Brighton

I think I’ve found the right one! Is this GF the same as when I met you at the Freebutt several years back?

Jabba, I’ve tried to send an email via ilx

no Chew, different - that was something like 8 years ago o_O i've had no friend request.

OK.

I found someone with a dot between the two names after I replace the numbers with letters, so that’s not you? Can’t find another. Found you on the tweets though, and just followed you.

weird. i should just be there - no dots or nothing.

ah - emil.y - you know Noel P? I've known him from round our way for years.

Cvpb04rd Mvs1c N0el? Yeah, he's a great dude.

We should have a FISU FAP at Northern Lights before Swans. Or maybe after, if we want to be sentient at the show.

Sounds good. Yes, that Noel. Small world, he was a fellow promoter in Herts before he moved.

Anyone fancy seeing Simon Munnery? http://www.theoldmarket.com/simon-munnery-fylm-makker/

^ put me down as a possible on that, will get back to you (if yr still going)

dunno if anyone else is interested in a daytrip but editions mego are putting on a fantastic-looking avant-noise all-dayer at bexhill:

http://thequietus.com/articles/11360-editions-mego-all-dayer-bexhill-de-la-warr-pavilion

performances by fennesz, kevin drumm and bruce gilbert plus music by luc ferrari, bernard parmegiani, florian hecker and other folks

I’m sure it won’t sell out, so let me know and we can get tickets up to the night.

I’ll stick the Bexhill thing into the diary and provisionally agree!

Good to see Mark Fell on that line-up.

You were asking about The Great Escape lineup?

http://brightonsource.co.uk/news/great-escape-line-up-announced/

hmmm, that doesn't look great does it? not sure i want to see any of that lot

I don’t even know who 95% of the line-up are, which suggests it’s not my thing at all.

Well, it is meant to focus on new-ish music, being an industry "thing". But the ones I do know are pretty crap, too. Having said that, this always happens: it's utter shit right up until the last minute, when they announce a couple of great additions that I'd love to see but still won't be willing to buy a ticket for. And then I'll just be all grumpy for a bit, until I forget about it.

yeah, it's usually small/unknown bands. last year Rhythms of the World sent a bunch of Hitchin acts up there to play.

"down there", maybe I should say, if we're gonna get polarist about it.

Also... you decided to call your band 'The Upskirts'? Really, guys?

ha i saw that, is crepey-core a thing now?

Everyone go and see Charlie Straight!

wer ist charlie straight?

They're a Britpop-influenced group from the Czech Republic who are much better than any British equivalents i can call to mind. They're one of the biggest bands in their region (and have won an MTV Europe award) so it's an unusual chance to see them in a much smaller venue. They're also unbelievably lovely. Might not be everyone's style but i think they're pretty great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iGpTxiDMCA

A friend of mine is playing at Westhill Community Centre on March 1st, I shall be attending. http://theexperimentalsoundingboard.tumblr.com/MARC1st

Ooh, that sounds interesting. A little pricy seeing as I don't know who any of them are, but the mister's away that weekend so I need to find things to occupy myself, so maybe...

A little bit expensive I will agree. Ben UFO and Paul Woolford doing a 5-hour b2b this Friday at Life is only £5! I guess that will make most money on the bar though, do they even sell drinks at the WCC? I’ve never been there.

Totally read WCC as 'White Chocolate Cheesecake' there. Too much time on ilx.

But as for the Westhill Hall, nope they don't sell drinks, it's BYOB. Which I think is a plus point.

Oh, and this:

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10234245.Man_arrested_for_murder_after_woman_dies_following_argument_in_Brighton_street/

Horrible story, must have been very distressing to have heard that going on. Was a young gothy gamer couple:

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10236783.Wife_stabbed_to_death_in_Brighton_street/

The brunette was rushed to hospital but died later.

WTF? That's terrible fucking writing, and actually quite offensive in its clumsiness.

God yes I saw that, wtf

Eeeeeesshhh horrible :-(

Full details of the Mego day in Bexhill, that's an expensive one too:

http://editionsmego.com/release/eMEGO+170

How was Hacker Farm btw Emily?

Aw man, they were ace. I think I got a little over-excited when they pulled out the Mute Synth, though. ^__^

http://www.thewire.co.uk/images/artists/dirty_electronics/IDC_Connection_and_Ribbon_C.jpg

^ Is that this thing?

ps got any foe-toes?

Yeah, the circuit-boardy thing! I did take a few photos, but, uh, I've got about 6 months worth of photos to stick up on flickr/facebook, so it might take a while...

I love my MuteSynth.

Me too. <3

I am very tempted by Bexhill, but will see how the finances are in April.

Ben UFO and Paul Woolford tonight if any fancies making me just the weird old man in the club, rather than the alone weird old man in the club.

i do kind of fancy that but i've got a whole bunch of stuff to do tomorrow that i need to be semi-alive for. also i just realised that i never did get back to you about simon munnery, so i have been extremely lame, sorry matt

otoh i did go and get a swans ticket in the end and probably up for pub quiz thing this week too if that is still happening (?), so not a total washout here

Swans FAP yEAh!!

In the end I had a massive deadline (joys of freelancing workflow) so couldn’t make Simon Munnery anyway.

yeah i'm up for swans fap, nothing like the music of michael gira for bringing folk together

the missus and i will be down for maybe a couple of days, so cool.

i can't do ben ufo tonight, godspeed chewshabadoo