Spiritualized

I was just kiddin' of course! :lol: Hmm, I haven't counted but I've ended up seeing quite a few. I went to most of the U.K ones in the spring (no festivals) and I saw 3 in Texas. I missed the first two on this leg of the U.K tour but have seen the rest. I'm going to Ireland and to Gothenburg (in Swe...

'Lay Back In the Sun' was blistering last night!!! I'm a soft touch for that song anyway since it's been a personal anthem for me for such a long time, but yeah, last night it was extreme.

Slightly disappointed overall, frankly. Not the bands fault mostly though- Doggen was having gear problems for most of the set (they had to change his amp just before DTY Fiddle, Jason strummed around the intro for a bit then went into the song anyway!), you could hardly hear his guitar lines on WW...

Jacques Brel - Ne Me Quitte Pas
Eddie Cochran-Half Loved
Hold Me Tight-Johhny Nash

Same set as the Glasgow report. very loud freak-out/ strobe/star wars warp speed frenzy. Still too many people talking during quiet bits. Wouldn't have happened at an Acoustic Mainline show. Thanks Spenner! What is it with people talking...?! I've never been able to understand it. Wasted time and m...

Oh in my opinion, Jason is BY FAR the best SPZ guitarist ever...I hope they keep turning him up so people can actually hear what he gets up to. An interesting point. Jason plays the best noise wah-wah that I have ever heard - it's his signature. But at many gigs I've noticed that it's too embedded ...

I'm with mc above - the last sequence was totally crazy - some of the guitar work at the end from Spaceman was just mindblowing - at one point it looked like his pedal was working the volume of the entire band ... :shock: Doggen is the best guitarist i've probably ever seen, and easily the best Spi...

i AGREE!!!! im a fan of all of Treader's covers, they are pretty sweet, is that a jelly fish or a man of war :D They're total eye candy! I've stuck mine on my mantel piece (not really a mantel piece but you get the idea). They match my gold doors perfectly. Like this (in low res), perhaps too tiny ...

So, is this likely to be like Spaceman's last Treader release? Because while that was "interesting," I don't feel compelled to lay down cash for another disc like that. I would venture a guess that the overall result/impression will probably be quite different since it's a collaboration b...

I've been waiting for this for ages. Did anyone else go to Shipp's gig at the Red Rose? It was phenomenal. He is always phenomenal. I'd say he's one of my favourite current musicians. So, this CD should be amazing then.

I thought I'd buy some local music and keep things topical on my trip to Texas and New Orleans. I opted for oldies. (Bought at the Louisiana Music Factory, 210 Decatur St, New Orleans). Clifton Chenier (King of the Bayous) Clifton Chenier, Lighting Hopkins, Mance Lipscomb (live at 1966 Berkley Blues...

Congrats! I hope the states have been good to you! Yes, thanks I've had a fantastic time... it's been very hot and people were VERY friendly. I fell in love with the RV we rented. I could live like that!!! Permanently on the road. Here are some Mac pics of the RV; http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/in...

Write us some 'reviews' please!

I have to wait till Leeds...

Thanks guys!!! I think most of the regulars here would make excellent mods, so it is a little bit intimidating, but lets see how it goes. Feel free to give me a hard time...spankings are welcome! :D I'm flying back to the U.K tonight. Maybe I'm going to swing by the Houston Space Center today... but...

I liked seeing Roky. Was going to blow it off (old guy with some young dudes reliving their past) but Sonic Boom talked me into going and it was pretty good. Not the biggest fan of the black angels, not very memorable, but maybe WITH Roky would be AWESOME. So you where there? Shame I didn't know......

purespace wrote:That's fantastic Sunny! What a great experience for you. Did you happen to also make the Houston show?

Yes, I went to Dallas, Houston and Austin. Houston was my favourite one I think....
The festival was pretty great too. I usually hate festivals, but not this one.

So I've had a good string of luck lately....I went to the ACL the other day to catch Spz (who were absolutely amazing, but that's another story). After the gig I went to catch Roky's set. I got there a bit early and as I was trying to decide where to stand I bumped into the Black Angels, who by some...

I have arrived in Texas and I love it here. Texans are so friendly! My RV is great. I've decked it out in religious kitsch to hippy it up. Patchouli and Nag Champa incense, haha. This reminds me of being young and reading Freak Brothers comics and dreaming of a roadtrip, haha. Yesterday I discovered...

