NWW @ Tramway

This Midsummer’s Day Dream was a suitable alternative to Pink who was just up the road @ Hampden.

I did not realise there was so many weird & wonderful people around the Glasgow area. Naturally I fitted in very nicely. I was not sure what to expect, but I was hoping for an acoustic version of NWW. This did not happen. It was a skronking, jazz,gltchy, krautrock, workout with what looked like Raymond MacDonald as guest on sax.

At times I could hear an Edgar Broughton Band influence on the mix among the glitches & the groove.

My only complaint was that the set was short (just over an hour), but I was reminded of some of the heftier performances @ Install down the road @ the Arches.

The surrealistic films by Steven Stapleton used as a backdrop are masterpieces & reminded me of films I had watched a month ago at the Tramway.

Shamen

Fuelling up each day with a lethal cocktail of Ginseng, Omega 3, Metformin & Java & currently reading the ‘Wire’ article of South Korea & Alfred 23 Harth & dreaming of the impact of Shamen on Korean culture.

King’s Park Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Out on Friday 25^th June 2010 to catch the King’s Park Brass Band @ Hyndland Parish Church. I had been @ this venue a few years ago as part of the West End Festival. That time it was to see Leo Saidenough & a Russian Choir.

My friend Claire plays El Cubano trombone, with the brass & she told me about the event. There was such a varied programme & although the band thought the sound was flattering, it was not in the loud passages.

I am very fond of brass band & I enjoyed this concert so much, as they threw a few of my favourite pieces of film music, into the mix.

Letting the Sand Run Through My Fingers

Why can I fail to see the continuous line between psychedelia and krautrock? Perhaps I was too close to the former?

Apart that is from Can, who I zoomed in on as a more acceptable band, than the rapidly declining Pink Floyd.

I missed the whole birth of Faust, why? I suppose I was stuck in the Henry Cow/Slapp Happy/Jazz thing.

Fortunately there is a wealth of krautrock now easily available & I have caught up rapidly.

Hallam Foe

I did not know exactly what to expect, but this film with it's stupendous soundtrack was a real treat.

David Mackenzie was known to me for his movies 'Young Adam' & 'The Last Great Wilderness'. I think he has created an even greater work with Hallam Foe'

Swinging Gypsy Guitar

I recently caught a documentary on Jimmy Rosenberg, the Dutch - Romany django - style guitar player.

I was in awe at his hand speed & the material, however his turn to narcotics & his father's incarceration & the break up of the family was heartbreaking.

There is really more than one jimi of the guitar.

This was sadly my first exposure to this genre for a long time & I was so glad I watched this powerful film.