Can't believe we're getting the vile countdown.
― Maresn3st, Monday, 21 December 2020 20:51 (three years ago) link
Loved the countdown but now it's actually started it might be too sad for me to watch tbh
― imago, Monday, 21 December 2020 21:04 (three years ago) link
I am double screening and enjoying the racket, amazing to me that they had like cameras on the night but nobody bothered to plug a minidisc player into the sound desk, or if they did, check the levels :)
― Maresn3st, Monday, 21 December 2020 21:09 (three years ago) link
I'm sticking with it :)
― imago, Monday, 21 December 2020 21:21 (three years ago) link
they're on spotify etc. now
― orifex, Saturday, 23 January 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek39qUkc2Fc
― a mix between Daft Punk and Daft Punk with the swagger of Daft Punk (Maresn3st), Thursday, 25 February 2021 19:17 (three years ago) link
So awesome. Thanks for sharing!
― BlackIronPrison, Thursday, 25 February 2021 19:23 (three years ago) link
JIM SMILED
― imago, Thursday, 25 February 2021 22:55 (three years ago) link
Shawn Knight's vocals are excellent on this.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Friday, 26 February 2021 02:04 (three years ago) link
Enjoyed this, the intonation on the guitar is a bit youth club, but otherwise kinda interesting -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6uQRMXsAYU
― Maresn3st, Monday, 7 June 2021 18:50 (two years ago) link
that was pretty neat, this style of music generally doesn't have chords like that
― frogbs, Monday, 7 June 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link
At first I thought it was gonna sound like Salem :)
― Maresn3st, Monday, 7 June 2021 19:52 (two years ago) link
Q&A about the making of the Maresnest film w/Bill Drake and Cathi Unsworth
https://vimeo.com/554208661
― Maresn3st, Monday, 21 June 2021 17:25 (two years ago) link
every time this thread gets revived I'm hoping it's news about reissues
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 21 June 2021 18:20 (two years ago) link
Has anyone heard anything recently about the book Sean Kitching was working on?
― Noel Emits, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 13:44 (two years ago) link
Dr Tim Smith, 60 today.
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 3 July 2021 17:47 (two years ago) link
;_;
― imago, Saturday, 3 July 2021 17:50 (two years ago) link
Seeing a lotta pics of him on FB today, goddamn he was a good looking chap
― frogbs, Saturday, 3 July 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link
He *was* a handsome feller, Cheshire cat grin and those big chops, he'd squeeze you hard and give you a big kiss on the cheek.
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 3 July 2021 17:55 (two years ago) link
Or the lips if you were Jim
― imago, Saturday, 3 July 2021 18:22 (two years ago) link
Or Kavus. Or a number of other lucky bastards.Yes, *stunningly* handsome. All of my favorite pictures are only on FB, though.Here's a private concert by some of the bands in the Cardiacsphere, done on his 40th birthday at his house. (I keep forgetting about how to embed YT links. I should post more.)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaLn17xSZZM
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Saturday, 3 July 2021 18:25 (two years ago) link
Too jerky for me, but not in the alien supra-human way that Tatsuya Yoshida's ruins is.
― RobbiePires, Saturday, 3 July 2021 22:31 (two years ago) link
dud
― sleeve, Saturday, 3 July 2021 22:46 (two years ago) link
― sleeve, Saturday, July 3, 2021 11:46 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
TBH not in the mood to hear negative opinions of Cardiacs right now, so kindly desist with these kind of sniping shitposts, thanks.
― "Spaghetti" Thompson (Pheeel), Saturday, 3 July 2021 23:14 (two years ago) link
Dr Tim Smith approves of this flag post
― imago, Sunday, 4 July 2021 07:52 (two years ago) link
I happened on this long podcast inerview with Jon Poole. There's some Tim and Cardiacs talk starting just after the hour mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Ah_9Il9_U
― Noel Emits, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 09:35 (two years ago) link
I used to see JP around now and then. I don't know him at all really, I think he recognised me from Cardiacs gigs somehow. But when he started with the mustache and bowl hat look I wouldn't recognise him. I think he came over and said alright in the pub on a couple of occasions and I was like... alright? A strange thing but this character had a good vibe, seemed like a wise friend or something. Didn't work out who it was for absolutely ages after. Sorry, Jon!
