this is the post on instagram mentioned above btw: https://www.instagram.com/p/BYOQaRvDUT5/
― StanM, Saturday, 26 August 2017 08:35 (six years ago) link
Hanley's book is a definite must-read if you're seriously into the Fall - you do get the typical time-skip in the late-80s-90s era where tends to condense stuff, but if prime era to you is dual Hanley/Karl stuff you're in for a good time. The amount of bullshit he puts up with from MES over the years/pages is mind-boggling too.
― whitehallunity, Saturday, 26 August 2017 23:39 (six years ago) link
BANANA!
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Sunday, 27 August 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
christ, the pictures of a wheelchair bound MES on twitter rn
― plp will eat itself (NickB), Saturday, 21 October 2017 21:12 (six years ago) link
what this? https://twitter.com/wheelchairjunki
― del griffith, Saturday, 21 October 2017 22:09 (six years ago) link
yeah that's not him
apparently it's a broken hip and he has his arm in a sling too, but upcoming live dates still going ahead afaict. get well soon mes
― plp will eat itself (NickB), Saturday, 21 October 2017 22:29 (six years ago) link
Och, so he's still gigging? It can't be that bad then.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Saturday, 21 October 2017 22:31 (six years ago) link
is it this picture from 09?http://thequietus.com/articles/01427-the-fall-s-nex-album-will-be-on-domino
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 21 October 2017 22:38 (six years ago) link
no i was looking at these
Was at the Banshees gig when Siouxsie played with a broken leg, and last might Mark E Smith fronted it out during illness (pics Andy Yates) pic.twitter.com/muzgJcLZbs— Room To Live (@DarrellTaylor66) October 21, 2017
Sorry to see Mark like this. Glad he's soldiering on. Apparently he was on good form in Wakefield. Get well soon #MarkESmith ! #TheFall pic.twitter.com/jk6ErcWHWV— Matt Melia (@DocMelia) October 21, 2017
but i see now he's got his legs crossed in those so i'm not even sure it's a fracture
― plp will eat itself (NickB), Saturday, 21 October 2017 22:45 (six years ago) link
another one
― new noise, Saturday, 21 October 2017 22:46 (six years ago) link
nice to see that someone has added the lyrics from an unreleased fall song at the bottom of the comments on the quietus story though xp
― plp will eat itself (NickB), Saturday, 21 October 2017 22:50 (six years ago) link
MES is indestructible.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Saturday, 21 October 2017 22:51 (six years ago) link
Pam in response to fans apparently giving her shit for singing some (all?) of "Bury" at the end of the gig
https://www.instagram.com/p/BagnvY3jkG8/?taken-by=pamela_vander
― sleeve, Saturday, 21 October 2017 22:52 (six years ago) link
MES was always the epitome of healthy living. So surprising.
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Saturday, 21 October 2017 23:04 (six years ago) link
Fuck off
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 22 October 2017 00:43 (six years ago) link
i wish i hadn't seen that footage.. :o. (On the last record, something his voice, made me think he's ill.) Let's hope he can keep going and crank out another 5 Fall albums before the inevitable curtain Falls.
― Ludo, Tuesday, 24 October 2017 19:49 (six years ago) link
nice to see a supportive Julia Nagle in the comments under that Instagram post
― imago, Tuesday, 24 October 2017 21:42 (six years ago) link
it's kind of weird how MES' exes tend to stay in the loop and continue to say nice things about him. maybe not that weird
― imago, Tuesday, 24 October 2017 21:44 (six years ago) link
I was wondering if that was she
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 21:54 (six years ago) link
Newcastle the other night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXECrDgDZEA
― heaven parker (anagram), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 06:56 (six years ago) link
He doesn't look great in that vid, but my god he sounds better than he has in yrs, and seems like from views from the heads on the Fall board that it was a great, heroic gig. He definitely seems like he wants out of that chair, which hopefully is a good sign.
2017 came for MES and he said go back, go back to your disease-control room
― chr1sb3singer, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
"seems like he wants out of that chair" counterpoint: he can't fuck with the amps in the chair
hahaha totally, it's the burning desire to fuck with his bandmates that will heal him
― sleeve, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
SepticSceptic16 hours agoThe man whose head expanded.
