Sunday 28 August 2011

00048 // 28/08/11

on the thirteenth i played at the southend pier festival which was a total success and by all rights should be an annual event from now on. i played:


now the geeks have a union
beautiful mental patient
island in the sun
just like pigpen
wwf
my body the temple & i the iconoclast
man obsessed
i told him it was wrong
if you see her, give her hell
marty feldman eyes


then on the fifteenth i played at shangri-la with tom burgess, cusack and plantman, all of whom were excellent and it was great to be part of a lineup of artists who make me feel thoroughly lazy and ashamed.


now the geeks have a union
wwf
i love you love me love / beautiful mental patient
if you see her, give her hell
chelsea hotel #2
just like pigpen
i think we might be weirdos
rebel rebel
nowadays we are so very different
island in the sun
marty feldman eyes


then the following weekend there was love you till sunday: a collective tribute to david bowie at the railway hotel. there were some amazing performances, including a rather special steve hooker set, but my favourite song had to be phil burdett's rendition of 'young americans'. my setlist went like this:


modern love
we are hungry men
rebel rebel


the pledgemusic record is now at the pressing plant. they will be posted to you all along with the paintings and bindle bundles as soon as they are pressed. the digital versions will be in pledgers' inboxes on the fifth of september. it is called reasons to be tearful and here is the tracklist:


side one:
1 i think we might be weirdos
2 idiot savant garde


side two:
1 life as comic book
2 we had it all to live for
3 reason to be grateful


side one was produced by mister midi and side two was produced by me. i'm quite excited about it being out there because side one is unlike anything else i've done.


once the records have gone out to you all i am going away for a while to sort my brain out but will be back with some more new material and gigs in october, including a bonus extended player written for and about a pledger who went above and beyond the call of duty & at least one more album before the end of the year. find even more banal gibberish from inside my head on twitter (@tdb_andrew) if you like.