posted 08-05-2002 01:36 AM            

Sept 16, 1988
Why does death in 1985 sound any more plausible than death in 1981? I don't know why, it just does. There's something just too optimistic about 1981, too hopeless about '85. Death in 1988, on the other hand, sounds passe.

Sept 17, 1988
Albini would think I was a geek, & he'd be right. In the White Castle, & the woman asks me, "69"? Before that, grooving to the Toe Jammers, whom I thought laid down a terrific funk. Which is what my bowels feel like this very minute. [2002 note: who the hell are the Toe Jammers? Did they play at Speedboat, since the White Castle is probably the one on Lexington by I 94]

May 27, 1989:
Saw White Zombie last night. Real nice people, it seems. They make metal an artform. Not sarcastic or anything. Weird.

June 7, 1989:
Tomorrow, Ballet of the Dolls. Saturday, My Bloody Valentine. Sunday, Fugazi. I just listened to the EP and it made me realize I still do want to see them more than once. Of course, they're easier to see than MBV. Just going to have to go to DC. Probably sometime after the album comes out. Hopefully I'll hit it off with Guy and can hang out or whatever -- that's my fantasy.

posted 08-12-2002 07:14 PM         

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Originally posted by larrybob:
another one. I think they played at the Uptown:
December 27, 1987
The Scene Is Now -- with my friends, this is one of those bands where the minute they started, I was afraid my friends wouldn't like them. They played nicely enough. But they got weirder. Strange rhytms -- guitars trading chord-groupings, duct tape over the strings, yodeling and screaming. Snide looks. And, from what I could discern, cool lyrics, or at least poetical... whell, thassall.

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posted 08-31-2002 01:20 PM            

Wednesday April 4, 1984
All day bus tour of London and English countryside including John Miltons House etc.---that night went to the Batcave at Fouberts (band: Christian Death)

April 6, 1984
Spent a good part of the day out buying books after breakfast on Kings Road. Also bought Cramps tickets. Back that night to pub on King's Road. Met folks from First Avenue and ex-Hypstyrz bass player! Later on went to Mudd Club at Fouberts.

April 8, 1984
Went to see Grandmaster Flash at the Venue

April 10, 1984
Went back to Carnaby St. Bought tartan zipper/bondage pants. Went to Shakespeares Head pub.

April 12, 1984
Classes-Tower of London-Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and the Moodists at the Electric Ballroom (encored with In The Ghetto!) Also stopped by Virgin Records.

April 15, 1984
Saw the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace. Saw the Gang of Four (last show) - Encored with Sweet Jane! Also the Europeans and Abacush (great reggae!) at the Hammersmith Palais.

April 16, 1984
Read Merchant of Venice. After reading it RS showed up at the lodge here! We went to the Chelsea potter with S. Got a history lesson from an Irish bartender about what a Black & Tan was. Went to the Shipright Arms, a great cockney pub! Got to know John the bartender and some locals. Best pub I've been in so far!

posted 08-31-2002 01:46 PM            

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Originally posted by Ollie Stench:
What a plethora of great bands you got to see. When I was there this time last year there was nothing aside from the Punk Aide fest.

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Yea, and so far I've only done the first two weeks!

posted 08-31-2002 02:50 PM            

April 17, 1984
Had Class' - Wnt to lunch with Clayton (our cool professor from the U who loved to drink at the pub and was a big punk rock fan!) and crew. Wnt to see a play of Clockwork Orange at the Man in the Moon Theater. Pretty cool!

April 18, 1984
Class. Went to cool bookstore, bought Crass singles, postcards, and some mags. Came back. Got real bummed out. Went to Old Swan foer a couple pints.

April 24, 1984
Had classes. Went to lunch with Clayton & Crew. Went with S & Z to the 100 Club for a night of "Garage Thrash" First band The Wigs was typical thrash style, pretty good, they did In the City by the Jam and best Wild Thing I've heard. Second band was boring rock-a-billy, Stray Cats rip off. They wore pajamas. Third band had a rock-a-billy set up (stand up bass, stand up drums in fron.) we thought "oh no! not more boring rock-a-billy!" But they turned out to do really good sixties style psychotic thrash. Excellent! They did The Crusher! Afterwards we talked to Bal, the vocalist and Alec, the drummer. They knew about Minneapolis/St. Paul from the Novas. We exchanged phone #'s and are going to meet them at a pub or something to talk and they're gonna give us records!

April 25, 1984
Had class. Went to laundromat. Went to see Neil Innes Revue at the Kings Head Theater (Neil Innes has done work with Monty Python and was in the Bonzo Dog Band and the Rutles.) It was great, especially his Elton John parady!

April 27, 1984
S got ahold of MB who did work at First Ave and now does sound for Jason & The Scorchers. We went down for soundcheck, had luch wih M and he guitar players brother. Went to a pub with M and Jeff, the bass player and checked out Soho's red light district. Back to Dingwalls for the show. Really hot! Between the two of us S and I had over 30 pints!

April 28, 1984
Went to see Harold Pinters Victoria Station and One for the Road in the afternoon. Alan Bates (King of Hearts) was in it. Got pinter's autograph as he was there. Then went to The New Cornet Theater and saw Hunchback of Notre dame and Moby Dick in Venice.

April 29, 1984
Went to Speakers corner, had a picnic. Went to the Captains Corner to see Wreckless Eric but he never showed up so we saw an absolutely horrible singer, a funny comedian, a really good Irish folk band, and a pretty cool band that did county songs as well as a song with the line "I want to be as thin as Joey Ramone."

April 30, 1984
Went to see a rockin' show with R.E.M. at the Marquee