Jarret slags off Litmus - Yamato rams Thames Barrier

[trev]

a. what is BAS
b. what is DRA
i know USA
not that i care of course...me being a big star and all that
it is the original space ritual, the guitarist and synthesizer player are 
different (better) that's all, mr know all cole hole



anyway, i've just finished editing the new space ritual album. it is called 
SPACE RITUAL - NAKED '94 (provisional)
it is a desk mix from the 25 date euro tour, from the jazzhaus, freiburg, 
25th may 1994.
i found it on a cassette in a trunk.
it's fantastic..i honestly like it a lot. it has mark 10 blanga and it is 
suitably rough enough to badly offend any anorack types who might like to 
criticise it.
tommy grenias and paul fox are wonderful. they have mounted their war 
elephants and i personally saw them trample over 1000 orks to pulp during 
orgone accumulator alone.
i'm a bit low in the mix as usual because it is a desk mix and my mighty 
marshall hardly needs to go through any puny  pa to be heard. nik and rik 
are fine. jo blake is THE DEFINITIVE space rock drummer. he is a rock with 
beautifuly sensitive ears.

i'm exited,

now i have to get a cover pic...who shall i steal it off...

trev

p.s.  and mr coley wolly texy wexy, i might remind you, that without cold 
baths, the british empire would never have come into existence...harumph!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DOG ROT ANIMAL" <insect.brain at GMAIL.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 3:31 AM
Subject: Re: Jarret slags off Litmus - Yamato rams Thames Barrier


