this old chestnut

Patti Smith (covers Tinita) well worth going to Brussels for - oh and HAPPY BIRTHDAY PATTI

I like to think I can be so willed

and never do what you say 

I'll never hear you 

and never do what you say 

Look my eyes are just holograms

look your love has drawn red from my hands

from my hands you know you'll never be 

more than a twist in my sobriety. 

About last year ... cont'd ... Victoria Park - Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Shame ...

Had a lovely day out in Victoria Park in June. Weather

was perfect. Not too hot and didn't rain. I was told the beer was overpriced. Our picnic was perfect.

I went to see Patti Smith and she was her perfect poet self, acknowledging an Allen Ginsberg anniversary and saluting John Lennon. 

But this band SHAME blew me away. 

I loved them. 

Was standing in a queue for chips later I think and turned round and who's walking right up to me as if to say hello but Charlie Steen himself. 

Midsummer twilight and Nick Cave played an emotional set (mostly to the front six adoring rows who climbed on stage with him as the night got darker)

W72nd Street New York City

My favourite gigs 2018 - cont'd

A strange thing happened in the middle of the show... I became fully conscious of the fact that this voice, the voice of David Byrne,

has been with me my whole adult life and here I was ... I found myself in another part of the world, asking myself, how did I get here? 

(Answer was National Coach only eight pounds, actually) 

and i'll tell you this for sixpence... 

CARDIFF KNOWS HOW TO ROCK

Martin Rev at Bowery Electric New York this time last year

FER-REEEEZING cold out ... 13 degrees C it was. 

Came out the subway and passed Phoebe's Street art

and the Blondie Mural (Bobby Grossman's photo and Fairey Shepherd's design)

and crossed the street and down the rickety stairs of the Bowery Electric 

and it was PACKED. 

 Puma Perl came out and David and Emil and Delphine Blue.

 And it was SMOKING HOT because of Martin Rev - he was astonishing - just amazing - just so powerful - in his leather vest and shiny black pants and glasses and i don't know WHAT he's doing smacking and giving his synthesizer (?) a charlie horse and what the hell the box was on the top there with all those wires and bits and pieces ... but what he did just hoovered me to the front of the room and i was go-go girl

And this doesn't sound right  but I would never have got into Suicide so deep if it wasn't for Tim Broun So THANK YOU. 

Martin Rev is force and I just admire the living daylight nightlight flashing lights of him

there's me dancing down the front 

and then home to West 76th Street crossing Joey Ramone's Street sign on the way ...

Thinking of gigs I loved 2018... EXTNDDNTWRK Live at Cafe Oto - 19.10.2018

Andrew Fearn from the Sleaford Mods has a side project.
He played live in October with Alternative TV.
There is also a sound only clip here so you can hear the whole set.

ATV included rare performance of SCANDAL in their set.

Cafe Oto is a cool venue in Dalston, like a storefront.
at 18 Ashwin Street, London E8 3DL.
They have a bar and a merch table.

Always someone interesting - some well known bands, some well known musicians playing in side projects (like Andy Fearn here) and some bands just getting started.
Always a reasonable price, too.
For what's on at Cafe Oto click here

https://youtu.be/QLLkcoN6-mg

BOY, Chelsea Kings Road Shop - Photos by Dick Jewell

you know ...

HO HO HO RUN DMC Xmas xXx

Today at 2pm GMT - Dick O'Dell presents a Y Records Special on Soho Radio

This will be interesting and entertaining ...
Dick O'Dell's show on Soho Radio
with guests Linda Jenks and Brian Nevill
as they chortle over stories from their glorious mutual past.
If you miss it you can catch up on mixcloud.
Here's the link for 2pm GMT
http://www.sohoradiolondon.com/home/

MXM Joy

This
 from
MXMJoY

 debut album - P.E.A.C.E. - released on strictly limited vinyl
22nd February 2019

www.mxmjoy.com

interesting place to spend Christmas

Banksy's hotel is STILL going after 2 years. 

