― Josh, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
crikey! pete asking a question abt ghost! Tom listening to the 'batoh comp'! those were 'the days'.
I got 'temple stone' through a CDR deal. If you dig psych folk from the likes of the incredible string band and like yr krautrock this could be up yr street but there is something unsatisfying abt it. its alright but I actually prefer che-shizu and taj mahal travellers is far better than either, i guess.
''Other PSF highlights: Fushitsusha and Haino, obviously, and the related Lost Aaraaf ... aw, fuck it, my rack of Japanese improv is upstairs. Nearly everything on PSF is good, so long as it's not solo sax.''
wah!
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 29 June 2003 08:41 (twenty years ago) link
PSF in general is great, though I haven't particularly cared for the much-lauded Kan Mikami from the little I have heard. Perhaps in a diffrent mood I would. Search Exias-J.
― John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Sunday, 29 June 2003 13:13 (twenty years ago) link
http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/5470
I agree, Kurihara is a real powerhouse in the band, but I think the entire sum of the parts is equally amazing... just terrific live.
― Brian Turner (btwfmu), Sunday, 29 June 2003 19:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Monday, 30 June 2003 21:17 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 30 June 2003 21:43 (twenty years ago) link
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― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 13:37 (twenty years ago) link
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― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 14:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 14:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 23:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim Ellison, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 23:29 (twenty years ago) link
S: Lhasa Lhasa from Tune In, Turn On..., Piper and Holy High from Hypnotic Underworld
― Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 23:31 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim Ellison, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 23:31 (twenty years ago) link
It's also got a great cover of the Stones' "Live With Me" on it, which for me is highly noteworthy for being one of the few songs my wife will actively insist that I play her.
― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 08:09 (twenty years ago) link
so, which one should i buy?
― charltonlido (gareth), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:42 (twenty years ago) link
lama rabi rabi is patchy patchy patchy. snuffbox immanence is good though. DON'T buy Ghost with Damon & Naomi.
― Dave Amos, Friday, 28 May 2004 13:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Monday, 27 September 2004 05:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Monday, 27 September 2004 15:03 (nineteen years ago) link
ditto. they were awesome. they exited the khyber (philly) through the door behind the stage. it was the first time i saw a band do that so they could re-enter for an encore. it's a shame more people didn't come out for the show.
― blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Monday, 27 September 2004 15:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 27 September 2004 15:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Don A, Monday, 27 September 2004 20:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 27 September 2004 20:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian c=====8 (orion), Monday, 27 September 2004 20:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 27 September 2004 21:00 (nineteen years ago) link
Would you believe I clicked on this thread just now, not realizing I'd already posted on it, to make another Whoopi Goldberg joke?
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 September 2004 21:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Don, Monday, 27 September 2004 21:30 (nineteen years ago) link
Also: jealous beyond words of all you lot for seeing them. Dont think theyve ever played in Britain.
― NickB (NickB), Monday, 27 September 2004 21:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 27 September 2004 21:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 27 September 2004 21:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 27 September 2004 21:45 (nineteen years ago) link
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― NickB (NickB), Monday, 27 September 2004 21:50 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Don, Monday, 27 September 2004 22:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 27 September 2004 22:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Don, Monday, 27 September 2004 22:57 (nineteen years ago) link
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― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 27 September 2004 23:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 00:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 00:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 00:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian c=====8 (orion), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 00:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 00:56 (nineteen years ago) link
yeah, what were those solo batoh shows like?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 22:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I missed the one that happened here in SF, I think my bro hosted one down south in JT tho
― "smokin' hot" albeit in a "Nickelback on iPod" sort of way (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 22:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Only just seen that Batoh is doing a few solo dates in Europe this month:
6/14/12 Barcelona6/15/12 Hasselt6/17/12 Geneva6/18/12 Brighton6/19/12 London
Pretty excited about seeing him, never managed to catch him or Ghost before (could be wrong but I think that Ghost only ever played at most just a couple of shows in the UK)
― You can do it Sun Myung Moon (NickB), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 08:30 (twelve years ago) link
saw ghost in glasgow a few years ago, spectacularly stupid review here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/may/22/popandrock1
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 08:34 (twelve years ago) link
Oh ffs, where do you even start with that one?
― You can do it Sun Myung Moon (NickB), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 08:39 (twelve years ago) link
well yes, that is stupid.
i saw them at atp around then too, besides that i don't recall them visiting here since i've known them. i think kurihara did a tour with damon & naomi? but yes. rare visitors. i don't know about on the rest of the dates, but the london one will see batoh do 'brain pulse music', which presumably means a performance on his new brain wave-controlled instrument: http://www.dragcity.com/products/brain-pulse-music-machine
― Merdeyeux, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 11:56 (twelve years ago) link
well the moment i say that ghost are rare visitors i have last.fm recommend me this:
Monday 11 June 2012Metal Hammer Golden GodsAnthrax, Sabaton, Biohazard, Ghost, Watain The indigO2 London,United Kingdom
hmm...
