Mark G! It's the 12" version of Hotsy Girl! Thanks SO MUCH! :) I'D KNOW IT ANYWHERE LIKE THE BACK OF MY HAND BUT I DON'T HAVE IT ON VINYL ANYMORE! Good lord, I've missed it so much. The sound on my VHS of the video of that version just doesn't compare.
― Bimble, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 04:39 (sixteen years ago) link
This CD is incredible, Mark G. I even heard a Chuck Berry cover in there somewhere and my jaw just fell open in shock.
― Bimble, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 05:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Little Richard, you mean?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 10:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh is that it? Haha! Well I knew it was something like that, something from my childhood along those lines. Thanks.
― Bimble, Friday, 12 October 2007 02:16 (sixteen years ago) link
This band is just the fucking shit.
I'm going to have the 12" of "I Can't Live Without My Radio" if it's the last thing I do.
― Bimble, Monday, 24 December 2007 01:48 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www1.gemm.com/item/WORLD--DOMINATION--ENTERPRISES/I--CAN'T--LIVE--WITHOUT--MY--RADIO/GML770797886/
― stirmonster, Monday, 24 December 2007 08:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Our Alice was enjoying the version of "Funky Town" that's on the Chipmonks fillum.
Right, time to dig up the CD!
― Mark G, Monday, 24 December 2007 09:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Chipmunks? Chipmonks?
I dunno.
― Mark G, Monday, 24 December 2007 14:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Chipmonks. That's pretty creative, dude. I love it. I ordered the 12", too!
― Bimble, Monday, 24 December 2007 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
nice interview with Keith Dobson http://thequietus.com/articles/02622-world-domination-enterprises-interview
― zappi, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 13:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks for that.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 14:50 (fourteen years ago) link
what he said.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 15:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, that was nice to read. Dunno if all y'all found the link to order the reissue direct from Keith:
http://www.freeloverecords.co.uk/letsplaydomination.htm
― Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Wednesday, 2 September 2009 08:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Still never heard any Here & Now though. Any good?
Ah, sad news here -- Iain Baker of Jesus Jones reported earlier this morning that Steve Jameson, bassist for WDE, has passed on.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 February 2019 21:08 (five years ago) link
That sucks, 80's really taking a hit this week. Still consider WDE about the noisiest stuff that I actually enjoy.
― henry s, Thursday, 28 February 2019 21:13 (five years ago) link
Shit, rough news. His biog on discogs says the following...
Steve started in the music business at Charmdale Records in 1976, then moved on to Faulty Products in 1978. After a falling out with Miles Copeland (2) he moved on to Rough Trade working in the record shop but notably persuading The Fall to sign with the label. Played briefly with Alternative TV and appeared onstage with The Fall.A founding member of World Domination Enterprises in 1985.
Looks like he's a listed vocalist on the last track of Vibing Up The Senile Man - never knew that before. RIP Steve.
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z149/pengy1966/pengy1966%20stuff/KYPP595.jpg
― goats eat grandma (NickB), Thursday, 28 February 2019 21:24 (five years ago) link
I dip into World Dom every year or so and always forget how much I like them. Asbestos Lead Asbestos is all-time.
RIP Steve.
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Thursday, 28 February 2019 21:32 (five years ago) link
Some old Simon Reynolds pieces on World Dom here:http://reynoldsretro.blogspot.com/2008/08/world-domination-enterprises-mini.html
― goats eat grandma (NickB), Thursday, 28 February 2019 21:52 (five years ago) link
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_soXI82GSn1A/SJMgxutxoiI/AAAAAAAAATU/6b70f10Vtz0/s1600/WordDomFEATURE1.jpg
Asbestos Lead Asbestos is all-time.
Right? I only heard it about ten years ago and it took my head off. Absolutely sublime post-punk. Can't say I dig them beyond that and a few other tracks.
But I adore "Vibing Up The Senile Man" and I didn't know that tidbit, either!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 28 February 2019 21:55 (five years ago) link
nice recent photo of steve...
https://www.instagram.com/p/BeKlxH1j0Lv/
― goats eat grandma (NickB), Thursday, 28 February 2019 22:00 (five years ago) link
That recent photo is incredible. V
― stirmonster, Thursday, 28 February 2019 22:38 (five years ago) link
Very sad news.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 28 February 2019 22:39 (five years ago) link
Asbestos is all time classic, as are their cover versions of 'I can't live without my radio', and 'Funkytown'.Wish I had had a chance to see them live.
― mark e, Thursday, 28 February 2019 22:55 (five years ago) link
From the location on that IG he seems to have stayed in Ladbroke Grove to the end. Lovely photo.
Like the opening to this thread, I also saw them on a bill with Loop and Godflesh (but Edinburgh and not the T&C Club).