You can book a room from 60 pounds a night (in the barracks) to 200 pounds

Breakfast included 

and the staff are much nicer than the staff at Dismaland. 

http://walledoffhotel.com

While we are at work this is what we caught the Xmas tree doing

photo by Lianne Smith

23rd Street F Train renovation is complete with William Wegman mosaics

 Out and about with Sabine

 

Home sweet home

need a little patience now and then ...

1995 ... it was a free festival

Pete Shelley 17 April 1955 – 6 December 2018 RIP

He gave me permission to fall in love with someone I wasn't supposed to fall in love with ... 

as someone else posted ... we were touched by his chords. 

Darryl McDaniels from RUN DMC comes to Highgate to hang at Boogaloo Radio

JUST LOVE DARRYL McDANIELS of RUN DMC 
He came to North London to hang out at the
RAP CITY boogaloo radio show
The show runs for about 1:45
History, stories ... and the generous loveliness that is D MCD xxx

Children of the Burning Sun - Bridport Festival

 

Kirsty Allison and Gil de Ray 

thank you Dylan Ross

Happy Birthday John Squire

DeXter Bentley hosts HELLO GOODBYE show with AMY RIGBY

Click here to listen to Amy Rigby on the HELLO GOODBYE show

Amy Rigby is in the UK

 Amy Rigby was at the Betsey Trotwood last night - a wonderful show emotionally charged with all the right bits - humour, outrage, nostalgia, love, insight, poetry, sweet dreams ... 
SUNDAY Amy will play in Folkestone.  
Details on Amy's website


Here is Amy in Action after 9pm

Killing Joke - 40th Anniversary Tour - Roundhouse

MARGATE tonight at the SOAF Festival CHILDREN OF THE BURNING SUN

 TONIGHT at THE YARD
2 Rancorn Road
Westbrook
CT9 5DJ
Not far from Margate Station
you will be SO glad to see KIRSTY ALLISON and THE CHILDREN OF THE BURNING SUN

Before they take Berlin ... Psychic TV in Heaven, 13-11-2018

Photo Chris Hewitt

HEAVEN SET LIST

New Sexuality

We Kiss

Burning the Old Home

Alien Brain

White Nights

Just Like Arcadia

Jump In The Fire (Nilsson cover)

THEY CAME BACK with 

After You're Dead, she said

AND THEN 

THEY CAME BACK WITH

Suspicious 

and Another Sky ... 

and then they left the building for Berlin 

(to hear the songs from the SET LIST click here)

(until any footage turns up from Heaven, here they are at Strange Matter 2015)

Daniel Morillas

We wish Genesis all the best and a strong recovery.

KIRSTY ALLISON in Dorset 14 November 7:30pm

Kirsty Allison will be performing with The Children Of the Burning Sun with Gil De Ray. 

tomorrow at the Bridlit Festival.
THE LYRIC THEATRE
9 Barrack Street, Bridport DT6 3LX  at 7:30pm 

TICKETS HERE

from John Robb's interview archive - talking about Just Kids

TO HEAR the interview from John Robb's archive click here 

 

Cowboy Junkies London 11 November

 Today was Memorial Day in London
There were candles lit outside the Tower of London
by Tower Bridge
and a projection of poppies cascaded over the wall.

Across the river at the Bridge Theatre
the Cowboy Junkies came across the ocean
and took us
out of this world for a couple of hours

Hauntingly heavenly evening...

photo Damon King

Photo John Miller

AMY RIGBY ... New Video and YES she's in the UK

Amy's song

was inspired by this song

Marianne Faithfull ... with Nick Cave ...

exquisite
new
 album
Negative Capability

this saturday - Story of the She-Punks

 You may ask yourself WHO ARE THESE SHE PUNKS? and you may get tickets for this documentary showing this Saturday with a Q&A afterwards with Gina Birch (The Raincoats and Helen Reddington (The Chefs). There will be accounts laced with wit, honesty and insight about how they got their instruments, frocked up and got gigs and rocked! 

GET TICKETS CLICK HERE  

Ready Steady Go ... here's geneRAtion SeX ... Roxy ... 30 October 2018

The whole concert live from the Roxy was posted on Facebook today Generation Sex live at the Roxy, Los Angeles
(so good to hear STEVE JONES guitar on anything ... and they sound like they had a really good time together.)