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added 1 July; updated 3 July 1 July 2007 Manchester International Festival, The Ritz, Manchester
__________________ added 30 June Another one of those Q&A's in today's Independent - this one entitled "My Secret Life: Mark E. Smith, Singer." __________________ added 28 June; updated 29 June Spring Heeled Jim:
__________________ added 26 June Ozit is releasing a Deeply Vale DVD that includes the TV show Deeply Madly Deeply Vale and some additional MES comments about the festival. There's also apparently a bit of video footage of the audience watching the Fall play Bingo Master's Breakout on stage, so don't buy it expecting a lot of vintage Fall content. Tracklisting on the forum. __________________ added 25 June Sanctuary will release a 5xCD Fall retrospective on 27 August. The tracklist was compiled by Conway and is intended as a companion piece to the Peel Sessions box, with similar packaging. The tracklist:
__________________ added 25 June Here's a late-entry RPTLC review, the first Fall review that I know of from Malaysia. It's not particularly glowing but it's entertaining nonetheless:
__________________ added 20 June Conway:
__________________ added 20 June News from Julia Adamson (formerly Nagle):
__________________ added 15 June Matt Thorne, one of the authors included in the Perverted By Language short story collection, has a myspace blog with upcoming book-related events. Of particular note will be Newsnight Review on 29 June, with Mark phoning in from Dusseldorf. If you're quick you can catch The Verb on Radio 3 tonight; there'll be a segment on the PBL book. It starts in about 5 minutes... but you can always "listen again." __________________ added 14 June Mark talks about the Smiths in the "Inside the Smiths" documentary DVD, which is released next month. There's a (very) brief clip of him in the trailer: __________________ added 20 June An interview with Brix Smith-Start and Brian Molko (Placebo) appeared in Sunday's Independent (17 June). It's about how they met. __________________ added 1 June; updated 28 June Von Südenfed's Tromatic Reflexxions was released in North America on Domino yesterday. The reviews are still trickling in:
__________________ added 13 June From the July issue of Word magazine: MES in the Word of Mouth feature. Thanks to Ocelot for the scan.
added 11 June; updated 13 June Saturday, 9 June - Von Südenfed at the Garden Party, Ballinlough Castle, Athboy, Ireland A few photos on flickr. Scant mentions gleaned from the web:
Cog Sinister mentioned on the forum that Mark had a fall before the gig. He visited a doctor today (13 June) and is "in fine fettle... no problemo." __________________ added 11 June Not for the faint of heart: Donovan, Brix, and Nigel Kennedy butchering "Hurdy Gurdy Man" on Irish TV in 1991. Thanks(?) to djbawbag for the link. __________________ added 8 June A recent interview with Mark was Manchester Confidential's headline story; it includes praise for Swell Maps' 1979 tour driver Keith Allen's daughter, Lily. (The things you learn on the Fall forum...thanks Capaccino and a slice of quiche.) __________________ added 7 June There're some good MES ("vampire") quotes in the June issue of Harp magazine. Thanks to Kentaro for the link. added 1 June; updated 18 June Friday, 1 June Estrella Damm Primavera Sound 2007 Festival, Barcelona
Alex:
__________________ added 1 June There's an interview with Jan St. Werner and a review of Tromatic Reflexxions (both in French) on Fluctuat.net. Thanks to Max for the notice. __________________ added 1 June Mark E Smith will be on BBC 6 music on The Music Week show on Sunday, 3 June at 1pm, talking about "punk poetry" with John Cooper Clarke. Thanks to James for letting us know. __________________ added 1 June The Guardian's music blog has an amusing article entitled Mark E Smith's greatest interview hits. __________________ added 28 May; updated 1 June Amazon notes a new book coming on 14 September 2007 entitled "Complete Guide to the Music of the Fall" by Mick Middles. A 144-page paperback published by Omnibus Press. Mick has (so far) been very quiet about this on our message board! 1 June: Mick says the book is "more for people who are new to the band...and are somewhat bewildered by the enormity of the catalogue" and it is "a device to get more people interested". __________________ added 28 May Many thanks to Elizabeth for this Irish Sunday Tribune article from 27 May in which Jinx Lennon talks about MES, and also from the June 2007 issue of Foggy Notions, letters from John Robb and Dave Simpson in response to comments made about them by MES is the March issue. __________________ added 28 May There's an interview with MES, mostly about Von Südenfed, in the 26 May Guardian. It says Mark will begin work on a new Fall album in 2 weeks' time. __________________ added 28 May Thanks to Jon for this scan from the Guardian of 19 May with an extract from Stewart Lee's "The Aphid" short story, taken from the forthcoming book, Perverted By Language. __________________ added 25 May I have been asked to post this message, which also appears on the official website:
__________________ added 25 May You can hear the Von Südenfed album online from this Dutch website (scroll down the page). The sound files will probably be online for another week or so. Thanks Bastiaan for the link. __________________ added 18 May; updated 23 May The Von Südenfed 12" (details below) and album, on CD and double LP, are out on Domino. All releases are available from Action Records, and remember to put "fallnet" in the coupon code box to get our website's 10% discount.
