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by Starfish
Thu Apr 01, 2004 12:06 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Sonic Shitstorm
Replies: 2
Views: 1678

Ian Astbury singing for the MC5? That's just silly. Everyone knows he's the singer with The Doors.
by Starfish
Thu Apr 01, 2004 11:57 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: SUICIDE
Replies: 33
Views: 8782

But "Cheree" is lovely. You can definitely see the influence on the Spacemen/Spiritualized sound.


Frankie Teardrop is plain scary, especially if taken with hallucinogens.
by Starfish
Fri Mar 26, 2004 10:38 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Where does Jason go from here?
Replies: 47
Views: 16598

I was at the Burberrys gig in 91 and I would be CRUSHED with joy if someone can get a recording of it to me.

anyone...?
by Starfish
Thu Mar 18, 2004 2:00 pm
Forum: Gigs
Topic: melbourne P.O.W gig
Replies: 55
Views: 13836

this must be this board's best gig thread ever.
by Starfish
Thu Mar 18, 2004 8:41 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: DOES ANYONE HAVE THIS?
Replies: 10
Views: 2854

It might be that documentary that was on the telly a coupla years back - the one where he's walking along a volcano in a spacesuit (they used it in a video) and some clips from the Spacemen 3 days.
by Starfish
Tue Mar 16, 2004 2:13 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Fibbers Matinee
Replies: 51
Views: 13679

dammit, I keep taking my eye off the ball (it happened with the 7-CD Real Complete Works) Blindsummit, if you're not yet sick to the back teeth of burning CDs, could you add me to your list? (Was it you who was asking about the Flux gig in Edinburgh with the Steve Martland orchestra? I have a copy o...
by Starfish
Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:37 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Can I get a Witness?! Your Top Albums...(for the moment)
Replies: 139
Views: 34464

Señor Coconut y su conjunto - el baile alemán (Kraftwerk songs set to cha-cha-cha and merengue rhythms) Add n to x - Avant hard Sun ra & his intergalactic research arkestra - black myth/out in space Trojan tighten up box set Morton Feldman string quartet (II) Acetone - I guess I would Every s...
by Starfish
Tue Mar 09, 2004 9:05 pm
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: Fucked up inside
Replies: 2
Views: 2171

Re: Fucked up inside

Luckily, for me, i managed to obtain a copy at the time of its release from Select a disc records,Notts. It cost about £14 ? my mate got two copies for the price of one from Selectadisc. Because the packaging was so thin, the shop assistant picked up two between his fingers and put them in the bag...
by Starfish
Tue Mar 09, 2004 8:44 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: The Stooges versus Stooges Ripoffs
Replies: 36
Views: 7994

Ian wrote: Peter's been pretty honest about the occasions where he has stolen wholesale, but he describes the music to OD Catastrophe as "totally different" to TV Eye
Vanilla Ice claimed the Ice Ice Baby riff was totally different to Under Pressure.
by Starfish
Mon Mar 08, 2004 5:22 pm
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: fun with the recurring demos
Replies: 11
Views: 4492

what are you lot going on about :?: :?: :?:
by Starfish
Mon Mar 08, 2004 5:17 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: spiritualized midland mainline
Replies: 2
Views: 1769

Pure Phase was reviewed in the Murdoch-owned Today newspaper.
It was dismissed as a wannabe Screamadelica mess.

The paper is now defunct.
by Starfish
Mon Mar 08, 2004 5:12 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: mp3 downloads anyone?
Replies: 5
Views: 2822

Re: LIVE 365

will this do? wrote:Is it me, or has live 365 gone, along with radio turnmeondeadman?
Must be you. Still works for me today ... just played The Warlocks 'Song For Nico'


http://www.turnmeondeadman.net
by Starfish
Mon Mar 08, 2004 11:51 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: The Stooges versus Stooges Ripoffs
Replies: 36
Views: 7994

The Stooges did have a habit of sagging a bit during albums, but the first Stooges album I got was the No Fun compilation, which just had the best bits from the first two LPs - and was/is fantastic. Loose never fails to raise the hairs on the back of my neck in the same way that MC5's live intro to ...
by Starfish
Wed Mar 03, 2004 12:30 pm
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: Spacelines (Sonic Sounds for Subterraneans)
Replies: 14
Views: 6208

Rolf Harris? Surely Pete could have just told us he was an influence rather than include it on the album.
I would have thought his Stylophone period was more of an influcence on the EAR project.

