There's a festival in Shoreditch/Brick Lane area today (last Friday I mean). I'm primarily concerned with catching the Wild Beasts show - they are always splendid and like nothing else even in the face of diversity (ie lots of shrieking drunk people).
Today they're playing to more people than i've ever seen them play to before - and the people are sneaking closer and closer to them and getting more and more appreciative...
They put us all into a dreamy fugue state and we smile gently to ourselves at their slightly eerie otherworldly pop songs about ghosts and devil's art utensils.
Monday, 22 September 2008
Glam Rock Disco - Proxy Music
Tonight it's back to the 70s. Back to art-school glam with more glitter than the glitter band and t.rex and The Sweet put together would probably have worn.
I have most of it on I think. I brought some glitter from the rock'n'roll jumble sale and applied liberally -later I will find out that this has stained my face in little red patches - something I will bear in mind if I ever want to bunk off school with 'chickenpox'.
It was a fight to get here through the tight jeans and pointy shoes and frantic staring eyes (is someone here more 'on trend' *URK!* (nasty phrase) than me!). But now we're at Catch ready to brave the tempermental PA. Proxy Music is Heidi Heelz and cohorts done up to the glam-nines and playing the (earlier) songs of Roxy Music and a bit of Brian Eno. Some look more like the originals than others...'Bryan' doesn't look that bad though I think maybe Mr Ferry didn't look so worried....'Brian' doesn't quite have the flowing locks but he has quite a cool lanky streak going on. Luckily Heidi looks nothing like Graham Simpson - a fact of which I'm sure she's very grateful.... The others resemble their alter-egos to varying degrees.
It's funny to watch Hoxton people getting excited about Mother Of Pearl and Do The STrand and Virginia Plain but also great. Later I win a prize for being a glam rock dancer. I don't know if this is good or possibly in certain circles should be thought of as somewhat embarassing... I think i'll go for proud and happy with my SIGNED! Roxy Music CD....
I have most of it on I think. I brought some glitter from the rock'n'roll jumble sale and applied liberally -later I will find out that this has stained my face in little red patches - something I will bear in mind if I ever want to bunk off school with 'chickenpox'.
It was a fight to get here through the tight jeans and pointy shoes and frantic staring eyes (is someone here more 'on trend' *URK!* (nasty phrase) than me!). But now we're at Catch ready to brave the tempermental PA. Proxy Music is Heidi Heelz and cohorts done up to the glam-nines and playing the (earlier) songs of Roxy Music and a bit of Brian Eno. Some look more like the originals than others...'Bryan' doesn't look that bad though I think maybe Mr Ferry didn't look so worried....'Brian' doesn't quite have the flowing locks but he has quite a cool lanky streak going on. Luckily Heidi looks nothing like Graham Simpson - a fact of which I'm sure she's very grateful.... The others resemble their alter-egos to varying degrees.
It's funny to watch Hoxton people getting excited about Mother Of Pearl and Do The STrand and Virginia Plain but also great. Later I win a prize for being a glam rock dancer. I don't know if this is good or possibly in certain circles should be thought of as somewhat embarassing... I think i'll go for proud and happy with my SIGNED! Roxy Music CD....
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