― Merdeyeux, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 12:01 (twelve years ago) link
swedish ghost
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 12:04 (twelve years ago) link
(ya, them and i think a dubstep ghost pop up in my recommendations all the time.)
― Merdeyeux, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 12:08 (twelve years ago) link
Yeha, fucking Swedish metal Ghost keeps confusing me. Stop touring, Swedish Ghost! You should have googled, you doofuses.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 12:12 (twelve years ago) link
Every once in a while I will see news about Ghost pop up online and I get excited until I read and find out it is Swedish Ghost that is being discussed.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 12:33 (twelve years ago) link
aw i came in to talk Swedish Ghost
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 12:45 (twelve years ago) link
BEGONE.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 12:54 (twelve years ago) link
Sadly the Batoh gig last night fell a bit flat. Very low attendance (about 15 people including the support acts) and quite a short set (felt like it was only about 20 mins long!) and Batoh seemed to be having a few technical issues with the circuits that his brain pulse machine was plugged into. That said, I was quite surprised by the music the device generated. Hadn't heard the record and was expecting soothing drones or something (I read somewhere that it was being looked at for use in medical treatment), but what we actually got was like a flip-flop sequence of quiet momemnts punctuated by loud shrieks and blocks of quite agressive tones that sounded a lot like early electronic music. Not a big surprise I guess considering that the brain pulse machine was being fed into a couple of oscillators and some sort of feedback loop. Good while it lasted, but I left feeling a litle glum :(
― gonna send him to outer space, to hug another face (NickB), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 12:05 (twelve years ago) link
Awww, shit. I really wanted to go but only found out about it at the weekend, and already had tickets for the Damo show tonight...
― emil.y, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 12:08 (twelve years ago) link
Aww too bad! Did you see the promo video for it? Looks right up yr alley!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI4Mge8nLMw
― gonna send him to outer space, to hug another face (NickB), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 12:09 (twelve years ago) link
OT but I forgot almost the best bit of the whole evening: I saw A HEDGEHOG walking down the pavement in Beaconsfield Villas on my way home! Alive and snuffling about and everything - amazing!
― gonna send him to outer space, to hug another face (NickB), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 13:07 (twelve years ago) link
Reading a few tweets and it looks like he also only played for twenty minutes or so in London last night. What's up with that? Should have brought a guitar on tour with him as well.
― gonna send him to outer space, to hug another face (NickB), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
reissues/remasters with bonus tracks
https://www.discogs.com/label/1286154-Ghost-Future-Archives
― brimstead, Saturday, 22 July 2017 05:38 (six years ago) link
<3
― Dancing on the Pylons, Saturday, 22 July 2017 16:25 (six years ago) link
!!!
― sleeve, Saturday, 22 July 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
yeah! we're riding, forthcoming from the outside
― brimstead, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 01:10 (six years ago) link
no from the inside
― brimstead, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 01:11 (six years ago) link
― π± Holger Jowday ^π^ (Dancing on the Pylons), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 02:03 (six years ago) link
best band
Just realized I had already post "<3" here in July. What else can I say about Ghost? Best band.
I'm about to order the new Live in Providence 2006 archival release. It has their Terrastock 6 show -- the first time I ever visited the States! Memories! And what an amazing set they played!
― π± Holger Jowday ^π^ (Dancing on the Pylons), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 02:06 (six years ago) link
*posted
It was, and I was right up front for it.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 02:18 (six years ago) link
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nedraggett/albums/72057594118514974
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 02:20 (six years ago) link
Wow had no idea there were any archival releases!
― sleeve, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 02:31 (six years ago) link
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Awesome. I remember being close enough to the front and center (maybe second or third row?) to be slightly worried about Batoh's marvelous "springer" device -- I think he let the spring go at some point? Anyway, amazing stuff and I can't wait for the album to arrive!
― π± Holger Jowday ^π^ (Dancing on the Pylons), Thursday, 14 September 2017 02:28 (six years ago) link
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― brimstead, Monday, 30 October 2017 21:44 (six years ago) link
Not sure if this was ever posted on ILM but Batoh interview by Will Oldham:
https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2015/03/31/will-oldham-interviews-masaki-batoh/
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 21:13 (five years ago) link
bump
missed this 2020 solo LP by Batoh but it is great
https://masakibatoh.bandcamp.com/album/smile-jesus-loves-you
― Perverted By LinguiΓ§a (sleeve), Friday, 21 April 2023 16:56 (one year ago) link