The man whose head expanded.
guilty lol here
― frogbs, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link
Haha nooo
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 16:59 (six years ago) link
LOL that's plain wrong
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
btw, I saw Dave Swarbrick playing sitting in a wheelchair with a tube coming down his nose and an oxygen tank sitting beside him and he lived, and kept performing, for like 20 years after.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
i mean, it's osteoporosis, right? what happens with osteoporosis if you don't treat it?
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Thursday, 26 October 2017 14:02 (six years ago) link
Has anyone mentioned the new cherry red compilations yet?
7cd set of all the singles, a sides and b sides. 3cd compilation of all the a sides.
― koogs, Sunday, 26 November 2017 15:11 (six years ago) link
It's been mentioned on one of the other million Fall threads.
It's also going on my Xmas list for sure.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 26 November 2017 15:17 (six years ago) link
Oh! The Fall SINGLES box set! OH! you guys.
― Mark G, Sunday, 26 November 2017 17:09 (six years ago) link
Oh, that's a NEW fall thread, not one of the thousands I have already bookmarked...
As you were...
― koogs, Sunday, 26 November 2017 17:12 (six years ago) link
But props for the naming consistency.
Last night in Bristol and tonight in London both cancelled for MES health reasons :(
― heaven parker (anagram), Thursday, 30 November 2017 12:57 (six years ago) link
Very sad. Apparently he traveled to the Bristol gig against doctor's orders and was too ill to leave the hotel room. The band came out on stage and announced it a few minutes before they were scheduled to go on.
― cwkiii, Thursday, 30 November 2017 13:39 (six years ago) link
Lots of rumours similar to this on Twitter:
I’m sorry to say that I think tonight’s cancelled gig in Bristol, due to Mark E Smith’s ill health, may well be the end of The Fall. A “source close to the band” told me that “he’s hanging on by a thread”. As a Fall fan of 35 years, this has killed me. God bless The Mighty Fall.— Sir Francis Drake (@cruiserscreek85) November 29, 2017
― groovypanda, Thursday, 30 November 2017 14:42 (six years ago) link
Almost seems as if he's determined to do a Tommy Cooper.
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 November 2017 14:49 (six years ago) link
This blows
― Hadrian VIII, Thursday, 30 November 2017 14:59 (six years ago) link
OK I 'm just gonna brace myself for this one, for some weird reason (probably the local friend-of-friends aspect)I think Fred Cole's death has made me simply accept that all of these artists I care about are gonna die real soon.
― sleeve, Thursday, 30 November 2017 15:00 (six years ago) link
the absence of MES from this level will be something that will give me grinding dissonance for years and years
i feel dread
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 30 November 2017 15:40 (six years ago) link
Jon I was thinking about you when I made that post, hugs
― sleeve, Thursday, 30 November 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
oh great pere ubu have just cancelled the rest of their tour and DT is in the hospital (serious but stable condition)
(the closest thing we have to a domestic Fall afaic. croaker behemoth please get better)
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 30 November 2017 15:49 (six years ago) link
hugs sleeve
Fuck :(
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 30 November 2017 15:51 (six years ago) link
xp and DT too?! :(
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 30 November 2017 15:52 (six years ago) link
apparently so, read it on the visi fall forum just now
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 30 November 2017 15:56 (six years ago) link
A Message to All, to All. From Mark E. Smith/The Fall group. As I, like Pr Rupert leave Bristol with my tail between my legs, I wish to give my great apologies to everybody. This idiotic idea to do both shows was purely my idea, against the advice of Pamela and The Fall group, agent & promoter. Hope to replace shows within 4 - 6 weeks. In the interim we have eight new songs ready to go and will try and let you hear a few before Christmas. From head patient to you, the patients. I love you all but cannot embrace you all, Mark E. Smith
― Hadrian VIII, Thursday, 30 November 2017 16:15 (six years ago) link
UMS and I saw Ubu last week in Chicago and they were great and Thomas in particular was in great voice, but he did seem to be deflated physically.
MES...this line in particular really breaks my heart "This idiotic idea to do both shows was purely my idea, against the advice of Pamela and The Fall group, agent & promoter. "
I hope both of these characters get well soon.
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 30 November 2017 16:43 (six years ago) link
I can't imagine MES talking like that, it's so far removed from his usual tone. What is the story behind this statement and are they actually going to plan more shows? All really odd and not entirely reassuring.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 30 November 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
The Prince Rupert line is enough to convince me w/o a doubt it is a statement from the Group Field Commander ME Smith
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 30 November 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link