I happened on this long podcast inerview with Jon Poole. There's some Tim and Cardiacs talk starting just after the hour mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Ah_9Il9_U
― Noel Emits, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 09:35 (two years ago) link
I used to see JP around now and then. I don't know him at all really, I think he recognised me from Cardiacs gigs somehow. But when he started with the mustache and bowl hat look I wouldn't recognise him. I think he came over and said alright in the pub on a couple of occasions and I was like... alright? A strange thing but this character had a good vibe, seemed like a wise friend or something. Didn't work out who it was for absolutely ages after. Sorry, Jon!
― Noel Emits, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 13:48 (two years ago) link
Yes, he's a lovely chap, when I moved in similar musical circles in the late 90s, I would bump into him now and again, always very funny. A little later, he got a job in Borders Book shop on Oxford St, which was kinda weird.
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 14:18 (two years ago) link
I know there is a surfeit of covers/interpretations on YT these days, which is great, but I love this arrangement of Bell Clinks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1hBu1F8ULk
― Maresn3st, Friday, 15 October 2021 15:10 (two years ago) link
Ooh yeah that's nice.
Saw someone wearing a Cardiacs shirt in the wild for the first time last night, at a black midi show. I feel like a putz for not going up and talking to him, but he didn't compliment me on my Max Tundra shirt either, so fuck him :)
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Friday, 15 October 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
I never had particularly strong feelings about Madness (Suggs being a tv personality who was in adverts didn't help though) but hearing songs like "My Girl" recently, the things Cardiacs got from them really let me enjoy them to an extent I haven't before.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 14 May 2022 17:34 (one year ago) link
It is not a strong influence outside of the early stuff imo but fun to try and spot. Eg. The claustrophobic camera angles and general decay here are reminiscent of the Rotten Shed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs5ao3jR7BU
― everything, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:36 (one year ago) link
61st anniversary of Tim Smith's birth today. Here's a nice new big article about inspirations and interpretations and stuff.https://thequietus.com/articles/31719-tim-smith-cardiacs-strange-world
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Sunday, 3 July 2022 16:54 (one year ago) link
That's a nice read, Sean (and Marina) did a lot of good work helping keep interest in Cardiacs going when the rest of the universe cared not one tiny bit.
― Maresn3st, Sunday, 3 July 2022 17:17 (one year ago) link
I think that's a different Sean (not Sean Organ) btw. I hope this means there's still at least one good book in the works.
― Noel Emits, Monday, 4 July 2022 07:33 (one year ago) link
Ahh is it? I just made the leap when he started speaking about their frendship
― Maresn3st, Monday, 4 July 2022 07:40 (one year ago) link
It seems that Tim Quy has actually left our world, very sad. RIP
― MaresNest, Thursday, 2 February 2023 16:26 (one year ago) link
That's really sad to hear, I'd heard he was in poor health. They were never as good once he left if you ask me.
― a mix between aphex twin and nirvana with the swagger of count basie (Matt #2), Thursday, 2 February 2023 16:51 (one year ago) link
all one glorious continuum, of which he was a very dear part, rip
― imago, Thursday, 2 February 2023 16:56 (one year ago) link
This is the official announcement.https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid028zaezbJ9SeiEx3oG5LTr4s1pQZ6JKVUVTjVqLCS4TipTxwRp2fdgrTfEzHPK9AU5l&id=100032042187218&mibextid=Nif5oz
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Thursday, 2 February 2023 17:33 (one year ago) link
What insanity is this
https://www.the-cep.org.uk/family-tree/
― a mix between aphex twin and nirvana with the swagger of count basie (Matt #2), Friday, 3 February 2023 17:32 (one year ago) link
R.I.P. the great Tim Quy, who I had the pleasure of meeting at ABC 2019.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 3 February 2023 17:56 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUclU3nUOb4
― MaresNest, Thursday, 23 March 2023 13:34 (one year ago) link
Listening to Sing to God right now, my best attempt at a description is "What if Nomeansno tried to be early Genesis?"
wild band
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 April 2023 16:33 (one year ago) link
i guess they are the UK cheer accident or cheer accident is the US cardiacs?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 April 2023 16:39 (one year ago) link
"what if poster imago's favourite album" haha, NOW YOU KNOW
― imago, Monday, 17 April 2023 17:08 (one year ago) link
C-A a decent analogue!
i think this is stressing my dog out
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 April 2023 17:29 (one year ago) link
laaaaasssie's
on the tvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
― imago, Monday, 17 April 2023 17:47 (one year ago) link
Interview with Jon Poolehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbFfLpJUQYMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKSap5N2tmw
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 2 December 2023 21:48 (five months ago) link
lol i just knowingly listened to the cardiacs for the first time ever
― mark s, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 14:42 (three months ago) link
didn't expect to be reminded of henry cow
― mark s, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 14:43 (three months ago) link
Beyond the often quoted 'Salvation Army band playing carousel punk in a force ten gale' type of thing, there are a multitude of influences that suffused Tim's style - prog and ROI, new wave, traditional British and early music composers, twelve-tone music, and so on.
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 17:20 (three months ago) link
you love to hear it
― mark s, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 17:26 (three months ago) link
welcome to the first day of the rest of your music listenerhood, or something
― imago, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 17:36 (three months ago) link