> 1) uhh, I'll go for that
> 2) Paul is kewel
> 3) no
> 4) it's hot baths, more than anyone ever
> 5) even though your the "writer", like the UFO song which is great, watch
> it, or I'll get BAS associates, you you you...nevemind
> mc cold clamey bombing DRA, future leader of the USA revolt in the streets
>
>
> On 10/30/07, trev <judge48 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> European Space Ritual...European Space Ritual
>> I'll blow that Helios wotsit off anyday
>>
>> is/was Paul Fox in Farflung????
>>
>> .and stop taking Xanax - take cold baths instead
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "DOG ROT ANIMAL" <insect.brain at GMAIL.COM>
>> To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 1:29 AM
>> Subject: Re: Jarret slags off Litmus - Yamato rams Thames Barrier
>>
>>
>> > Dear star of word composition and beloved forum-resident god-like
>> > one.....put the other T and you never know what good could come of
>> > that.......
>> > I won't even question "original" since it's true I didn't catch you in
>> the
>> > states
>> > bare with me on your personal request, I've got a kidney stone being
>> > carefully attenuated in prayer I can keep it from sending the kidney
>> into
>> > the shock that feels like.......you don't wanna know
>> > I need you to hire me on a couple USA mail-out jobs, my Xanax costs
>> > I deserved it
>> >
>> >
>> > On 10/30/07, trev <judge48 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Yesssssssssssss.
>> >>
>> >> I'd just like to say that there is a new Space Ritual album in the
>> >> editing
>> >> stage.
>> >> The original Space Ritual, I mean.  It was recorded live in Freiburg 
>> >> in
>> >> 1994, part of the first European Space Ritual tour
>> >> line up:
>> >> Nik Turner, Judge Trev, Commander Jim Hawkman(ICU), Paul Fox, Tommy
>> >> Grenias
>> >> (Farflung),Jo Blake, Rik Welsh
>> >> It is a desk mix album, but I think you'll find the contrast with the
>> >> present Space Ritual rather interesting.
>> >>
>> >> trev
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Colin Allen" <colinjallen at YAHOO.CO.UK>
>> >> To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 11:38 AM
>> >> Subject: Re: HW: Litmus Dates
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > See my comments below:
>> >> >
>> >> > Jonathan Jarrett <jjarrett at CHIARK.GREENEND.ORG.UK> wrote:    On Tue,
>> >> > Oct
>> >> > 09, 2007 at 09:18:38AM +0100, Colin Allen typed out:
>> >> >> Uber-Space Rockers Litmus have the following dates scheduled:
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >> 28th October 2007
>> >> >> The Underworld
>> >> >> 174 Camden High Street
>> >> >> London
>> >> >> NW1 0NE
>> >> >> (2nd night of the All Hallows Festival with Leafhound, Gentlemans
>> >> >> Pistols and Earthling Society)
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Well, I was there, and with a reasonable head of beer on too and
>> >> > so prepared to enjoy many things. All the bands decently 
>> >> > represented,
>> >> > which was nice; also good to see that Rise Above have belaboured
>> Litmus
>> >> > into producing new t-shirt designs.
>> >> >
>> >> >  No, they had not; the t-shirts were the band's idea.
>> >> >
>> >> > Earthling Society were first up and opened with a slow jam,
>> >> > which may not have been the best way to go about it; Sherman lost
>> >> > interest quite rapidly and disappeared to the loo for the rest of
>> their
>> >> > set, of which this was about a third. This meant that she missed the
>> >> > bits where they actually did something, including the culmination of
>> >> > the
>> >> > jam where they'd piled so much in that just shunting that noise 
>> >> > about
>> >> > began to have an intensity of its own. The second track they did was
>> an
>> >> > actual song, and not a bad one even, but the singer can't really hit
>> >> > his
>> >> > notes, and their playing is nothing remarkable, and by and large I
>> saw
>> >> > nothing in this set that did more than catch my interest.
>> >> >
>> >> >  I do feel that this is rather unfair on Earthling Society, who are 
>> >> > a
>> >> very
>> >> > good band; this was not an ideal environment for them but their set
>> was
>> >> > both enjoyable and musically of very high quality.  For me, they 
>> >> > were
>> >> > probably played the best set on the night.
>> >> >
>> >> > Of an entirely different stamp were Gentleman's Pistols. As they
>> >> > were setting up I took stock of the general amount of facial hair,
>> >> > other
>> >> > hair, vintage instrumentation and swagger, and was reminded of an
>> >> > interview I read once with Mick Farren about the Deviants gig at 
>> >> > Hyde
>> >> > Park. I can't remember who exactly it was that the Deviants had been
>> >> > sandwiched between for that gig, but one of them was the Edgar
>> >> > Broughton
>> >> > band, and Mick told of how he'd been unable to convince himself they
>> >> > could catch the audience, what with being stuck between one band far
>> >> > heavier and another far cleverer. And Paul Rudolph found the point
>> for
>> >> > them to stand on by coming to the mic and saying, "Now we're going 
>> >> > to
>> >> > have some fun". This was what I found myself expecting as the 
>> >> > Pistols
>> >> > took the stage. I wasn't wrong either. I think a third of the songs
>> >> > were
>> >> > about masturbation or other unsavoury sexual practices, the singer
>> >> > (whose hair and beard were most outrageous of all) needed to be
>> >> > credited
>> >> > for camp as well as guitar, posing and vocals, and they were all
