Time Capsules

pattycakes_

Can turn naughty
is martin dust was still posting? just listened to virtual the other day in a weatherall mix and was blown away
 

luka

Well-known member
He popped up the other day but think it was just a weird one off. You might get people creeping back now the lock in has been ordered.
 

luka

Well-known member
Wonder what effect it will have on street crime. I wouldn't want to be in some county line crack house in Pwllheli right now. Two track suits, a change of underwear and a load of crack I can't sell.
 

catalog

Well-known member
Yeah I did used to like Dani behr. Didn't she set up a production company, called Alabama films? After true romance Patricia arwuette, who I also liked. There was a good word episode with Stephen dorff and Diane brill and they were talking about Diane's melons.
 

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
Yeah I did used to like Dani behr. Didn't she set up a production company, called Alabama films? After true romance Patricia arwuette, who I also liked. There was a good word episode with Stephen dorff and Diane brill and they were talking about Diane's melons.

Even referring to breasts as "melons" is a linguistic mico time capable in itself.
 

catalog

Well-known member
thanks - really good doc. and also the one he did about his mate, lanre, is really good. in fact there's two, but one is less good.
leo regan one of the very best doco makers ever
 

yyaldrin

in je ogen waait de wind
Of a Different Order (1998) + Midsummerday (1999) (English subtitles)

Artists squated the innercity of Amsterdam
and gave it a new quality in the 80th.
The death of Peter Giele and the end of the Roxy.
 

WashYourHands

Cat Malogen

Was at this, a bit of a transition years with hindsight. Takes a few minutes to get out of the black-box rig & even make an appearance outside. Fuck giving a time stamp out in public though.
 
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woops

is not like other people
i've been on a couple of tours of maybe 6 destinations each, once in japan, once in germany, "underground" (ie tiny gigs and budgets) and my experiences were very mixed.

most/all of the time you're skint which is obviously stressful.

you're turning up in a strange place to play music to people you don't know which does not lend itself to killer performances every night. especially since there are local acts who do know each other and how to party (and can go home to bed afterwards).

you're probably going to get sick of the people you're on tour with, chronically, at some stage, and there might be all kinds of funny politics and logistics (big deal this) and behaviours.

you're relying on the kindness of strangers when you stay places.

you might have the odd smashing gig, and most of the strangers i mentioned are perfectly nice people, but i've found it a recipe for stress, paranoia and desperation. i don't think i'd bother again. i'm too old for it now.

sorry if you wanted tales of international stardom and/or hilarious groupie/drug anecdotes, that's not what i got out of it at all!
 

pattycakes_

Can turn naughty
Hehe, it's never as glamorous as it's made out to be on the edited reel is it?

Still, it's something I'd love to have experienced.

Funnily enough I got this in my YouTube feed this morning:


Quite a capsule in itself. Obviously not one that will be making any dissensians nostalgic, but it's crazy to look back at that time of stadium rock and how the band as product had evolved. What really caught me was how important it was for the band to be presenting themselves as always having this amazing time and living the dream. Which they probably were. That particular type of hedonistic dream, anyway. The other thing that caught me is just how Dutch the band all looked.
 

catalog

Well-known member
Cheers woops. Yeah that sounds like the sort of thing I was expecting, I've promoted a few gigs and the overwhelming feeling, most of the time, is logistical issues and ensuing stress when things don't/can't get sorted. I've never really been on tour, would like to. Would be doubly lovely if someone else organised it all. I did for a few summers in a row work a stand at a few festivals, which felt at times like being on tour.
 

luka

Well-known member
I said on the Lea Valley thread the built environment is the locus of memory.
That sounded cool but it doesn't quite cover what I meant. What I was talking about is what the book UBIK brings out. How some of the constants in our lives, cars, trains, ticket machine, uniforms, graphic design, packaging, change in increments so that few things are more nostalgic than seeing something which is almost the same, performs the same function, but looks different.

The type of rubbish bins that were on your street in 1996 say.
 
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