There's mention of Von Südenfed and links to some video and audio clips in the Dublin Opinion blog. Thanks Alan for letting us know. And thanks Volkmar for pointing us to this german article on the die tageszeitung website. __________________ added 18 May; updated 23 May Tom Hingley and the Lovers, featuring Steve and Paul Hanley, have some live dates coming up:
Note: the Manchester gig on 6 June has changed venue (was previously the Night and Day Cafe). __________________ added 18 May Many thanks to a serious man from the forum for scans of a 4-page interview with John Leckie from Tape Op Magazine #58, March-April 2007 issue, in which he talks about his experiences with the Fall. This interview is a reprint from issue 42, July 2004. __________________ added 14 May Many thanks to Kyle for scanning in the Von Südenfed interview from the May 2007 issue of Wire (it's a 2.5 meg PDF). __________________ added 9 May The Reformation promo video on youtube, with lots of MES dancing and TLC signing. I believe this was filmed at the Salutation Inn in Manchester on 6 April. They sent out a message that Friday evening inviting people to come down to watch and perhaps participate -- late notice.
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__________________ added 24 April; updated 1 June 1 June: The final week of round 1 is now underway. 23 May: Week 4 polls are closed. In the first tied match of the competition, Conway had to cast a deciding vote to allow Deadbeat Descendant to go forward, ahead of The Mixer. Week 5 is now underway. 18 May: Week 3 is closed, after some tough match-ups. The closest one to date saw Dice Man pip I Feel Voxish, 64-63. Week 4 is underway with, hopefully, not so many headaches this week... 9 May: Week 2 polls are closed, with Hip Priest scraping past No Xmas for John Quays after a mighty battle. Week 3 is underway with several cruel, early matchups: e.g., Joker Hysterical Face vs. Frightened, Neighborhood of Infinity vs. Lie Dream, Dr. Buck's Letter vs. Xyralothep, Fantastic Life vs. Gramme Friday. 2 May: Week 1 is closed with no real surprises, although the race between Various Times and High Tension Line was closer than I'd though it'd be (68-60). Week 2 is now underway with some tough matchups, e.g. Hip Priest vs No Xmas for John Quays. 24 April: Round 1 of Fall Cup 2007 is underway over on the message board. Here's Conway's introduction to the second edition of our knockout tournament. Will Wings squeak past Garden in the final once more? __________________ added 2 May Here's Jesus's bit in last night's episode of Ideal, with thanks to Ocelot. If you're in the UK I believe you can see the whole episode here. __________________ added 15 April; updated 14 May 14 May: The commenting function is again broken on the official site, and it appears that Elena has taken over posting duties. There's a "misage" from Mark that's prompted much discussion on the forum. 1 May: I thought my Fall News comment of 29 April might do the trick. Clayts has fixed the Track Record and the commenting function on the Official site. Still nothing new added to the latter. 29 April: The Track Record has been hacked to death by another Turkish group and is now unusable. If there's an entry you're looking for, you could try Google's cached page service (e.g., do a search like "fall track record" +levitate and then click the Cached link). I didn't have much success with archive.org's Wayback Machine. 20 April: Still no reply to my email or fix from Clayts, who appears to have abandoned the official Fall site and the Track Record. I've decided to remove the link to the Track Record from the navigation menu on this site. It's still linked from every page of the official Fall site. 15 April: The site's Track Record has been "HaCkeD By TürKPoweR >>> TURKISH HACKERS". I've emailed Clayts about the infiltration but I don't know if or when he'll fix the problem, since he hasn't done anything with the Track Record for several months. Unfortunately I don't have access to the server it's on. __________________ added 29 April A rare Fall mention in The Onion (April 19-25, 2007; "Random Rules" column):
Thanks to Neville for sending it in. "W.B." refers to William Blake, not W.B. Yeats, and as mentioned on the Lyrics Parade the song's lyrics refer to Blake's The Song of Liberty. __________________ added 28 April Brix Smith has an mp3 album, Neurotica, available for download. Samples and purchase on playlouder.com. __________________ added 24 April; updated 4 May Here's a couple of minutes of John Peel's 1996 appearance on This Is Your Life, featuring MES and David Gedge. And many thanks to Stephen for answering my plea for the entire episode, which he's now posted on youtube: part 1, part 2, part 3. __________________ added 20 April; updated 24 April
There's an interview with Von Südenfed in the May issue of Wire, and "Family Feud" from Tromatic Reflexxions is included on the accompanying Wire Tapper 17. Thanks to Tony for the cover. From the latest Domino Records newsletter (thanks to Kentaro):
