Mark Stewart was on Mike Watt's podcast a couple weeks ago and they go through every track on the new comp. Well worth your time.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 6 June 2016 23:43 (seven years ago) link
Spitting into the wind, but I'm always amazed that Sager is as off the radar as he is. This is actually one of my favorite songs in the world, period.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI-btKjadjw
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 17:55 (seven years ago) link
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, June 6, 2016 6:43 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Cool, Stewart's appearance on the Watt podcast last yr was awesome. I can't believe those two haven't hooked up for a record or proj or something.
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 19:37 (seven years ago) link
I've always thought that Y was the second album, after How Much Longer... And I've learned otherwise and yet still I forget. I think it's because Y's so... weird and free? It kind of reminds me of the difference between the first and second Alternative TV albums. But backwards.
― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 00:06 (six years ago) link
There's also the We Are Time compilation of Peel Session and live stuff dating from around the time of Y. & that's now got a companion volume though it should have just been put on the same cd Cabinet of Curiosities.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 08:40 (six years ago) link
I thought Honeymoon On Mars was a massive improvement on Citizen Zombie - it didn't have as much of the oppression but a lot of space, almost like a dub electronica record (and I guess showing the influence of Dennis Bovell and Hank Shocklee in the production).
― Thomas Gabriel Fischer does not endorse (aldo), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 09:18 (six years ago) link
that cover art though ...
― mark e, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 11:23 (six years ago) link
It could be worse, you could have a t shirt lying around with that artwork on it.
― Thomas Gabriel Fischer does not endorse (aldo), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 15:00 (six years ago) link
I had no idea Honeymoon on Mars had been out for almost a year!
― the underground is pass-agg (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 22:22 (six years ago) link
I've never seen this before but it's just as great as PIL on bandstand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpwcrOGRjC8
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 16 November 2018 04:04 (five years ago) link
Gareth Sager sitting at the back with the violin before giving up the whole charade A++.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Friday, 16 November 2018 12:42 (five years ago) link
That was fantastic, thanks for sharing!
I bought a copy of "Y" on CD in the 90s and it didn't make much sense. I would revisit it every few years and now I love it, even picked up the odds and sods "We Are All Prostitutes" comp as a supplement. Not too keen on later material though there's good bits along the way.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 16 November 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
I think I picked up Y and a scratched up version of Beefheart's Lick My Decals Off in the same purchase thanks to comparisons in Birthday party features in early 8-0s NMEs that my brother had. think I picked up on Pere ubu from the same source, it just took me longer to get hold of their material.
But have loved Y since then.
― Stevolende, Friday, 16 November 2018 19:03 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc2cBmbBOfo
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 14:41 (four years ago) link