Graham Coxon) 16 - Antwoman (Robyn Hitchcock) 17 - Ole Tarantula (Robyn Hitchcock) 18 - I Am The Fly (All) Band - --------------------------------------------------- Rob Ellis - Drums Paul Noble - Bass Terry Edwards - Keyboards, trumpet and clarinet Robyn Hitchcock - Electric and Acoustic guitar and vocals on all tracks except 5/6/7/10/12 Graham Coxon - Electric Guitar on most tracks Green Gartside - Backing Vocals on most tracks Jenny Adejayan - Cello Max Eastley - 'The Arc' on several tracks Rhodri Marsden - Keyboards on tracks 5/6/7/17/18 Dicky Moore - Guitar on track 7/18 Georgia Seddon - Keyboards on tracks 8/9/17/18 Written by - --------------------------------------------------- Tracks 1/2/3/4/14/16/17 by Robyn Hitchcock Track 5 by The Cramps Track 6 by Winston Hussey Track 7 by Scritti Politti Track 8/9 by The Incredible String Band Track 10/11 by John Hegley Track 12 by Alessi's Ark Track 13 by Trees Track 15 by Graham Coxon Track 18 by Wire ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V11 #127 ********************************