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Mon 08 Oct Cockpit, Leeds, UK.
The Fall have just released a surprise ltd. ed. 7" single on Flitwick Records. Unfortunately you're already too late, as all copies have been distributed. It comprises "Rude (All the Time)- acoustic" and "Wake Up in the City" (both Smith/Blaney). If you didn't get a copy, it'll probably be released on an new EP before Xmas.
The new EP "PRESENT" will be out soon on Voiceprint and contains the tracks:
1. My X Class Mates Kids
Mark's spoken word album, which may be titled "PANDER PANDA PANZER", will be along shortly. The Fall are currently polishing off their next album.
Voiceprint have a Fall Summer Special offer on all their Fall releases: 9.99 each or 25 quid for three.
The gig at the Bulldog Bash went ahead.
Tim Wesley:
As part of the New England exhibition the Midwatch film by Mark Waller is being shown again at the Lux Centre in Hoxton Square, London, N1. It is in a separate booth - it is on a continual tape loop and it is free so you can fathom what the film is about after 4th watching but as it has only two charachters in it. There is a booklet accompanying the film at GBP3 it includes full script for fall collectors no doubt. I notice as well on the programme another film by mr Waller
entitled 'the sons of Temperance' what's that all about then eh?!
The exhibition runs from tuesdays until sundays from 12 miday
until 7pm until the 9th september
Trent D:
Subject:
The
inteview was with Simon & Craig. i've posted Renee Velkoff's pics (alas, digicam captures of photocopies,
so very grainy) to my webspace at:
http://home.columbus.rr.com/tristero
http://www.stormloader.com/iago/rev/music/fall1.html
Derek Westerholm is organising:
"Notebooks out, plagiarists... A tribute to THE FALL."
Friday, September 21, 2001 @ The El Mocambo -464 Spadina Av.- Toronto, Ont.
Confirmed so far...
Cool Trout Basement
Also featuring...
Video footage of the Fall for added visceral entertainment.
The Rebellious Jukebox... a multidisc CD player stuffed with Fall CD's and
set on random play.
(Hopefully) Extra-cool lighting by General Chaos.
The first official day of Fall (at midnight!)
A massive set of old Fall gig pics, many thanks to Ian Ellis
Pete Conkerton goes Thule crazy:
http://www.crystalinks.com/thule.html
Mark Harris found this review from Record
Mirror from ages ago:
"The Fall - 'Seminal Live'
There are some who would gladly pull their own heads
off before saying a bad word against The Fall and there
are those who find no method in Mark E Smith's madness.
I find myself warming to his cynicism (12 years too
late, of course) and it's true to say there are some
fine moments on this album.
The line 'white walled tyres were a lifetime from his
thoughts' in the introduction to 'Elf Prefix/LA' made
me chuckle, as did Smith's ridiculous country drawl
on 'Pinball Machine'. If it ever came to a musical
duel between The Pogues and The Fall, Smith would
have Shane MacGowan lying face-down in a pool of
Jameson's by the end of round one. 'Dead Beat
Descendent' is a cracker, too, the rhythm section
crashing about while the crudest of guitars scratches
out the melody.
Much of the rest is standard Fall fare, interesting
if only to judge the band's influence on today's
young pretenders. The Mark Smith approach to life
(if in doubt, sneer) seems to be an increasingly
saleable commodity and invariably makes interesting
listening. Having said that, 'Mollusc In Tyrol' is
a totally unbearable drone which should never have
found its way from the vaults.
Mind you, things could have been a lot worse
considering this album is merely plundering The
Fall's back catalogue, conveniently fulfilling the
band's contractual obligations with Beggars Banquet
as they move on to greater things in the Big League.
There's enough snarling and growling to grace any
Fall record but 'Seminal Live' is not to be taken
too seriously. Just try telling that to any
self-respecting vinyl junkie, though...
3=BD / 5 "
AmC comes up with the best stuffed animal example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1164745392
and:
http://www.mesofab.com/micromolding.htm
They dig Replication (from micromolds). " A state-of-the-art production
technique to increase manufacturing efficiency and reduce cost. "
MES-O-FAB, the name of quality.
smurf:
uploaded pictures of fall t-shirts that have somehow survived the
years at http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/otalgia in the photo's area.
Peter:
The Radiohead interview in Wire magazine by Simon Reynolds discusses
whether Radiohead are neurotic middle class dabblers or not for
several pages and then there's this quote. Greenwood: "At one point I
started to believe that if you sit down and analyse what you're
doing, then you're not being your true self. But, for instance, Mark
E Smith is not a noble savage - he's a fucking intellectual". There's
also some stuff about how Miles Davis used to sneak into the
Juilliard library and crib out of classical music scores. It did not
make me want to buy the Radiohead LP. The proud owners of Hawaiian
Steel Guitar Classics CDs (for such am I) have no use for such things.
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