Incidentally, anyone remember the Godfathers' cover of Sun Arise?
by Starfish
Mon Mar 01, 2004 1:40 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: mp3 downloads anyone?
Replies: 5
Views: 2822

not an MP3 site, but an excellent website radio station is http://www.turnmeondeadman.net their setlist is made up of 60s garage punk psych (like the stuff you get on the Pebbles compilations) and psychedelia from the80s and 90s (Spacemen 3, Loop, Sun Dial etc). they even played Brian Jonestown Mass...
by Starfish
Fri Feb 27, 2004 2:49 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: I dunno...some other bands website...
Replies: 34
Views: 9523

metallica

Has anyone heard this... The Download Festival at Donington Park on June 5 / 6 features our friends Metallica, Slipknot, Korn, Machine Head, Linkin Park, The Distillers, The Hives :D and... IGGY & THE STOOGES Now.. is it worth £90 and all that preceding shit (Hives excluded) to see The Stooges?
by Starfish
Fri Feb 27, 2004 2:08 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: DICKUS MAXIMUS
Replies: 1
Views: 1381

you what? have you been on the Moroccan woodbines again Orb?
by Starfish
Thu Feb 26, 2004 9:02 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Plastic Factory
Replies: 12
Views: 4803

You mean The Diskery next to that pub? I drive past it on the way home from work and keep meaning to go. I went about 5 years ago and seem to remember it as a right mess with stacks and stacks of records, but in no apparent order (a bit like Ron's Records in Nottingham if anyone knows it). Probably ...
by Starfish
Wed Feb 25, 2004 2:59 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Cheapster
Replies: 92
Views: 30194

ebay

you could post an ad pretending to sell one and then in the description write something like DON'T BELIEVE A WORD - IT'S ALL BULLSHIT. GET YOUR COPY FROM HMV FOR 99P.

or something.
:?:
by Starfish
Wed Feb 25, 2004 9:28 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: is george michael hot or what?
Replies: 16
Views: 5242

age 26??? and the rest pal.

Couldn't help but notice that one of his links is Virgin Student...
by Starfish
Tue Feb 24, 2004 2:50 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Cheapster
Replies: 92
Views: 30194

Two copies? Cool. Which one sounds better? You could play them both at once on differenct CD players. The advantages must be endless. BTW you'll be fucking lucky to get an ounce of skunk for it. Even if Jason had attached three-quarters of an ounce of skunk to the CD, it still wouldn't be worth that...
by Starfish
Tue Feb 24, 2004 9:43 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Plastic Factory
Replies: 12
Views: 4803

Plastic Factory

Sad to report the demise of Plastic Factory records in Birmingham (for those of you that know it) A real end on an era. I saw the proprietor on Saturday packing up all the lovely vinyl into boxes ready for the move out. It was a great shop for collectors of hard-to-find stuff and a bit of a legend i...
by Starfish
Tue Feb 24, 2004 9:25 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Cheapster
Replies: 92
Views: 30194

i'm kind of with you on this one Spzretent. I did get the Cheapster single, but only because it was cheap (99p is about $1.75) and easy to get. If I'd not picked it up so simply, there's no way I'd pay over the odds for a track I've already got (and don't even particularly like). A collectible has t...
by Starfish
Sat Feb 21, 2004 11:16 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Cheapster
Replies: 92
Views: 30194

just got an email today to say HMV have shipped out my order.

hallelujah, like.
by Starfish
Fri Feb 20, 2004 12:09 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: I dunno...some other bands website...
Replies: 34
Views: 9523

Well I give up. I registered as Iron Man (Brum) and it won't let me log in. Don't they like Ozzy in Metallicaland?
by Starfish
Fri Feb 20, 2004 11:52 am
Forum: Gigs
Topic: Spiritualized @ Wickerman Festival 2004
Replies: 13
Views: 5072

How will Spiritualized's references to Heaven, Jesus and The Lord go down at a Pagan festival? Could cause some meteorological turbulence.
(which would be unusual at a music festival)
by Starfish
Fri Feb 20, 2004 9:34 am
Forum: Other
Topic: I dunno...some other bands website...
Replies: 34
Views: 9523

round up the Orcs and let's go! Can I bring my drum?
by Starfish
Fri Feb 20, 2004 9:24 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Stereolab - Margerine Eclipse
Replies: 8
Views: 2876