__________________ added 15 April From today's Observer article on the top 500 British surnames, thanks to Ocelot. And not to be outdone, here's Stewart Lee in today's Sunday Times, with a wonderful photo, thanks to thefrenzexperiment. __________________ added 14 April The MES interview from the May 2007 issue of Record Collector, with many thanks to Ocelot. __________________ added 13 April A third 2007 French interview (the Rock & Folk and Liberation interviews were in the previous Fall news), this time from the latest issue of Numero. Many thanks to Jean-Philippe for scanning. __________________ added 13 April Michael Pollard sent in a virtual tonne of excellent photos from the Holmfirth gig (22 March 2007). Many thanks, Michael. __________________ added 12 April; updated 14 April Two Friday the 13th Fall radio specials: one English, one French: Harley:
Déborah:
The live stream wasn't working last night, but Déborah's show is now online at http://www.radiocampusparis.org/?p=2719
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07apr12 UK tour, RPTLC reviews, Narnack edition, Reformation single, Von Sudenfed, MES's 50th, Uncut Q&A, Foggy Notions / Telegraph / Liberation / Rock & Folk interviews, Renegade delayed, Saturn 5, Universal reissues, Culture Show / Transmission TV spots. 07feb22 RPTLC UK released, Malaga gig, MES interviews: Independent, Welt am Sonntag, Stool Pigeon, The Times, Fantastic Man; Johnny Vegas' Ideal preview, Memorex of the Krakens, Anjulireeves on youtube, Packing a Gun, 7 Wives of MES, Saturn 5, Grayson Perry, Brix's "Star," Frank Sidebottom. 06dec30 Reformation Post TLC announcements, NYC & Strangeways gigs, Julia Adamson photos, Dave Milner songs, Gusgus Not Clean remix, Fall forum crash, Sonic Arts Network cd, PBL book, Mitsubishi Blindness, Monks live session, MES on Dylan. 06oct30 Silver Monk Time & Monks gigs, Oct. UK & Ireland gig reviews, Ben Pritchard interview, "Renegade: The Gospel According to MES," MES DJ set on Radio 1, Environmental Health News, Stewart Lee in Sunday Times. 06sep21 Simonfb, r.i.p., Bournemouth & London gigs / UK festivals, Silver Monk Time, Sunday Herald & Maximum RnR interviews, Julia Nagle's latest projects, another Peel tribute CD. 06aug17 Brooklyn Vegan / Arena Homme Plus interviews, Oya Festival, Tesla-K, The Blimp, Tycoons Follies, Artrocker review, Tony Friel archive, PBL book update, KFNY poster, Billboard, more Voiceprint CDs. 06jun13 US tour (second leg), more US press (NYT, The Pitch, SLC Weekly, Stop Smiling), Manchester gig (inc. MEN preview & FT review), What Sven Could Learn from Me (Guardian int. from last year) 06may23 US tour (first leg), US press (LA Alternative, LA City Beat, SF Chronicle, OC Weekly), Smog Monsters, Morley on MCR/L'pool 06may01 Berlin gig, Reclaimers' footy song, MES "In Their Own Write", Praxis Hagen exhibit. 06apr06 UK tour, Greek/ Swiss gigs, "The Two-Year Gap" announcement, John Peel Fall intros/ outros mp3, Wire's Fall Primer, Q's Manchester special, Monks Beat Club clips, Fallnet's "Dr. Buck's Letters", Fall album survey results, Nikki Sudden / Ivor Cutler r.i.p., Brix's new house, cult musicians, Gavin Esler. 06feb21 Official Fall site now Unofficial, Guardian ex-Fall members article, Mojo interview and poll results, IS, IAH, MCR & CC remaster details, Mixing It session, Antwerp & Wigan gigs, Ding's two new bands, Ghostigital, New Year's Honours, fashion corner: Brix interview & Lagerfeld show, Blue Orchids new album, history of Salford bands. 06jan03 Word MES interview, ticket refund information, Festive 50, misc. year-end press roundups and Fall forum poll results, preview of Guardian's ex-Fall members article, MES lego minifig, Armitage Shanks & Necropolis Fall-related songs, Ghostigital's "Not Clean" & "Codomatopoeia," Corsa ad back on TV, John Peel's Record Box. 05nov08 Fall Heads Roll reviews, UK tour, Incendiary, Rock Sound & Pitchfork interviews, PBL book preview, Commercially Unfriendly cd. 05sep30 Fall Heads Roll details, MES to read footy scores, Peel tribute CDs, ChronicArt preview, Blast Off DVD sampler, Frank Skinner, Jacob's Cream Crackers, Stewart Lee, Deisel-U-Matic award. 05aug18 Paul Hanley BBC radio int., MES Metro "60-second" & Kitchen Sink ints., 1979 Jamming! int., Deisel U Matic award, Paul Wilson's Fall Mix, Stewart Lee's favorite things. 05jul26 Berlin & Paris gigs, Fall site news, Diesel-U-Music & Mojo awards, Live from the Vaults: the "real" story, Sanctuary / Slogan Records announcement, Mayo Thompson, Commercially Unfriendly CD, links to loads of Peel box reviews. 05jun14 UK & Lyon gigs, Conway's guitar tab and Adult Net pages, Jools Holland, Deeply Vale cd, MES int. w/BBC on Peel, Lime Lizard 1993, Festive 50 book, Live from the Vaults delayed, Wake Up in the City, Cuz'n Roy's yard sale on ebay, Jahn Rhondos. |
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Also, there's a compilation CD of Step Forward singles being released on Sanctuary's Castle label on 25 June. It includes the first two Fall singles. The compilation is called I Wanna Punk Rock. The complete tracklisting is:
