Public Address | Cafe | Speaker: Ed Kuepper: a legend interviewed

Jonathan Ganley

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 21:55:11 +1300

Nice work JG.

Thanks JP. Here's another one of Ed, with that pesky microphone that always gets in the way ...

Russell Brown

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:33:03 +1300

And Ed K just favourited my link to the photos on Twitter, which I think is pretty ace.

He's admirably active on Twitter — he RTd my fanboy gushing after the show too :-)

JacksonP

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:47:24 +1300

Here’s Ed Kuepper, and triple Television…

Jonathan Ganley took some more excellent photos, which are posted (on) Elsewhere.

And Ed K just favourited my link to the photos on Twitter, which I think is pretty ace.

Nice work JG.

Russell Brown

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:26:24 +1300

I loved Ed. That beautifully processed acoustic guitar made him sound like a one man orchestra.

Didn't he just. I thought it underlined what a remarkable guitarist he really is — the sheer spectrum of sound he wrought from his instrument was amazing.

Ken Double

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:53:12 +1300

apart from a hapless roadie diligently doing the dishes beyond the witching hour

Somehow I can picture that scene perfectly Mr Dalziel.

I loved Ed. That beautifully processed acoustic guitar made him sound like a one man orchestra. Must admit I was hoping for "Black Ticket Day" but what the…

Martin Brown

Sat, 26 Oct 2013 21:49:34 +1300

Loved it. Great night. Sound was a bit muddy sometimes, true, and could have been louder but I guess PS has good-neighbour issues.

Russell Brown

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:40:01 +1300

Somewhere in another timeline, things went differently….

Don't you love alternative histories?

Danielle

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:11:55 +1300

loved Jim Bolger’s younger brother on bass

I thought he looked like Bob Odenkirk from certain angles. :) Better call Saul!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LafMgjmBV2k

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:58:23 +1300

Saint Christopher...
I think I may've told this story here years ago – I still remember an abortive punk-godfather-chris-cross-pollination attempt...

The scene a terrace house, nearly leaning against the Windsor Castle (in Paddngton, Sydney, I know, spooky...), it's late and nary a soul is stirring, apart from a hapless roadie…

Alan Perrott

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 09:51:41 +1300

yep, Ed was the man – even managed to sneak the setlist. heh. really hoping he's back again soon. seems he's chatting to the promoter.

took some time to engage with Television, the limp initial mix didn't help – Ed made more of a racket than they did – but…

Nora Leggs

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:32:18 +1300

Here’s Ed Kuepper, and triple Television…

Russell Brown

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:05:16 +1300

Ed Kuepper was magnificent tonight. I got there in time to see him play 'Swing for the Crime' from the third Saints album, then 'Messin' With the Kid' from the first, which actually made me cry. Then he played 'Everything I've Got Belongs to You' because Richard Langston asked him…

David Cohen

Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:16:14 +1300

Ed Kuepper is a genius.

Nigel Russell

Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:27:42 +1300

Any idea what time Ed is on ?

I still have a pack of his used guitar strings from the Gluepot show mid 80's stashed somewhere. Brilliant show, looking forward to tonight

Martin Lindberg

Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:48:19 +1300

All the Music Nerds of PAS

Just be careful in case there is a repeat of that fateful Yo La Tengo disaster of 2002.

37 Record-Store Clerks Feared Dead In Yo La Tengo Concert Disaster

Danielle

Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:49:27 +1300

So apparently I will see All the Music Nerds of PAS tonight then.

Rob Stowell

Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:50:57 +1300

It was one of the greatest pieces of frontsmanship I’ve ever seen.
Not the same without Kuepper, but Bailey's Saints (the 'Latter Day Saints) played a great gig at the Gladstone some time in the early/mid 80s. (Unlike most saints, I guess, they had horns.) Bailey seemed a tad ...…

Grant McDougall

Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:43:49 +1300

I saw his two Dunedin shows just over a year ago.

He played for about one-and-a-half hours at taste Merchants, then for well over two hours at above-mentioned Muso's Club gig.

Russell, he opened with 'Swing For The Crime' both times, so you should be in luck.
Richard, so should…

Russell Brown

Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:06:20 +1300

I’ll be the one calling for River Deep Mountain High.

'Swing for the Crime' is on the list! Fingers crossed ...

Alan Perrott

Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:34:39 +1300

oops, should have read to the bottom of the interview – solo acoustic it is then.

Alan Perrott

Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:16:36 +1300

yep, there with bells on tonight – once I get the boys to bed. bloody kids.

and for the trainspotters here's Ed's most recent setlist – although I assume he'll only do 45 mins tonight.

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ed-kuepper/2013/the-vanguard-sydney-australia-7bc77edc.html

I'll be the one calling for River Deep Mountain High. really hoping for some…

Richard Langston

Wed, 23 Oct 2013 20:53:57 +1300

Ed Kuepper. If he does 'Everything I got Belongs to You' that'll do just fine. He's got a mammoth song list. I saw him in Melbourne in '88. Came on with a band, slayed the place, hardly said a word and walked off. Cool as. It's going to be a…

Rob Stowell

Wed, 23 Oct 2013 19:25:15 +1300

Electrical Storm was the soundtrack of my year in Sydney, and moving in with my partner. Love it still. Serene Machine is very strong too.
We saw a couple of great Keupper gigs at the Trade Union (and one stinker somewhere else). So wish I could get to this.
Television…

Renee Jones

Wed, 23 Oct 2013 19:23:32 +1300

And I'll die of excitement if he plays any Laughing Clowns songs!

Geoff – Yo La Tengo! Fantastic!

Geoff Lealand

Wed, 23 Oct 2013 19:18:43 +1300

In other music news, coming to the Arts Festival in Wellington next February: Charles Bradley, Neko Case and Yo La Tengo

kiwicmc

Wed, 23 Oct 2013 19:07:46 +1300

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p9xCfk3F4s

Russell Brown

Wed, 23 Oct 2013 19:06:21 +1300

Really looking forward to Ed. And when I say that, I mean "I'm just gonna die every time he plays a song from one of the first three Saints albums."

Public Address

Wed, 23 Oct 2013 19:06:21 +1300

Discussion from blog post.