Thanks for a useful post. I stopped buying Stereolab stuff about two albums ago, because it didn't feel like I was getting anything particularly new. Like, if you've got six Stereolab albums, you don't really need another one.
But I'll give this a go, after reading these recommendations.
by Starfish
Mon Feb 16, 2004 10:30 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Ragging on a sacred cow: Does Blonde on Blonde suck or what?
Replies: 38
Views: 7154

I've always liked the tokin' goofiness of Rainy Day Women - ever since I was a kid playing my dad's 45 on a Dansette record player - and bought the Blonde on Blonde CD purely on that premise. I hardly play the album now. I think it's dreadful. The only time I do play it is to give it another go and ...
by Starfish
Sun Feb 15, 2004 6:03 pm
Forum: Gigs
Topic: Wolverhampton Gig
Replies: 17
Views: 5929

Would have been, 'cept in them days it was cut with asbestos. Of course, they used to keep the broken ones in a special jar and give them away for free.
by Starfish
Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:30 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: I HATE MY FUCKING JOB!
Replies: 27
Views: 7810

Will This Do, have you seen the film The Fountainhead? An inspiring tale of love, newspaper barons and an architect determined to stay true to his vision. Marvellous stuff. I think it stars Gary Cooper.
by Starfish
Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:59 pm
Forum: Gigs
Topic: Wolverhampton Gig
Replies: 17
Views: 5929

First time I saw em was in 1990 when I had longer (and darker) hair and you couldn't take mobile phone photos of gigs and beer was two and six a pint and you only had 4 channels on tv and families used to sit down to dinner together and a five shilling note really meant something and records were re...
by Starfish
Mon Feb 09, 2004 6:51 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Spiritualized tickets competition
Replies: 0
Views: 1077

Spiritualized tickets competition

the Shelter / War Child thing is conducting a text message competition to win a ticket to see Spiritualized in York in March. Only 150 people will get into the gig apparently. here'sthe link http://www.musicpassport.org/artists.html#spiritualized if you don't win. you could always go for tickets to ...
by Starfish
Mon Feb 09, 2004 10:42 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Bowie's finest work
Replies: 10
Views: 3933

Can't believe no-one's mentioned Tin Machine.
Or that concert when he knelt down and recited the Lord's Prayer.
by Starfish
Sun Feb 08, 2004 10:23 pm
Forum: Gigs
Topic: Wolverhampton Gig
Replies: 17
Views: 5929

Hi Madcap, first of all , welcome to the happy family that is the Spiritualized message board (comes with a warning ... something about opinions may differ from your own, or something) second of all , the sitting down thing was a joke. third of all , thanks for putting me right about people in the c...
by Starfish
Sun Feb 08, 2004 10:06 pm
Forum: Gigs
Topic: Leeds gig
Replies: 7
Views: 3200

here's an interesting take on the talkers and shouters at gigs. It's taken from a post by Madcap on the 'Wolverhampton Gig' thread: ...but i was dissapointed to read the comments made by starfish as i was one of the so called MORONS!who was shouting spaceman.starfish what is your problem u stuck up ...
by Starfish
Thu Feb 05, 2004 1:43 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Listening the Right way
Replies: 16
Views: 5398

The Aggers/Jonners laughing fit is still the funniest piece of radio of all time, in my opinion. Had me in tears first time I heard it. Blowers makes too many mistakes, almost with every sentence he utters. You have to watch the pictures at the same time as his commentary to find out if he's telling...
by Starfish
Thu Feb 05, 2004 11:15 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Samantha Marson
Replies: 5
Views: 2739

She's the Brit who thought it would be funny to tell US airport security she had a bomb in her luggage.
She looks a bit like Christina Ricci in her mugshot, I reckon.
Anyway, it looks like her career as a satirical comic has got off to a bad start.
by Starfish
Wed Feb 04, 2004 9:23 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: MUTATIONS
Replies: 4
Views: 2493

you what??
by Starfish
Wed Feb 04, 2004 2:56 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Chart positions
Replies: 1
Views: 1244

