i guess this is kind of spam as i'm putting on the glasgow show but as i doubt any ilm'ers will be coming to glasgow and as it will certainly sell out, it's not really.
whatever, if you do love music i implore you to go and see them (it will be your only chance, ever). their show in new york in march is in the top 3 best gigs i have seen in my life.
― stirmonster, Saturday, 21 June 2003 18:19 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Saturday, 21 June 2003 18:21 (twenty years ago) link
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― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Saturday, 21 June 2003 20:03 (twenty years ago) link
apparently the 12"s will be re released by a certain cool new york record label. there will also be a box to put them in (a great idea - i love my foetus and farben boxes).
― stirmonster, Saturday, 21 June 2003 20:41 (twenty years ago) link
I'll prob. go to the London show - after seeing Mission of Burma, I'm not totally against 'reunion'/revival shows any more - but I hate the Garage in Islington, what a fuckin' toilet
― Andrew L (Andrew L), Saturday, 21 June 2003 20:46 (twenty years ago) link
― stirmonster, Saturday, 21 June 2003 20:50 (twenty years ago) link
What was it that so impressed you about their New York show?
― EC, Saturday, 21 June 2003 22:00 (twenty years ago) link
It was the best gig in Detroit since Kraftwerk at the State Theatre in 1998.
In all seriousness UK ILM’ers, make it a point to be at these gigs because their set in Detroit was about 10 times better than their records.
― Mike Taylor (mjt), Saturday, 21 June 2003 22:32 (twenty years ago) link
I'm aware that mine is the minority opinion, though. Everyone else packed into that little concrete cave under Hart Plaza seemed to be ecstatic.
― EC, Saturday, 21 June 2003 22:54 (twenty years ago) link
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― lauren (laurenp), Sunday, 22 June 2003 00:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Mike Taylor (mjt), Sunday, 22 June 2003 00:38 (twenty years ago) link
The preacher was an amazing showman, and the music was fascinating (in an awful sort of a way), but I did not get the spirit. The more the people around me danced and shouted and waved their arms, the farther removed I felt from the whole thing.
I felt the same way at the Liquid Liquid show. I'm much more of a devout believer in minimalist funk than I am in Pentecostal Christianity, but that just made it all the more uncomfortable.
So, stodgy bastards like me should avoid the Glasgow show. The rest of you are in for a treat. Amen.
― EC, Sunday, 22 June 2003 01:26 (twenty years ago) link
sunday 13th july - glasgow
monday 14th / tuesday 15th - london
thursday 17th - paris
friday 18th - montreaux
― stirmonster, Monday, 23 June 2003 22:16 (twenty years ago) link
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― hstencil, Monday, 23 June 2003 22:25 (twenty years ago) link
― nick.K (nick.K), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 01:35 (twenty years ago) link
this is like the optimal band to play while writing
― Treeship, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 04:21 (seven years ago) link