Brian Jonestown Massacre at the Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
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Can't remember!
We went to see the Brian Jonestown Massacre at the Wedgewood Rooms on
28th June. I've heard of them and about them quite a few times before,
but we really decided to go on the back of the film Dig, about this band
and the Dandy Warhols, narrated by Corey Taylor from the Dandys.
The support band were fairly good, but ultimately unmemorable. When the
BJM hit the stage though, you could feel the expectation in the air
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Bands I've seen live
I decided to try and write down all the bands I've seen live recently,
before I get. It's as much an aide memoire for me as anything. It was
getting a bit long on this page, so I've moved it here.
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Jello Biafra live at the Firestation
Last night I went to see Jello Biafra's spoken word show. He's basically
touring in support of his 'In the Grip of Official Treason' 3CD spoken word
release. And the show is very good, Biafra is a very good speaker, he's
interesting, engaging and charasmatic, with a lot to say, and the content
is superbly well put together - he clearly knows his material well. He's
also extrememly comfortable with his audence, given at this show, due to
somekind of 'oversight' at the venue, Biafra had to go to an upstairs bar half
way through and he was essentially just stood a few feet from the crowd in the
bar talking. He's also happy to take questions from the floor - including on the split up of the Dead Kennedys which people were still keen to ask about and hear about. He could have just buggered off home too, but wanted to stay and carry on the show, which is nice!
Not only is he a good speaker, he's still got the old fire, and he's pissed
off with the US government, the UK governemtn and the war in Iraq in
particular. I'm not going to go into detail, but I would urge you to go and
see the show. As I say, it's very well put together, and the content is
very good. There's a number of themes running through the material in the
show, but the overwhelming point is Biafra's complete distaste for the
US political regime.
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Stiff Little Fingers at The Brook, Southampton
Stiff Little Fingers came back to Southampton again last Monday night, in fine form at Southampton's small venue, The Brook.
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