― Noel Emits, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 13:48 (two years ago) link
Yes, he's a lovely chap, when I moved in similar musical circles in the late 90s, I would bump into him now and again, always very funny. A little later, he got a job in Borders Book shop on Oxford St, which was kinda weird.
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 14:18 (two years ago) link
I know there is a surfeit of covers/interpretations on YT these days, which is great, but I love this arrangement of Bell Clinks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1hBu1F8ULk
― Maresn3st, Friday, 15 October 2021 15:10 (two years ago) link
Ooh yeah that's nice.
Saw someone wearing a Cardiacs shirt in the wild for the first time last night, at a black midi show. I feel like a putz for not going up and talking to him, but he didn't compliment me on my Max Tundra shirt either, so fuck him :)
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Friday, 15 October 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
I never had particularly strong feelings about Madness (Suggs being a tv personality who was in adverts didn't help though) but hearing songs like "My Girl" recently, the things Cardiacs got from them really let me enjoy them to an extent I haven't before.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 14 May 2022 17:34 (one year ago) link
It is not a strong influence outside of the early stuff imo but fun to try and spot. Eg. The claustrophobic camera angles and general decay here are reminiscent of the Rotten Shed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs5ao3jR7BU
― everything, Saturday, 14 May 2022 19:36 (one year ago) link
61st anniversary of Tim Smith's birth today. Here's a nice new big article about inspirations and interpretations and stuff.https://thequietus.com/articles/31719-tim-smith-cardiacs-strange-world
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Sunday, 3 July 2022 16:54 (one year ago) link
That's a nice read, Sean (and Marina) did a lot of good work helping keep interest in Cardiacs going when the rest of the universe cared not one tiny bit.
― Maresn3st, Sunday, 3 July 2022 17:17 (one year ago) link
I think that's a different Sean (not Sean Organ) btw. I hope this means there's still at least one good book in the works.
― Noel Emits, Monday, 4 July 2022 07:33 (one year ago) link
Ahh is it? I just made the leap when he started speaking about their frendship
― Maresn3st, Monday, 4 July 2022 07:40 (one year ago) link
It seems that Tim Quy has actually left our world, very sad. RIP
― MaresNest, Thursday, 2 February 2023 16:26 (one year ago) link
That's really sad to hear, I'd heard he was in poor health. They were never as good once he left if you ask me.
― a mix between aphex twin and nirvana with the swagger of count basie (Matt #2), Thursday, 2 February 2023 16:51 (one year ago) link
all one glorious continuum, of which he was a very dear part, rip
― imago, Thursday, 2 February 2023 16:56 (one year ago) link
This is the official announcement.https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid028zaezbJ9SeiEx3oG5LTr4s1pQZ6JKVUVTjVqLCS4TipTxwRp2fdgrTfEzHPK9AU5l&id=100032042187218&mibextid=Nif5oz
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Thursday, 2 February 2023 17:33 (one year ago) link
What insanity is this
https://www.the-cep.org.uk/family-tree/
― a mix between aphex twin and nirvana with the swagger of count basie (Matt #2), Friday, 3 February 2023 17:32 (one year ago) link
R.I.P. the great Tim Quy, who I had the pleasure of meeting at ABC 2019.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 3 February 2023 17:56 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUclU3nUOb4
― MaresNest, Thursday, 23 March 2023 13:34 (one year ago) link
Listening to Sing to God right now, my best attempt at a description is "What if Nomeansno tried to be early Genesis?"
wild band
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 April 2023 16:33 (eleven months ago) link
i guess they are the UK cheer accident or cheer accident is the US cardiacs?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 April 2023 16:39 (eleven months ago) link
"what if poster imago's favourite album" haha, NOW YOU KNOW
― imago, Monday, 17 April 2023 17:08 (eleven months ago) link
C-A a decent analogue!
i think this is stressing my dog out
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 April 2023 17:29 (eleven months ago) link
laaaaasssie's
on the tvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
― imago, Monday, 17 April 2023 17:47 (eleven months ago) link
Interview with Jon Poolehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbFfLpJUQYMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKSap5N2tmw
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 2 December 2023 21:48 (three months ago) link