Listen2me wrote:It's coming good people are getting their power back, what i was worried about was the curfew till midnight. But that ends on the 22nd. So were good to go fro friday.

I'm getting on a plane for Houston now...

I just bought 'The Blues Highway', travel book to come with me in my RV......wroooooom! I am so excited about my roadtrip I doubt I'll get any sleep till Sunday.

Enjoy redcloud! You're in for a real special night. I was going to fly out for the show tonight, but Houston was more affordable. Have a great time and thanks again for the Bardo Pond poster. Sunny, did you make it to Texas yet? Thanks for asking! My flight has been postponed until the 21st Sep bec...

Obviously he shot them up with drugs. Maybe he shot them up in a rocket? :D Kidding of course... I'd read an interview recently with J in which he said the lyrics to this song were a metaphor. I can't remember the exact explanation but it was something along the lines that the character in the song...

Wish I was in L.A...! This blog was just posted on the Spz profile; 'Secret show! If you haven't signed up as a friend of MySpace Secret Shows yet, you should ... Who knows? Maybe they will invite us to play if enough of you guys sign up and post bulletins and let them know whose fans really deserve...

My flight was just cancelled again... crap.

So no one is worried about the reports of Hurricane Ike hitting Texas at the weekend and maybe effecting Houston? This has just been on the news now as I type... My flight tomorrow, which lands in Houston, has just been postponed till Sunday. So I'm worried... but I have two weeks to get there so I...

The version being played live is the traditional song ("I once was lost, but now I'm found" lyrics) and is quite a beautiful rawking rave up. My 40th birthday is Saturday and instead of a party, I'm seriously kicking around flying from Michigan down for the Houston show on the 26th. $376/...

how cool is it that he actually talks in his interviews now? He doubts he has stuff to say, but nevertheless seems to have plenty of interesting comments slip out of him. :D I love reading about his creative issues, problems and fears. It helps put my own creative worries and procrastination in per...

Thanks for posting. Same old topics, but more extensive and a good read. From the interview; 'It's a weird situation, doing interviews. Nowhere else in the world can you talk about yourself and have people listen like they're interested over and over. Most people, if they talked about themselves for...

Actually I like the coca cola/red wine combo too! Sake and cola works also (sacrilege, I know). And coke... welll, it works with everything- apart from early mornings.

simonkeeping wrote:Interviewer "How are you feeling?"

Jason "Wrecked"

nice

There's KRS-One tune called 'Get Wrecked'. I love it... but the lyrics are very dubious.

there was a comment in the newspaper last week where Jason said he'd wished he'd arrived earlier for the festival because of the stunning scenery of the surrounding area... 8) He said the same in that little clip of the bus interview. The photos of the area (on the festival website) look stunning. ...

norrin radd wrote:yeah this fri, sorry i should have said sept

Wow, thanks!! Cool...

norrin radd wrote:i couldnt believe this when i saw it

silver apples

wed 3rd - Cardiff - Clwb Ifor Bach
thurs 4th manchester - roadhouse
fri 5th - London - Corsica Studios

i guess it should be silver apple, anyway good to see simeon is still at it and should be good

This Friday?

Ah, so wish I could have gone... Nice pictures, thanks for the link!

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Thanks for the reviews!!

Wish I had seen this gig.

I like 'Zeitkratzer', will have to check this out!

I never really brought up money....i'm careful about that. I'm talking about songs that represent the band well so that new fans have a good indication about what the band is about, so that they connect with the band. I think YLYC is a fine song. Perhaps tons of new fans liked it. But something lik...

Sorry- I guess I am being over sensitive, haha! It's unlike me, but it does happen on occasion.

I live in London, so no I didn't have a chance to get overseas for the gigs... although I would have loved to!

supershonn wrote: see, and i was trying to make this 4 people!

I promise- I will get my shit together and send you something. However, very weirdly the 4th position has just been taken, haha-so you'll have to be number 5!

Some of us find marketing strategy interesting. What's the big deal? Jason is in the music business. You might not be, but he most certainly is. No need to be condescending. I am in fact in the music business...as a sound engineer. I am not saying it's a big deal to Jason (why would I speak for som...