>> >> > enjoying themselves hugely playing loud fuzzy rock and roll of a
>> >> > happily
>> >> > filthy kind. No-one could accuse them of taking themselves too
>> >> > seriously, but you certainly couldn't have accused them of being
>> >> > under-rehearsed either; this band is worth seeing. I shall 
>> >> > definitely
>> >> > hope to catch them again, and I only held off on buying the album
>> >> > because it was clear that Sherman was going to and I wanted to save
>> the
>> >> > money for a new Litmus t-shirt.
>> >> >
>> >> > So Litmus had a lot to follow, although I was confident that
>> >> > they could manage it. However, I'm not sure they made any converts
>> this
>> >> > night in the event. A four-track set, half of which was new and
>> >> > unfinished material, and much of which was jamming, would have taken
>> >> > over and stolen Earthling Society's thunder with no problem but
>> >> > following people who'd been playing short, furious and complete
>> songs,
>> >> > Litmus unfortunately looked rather amateur. The known songs were
>> >> > `Infinity Drive', which was ugly and brutal but in a good way, and
>> >> > has a new break now, and `Under the Sign', which probably jammed for
>> >> > too
>> >> > long; I think it's possible that Litmus might benefit from a
>> >> > performance
>> >> > rule that says once they drop the ball once in a jam it's time to
>> wrap
>> >> > it up and remind the audience who's boss by getting back to the 
>> >> > riff.
>> >> > As
>> >> > it was it was a long time to wait for the bit where one could dance
>> >> > again.
>> >> >
>> >> > The new stuff had its parts but they were spaced out too far at
>> >> > the moment. The worst of it was that during the last track, which 
>> >> > was
>> a
>> >> > monster in terms of time but only came to a focus for about two
>> >> > minutes,
>> >> > I found myself thinking, "Marek [the drummer] is wasted on this", 
>> >> > and
>> >> > at
>> >> > any other time I wouldn't usually notice him because I'd be
>> >> > concentrating on the stringsmen. From this I conclude that Simon,
>> >> > especially, but also Martin to a lesser extent, need to come up with
>> >> > some new tricks, or perhaps focus on song structure a bit more, or
>> >> > mainly, I suspect, finally get a new keyboardist and be prepared to
>> >> > endure him or her saying, "guys, guys, this is flaccid spacewasting,
>> we
>> >> > can do better than this". It may not always be true but it's a point
>> >> > they perhaps need to be readier to hear. So I don't quite know what
>> >> > goes
>> >> > on in Litmus camp at this time, but I think it needs some work and
>> >> > possibly some help.
>> >> >
>> >> >  Unfortunately, you did not hear the new material as it is supposed
>> to
>> >> be
>> >> > heard due to the untimely death of Simon's pedal board, which left
>> him
>> >> > playing solely through his amp without any effects whatever.  This
>> was
>> >> the
>> >> > cause of the somewhat stilted jamming as, to an extent, the songs
>> were
>> >> no
>> >> > longer really playable.  Due to this, it was a poor set, especially
>> >> > when
>> >> > compared with the recent performance in Brighton supporting Space
>> >> Ritual.
>> >> > I suspect that the band are even more disappointed with what 
>> >> > happened
>> >> than
>> >> > you were.
>> >> >
>> >> > Headliners were Leafhound, of whom I probably should have known.
>> >> > They have done a Nektar- or Blue-Cheer-like rejuvenation by
>> recruiting
>> >> > one new younger member, but I don't know how much difference this 
>> >> > has
>> >> > made. The guitarist is the new boy, and definitely had the shred and
>> >> > the
>> >> > widdle, a Vai fan I suspect, whilst also being quite ready to hold
>> down
>> >> > the riff where necessary, and apart from the fact that he looked too
>> >> > damn clean compared to the rest of the band I had no problem with
>> >> > considering him part of the deal. And the bassist was fine, the
>> drummer
>> >> > and singer both clearly still had what they'd had, or if they 
>> >> > didn't,
>> I
>> >> > didn't know, not knowing the original. Let me put it this way: if
>> you'd
>> >> > only been able to hear them, you wouldn't have known they were an 
>> >> > old
>> >> > band. What you might have thought, however, is "why is this pub 
>> >> > blues
>> >> > band headlining in the Underworld?" There was nothing wrong with 
>> >> > them
>> >> > but they were some way off being special. I guess there were big 
>> >> > fans
>> >> > in
>> >> > the audience who were pleased to see their favourite tracks actually
>> >> > being done right, and I can certainly relate to that from 
>> >> > experiences
>> >> > with other bands, but I couldn't join them there and there wasn't
>> >> > really much for anyone else.
>> >> >
>> >> > So yes. Earthling Society and Leafhound come in some way behind,
>> >> > Litmus suffering creative injuries and scrape a second place;
>> outright
>> >> > victory by a long way to Gentleman's Pistols. If we could get them 
>> >> > on
>> a
>> >> > bill with Gorilla and Drunk Horse the resultant testosterone guitar
>> >> > explosion would probably level the venue. Yours,
>> >> > Jon
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > "When fortune wanes, of what assistance are quantities of 
>> >> > elephants?"
>> >> > (Juvaini, Afghan Muslim chronicler, c. 1206)
>> >> > Jon Jarrett, Fitzwilliam Museum, jjarrett at chiark.greenend.org.uk
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
>>
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