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Sacred Trinity & Sex Dog
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I bought a painting this past week; I don’t think I have ever reported on the likes, it certainly doesn’t happen often if at all as the wants invariably give way to the needs. Its by Sian Superman and it’s called SEX DOG, a small oils on canvass affair that spoke out to me whilst checking Luke Haines paintings on the OUTSIDER ART website.
The allure of the dog to me is uncertain, it’s early days and I’m still not sure I want the Dog or I want the Dog to want me, or indeed I have any choice in the matter given my new role as custodian of its fate…our relationship has only just began, but it feels right. Thank you Sian Superman…this Dog is for life, not just for lust…now best move on.
I played a gig on Friday night in Glossop, nice people; I always enjoy myself there. Caught up with Matt Hill aka QUIETLONER – he’s recording a live album at Sacred Trinity Church this coming Thursday May 10th – details are here, I will be there, it’ll be a great night, come along do.
The OAKWOOD gig was a RASH RECORDS affair, celebrating their compilation release HOME 3 which contains ‘A VISION’ from the current album ‘OTHERPEOPLE LIKE ME’. Its out MAY 14th on RASH RECORDS and can be downloaded here…
My set was something of a personal challenge, the first five songs I did were new, ‘A Song About Fame’, ‘Sunday Afternoon’ and ‘I’m in a Band’ are co writes with BONEHEAD, ‘Catalogue Trousers’ and ‘English Village’ are more old school peculiar, none had been performed before, I got through with minimal fuss give or take the odd lyrical hesitation that no one seemed to too bothered by. That was a relief as it’s not quite as easy to remember the words nowadays I was on late and my healing cracked rib seemed fine at the time – now its kind of regressed back to a constant ache and the act of sneezing is rapidly followed by a little scream [and I said I wasn’t going to mention my health woes, so apologies Teresa, I am if nothing more, a predictable man – so where were you on Friday?]
For the record the set-list as below, The OAKWOOD Glossop 4th May 2012
English Village
A Song about Fame
Sunday Afternoon
I’m in a Band
Catalogue Trousers
A Vision
All the Young Dudes
Confessions of a Sperm Donor
ENGLISH VILLAGE
When I was young I lived with my mom and my dad in an English village
I played out and I had fun in an English village
After school freezing in the pool with an unfortunate kid called Steve
Who impaled himself on the rusty spike when he was climbing a tree
Story time class one form a line in the English village
Stig of the Dump and Down Bright Stream in the English Village
There goes the bell the it’s end of the day that means its time to go home
My cousin Gail keeps calling for me I wish she’d just leave me alone
My father’s fallen asleep on the chair in the English Village
Mother puts a rocket my sister’s hair in the English Village
The cricket team is playing on the green the Boy Scouts are tracking on the hill
There’s a girl from our school in Mayfair magazine and the thought of her is making me ill…
Everything stops at 7 o’clock on the dot in the English Village
We all gather round watch Top of the Pops in the English Village
Granddad says what’s the matter with him is it a girl or is it a gay?
And grandma tells him to shut up right now if he’s nothing better to say….
Paper round NME & SOUNDS in the English village
A souped up car speeding in the dark through the English village
Crazy Steve’s untimely end the radio pressed to his ear
They never found the driver; he didn’t come from round here…
I left my home and my family in the English village
And a brother in the hillside cemetery in the English village
The council are letting it go to rack and ruin it’s a crying shame
I recognize the man cutting the grass he lives in Gold Cross Lane…he used to referee the game, didn’t he?
In the English Village
In the English Village.
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