We Want a Rock...

Comics.
Love 'em.
Havin a few friends 'round.
I invented a comic charachter after listening to a song.

September ends...

It's been a very eventful month. Lots of work, lots of play. Some highs and lows too.

If you like jazz, you might enjoy the "Jazz Baroness". It's a bit like a follow-up to "Straight No Chaser". Tune in if you like Thelonius Monk.

If you were at the Empire Music Hall for the Cashier No. 9 + Robyn G Shiels show the other night, you probably heard some of the following:
doors open 8.40
the frames - you were always on my mind
adem - everything you need
shugo tokumaru - rum hee (deerhoof remix)
animal colective - prospect humer
wes montgomery - california dreaming
the bittersweets - hurtin' kind
captain beefheart - diddy wah diddy
babe ruth - the mexican
pj harvey - m-bike
vampire weekend - everywhere (fleetwoodmac)
les savy fav - rodeo
ash - petrol
bo diddley - hey bo diddley
enon - for the sum of it
beck - tropicalia
ESG - UFO
chicks on speed - warm leatherette
caustic window - pigeon st
wayne smith - under me sleng teng
pm dawn - set adrift on memory bliss
the cure - close to me (closest mix)
stone roses - she bangs the drums (remix)
asiwyfa - set guitars to kill
robocop kraus - fashion
hot hot heat - get in or get out
futureheads - hounds of love

after robyn g shiels band
desert hearts - florida keys
aerosmith - rats in the cellar
jon spencer - attack
adebisi shank - snakehips
zoot woman - the model
the kinks - you really got me
metronomy - my heart rate rapid
minotaur shock - vigos bay
dry county - attention

after cashier no. 9
prince - alphabet street
jacques dutronc - les cactus
q-feel - dancing in heaven
booker t & the MGs - green onions
beck - broken beats
gloria jones - tainted love
os mutantes - meina meana
LCD Soundsystem - daft punk is playing at my house
Kim wylde - kids in america
frankie valley - beggin'

Damo Suzuki + Tiny Vipers - Oscillations - 070909

Damo Suzuki

Tiny Vipers

Documenta + Girls Names - Oscillations - 060909

Girls Names - rock n' roll.


Documenta - drone pop.

Man From Uranus - Oscillations - 040909

When I arrived at soundcheck for the Man From Uranus show I noticed something unusual. Phil the synth using headliner was banging his sampler on the table. It had stopped making sounds. Some people would have said that was a major problem, and throw their hands up and went home; this guy decided to soldier on.

He asked if anyone had some other equipment he could use. Simon the soundman fetched a drum machine, a copycat and space echo. I let him use my pitch shifter delay and bass synth pedals. Along with his stylophone and bug brand synth he was going to do an improv set. I felt inspired.

We watched the film "One Man In The Band" I played a few tunes. the Good Soop DJs played a variety of styles of tunes from smooth to bouncy. The night ended with some loud electronic tones that spun between martian marching music and lullabies remixed to soundtrack nightmares.

Barry Cullen - Archive Remix

The exhibition went well. people arrived. Looked at the pieces. Listened, talked, asked questions, drank wine. Modified versions will be shown on culture night.

Upcoming Events - Catalyst Arts + Oscillations 2009

Some events I'll be taking part in over the next few nights, check the links for more info:

Barry Cullen: Archive Remix - Catalyst Arts Belfast / Thursday 030909
Audio visual Installation + performance

Oh No! - Ulster's Hidden Reverse - Black Box, Belfast / Thursday 030909
Audio visual exhibition (+limited edition CD launch)

Man From Uranus - The Menagerie, belfast / Friday 040909
Concert + film (support from BEW + Good Soop DJs)