This: http://www.everyhit.com is a great site for stattos, and has the answers you're looking for.
(Presuming you meant British charts)
by Starfish
Wed Feb 04, 2004 11:09 am
Forum: Gigs
Topic: Wolverhampton Gig
Replies: 17
Views: 5929

just to quote myself from the "Gig Dilemma" thread. . . Loads of old stuff and good to see Shine A Light, Let It Flow and Take Your Time back on the set list. They didn't do Think I'm In Love, though, which they did in Nott'm apparently. Still a good gig though, miles better than the Amazi...
by Starfish
Wed Feb 04, 2004 10:59 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: the financial times
Replies: 10
Views: 4221

And how nice of you to buy 3 tickets for the Wolverhampton show.
by Starfish
Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:28 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: new kid on the block
Replies: 36
Views: 7273

any album beginning with "L" is a good place to start.
by Starfish
Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:34 am
Forum: Gigs
Topic: Gig dilemma
Replies: 11
Views: 3950

just got back from Wolves. Loads of old stuff and good to see Shine A Light, Let It Flow and Take Your Time back on the set list. They didn't do Think I'm In Love, though, which they did in Nott'm apparently. Still a good gig though, miles better than the Amazing Grace tour last year despite the mor...
by Starfish
Sat Jan 31, 2004 7:57 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Contacting Spiritualized/Spiritualized Management
Replies: 4
Views: 2618

twentysixdollars wrote:And if you write them, you'll be guaranteed a personal reply by Jason Pierce himself.
Well it worked for me. :wink:
by Starfish
Sat Jan 31, 2004 6:23 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Contacting Spiritualized/Spiritualized Management
Replies: 4
Views: 2618

Spiritualized's press is handled by Momentum PR. You could always try them.

Their details:
MOMENTUM PR
Suite 410, Cumberland House
80 Scrubs Lane
Willesden
London NW10 6RF
0208 960 9550
by Starfish
Fri Jan 30, 2004 11:45 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Hutton says dossier not 'sexed up'
Replies: 12
Views: 3097

I don't believe many people give the Enquiry any credibility whatsoever. It was almost comical the way there wasn't a speck of dirt on Bliar. If they wanted the report to have a bit of credibility, they should have at least accepted a tiny bit of criticism - but to have a blanket whitewash means the...
by Starfish
Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:51 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Heads up: Spiritualized on TV and Teletext 27th Jan (UK)
Replies: 12
Views: 4108

Ian is that 27th or the 28th? Wed or Thur? You posted on 28th and said it was tonight 27th.
Confused.

And will it clash with footage of Johnny Rotten picking his nose by a campfire?
by Starfish
Tue Jan 27, 2004 9:48 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: I've never seen LOOP mentioned on the board
Replies: 21
Views: 8288

incidentally, sly, your mention of those bands reminded me that, if you didn't know already, Lost In Translation has a soundtrack composed by K Shields and includes tracks by MBV, JAMC and Death In Vegas. Also stars Bill Murray of course which is reason in itself to go see. Also stars a scene where ...
by Starfish
Tue Jan 27, 2004 9:41 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: I've never seen LOOP mentioned on the board
Replies: 21
Views: 8288

Course, in those days we had Thee Hypnotics, the Walking Seeds, MBV, Mudhoney, and later on the God Machine, th’ Faith Healers, Jacob’s Mouse, and many many more… ... and we had to get up in the middle of the night, two hours before we went to bed and lick the road clean before our dad would ...
by Starfish
Fri Jan 23, 2004 9:34 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: the Devil's tunes/cover versions
Replies: 22
Views: 7759

Just to add... You can get the All Night Workers "Why Don't You Smile Now" on a 60s garage compilation Mayhem & Psychosis (three brilliant vinyl LPs - now condensed onto 2 CDs with early versions of Mr Pharmacist, Baby Please Don't Go, I Can Only Give You Everything). In fact, check it...
by Starfish
Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:34 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Shine a light
Replies: 25
Views: 7861

getting back to Shine A Light.... it's good to see it back on the setlist for this tour (I'm talking about Spiritualized, by the way. Unless I missed it somehow, I don't think it made the last tour. (And it's Sticky Fingers for me. Not a bad track on it. Although neither has Let It Bleed , admittedl...
by Starfish
Mon Jan 12, 2004 4:06 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: old tune
Replies: 1
Views: 1618

