Spacemen 3 re-unite

Ah, but thanks for noticing. I was trying not to make a big deal out of it, and thought I could just slip back in undetected. But it's nice to feel welcomed. :-)

(Ally's been holding things down while you were gone)

Yes, I am living in sin with the Handsome Sound Artist. It's kinda scary, coz it means we are now A Couple, but it's nice. He calls me Misses, and I'm trying to work out what the male equivalent is, because I can hardly call him Mister, now, can I?

or Joni Mitchell's Hits, for formal occasions.

Ah, one of those.

When I moved, I found my whole cache of unlistenable wonderful EAR records on coloured vinyl. HSA was cross when he came back from lugging heavy boxes across Bloomsbury and I was supposed to be packing and he found me lusting over some OTHER soundartist. Oh dear.

I mean, what makes me happy? Spacemen 3, kinky sex with HSA, and the background hum of the drone universe! And now I have all three on this thread!

Never use this thread title again until I have had enough coffee to process this through the appropriate sarcasm filters! Are you guys trying to kill me before I get to NYC?!

It's not sarcasm, it's fuck you!

I did actually think of warning Chris about this thread, but I thought it would be more fun for him to find it on his own. (Good look getting the coffee off the monitor, I find that a rubbing alcohol solution works well)

(for the reader: kate is a bit 'emotionally unstable' when you mention the supermarket.)

"You took the box! Let's see what in the box!
...
Nothing! Absolutely nothing! Stopeed!! You're so stopeed!!!"

who would have to be Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. Neil would have a string which you could pull and he'd say "That's one small step...", Buzz would have a button on the back of his head which you could press and make him punch the nearest "it was all done in a Hollywood parking lot" conspiricy theorist and Mike would have a string you could pull and say "When are Buzz and Neil gonna get the hell off that lump of rock, I'm getting mighty bored on my own up here".

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

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!

Sonic, Will, Johnny, Mark Refoy, Twink Jason & Kevin Shields! It sounds amazing!

AARRRR... Somebody must be recording this.

jealous

Shucks

Suicide!

Don't do it!!

The man next to me is recording on DAT. Mate of Roscoe's I think?

OMG

Hey is Bassman around?

When Will & Johnny play together it is magic.

When Will & Johnny play together it is magic.

^^^^^^^ TRUTH BOMB

I don't think I've seen Bassman but I have been hiding in a corner.

They are now improvising. It's all gone a bit E.A.R.

Sonic is trying to get everyone to play something. Sounds like Little Doll vaguely?

Sonic is trying to get everyone to play something. Sounds like Little Doll vaguely?

jealous

― Major Lolzer (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, July 15, 2010 6:00 PM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark

thanks for livebloggin!

and goddam i hope some kind of touring/recording something come out of this

man you so lucky girl + JEALOUSJEALOUSJEALOUS etc.

my favorite band and i never saw them play ;______________________;

I gots the email from will about all this but obv i couldnt go.

my favorite band and i never saw them play ;______________________;

yeah this bums me out

my favorite band and i never saw them play ;______________________;

^^^^^

That was pretty amazing. Never thought I'd see 4/5ths (how else to describe it? Also thx to Masonic as I didn't know who most people onstage actually were, not looking exactly as they did 20odd yrs ago) of Spacemen 3 AND Kevin Shields onstage together. Playing Revolution. That was something.

okay, now you and kate have to take a picture of yourselves with hevy kevy and snc bm and post it. or else we won't believe you guys were really there.

pretty much seething w/ envy at this point tbh

Just RT'ed some photos on my twitter stream

ok was this a different band than the one that MBV gave an opening slot to on their reunion tour doing (mostly) sonic's spacemen songs?

or the different band that I saw (with many NYC ilxors) at secret project robot in 11211 doing (again mostly) sonic's spacemen songs?

xp - plz to post or link

Home now - ha, those were Diane's pictures you just retweeted on Flickr! I tried to take a couple of pics, but they were shit. Elaine Dream Machine was also taking pics so I'm sure there will be lots floating round tomorrow on Facebook.

So the complete lineup:
Sonic Boom - Organ, Guitar
Will Carruthers - Bass
Johnny Mattock - Drums
Mark Refoy - Guitar
Jason Holt - Guitar
Kevin Shields - Guitar

it was AWE INSPIRING in the most amazing way. So glad I got to see that.

(I was talking to Dean - the dude who was roadie-ing - before the gig. I don't think anyone actually bothered to invite Jason Pierce... ha ha hahahahahah)

Um. yeah. ears ringing.

Diane's pics here:

http://twitpic.com/25m3nn
http://twitpic.com/25m3zv

She and Diana were way up front - I was kinda towards the back, by the sound booth where I knew the sound would be really good (and also I would have a seat during the interminable TVPs set)

The "TVPs" are awesome

So, someone is recording this, right?

The fact that I missed this makes me want to vomit.

My excuse is that I was on another continent, and I'm sticking with that story.

"Revolution" - http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=405679693980

Adamrl, have you actually seen the TVPs perform in, oh, about the last five years or so? If your idea of a fun time is watching a man utterly ravaged by addiction and mental illness self destruct in front of a microphone, then I can see how it might be enjoyable, but frankly, I find it painful and slightly embarrassing to watch on the same level as watching a drunken uncle smash up a wedding. But, you know, to each their own.

Anyway, this isn't the place. I don't want to besmirch the memory of last night.

Video removed or not visible due to privacy settings. Bugger.

Revolution:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtnOwHnuyq0

Kevin is there, honest. You can just see the top of his head underneath Pete's mic stand. He's sitting down, maybe to get into the S3 vibe or something.

Great Cthulhu this is furious!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ-EOXmucOw

"WE WANT SPACEMEN 3 NOW!"

I did actually shout "GO ON SPACEMEN 3 PLAY AGAIN!!!" at the end but I don't think anyone heard me except the bloke next to me, who grinned, jadedly.

WHAT DO WE WANT?
SPACEMEN 3
WHEN DO WE WANT IT?
NOW!

Those clips are great. It was fucking amazing to be there.

http://www.spacemen3.co.uk/spacemen4.jpg

But I can't go along with the labelling of those YouTube clips - it wasn't Spacemen 3. You need Pete and Jason for that. Not saying it would have been any better, could well have been worse once they start trading blows on stage, and I'm not taking anything away from one of the best sets I've seen in recent times. It just wasn't Spacemen 3.

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