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Thursday, 28 February 2019 22:59 (five years ago) link
And their cover of "Jah Jah Call You", maybe their finest moment live. I was fortunate to see them play many times. Never less than incendiary.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 28 February 2019 23:11 (five years ago) link
Ha, over on my FB page Alexis Petridis saw that exact same bill, but at "a further education college in Ruislip -- one of those gigs you can hardly believe happened, especially in Ruislip." He added, "My abiding memory of them is that instead of a guitar strap, the frontman had a length of rope *nailed* into his guitar."
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 February 2019 23:17 (five years ago) link
Bands you wouldnt have thought would be on twitter but actually they bloody well are. Sharing some nice arkive photos
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 19:36 (three years ago) link
username !?
all i got was 'world dom central' and that aint all that.
― mark e, Wednesday, 24 June 2020 20:59 (three years ago) link
spoke too soon .. seems to be a newly active account.is this the one you meant nickb ?
― mark e, Wednesday, 24 June 2020 21:00 (three years ago) link
I think Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine got me into this band (they shout ASBESTOS LEAD ASBESTOS during the chorus of Rubbish)
I only have a couple of 12"s, and neither of them are Asbestos Lead Asbestos, unfortunately.
I do have the 012 LP though, which has an earlier version of that song
― chipstick rebellion (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 21:24 (three years ago) link
~ just hoping CPs email thing is still valid ~
i.e. check your ilm email account sir.
― mark e, Wednesday, 24 June 2020 21:45 (three years ago) link
This is a bit tangential, but worthwhile, a reminder of Kif Kif/Dobson's deep roots.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsg8cMdYtuM
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 24 June 2020 22:19 (three years ago) link
I have often thought about starting a Here & Now thread but always figured it would see almost no action.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 24 June 2020 22:30 (three years ago) link
From a cultural viewpoint I find them super interesting but I never totally clicked with the music. I wonder if there is a catch-all 70s-80s 'festival' band thread? We should be able to talk about The Oroonies and Nodens Ictus somewhere with impunity.
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 24 June 2020 22:39 (three years ago) link
I like the split with ATV
― chipstick rebellion (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 22:50 (three years ago) link
hang on .. sorry for the "too drunk too google check" vibe ...but i have a live 'here & now' live album on cd. as far i can tell, it's the only thing they officially released.what's the connection to WDE !?
(it was a random charity shop purchase of course !)
― mark e, Wednesday, 24 June 2020 22:51 (three years ago) link
Keith Dobson was in Here & Now. and (Planet) Gong!
I was talking about this:
https://www.discogs.com/Alternative-TV-Here-And-Now-What-You-See-Is-What-You-Are/master/1189980
Here & Now have 23 albums listed on discogs btw!
― chipstick rebellion (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 22:54 (three years ago) link
23 ! having listened to the one cd i have i think i am good.thank goodness he moved onto WDE.
― mark e, Wednesday, 24 June 2020 22:59 (three years ago) link
Sorry, only a mere 19 of them are albums
― chipstick rebellion (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 23:08 (three years ago) link
I also like their song on the Folk In Hell cassette compilation, which is another link between Here & Now and the punk/post-punk world - most of the other bands on that are anarcho-punk (the Mob, Steve Lake) or DIY post-punk (Instant Automatons etc). Mark Perry's on that as well. My copy is probably unofficial, on BBP tapes, an anarcho label, the original was on Fuck Off Records but is rare as fuck.
I love the No Comment song on that, sounds like some lost Flying Nun band or something
― chipstick rebellion (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 23:19 (three years ago) link
I saw Here & Now live several times when I was a teenager. I like the records but they really were best in a live setting and their live tapes was my preferred way to listen to them.
'Give And Take' is a good album but 'Fantasy Shift' is perhaps their finest and never fails to lift my spirits. I still listen to it every now and then.
Also of massive note is their contribution to Planet Gong's 'Live Floating Anarchy 1977'. Steffe Sharpstrings forever!
― stirmonster, Thursday, 25 June 2020 02:09 (three years ago) link
Ooh! Ooh!
Two previously unreleased World Domination Enterprises tracks are set to be released as a digital single on 3rd July 2020. Further info coming down the pipeā¦
― Mark G, Thursday, 25 June 2020 06:53 (three years ago) link
Wow I love What You See Is What You Are. Gonna listen through a couple of albums. I think I saw some incarnation of Here And Now at least once in der 90s.
Please do free festival bands / crusty spacerock thread someone.
― Noel Emits, Thursday, 25 June 2020 13:32 (three years ago) link
"What You See Is What You Are" is all time.
i ended up watching a bit of this 1985 gig last night; great seeing how much the crowd were dancing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1TEFdM3MyQ
― stirmonster, Thursday, 25 June 2020 15:38 (three years ago) link