Gigs September and October '08

I can recommend all of the following some of which I am going to and others, unfortunatley, I can't make. If you get to any of these have a good time and be nice. Remember don't continualy talk during the band's performances. I hate that, don't you?


This Thursday 25 September 2008 @ The Contact Theatre, Manchester
http://www.contact-theatre.org/
APPROXIMATELY INFINITE UNIVERSE - A CARAVAN OF RAW SOUND MAGIC FROM FINLAND AND THE US.
The Manchester leg of an eight date tour supported by Contemporary Music Network and sponsored by The Wire Magazine featuring Kemialliset Ystävät, Islaja, Fursaxa, Samara Lubelski, ES, Axolotl, The Skaters, Blevin Blectum and Tomutonttu.
The concerts will be recorded and later released as digital only compilations.

Tickets £10/£6 concessions
http://www.wegottickets.com/
http://www.ticketline.co.uk/
and from Piccadilly Records, Oldham Street, Manchester
See http://www.myspace.com/lambandwolf
or http://www.no-signal.net/aiu/ for more info

You can also catch the tour TONIGHT @
Newcastle - Gateshead Sage

After Manchester the tour continues:
26 SeptemberBristol - The Cube
4 Princess Row, BS2 8NQ
Doors: 7.30pm
Tickets: £12 http://www.qujunktions.com/
and 27 September London - ICA
12 Carlton House Tce, SW1Y 5AH
Doors: 7.30pm / Start: 8.00pm
Tickets: £10 http://www.no-signal.net/

Wednesday 8 October 2008 @ http://www.ruby-lounge.co.uk/ , Manchester
JUANA MOLINA

Tuesday 14 October 2008 @ http://www.musicboxmanchester.com/ , Manchester
THIS WILL DESTROY YOU, DAY FOR AIRSTRIKES, CODES IN THE CLOUDS

Thursday 23 October @ http://www.manchesteracademy.net/ , the University, Manchester
ATP Presents: Mogwai + Fuck Buttons + Errors

Wednesday 29 October @ Kings Arms, Bloom Street,Manchester www.studiosalford.com/kings.h…
JACKIE-O MOTHERFUCKER, VALET, INCA ORE, GO LEBANON and GNOD
www.myspace.com/wotgodforgot

UK D.I.Y. Post Punk - an update

It was a fantastic surprise to get an email from Geoff Watts once of The Different Eyes and Hibi Yaki who had come across my entry about the Tuzmadoner DIY post punk compilation 'Folk Music'. He very kindly provided additional info about the various bands on the LP and the scene happening in North London in the late 70's and early 80's. I think the most appropriate thing for me to do is to post Geoff's email in full (with a few comments and links added by me). Cheers Geoff:

'Simon Gilham and Royston were at school together in north London, Des McManus and Geoff Watts met whilst working at WH Smith and met up with the other two.
Simon, Des and Geoff (Bass, Drums, Guitar) formed The Different Eyes (later the DIFFERENT I's) and were driven to rehearsals by Royston. The Different I's rehearsed and performed live around North London around 1977-1979, recording various sessions and releasing two records - Shish EP and Folk Music.
As a side project, Royston sang some songs backed by the Different I's but as a different band. Royston never gigged.

The four members were friendly with Scritti Politti and regularly met up at Scrittville in Camden north London and drank and swapped musical tales with the Scrits, Gang of Four, Door and Window as well as many individuals, Simon Booth as well as a net work of musicians including Robert Wyatt. Inspired by the Desperate Bicycles (great link here) this band of merry musicians set about in 1979 to record the London Collective LP. Many bands were at the time releasing their own funded releases. The London Collective was a fraught notion - we spend many months and meeting discussing "why" rather than "how" and as a consequence it was abandoned.

The Shish EP was recorded in an attic room in Streatham, South London, recommended by Robert Jones of The Upset and The Bureau. Two additional tracks remain unreleased, one probably lost forever now.

Simon was now squatting with Mark O Brien, and another allegiance formed - Simon and Des backing Mark on his songs. Again Mark never gigged.

I can't recall how Simon met his partner in in Chancellor of the Exchequer but they took then selves off and recorded the two tracks.

Infra-Red Ice Cubes was Royston's project with Tim and Tom (names long gone) and Des on drums. They failed to record two tracks for the album artwork in time so we gave them names and they recorded songs to fit!

Mark O Brien was responsible for the cover art.

The EP received some acclaim, and fan letters were received from as far afield as Germany and Holland .

The Different I's were the main musical core of the collective and after a break and reunion they went their different ways.

Geoff and Roy as you state to Hibi Yaki who recorded around 3 - 4 demo sessions and gigged in north London. Simon you have the details and toured Canada with Colin Newman of Wire and then formed Interferon (check U Tube)'
There are still 2 free downloads from the Tuzmadoner compiliation 'Folk Music' at www.tearsandmemory.co.uk/blog