Hard News by Russell Brown

One more thing: Steve Jones talking about his memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol.

the extraordinary digital projection they deployed

Wow. They rigged all that at Splore?

Good to hear Blackalicious were in effect - I remember them playing the Urban Expressions festival in Sydney in 1998, and rocking up to the park jam the day after their show, cold chilling with everything. Hopefully Alphabet Acrobatics & Swan lake got a look in!

Good to hear Blackalicious were in effect

Yep, tons of energy.

Wow. They rigged all that at Splore?

Those guys prepare.

They had a mate with a full concert PA idle for a few weeks, so they shipped it into a warehouse and tuned their whole set to it. They basically got everything out of the main stage PA at Splore that it was possible to get.

That dancin' brass band looks like the business!

Goddamit, I am destined never to be in the same country as Pitch Black when they perform. Last time was in London in around 2002 - queue at Cargo went around the block - I simply turned around and waited for the bus back to Lewisham.

Last time I saw Mr Free perform live was as part of Mesh - pure serendipity of walking down High St as they did Hummingbird. Was that ever released? I have not been able to track it down.

Last time I saw Mr Free perform live was as part of Mesh – pure serendipity of walking down High St as they did Hummingbird. Was that ever released? I have not been able to track it down.

Only as demos, I think. Drop me an email and we can work something out.

I've been streaming a pre-release of the new Nadia Reid album this afternoon and it's quite wonderful on first listen. Much more lush and textured than her debut… dreamy and with a touch of Lanois-styled production to the songs.

Not officially released, but some copies floating around ..
#beautiful

On the Blackalicious tip, an old favourite flip