There is something fantastically satisfying about listening to Ozzy Osborne's voice bellowing it's way through Paranoid after a hard day at work.
And those harsh guitars playing that crisp snarly riff!
Yes yes! That's the way to go!
No subtlety, no AMSR, no hair combing, purring, quiet zips or whispering.
BLAH BLAH BLAH!
Thank you heavy metal, for your complete lack of bullshit and your welcome simplicity!
Thursday, October 03, 2019
Monday, September 30, 2019
Sunday, September 29, 2019
Caroline Coon at Tramps, Micawber Street
This is Caroline with Stephen Mahoney (of La Beat Route fame) at the opening of her show of magnificent paintings this evening. The heart of London arts were there: Peter Doig, Gina Birch, Jeremy Dellar, Bishi... it was humming with conversation, champagne and chocolate doughnuts.
You must go to see it!
You must go to see it!
Scaledown Is Mad
These are from Scaledown. Where else can you see a woman singing along to self-punched code run through a wind-up musical box and jumping with two feet on a gigantic plastic piano to accompany herself (Pettaluck), wild improvisation form double bass and sax (Martin Clarke and Otto Willberg), projecting tarot cards on to the ceiling (Blanca Regina), dressing as a monk with a speaker for a face and overcoming a technical hitch that involves pulling a jack lead through your habit and plugging it into your face (The Order of Limerant Monks), a poet whose private parts have appeared in a book of private parts (Carl Chamberlain), an utterly charming multilingual ukulele player who plays the instrument as well as an old blues guy might strum his axe (Rita Braga), and a final act who performs their set despite white noise emanating from a mixing desk manned by two drunken hosts (Papernut Cambridge)?
Scaledown. Unique, friendly, annoying, fantastic, entertaining, and always unpredictable.
This one, I nearly choked to death on my lime'n'soda when Mark asked the bass player of Papernut Cambridge to 'try his bass now' after a lot of knob twiddling on the desk, consulting Sean, muttering, quizzing, and taking another swig of red wine, trying to get a sound out of it.
'It's not plugged in', said the bass player, holding up the lead with the jack plug hanging from the end of it.
Scaledown. Unique, friendly, annoying, fantastic, entertaining, and always unpredictable.
This one, I nearly choked to death on my lime'n'soda when Mark asked the bass player of Papernut Cambridge to 'try his bass now' after a lot of knob twiddling on the desk, consulting Sean, muttering, quizzing, and taking another swig of red wine, trying to get a sound out of it.
'It's not plugged in', said the bass player, holding up the lead with the jack plug hanging from the end of it.
The Monochrome Set and Jetstream Pony
This is just a very quick posting because I am supposed to be catching up on housework and things today (but I'm not, I'm procrastinating as usual).
Jetstream Pony were absolutely ace last night. The sound in the Lexington is brilliant and the mix was perfect. They had new songs and I loved them. I can't describe their style but I'll find a good Youtube thing to post in the week.
Then the Monochrome Set, on top form. Andy Warren actually smiled, and Bid's singing was spot-on: again, the sound engineer did them proud. No The Monochrome Set, alas, but lots of back catalogue and new stuff too. I played The Monochrome Set on my phone on the way home and I've learned the chords this morning, not that I'll ever do a cover version.
And now I'm learning Johny Brown's songs for a gig in the New Year.
It was one of those lots of pals gigs too- Akiko was there, Ruth and Dave, Daisy, Damian, Petra, a woman who thought I was Gina, and of course Caryne and Dave in fine fettle; it was very friendly and happy. And who should be there but Johna, who I haven't seen for about 30 years!
I'm off to Caroline Coon's exhibition later today.
It's all go for La Flaneuse Extraordinaire who actually spends most of her time watching Holby City, Come Dine With Me and Four In A Bed, but don't tell anyone that.
Jetstream Pony were absolutely ace last night. The sound in the Lexington is brilliant and the mix was perfect. They had new songs and I loved them. I can't describe their style but I'll find a good Youtube thing to post in the week.
