Efficiency, Efficiency

they say...I walked over to the bakery this morning to buy some day-old bread*, and I saw their dishwasher reach into the bus-pan on the cart they have outside, and pull out a stack of plates and carry them inside (I held the door for her as I am a half-gentleman, at least) and then move more things in and out of bus-pans, instead of moving the pans in toto. It was exasperating to watch, so I thought of this song:



(He is the 801...)

Mike DeCapite once compared Cale's rhythmic impulse to Schroeder from "Peanuts"; I always connected it more to Jerry Lee Lewis or Little Richard...

One for the gearheads:

Reportedly one of the reasons that Cale got the boot from the Velvet Underground (not kissed the boot) was that he was spending a chunk of the band's funds to develop some special wacky bass cabinet, even though they had endorsement deals and could get free amps. Happily he is still in pursuit of the surreal, or at least, misguided, in musical equpment design; click on the header and jump to the bottom.

*Curiously, the guy at the counter who got my bread looks kind of like a young Tony Conrad.

Wire Duck? (I'm a stranger here myself.)

"It's Deepwater...Deepwater."



Colin Newman in rehearsal / soundcheck performing "LORRIES" at HURRAH, NYC. Produced and directed by Merrill Aldighieri. A full concert was later recorded, lit only by 2 flashlights taped to the two cameras on stage. Guitar -Desmond Simmons, Guitar and lead vocals-Colin Newman, Bass-Simon Gillham & unseen drummer Robert from Wire.

"You're # 37, have a look..."

"The second single from Aloe Blacc's album Good Things is a cover of the Velvet Underground classic “Femme Fatale” b/w instrumental on heavy slab of 7-inch vinyl. Produced by Truth+Soul."



Alex Chilton/Yo La Tengo - "Femme Fatale"
Performed live at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ, on the 4th night of Hanukkah, 12/07/07.

Oh, Fab

We're glad



They put



New lemon-freshened Borax



In you!

69IF

Not Enough Candles

...for a Nico tribute, but they did one anyway; in Ferrara, Italy, 05/10/09.
John Cale, Lisa Gerrard, Mark Lanegan, Peter Murphy, and more gang up to sing "All That Is My Own" (which makes about as much sense as the choral rendition of Eric Carmen's "All By Myself"...).

Apple Records and Orange Amplifiers

as I played the tracks the crowd formed a highly emotional circle round her.


(BTW I'm from Glasgow too.)