Correction—I see they formed in Sydney.
― nerve_pylon, Friday, 19 July 2019 13:53 (four years ago) link
Oh yeah! I've been meaning to pay proper attention to that comp. Thanks.Re RBCF, it's never been clear to me that they resemble the GBs much more than they resemble... I don't know... The Feelies or The Clean.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 19 July 2019 14:02 (four years ago) link
Big shout out to the other person who voted for I Had A New York Girlfriend. Forster described the collection of cover versions as "the one mistake of my recording career", but it's a great album to relax to with a glass of wine in your hand. He interprets other people's songs with the same degree of empathy with which he writes about them as a journalist, and the band (including Mick Harvey, Warren Ellis, Clare Moore, Conway Savage & 'Evil' Graham Lee) are strong too.
Here's a chunk of Dave Graney's weekly community radio show from late last month (recorded during a supporter drive) - about half an hour in, he prompts Clare Moore for amusing memories from the recording of the album.
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Monday, 16 September 2019 19:59 (four years ago) link
Box set vol 2 up for pre-order - missed the first one but couldnt resist this onehttps://www.dominomusic.com/releases/the-go-betweens/g-stands-for-go-betweens-the-go-betweens-anthology-volume-two/box-set
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 10 October 2019 13:59 (four years ago) link
aka the tinypic thread
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Thursday, 10 October 2019 14:37 (four years ago) link
Ooh at the Go-betweens versions of songs that ended up on Danger In The Past.
― Alba, Thursday, 10 October 2019 20:54 (four years ago) link
Tinypic announced they were shutting down about the time I posted the final image. I considered requesting short term edit privileges or whatever, but I don't imagine that's actually a thing.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 11 October 2019 06:52 (four years ago) link
Kinda frustrating how they don't mention what versions of songs appear on the bonus discs, unless I'm missing it somewhere?
Also, all the Botany sessions are just Grant and Robert Acoustic aren't they?
― PaulTMA, Friday, 11 October 2019 14:00 (four years ago) link
Going to see Forster tomorrow in BK!
― jacquees, full of cobras (voodoo chili), Friday, 15 November 2019 23:26 (four years ago) link
Fun fact: Lindy Morrison is suddenly a regular fixture in prime time TV ad breaks in Aus now. (Associated interview snippet HERE too.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68CnsqpQO38
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 16 April 2021 06:14 (three years ago) link
woah
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 16 April 2021 11:29 (three years ago) link
Looking forward to the day Stephen Pastel advertises Ralgex or incontinence pads on UK TV.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Friday, 16 April 2021 11:45 (three years ago) link
LOL
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 16 April 2021 12:15 (three years ago) link
Truck, Train, Chiropractor
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Friday, 16 April 2021 12:17 (three years ago) link
Bravo.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Friday, 16 April 2021 12:27 (three years ago) link
Imagine not just writing, but delivering lines as good as these:
In la Brisa de la PalmaA teenage RasputinTakes the sting from a gin
a) what even is the Brisa de la Palma? Brisbane, presumably? Not to mention squeezing 9 syllables into what are generally 5 or 6-syllable lines for the rest of the song. b) a teenage Rasputin! Just put that in there. c) the assonance of 'sting from a gin' and the insouciance of the delivery. One of those lines you wonder if it went through multiple iterations of 'sip from' or 'sling from' but you really hope arrived fully formed.
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 17 March 2023 23:11 (one year ago) link
"When a woman learns to walk she's not dependent anymore"A line from a letter May 24
― the very juice and sperm of kindness. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 March 2023 00:26 (one year ago) link
A white moon appearsLike a hole in the skyThe mangroves go quiet
― SA, Sunday, 19 March 2023 00:48 (one year ago) link
XXP: The 1978-1990 sleeve notes talk about an oppressively hot, tropical, Cairns (Qld) setting. The 'Shields St' elsewhere in the song is almost certainly the one in the middle of said town. There's an intriguing claim on ye olde GB messageboard that there was a Cairns establishment called Las Palmas or similar. Maybe he constructed 'Palm Breeze' from that starting point? (Spanish names are not exactly abundant otherwise in Aus, so maybe?!)
http://go-betweens.org.uk/chatroom/messages/6/51.html?1479982384
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 19 March 2023 01:48 (one year ago) link