I guess this is where the much-slagged off Complete Works comes in - ie for new fans. The song you're after was their first single (7, 12 and CD) in 1990 and was also released on a 12" with several remixed versions. All formats (especially the remix 12") are pretty hard to get hold of thes...
by Starfish
Mon Jan 12, 2004 12:59 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Can I get a Witness?! Your Top Albums...(for the moment)
Replies: 139
Views: 34464

AC/DC "Powerage" (No.1 album for the car) MOGWAI "Happy Songs..." (got it for Xmas, so still fresh) TOWNES VAN ZANDT "Delta Momma Blues" (*sniff*) BERT KAEMPFERT - compilation from charity shop. Had to get it for Swinging Safari, which is being used on the ingdirect.co...
by Starfish
Thu Jan 08, 2004 9:59 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Codeine
Replies: 7
Views: 3991

incidentally, good dope/good fun, I was at the Burburries gig in 1990* and, on the next tour, spent most of the Manchester gig very pissed with a mate shouting for them to play Codeine. I spoke to Jason shortly after that and he said the band thought it was someone at the venue announcing he had cod...
by Starfish
Thu Jan 08, 2004 9:36 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Codeine
Replies: 7
Views: 3991

Other - good - cover versions of Codeine I've not seen mentioned yet have been made by The Barracudas (a kind of 60s punk-influenced jangly version) and Ultra Vivid Scene (a hushed whispery version as a 12" extra track). Regards the Triad cover version question - it's an awful song really. Neit...
by Starfish
Sat Dec 20, 2003 7:36 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Nothing about Saddam Hussein?
Replies: 16
Views: 6279

Do you think it's just coincidence that Gadafi has disabled his WMDs all of a sudden?
Maybe he thought: "Oh Crap, they're gonna come after me next and I don't want to end up in a rat-hole looking like one of the ZZ Top guitarists."

Could be.
by Starfish
Mon Dec 15, 2003 6:09 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: 2003 - Our choices of the year
Replies: 22
Views: 10590

of all the albums I've acquired this year, I could probably count on one hand the number that were actually released during the same time. It's all been old stuff or reissues for me. So that puts Amazing Grace in the top five, along with, by default: GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR - Yanqui Uxo TURBONEGR...
by Starfish
Wed Dec 10, 2003 4:01 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: What is the worst spiritualized song?
Replies: 57
Views: 27045

On Fire is a terrible opener to Let It Come Down - it had me really worried for about 3mins when I first stuck the album on. After that, the only stuff which has left me shaking my head in utter disappointment has been on Amazing Grace. She Kissed Me (It Felt Like A Hit) ... Never Goin' Back ... The...
by Starfish
Fri Dec 05, 2003 8:05 pm
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: Hey Man!
Replies: 2
Views: 2054

I'm sure the old 'Spectrum' album cover used to that under the right influence.
by Starfish
Thu Dec 04, 2003 5:08 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Complete works 2
Replies: 92
Views: 44569

on the (possible) plus side, if the album is being released "to coincide with the February 2004 dates", maybe the shows will be all oldies :D
by Starfish
Wed Dec 03, 2003 7:35 pm
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: Book
Replies: 7
Views: 3406

What do people reckon would be a good cover?
The Perfect Prescription sessions would be appropriate - Sonic and Jason side by side, arguably at the height of their powers.
Any other ideas?
by Starfish
Tue Dec 02, 2003 2:25 pm
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: Book
Replies: 7
Views: 3406

Book

Does anyone know anything about that book on the Spacemen that was due for release?
It was being plugged on Amazon but now I can't seem to find it there.
:?: :?: :?:
by Starfish
Tue Nov 25, 2003 8:50 pm
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: [b]spacemen 3 as cult?[/b]
Replies: 5
Views: 2880

of course it's possible to be into the Spacemen without any prior knowledge of the music that influenced them. Personally - and one of the reasons I believe the Spacemen were so important to a number of people (hey! that does make them a cult, doesn't it?) - the band was a huge education for me. I c...
by Starfish
Tue Nov 25, 2003 3:47 pm
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: [b]spacemen 3 as cult?[/b]
Replies: 5
Views: 2880

Jason's been called a cult quite a few times during his post-Spacemen days.
by Starfish
Thu Nov 20, 2003 4:12 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: New single - Cheapster
Replies: 16
Views: 7762

There'll probably be two b-sides - but spread over two different full price CDs.