I agree with the person who said who cares about the business. Sunny I think. I could seriously care less if there are new Spiritualized fans. That just means I have to deal with a bunch of bratty kids when I want to see them play. That would be pretty cool if he got someone into Rocky Erickson wit...

Complete with captions haha! Thanks for posting the pictures.

All in all I agree with Stuart on this... However, I must say that I find this thread very depressing and off track. It is no longer about the music but has evolved into a criticism of Spz business sense. From my personal point of you I find it very peculiar when a fan base starts speculating about ...

Very cool! Funny... and another great performance. Like someone said, it's cool how animated they all are. Such a great line up this-like a proper, proper band now. I miss them, the gigs here seem so far away in the future.

Jasonsmith wrote:You can buy a flat here if you like (and have lots of money) http://www.sivillhouse.co.uk/

But on the 12th floor rather than 13th...

For those of you who live in Germany- they play there a lot (or used to a few years ago anyway, I haven't checked recently).

yea, he said jake chapman was directing it (and i think it's maybe in the news section of the site proper - can we get a link back to it from the forum again, please mods?) and that's who has made hat video so it's most certainly the official one. i had a real cool time watching it. enjoy most spz ...

The style (but obviously not the content) reminds me of The Prodigy's 'Smack My Bitch Up' video. I guess the basic technique has been used by plenty of people before, but yeah I'm really liking it. The imbedded personal symbolism in particular is funny ... Also a bit worrying. :? By the way, are we ...

Thanks for that gigantic effort!

Poor Doggen...
Thanks for the excellent review Ro!

Amazing Grace, how great.

simonkeeping wrote:Amazing pics! In that last one after the gig he looks so content. cool

Oh yeah... very cool and heart warming to see him look so happy. I hope they're having a fantastic time over there and enjoy it as much as humanly possible... the gigs sound so amazing, it just all seems perfect.

Nice interview again... I love J's comment about not having to put people under stress. Wish more musicians held that view.

Ah...

supershonn wrote:yeah sunny, that was my line of thinking as well. but i picked Skip James. he was a badass mofo. so he rocks.

Skip James is a good choice!

nickh wrote:Tracey Pew

There's a name I'd forgotten. What's Rowland S. Howard up to now (if he's alive)?

Probably not qualified as a rock star because of the style of music he played, but he will always be a rockstar in my mind;

Django Reinhardt

I forgot to mention that Jason was more fired up than I've ever seen him. At the end of the set he rammed his Tele into his (rented?) Marshall cabinet and jabbed a big hole in the grill cloth, then he threw the guitar into the drum kit. Badass. I loved the two soul singers, as well. Excellent vocal...

Jason supplied the station with either a complete 2 hour programme or a playlist. It was all compiled in London but was very time consuming. After the station threw in a few commercial curve balls it was decided not to complete the month so I believe they are re-running the first couple of shows. H...

simonkeeping wrote:thanks for posting but I cant get it to work. My internets all up the goose. Dont suppose anyone recorded it did they? sounds like they were in amazing form!!

I couldn't use the media player, but it worked when I changed to the other option (real player or whatever it was).

Wow! I'm one song in and already totally and utterly blown away. Thanks for posting...even though I'm going to be pining 'cause I'm not over there in person...

like a doggy in separation anxiety!

There are other configurations that are equally as baffling- the smart and soulful type who invariably ends up with a shallow bimbo type... the ornamental wife. Eventually the guy gets bored and cheats, since looks are not everything after all. We all need equality and compatibility in relationships...

:D How are you Sunray? It's been a while...I had a good time in Dublin, I seem to remember similar discussions that night, haha. Yeah me too! Life is very good at the mo' i must say :D Were you working at Supersonic with Haino? I read a review somewhere of his set with Merzbow, sounded pretty cool ...

How are you Sunray? It's been a while...I had a good time in Dublin, I seem to remember similar discussions that night, haha.

AMOEBA? Does that mean you're back in LA ?

Must go and find the Guardian review that pissed ole Dickie off so much, I feel the writer and I would get along famously. I don't understand why people are always talking about the Verve on this forum. I mean, aside from the fact that Richard Ashcroft is the most up-his-own-arse conceited non-memb...

I cried the first time I heard Jimmy Scott... whilst my mates walked out of the gig.

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