Then the Monochrome Set, on top form. Andy Warren actually smiled, and Bid's singing was spot-on: again, the sound engineer did them proud. No The Monochrome Set, alas, but lots of back catalogue and new stuff too. I played The Monochrome Set on my phone on the way home and I've learned the chords this morning, not that I'll ever do a cover version.
And now I'm learning Johny Brown's songs for a gig in the New Year.
It was one of those lots of pals gigs too- Akiko was there, Ruth and Dave, Daisy, Damian, Petra, a woman who thought I was Gina, and of course Caryne and Dave in fine fettle; it was very friendly and happy. And who should be there but Johna, who I haven't seen for about 30 years!
I'm off to Caroline Coon's exhibition later today.
It's all go for La Flaneuse Extraordinaire who actually spends most of her time watching Holby City, Come Dine With Me and Four In A Bed, but don't tell anyone that.
Friday, September 27, 2019
From Totally Acoustic Last Night
http://www.mjhibbett.co.uk/blog/showblog.php?blogid=3475
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Working, Writing
Up at 7, watching BBC Breakfast with a fantastic interview with Gina Miller. Between her, Carol Cadwalladr and Greta Thunberg, I think women are doing pretty well in the ethics and plain speaking department these days.
I started writing at 7.30 and will be writing until this afternoon. I hope to send the second draft of my book to the editor on Friday.
University work starts again tomorrow, I've got a lovely gig in the evening (bliss!) and then some fab musical collaboration stuff coming up- with Robert Rotifer and Johny Brown.
Thankfully, it's raining and there's no temptation to go out walking.
I started writing at 7.30 and will be writing until this afternoon. I hope to send the second draft of my book to the editor on Friday.
University work starts again tomorrow, I've got a lovely gig in the evening (bliss!) and then some fab musical collaboration stuff coming up- with Robert Rotifer and Johny Brown.
Thankfully, it's raining and there's no temptation to go out walking.
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Raincoats Anniversary
It is the 40th Anniversary of The Raincoats' self-titled first album this year! They have gigs to celebrate and since they are a fantastic and energetic live band, you must go to see them.
London's gig is at Earth in Hackney on 10th November and you can get tickets here: https://rockfeedback.seetickets.com/event/the-raincoats/earth-evolutionary-arts-hackney/1385693
They also have a limited edition gold coloured vinyl album on sale.
London's gig is at Earth in Hackney on 10th November and you can get tickets here: https://rockfeedback.seetickets.com/event/the-raincoats/earth-evolutionary-arts-hackney/1385693
They also have a limited edition gold coloured vinyl album on sale.
Monday, September 23, 2019
Actually, Still Writing
I think I wrote for six hours today, punctuated by a dull grey walk down the side of the main road to Whetstone and back to buy some bad food from Marks and Spencer.
Lungs full of lead, I sat back down to it all before uploading the video that was much more fun to make than writing is to write. But the book is slow politics, and I've gone back to the original interviews to see what's missing so that all the producers have their say. I can only do my best.
Part of it all is taking out the pomposity!
Tomorrow morning I'll go through the pile of stuff in cardboard files (almost ten years' worth) on the cooker and see if there's anything there to include and Wednesday, when I was going to be travelling to Canterbury to work with Robert Rotifer on our co-writes (now postponed to next week), I'll go through all the red bits in the manuscript and see if I can sort them out ('notes to self').
And I might have a listen to some songs I'm going to play on for Johny Brown. They are just lovely and it's going to be great to dig in to working on them.
Now, I am going to have a cup of tea
Lungs full of lead, I sat back down to it all before uploading the video that was much more fun to make than writing is to write. But the book is slow politics, and I've gone back to the original interviews to see what's missing so that all the producers have their say. I can only do my best.
Part of it all is taking out the pomposity!
Tomorrow morning I'll go through the pile of stuff in cardboard files (almost ten years' worth) on the cooker and see if there's anything there to include and Wednesday, when I was going to be travelling to Canterbury to work with Robert Rotifer on our co-writes (now postponed to next week), I'll go through all the red bits in the manuscript and see if I can sort them out ('notes to self').
And I might have a listen to some songs I'm going to play on for Johny Brown. They are just lovely and it's going to be great to dig in to working on them.
Now, I am going to have a cup of tea
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