Spacemen 3 re-unite

i remember the caption under their photos for the Recurring review: "your shades, man, they're shite...". burned indelibly into my memory

anyone heard the new split with wooden shjips? anyone know if it's an outtake from the "big city" sessions, or real honest to goodness new music??

nar it's not new, it's an early demo of big city

damn, i was hoping they'd buried the hatchet. been really enjoying spectrum lately. curious why they'd release a demo as an a-side of a split, with wooden shjips of all people

unfortunately it's not the first time earworm/gps have released S3 odds and sods. i guess they're pretty good sellers, but they're pretty damn uninteresting compared to the stuff dom usually releases

Wooden Shijps has been releasing cover singles lately (their cover of Gainsbourg/Bardot's "Contact" is terrific)

yeah, looks like the shjips are covering "i believe it." here's more info
http://www.normanrecords.com/records/111203
i was excited for a second about spacemen reunion possibilities. oh well

not that it maybe belongs here, but i just noticed that amazon is taking preorders for a december rerelease of the perfect prescription on vinylized plastic. news to me.

is that the fire records one? if so it's probably just a repress of their '03 reissue..

would like to see proper HQ reissues of the first two albums, like the space age version of playing with fire

think the 03 fire reissue was cd only right? according to discogs it added "soul #1" and "that's just fine". amazong says the new vinyl will include "rollercoaster" and "starship" (presumably the long versions?) but i dunno - offered elsewhere as a straight reissue w the original track listing. fire uk site won't open atm so it's hard to say.

God, they just need a fucking box set. A few years ago I tried to amass a digital S3 discography and found that every fucking pressing has different tracks, edits, mixes, etc. And then all these compilations!! What's one to do?

i wonder just how much more in the way of demos/outtakes/etc there is to still be issued.. has any other band had this much in the way of their flotsam trickled out like this?

stooges for example

beatles, nirvana, vu - i mean it's not unheard of.

Don't forget about that 2 CDR set that Sonic put out, How The Blues Should've Turned Out. It's got a lot of great stuff on it.

But I do think that the Stooges are the kings of this sorta thing.

on reflection, there's probably an ilm thread for this...

Don't forget about that 2 CDR set that Sonic put out, How The Blues Should've Turned Out. It's got a lot of great stuff on it.

bits of that are o k - these blues, for example - but it's also shorthand for how lazy the reissues became; £40 for two cd-rs of outtakes.

The "Art Of Spacemen 3" show opens in London tomorrow night and, well, you need to see the fine print at the bottom of this:

In addition to the art on display, the London Launch event will feature appearances from Sonic Boom, Gruff Rhys and Dan Treacy. Will Carruthers, Jonny Mattock, Mark Refoy, Roscoe, Kevin Shields, Pat Fish, Bassman and Natty himself (health permitting ) will also be in attendance.

Of course there's a name missing on that list, but if Gilmour and Waters can perform together more than once...

And if it happens, I'm going to eat my shoe.

If it happens, I'll probably walk out. :-P

I strongly doubt it. However, I would actually *rather* if the J-man didn't turn up, for the simple reason that, well, I'd much rather Kevin Shields filled in for him.

I mean, a Boom-Carruthers-Mattock-Refoy line-up with Shieldsy on guitar would pretty much be guaranteed instant orgasm. (Would be nice if Pat would get onstage with them, but I imagine he'll be propping up the bar, which is a considerable distance from the stage.)

That said, Carruthers is one of the most convincing (and amusing) liars I've ever met, so I would not be surprised if I turned up and it was just him.

(Kidding!)

I think your shoes are safe, mind you. (Mine, however...)

Also, why is this on ILE?

And wow, is the first half of this thread depressing as fuck. :-(

moved to ILM

Please, Mod, can you also delete the two years of my life discussed in the opening posts of this thread? thanks.

Well this place is crawling with Spacemen. It's kinda surreal.

Seems extremely doubtful that Jason will turn up as the only thing any of them seem to have in common any more is their hatred of him. Ha ha.

The art is lovely - much smaller than I was expecting but it's still kind of a shock to see it in the flesh.

are you liveblogging spacemen 3 art show? can you push and shove sonic boom repeatedly and yell WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY, KENNETH? at him? then tell us what he does.

Not just art show. Actual reunion!

I'm not going anywhere near Sonic; he thinks I'm insane.

Why in the name of all that is holy does anyone let the TVPs onstage these days?

Would much rather have had more of the Jazz Butcher than this...

We did however, spot Kevin Shields putting down some pedals on the stage about 20 minds ago, mind. This might actually happen...

OMG he's doing a duet with Charlotte from Le Volume Corbe. The two most off key singers in the world trying to harmonise. When will TVPs end?

pics...?

OMG he's doing a duet with Charlotte from Le Volume Corbe. The two most off key singers in the world trying to harmonise.

Makes that Gemma Hayes set in between Spectrum and MBV tolerable in retrospect.

ugh thats the terrible band that supported mbv in glasgow because kevin is ....

I have no flash on the iPhone but right now Sonic, Kevin Shields, Will all onstage... Fuck why is Dean playing Jason's guitar & Jason playing gormlessly with the amp?

Jason?

Don't know who is playing drums. Roscoe was drumming for TVPs haven't seen Johnny yet but he's supposed to turn up?

3 guitars so far but no rhythm section yet. Where's Will gone?

Fuck why is Dean playing Jason's guitar

Wareham?

Here's Will... & is that Mark Refoy! Who the fuck is gonna be on drums?

No, the one that used to be in SC.

Johnny looks so different with short hair! Wow!

Walking With Jesus with the Jazz Butcher singing!

is kevin going to play when sonic is singing and replace sonic if jason is singing? Or is mr spaceman not there?

yeah, what's the deal. is JP actually present?

Revolution! Kevin Shields added to the line up!

spacemen 2.5?

Spacemen 4/5 And An MBV Who Is Better Than Jason P Was Anyway (As Certified By People Who Saw Them Back In The Day)

Well, if Pfork calls it a S3 reunion, it may snowball...

http://pitchfork.com/news/39701-video-spacemen-3-reunite-without-jason-pierce-with-kevin-shields